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MYOB Business accounting software is designed to help businesses of any size across Australia and New Zealand take care of GST, invoices, reporting, expenses & payroll (including Single Touch Payroll). Designed to save time,...
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- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 11-50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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A Solid Piece Of Software
Pros
I have used MYOB for years, it's perfect for getting the job done, and easy to use.
Cons
Sometimes the ability to change or delete transactions is a little bit dangerous.
- Industry: Banking
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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The Software helps me to evolve in my career my much .
The benefits are countless. I am really happy and exceptionally relaxed with using this software. By far, its the most reliable and efficient software that I have encountered.
Pros
The systematic features really helps to sort out the accounting issues. I am always leading the task upto the standards and mostly efficiently only using this specialized software.
Cons
The complications of finding a specific set of files is really hectic. I have to go through the whole bunch of files and reenters the balance whenever I have to made some ammendments.
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 201-500 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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The software is good for a small entity but once you grow and need more detail it becomes a...
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.
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- Industry: Construction
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for Free Trial
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A must for any small business
Pros
its ease of use, Its simple. Everything is a click a way all bookkeepers and accountnats will have access in the back ground to pullt he data they need to complete tax things
Cons
I would ideally like to see a scheduling app or component added which id desktop and phone friendly
Alternatives Considered
Quickbooks Online- Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Easy to use
Being in the cloud makes access to this program easy. It is user friendly and easy to navigate. The cost did increase quite a bit over the 6 years I was using it but it is pretty relative to other accounting software available.
Pros
This program is in the cloud so it can be accessed from anywhere that has internet.
Cons
You couldn't do a recurring transaction.
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Don't start your business accounting with a regrettable decision, look elsewhere!
Underwhelming to say the least. I was partially sold on the fact that they have a customer service number to assist if need be, don't be fooled by this either, the call centre workers are rather unfamiliar with the MYOB product (unless I was unfortunate enough to speak with their newest member each time) and all my queries had to be looked up each time and they read answers from a screen which I could find on-line myself , they weren't able to elaborate nor answer any further questions I had outside of what was written in front of them.
Pros
Reasonably easy to use but have found Xero to be much better in almost every way.
Cons
Limited features and limited expandability compared to Xero. No was to have a back up of accounting file on your computer. If or once you decide Essentials ins't for you, they do not offer a way to transfer to their own Account Rite product nor do they off to export data to Xero. They will give you 1 month access as a read only before all data is deleted off their server unless you pay $25 Per month for the remaining 5 years you're required to keep the data
Alternatives Considered
Quickbooks OnlineReasons for Switching to MYOB Business
The only reason I foolishly chose MYOB was because of their time and name in the industry and I knew someone else who used MYOB and found them ok at the time but who is also now in the same situation as me and wanting to change over to Xero.- Industry: Consumer Goods
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used for 2+ years
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Probably OK If you Are a Trained Accountant or Bookkeeper
We wasted a lot of time and resources using this software for our small business accounting needs. Whilst it did the job in the end we believe there are simpler options such as XERO for us non- accountants.
Pros
As a small business owner not trained in the art of accounting there wasn't a lot we found easy about using MYOB Essentials. The reporting process at the end is probably our highlight.
Cons
We found MYOB Essentials cumbersome to set up and use. The support team was basically of little help. Sending files to our Accountant at the end of the tax year was a pain. MYOB Essentials is better suited to those with a deeper knowledge of accounting than what we have in our business. That is why we switched to XERO which we find much easier and more efficient to use.
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QuickBooks Desktop EnterpriseReasons for Switching to MYOB Business
We chose MYOB Essential based on their reputation as a simple inhouse accounting software solution.- Industry: Mental Health Care
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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Great software for small business
Pros
User experience is great and is easy to use for beginners. As the product has been around for some time, the forums are helpful for common issues and troubleshooting. From my experience the online support chat is helpful when needed. The myob capture app is great for recording receipts and invoices on the go for allocation later on desktop.
Cons
Recurring invoices are a great feature, however for my purposes, I would prefer a create from template feature for recurring contacts. Would prefer to have final say/approval over invoice reminders so the template can be customised to the circumstances. Some basic filtering and sorting features could be added for betting tracking of transactions, invoices, etc.
- Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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MYOB software
Pros
Process was easy to set up, had some good features that were used frequently
Cons
Needed more features added to make good use of the accounting,invoices were limited
- Industry: Accounting
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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MYOB Essentials
Keep clients complaint!
Pros
This product makes the day to day task of a business owner more professional!
Cons
the Cost of the software could put a few people off!
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Okay but . . . . .
We have been using MYOB accounting plus for over 10 years and recently upgraded to the new Accountright 2013.
The new version is very similar to the old and this makes it relatively easy to adjust to. There was a bit of dancing converting 10 years of accounting data to the new format and eventually we got that done and away we went.
The first thing that struck us was how slow it seems in comparison to the previous software. (MYOB Accounting plus v14). Data entry is not fluid and constant delays in processing. We contacted MYOB support regarding this and "they are working on the problem" so it appears it is a common problem.
It is updated with the latest reports and payroll taxes and supposedly compliant with the ATO.
There is a greater range of reports available but still the customisation options are limited. What you see is what yo get, give or take a field or two.
The "cloud" idea is novel, but due to the speed restrictions it is of little real benefit.
Payroll is the biggest change complying with the new regulations, and taxes, but unfortunately MYOB doesn't allow upgrading of the tax tables without paying for an endless subscription which equates to approximately $800 per year.
Overall if you like the early MYOB and can handle the speed reduction then its an okay upgrade. If it wasn't for the reliance on MYOB data for the previous 10+ years and the swift talking sales rep that convinced management to upgrade, I would personally be looking at alternatives.
