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Nonhlanhla Buthelezi
5 August 2024
Auto enrolment used to terrify our juniors, the software walks them through it. Support turnaround on a technical statutory question was under an hour. Our bureau would not run without it.
Pros
Seamless new tax year updates
Marlene Perumal
Accountant · Kimberley Security and Sons
29 May 2026
We love the product and squint at the new pricing model. Some bureau workflows still feel smoother in the desktop version. The price per client is low enough that small employers stay profitable to serve.
Pros
Batch processing across employers
Cons
Transition period support waits
Ilse Buthelezi
Bookkeeper · Umhlanga Brokers Group
22 June 2025
The forced cloud migration landed in our busiest quarter. The cloud quote for our book nearly doubled our software line. Tickets during the migration window took days instead of hours.
Cons
Migration landed on busy season. Cloud quotes jumped over desktop pricing
Anri Arendse
Bureau Manager · Crossroads Accountants Studio
10 March 2026
RTI submissions file to HMRC on time, every period, without ceremony. Payslip layouts are polished enough that clients notice the upgrade. The employee app shows payslips, P60s and leave without a single email from us.
Cons
Cloud pricing needs a calculator quote
Nadia Pretorius
Director
2 February 2026
CIS handling for construction clients works properly, which UK software often fumbles. The client portal lets UK employers approve timesheets in their own morning.
Pros
Auto enrolment with major UK providers; polished payslip layouts
Petro Lombard
Bookkeeper · Rustenburg Attorneys SA
7 July 2025
Excellent for UK work, and obviously it does nothing for SA payrolls. Our quote for the cloud came in higher than the old desktop licence, noticeably. The employee app shows payslips, P60s and leave without a single email from us.
Cons
Desktop retirement forces migration
Priya Mthembu
Payroll Administrator · Meridian Accountants SA
14 May 2025
RTI submissions file to HMRC on time, every period, without ceremony.
Pros
Auto enrolment with major UK providers
Lerato Miller
Payroll Specialist
16 September 2024
Great software navigating its own cloud migration with mixed grace. Migration of multi year client history to the cloud needed careful checking. Automatic cloud backups ended the desktop backup discipline problem.
Pros
CIS for construction clients
Cons
UK and Irish legislation only
Byron Mthembu
Bookkeeper · Legacy Attorneys Supplies
26 June 2026
We process UK payroll for British accounting firms and BrightPay is the tool of that trade. Worth every pound of the licence, and it is not many pounds.
Cons
Some workflows smoother on desktop still
Kagiso Arendse
Payroll Specialist
23 June 2026
Superb payroll software in the middle of a platform transition. Desktop dies with the 2025 to 26 tax year and not everyone is ready. Pension re enrolment dates track themselves across every employer.
Pros
Employee app for payslips and P60s; journal export to Xero and FreeAgent
Cons
UK and Irish legislation only
Karin Maseko
Accountant · Horizon Attorneys
1 April 2026
Our UK clients' employees get payslips through the app and the queries dried up. The price per client is low enough that small employers stay profitable to serve. The client portal lets UK employers approve timesheets in their own morning. UK payroll processed from Durban, professionally, profitably, calmly.
Pros
Batch processing across employers
Cons
UK and Irish legislation only
Kiara Maseko
Bureau Manager · Roodepoort Systems Supplies
27 March 2026
We process UK payroll for British accounting firms and BrightPay is the tool of that trade. Payslip layouts are polished enough that clients notice the upgrade. Pension re enrolment dates track themselves across every employer.
Pros
Journal export to Xero and FreeAgent
Pieter Mokoena
Practice Owner · Meridian Consulting SA
25 March 2026
The cloud platform means our UK clients approve runs in their portal overnight our time. Furlough era complexity was handled quickly, which earned lasting trust. The most reliable software in our entire practice stack.
Pros
Client portals for approvals
Megan Cloete
Practice Owner · Benoni Attorneys Supplies
24 February 2026
Auto enrolment used to terrify our juniors, the software walks them through it. New tax year updates arrive seamlessly with the rates already right. The client portal lets UK employers approve timesheets in their own morning.
Cons
Cloud pricing needs a calculator quote
Siyabonga Mabaso
Director
9 February 2026
New pricing turned our smallest clients unprofitable to serve. Training the team on the cloud workflows cost a week we had not budgeted.
Cons
Pension history gaps after migration
Gavin Ferreira
Payroll Manager · Zambezi Attorneys SA
18 December 2025
RTI submissions file to HMRC on time, every period, without ceremony. Journal exports post into Xero and FreeAgent for the clients on cloud books. The most reliable software in our entire practice stack.
Pros
HMRC recognised RTI that never fails
Andre Gumede
Partner
20 October 2025
Excellent for UK work, and obviously it does nothing for SA payrolls. Desktop dies with the 2025 to 26 tax year and not everyone is ready.
Pieter Grobler
Accountant
26 April 2025
The engine is flawless, the era change around it less so. It is UK and Irish legislation only, an SA employer needs local software.
Pros
Statutory pay correct first time; hMRC recognised RTI that never fails
Cons
Some workflows smoother on desktop still
Sanjay Khumalo
Partner
5 November 2024
We process UK payroll for British accounting firms and BrightPay is the tool of that trade. Support turnaround on a technical statutory question was under an hour.
Pros
Batch processing across employers; hMRC recognised RTI that never fails
Keabetswe Meyer
Payroll Manager
13 October 2024
We loved the desktop and the desktop is being retired under us. Two client files migrated with pension history gaps we caught by luck.
Cons
Migration landed on busy season
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