Fidulo Ledger
Automate. Approve. Audit. So you keep more of your gold.
Infrastructure · Financial System for Field Service
Accrual-first accounting built for field service leaders who demand control, explainability, and trust. Blu Star is for Operations and A/R. Fidulo is your Financial System.
Field service accounting is broken. Fidulo fixes it.
Field service companies live in their operational software. They know every technician, every route, every job. But when it comes to financials? They're stuck exporting CSVs into QuickBooks, hoping the numbers are right, and dreading month-end close.
Fidulo Ledger changes that. It connects directly to Blu Star, automatically ingests closed financial batches every night, maps them to your chart of accounts, and gives you a real accrual-basis ledger with controls QuickBooks can't touch. No more manual data entry. No more reconciliation nightmares. No more “I think the books are right.”
The Problem
01
Double entry, everywhere
Operations live in Blu Star. Financials live in QuickBooks. Someone has to manually bridge the gap — every day, every month.
02
Month-end close is a nightmare
Controllers spend days reconciling, chasing missing data, and verifying that operational numbers match the books.
03
No real controls
QuickBooks lets anyone post anything. No approval workflow, no dual-control on payments, no segregation of duties.
04
No explainability
When the board asks "why did expenses jump 15%?" — good luck tracing that back to source data quickly.
05
Multi-entity pain
Multiple locations, divisions, or companies? QuickBooks wasn't built for that. Multiple files, manual consolidation, prayer.
What Fidulo does
Six claims, once each. Everything below starts with the batch that landed at 02:22 this morning.
BLU STAR NATIVE
Automatic ingestion
Fidulo pulls closed financial batches from Blu Star every night at 2:22 AM. Invoices, payments, adjustments, and sales tax — mapped to your chart of accounts automatically. No manual data entry. No CSV exports. Not a generic accounting tool bolted onto field service: Fidulo speaks Blu Star natively — batches, service types, categories, and operational periods.
See last night's ingestion log →Real accrual accounting
Append-only ledger with proper journal entries, posting controls, and correction workflows. Posted entries are immutable — corrections use reversing entries, not edits.
Controls that actually work
Threshold-based approvals, dual-control payments, segregation of duties, bank-detail change controls with audit trail, and vendor duplicate detection. Approvals and segregation of duties are baked into the core — not bolted on as an afterthought.
Defendable close, AI-assisted
System-enforced checklists, Blu Star period handshake, reconciliation prerequisites, automatic evidence package, and formal reopen requests with full audit trail. Anomaly detection and close monitoring surface issues, and every alert requires human review. AI assists — it never posts.
Explainability everywhere
Every number traces back to its source — financial statements → journal entries → Blu Star batches → original proof documents. Every mapping has a human-readable reason. Fidulo doesn't just give you numbers — it tells you where they came from and why.
Multi-entity native
Company-scoped chart of accounts, vendors, and periods. Branch-level Blu Star ingestion. Entity-filtered reporting. Consolidation engine with elimination controls and minority interest.
Why not just use QuickBooks?
QuickBooks is great for $50K-revenue businesses. Fidulo is built for the controls, audit, and consolidation that real field service companies need.
| Capability | QuickBooks | Fidulo Ledger |
|---|---|---|
Blu Star integration | Manual CSV export | Automatic nightly ingestion + refund API |
Approval workflows | None | Configurable by action and threshold |
Dual-control payments | None | Built-in |
Segregation of duties | None | Enforced |
Append-only ledger | Editable | Immutable (corrections via reversals) |
Period close governance | Honor system | AI Copilot + checklist + Blu Star handshake |
Multi-entity | Separate files | Native consolidation with elimination + minority interest |
Anomaly detection | None | AI fraud signals, duplicate payments, recon outliers |
Audit trail | Limited | Every action logged with actor, timestamp, reason |
Bank feeds | Manual import | Plaid auto-sync with intelligent matching |
Invoice processing | Manual entry | AI OCR with confidence scoring + email intake |
Budgeting | Basic | 19-column variance, EBITDA, Rule of 23 |
Cash forecasting | None | A/P + A/R aging projections, scenario modeling |
Job costing | Basic | GP margin dashboards, change orders, per-material |
QuickBooks migration | — | COA + trial balance import with auto-mapping |
Fifteen places where the honor system is the control. See the 15-point control gap against your own books.
Available now
Fidulo Ledger ships with the full platform — not a stripped-down MVP. All 12 of these are live today.
Who it's for
The people
Owners and CFOs who want to trust their numbers without micromanaging the accounting team.
Controllers who spend too much time on close and not enough on analysis.
A/P teams drowning in paper invoices and manual coding.