Pros
Compatible with earlier versions.
Interface is very similar to previous versions.
Cons
Expensive for what it is!
Slow!!!!! For small or casual use it MAY be okay, but for any real data volume, its just too slow. (Even on the latest PC)
Relies heavily on the internet (could be cause of part of the speed problem)
Limited customisation
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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This is great accounting Software thank you
I have been using this software for over 10 years it is a bit expensive but works well
Especially after it went to cloud based
Pros
And I like if anything goes missing my computer gets Stolen or burns or virus then I don't lose everything because it's on the clouds
Cons
The cons are that it is too expensive for what it is
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Processing
The background of MYOB needs to be updated to keep up with the updates
Pros
This software is easy to use . It has all the modules you need to run a small to medium business in todays environment.
Cons
Processing is slow and will freeze the screen Myob does not like large files which is a huge problem.
- Industry: Accounting
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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ease of use
Makes my work life convenient
Pros
Helps a lot with accounting work for clients. Myob essential version allows me to log in and work on in where ever I’m located (as long as I have internet access)
Cons
Only worked when there is internet access available, not available offine.
- Industry: Accounting
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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MYOB Business review
Pros
Bank feeds, scan bills, look up and search functions. Also the general ledger allows headings and subheadings (Xero does not)
Cons
Could connect to more third-party software.
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 11-50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Good basic accounts system
Pros
Simple in most cases to use and looks good, integrates with our hire software well , if any issues the help section normally answers the query so no need for customer service.
Cons
I have found it to be slow and sluggish at times, some of the processes are over complicated and difficult to understand/process.
- Industry: Arts & Crafts
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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Mostly good
I've been using MYOB for many years, mainly to raise invoices and purchases, plus to track the P&L and balance sheet. It's a pretty robust product that doesn't need specialist instruction to use the basic functions, but it started getting pretty annoying when I upgraded late 2013 and now one has to be connected to the internet in order to use it. That means if your internet connection is down or you're out of WIFI reach on the road, you can't do anything with your company files. That's my biggest complaint.
Pros
Fairly easy to use; robust
Cons
You have to have internet connection to use your company files.
- Industry: Insurance
- Company size: 51-200 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Easy to use
Pros
Basic Accounting functions for the new staff to use. Very good graphical user interface. icons are very clear
Cons
Poor budgeting modules when trying to incorporate different departments. Relies on internet with cloud service.
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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Good software for offline accounting. you can work on Myob for all your accounting &and...
Good for accounting & Book-keeping offline.
Pros
Its functioning is good. You can easily get your Accounting data customized by preparing P&L account & Balance sheet
Cons
1. You have to take backup by your self no self backup facility.
2. Difficult to understand the reporting process.
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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Easy to use for Small Business
I've been using MYOB Essentials for about 2 years now. It's a simple system for a small business.
Pros
Great import feature for bank accounts (main bank accounts are available - some smaller banks are not able to auto import)
Simple payroll functionality
Easy account reconciliation
Cons
There is no simple search facility across the database - you have to enter each screen to perform a search
Reports are hard to find and dates are
- Industry: Maritime
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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Absolutely disgraceful back up service.
A very unprofessional company. I have been using MYOB for over 5 years and have found the service disgraceful. The service is the worst of any company I have ever used. They take forever to answer a phone call and quite often after waiting u to an hour for hepl, the phone is disconnectred. I need to call them agaion and try for help.
I did not leave hoping for MYOB to improve its service. Also the work to find an alternative. Just now i spent 3/4 hour and they hung up after the wait.
Pros
Nothing. Very bad service. No service. The software was very hard to use. I accepted and learned more. No ease of use.
Cons
The complete usability and back up service.
- Industry: Hospitality
- Company size: 11-50 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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Ongoing extortion, third world support, buggy and terrible reporting
A can't imagine a business could do worse than this product, go elsewhere and save yourself the hassle.
Pros
It didn't fail on install... that's about it!
Cons
I paid for the full version of the software and not even 12 months in they are forcing me to pay for a subscription service as well! Having disabled single touch payroll for offline users they have made the software obsolete.
Support is terrible and slow, you'll quickly get sick of the on hold music. Doesn't matter once you've identified yourself as soon as you're transferred you'll have to do it again.
And the reporting is a waste of time (and paper), you can't even print a list of employees with their birthdays!
- Industry: Financial Services
- Company size: 51-200 Employees
- Used Monthly for 2+ years
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MYOB uses visuals to explain the numbers
Pros
MYOB uses visuals to explain the cash in and cash out of the business in a way that makes it easy to see the big picture of what's going on. This makes it easy to explain the information in a way that my clients can understand
Cons
It can take some getting used to set up all the accounts you need to run a business. But that’s the same for any accounting software
- Industry: Accounting
- Company size: 11-50 Employees
- Used Monthly for 2+ years
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Good Alternative Cloud Accounting Package for the MYOB Faithful
Pros
Cloud based and extremely speedy.
Bank feeds are easier to navigate and interpret than competitors.
Support is good.
Cons
Hard sell to clients who are aware of other market leaders in the cloud accounting space.
Practice level reporting and tools aren't up to par compared to competitors.
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MYOB problems
MYOB has been the main software package in my business for over 18 years I would have to say that this is the slowest version I have ever come across and am very disappointed, between the not being able to create a new customer in the invoice to having timed out when Im not in cloud it is very frustrating to work with, MYOB you were once good is this the sign of the future?????. there may be bugs but really for the cost of the software I would have thought you could afford better software engineers or are you cutting corners.
Pros
Better reporting (though you have to wait longer)
Cons
Slow operating system,Timing out, New customer only by card file