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Fatima Hadebe
Bureau Manager
10 April 2025
Great software navigating its own cloud migration with mixed grace. Desktop dies with the 2025 to 26 tax year and not everyone is ready.
Cons
Some workflows smoother on desktop still
Lerato Barnard
Practice Owner · Golden City Attorneys Group
9 April 2025
RTI submissions file to HMRC on time, every period, without ceremony. The employee app shows payslips, P60s and leave without a single email from us. Worth every pound of the licence, and it is not many pounds.
Pros
Batch processing across employers
Tasneem September
Partner
5 February 2025
The engine is flawless, the era change around it less so. Support waits stretched during the transition rush.
Pros
Batch processing across employers
Cons
Some workflows smoother on desktop still
Christo Barnard
Director · Protea Systems Studio
26 December 2024
RTI submissions file to HMRC on time, every period, without ceremony. The price per client is low enough that small employers stay profitable to serve. Pension re enrolment dates track themselves across every employer. Worth every pound of the licence, and it is not many pounds.
Pros
Batch processing across employers
Cons
UK and Irish legislation only
Aisha September
Operations Manager · eMalahleni Digital SA
25 December 2024
Year end P60s across the whole client book took an afternoon. Journal exports post into Xero and FreeAgent for the clients on cloud books. Our bureau would not run without it.
Pros
Seamless new tax year updates
Priya Nel
Accountant · Nel Accountants
24 December 2024
Year end P60s across the whole client book took an afternoon. Automatic cloud backups ended the desktop backup discipline problem.
Cons
Transition period support waits
Senzo Du Toit
Payroll Specialist
2 December 2024
The engine is flawless, the era change around it less so. It is UK and Irish legislation only, an SA employer needs local software. The employee app shows payslips, P60s and leave without a single email from us.
Cons
History migration needs checking
Nomvula Nel
Operations Manager
26 October 2024
The pension submissions to NEST and Smart go automatically after every run. Payslip layouts are polished enough that clients notice the upgrade.
Pros
Statutory pay correct first time
Ilse Ramjee
Operations Manager · Ramjee Consulting
9 September 2024
We love the product and squint at the new pricing model. The price per client is low enough that small employers stay profitable to serve.
Pros
HMRC recognised RTI that never fails; seamless new tax year updates
Cons
History migration needs checking
Sello Marais
Payroll Administrator
7 September 2024
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. The employee app shows payslips, P60s and leave without a single email from us.
Pros
Polished payslip layouts
Cons
Cloud pricing needs a calculator quote
Zinhle Sebola
Practice Owner · Mbombela Digital Works
27 August 2024
The engine is flawless, the era change around it less so. It is UK and Irish legislation only, an SA employer needs local software. Support waits stretched during the transition rush.
Pros
Client portals for approvals
Cons
History migration needs checking
Chantelle Brown
Accountant
16 August 2024
Superb payroll software in the middle of a platform transition. Payslip layouts are polished enough that clients notice the upgrade.
Pros
Batch processing across employers; cIS for construction clients
Cons
History migration needs checking
Annelie Nxumalo
Director · Nxumalo Brokers
1 August 2024
New pricing turned our smallest clients unprofitable to serve. Two client files migrated with pension history gaps we caught by luck.
Cons
Pension history gaps after migration. Migration landed on busy season
Thulani Fortuin
Practice Owner
10 July 2024
The cloud platform means our UK clients approve runs in their portal overnight our time. Journal exports post into Xero and FreeAgent for the clients on cloud books.
Tracey Van Wyk
Bookkeeper · Garden Route Packaging Studio
20 June 2026
Our bureau in Stellenbosch runs 10 UK client payrolls on it and pay day has never once slipped. Support turnaround on a technical statutory question was under an hour. New tax year updates arrive seamlessly with the rates already right. The awards on their website are earned, we would add one.
Pros
Journal export to Xero and FreeAgent
Brian Van der Merwe
Bookkeeper
19 May 2026
Excellent for UK work, and obviously it does nothing for SA payrolls. Support waits stretched during the transition rush.
Pros
Polished payslip layouts
Cons
History migration needs checking
Musa Zwane
Partner · Fynbos Attorneys
11 April 2026
The engine is flawless, the era change around it less so. Batch processing runs a dozen small employers before the first coffee.
Pros
Employee app for payslips and P60s
Sibusiso Patel
Senior Payroll Administrator
4 April 2026
We love the product and squint at the new pricing model. Some bureau workflows still feel smoother in the desktop version. Journal exports post into Xero and FreeAgent for the clients on cloud books.
Pros
Employee app for payslips and P60s
Cons
History migration needs checking
Thandeka Bezuidenhout
Director · Cape Town Consulting Group
26 January 2026
Auto enrolment used to terrify our juniors, the software walks them through it. The price per client is low enough that small employers stay profitable to serve.
Pros
Client portals for approvals
Cons
Cloud pricing needs a calculator quote
Zanele Tshabalala
Director · Tshabalala Accountants Solutions
19 January 2026
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. Two client files migrated with pension history gaps we caught by luck.
Pros
Journal export to Xero and FreeAgent
Cons
Cloud quotes jumped over desktop pricing
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