A Fathom alternative for groups with part-owned companies
If any of your subsidiaries is part-owned and you need its minority share in the group accounts, consider Finconsol. Fathom's consolidations page says it does not natively support partial ownership or minority interests. Finconsol also connects directly to Zoho Books, which Fathom's integrations page does not name. Stay with Fathom if your companies are wholly owned and you want management reports, forecasting and scenarios at a lower price. At 10 companies Fathom costs $315 a month, billed monthly. Finconsol costs $525 a month paying yearly in advance and $630 paying monthly.
Fathom and Finconsol side by side
Each Fathom cell repeats what Fathom publishes on its own website. We have not used Fathom, so a cell that says the point was not found only means the pages we read do not cover it.
| Fathom | Finconsol | |
|---|---|---|
| Connections | Xero, QuickBooks Online and Desktop, MYOB, Sage Business Cloud Accounting (UK) and FreeAgent are listed, with a daily sync, and Excel import is offered for any other system. Zoho Books is not named on their integrations page. | Zoho Books, Xero and QuickBooks Online connect directly, read-only, and sync daily. Excel and any other system come in by monthly trial balance upload. |
| Multi-currency translation | Their consolidations page describes consolidation across 97 currencies, with up to 50 entities in a multi-currency consolidation and up to 300 in a single group. A translation reserve is not described on their public pages. | Each company is translated into one group currency at closing, average and historical rates, and the translation reserve is calculated. Rates are suggested from published reference rates and can be changed. This is on every plan. |
| Intercompany eliminations | Eliminations remove whole accounts from the underlying companies or apply specific-value adjustments. | Balances are compared pair by pair at account level every month. The amount both sides agree on is eliminated, and any difference stays on a list for review until it is resolved. |
| Minority (non-controlling) interests | Their consolidations page says partial ownership and minority interests are not natively supported, and offers an Excel import as a workaround. | Ownership percentages are set for each company and can change from any month. The minority share of profit is worked out every month for part-owned subsidiaries and recorded by an approved journal. A holding company and its subsidiaries can be reported as a sub-group. This is on every plan. Calculated for direct holdings. The minority of a part-owned holding company does not yet share in the translation of the company it holds. |
| Locked months and change log | Not found on the public pages we read (11 November 2026). | A closed month is locked. Reopening it needs an administrator and a recorded reason. A change log records who did what and when. |
| Statements produced | Consolidated profit and loss and balance sheet layouts you can customise, with branded, scheduled and consolidated reports. Their consolidations page says Fathom is designed for internal management reporting. | Balance sheet, profit and loss, cash flow, fund flow, consolidation worksheet and group trial balance, with comparison columns and a balance check on each. A statement of changes in equity shows how group equity moved in the period. What is on screen exports to Excel and PDF. |
| Budgets | A budget for the whole group, or a roll-up of each company's budget, with actual against budget. Budgets, scenarios and what-ifs are listed on Pro. | Budgets and latest estimates for each company or the whole group, in several versions, with budget against actual and variance. This is on every plan. |
| Board packs | Their pricing page lists branded and scheduled reports, report templates, commentary, presentation mode, and export to Excel and PDF. Approving a report and locking it afterwards is not described on their public pages. | Board packs hold the pages you choose, including custom reports and dashboard components, with commentary. A pack can be approved only once its month is closed, and an approved pack cannot be edited. Packs print or save as PDF and export to Excel. |
| Statistical figures | Non-financial KPI data can be included in the consolidation. | Statistical accounts such as headcount, units and stores are recorded for each company and month, added up at group level and used in KPIs, dashboards and report layouts. Five industry packs are included. |
| Users | Unlimited users, according to the plan comparison on their pricing page. | Unlimited users on every plan, with seven roles, from administrator to board reader. |
| Price for 2 companies | Starter is $118 a month, which is $59 per company. Billed monthly with no contract. | $120 a month paying yearly in advance and $144 paying monthly. |
| Price for 10 companies | Silver is $315 a month, with 10 companies included. Billed monthly with no contract. | $525 a month paying yearly in advance and $630 paying monthly. |
| Price for 30 companies | Gold is $450 a month with 25 companies included, plus $17 for each extra company, so $535 for 30 companies. Billed monthly with no contract. | $1,275 a month paying yearly in advance and $1,530 paying monthly. |
Checked against each company's public website on 11 November 2026. Prices and features change, so check each company's own site before you decide.
Fathom prices are for Fathom Pro, per month, in US dollars excluding sales tax, billed monthly with no contract. Its pricing page also offers other currencies, and quotes groups of more than 50 companies separately. Consolidation is included in Pro, and consolidated groups are free of charge as long as every company in the group is on Pro. Fathom lists no yearly price.
Finconsol charges per company per month. Paying yearly in advance, the first 5 companies cost $60 each, companies 6 to 15 cost $45 each and companies 16 to 30 cost $35 each. Paying monthly, they cost $72, $54 and $42. The smallest group is 2 companies.
Where we checked: Fathom pricing, Fathom consolidations page, Fathom integrations.
Fathom is a name used here only to identify that company. Finconsol is not affiliated with Fathom.
Choosing between Fathom and Finconsol
Choose Fathom if
- You are an accounting firm or advisor with many client companies, and you want management reports, KPIs, three-way cash flow forecasting, scenarios and benchmarking, with consolidation as one part.
- Your companies are wholly owned and keep their books in QuickBooks Desktop, MYOB, Sage or FreeAgent.
- Price matters most for 10 to 30 companies. Fathom lists $315 a month for 10 companies and $450 for 25, billed monthly. Finconsol is $525 a month paying yearly in advance and $630 paying monthly for 10 companies and $1,100 a month paying yearly in advance and $1,320 paying monthly for 25.
Choose Finconsol if
- Any subsidiary is part-owned, and you need minority interest worked out on every plan. Fathom's consolidations page says it does not natively support it.
- Your companies keep their books in Zoho Books, which connects to Finconsol directly, read-only, and syncs daily.
- You want one group currency with the translation reserve calculated.
- You want months locked, a change log, and board packs that cannot change once they are approved.
- You want statistical accounts, cash flow, fund flow and a consolidation worksheet that ties to the statements, with unlimited users at one price.
- The Finconsol price includes minority interests on every plan, translation into one group currency, locked months with a change log, unlimited users and every feature in every plan. At 10 companies it is $525 a month paying yearly in advance and $630 paying monthly. Fathom Silver at 10 companies is $315 a month, billed monthly.
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