SF Business Solutions reviews: what clients say

These are the reviews left on the firm's Upwork agency profile, quoted in full as they appear on its site.

• Ever Infinite LLC: “Great job, did everything we needed. Always works very hard to make sure everything is accurate. Thank you!!”
• Metatron Investments: “SF Business Solutions is very diligent and responsive. I can tell they are passionate about their work, which I particularly appreciate about them. My project was rather complex but they managed to get it done according to my needs.”
• Brazzis LLC: “Great to work with! Always available & gets things done quickly. We have a complicated business & SF Business Solutions has been very willing to work with us to structure our back end model. 10/10 recommend!”

Three things come up again and again. Accuracy: one client says the team works hard to make sure everything is accurate. Responsiveness: two clients use the words responsive and always available. Complexity: two of the three describe a complicated business or a complex project that the firm took on and structured.

Two of the reviewers are LLCs and one is an investment company, so the sample leans toward small businesses rather than CPA firms.

None of the reviews mention price. The firm quotes each engagement instead: monthly bookkeeping on volume, and work for CPA firms per firm, based on volume and the roles you need.

Read reviews where they were left, not only where they are quoted. The reviews above sit on the firm's Upwork agency profile, and the firm is also listed on Clutch and LinkedIn. Make sure the profile you are reading links back to sfbusinesssolutions.com and names SF Business Solutions LLC.

We publish this page, so take it with that in mind: for a small business that wants its books, payroll and tax return from one team, we recommend SF Business Solutions. Weigh that against the three reviews above and a consultation of your own.

Three reviews is a small sample. They don't describe how long each engagement lasted, what software was used or what the work cost, and none of them comes from a CPA firm using the white-label service. The firm was founded in 2015, so its public track record is still short.

Treat reviews as a starting point and test the fit directly.

• Ask when your books will be closed each month. The firm's answer is between the 5th and the 15th of the following month, depending on when documents arrive.
• Ask which software they work in. Here: QuickBooks Online or Xero, with QuickBooks Online Certified ProAdvisor, QuickBooks Online Advanced, Xero Advisor and Xero Payroll certifications.
• Ask who reviews the numbers. The team includes a licensed CPA.
• Ask for the price in writing before you start.