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What does an AI connector for Exact Online cost?

Last updated: August 21, 2026
TL;DR An AI connector for Exact Online costs between 0 and 249 euros per month. Free plans give you a few hundred requests and read-only access; if you want the AI to write, expect to start around 49 euros. When comparing, ignore the entry price and look at three things: does the vendor charge per user or per connection, how many requests are included, and how many records you get back per question. Ledger Botje is 39 euros (Basic, 5,000 requests) or 59 euros per month (Advanced, 8,000 requests and write access).

Prices for AI connectors to Exact Online run from free to a few hundred euros a month. That gap says little about quality and a lot about the pricing model. Below are all published rates side by side, checked on each vendor's own pricing page.

What does an AI connector for Exact Online cost?

An AI connector for Exact Online costs between 0 and 249 euros per month excluding VAT. Free plans give a few hundred requests per month and are read-only. Paid entry plans sit between 19 and 39 euros. If you want the AI to create or change data as well, that starts around 49 euros per month.

Every published price side by side

PlanPer monthRequestsAdministrationsWriteOwn cache
Praat met je Boekhouding Free€02002NoNo
Praat met je Boekhouding Starter€197503NoNo
Finance MCP Standard€25Uncapped1 (3 employees)NoNo
Exact AI Connect Essentials€29 per user5,0001 (+€15 each)Yes, on approvalNo
Ledger Botje Basic€395,0001NoYes
Praat met je Boekhouding Pro€492,50010YesNo
Ledger Botje Advanced€598,00010YesYes
Exact AI Connect Analytics€79 per user15,0001 (+€25 each)Yes, on approvalNo
Praat met je Boekhouding Pro Plus€895,00025YesNo
Finance MCP Firm bundle€199Uncapped25 (15 employees)NoNo
Praat met je Boekhouding Enterprise€249+UnlimitedUnlimitedYesNo

All amounts per month excluding VAT, checked on each vendor's pricing page on 21 August 2026. There are also general-purpose data connectors that reach Exact Online, such as Zapier (from $19.99 per month, requests drawn from a shared task pool) and CData Connect AI ($79 to $99 per month for 1 user and 1 data source).

Three pricing models, and why they matter more than the entry price

The table above is misleading as long as you only read the left column. Underneath those amounts sit three different models:

  • Per user. Every colleague who joins costs the full amount again. Attractive on the entry price, expensive once a team is looking along.
  • Per connection or administration. You pay for the connection, not for the number of people. A second administration adds cost, a second colleague barely does.
  • Per usage. You buy a bundle of requests. Cheap if you ask something occasionally, unpredictable once you use the assistant structurally.

In practice vendors mix these.

What do you get when it is free?

One vendor in this comparison has a free tier, and is honest about what it gives you. Praat met je Boekhouding offers 200 tasks per month across two administrations, read-only; that is roughly sixty questions.

Free is excellent for finding out whether this is useful to you. It runs out exactly when it starts to help: once you use the assistant daily, or once you want it to record something.

What the price table does not show

Three costs that only surface once you are using it:

  • The AI assistant subscription itself. Separate with every vendor. An MCP connection with ChatGPT requires a paid plan.
  • The number of records per answer. This is the most underestimated limit. A connector can have uncapped requests and still be useless for analysis if every answer is truncated at a few dozen rows. Exact AI Connect Essentials from iWebDevelopment retrieves at most 60 records per question, so a question like “compare revenue per month across the whole year” stays incomplete once you have more than 60 invoices in a month.
  • Implementation. Zero with the MCP connectors here: you connect through OAuth yourself. Have an integration partner build something custom and you are looking at 2,000 to 15,000 euros up front plus 100 to 400 euros a month in maintenance.

What does Ledger Botje cost?

Basic
For small businesses
€39
per month
or €429 per year 1 month free
  • Up to 1 administration
  • Read-only (querying data)
  • 5,000 AI requests per month
  • Works with all AI tools
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Most chosen
Advanced
For growing businesses
€59
per month
or €649 per year 1 month free
  • Up to 10 administrations
  • Read & automate (create orders, invoices and deliveries)
  • 8,000 AI requests per month
  • Everything in Basic included
Start now

14-day free trial, no credit card. Prices are NL prices excluding VAT.

Because Ledger Botje keeps Exact Online data in its own cache, analyses are calculated over the complete dataset instead of over the first batch of retrieved rows. What that means in practice is covered in large analyses in Exact Online with AI. To compare the connectors on more than price, read AI connectors for Exact Online compared.

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Frank Woutersen is the founder of Ledger Botje and writes about AI, MCP and Exact Online. He helps businesses manage their administration smarter with AI assistants.

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