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Comparison · Linxo

Looking for a Linxo alternative in 2026?

Linxo Lab is free, and its automatic categorisation is among the best in France. Two details matter before you hand over your accounts: Crédit Agricole owns 85% of it, and a paid plan is announced for September 2026.

Checked August 2026

Stay on Linxo if

  • The price is unbeatable until the paid plan ships.
  • You need those 1,700 connectors, and your bank is one of them.
  • Instant transfers and QR payments are genuinely useful to you.
  • Crédit Agricole sitting behind it does not bother you.

Move to Avuru if

  • You would rather the tool reading your accounts was not owned by a bank.
  • You want to know the price in advance, instead of meeting a pricing table in September 2026.
  • You live outside France, expat or cross-border, and Linxo only covers France.
  • You want to project financial independence, not just file the past.
Line by line

Two aggregators, two shareholders.

Linxo has been aggregating accounts for longer than we have existed, and the table shows it. The rows where we lose are in there too, otherwise the comparison would be worthless.

Criterion
Avuru
Linxo
Accounts and data
Automatic bank connectionPSD2, read only
Soon
Yes
Manual entry and import
Yes
Yes
Document vault with search
Yes
No
Transactions pulled out of a PDF statement or a photo
Yes
No
Budget and goals
Budgets and categorisation
Yes
Yes
Goals ranked by level of needRent before the holiday
Yes
No
Can I afford this, with money left to live on
Yes
No
FIRE planner with Monte Carlo simulation
Yes
No
Loan and rent-versus-buy simulators
Yes
No
Expats and cross-border
Tax simulatorsLuxembourg first
6
No
Tax class and quasi-resident status
Yes
No
Cross-border commuting and travel deduction
Yes
No
Running it from an AI
Runs from Claude or another MCP assistant
Yes
No
The assistant can write, and every write can be undone
Yes
No
Revocable key, read or write scope of your choosing
Yes
No
Model, data and price
Head office and hosting
Luxembourg, EU
France, EU
Ownership
Independent
Crédit Agricole, 85%
How the publisher makes money
Subscription only
Free, paid plan in Sept. 2026
Commission on assets held
0%
0%
Free tier
2 accounts
Yes
First paid tier
€5.99 a month
None so far
Free trial
14 days
Not applicable
Demo you can open without an account
Yes
No
Checked on the publishers' own sites in August 2026. These offers move, verify before you decide.
01 · Avuru Connect

Your accounts, answering back.

Linxo files your transactions and shows them to you. The conversation ends there. Avuru runs from Claude: you generate a key, paste it once, and ask whatever you want to know. List my recurring direct debits. Add September's rent. Recategorise the last three transfers.

Eighteen tools open to the assistant, six of which write
Immediate undo: undo that, and the operation rolls back
Revocable key in one click, read or write scope as you choose
Three areas stay shut: account deletion, security, billing
More on Avuru Connect →

Linxo exposes no MCP server. Avuru Connect comes with the Pro plan, and the 14 day trial opens it.

List my recurring debits read9 lines
Add September's rent write€890
Recategorise these transfers write3 lines
Undo that undorestored
KeyPro · revocable in one click
02 · Expats and cross-border

When you work on the other side.

Linxo tracks French accounts for French residents, and does it well. Cross the border and what is left is an aggregator with nothing to say about the things that matter: your tax class, your deductible commute, quasi-resident status. Avuru consolidates in euros, dollars or Swiss francs, and puts six tax simulators in the same place as your accounts.

Multi-currency display in euros, dollars and Swiss francs
Luxembourg tax estimator, fed by your own data
Quasi-resident status, tax class and deductible home-to-work travel
Year-end and property capital gains, before the date has passed
See the simulators →

Luxembourg first, the rest after. These figures give an order of magnitude and are not worth a filing.

Tax estimator Luxembourgclass 1
Deductible travel from Arlon€2,574
Deduction finder 12 categories€1,610
Year-end optimiser before 31/12€740
Estimated gap€4,924
03 · Price and projection

Free, and paid for by whom?

Linxo charges you next to nothing. That leaves the question of where the money comes from: Crédit Agricole has owned the company since 2019, and an aggregator owned by a bank has a shareholder to please. Avuru lives on its subscription, with no commission on your holdings and no data resold. The free tier gives two accounts, then €5.99 a month for unlimited accounts, €15.99 for full budgeting and AI, €36.99 for Avuru Connect.

Shareholder: none. Avuru is owned by no bank
FIRE planner with Monte Carlo, which Linxo does not offer
Goals ranked by level of need, from the rent to the holiday
Zero commission on holdings, and your data stays yours
See pricing →

Payments are not open yet. The free tier works right now, with no card.

Monthly saving simulated€980
Return used net of inflation4.0%
Success probability 10,000 draws81%
Top goal level 3 of 5children's studies
Estimated independence2044
Pricing

What you pay, on both sides.

Public prices as of August 2026. Neither free trial asks for a card.

Avuru Finance
€5.99a month
  • Free: 2 accounts, no card
  • Lite: €5.99 a month or €54.99 a year
  • Plus: €15.99 a month or €149.99 a year
  • Pro: €36.99 a month or €349.99 a year, with Avuru Connect
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Linxo
Freeso far
  • Linxo Lab: free, with no paid tier so far
  • More than 1,700 bank connectors
  • Paid plan announced for September 2026, price unknown
  • 85% owned by Crédit Agricole

Frequently asked questions

Is Linxo Lab really free?

Yes, so far, with no paid tier. The publisher has announced a paid plan for September 2026 and said the current free features would stay available. The price is not known.

Who owns Linxo?

Crédit Agricole bought 85% of the company in 2020. That is a public fact rather than an accusation, but it is worth knowing when you pick who reads your bank statements.

Does Avuru sync my banks the way Linxo does?

Not yet. Linxo advertises more than 1,700 connectors and we have nothing comparable today. Automatic PSD2 connection is on the way. Until then, importing a PDF statement, a photo, a CSV or an OFX does the job.

What does Avuru do that Linxo does not?

Six tax simulators with Luxembourg first, control from Claude through Avuru Connect, a FIRE planner with Monte Carlo simulation, and goals ranked by level of need.

How much does Avuru cost?

The free tier gives you two accounts and asks for no card. After that €5.99 a month, €15.99 for full budgeting and AI, €36.99 for Avuru Connect. The price is published and will not shift under you.

Can I try it without paying?

A public demo opens with no account and no email, and every paid plan comes with a 14 day trial.

Open the demo, hand over nothing.

No account, no email address, no card. You look, and you decide afterwards. And if you stay on Linxo, you will at least know what you are leaving on the table.

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