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Built for accounting & tax firms · Communication connected to the work · SOC 2 ready
Why firms look past a communication layer
Liscio is strong at the client experience, clients actually use it, and the mobile app and two-way texting lead the category. The limit is that it's one layer.
- It's the client-experience layer, not the work engine. No bookkeeping, no return computation, no tax planning, no full practice management.
- The export/re-import loop. A client talks to the firm beautifully in Liscio; then the firm exports the documents into a separate tax engine, keeps the books in a separate tool, and re-imports the finished return to deliver. The conversation and the work live in different systems.
- Per-user pricing with metered add-ons, organizers, deliveries, and e-signatures are capped per tier, and texting, branding, and a website cost extra.
Liscio vs LucaLedger, at a glance
| Liscio | LucaLedger | |
|---|---|---|
| Mobile client app / experience | ✓ leads | ~ |
| Secure messaging + two-way texting | ✓ | ~ |
| Document exchange + e-sign | ✓ | ✓ |
| Client-facing AI (drafting, voice) | ✓ | ✓ (does the work) |
| AI bookkeeping / general ledger | ✗ | ✓ |
| Tax preparation | ✗ (gathers + delivers) | ✓ 1040, 1120, 1120-S, 1065 |
| Tax planning | ✗ | ✓ |
| Practice management | ✗ | ✓ |
| Pricing | per-user ($49 to $99/user/mo) + add-ons | Schedule a demo |
The short version: Liscio is the specialist in mobile client experience. The difference is connection, in LucaLedger, what the client sends through the portal feeds the books and the return directly, instead of being exported into a separate tax engine and re-imported to deliver.
When Liscio is still the better choice
If your firm's #1 priority is a polished, mobile-first client experience to bolt onto an existing, working stack, and you're happy keeping your tax engine, books, and planning tools, Liscio is a reasonable choice. Its client engagement, mobile UX, two-way texting, and AI message/voice drafting are strong, and clients tend to actually use it. Firms that already love their UltraTax/Drake + QuickBooks setup and just want to kill email chaos will be well served. That's a narrow case, though: LucaLedger is the better fit for firms that want one connected system, books, tax, planning, and portal together, rather than a polished front-end stitched to a separate back-end.
What you get with LucaLedger
- A client portal connected to the work, uploads auto-route into the organizer, workpapers, and the return.
- The work itself, AI bookkeeping, tax preparation (1040, 1120, 1120-S, 1065), and tax strategy.
- No export/re-import loop between a communication tool and a tax engine.
- Coming November 2026: e-filing inside the platform.
Frequently asked questions
Does Liscio prepare returns or keep the books?
No, Liscio gathers organizers from your tax software and delivers the finished return for e-sign; it doesn't compute the return or keep a general ledger. LucaLedger does both.
Is LucaLedger's client experience as polished as Liscio's?
Liscio's mobile client experience leads on polish. LucaLedger's advantage is that client communication is connected to the books and the return.
Why switch from a communication layer?
To stop the export/re-import loop, in LucaLedger, what the client sends feeds the work directly, in one platform.
Is LucaLedger SOC 2 compliant?
LucaLedger is SOC 2 ready, with encryption in transit and at rest and row-level isolation.