MYOB Product reviews

You can find reviews of MYOB software for small to medium businesses on this page.

If you're a member of the press and you're planning to review MYOB Accounting or MYOB Accounting Plus, please read our Reviewer's Guide first.

Our awards section highlights MYOB software which has won industry awards.

MacFormat – April 2008

MYOB provides small business accountancy software and, unlike some of its competitors, has shown a solid commitment to ensuring that Macs are as well catered for as Windows PCs. There are three programs in MYOB’s range for the Mac. The one we’ll look at here is FirstEdge.

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AccountingWeb - Aug 2007

MYOB's top-of-the-range small business acounts package is gaining fast on mainstream rivals and provides a good collection of features to meet the needs of most small businesses - an excellent option for sole practitioners or small professional services firms who bill for time and projects.

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AccountingWeb - Aug 2007

Entry-level edition of MYOB's small business acounts package, providing bank, sales and nominal ledgers only. Those seeking time/billing, foreign currency accounting, jobs management and specialist accounting tools should investigate or upgrade to MYOB Accounting or Accounting Plus.

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MacWorld - Aug 2007

MYOB Accounting Plus now offers the option to sync your Accounting Plus contacts with Apple’s Address Book.

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PC Pro - May 2007

Thanks to a happy marriage of ease of use and a packed feature list, MYOB's venerable Accounting program has earned a strong following among small businesses.

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IT Reviews - Apr 2007

MYOB Accounting Plus version 16 - now synchronises with Microsoft Outlook and the Apple AddressBook.

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IT Week - Apr 2007

A worthwhile update to a long-established package.

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AccountingWeb - Mar 2007

Small business accounting house MYOB has built synchronisation links with Microsoft Outlook into its latest version 16 release.

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PC Advisor - Feb 2007

Integration with Word, Excel and now Outlook, as well as an intuitive interface, makes MYOB easy to employ.

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AccountingWeb - Jan 2007

Software review of MYOB BusinessBasics.

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MacFormat - May 2006

If you own a Mac then MYOB is the best accounts package we have seen for the UK market.

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PC Magazine - Mar 2006

Accounting software is generally only loved by accountants; the best it can hope for is to be appreciated by the rest of us. MYOB Accounting Plus 15 is aimed at the small to medium business that needs to keep track of stock and payroll as well as the normal day to day costs and income.

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Personal Computer World - Mar 2006

Accounting software is generally only loved by accountants; the best it can hope for is to be appreciated by the rest of us. MYOB Accounting Plus 15 is aimed at the small to medium business that needs to keep track of stock and payroll as well as the normal day to day costs and income.

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Computer Shopper - Feb 2006

MYOB BusinessBasics won the Computer Shopper "Best Buy" Award in a recent small business accounting software group test. Computer Shopper reviewed entry level accounts products rating them on the features and facilities on offer, how easy they are to use for one-off and recurring transactions and the amount of feedback they provide.

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Computer Shopper - Jun 2005

MYOB has a solid reputation for creating products designed with small businesses in mind. MYOB BusinessBasics is the latest addition to its range and is designed to take the strain out of managing your finances. It is aimed at very small businesses with a target market of startup companies, sole traders and owner-run small businesses.

MacUser - May 2005

Evolution, not revolution is a mantra that has served MYOB Accounting well in the past. Even though the feature list of this new release doesn't instantly appear to offer groundbreaking changes, its well thought-out improvements could end up changing the way many small Mac-based businesses do their accounts.

Personal Computer World - May 2005

There must be something enormously reassuring about launching your software with the suffix 'version 14' on the end. Either you've been pulling the wool over a lot of eyes for a lot of years or you've got your product right. MYOB has been well-respected accounting software for a long while now.

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Computer Buyer - May 2005

MYOB BusinessBasics won the Best for Business award in the May 2005 issue of Computer Buyer. The software received an impressive 5 out of 6 stars and is summarised as '[An] accounting software package for small traders that's packed with features but easy to use. A breath of fresh air.

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PC Pro - Apr 2005

A veteran presence in the accounts software market, MYOB has refreshed its range of accounts packages, releasing version 14 of MYOB BusinessBasics, Accounting and Accounting Plus. While this trio have very different feature sets, they all share the MYOB hallmark of an easy-to-use, user-friendly front end - a throwback to its distant Mac origins.