
Who Uses MYOB Essentials?
Small to medium businesses in Australia and New Zealand
What Is MYOB Essentials?
MYOB Essentials is the fast and easy way to manage your cash flow and ATO compliance requirements. Includes time saving features to help take care of the day-to-day bookwork. Say goodbye to cashflow headaches. Accept credit card or BPAY payments from clients directly from an emailed invoice. Fast and easy tax updates ensure youre always up-to-date. Paying super and staying on top of ATO Single Touch Payroll requirements is a breeze. Start your one month trial today.
MYOB Essentials Details
MYOB
http://myob.com.au/
Founded 1991









MYOB Essentials pricing overview
See pricing plansMYOB Essentials does not have a free version but does offer a free trial. MYOB Essentials paid version starts at $5.00/month.
Starting Price
$5.00/month See pricing details
Pricing Details
Essentials Payroll: $5.00 / month Accounting Starter: $13.50 / month Accounting: $24.00 / month Accounting + Payroll: $30.00 / month 50% off for 3 months. A 30-day free trial is available.
Free Version
No
Free Trial
Yes, get a free trial
MYOB Essentials deployment and support
Support
- Email/Help Desk
- FAQs/Forum
- Knowledge Base
- Phone Support
- Chat
Deployment
- Cloud, SaaS, Web-based
- Mac (Desktop)
- Windows (Desktop)
- Android (Mobile)
- iPhone (Mobile)
- iPad (Mobile)
Training
- In Person
- Live Online
- Webinars
- Documentation
- Videos
MYOB Essentials Features
Accounting Software
- API
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Accounting
- Accounts Payable
- Accounts Receivable
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Approval Process Control
- Audit Management
- Audit Trail
- Automatic Billing
- Bank Reconciliation
- Billing & Invoicing
- Budgeting/Forecasting
- CPA Firms
- Compliance Management
- Credit Card Processing
- Document Storage
- Expense Claims
- Expense Tracking
- Financial Management
- Financial Reporting
- Fixed Asset Management
- For Government
- Fund Accounting
- General Ledger
- Income & Balance Sheet
- Inventory Management
- Inventory Tracking
- Invoice Management
- Mobile Access
- Multi-Currency
- Multi-Location
- Nonprofits
- Order Management
- Payroll Management
- Project Accounting
- Project Management
- Projections
- Purchase Order Management
- Purchasing & Receiving
- Quotes/Estimates
- Receipt Management
- Recurring/Subscription Billing
- Reminders
- Sales Tax Management
- Status Tracking
- Tax Management
- Third Party Integrations
- Workflow Management
Accounts Payable Software
- 1099 Preparation
- ACH Payment Processing
- API
- Accounting
- Accounting Integration
- Activity Dashboard
- Aging Tracking
- Alerts/Notifications
- Approval Process Control
- Audit Management
- Audit Trail
- Bank Reconciliation
- Billing & Invoicing
- Cash Flow Management
- Cash Management
- Check Writing
- Compliance Management
- Configurable Workflow
- Customizable Reports
- Data Extraction
- Data Import/Export
- Document Management
- Document Storage
- Duplicate Payment Alert
- ERP
- Electronic Funds Transfer
- Electronic Payments
- Expense Tracking
- Financial Analysis
- Financial Management
- Fraud Detection
- General Ledger
- Inventory Management
- Invoice Management
- Invoice Processing
- Mobile Access
- Multi-Currency
- PO Reconciliation
- Purchase Order Management
- Real Time Data
- Real Time Reporting
- Receipt Management
- Recurring Payments
- Reporting & Statistics
- Reporting/Analytics
- Status Tracking
- Supplier Management
- Third Party Integrations
- Vendor Management
- Workflow Management
Accounts Receivable Software
- ACH Payment Processing
- API
- Account Reconciliation
- Accounting
- Accounting Integration
- Activity Dashboard
- Aging Tracking
- Alerts/Notifications
- Approval Process Control
- Bank Reconciliation
- Billing & Invoicing
- Cash Flow Management
- Cash Management
- Check Processing
- Collections Management
- Contact Database
- Credit Card Processing
- Customer Statements
- Customizable Reports
- Customizable Templates
- Data Import/Export
- Discount Management
- Document Management
- Electronic Payments
- Expense Tracking
- Financial Analysis
- Financial Management
- Forecasting
- General Ledger
- Inventory Management
- Inventory Tracking
- Invoice Management
- Invoice Processing
- Multi-Currency
- Online Payments
- Order Management
- Overpayment Processing
- Partial Payments
- Profit/Loss Statement
- Purchase Order Management
- Real Time Data
- Real Time Reporting
- Receipt Management
- Receivables Ledger
- Recurring/Subscription Billing
- Reminders
- Reporting & Statistics
- Sales Tax Management
- Third Party Integrations
- Workflow Management
Billing and Invoicing Software
- API
- Accounting
