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Accounting Comparison

Accounting & Payroll

Compare accounting and payroll platforms for Australian venues. All are STP Phase 2 compliant; the difference is integrations, award handling and price. Ranked independently.

5 options compared, ranked independently
· Last updated May 2026
Top rated
Xero
The hospitality default, most integrations of any platform
TOP RATEDMOST INTEGRATIONS
4.5 (2140 venue reviews)
Overall
8.9
Value
8.4
Features
9.2
AU support
8.7
1000+ integrations
STP Phase 2
Bank feeds
Hospitality apps
#2 Pick
MYOB
Australian-owned, strong payroll, trusted by accountants
AUSTRALIAN OWNED
4.0 (1320 venue reviews)
Overall
8.3
Value
8.5
Features
8.2
AU support
8.8
STP Phase 2
Strong payroll
Inventory
AU support
#3 Pick
Employment Hero Payroll
Best award engine, ideal for payroll-heavy venues
BEST AWARD ENGINE
4.3 (540 venue reviews)
Overall
8.5
Value
8.9
Features
8.4
AU support
8.6
From $4
per employee/mo
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Best award rates
STP Phase 2
Onboarding
HR tools
#4 Pick
QuickBooks
Strong value accounting with good payroll add-on
GOOD VALUE
4.2(890 venue reviews)
Overall
8.0
Value
8.3
Features
8.1
AU support
7.8
STP Phase 2
Bank feeds
Invoicing
App ecosystem
#5 Pick
Reckon
Australian accounting software, affordable for small venues
AUSTRALIAN OWNED
3.9(420 venue reviews)
Overall
7.6
Value
8.2
Features
7.4
AU support
7.9
STP Phase 2
Single touch payroll
Affordable
Local
Outsourced accounting & bookkeeping

Prefer to hand it off entirely?

The software above handles your books in-house. If you'd rather outsource the whole back office , bookkeeping, payroll, BAS, reconciliations , these providers run it for you. Listed separately because they're a service, not software.

KMT
KMT Accounting Preferred Partner
Hospitality accounting and advisory, Australia wide

KMT Accounting works with hospitality venues right across Australia and covers far more than the books. They can help with accounting and bookkeeping, business finance and loans, lease agreements, legal agreements, and even commercial real estate, all under one roof. A genuinely useful partner if you would rather have one team that understands the whole financial side of running a venue.

Accounting Bookkeeping Business finance & loans Lease & legal agreements Commercial real estate
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HC
Hornbill Corp
Outsourced back-office
End-to-end outsourced finance for Australian hospitality and travel businesses. Handles bookkeeping, payroll (STP 2.0), BAS lodgement, AP/AR and reporting. Works with Xero, MYOB, QuickBooks and more, and aligns payroll to Australian awards.
12+ years, 500+ clients across AU, NZ, UK and US. No setup fee, no long-term lock-in. Suits venues wanting to cut back-office cost without an in-house finance team.
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