MYOB Review Australia 2026
Runner-Up — Best for Phone Support & AU Hosting
MYOB is a strong choice for Australian businesses that want phone support, advisor access and AU-hosted cloud platforms (Azure and AWS in Australia). Lite $35 and Pro $70 (AUD incl. GST) include unlimited invoices and BAS lodgement. Payroll on Pro is not included — it is $3 per employee per month. Unlimited included payroll starts at AccountRight Plus ($165/mo).
- Best for
- Businesses that want AU phone support, advisor logins and in-product BAS lodgement. Employers should budget the $3/employee payroll add-on on Lite/Pro or jump to AccountRight Plus.
- Not ideal for
- Tech-forward businesses that need a large integration ecosystem or a modern, polished UI.
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Overview
MYOB is australia's original business management platform. Founded in 1991 and headquartered in Melbourne, VIC, it serves Australian businesses with local data hosting and AU-based support.
Feature highlights
These highlights come from vendor documentation and editorial analysis of public sources. They are not firsthand test results or a claim that every listed capability was exercised in a trial.
- Phone Support (Xero Doesn't Offer This)
MYOB is one of the few major accounting platforms that offers dedicated Australian phone support at 1300 555 666, available Mon-Fri 7am-7pm AEST. For business owners who prefer speaking to a human when they're stuck, this is a significant advantage over Xero's online-only support.
- Payroll is an add-on on Lite and Pro
AU pricing pages observed 11 Sep 2026: Lite payroll is $3 per employee per month for up to 2 employees; Pro is $3 per employee per month for unlimited employees. Unlimited payroll at no extra cost starts at AccountRight Plus. This is published plan copy, not a live pay run.
- 130+ Bank Feed Connections
MYOB connects to over 130 Australian financial institutions for automatic bank feeds — significantly more than QuickBooks and competitive with Xero. All Big 4 banks are supported with direct feeds, plus regional banks, credit unions, and credit card providers.
- Direct BAS Lodgement
Lodge your Business Activity Statement directly to the ATO from within MYOB using Standard Business Reporting (SBR). Supports quarterly and monthly BAS, with automatic GST calculations and BAS mapping across all transaction types.
- Payday Super Ready Now
MYOB's Pay Super feature is already live and can be switched on today, well ahead of the 1 July 2026 Payday Super deadline. Process super payments at the same time as wages — no waiting for the legislation to take effect to start using it.
- Australian-Owned and Operated
Founded in Melbourne in 1991, MYOB is genuinely Australian-made software. All data is hosted in Australia, support is AU-based, and the platform is built specifically for Australian tax, compliance, and business requirements. Now owned by KKR but still operated out of Melbourne.
AU Compliance Scores
These scores apply to Australian tax, payroll and banking capabilities where they are relevant to MYOB. They are SoftwareHQ editorial judgements from public documentation, not firsthand product tests.
Not applicable means this product type is not scored on that dimension (for example BAS lodgement on a CRM). Not supported means the vendor does not offer it. Unknown means we could not verify it from public sources — that is not the same as unsupported.
Official plan comparison: Lite, Pro and AccountRight Plus list Track GST and lodge BAS. Solo is Track GST only. AI BAS is a beta add-on on Lite/Pro, not the lodgement channel itself.
MYOB Business help (checked 8 Sep 2026): you must report via STP Phase 2; STP is included with the subscription with no extra STP charge. Salary, tax and super go to the ATO after each pay. Not an ATO product-register extract.
MYOB Business payroll setup page: Pay Super is described as Payday Super-compliant and lets you make regular super payments. Vendor product copy, not an ATO certification of every employer scenario.
MYOB still does not document native auto award interpretation on the pages opened this check. Award-rate libraries and employee pay items are configured by the employer; deep penalty-rate automation is a third-party marketplace add-on (QuokkaWorks) in prior copy. Do not treat that add-on as a MYOB certification.
Automatic GST calculation on all transactions with full BAS mapping. Supports all GST categories including GST-free, input-taxed, and capital acquisitions.
Bank feeds from 130+ Australian financial institutions, credit unions, and credit card providers. All Big 4 banks (CBA, NAB, Westpac, ANZ) supported with direct feeds. Open banking expanding coverage from March 2026.
When this was checked
Status as of (page snapshot) against a 90-day review target. Checked dates are not updated when the site is rebuilt.
Editorial article date: . That is not proof that pricing, hosting, or compliance was re-checked.
