Local compliance in Australia and the Gulf
Australian payroll with STP records on Plus and up, GCC e-invoice preparation, and an Arabic interface. Trifold has none of this.
Compare · Trifold vs Airtight
Trifold vs Airtight
Trifold and Airtight both put a signed receipt behind the books, so a later change shows. Airtight is a full accounting ledger for Australian and Gulf businesses and the firms that keep their books, with payroll, multi-entity books and local e-invoicing. Trifold is narrower: books built from Stripe payments for US schools, studios and non-profits, with receipts anyone can check in a free browser verifier.
Airtight, in its own words: “Triple-entry accounting for Australian businesses.”
Where Airtight is strongest
Honest first. If these matter most to you, Airtight is likely the better fit.
A whole ledger, for many entities and the firms behind them
From one entity to ten and more, with consolidation, bank connections through open banking, and plans built for firms managing 10 to 2,000 client books. Auditor seats are $0, read-only and unlimited.
Signed receipts in a product you can buy today
Every posted entry gets an Ed25519-signed receipt in a SHA-256 hash chain, on paid plans with a 30-day refund and two-click cancel. Trifold's receipts ship in the open engine today, but the hosted service is still early access.
Where Trifold differs
Shipped means it works today in the engine. Next means it's on the roadmap and not built yet.
Anyone can check a receipt, with no account
A family, CPA or auditor pastes a receipt into the free verifier at /verify. It runs in their browser and sends nothing to us; the CLI does the same check offline.
Open formats and an engine you can run yourself
Export the books to Parquet, hledger or CSV whenever you like. The receipt and seal formats are open, and the engine is self-hostable, with its source public on GitHub.
Rifo drafts. You approve. The engine does the math.
Rifo will read your books, explain them and propose the month's close, citing the events behind every answer. It never computes a number and never posts on its own.
Side by side
The companies and products, fact by fact. Trifold's prices are planned; the hosted service is early access. "Not stated" means Airtight's public pages don't say; it doesn't mean the feature is missing.
- Where
- TrifoldUnited States; prices in USD AirtightAustralia and New Zealand, and the Gulf region; data hosted on AWS in Sydney
- Built for
- TrifoldSchools, studios, non-profits and other organizations paid through Stripe AirtightSole traders, SMEs of 1–200 staff, multi-entity groups, and accounting firms
- Monthly price
- TrifoldFree, then Starter $29, Pro $79, Witnessed $149 a month, planned. Non-profit and co-op: $15 / $39 / $79 AirtightA$49 / A$99 / A$199 / A$499+ (about US$32 / $65 / $130 for the first three)
- Free plan
- TrifoldPlanned. The hosted service is early access; design partners are free during the pilot AirtightNone; plans start at A$49 a month
- Annual billing
- TrifoldPay 10 months for 12 (about 17% off), planned AirtightSaves 17%
- Seats
- TrifoldNo per-seat fees; CPA and bookkeeper seats free (planned) AirtightNo per-seat multiplier; auditor seats $0, read-only and unlimited
- Refunds and cancelling
- TrifoldPlanned: full refund within 30 days, cancel in two clicks AirtightFull refund within 30 days of a first paid subscription; cancel in two clicks
- The books
- TrifoldBalanced double-entry books built from Stripe events; corrections are new events, never edits AirtightWhat Airtight calls a "triple-entry ledger": debit, credit and a receipt on every posted entry
- Receipts
- TrifoldAn Ed25519-signed receipt for every Stripe payment and refund AirtightAn Ed25519-signed receipt for every posted entry, linked in a SHA-256 hash chain
- Who can check a receipt
- TrifoldAnyone, in a free browser verifier or the CLI, with no account AirtightShown as verified in the product; how someone outside it checks is not stated
- Month end
- TrifoldSealed months, chained month to month AirtightNot stated
- AI
- TrifoldRifo, Next (not shipped): drafts and explains, you approve, the engine does the math AirtightBella drafts entries, invoices and returns for approval; modes Auto, Guarded and Off (not explained on the page)
- Export
- TrifoldParquet, hledger and CSV, on every plan AirtightData stays exportable while the account is active; formats not stated
- Self-hosting
- TrifoldThe engine is self-hostable AirtightNot stated
- Stripe
- TrifoldNative: books built from Stripe events, Stripe's webhook signature checked AirtightStripe payment links in invoicing
- Payroll and tax
- TrifoldNone. A year-end package for your CPA is Later AirtightAustralian payroll (STP records) on Plus and up; GCC e-invoice preparation
- Entities
- TrifoldUp to 3 organizations on Pro; consolidation on Platform (planned) Airtight1, 3 or 10 entities by plan, 10+ on Enterprise, with consolidation
- SOC 2
- TrifoldTarget date to be announced AirtightType II, working toward Q4 2026
Which one fits
Choose Airtight if…
You're an Australian, New Zealand or Gulf business or accounting firm that needs local payroll, e-invoicing and multi-entity books today, in a product that's on sale now.
Choose Trifold if…
You're a US school, studio or non-profit paid through Stripe, and you want receipts families can check without an account, open exports, and the option to run the engine yourself.
Sources
- Airtight pricing: https://airtight.one/pricing/(opens in a new tab)
- Airtight homepage: https://airtight-marketing.pages.dev/(opens in a new tab)
Facts about Airtight checked against its public pages as of 2026-11-06. Prices and features change; check theirs before you decide. Corrections: hello@gettrifold.com. All comparisons.
Every dollar, three ways. Every month, sealed.
Books ✓Receipt ✓Stripe ✓
Design partners: founder onboarding, free during the pilot.