--- description: Learn more about Manager price, benefits, and disadvantages for businesses in Australia. Read reviews from verified users and discover similar tools that fit your business needs. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/capterra/og_logo-e5a8c001ed0bd1bb922639230fcea71a.png?auto=format%2Cenhance%2Ccompress title: Manager Cost & Reviews - Capterra Australia 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Accounting Software](/directory/1/accounting/software) > [Manager](/software/122579/manager) # Manager Canonical: https://www.capterra.com.au/software/122579/manager Page: 1 / 4\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.com.au/software/122579/manager?page=2) > Manager is a fully-featured 100% Free Accounting Software for Small Business. Available on Windows, Mac, Linux \& Cloud in 70+ Languages > > Verdict: Rated **4.8/5** by 74 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Who Uses Manager? Manager's Free Accounting Software is popular with Small Businesses around the world who use it in 70+ languages across all industries and stages of business growth. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.8/5** | 74 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.8/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 100% | (10/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: NGSoftware - **Founded**: 2011 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: $39.00 - **Pricing model**: (Free version available) (Free Trial) - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50 - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Windows (On-Premise), Linux (On-Premise) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: Australia ## Features - Accounts Payable - Accounts Receivable - Bank Reconciliation - Billing & Invoicing - Budgeting/Forecasting - Chart of Accounts - Customer Statements - Expense Tracking - Financial Reporting - Fixed Asset Management - Fund Accounting - General Ledger - Multi-Currency - Payroll Management - Project Accounting - Purchase Order Management - Tax Management - Transaction Management ## Support Options - Chat ## Category - [Accounting Software](https://www.capterra.com.au/directory/1/accounting/software) ## Related Categories - [Accounting Software](https://www.capterra.com.au/directory/1/accounting/software) - [Accounts Receivable Software](https://www.capterra.com.au/directory/30521/accounts-receivable/software) - [Church Accounting Software](https://www.capterra.com.au/directory/30902/church-accounting/software) - [General Ledger Software](https://www.capterra.com.au/directory/32520/general-ledger/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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Ability to generate accounting reports is good, yet making them customizable could use more help. > > We use it for accounting in our 501 (c) 3 organization and find it adequate. After QuickBooks went to a subscriber-only, Internet-only user experience, we needed an inexpensive, user friendly option. ----- ### "Great free software" — 5.0/5 > **Benjamin** | *26 November 2018* | Transportation/Trucking/Railroad | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: It work perfectly, has all the advanced features for accounting a small to medium business and it's free. > > **Cons**: Not enough options for invoice layout and custom fields. ----- ### "No nonsense, feature rich, double-entry accounting" — 4.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *31 January 2021* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: Manager was a breath of fresh air after using MYOB for so long. It has a modern interface which lets you at your data quickly and easily. It's highly modular, meaning you can add in just the modules you need, and it comes with a lot—far more than I need—including staff and inventory management. It supports GST reporting right out of the box. There's a great support forum with expert uses, and the developers themselves, who are mostly very responsive to questions. I remember once reporting an issue which the developer fixed the SAME DAY\! And incredibly, this software is free for small businesses and individuals who don't require the multi-user and networking features of the Cloud Edition (which is US$39 per month). The free Desktop version runs on Linux, Windows and (all-importantly for me) Mac. > > **Cons**: Being a cross-platform app build on web technologies, Manager lacks some of the OS integration and polish that you might expect from a native macOS app. There's no integration with the system Address Book, and the Mac menu bar is basically empty (save for some rudimentary window management). No big deal, but there was one feature that caused me a lot of grief: custom HTML themes. The invoice templates that shipped with Manager were pretty basic and didn't meet my needs. I'm a web developer, so building my own template using HTML and CSS didn't faze me, and it worked fine… until Manager changed its whole templating system over to Liquid-based themes and their own home-made PDF generator. The biggest problem was, the new system only supports inline style attributes, and only a very limited number of CSS properties. When I raised these issues, the developer recommended table-based layouts. :-( They could fix these issues by embedding Chromium, but at the cost of 50 MB increase in app size, which they were unwilling to do. I was able to eventually work around the issues and print to PDF using the macOS print window, but the whole process was painful and time-consuming. Another frustration is Manger's insistence on tracking 'Foreign exchange gains (losses)' every time you pay for something in a foreign currency. If, like me, you pay for these up front (no credit) this is totally unnecessary, but there's no way to turn it off—you have to manually update exchange rates. > > While Manager and I have had our frustrating moments (see Cons), most of the time it just works. You might even call the software BORING. And I think that's exactly what you want your accounting software to be. :-) ----- ### "Manager Review" — 5.0/5 > **Musaab** | *18 September 2019* | Accounting | Recommendation rating: 6.0/10 > > **Pros**: The Software offers incredible Flexibility and can be modified at will to suit the needs of any business with out any hassle. The Account heads provide links to transactions so that one may trace a transaction from the report to source entry. The User Interface is friendly and easy to use. > > **Cons**: The report system is a bit tedious to work with, the detailed form can become a bit cumbersome to assess and analyze. > > Aside from a few drawbacks, Overall the Manager Software is a good choice if your looking for an easy to use, flexible software for your business. ----- ### "Manager Supporter" — 5.0/5 > **David** | *6 April 2023* | Accounting | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Most accounting packages are geared for Accountants, but with Manager, its easy because the package guides you through the bookkeeping system, thus allowing Bookkeepers to easily use the package. > > **Cons**: Would like a link into Excel from the Report Menu. Not a train-smash though. > > Fantastic, no bad experiences at all. ----- Page: 1 / 4\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.com.au/software/122579/manager?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.com.au/software/122579/manager) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | de-CH | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | es | | | es-AR | | | es-CL | | | es-CO | | | es-CR | | | es-DO | | | es-EC | | | es-MX | | | es-PA | | | es-PE | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | fr-LU | | | it | | | nl | | | nl-BE | | | pt | | | pt-PT | | ----- ## Structured Data