Best MYOB Alternatives in Australia (2026): 8 Cheaper, Simpler Options

The best MYOB alternatives Australia offers in 2026 start with InvoiceSonic, because most people cancelling MYOB are paying for accounting software and only ever used the invoicing. If you send a handful of invoices a year, the free generator on this site builds a compliant PDF in your browser with no signup. If you run payroll, lodge your own BAS, track inventory, or have an accountant who works in your file, stay put or move to Xero — a full accounting package, not an invoicing app. We put all eight through one test: what does it actually cost to leave?

Quick comparison

"Not stated" means exactly that: the tool's own Australian page did not state it at the time of writing, so we have not marked it a yes. If bank feeds or BAS are why you pay for software, confirm both on a trial first.

How we tested: the switching-cost test. Three questions per tool, none of them about features. Can you get your data out of your current file, and does the new tool even want it? Does your BAS and GST history survive the move, or stay behind in a subscription you are about to cancel? And do the bank feeds reconnect, or are you re-authorising every account and re-coding months of transactions by hand?

The worked number. Open your bank statement, find the MYOB direct debit and multiply it by 12. Call that M. We will not print a MYOB price we have not verified. What we can price is the replacement: at the time of writing InvoiceSonic Pro is A$168 a year billed annually, Rounded Solo is $99 a year regular AUD, Thriday Standard is A$198 a year, and both Zoho Invoice and the generator on this site are A$0. So the saving on an invoicing-only move is M minus 168: if M is A$360 you save A$192 a year, and if M is A$840 you save A$672. Then subtract what your bookkeeper charges for the reconciling the software was doing. If that is larger than M, you were never overpaying.

Who fails the test. Three of the eight are not replacements for MYOB at all, and we would rather say so. InvoiceSonic, the generator on this site and Zoho Invoice do invoicing only — no bank feeds, no BAS. That is a fail on paper and the right answer for most readers. Xero, QuickBooks and Reckon publish paid plans only, so there is no free parallel month in which to prove the feeds reconnect. Thriday answers both questions at once by being the bank; Rounded sits in the middle, with a tax estimate but no ledger.

1. InvoiceSonic — Best overall

InvoiceSonic answers the question most people leaving MYOB are really asking: how do I keep sending professional tax invoices without paying for a general ledger I never open? It builds an invoice in about a minute, sends it, and chases it when nobody pays.

On the switching-cost test it is honest about what it is not. It is not accounting software — no bank feeds, no BAS lodgement, no payroll — so nothing from that half of MYOB comes across, and for most sole traders nothing needs to. What does come across is the half you used: GST at 10%, an ABN field, BSB and PayID, part of localised tax and bank formats across 19 countries. Bank transfer and PayID carry no InvoiceSonic transaction fee, so a A$4,400 job lands as A$4,400. There is an iPhone app but no native Android app, so Android users add the web app to the home screen.

Pros

• Priced as invoicing software, not an accounting seat: A$168 a year billed annually at the time of writing, price-locked.
• Recurring invoices, automatic reminders and open tracking on Pro, so chasing payment is automatic.
• Downgrade later and your invoice history stays accessible, so the exit cost is near nil.

Cons

• No bank feeds, BAS lodgement or payroll. If you used any of those in MYOB, this is not a replacement.
• The free plan stops at 3 saved invoices, 1 tracked email send and 1 automatic reminder a month, and the 7-day Pro trial asks for a card.

Price: at the time of writing, the free plan is A$0 and the first invoice needs no sign-up or credit card; Pro is A$19 a month billed monthly, or A$168 a year billed annually — A$14 a month, saving A$60. Best for: sole traders who opened MYOB to raise invoices and nothing else.

2. Invoice-Generator.com.au — Best free tool

Invoice-Generator.com.au is a free tax invoice generator that produces a finished PDF in your browser with no signup, no watermark, no ads and no invoice limit. It is where you land if you cancelled MYOB because you send four invoices a year.

The sole trader invoice generator is pre-set with an ABN field, a 10% GST line and a live compliance checklist that flags a missing ABN before you send, and nothing you type leaves the browser. There are separate free tools for a quote, a receipt and the GST maths. On the switching-cost test it is a clean fail: it holds nothing, so there is nothing to import and nothing to lose, but it will not tell you who has paid.

Pros

• Free forever, no signup, no watermark and no invoice limit.
• The compliance checklist catches a missing ABN or GST line before your client's accounts team does.

Cons

• It generates a PDF only — no sending, no tracking, no automatic reminders, no payment collection.
• No saved customer list, so a repeat client is retyped every time.

Price: free, always. Best for: low-volume sole traders who need one compliant tax invoice today without opening an account.

