Maxima vs Stacks AI
Maxima
Enterprise and strategic accounting teams at public and private companies
San Francisco, California; founding year not published
Stacks AI
Enterprise finance teams with complex, multi-entity operations
Founding year not published; London (press release dateline); legal entity Stacks Technologies B.V., Amsterdam
Maxima and Stacks AI both use AI agents to prepare the month-end close for enterprise accounting teams, including reconciliations, journal entries and transaction matching.
Maxima, based in San Francisco with US$41m raised, works with companies such as Zendesk, Rippling and Scale AI; Stacks AI, which raised a US$23m Series A in February 2026, works with companies such as Epidemic Sound, Motorway and Yoto.
Maxima vs Stacks AI: side by side
“Not published” means the vendor does not state it.
| Maxima | Stacks AI | |
|---|---|---|
| What it does | AI agents that prepare journal entries, reconciliations, transaction matching and flux analysis for the month-end close, with lineage on every output for review and audit | AI agents for the financial close: reconciliations, journals and accruals, intercompany matching, AR and cash matching, and variance reporting, on top of the ERP |
| Best for | Enterprise and strategic accounting teams at public and private companies | Enterprise finance teams with complex, multi-entity operations |
| Founded and HQ | San Francisco, California; founding year not published | Founding year not published; London (press release dateline); legal entity Stacks Technologies B.V., Amsterdam |
| Ownership and funding | Venture-funded: US$41m raised in seed and Series A; legal entity Indus AI Technologies, Inc. | Venture-backed; US$23m Series A (Feb 2026) led by Lightspeed, after a US$12m seed led by General Catalyst |
| Customers or users | Zendesk, Roofstock, Rippling, Scale AI, Gorgias, SpotOn and Rewst; US$400bn+ transaction volume processed | More than 30 enterprise customers (Feb 2026); named: Epidemic Sound, Motorway, Yoto, Supermetrics, Nivoda, Bumper, Volt and Cleo |
| Pricing | Not published; demo on request | Not published |
| Deployment and markets | Cloud software hosted on Google Cloud in the US; handles multiple entities and currencies; regions served not published | Cloud, working on top of the existing ERP with nothing to migrate; customers globally; EU data handling under GDPR |
Main differences
Maxima's agents prepare journal entries, reconciliations, transaction matching and flux analysis, with lineage on every output; Stacks AI's agents cover reconciliations, journals and accruals, intercompany matching, cash matching and variance reporting.
No Maxima journal entry, reconciliation or adjustment reaches the general ledger without human sign-off; Stacks AI sends exceptions above a materiality threshold to the team for review.
Maxima is based in San Francisco and hosted on Google Cloud in the US; Stacks AI's funding release is datelined London, and it handles EU data under GDPR.
Maxima holds SOC 1 Type 2 and SOC 2 Type 2; Stacks AI holds SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001:2022.
Which to choose
Choose Maxima if
- You want an accounting agent with lineage on every output and human sign-off before anything reaches the ledger
Choose Stacks AI if
- You need intercompany matching across complex multi-entity operations and EU data handling
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Common questions
What is the difference between Maxima and Stacks AI?+
Maxima's AI agents prepare journal entries, reconciliations, transaction matching and flux analysis for the month-end close, with lineage on every output for review and audit. Stacks AI's agents cover reconciliations, journals and accruals, intercompany matching, AR and cash matching, and variance reporting, on top of the ERP.
Who uses Maxima and Stacks AI?+
Maxima names Zendesk, Roofstock, Rippling, Scale AI, Gorgias, SpotOn and Rewst as customers and has processed US$400bn+ in transaction volume. Stacks AI had more than 30 enterprise customers in February 2026 and names Epidemic Sound, Motorway, Yoto, Supermetrics, Nivoda, Bumper, Volt and Cleo.
How are Maxima and Stacks AI funded?+
Maxima is venture-funded, with US$41m raised across its seed and Series A rounds. Stacks AI raised a US$23m Series A in February 2026 led by Lightspeed, after a US$12m seed round led by General Catalyst.
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