- Accounting Integration
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Alerts/Notifications
- Billing & Invoicing
- Billing Portal
- Client Portal
- Contact Database
- Contingency Billing
- Credit Card Processing
- Customisable Branding
- Customisable Invoices
- Customizable Reports
- Customizable Templates
- Document Management
- Document Storage
- Dunning Management
- Electronic Payments
- Email Management
- Estimating
- Expense Tracking
- Financial Management
- Hourly Billing
- Invoice Creation
- Invoice History
- Invoice Management
- Invoice Processing
- Mobile Payments
- Multi-Currency
- Online Invoicing
- Online Payments
- Payment Processing
- Project Billing
- Projections
- Purchase Order Management
- Purchasing & Receiving
- Quotes/Estimates
- Real Time Data
- Real Time Reporting
- Recurring/Subscription Billing
- Reminders
- Reporting & Statistics
- Sales Tax Management
- Tax Calculation
- Third Party Integrations
- Time & Expense Tracking
- Timesheet Management
- Workflow Management
Bookkeeping Software
- ACH Payment Processing
- API
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Account Reconciliation
- Accounting
- Accounting Integration
- Accounts Payable
- Accounts Receivable
- Activity Dashboard
- Bank Reconciliation
- Billing & Invoicing
- Bookkeeping Services Integration
- Budgeting/Forecasting
- Cash Flow Management
- Cash Management
- Categorisation/Grouping
- Collections Management
- Credit Card Processing
- Customizable Templates
- Data Import/Export
- Document Storage
- Electronic Payments
- Estimating
- Expense Claims
- Expense Tracking
- Financial Analysis
- Financial Management
- Fixed Asset Management
- General Ledger
- Income & Balance Sheet
- Invoice Management
- Invoice Processing
- Mobile Access
- Multi-Currency
- Payroll Management
- Profit/Loss Statement
- Purchase Order Management
- Real Time Data
- Receipt Management
- Recurring/Subscription Billing
- Reminders
- Reporting & Statistics
- Revenue Recognition
- SSL Security
- Sales Tax Management
- Spend Management
- Tax Management
- Third Party Integrations
- Transaction History
- Vendor Management
Business Budgeting Software
- "What If" Scenarios
- API
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Accounting
- Accounting Integration
- Activity Dashboard
- Ad hoc Reporting
- Asset Management
- Billing & Invoicing
- Budget Control
- Budgeting/Forecasting
- Cash Flow Management
- Cash Management
- Chart of accounts
- Collaboration Tools
- Consolidation/Roll-Up
- Customizable Reports
- Dashboard Creation
- Data Import/Export
- Data Visualization
- Drag & Drop
- Expense Management
- Financial Analysis
- Financial Management
- Forecasting
- General Ledger
- Income & Balance Sheet
- Invoice Management
- Multi-Company
- Multi-Currency
- Multi-Department/Project
- Planning Tools
- Profit/Loss Statement
- Projections
- Purchase Order Management
- Real Time Analytics
- Real Time Data
- Real Time Reporting
- Real-time Updates
- Receipt Management
- Reporting & Statistics
- Reporting/Analytics
- Sales Forecasting
- Scenario Planning
- Self-Service Reporting
- Strategic Planning
- Third Party Integrations
- Version Control
- Visual Analytics
- Workflow Management
Business Performance Management Software
- "What If" Scenarios
- API
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Ad hoc Analysis
- Ad hoc Reporting
- Audit Trail
- Budgeting/Forecasting
- Cash Management
- Charting
- Consolidation/Roll-Up
- Customizable Reports
- Customizable Templates
- Dashboard
- Dashboard Creation
- Data Visualization
- Drag & Drop
- Financial Analysis
- Financial Management
- Forecasting
- Goal Setting / Tracking
- Key Performance Indicators
- Monitoring
- Multi-Currency
- Multiple Data Sources
- Performance Management
- Performance Metrics
- Planning Tools
- Predictive Analytics
- Progress Tracking
- Projections
- Qualitative Analysis
- Quantitative Analysis
- Real Time Analytics
- Real Time Data
- Real Time Notifications
- Real Time Reporting
- Real-time Updates
- Reporting & Statistics
- Reporting/Analytics
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- Task Management
- Third Party Integrations
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- Contact Database
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- Customizable Reports
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- Document Management
- Electronic Payments
- Expense Management
- Financial Analysis
- Financial Management
- Financing Management
- General Ledger
- Inventory Management
- Inventory Tracking
- Invoice Management
- Invoice Processing
- Lease-Here-Pay-Here
- Mobile Access
- Multi-Currency
- Multi-Location
- Order Management
- Parts Management
- Payroll Management
