I know at this point, some people will just be thinking, what’s the cheapest? And I’ll always say the lowest price is rarely the best value, knowing some people won’t hear me and will just look at the pricing, at which point:

To ensure the software vendor will be around 5 years from now, go for well-known, established brand with a decent sized client base over the flashy and new (most of the top ten will likely be here 5 years from now).

To ensure the software will more likely be around 5 years from now, go for the browser and mobile-based options only (this includes all of the above except for MYOB AccountRight which will have a browser front end soon, apparently).

These mostly satisfy the baseline prerequisites I always advise when choosing business software for small and micro-businesses:

MYOB (AccountRight & Essentials – apparently are on a convergence path to one product).

In accounting terms, a Dr is a Debit and a Cr is a Credit and realistically any one of the top dozen most popular options will work for most small and micro businesses.īy our calculations, the top 12 most popular accounting / bookkeeping software in Australia are:

Reality check – most “will do”įirst thing is first: most available retail bookkeeping/accounting software will do the/a job. Above that, I’d call you a mid-sized business, you’ll likely be confronted by the SMERP Dilemma, you should read this and then you should come and talk to us at Value Adders, to help guide you in your decision making.īut if you do fit into the small and micro-business majority demographic, and you’re interested in choosing the right software, then read on. This is especially the case when your turn-over is less than $3m and you have less than 20 employees (the majority of companies in Australia). Realistically, whilst the list of “it depends” questions can be very long, different answers still end up with the same recommended solutions, time and again. Do you need mobility in your business around data entry and reporting?.Does your bookkeeper or external accountant have a preference?.

Do you have an existing system and what is it?.

Who is going to drive the system and what experience/skills do they have?.

What business goals you have (an exit, growth, status quo etc)?.

The standard consultant and right answer is always “it depends”. We get contacted a lot about what is the best accounting / bookkeeping software to use in Australian businesses.

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