- PricingVerified
Verified — checked 8 September 2026.
1 Mar 2026 standard incl GST: Lite $35, Pro $70, AccountRight Plus $165, Premier $210. Payroll add-on $3/employee on Lite/Pro, not on AccountRight. Live pricing page shows intro discounts; record standard prices. Public-workflow observation on 11 Sep 2026 confirmed those after-offer / table figures and recorded unresolved intro-offer conflicts (checkout not started).
Effective from 1 March 2026.
- HostingVerified
Verified — checked 8 September 2026.
Azure production hosted in Australia; AWS production hosted in Australia. ISO 27001 annually.
- Bank feedsVerified
Verified — checked 8 September 2026.
Connected bank accounts: Lite up to 2, Pro and Plus unlimited. Institution count 130+ not re-audited.
- BAS lodgementVerified
Verified — checked 8 September 2026.
Lite/Pro/Plus: Track GST and lodge BAS. Solo: Track GST only.
- GST handlingVerified
Verified — checked 8 September 2026.
GST tracking on listed small-business plans; lodgement from Lite up.
- Modern AwardsVerified
Verified — checked 8 September 2026.
ATO category assignment is manual; MYOB says award/EA setups are unique. Not native auto-interpretation.
- Payday SuperVerified
Verified — checked 8 September 2026.
Setup page: Pay Super described as Payday Super-compliant. Vendor copy.
- STP Phase 2Verified
Verified — checked 8 September 2026.
Help centre: STP Phase 2 required; included with MYOB subscription; send salary/tax/super after each pay.
- SuperannuationVerified
Verified — checked 8 September 2026.
Pay Super sends contributions to employees' funds from MYOB Business payroll setup.
Pricing (AUD)
All prices below are in Australian dollars and include GST. Verified — checked 8 September 2026. Source: myob.com/subscription-pricing-update.
- Invoices: unlimited
- Bills: basic
- Bank Reconciliation: Yes
- Bank Accounts: 2
- Users: unlimited
- Invoices: unlimited
- Bills: unlimited
- Bank Reconciliation: Yes
- Bank Accounts: unlimited
- Users: unlimited
- Invoices: unlimited
- Bills: unlimited
- Bank Reconciliation: Yes
- Inventory: Yes
- Time Billing: Yes
- Users: unlimited
- Invoices: unlimited
- Bills: unlimited
- Bank Reconciliation: Yes
- Inventory: Yes
- Multi Currency: Yes
- Users: unlimited
Estimate first-year cost for MYOB
Observed price changes
Recorded when a listed price changed. This is not a complete vendor timeline.
- Lite increased from $25 to $35, Pro from $55 to $70
- Lite · $25 → $27.50 · Lite plan increased from $25 to $27.50 in annual review
- New plan structure introduced with Solo, Lite, Pro, and AccountRight tiers
- Plus · $75 → $82.50 · New Plus tier launched at $82.50 replacing old Enterprise plans
- Pro · $50 → $55 · MYOB introduced new Lite/Pro/Plus plan structure replacing legacy AccountRight tiers
- Lite (formerly Essentials) · $23 → $25 · Annual increase across all MYOB Business plans — Essentials rose to $25
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Australian phone support at 1300 555 666 (Mon-Fri 7am-7pm AEST) — Xero doesn't offer this
- Share Lite/Pro/Plus with an advisor, accountant or bookkeeper at no extra cost
- Unlimited quotes and invoices on Lite, Pro and Plus
- Track GST and lodge BAS on Lite, Pro and Plus
- Cloud platforms hosted in Australia on Azure and AWS (MYOB security practices page)
- Pro connects unlimited bank accounts (Lite is capped at two)
- 14-day free trial on Pro and AccountRight Plus
- Annual billing on Lite ($315/year after offer = $26.25/mo equivalent)
Cons
- Pro does not include payroll — $3/employee/month extra (max 2 employees on Lite)
- Smaller app marketplace (350+ vs Xero's 1,000+)
- Modern Award interpretation still needs a third-party add-on for full automation
- AccountRight Plus is $165/mo; Premier $210/mo for multi-currency
- UI feels less modern than Xero
- Shorter free trial on some paths (14 days vs Xero's 30 days)
- Public cancel path is conflicting: pricing FAQ copy vs 10-day terms notice vs help that says call 1300 940 281; in-app cancel was not opened
How this review was made
Reviews separate vendor documentation, editorial analysis and firsthand records. They are not interchangeable.