- Purchase Order Management
- Purchasing & Receiving
- Quotes/Estimates
- Real Time Data
- Real Time Reporting
- Receipt Management
- Recurring/Subscription Billing
- Reporting & Statistics
- Reporting/Analytics
- Sales Management
- Sales Orders
- Sales Tax Management
- Service Department
- Stock Management
- Third Party Integrations
Charity Accounting Software
- API
- Account Reconciliation
- Accounting
- Accounting Integration
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- Accounts Receivable
- Activity Dashboard
- Ad hoc Reporting
- Audit Trail
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- Budgeting/Forecasting
- CRM
- Cash Flow Management
- Cash Management
- Charting
- Check Printing
- Collaboration Tools
- Contact Management
- Credit Card Processing
- Customizable Reports
- Customizable Templates
- Donation Tracking
- Electronic Payments
- Financial Analysis
- Financial Management
- Fixed Asset Management
- Fund Accounting
- General Ledger
- Grant Management
- Income & Balance Sheet
- Inventory Management
- Inventory Tracking
- Invoice Management
- Invoice Processing
- Multi-Currency
- Payroll Management
- Profit/Loss Statement
- Project Accounting
- Purchase Order Management
- Purchasing & Receiving
- Real Time Data
- Real Time Reporting
- Receipt Management
- Recurring/Subscription Billing
- Reporting & Statistics
- Sales Tax Management
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- Time & Expense Tracking
- Timesheet Management
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Church Accounting Software
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- API
- Accounting
- Accounting Integration
- Accounts Payable
- Accounts Receivable
- Activity Dashboard
- Asset Tracking
- Attendance Management
- Bank Reconciliation
- Billing & Invoicing
- Budgeting/Forecasting
- Cash Flow Management
- Cash Management
- Check Printing
- Compliance Management
- Credit Card Processing
- Customisable Branding
- Customizable Reports
- Customizable Templates
- Data Import/Export
- Donation Management
- Electronic Payments
- Event Management
- Event Scheduling
- Expense Tracking
- Financial Analysis
- Financial Management
- Financial Reporting
- For Religious Organizations
- Fund Accounting
- General Ledger
- Invoice Management
- Invoice Processing
- Membership Management
- Mobile Access
- Multi-Currency
- Payroll Management
- Purchase Order Management
- Real Time Data
- Real Time Reporting
- Receipt Management
- Recurring/Subscription Billing
- Reminders
- Reporting & Statistics
- Sales Tax Management
- Third Party Integrations
- Time & Expense Tracking
- Transaction History
- Volunteer Management
Cloud Storage Software
- API
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Alerts/Notifications
- Approval Process Control
- Archiving & Retention
- Audit Management
- Audit Trail
- Authentication
- Automatic Backup
- Backup and Recovery
- Chat/Messaging
- Commenting / Notes
- Compliance Management
- Customisable Branding
- Data Import/Export
- Data Migration
- Data Recovery
- Data Replication
- Data Storage Management
- Data Synchronization
- Document Management
- Document Storage
- Drag & Drop
- Email Management
- Encryption
- File Management
- File Sharing
- File Transfer
- HIPAA Compliant
- Historical Reporting
- Mobile Access
- Monitoring
- Multiple User Accounts
- Offline Access
- Password Management
- Real Time Data
- Remote Access/Control
- Reporting & Statistics
- Reporting/Analytics
- Role-Based Permissions
- SSL Security
- Secure Data Storage
- Secure Login
- Third Party Integrations
- Two-Factor Authentication
- User Management
- Version Control
- Workflow Management
Construction Accounting Software
- API
- Accounting
- Accounting Integration
- Accounts Payable
- Accounts Receivable
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Audit Trail
- Bid Management
- Billing & Invoicing
- Budget Control
- Budgeting/Forecasting
- Cash Management
- Construction Breakdowns
- Contract/License Management
- Customizable Reports
- Customizable Templates
- Data Import/Export
- Document Management
- Document Storage
- Equipment Tracking
- Estimating
- Financial Analysis
- Financial Management
- Forecasting
- General Ledger
- Inventory Management
- Invoice Management
- Job Costing
- Job Tracking
- Mobile Access
- Multi-Currency
- Multiple Projects
- Overrun Reporting
- Payroll Management
- Project Accounting
- Project Time Tracking
- Project Tracking
- Projections
- Purchase Order Management
- Quotes/Estimates
- Real Time Data
- Real Time Reporting
- Real-time Updates
- Recurring/Subscription Billing
- Reporting & Statistics
- Subcontractor Management
- Third Party Integrations
- Time & Expense Tracking
