Credit Hound pricing and alternatives: what it costs in 2026

Summary

• Cloud or on-prem. Credit Hound Cloud is the self-serve SaaS version. Credit Hound Professional is the older on-premise product sold through Sage resellers. These are two separate products, priced differently.
• How much Credit Hound costs. For most small businesses, it’s £51 per user per month on Xero, plus £35 for each additional user.
• It depends on your accounting system. The rate changes depending on which accounting system you connect.
• A look at five alternatives. We review reasons Credit Hound might not work for you and five alternatives that could.

What Credit Hound costs in 2026

Credit Hound is two different products sold under one name. Credit Hound Cloud is the SaaS version, self-serve signup with a free trial. Credit Hound Professional is the older on-premise product, sold through Sage resellers on a quote. The pricing below is for Credit Hound Cloud as it doesn’t require a quote.

The model is per user, per month, and the rate depends on which accounting system you connect. Credit Hound Cloud currently supports Sage Accounting, Sage 50, Sage 100, Sage 200 Professional and Standard, Sage Intacct, Infor SunSystems Cloud and Xero.

For a UK business on Xero, the rates are:

	Per month	Per annum
First user	£51	£565
Additional user	£35	£385
Additional company	£35	£385
PayThem instant payment module	£38	£420

Here’s a look at their Xero pricing from their website as an example:

Source: credithoundcloud.com

Across the seven supported accounting systems, the first-user rate runs from £20 to £233 per month so this pricing heavily depends on your existing stack.

What’s included in the subscription

According to parent company Draycir, Credit Hound Cloud covers:

• Automated chasing workflows
• A dispute and query log
• Task management for the credit control team
• A dashboard showing total owed, split by not-yet-due, overdue and disputed
• Promised-payment tracking
• Reporting on credit control effectiveness

Why you might look for an alternative to Credit Hound

There are a few reasons a business may look for another software:

• Cost scaling with the team. Every person who needs access adds £35/month, whether they’re chasing invoices daily or checking in occasionally.
• Late payment policies. Late fees and payment plans are not included in the Credit Hound subscription as far as their documentation shows.
• Debt collection pathway. Credit Hound does go the extra step beyond logging disputes and queries. If debt collection is something you have to do regularly, it might not be the right choice.

Alternative to Credit Hound

Alternative for lower cost

Statey - from £8/month, statements only. Statey doesn’t chase, so it’s only a fit if a statement is all you need. It is by far the best option for affordable credit control software at just £8. See Statey pricing and alternatives for the full breakdown.

Alternative for late payment policies

Trove - £50/month, unlimited users. Trove covers automated chasing, late fee calculation and payment plans on Xero, with unlimited users at no extra cost, so a growing team doesn’t change the bill. 30-day free trial.

Alternative for debt collection

Chaser - from £199/month, by turnover band. Chaser is built for larger UK finance teams and adds a built-in debt collection escalation route. See Chaser pricing and alternatives for the full breakdown.

How they compare

Tool	Price	Pricing model	Free trial
Credit Hound	£51/user/mo (Xero)	Per user, plus per company	Yes (Cloud only)
Statey	£8/month	Fixed	32 days
Trove	£50/month	Fixed	30 days
Chaser	£199/mo (to £899)	By turnover band	10 days

Further reading

If you’re weighing Credit Hound against the wider market, our credit control software guide and credit control software compared guide cover the full field. For the sub-£100 tier specifically, see credit control software for UK small businesses, and for how pricing models differ across vendors, see credit control software pricing.

Frequently asked questions

Does Credit Hound have a free trial? Credit Hound Cloud offers a self-serve free trial. Credit Hound Professional, the on-premise product sold through Sage resellers, doesn’t - that one goes through a quote instead.

What’s the difference between Credit Hound Cloud and Credit Hound Professional? Credit Hound Cloud is the SaaS version, with self-serve signup and the per-user pricing on this page. Credit Hound Professional is the older on-premise product, sold through Sage resellers on a quote. They share a name and a publisher, but not a buying process.

Does Credit Hound work with Xero? Yes. Credit Hound Cloud supports Xero alongside Sage Accounting, Sage 50, Sage 100, Sage 200, Sage Intacct and Infor SunSystems Cloud. The £51/user/month figure on this page is the Xero, GBP rate.

Why does Credit Hound’s price change depending on my accounting system? Credit Hound prices the same product differently depending on which accounting platform you connect, from £20 to £233 per user per month across the seven systems it supports. Xero sits at £51. If you’re on a different system, use Credit Hound’s own pricing checker to get your rate rather than assuming £51 applies.

What’s the cheapest Credit Hound alternative? Statey starts at £8/month but doesn’t chase invoices, only sends statements. For a tool that actually chases, Satago starts at £45/month and Trove at £50/month, both fixed rather than per user.