Integrated with QuickBooks® Online

DCAA Compliancewithout the Enterprise Price Tag

Stop overpaying for Deltek and Unanet. WiseCost plugs directly into your QuickBooks Online, so you stay compliant without migrating your data or breaking the bank.

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GovCon Industry Partners & Clients

QuickBooks OnlineWendroff & Associates CPADunbar ConsultingStation DCMission Cultivate

Features

Everything you need to pass a DCAA audit

From time entry to journal posting. See how WiseCost automates the full compliance workflow.

Time TrackerAll statuses
GSA Alliant 2 GWAC
Direct Labor · 5010
Requirements analysis
Wed, Jul 22, 2026
2:47:18
+ Add
Jul 01 - Jul 31
Total:19:11
Wed, Jul 22
2:12
GSA Alliant 2 · Direct Labor
Technical documentation
1:15
GSA Alliant 2 · Direct Labor
Code review
0:45
GSA Alliant 2 · Direct Labor
Design sync
1:00
GSA Alliant 2 · Direct Labor
Sprint retrospective
0:30

Labor distribution

Setup & Check
2
Employee Review
3
Preview & Post
EmployeePay / periodHoursHourly cost

Labor distribution

Setup & Check
Employee Review
3
Preview & Post
EMPLOYEES
10
TOTAL HOURS
762.00h
TOTAL LABOR COST
$19,150
ADJUSTMENTS
0
JE 1 — June 2026Date Jun 30, 2026(auto)
ClassEmployeeDebitCredit

Audit Trail

Immutable record of all system actions

DCAA
Date rangeAll usersAll entitiesAll actions
TimestampEntityActionUser
Jul 20 · 1:53 PMTimesheetApprovedMRMichael Reynolds
Jul 20 · 1:47 PMTimesheetApprovedSMSarah Mitchell
Jul 17 · 7:24 PMPayroll ImportCreatedDTDavid TorresAdmin
Jul 17 · 2:20 PMTimesheetReopenedDTDavid TorresAdmin
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DCAA-Compliant Time Tracking: Employees log hours by project and cost category, with full audit trail.

Automated Labor Distribution: Calculate costs, allocate to projects, post journal entries to QuickBooks. No spreadsheets.

Immutable Audit Trail: Every action logged with who, what, when. Built for DCAA floor checks.

Works with any payroll provider

AI-assisted
ADPPaychexPatriot SoftwareGustoOnPayRippling

Import any CSV export. AI maps the columns and warns you about mismatched hours, missing employees, or unreconciled entries.

How It Works

Up and running in 3 steps

1
Connect QuickBooks

Connect QuickBooks

One-click OAuth connection. WiseCost imports your chart of accounts, employees, classes, and more.

2
Configure & Track

Configure & Track

Set your payroll frequency, assign cost accounts, and your team starts logging hours immediately.

3
Distribute & Post

Distribute & Post

Run labor distribution, review journal entries, and post directly to QuickBooks Online. Audit-ready from day one.

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Testimonials

I spent 20 years working with government contractors and kept running into the same problem: staying compliant meant leaving QuickBooks. WiseCost solves that by adding a compliant layer on top, with fast onboarding and built-in audit controls."

Brian Wendroff

Brian Wendroff

CPA, Co-Founder, WiseCost, Managing Partner, Wendroff & Associates CPA

As a government contractor, business owner, and industry advocate, I appreciate solutions that address the real-world challenges facing our community. WiseCost is helping government contractors streamline operations, strengthen compliance, and build a stronger foundation for sustainable growth and long-term success."

Teresa Dunbar

Teresa Dunbar

Chief Executive Officer at Dunbar Consulting, Inc.

We use WiseCost every day to track our labor and allocate costs across contracts. The tool lets us fully customize the timesheet output to each prime's specifications, saving us time and energy on mundane tasks, and for the first time we can see our actual profitability per contract."

John Yeh

John Yeh

President at Dragontech LLC

WiseCost is CMMC Level 1 certified, built from the ground up to meet the cybersecurity baseline required for government contractors.

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DCAA-Ready Chart of Accounts for QuickBooks Online

147 accounts across all required cost pools. Enter your email and we send it instantly ($2,000 value, yours free). Reviewed & validated by Wendroff & Associates CPA.

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Webinars

DCAA Ready. A practical compliance training series for Government Contractors

Live sessions covering DCAA compliance fundamentals, QuickBooks chart of accounts setup, and how to survive an audit. Led by CPAs with deep GovCon experience. Free resources included with every session.

5-SESSION WEBINAR SERIES

JUN → NOV

In-Person Event

DC · NOV

FREE PASSES

LIMITED

Free Resources

INCLUDED

Led by

Brian Wendroff, CPA

Brian Wendroff, CPA

Co-Founder, WiseCost · Managing Partner, Wendroff & Associates CPA

20+ years advising government contractors on DCAA compliance and GovCon accounting.

Xiangyao (Sarah) Sun, CPA

Xiangyao (Sarah) Sun, CPA

Manager, Wendroff & Associates CPA

Specialist in small business accounting and GovCon compliance.

Paul Calabrese

Paul Calabrese

Principal, GRF CPAs & Advisors

30+ years in GovCon cost accounting. Former Senior Auditor at the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA).

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Pricing

Simple,
transparent pricing

$149/mo for 5 users.

No hidden fees, no long-term contracts, full DCAA compliance from day one.

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Are you a CPA firm serving GovCons?

WiseCost gives you a single dashboard to manage all your client companies. Monitor compliance, run reports, and ensure audit-readiness, without logging into each client's QuickBooks Online separately.

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FAQs

WiseCost automates DCAA-compliant time tracking, labor distribution, and job costing for government contractors. It integrates directly with QuickBooks Online so you don't need to migrate your accounting data.

Deltek and Unanet are enterprise ERPs that require data migration, long implementations, and high monthly costs. WiseCost connects to your existing QuickBooks Online in minutes, costs a fraction of the price, and delivers the same DCAA compliance for small and mid-size contractors.

No. WiseCost connects directly to QuickBooks Online. There is no data migration, no parallel system to maintain, and no disruption to your existing accounting workflows.

No. WiseCost is billed monthly with no long-term commitment. You can cancel anytime.

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Built by GovCon insiders, for GovCon teams

WiseCost combines 20+ years of government contracting experience with modern software engineering. Our mission: make DCAA compliance simple, affordable, and automatic, so you can focus on winning and delivering contracts.

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