Accounting Software for a Startup Business

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  poboy on 27/12/2016 - 09:04

  I've always heard great things about Xero.

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    brokeasajoke on 27/12/2016 - 09:16

    Xero was actually the first that I researched. I hear that the data is theirs to keep once you end your subscription. Not a deal breaker though. I think they are all good, but I just wanted to get some first hand experience.

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  [Deactivated] on 27/12/2016 - 09:37

  Xero is good, we use it at work. Simple and gets the job done

  Some others to consider would be Great Plains

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  scotty on 27/12/2016 - 09:59

  +3

  For the first 5 years of OzBargain I use OpenOffice Calc :) Then Xero afterwards when accounts get more complicated. Xero is relatively expensive although it does save me time & money that I would otherwise pay an accountant.

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    StewBalls on 27/12/2016 - 11:29

    +1

    For the first 5 years of OzBargain I use OpenOffice Calc…

    Well, funny you should mention it…I still use a spreadsheet for the lion's share of my private consultancy work.

    I was going to offer that but thought it might come across as disingenuous.

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  scupper on 27/12/2016 - 11:24

  +1

  Haven't tried them but there's also Reckon and manager.io.

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    mrtin on 27/12/2016 - 12:38

    +1

    I use manager.io as a micro business. Free and does thr job

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  brokeasajoke on 27/12/2016 - 22:51

  Thanks for the help guys. I'll narrow it down to Xero and Wave now.

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  Stevek1960 on 28/12/2016 - 08:48

  Many years ago I used to sell, install and train an Aussie made Accounting System so I have had some experience with various packages.
  I find this to be good, has all that is needed and your data is stored locally so as with Xero and the likes it can still be used when no internet is available (main data access that is as it can be used locally as well) and no one else has access to your data.
  Worked for a company with Xero and personally it was crap and not very user friendly in the backend area.

  http://www.nchsoftware.com/invoice/index.html

  Start for invoicing then add accounts and inventory if reqiured

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  Ken1977 on 28/12/2016 - 09:30

  I use rounded, nice and simple to track day to day, photograph receipts for expenses, invoicing, It was free to try so made sure it did what I wanted first.

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  Pumpkin_rrr on 28/12/2016 - 09:39

  I went thru the same 1.5 years ago….
  Xero is too expensive.
  Wave is free but painful to use.
  Quickbooks just suit us as we started with the chespest package and with discount, was only $15/month from memory. But note that once upgrade you cant 'downgrade' to the lower version.

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    brokeasajoke on 29/12/2016 - 10:44

    Hey Pumpkin - why was Wave painful to use?

    I don't think Quickbooks has payroll though.

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      Pumpkin_rrr on 29/12/2016 - 16:45

      Gee I forgot most of the details… from memory, input is clumsy (vs QB has recurring template), export has date format incompatible with Excel, layout is not reader-friendly….
      QB doesnt have payrolll? What about the higher version? Hard to believe! Anyhow this doesnt concern me, being a 3-man band.

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      wc on 29/12/2016 - 17:25

      Quickbooks definitely has payroll.