DatarailsvsProfitably.
Datarails gives finance teams a better spreadsheet. Profitably gives ecommerce brands live profit and cash from their store, ad and bank data, set up within 24 hours, with no mapping.
Over 35x cheaper than Datarails
- Profitably
- $79/mo
- Datarails
- $2,900+/mo
Datarails' own cost guide puts mid-market contracts at $35,000 to $80,000 a year, from $2,900 a month. Profitably at 5,000 orders a month. Checked November 2026.
Profitably
- Built for
- Shopify and Amazon brands that want finance, not just reporting.
- Best at
- One live P&L and cash view across every store, ad platform, Xero and your bank.
- Pricing
- Free to 100 orders a month, then from $79/month by order volume.
Datarails
- Built for
- In-house finance teams at $10M to $500M companies.
- Best at
- Budgeting and month-end close inside Excel.
- Pricing
- Quote only. Its own guide puts mid-market contracts at $35K to $80K a year.
Side byside.
What each product covers, row by row. Datarails's side is checked against its own website.
| Feature | Profitably | Datarails |
|---|---|---|
| Profit | ||
| Profit on every order and product | Yes | Partly: You build it yourself in Excel |
| Profit by sales channel, after ad spend | Yes | Partly: You build it yourself in Excel |
| Full profit and loss, including overheads | Yes: Rent, salaries, software, everything | Yes: From your accounting software |
| Cash and planning | ||
| Connects to your accounting software | Yes: Xero | Yes |
| Connects to your bank | Yes: Live balances, read-only, in the US, UK and Europe | Yes: Through its separate Cash module |
| Cash flow forecast | Yes: 13 weeks ahead | Yes: 13 weeks, through its Cash module |
| Budget and forecast, checked against actuals | Yes | Yes |
| Service and AI | ||
| Set up for you | Yes: We load your cost spreadsheets | Partly: 4 to 6 weeks to go live |
| Finance experts on your account | Yes: Free profit report in your trial | Partly: Setup team, no finance experts |
| AI assistant for your numbers | Yes: Add-on, works in Slack and Claude | Yes: AI agents |
| Pricing | ||
| What the price is based on | Orders per month | Users, connections and add-ons |
| Starting price | Free up to 100 orders, then $79/month | Quote only |
| Price at 5,000 orders a month | $79/month, everything included | $35,000 to $80,000 a year |
Datarails details checked against its public website in November 2026. Features and prices change. If something here is out of date, email contact@profitably.com and we will correct it.
Sources: Datarails pricing, cost guide, Datarails Cash, Vendr buyer guide. Product names are trademarks of their respective owners.
WhereProfitablywins.
No finance team needed. Profitably is ready the day your data syncs, where Datarails needs weeks of mapping.
- 01
An ecommerce data model on day one
Orders, refunds, fees, product costs and ad spend are modelled out of the box, so profit by product, channel and country is ready when your data syncs.
- 02
50+ integrations, new ones in 3 days
Shopify, Amazon, every major ad platform, Xero, your bank, subscription apps and shipping warehouses. Use something we don't connect yet? We add it in 3 days.
- 03
A price you can see
Published plans from $79/month, a free plan to 100 orders a month and a 14-day trial, instead of a quote and an annual contract.
- 04
Analysts instead of an implementation
Our analysts connect your data, rebuild your forecast and send a free report on where the business is losing money.
Profitably and Datarails questions
Datarails publishes no prices. Its own cost guide puts contracts for mid-sized companies at $35,000 to $80,000 a year, and Vendr, a software buying platform, puts the typical deal near $33,000 a year plus setup fees. Profitably plans are published, from $79/month. Compare plans on our pricing page.