3. Xero — Best like-for-like replacement

Xero is the same category of product as MYOB: accounting software with bank feeds, GST and BAS, not an invoicing app with extras bolted on. If you use the accounting half of your file, this is the swap that keeps you whole.

It is also where the switching-cost test bites hardest: you are moving a ledger, not a list of invoices. Budget for a real cutover: pick a date, export everything, re-authorise every bank feed, and check opening balances against your last activity statement before you cancel. For a solo operator it is more software than the job needs, which is the argument in our guide to Xero alternatives for sole traders.

Pros

• Invoicing, bank reconciliation, GST and BAS in one system, so nothing has to move elsewhere.
• Most Australian bookkeepers already work in it, which shortens the handover.

Cons

• No free plan, so there is no zero-cost parallel month to prove the migration before you cancel.
• More software than a solo operator needs if invoicing was the only screen you opened.

Price: paid plans available — check current pricing. Best for: businesses that really do use bank feeds, GST and BAS, especially where the bookkeeper already uses Xero.

4. QuickBooks — Best second quote on a full accounting swap

QuickBooks is global accounting software with Australian GST and BAS support, and it is the obvious second quote once you have decided you need a full package.

On the switching-cost test it sits with Xero: a real ledger migration, real feed reconnection, real opening balances to check. Intuit's pricing page would not load at the time of writing, so we cannot publish a figure. Get the plan name, the ongoing rate after any introductory period, and what happens to your file if you stop paying, in writing, before you move a transaction.

Pros

• Australian GST and BAS support inside a large, well-supported global accounting platform.
• A competing quote, worth having before you accept the first accounting subscription offered.

Cons

• No free plan, and no published Australian price we could verify at the time of writing.
• Introductory rates on accounting software have a habit of stepping up, so ask what year two costs.

Price: paid plans available — check current pricing (Intuit's pricing page would not load at the time of writing). Best for: businesses replacing full accounting software who want a second quote alongside Xero.

5. Reckon — Best long-standing Australian option

Reckon is long-standing Australian accounting software, which counts for something when you leave one Australian vendor for another: the tax year, the terminology and the support hours already suit how business is done here.

Treat it like the other two accounting packages — export first, reconcile against your last activity statement, then reconnect feeds — and confirm what is included on the plan you are quoted, because bank feeds and BAS handling were not stated on the pages we checked at the time of writing. The honest reservation is the interface, which feels dated next to newer products. If your bookkeeper has worked in Reckon for a decade, that is muscle memory and the argument runs the other way.

Pros

• An established Australian vendor, built around the Australian tax year rather than adapted to it.
• Familiar to a generation of Australian bookkeepers, which speeds the handover.

Cons

• The interface is dated next to newer accounting products, and there is no free plan to trial it.
• Bank feeds and BAS handling were not stated, so get both confirmed for your specific plan.

Price: paid plans available — check current pricing. Best for: businesses that want to stay with an established Australian accounting vendor.

6. Rounded — Best for sole traders who want a tax estimate

Rounded is Australian-built for sole traders and freelancers, covering invoicing, expenses and tax estimates in one place. If you left MYOB because it was too much software, the tax estimate is what justifies the subscription.

It is not a full accounting replacement: there is no ledger to migrate into, so the move is quick, but bank feeds and BAS lodgement were not stated on the pricing page. The price is the interesting part. Solo is $99 a year regular AUD at the time of writing — A$8.25 a month, cheaper than our number one — and it tracks expenses and estimates tax as well. That is a real reason to pick something other than InvoiceSonic.

Pros

• Built in Australia for sole traders, so expenses and the tax estimate are ATO-shaped.
• Solo is $99 a year regular AUD at the time of writing, cheaper than most paid options here.

Cons

• No free plan, so you cannot run a month on it for nothing before committing.
• Not accounting software: bank feeds and BAS lodgement were not stated, and promotional pricing varies.

Price: at the time of writing, Solo $99 per year regular and Pro $70 per month regular in AUD; promotional pricing varies. Best for: sole traders who want invoicing, expenses and a tax estimate from one Australian app.

7. Thriday — Best for banking, bookkeeping and BAS in one place

Thriday is the most interesting answer to the switching-cost test here, because it removes the bank feed question by being the bank: an Australian business transaction account with invoicing, automated bookkeeping and BAS built on top.

That answers two of our three questions at once: no feed to reconnect, and BAS handled inside the product. It creates a third, because you have to move your business banking to get the value, which means updating every client's payment details and every direct debit. Do it at the start of a quarter, not in the week your BAS is due. Pricing is low: free under A$50,000 of revenue at the time of writing, and Standard at A$16.50 a month billed annually, or A$198 a year.

Pros

• Free under A$50,000 of revenue at the time of writing, with bookkeeping and BAS included.
• No bank feed to reconnect or re-authorise, because the transaction account is part of the product.

