Search software and articles
Showing 181 to 200 of 201 reviews
Elna Arendse
Director
31 January 2026
The engine is flawless, the era change around it less so. The calculator based cloud pricing makes budgeting a guessing game until the quote lands. Desktop dies with the 2025 to 26 tax year and not everyone is ready.
Pros
Journal export to Xero and FreeAgent
Cons
Transition period support waits
Kiara Shabalala
Payroll Administrator · Legacy Accountants Works
21 November 2025
Transition support did not match the product's usual standard. Tickets during the migration window took days instead of hours. The cloud quote for our book nearly doubled our software line.
Pros
Polished payslip layouts
Cons
Pension history gaps after migration
Tumelo Lombard
Senior Payroll Administrator
2 November 2025
We process UK payroll for British accounting firms and BrightPay is the tool of that trade.
Pros
CIS for construction clients
Cons
History migration needs checking
Leandra Petersen
Bureau Manager
23 October 2025
We loved the desktop and the desktop is being retired under us. Training the team on the cloud workflows cost a week we had not budgeted. Tickets during the migration window took days instead of hours.
Cons
Pension history gaps after migration
Fatima Fourie
Bookkeeper
9 October 2025
After 3 years of desktop comfort the cloud move asks patience of us. The calculator based cloud pricing makes budgeting a guessing game until the quote lands.
Cons
Cloud pricing needs a calculator quote
Natasha Viljoen
Practice Owner · Umhlanga Attorneys
25 September 2025
The engine is flawless, the era change around it less so. The calculator based cloud pricing makes budgeting a guessing game until the quote lands. Our quote for the cloud came in higher than the old desktop licence, noticeably.
Pros
HMRC recognised RTI that never fails
Cons
Some workflows smoother on desktop still
Dineo Botha
Baobab Distributors
2 September 2025
The forced cloud migration landed in our busiest quarter. Two client files migrated with pension history gaps we caught by luck. Training the team on the cloud workflows cost a week we had not budgeted.
Cons
Migration landed on busy season
Naadira Mahlangu
Bureau Manager · Mahlangu Brokers Holdings
1 September 2025
Our bureau in Pietermaritzburg runs 12 UK client payrolls on it and pay day has never once slipped. The employee app shows payslips, P60s and leave without a single email from us. Batch processing runs a dozen small employers before the first coffee.
Pros
Employee app for payslips and P60s; journal export to Xero and FreeAgent
Denise Cloete
Payroll Manager · Atlas Accountants Works
8 August 2025
We onboarded a new UK client book of thirty employers in a fortnight. Journal exports post into Xero and FreeAgent for the clients on cloud books. Furlough era complexity was handled quickly, which earned lasting trust. Recommended to every outsourcing practice we meet.
Pros
Statutory pay correct first time
Cons
Cloud pricing needs a calculator quote
Brian Pillay
Director
6 August 2025
Auto enrolment used to terrify our juniors, the software walks them through it. Batch processing runs a dozen small employers before the first coffee. UK payroll processed from Durban, professionally, profitably, calmly.
Cons
History migration needs checking
Khanyisile Swanepoel
Director · Milkwood Attorneys Group
20 April 2025
The pension submissions to NEST and Smart go automatically after every run. UK payroll processed from Durban, professionally, profitably, calmly.
Pros
Polished payslip layouts
Leandra Nkosi
Payroll Manager
18 April 2025
We love the product and squint at the new pricing model. The calculator based cloud pricing makes budgeting a guessing game until the quote lands. New tax year updates arrive seamlessly with the rates already right.
Pros
Statutory pay correct first time
Cons
UK and Irish legislation only
Warren Singh
Practice Owner · Highveld Digital Studio
14 March 2025
The forced cloud migration landed in our busiest quarter. Two client files migrated with pension history gaps we caught by luck.
Pros
Employee app for payslips and P60s
Cons
Migration landed on busy season
Kobus Du Plessis
Partner · Stellenbosch Consulting Group
25 February 2025
We loved the desktop and the desktop is being retired under us. Two client files migrated with pension history gaps we caught by luck. Training the team on the cloud workflows cost a week we had not budgeted.
Cons
Migration landed on busy season
Jerome Perumal
Payroll Administrator · Springs Consulting
17 February 2025
We love the product and squint at the new pricing model. It is UK and Irish legislation only, an SA employer needs local software.
Cons
UK and Irish legislation only
Pieter Khumalo
Payroll Administrator · Winelands Consulting Holdings
13 February 2025
The engine is flawless, the era change around it less so. Desktop dies with the 2025 to 26 tax year and not everyone is ready. The price per client is low enough that small employers stay profitable to serve.
Devan Govender
Practice Owner
12 February 2025
The bureau licence covering unlimited employers is the best value in payroll anywhere. HMRC recognition means submissions just work, no middleware, no prayers.
Pros
Bureau licence covers unlimited employers; journal export to Xero and FreeAgent
Cons
History migration needs checking
Chantal Khan
Partner · Acacia Packaging Group
2 January 2025
Statutory sick pay, maternity, paternity, it calculates all of it correctly first time. Furlough era complexity was handled quickly, which earned lasting trust. Payslip layouts are polished enough that clients notice the upgrade.
Robyn Grobler
Senior Payroll Administrator · Kalahari Attorneys and Sons
30 November 2024
Year end P60s across the whole client book took an afternoon. Pension re enrolment dates track themselves across every employer.
Cons
Cloud pricing needs a calculator quote
Gerhard Pretorius
Senior Payroll Administrator · Fynbos Consulting Works
23 September 2024
The support team answers like payroll specialists because they are. Pension re enrolment dates track themselves across every employer. The awards on their website are earned, we would add one.
Pros
Seamless new tax year updates; specialist support that answers fast
South Africa
Zimbabwe