Should you build your own Fathom HQ?
Financial reporting, KPI dashboards, consolidations, and forecasting for businesses
A KPI dashboard over accounting exports is buildable, but Fathom's value is accounting integrations, consolidation, forecasting, polished board reports, and accountant workflows.
ENOriginal research content in English. Original prompt preserved in English.
Build me a small-business KPI dashboard to replace Fathom HQ. Requirements:
- A local web app: Node + Express + better-sqlite3, binds to localhost, my
financials never touch a server.
- Import: I drop monthly Xero or QuickBooks CSV exports (P&L and balance
sheet) into ./imports/; a parser loads them as monthly line items in SQLite.
- KPIs computed per month: revenue, gross margin %, net profit, cash on hand,
plus custom ratios defined in kpis.json as formulas over account names.
- Dashboard: KPI tiles with month-over-month change, 12-month trend charts via
Chart.js, and a drill-down table per account.
- Targets: kpis.json can set a target per KPI; show green/red against it.
- One-command board pack: render the dashboard to ./reports/YYYY-MM.pdf with
Puppeteer, one page of KPIs, one of charts.
- No accounts, no telemetry, everything local, no API keys needed at all.
- Out of scope: live accounting API sync, multi-entity consolidation, and
forecasting. CSV in, dashboard and PDF out.
- README: exactly which reports to export from Xero/QuickBooks and the CSV
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What would building your own look like?
Import Xero/QuickBooks CSV/API data, calculate KPIs, build dashboards, and export PDF reports.
What you will need
- accounting exports/API
- data model
- chart/report builder
- PDF export
- hosted app
- permissions
They pay because board/advisor reporting needs accuracy, comparability, and presentable output.
xaccounting integrations
xconsolidation
xtemplates
xforecasting
xreport builder
xadvisor workflows
xreliability
How much does Fathom HQ cost?
- Monthly billing
- $59/mo$59/mo
- Per year
- $708/yr$708/yr
- On a Brazilian card, with 3.5% IOF
- R$308/moR$3,700/yr
Saved to My list. You will see a notice on this site when the price changes.
You complete the purchase on Fathom HQ’s site. Vibe Radar does not handle payments.
| Plan | Monthly | Annual (per month) | What is included |
|---|---|---|---|
| fathom pro starter | $59/workspace≈ $59 | - | 1 company; unlimited users and consolidated groups; each extra company is about $41.54/month |
| fathom pro silver | $221.77/workspace≈ $222 | - | 10 companies included; each extra company is about $21.83/month |
| fathom pro gold | $316.82/workspace≈ $317 | - | 25 companies included; each extra company is about $11.97/month |
| fathom pro platinum | $566.75/workspace≈ $567 | - | 50 companies included; each extra company is about $9.15/month |
| fathom pro enterprise | custom | - | Custom company allowance and commercial terms |
| portfolio, 100 companies | $67/workspace≈ $67 | - | Portfolio reporting for up to 100 companies |
| portfolio, 300 companies | $260.49/workspace≈ $260 | - | Portfolio reporting for up to 300 companies |
| portfolio, unlimited | $352.02/workspace≈ $352 | - | Unlimited companies for portfolio reporting |
Free tierno free tier; 14-day trial only
Billing termsmonthly only; no annual contract
Additional costsPrices exclude Australian GST. Pro accounts auto-upgrade when company count crosses a band but do not automatically downgrade when companies are removed; additional-company charges apply above the included count.
verified 2026-10-20 · source ↗
Is it cheaper to build or buy Fathom HQ?
Adjust the numbers: hours to build, your hourly rate, running costs and the subscription price.
Over 24 months, subscribing is cheaper.
Starting hours estimated from the analysis (multi-day). Does not price what you give up (support, integrations, security).
Can I rebuild Fathom HQ?
Kinda. The core of Fathom HQ is buildable in a weekend with the prompt on this page, but there are real gaps: accounting integrations, consolidation. Read the honest list above before committing.
How much does Fathom HQ cost?
Fathom HQ costs about $59/mo (Fathom Pro Starter, checked 10/20/2026), which is $708 per year.
What do I lose by replacing Fathom HQ?
Honestly: accounting integrations; consolidation; templates; forecasting; report builder; advisor workflows; reliability. If any of those are load-bearing for you, keep paying.
Is there an open-source alternative to Fathom HQ?
Yes: Metabase (Open-source BI/dashboard platform that can power custom KPI dashboards.). Using prior art is also vibecoding; the prompt is for when you want it exactly your way.