- Vendor documentation — Public pages from MYOB and other sites. Recorded HTTP(S) URLs are listed under Sources. A source URL is a document we recorded, not a claim that every sentence on this page was checked against that URL.
- Editorial analysis — SoftwareHQ's written verdict and scores for Australian buyers. The header score is an editorial assessment, not a user-review average, not a lab result, and not a number derived from how many evidence records exist.
- Firsthand records — This review includes public-website observations with steps, outcomes and artifacts. That is not paid-app testing, not a logged-in SoftwareHQ account, and not a claim about every workflow in the product.
- Original analysis — Original calculations on this page list exact source prices, assumptions and the formula. They apply only to those inputs.
This page does not rank products by speed or security from documentation or from evidence count.
Checked by SoftwareHQ Editorial Team. There is no named author profile for this page; attribution stays with the SoftwareHQ editorial team. How we test and the editorial policy for scoring, independence and affiliate rules.
What we inspected
These records are firsthand test and original analysis. Dates are observation dates in Australia/Sydney, not a live clock. Public-website observations are not paid-app testing and do not mean the product was used under a SoftwareHQ account. Evidence count is not a quality or security score. Vendor-provided screenshots on reviews are labelled as vendor imagery rather than firsthand testing.
Firsthand test
Locate standard Australian MYOB plan prices on the official AU site without creating an account.
Steps
- Opened https://www.myob.com/au in a desktop browser with locale en-AU and timezone Australia/Sydney.
- Followed Plans and pricing in the public navigation to https://www.myob.com/au/pricing.
- Read the visible plan cards (introductory figure and after-offer / standard figure) without clicking Buy now or Try FREE.
- Opened https://www.myob.com/au/subscription-pricing-update for the 1 March 2026 standard monthly table labelled incl. GST.
Outcomes
- Information found. Standard after-offer / table prices visible on 11 Sep 2026: Solo $99/year, Lite $315/year (card) / $35 per month (price-update table), Pro $70/month, AccountRight Plus $165/month, AccountRight Premier $210/month, Payroll Only $15/month.
- Price-update table and Solo/Payroll Only footnotes print inc./incl. GST. Plan cards themselves print dollar figures with footnote marks.
- The default Accounting grid did not show Payroll Only. That is a navigation detail, not a missing price.
- This is a public-website observation of labelled list prices. It is not a checkout total and not paid-app testing.
Limitations. Public website only. Default Accounting grid hid Payroll Only behind a tab and Premier behind Get more with Premier. Sticky From $1/month, billed yearly bar was not reconciled with Solo $12/$99. No account, trial or purchase. Not a timed usability test.
Artifacts
- Official AU homepage (myob.com/au) on 11 Sep 2026, Australia/Sydney.
- AU pricing cards: Lite $94.50/year intro then $315/year; Pro $21/month intro then $70/month; Plus $66/month intro then $165/month.
- 1 March 2026 AU standard monthly prices incl. GST: Payroll Only $15, Lite $35, and the rest of the table below the fold.
- Original findings for the five public-workflow tasks.
Firsthand test
Identify the billed term on public AU pricing and legal pages (monthly vs annual, auto-renewal).
Steps
- On https://www.myob.com/au/pricing, read Monthly/Yearly toggles on Solo, Lite, Pro and Plus cards.
- Opened https://www.myob.com/au/legal/myob-business-terms and read the overview in the viewport.
- Did not submit a form or start a trial.
Outcomes
- Information found. Cards bill monthly or yearly depending on the toggle. Lite defaulted to yearly; Pro and Plus defaulted to monthly.
- Terms overview: choose a rolling monthly basis or a rolling 12 month term. The subscription rolls over automatically unless notice is given at least 10 days before the end of the current subscription period.
- Ambiguous relative to any cancel-anytime FAQ copy: the terms page in the viewport requires 10 days' notice. Left unresolved.
- This is not a claim that a SoftwareHQ account was billed.
Limitations. Public marketing and legal pages only. The pricing FAQ Is there a minimum subscription period? was listed; headless expansion of that accordion was unreliable, so billed term is taken from the terms overview that was in the viewport. Checkout was not started. In-app billing was not opened.
Firsthand test
Locate renewal and new-customer promotion conditions on the official AU site.