- Timesheet Management
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- API
- Accounting
- Accounts Payable
- Accounts Receivable
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Ad hoc Reporting
- Asset Management
- Audit Trail
- Bank Reconciliation
- Billing & Invoicing
- Budgeting/Forecasting
- CRM
- Cash Flow Management
- Cash Management
- Charting
- Check Printing
- Collaboration Tools
- Compliance Management
- Customizable Reports
- Customizable Templates
- Donation Tracking
- Donor Management
- Electronic Payments
- Expense Claims
- Expense Tracking
- Financial Analysis
- Financial Management
- Financial Reporting
- Fixed Asset Management
- General Ledger
- Income & Balance Sheet
- Inventory Management
- Inventory Tracking
- Invoice Management
- Invoice Processing
- Mobile Access
- Monitoring
- Multi-Currency
- Partnership Accounting
- Payroll Management
- Purchase Order Management
- Purchasing & Receiving
- Real Time Data
- Real Time Reporting
- Receipt Management
- Recurring/Subscription Billing
- Reporting & Statistics
- Third Party Integrations
- Time & Expense Tracking
Payroll Software
- 401(k) Tracking
- API
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Activity Dashboard
- Alerts/Notifications
- Applicant Tracking
- Approval Process Control
- Attendance Management
- Attendance Tracking
- Benefits Management
- Calendar Management
- Check Printing
- Compensation Management
- Compliance Management
- Customizable Reports
- Data Import/Export
- Direct Deposit
- Document Management
- Document Storage
- Employee Database
- Employee Management
- Employee Onboarding
- Employee Portal
- Employee Profiles
- Employee Self Service
- Employee Time Tracking
- Expense Tracking
- Leave Tracking
- Multi-Country
- Multi-State
- Payroll Management
- Payroll Outsourcing
- Payroll Reporting
- Performance Management
- Real Time Reporting
- Recruitment Management
- Reminders
- Reporting & Statistics
- Self Service Portal
- Sick Leave Tracking
- Tax Compliance
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- Time Off Requests
- Time Tracking
- Timesheet Management
- Training Management
- Vacation/Leave Tracking
- W-2 Preparation
- Wage Garnishment
- Workflow Management
School Accounting Software
- API
- Accounting
- Accounts Payable
- Activity Dashboard
- Assessment Management
- Attendance Management
- Attendance Tracking
- Bank Reconciliation
- Billing & Invoicing
- Budgeting/Forecasting
- Calendar Management
- Cash Flow Management
- Cash Management
- Class Loading
- Class Scheduling
- Communication Management
- Contact Management
- Customizable Reports
- Data Import/Export
- Donor Management
- Electronic Payments
- Employee Management
- Expense Tracking
- Financial Aid Management
- Financial Analysis
- Financial Management
- Fixed Asset Management
- For Private Schools
- For Special Education
- Fund Accounting
- General Ledger
- Grade Management
- Higher Education
- Inventory Management
- Invoice Management
- Invoice Processing
- K-12
- Multi-Currency
- Payroll Management
- Purchase Order Management
- Purchasing & Receiving
- Real Time Data
- Real Time Reporting
- Records Management
- Recurring/Subscription Billing
- Registration Management
- Reminders
- Reporting & Statistics
- Sales Tax Management
- Third Party Integrations
Time and Expense Software
- API
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Accounting Integration
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Alerts/Notifications
- Approval Process Control
- Approval Workflow
- Attendance Tracking
- Billable Items Tracking
- Billing & Invoicing
- Budgeting/Forecasting
- Calendar Management
- Customizable Fields
- Customizable Reports
- Data Import/Export
- Employee Management
- Estimating
- Expense Tracking
- Invoice Management
- Leave Tracking
- Mobile App
- Multi-Currency
- Payroll Management
- Progress Tracking
- Project Time Tracking
- Project Tracking
- Projections
- QuickBooks Integration
- Real Time Data
- Real Time Notifications
- Real Time Reporting
- Real-time Updates
- Reimbursement Management
- Reminders
- Reporting & Statistics
- Reporting/Analytics
- Resource Allocation & Planning
- Summary Reports
- Task Management
- Task Progress Tracking
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- Time & Expense Tracking
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- Customer Database
- Customer Statements
- Customizable Fields
- Customizable Reports
- Customizable Templates
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- Document Management
- Document Storage
- Document Templates
- Electronic Payments
- Email Management
- Expense Tracking
- Fee Calculation & Posting
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Katrina R.
