A factual look at how the two firms work: who each is built for, who looks after you, the software, what happens between year ends and how you get a price. Checked on their website on 4 September 2026. If something has changed, email hello@buzzaccounting.co.uk and we will correct it.
Gorilla Accounting is an online firm built around contractors, freelancers, landlords and small limited companies, working in FreeAgent. Their site describes a dedicated accountant, a same-day response promise, published monthly packages for limited companies, sole traders and landlords, and a set of pages for different contracting specialisms.
Buzz works in FreeAgent too, so on software the two are close. The differences are breadth and depth: Buzz takes on owner-managed businesses of any shape, adds management accounts, advisory and coaching, and has offices and a Northern Ireland base. Gorilla goes deep on contracting.
| Buzz Accounting | Gorilla Accounting | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Owner-managed businesses that want an accountant through the year: sole traders, companies, landlords and partnerships, from the first year to a finance function. | Contractors, freelancers, landlords and small limited companies, with dedicated pages for a range of contracting specialisms on their site. |
| Who looks after you | A named accountant with a small pod behind them. The same people every time. | A dedicated accountant, with a same-day response promise described on their site. |
| Where they are | Offices in London, Hertford, Salford, Leigh and Ballymena, with a production team in Pretoria. Meetings in person, by phone, video call or WhatsApp. | Online. Their site does not offer local offices for in-person meetings. |
| Software | FreeAgent included, or Xero. Plus the Buzz portal and app, built in-house on Buzz OS. See it. | FreeAgent, included with their packages according to their site. |
| Bookkeeping | Included in the monthly fee, with receipts captured through the app and reviewed by a person. | You do it in FreeAgent with your accountant's support, according to their site. |
| Management accounts and advisory | Business Pulse: a budget, a rolling cashflow forecast, management accounts and a meeting every month or quarter. Details. | Their site describes tax planning and advice within the packages. We could not find a management-accounts-and-meeting service on their site. |
| Coaching | Buzz Coaching, run by the same team, for the owner as well as the business. | Not offered on their site. |
| Other services | Payroll and pensions, CIS, company secretarial, legal support through Buzz Legal, financial planning through our regulated partner, funding introductions. | Company formation, registered office, Making Tax Digital packages, landlord packages and a referral scheme, described on their site. |
| How you get a price | An instant quote on the site that shows the monthly fee and emails the full proposal, which you can accept online. | Published monthly packages on their site. |
| Switching | We write to your old accountant, collect the records and sort HMRC. How it works. | Their site describes a switching process handled by their team. |
| Service promise | Most queries answered within one working day, written down on our promise page. | A same-day response promise, described on their site. |
Sources: gorillaaccounting.com and buzzaccounting.co.uk, read 4 September 2026.
It is written by Buzz, so read it as our view. Every statement about Gorilla Accounting comes from their own website, read on 4 September 2026, and where they do something we do not, the page says so. If we have got something wrong, tell us and we will correct it.
Both firms publish how their pricing works, and the numbers change. We would rather you saw our fee for your actual business, which the instant quote does in a few minutes, than compare a headline "from" price that may not apply to you.
Yes, at any time of year. We write to them for your records, sort the HMRC authorisation and set you up. The switch is free. How switching works.