Steps
- Read introductory vs after-offer figures and the numbered footnotes on https://www.myob.com/au/pricing.
- Opened https://www.myob.com/au/legal/70-off-lite-annual-2025-26.
- Opened https://buy.myob.com/au/subscribe?productId=79 (Pro, no promo-code parameter). Did not type an email or click Continue.
Outcomes
- Information found, and conflicting. Footnotes: Solo $12 (inc. GST) first 12 months yearly to 15 January 2027; Lite 70% off an initial 12-month base subscription; Pro 70% off for 6 months after a 14-day free trial; Plus/Premier 60% off for 3 months after a 14-day trial; Payroll Only $2/month (inc. GST) for 3 months. Base subscription only; payroll, inventory and payments extra; auto-renew unless cancelled.
- Lite legal terms add 25% off after the first 12 months until cancelled. The Lite card prints $315/year after offer period. Those two public claims were not reconciled.
- The same pricing page also printed From $1/month, billed yearly. The unadorned Pro subscribe URL printed the $70 standard price (inc. GST), not the $21 intro. Checkout was not started.
- This is not a purchase test and not a claim about the offer a specific checkout would apply.
Limitations. Several concurrent public offers were visible. Checkout and promo-code entry were not started, so which offer a new customer receives is unresolved. The Try FREE link on the Pro card includes a promo-code query parameter; that link was not followed because it would start a trial.
Sources
Artifacts
- Pricing cards and sticky From $1/month, billed yearly bar alongside Solo $12/year intro.
- Lite annual offer terms: 70% off first 12 months then 25% ongoing until cancelled; offer period to 15 January 2027.
- Pro subscribe URL without a promo-code parameter printed $70.00 AUD/month (inc. GST). Email was not entered; Continue was not clicked.
Firsthand test
Establish the published Australian payroll employee cap for a representative small team.
Steps
- Scrolled the compare-features table on https://www.myob.com/au/pricing to the Payroll row.
- Opened Lite, Pro, AccountRight Plus, Premier and Payroll Only product pages and read the payroll line on each.
- Opened the public Payroll limits and fees help page without signing in.
- Did not click through to signup or add employees.
Outcomes
- Information found. Compare table: Solo payroll none; Lite $3/month per employee, up to 2 employees; Pro $3/month per employee, unlimited employees; Plus payroll included.
- A representative five-person employer matches Pro plus $3×5 or AccountRight Plus included payroll, not Lite (2) and not Payroll Only (up to 4).
- Price-update page: variable payroll fees do not apply to AccountRight Plus or Premier. Help page example uses a two-employee monthly limit.
- This is vendor table copy, not a live payroll test.
Limitations. Published employee caps only. No file was created and no pay run was processed. Payroll people are not the same as user profiles. Viewing exact live limits in My Account requires login and was not done.
Artifacts
- AU compare table Payroll row: Solo none; Lite $3/month per employee up to 2; Pro $3/month per employee unlimited; Plus included.
- Pro plan page: Add payroll and inventory — payroll is not bundled in the Pro headline.
- Public Payroll limits and fees help: unique employees paid per calendar month; some plans charge a per-employee fee.
Firsthand test
Find cancellation-notice and data-export documentation without logging in or starting a trial.
Steps
- Opened the public Cancelling your MYOB subscription help page without signing in and expanded How to cancel your subscription.
- Opened a guessed import/export URL, which 404'd, then opened the working Importing and exporting data and Export for accountants articles without signing in.
- Read MYOB Business Terms of Use overview (10-day notice) and section 8 text (My Account cancel, 30-day Data Extraction Period).
- Opened https://buy.myob.com/au/subscribe?productId=79 and stopped before typing an email or clicking Continue.
Outcomes
- Information found without login, and conflicting. Cancel article: only the primary contact can cancel; expanded steps say call 1300 940 281 (9am–5pm AEST, Monday–Friday). Terms: at least 10 days' notice; cancel from My Account or support; 30 days after termination to extract data.
- Export documentation is public: there is no single full-organisation dump described; export for an accountant is a chosen data type from Import and export data, and reports can be exported to Excel. Actual export was not performed.
- A guessed settings/importing-and-exporting-data URL 404'd. That is a navigation miss, not an inaccessible product.
- In-app cancel and export controls were not used. This is documentation observation, not a cancellation of a SoftwareHQ organisation.
