and if you need a payroll app for Single Touch Payroll, Payroller and Reckon STP app are free.If you have a small number of “contacts” (customers and suppliers), both ZohoBooks and Freshbooks can be cheap – else check out Saasu starting at $15/m. I used to say Wave – it is free, but they have discontinued sign-ups outside of North America from December 30, 2020.
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: