Company Overview
History
Products and Services for Businesses
Reviews and Awards

Company Overview

MYOB is a global provider of solutions that liberate business owners and accountants from the burden of day to day administration, empowering them to achieve business success. MYOB develops and delivers award-winning software, services and support for more than 500,000 businesses and over 10,000 accounting practices worldwide.

Owner-operated businesses are the most dynamic force in the world economy and yet they are universally challenged by limited resources. MYOB uses its knowledge, expertise and scale to help them build better businesses.

MYOB also works directly with accounting practices to streamline their processes and maximise their productivity. MYOB solutions are used by leading accounting practices from tax agents and sole practitioners to the Big 4 firms.

Through its understanding and partnership with both business owners and accountants, MYOB strives to further enhance the links between them for their mutual benefit.

MYOB Limited is a public company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX symbol 'MYO').

How we started
Co-founded in Australia in 1991 by CEO Craig Winkler, MYOB was one of the first businesses to recognise the unique needs of small-to-medium-sized enterprises and equip them with powerful, accessible and affordable business management systems. From the outset, MYOB solutions were aimed at alleviating an increasing administrative burden and giving business owners the necessary insights to run their businesses more successfully. From day one, MYOB has maintained a constant focus on providing quality customer support to ensure businesses gain maximum return from their investment.

Gaining scale
MYOB began as both a software developer and a software re-publisher in the Asia-Pacific region. Success in helping empower business owners was recognised through rapid growth in customers and revenue. This growth was fuelled by recommendations from existing customers and this remains an important source of business today - testament to the quality of MYOB products and customer service.

Owning our assets
In 1996 MYOB acquired all intellectual property related to the MYOB name around the world, expanding our operations to include North America and Europe. In the same year MYOB received the prestigious Telstra and Australian Governments' Small Business of the Year Award, an awards program that MYOB now sponsors to support and encourage today's business owners.

Working with accountants
In 1997 MYOB extended its strategic vision to include specific solutions for accounting practices. This strategy was pursued to assist accounting practices with both their internal operations and their interface with their own clients, many of whom use MYOB software.

Becoming a public company
A successful listing on the Australian Stock Exchange in 1999 and the merger with accountants' system provider Solution 6 in 2004 solidified MYOB's position as a leading global source of the very best in solutions for owner-operated businesses and accounting practices.

Today
The company continues to grow in reputation and the awards continue. Indeed, by 2003 MYOB had entered the top 10 on the Australian Corporate Image Honours List (National Business Bulletin) and in 2004 Craig Winkler became the National Winner of the 2004 Technology, Communications and E-Commerce Category of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards.

The company is now one of the most valuable listed information technology companies in Australia, delivering business solutions to more than 500,000 businesses and over 10,000 accounting firms worldwide. Throughout 14 years of rapid growth, the customer-centric vision of the company remains the same today as the day its founders began their quest to empower business owners with products and services to make business life easier and more rewarding. Now operating in eight countries, it's a global team that powers the business, but it's the local knowledge and expertise that delivers the edge for our customers.

MYOB BusinessBasics
Easy bookkeeping for start-ups, sole traders and small businesses. Process sales, manage your VAT and track who owes you money.
£67.23 + VAT

MYOB Accounting
Easy accounting for small to medium sized businesses. Quickly process payroll, sales and purchases, manage VAT, and email quotes and invoices.
£199 + VAT

MYOB Accounting Plus
Advanced accounting for small to medium-sized businesses. Includes multiple currency accounting, professional time billing and advanced stock control.
£299 + VAT

MYOB RetailBasics
A powerful point-of-sale solution that gives your PC even more functionality than a cash register, and gives you an efficient way to process sales.
£99 + VAT

Reviews

You can find reviews of MYOB BusinessBasics, MYOB Accounting and MYOB Accounting Plus 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.

If you want to read general coverage on MYOB, our software and services, see our MYOB in the News archive.

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

MacFormat - May 2006 If you own a Mac then MYOB is the best accounts package we have seen for the UK market. Read Mac Format's review of MYOB Accounting Plus (PDF 718KB)

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. Read full review

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. Read full review

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. Read Computer Shopper's review of MYOB BusinessBasics (PDF 280 KB)

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. Read full review (registration required)

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. Read full review (registration required)

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. Read full review

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. Read full review (registration required)

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. Read full review (registration required)

Awards
MYOB software receives awards and favourable reviews from many of the leading computer magazines and industry bodies.

Below is a selection of recent awards that our software has won.

Our product reviews page lists all recent reviews.

AccountingWEB Software Satisfaction Awards - October 2006 "The results [of the inaugural AccountingWEB Software Satisfaction Awards] were based on a survey of more than 1,400 AccountingWEB members, who were asked to rate their software for ease of use, reliability, functionality and value for money." "The awards provide a unique representative view of the software that accountants think best helps them drive their and their clients' businesses to greater efficiency and profit." MYOB Accounting Plus won in the Value for Money category. Read more (registration required)

MacFormat - May 2006 "Accounting packages for Mac OS are few and far between, particulary when it comes to the UK market." "If you own a Mac then MYOB Accounting Plus is the best accounts package we have seen for the UK market." Read Mac Format's review of MYOB Accounting Plus (PDF 718KB)

Personal Computer World - March 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 Version 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." Read full review

Computer Shopper - February 2006 MYOB BusinessBasics won the Computer Shopper Best Buy Award in their Business Finance Software Review for 2006, beating a number of other leading packages with 5 stars out of 5. 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. Read Computer Shopper's review of MYOB BusinessBasics (PDF 280 KB)

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." Read full review (registration required)

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." Read full review (registration required)

PC Plus - May 2005 MYOB Accounting Plus was awarded the PC Plus Performance award.