Limitations. Cancel help, terms and any cancel-anytime FAQ copy conflict. My Account was not opened, so the in-app Cancel subscription control was not used. The first export URL tried 404'd; a different public AU support URL worked. No data was exported. Subscribe was opened; no fields were filled.
Artifacts
- Public cancel article: primary contact only; expanded How to cancel says call 1300 940 281. Readable without login.
- Public Export for accountants article: settings menu → Import and export data → Export → Data for your accountant. Readable without login.
- Guessed /support/.../settings/importing-and-exporting-data/ URL returned the AU 404 page.
- Business Terms overview: 10 days' notice before period end; section 8.2/8.3 describe My Account cancel and a 30-day data extraction period.
Firsthand test
Logged-in MYOB product workflows after registration, trial or purchase.
Limitations. No MYOB account was created. Registration, trial start, form submit and purchase were not performed. Missing tests stay not_tested.
Original analysis
Illustrative 12- and 24-month recurring totals for MYOB on three Australian scenarios: sole trader (Lite monthly), five-person employer (Pro plus $3×5 payroll), growing business needing documented multi-currency (AccountRight Premier).
Source prices
- MYOB Lite monthly standard: AUD $35.00 inc. GST (checked 2026-09-08)
- MYOB Lite yearly after-offer: AUD $315.00 inc. GST (checked 2026-09-11)
- MYOB Pro monthly standard: AUD $70.00 inc. GST (checked 2026-09-08)
- MYOB payroll add-on per employee monthly: AUD $3.00 inc. GST (checked 2026-09-08)
- MYOB AccountRight Plus monthly standard: AUD $165.00 inc. GST (checked 2026-09-08)
- MYOB AccountRight Premier monthly standard: AUD $210.00 inc. GST (checked 2026-09-08)
- MYOB Solo yearly after-offer: AUD $99.00 inc. GST (checked 2026-09-11)
Assumptions
- AUD including GST.
- Monthly billed standard prices for the like-for-like table.
- Sole trader: Lite monthly; payroll omitted (no employees paid). Solo excluded (no BAS lodgement).
- Five-person employer: Pro $70 plus $3 × 5 employees. Lite payroll cap is 2.
- Growing multi-currency: Premier. Plus does not print multi-currency.
- Lite yearly $315 is additional cadence, not mixed into the monthly 24-month total.
Formula. recurring_n_cents = (plan_monthly_cents + payroll_addon_cents_per_employee * employees_paid) * n; introductory_n_cents = unknown; lite_yearly_24_cents = unknown
Limitations. Monthly listed standard prices for the comparison table. Lite yearly $315 is a known 12-month annual figure; 24-month yearly is unknown because Lite legal terms also print 25% ongoing. Dual public offers left unresolved; intro totals unknown. Solo is Track GST only and is excluded from the sole-trader BAS scenario. Not a product ranking.
Sources
Public pages recorded when this review was compiled. They are not a checklist that every claim was verified, and they are not evidence of hands-on product testing.
- Myob pricing
- Myob Subscription Pricing Update
- Myob Security Practices
- Myob Payday Super
- Myob support
- Myob Single Touch Payroll Reporting
- Myob Set Up Payroll
- Myob Au
- Myob 70 Off Lite Annual 2025 26
- Myob Myob Business Terms
- Myob Payroll Limits And Fees
- Myob Cancelling Your Myob Subscription
- Myob Export For Accountants
Bank Feed Compatibility
MYOB supports automatic bank feeds from 130+ Australian financial institutions.
| Bank | Feed Type | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Commonwealth Bank | Direct | Active |
| Westpac | Direct | Active |
| ANZ | Direct | Active |
| NAB | Direct | Active |
| Macquarie | Direct | Active |
| Bendigo Bank | Direct | Active |
| Suncorp | Direct | Active |
MYOB Alternatives
If MYOB doesn’t quite fit your needs, consider these alternatives for Australian businesses:
- Xero — Australia's most popular cloud accounting platform. From $37/mo inc GST.
- QuickBooks Online — Affordable cloud accounting from Intuit with strong global reach. From $33/mo inc GST.
- FreshBooks — Invoicing-first accounting for freelancers and sole traders. From $29/mo inc GST.
- Zoho Books — Affordable cloud accounting with a genuinely free plan. Free plan available.
- KeyPay — Cloud payroll built for AU accountants and bookkeepers.
Cost comparison
Original listed-price analysis for MYOB in three Australian scenarios. Not a review score.
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