Best consolidation software for Xero: four apps for a group of Xero organizations

Best consolidation software for Xero at a glance

Apps that consolidate a group of Xero organizations include Joiin, Spotlight Reporting, Syft and Fathom, the financial reporting app (fathomhq.com). Joiin Core is $77 a month for 5 companies, billed monthly.

What Xero itself offers a group

A Xero Community Manager wrote on July 23, 2025 that work on consolidated reporting for multiple organizations is not currently planned, and pointed to app partners in the Xero App Store. Xero Central says each organization takes its own subscription, bought by the user who creates it. Multiple currencies are on the Established plan, $97 a month at list price. Xero also gives early access to analytics powered by Syft to eligible US customers on Established.

Joiin for a Xero group

In Joiin you choose Add Company, then Xero, and pick the organizations to connect. Adding one takes Standard with Reports or Advisor permission in Xero, and Joiin's Xero help article says it writes nothing back. Joiin lets you assign an ownership percentage to each entity, so a partly owned company is covered. See Joiin Xero.

Joiin's help center says Xero does not allow separate Accounts Payable accounts for intercompany balances, so those balances can share an account with regular payables, and it covers eliminating part of an account. It also says Xero uses Xe.com rates, which may differ slightly from the Open Exchange Rates that Joiin uses.

Fathom, Spotlight Reporting and Syft for Xero

Fathom says entities from Xero, QuickBooks, MYOB or Excel can be consolidated together, with multi-currency consolidations for up to 50 entities. It says it does not natively support partial ownerships or minority interests. Spotlight Reporting imports from Xero and says it consolidates currencies automatically.

Syft consolidates on Standard, Plus and Advanced, and multi-currency consolidation starts on Plus. Xero says Syft stays available as a standalone application. Syft prices each connected entity, and a consolidation takes the functions of the lowest plan among its entities. For what Xero documents about group statements, read Xero consolidated financial statements.

Which app fits which Xero group

• Joiin for 5 to 10 organizations, including partly owned ones, in one reporting currency on Core or several on Pro.
• Syft for a group that books acquisitions: it adds journals for goodwill and non-controlling interests. Read Joiin vs Syft for the head-to-head.
• Fathom for a group that mixes Xero with a QuickBooks Desktop or MYOB company.
• Spotlight Reporting for a franchise with a head office: its franchise plan, $329 a month, covers up to 10 organizations plus a head office.

Joiin adds Xero organizations inside its 14-day trial on Max, and no card is asked for.