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Overall Rating5 /5
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Ease of Use5 /5
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Features & Functionality4 /5
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Customer Support4 /5
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Value for Money4 /5
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Likelihood to Recommend
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 07/11/2018
"Solid product for small business"
Comments: Has been around for a long time. Tried and tested and is a great product. Starting to price a little higher but still competitive - especially if you have employees.
Pros: Easy to use and well laid out for the end user. Is great for small operations without complex needs.
Cons: Whilst bank rules are very handy - the auto reconciling of transactions can cause problems if rule set up incorrectly. Would be great if there was an option to make bulk transaction changes.
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- Reviewed on 07/11/2018
Joanne R.
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Overall Rating5 /5
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Ease of Use5 /5
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Features & Functionality5 /5
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Customer Support5 /5
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Value for Money5 /5
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Likelihood to Recommend
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- Reviewed on 23/02/2021
"MYOB - easy to use, does what you need"
Comments: Offers features that I need to do to manage the Company Financials. Support has been great and responsive.
Pros: MYOB is intuitive for the user to use, easy to use, simple to setup, has all the features you need to manage the Company finances. Also when regulation changes it quickly incorporates those changes and explains easily how to use the feature.
Cons: MYOB can get quite slow around EOFY - needs more grunt put in place around these times for cloud hosting. There is no live chat within the application for support.
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- Reviewed on 23/02/2021
Lee P.
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Overall Rating3 /5
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Ease of Use4 /5
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Features & Functionality3 /5
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Customer Support2 /5
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Value for Money2 /5
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Likelihood to Recommend
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- Source: SoftwareAdvice
- Reviewed on 22/05/2017
"The software is good for a small entity but once you grow and need more detail it becomes a handbrake on information."
Comments: For a small firm with limited reporting requirements it is okay but for any jobs with Work Breakdown Structure requirements it comes up short and becomes a limiter for the company. I get very frustrated with the after sales support system. It is not customer focused and leaves you wondering why you pay for it.
Pros:
Good basic internal controls so novice bookkeepers can run day to day.
Easy to install and set up.
Reasonably cheap for what you get.
Handles GST well.
Cons:
Not the best for Job costings.
Payroll system ordinary serious reporting drawbacks as far as information flow to the General Ledger.
Tends to freeze in reporting production which can lock out users.
Support service is very poor, you get the feeling the staff could care less in resolving issues.
Interactive screen supports not used you have to send a file and wait for a response.
Wait time on the phone for support is very bad.
- Reviewer Source
- Source: SoftwareAdvice
- Reviewed on 22/05/2017

Joe B.
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Overall Rating4 /5
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Ease of Use5 /5
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Features & Functionality3 /5
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Customer Support5 /5
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Value for Money5 /5
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Likelihood to Recommend
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 29/12/2020
"Manual System Converted into Digital"
Comments: MYOB has changed the way we work, simplifies book keeping to take away so much pain
Pros:
- Easy to signup and simple setup to get things started
- Pricing - Special offer for new start ups
- Invoice reminders
- Invoice templates look very professional
- Invoice shows when customer / vendor have viewed (SUPER HELPFUL)
- Intray for emailing receipts and tracking
Cons: - Not being able to invoice in multiple currencies, have to workarond this by invoicing in the charable foreign currency then after payment is recieved adjusting the template to the local amount that is received.
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 29/12/2020
Nicole G.
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Overall Rating4 /5
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Ease of Use4 /5
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Features & Functionality4 /5
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Customer Support3 /5
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Value for Money3 /5
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Likelihood to Recommend
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- Source: GetApp
- Reviewed on 14/11/2018
"One of the top software for bookkeeping"
Pros: I enjoy using MYOB simply because it does everything you need for a small business - sometimes needs more explanation with accounting though for new people.
Cons: glitches with POS machines is really the only thing I ever came across with this program, so not alot from a small business perspective.
- Reviewer Source
- Source: GetApp
- Reviewed on 14/11/2018