Cons

• You have to bank with Thriday to get the value, so it is a banking migration too.
• Standard is A$198 a year at the time of writing, which only earns its keep above the free threshold.

Price: free under A$50,000 revenue; Standard A$16.50 a month billed annually, at the time of writing. Best for: sole traders willing to move their business account to get bookkeeping and BAS handled.

8. Zoho Invoice — Best free tool that actually sends

Zoho Invoice is free — Zoho states no cost and no contracts — and unlike a PDF generator it sends the invoice, saves the client and keeps the history. If you cancelled MYOB purely to stop a direct debit, this costs nothing and still behaves like software.

It fails the switching-cost test the same way our own generator does: it is invoicing, not accounting, so there is no bank feed and no BAS, and nothing from that side of your old file has anywhere to land. The trade-off is the surroundings — a very large product suite, an interface that is dense next to a single-purpose app, and support aimed at paid-suite customers.

Pros

• Genuinely free with no contract, and it sends, tracks and stores invoices rather than only building a PDF.
• Multi-language invoicing across 19-plus languages.

Cons

• The interface is dense and it is the front door to a large upsell suite you did not ask for.
• No accounting, bank feed or BAS function at all.

Price: free at the time of writing. Best for: anyone who wants sending, tracking and a saved client list for A$0.

Who should stay on MYOB

Four situations make leaving a false economy, and no comparison table will tell you so, because every list is written by someone selling the alternative.

• You run payroll. Paying staff brings reporting obligations to the ATO that no invoicing app here touches, and moving payroll mid-year to save a subscription is a bad trade.
• You lodge BAS from inside the software. If your quarterly activity statement is prepared and lodged out of your accounting file, only Xero, QuickBooks and Thriday here claim to replace that.
• You track inventory. Stock on hand, cost of goods and reorder points are accounting functions. An invoicing app records what you sold, not what you have left.
• Your accountant works in your file. Their hours cost more than your subscription; four extra hours of their time and most of the saving is gone.

What to look for in a MYOB alternative

The decision is not which product has more features. It is which half of your software you actually use, and what the move costs in data, records and someone else's time.

• Whether you need accounting software at all. List the screens you opened in the last three months. Invoices and contacts only means an invoicing app; bank reconciliation or pay runs means accounting software.
• An export you can still read in five years. Before you cancel, pull your invoices, contacts, reports and transaction history out in a standard format and store them outside the software you are leaving.
• Where your BAS and GST history will live. It does not follow you into an invoicing app, because an invoicing app has nowhere to put it. Keep your business records for as long as required and check the current rule on the ATO site or with your accountant.
• Bank feeds, and what breaks without them. Losing feeds loses you automation, not data. Count the transactions a month you would code by hand, multiply by your bookkeeper's rate, and put that next to the subscription you are saving.
• A tax invoice that still meets the rules. Where you are registered for GST it must show the words "Tax invoice", your identity and ABN, the date, a description of what was supplied, the GST amount, and the buyer's identity or ABN for sales of $1,000 or more. Our guide to tax invoice requirements covers the edge cases.
• Your GST registration position. Registration is compulsory at A$75,000 of turnover, and under it you may not need GST handling at all. Read the GST registration threshold before paying for features you cannot use.

Which one should you choose?

Price the year, not the month, and set it against M — your MYOB direct debit times 12 — plus your bookkeeper's hourly rate. At the time of writing the replacements run from A$0, with Zoho Invoice or the generator on this site, up to A$198 a year with Thriday Standard, and Xero, QuickBooks and Reckon do not publish a figure.

• If you only ever used MYOB to raise and send invoices → InvoiceSonic on Pro, and put the difference back in the business.
• If you send a handful of invoices a year and want to pay nothing → the free Australian tax invoice generator, and email the PDF.
• If you run payroll, track inventory or lodge BAS from the software → Xero, with QuickBooks as your second quote.
• If you are a sole trader who wants invoicing, expenses and a tax estimate → Rounded, at $99 a year regular AUD at the time of writing.
• If you would move your business banking to get bookkeeping and BAS handled → Thriday, free under A$50,000 of revenue at the time of writing.

When not to use InvoiceSonic or a free generator. If you use bank feeds, lodge BAS from inside your accounting file, run payroll or track inventory, an invoicing app is the wrong tool, and swapping costs more in bookkeeping hours than it saves in subscription. That is accounting software territory: Xero or QuickBooks, or Reckon for an established Australian vendor. If you want tax estimated as well as invoices sent, Rounded Solo is $99 a year regular AUD at the time of writing, cheaper than InvoiceSonic Pro billed annually. If you want banking and BAS in one product, Thriday is free under A$50,000 of revenue at the time of writing.

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