Company profile
5 – 5,000 employees
Multiple branches or entities
Accrual-basis accounting (or should be)
Currently using QuickBooks, Sage, or spreadsheets alongside Blu Star
Pricing
Premium financial infrastructure for serious businesses. Credit card or ACH on file. Billed monthly based on plan and prior-month usage. No auto-renewing subscriptions — every invoice is explicit and human-reviewed before it's sent.
Overages: additional users $25/month each. Additional entities $40/month each. You start in minutes, not weeks: the guided wizard handles company setup, org structure, COA, Blu Star config, plan selection, and provisioning in a single session.
What's in each tier
18 capabilities across 3 tiers. Each tier includes everything to its left.
| Capability | Foundation $99/month 1 entity · 5 users | Professional $499/month Up to 5 entities · 10 users | Enterprise $749/month Unlimited entities · Unlimited users |
|---|---|---|---|
Core accrual ledger | Included | Included | Included |
A/P workflow with approvals | Included | Included | Included |
Blu Star nightly ingestion | Included | Included | Included |
Bank reconciliation | Included | Included | Included |
Financial statements (TB, GL, BS, IS) | Included | Included | Included |
Complete audit trail | Included | Included | Included |
AI GL coding suggestions | Not included | Included | Included |
Anomaly detection | Not included | Included | Included |
Plaid bank feeds with auto-match | Not included | Included | Included |
Budgeting & 19-column variance | Not included | Included | Included |
Cash flow forecasting | Not included | Included | Included |
Leader dashboards with drill-through | Not included | Included | Included |
Multi-entity consolidation | Not included | Not included | Included |
Job costing with GP margin | Not included | Not included | Included |
AI Close Copilot | Not included | Not included | Included |
Fraud & risk signals | Not included | Not included | Included |
Workflow orchestration hub | Not included | Not included | Included |
Dedicated onboarding | Not included | Not included | Included |
Overages are the same at every tier: additional users $25/month each, additional entities $40/month each.
$99/mo
Foundation, one entity
Billed monthly, no auto-renewal
3
Tiers, all of them published
15
Control gaps QuickBooks leaves
Counted from the comparison above
02:22
Nightly Blu Star ingestion
Questions owners and controllers ask
The same six questions and answers published as structured data — one source, so they cannot disagree.
What is Fidulo Ledger?
Fidulo Ledger is accrual-first accounting software built for field service leaders. It connects directly to Blu Star Field Service Management, automatically ingests closed financial batches every night, maps them to your chart of accounts, and provides an immutable accrual ledger with controls, audit trails, and explainability that QuickBooks cannot match.
How is Fidulo different from QuickBooks?
QuickBooks lets anyone post anything — no approval workflows, no dual-control on payments, no segregation of duties, and no native multi-entity. Fidulo is built control-first: append-only ledger, threshold-based approvals, dual-control payments, native multi-entity with consolidation, AI fraud signals, and source-to-statement traceability. It is also Blu Star native — no manual CSV exports.
Who is Fidulo Ledger for?
Fidulo is built for multi-location field service companies running Blu Star FSM that need real financial controls. Typical companies have 5 to 5,000 employees, multiple branches or entities, and currently use QuickBooks, Sage, or spreadsheets alongside Blu Star. Owners, CFOs, controllers, and A/P teams all benefit.
How does Fidulo integrate with Blu Star?
Fidulo pulls closed financial batches from Blu Star every night at 2:22 AM. Invoices, payments, adjustments, and sales tax are mapped to your chart of accounts automatically. The Blu Star period must be closed before the Fidulo period can close — so the two systems stay in lock-step. Refunds initiated in Fidulo are pushed back into Blu Star via API.
How much does Fidulo Ledger cost?
Fidulo has three tiers: Foundation at $99/month for one entity and 5 users, Professional at $499/month for up to 5 entities and 10 users with AI coding, anomaly detection, Plaid feeds, and budgeting, and Enterprise at $749/month for unlimited entities and users with multi-entity consolidation, job costing, AI Close Copilot, fraud signals, and dedicated onboarding. Additional users are $25/month each and additional entities are $40/month each.
Can I migrate from QuickBooks to Fidulo?
Yes. Fidulo includes QuickBooks migration support during onboarding. Import your existing chart of accounts and trial balance with automatic account-type mapping and opening balance import. The guided onboarding wizard handles company setup, organization structure, COA selection, Blu Star configuration, plan selection, and provisioning in a single session.
Ready to keep more of your gold?
01How much time does your controller spend on month-end close?
02When's the last time you caught a duplicate payment before it went out?
03If an auditor asked you to trace a number on your balance sheet back to the original service ticket, how long would that take?
04How confident are you that your operational numbers in Blu Star match your financial numbers in QuickBooks?
Fidulo answers all of these with a system, not a person.
See Fidulo Ledger working against your Blu Star data. We'll walk through ingestion, controls, and close in 30 minutes. Book the close walkthrough or call 763-231-8900.
