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Software Graveyard · small-business bookkeeping
What happened to Bench Accounting?
Bench shut down abruptly on December 27, 2024 — customers were initially locked out of their own books before an acquirer stepped in. It remains the cautionary tale for cloud-service risk: when a SaaS provider dies suddenly, the export window can be zero.
Status · benchgraveyard entry
vendorBench Accounting (assets at Employer.com)
statusShut down (2024)
What's actually known
- Abrupt shutdown December 27, 2024; acquisition announced days later source: GeekWire reporting · verified August 2026
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