Firefly III or Actual Budget?

Actual is envelope budgeting: simple, opinionated, built for "give every dollar a job". Firefly III is fuller accounting: multiple account types, rules, bills and deep reporting. If you are unsure, start with Actual; if you outgrow it, Firefly is waiting.

Does it connect to my bank?

The Firefly III data importer connects to European banks through GoCardless and to many US banks through SimpleFIN. Elsewhere, including Australia, most users import CSV exports from their bank; saved mappings make that a five-minute weekly habit.

Is my financial data private?

Your instance is yours alone, in your chosen region, with daily encrypted backups. We access instance contents only to operate the service. The acceptable use policy spells that out.

Finance

Managed Firefly III hosting

See where every dollar goes: budgets, bills and net worth on your own server

Live in minutes
Daily backups, one-click restore
SFTP access, no lock-in
from $2.30/mo

Deploy Firefly IIIStart free with $5 credit · no card needed

Firefly IIIWhat you're getting

Firefly III is a full double-entry personal finance manager: accounts, budgets, bills, rules, reports and charts. It is the serious tool for people who want to understand their money, not just categorise it.

Your complete financial picture is exactly the data most people hesitate to hand a startup. On CoreHost, Firefly III runs on your own managed instance in your region, encrypted in transit and at rest, backed up daily with one-click restore.

Replaces paid budgeting SaaS: typically US$8 to $15/mo, with your finances in their cloud.

On CoreHost

Double-entry accounting with budgets, bills and rules
Powerful rule engine auto-categorises transactions
CSV/camt import from practically any bank export
Reports and charts that answer real questions

In the browserSee it running

Screenshot published by the Firefly III project.

Included with every appStandard, not add-ons

Daily backups, one-click restore

Every instance is backed up daily. Restore any snapshot yourself from the panel. No support ticket, no fee.

SFTP file access

Direct SFTP access to your app's data folders. Your files are never locked away from you.

Custom domain + auto TLS

Bring your own domain with a CNAME and a TXT verification record. Certificates are issued and renewed automatically.

AI + human support

A 24/7 AI engineer that can actually inspect and fix your app, with a human escalation path. App-level help included.

DeployPick a size and a region

1. Plan (Firefly III needs Standard or larger to run well)

Prices exclude GST/VAT where applicable. Billed monthly, cancel any time.

Too small for this app

Lite

$1.50/mo

1 vCPU
1 GB RAM
5 GB NVMe

Lightweight tools: bookmarks, feeds, uptime checks, password vaults.

Standard

$2.30/mo

1 vCPU
2 GB RAM
10 GB NVMe

The right fit for most apps: automation, wikis, databases.

Power

$3.90/mo

2 vCPU
4 GB RAM
20 GB NVMe

Busy teams and heavier workloads with room to breathe.

Scale

$6.30/mo

3 vCPU
8 GB RAM
40 GB NVMe

The most demanding apps in the catalog, at full stride.

Extra storage+25 GB NVMe per block, stackable on any tier

+$0.00/mo

2. Region

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Australia

Sydney

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United States

Phoenix

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Poland

Warsaw

Firefly III · Standard · Australia $2.30/mo

Deploy now

You will be asked to sign in (or create a free account) before your app provisions. Your $5 starting credit covers the first stretch; we only ask for a card when it runs low.

QuestionsAbout hosted Firefly III

Platform-wide questions (domains, backups, email, updates) live on the main FAQ.