Made for South African buyers. Every price in rand, read from the vendor.
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Dated notes on business software prices in South Africa, written from the vendors' own pages. No ratings, no rankings, and nothing here is paid for.
Sage Payroll, priced by number of employees
22 bands
Sage Payroll is priced in bands of headcount, not per employee. Read from Sage's page on 11 October 2026, here is what each size of business pays, and where the price jumps.
Read the postTwo accounting products that start at R0
Two accounting products on the register start free. What each free plan covers, where it stops, and what a business that is registered for VAT should check before it builds on one.
Read the postStarting price a month, in rand
Five accounting products, their entry plans and the next plan up, read from the vendors on 11 October 2026. Two include VAT, two leave it out and one does not say.
Read the postXero subscription prices change
1 Nov
Xero's pricing page tells customers that subscription prices increase on 1 November. The new rand figures are not published yet. Here is what is known, and what to do before the date.
Read the postIncluding VAT against excluding VAT
R270 vs R1 375
Sage sells accounting software at R270 a month and at R1 375 a month. The second is not five times the first, because one includes VAT and the other leaves it out.
Read the postPriced per employee
Payroll and HR tools charge by the head. Here is what a ten person business pays a month at the published rates, and why a payroll price and an HR price are not the same job.
Read the postStart free, then check the limit
Five of six project management tools on the register have a free plan. The free plans stop in different places, and the first paid plan is where the real price starts.
Read the postPrice on request
Most ERP vendors give their price on request. That makes the quote the product. These seven questions turn a quote into something you can compare.
Read the postSoftware Register
No ratings. No rankings.
Every product on the register is listed A to Z. None is scored, ranked or given a star count. Here is why, and what you can still do.
Read the postOne short email when a price changes or a product is withdrawn. Nothing else, and no sign up to read the register.
