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Intuit Inc. · Accounting software
Intuit's cloud accounting, with free phone support and a ladder from one user to twenty five.
QuickBooks Online comes from Intuit and is sold in South Africa in four plans: Simple Start at R322 a month for one user, Essentials at R508 for three, Plus at R708 for five and Advanced at R1 144 for twenty five. It offers a 30 day free trial, no contract, free phone support with a paid plan, round the clock chat and a launch offer of 90 percent off for six months. The page does not say whether the prices include VAT.
Starting price
R322 a month
Simple Start, VAT basis not stated
Essentials
R508 a month
Three users
Plus
R708 a month
Five users, inventory and projects
Advanced
R1 144 a month
Twenty five users
Free trial
30 days
All plans
Launch offer
90% off
For six months
Phone support
Free
With a paid subscription
Founded
1983
Intuit Inc.
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Every plan QuickBooks Online lists, in rand, with a button to Intuit Inc.'s own pricing page.
Plan
R322
a month
One user, plus access for your accountant.
Plan
R508
a month
Three users, multiple currencies and bill management.
Plan
R708
a month
Five users, inventory, projects and purchase orders.
Plan
R1 144
a month
Twenty five users, custom reports and workflow automation.
Each button opens Intuit Inc.'s own page in a new tab, where you buy or sign up. Prices are the vendor's, shown in rand.
QuickBooks Online lists 4 priced plans: Simple Start at R322, Essentials at R508, Plus at R708, Advanced at R1 144. Every figure is shown in rand.
The vendor does not say whether VAT is in these figures, so ask before you set them beside a price that does. South African VAT is 15 percent.
A launch offer gives 90 percent off for six months. Phone support is free with a paid subscription, and a free onboarding call is included.
Read from quickbooks.intuit.com/za/pricing on 11 October 2026.
A plan priced per user or per employee shows the price of one. Both VAT footings are shown where the vendor states its basis.
Pick a plan, your team size and any extras. It adds QuickBooks Online's own prices in rand and shows the month and the year, with VAT in and out where the vendor states its basis.
Your bill
R322
a month, as the vendor lists it
The vendor does not say whether VAT is in its price, so none is added or taken out.
Opens Intuit Inc.'s own page in a new tab. Nothing is bought on this site.
From R322 /mo
Starting prices of the priced products in the same category, cheapest first. This is a price sort, not a ranking: the cheapest product is not the best one, and some are priced per user, some per month and some excluding VAT.
Bar lengths use a square root scale, so a very high price does not flatten the rest. The figures are exact.
The middle starting price of the paid products here is R415.
Positions use a square root scale, so a very high price does not flatten the rest. The figures are exact.
A dot is one plan. Free plans and plans on request have no price to place. A per user price is the price of one user.
A founding year says how long a company has existed. It says nothing about how good the product is.
2 official videos from QuickBooks International and Intuit QuickBooks on YouTube. Software Register did not make or edit them. They are the vendor's own account of the product, so read them beside the prices and limits on this page.
An introduction to QuickBooks Online for South Africa
Overview, 3:13, published 4 June 2020. From the QuickBooks International channel on YouTube.Made for South Africa
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QuickBooks Online is the cloud accounting product from Intuit, the company behind a long line of QuickBooks software. The South African site presents it for small businesses that want to send invoices their customers can pay online, track VAT, keep expenses sorted and stay in sync with time tracking and payroll.
Intuit highlights invoices you can create from handwritten notes, PDFs, photos and forwarded emails, online payment of invoices, VAT tracking and tax return preparation with error checking, bank feeds, expense sorting, inventory with purchase and sales orders, and a mobile app. It says QuickBooks connects with hundreds of integrations, naming PayPal, Square, ServiceM8 and Dext.
Support is the standout. The page says phone support is free and included with a paid subscription, that live chat is available around the clock and that experts run free setup sessions. A South African support number is published on Intuit's pages. The VAT tools are described in general terms, and the page does not list which South African banks are supported, so ask which of your accounts will connect.
The ladder is by users and by what the plan adds.
Strengths
Limits
Best for
Think twice if
In short
A credible option, especially if free phone support and a plan ladder up to twenty five users appeal. Confirm the VAT basis, and ask which of your banks connect before you start the trial.
Start where the vendor sells it, and keep this page open beside you for the limits.
From R322 /mo
Yes. Intuit says phone support is free with a paid subscription, alongside round the clock chat and a free onboarding call.
Intuit says there is no contract and no cancellation fee.
QuickBooks Online starts at R322 a month. It lists 4 priced plans, from R322 to R1 144.
The vendor's page does not say whether VAT is included, so we show the plain figure and do not guess. Ask before you compare it with a price that states its basis.
Yes: QuickBooks Online offers a free trial.
A South African QuickBooks site with prices in rand, a local support number and free phone support with a paid plan.
On this register the closest are FreshBooks, Sage 50cloud Pastel, Sage Accounting, Sage Intacct, Wave Accounting. Each has its own page, and the compare tool sets any two side by side.
South African guides that help you weigh QuickBooks Online: what the rules ask, what to test and what to put in writing.
Six products, one checklist
Most advice on accounting software is written for America or Britain. These are the six questions that decide whether a product works for a South African business, with the register's own tables to check each one against.
Read the guideWhere a full tax invoice starts to need more detail
R5 000
A customer who is registered for VAT can only claim back the VAT on an invoice that meets the law. Your software should produce one every time, and you should know what to look for.
Read the guidePrepared by your software, filed on SARS eFiling
VAT201
The VAT201 is the return a registered vendor submits to SARS. Accounting software can prepare it, and some can transfer it into eFiling. Those are different things.
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