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The Best Lightning Payroll Alternative for Small Business in Australia

It's time to use software that really works for you.

Use the right tool for the job

Lightning Payroll has been a decent Aussie payroll solution for a number of years, especially for medium and large businesses.

However, recent pricing changes have removed the old "Unlimited" plans that were especially popular with bookkeepers and accountants; replaced with new "Agent" plans at a much higher cost. And the prices are more in line with the "big boys" of Xero/MYOB for micro and small businesses paying directly.

You'll also need another platform to handle all your other business and accounting needs — Lightning Payroll just does payroll. Nothing else.

Fortunately, there is a better solution for micro and small businesses in Australia (and their bookkeepers and accountants): Easy Business App.

Designed specifically for Australian micro and small businesses, that can grow with you, with great Sydney-based support and affordable monthly pricing, where you only pay for the features you need.

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See for yourself how Easy Business App compares with Lightning Payroll

Lightning Payroll just does one thing — payroll. (I mean, it's kinda right there in the name)

This means you'll need at least one (or more!) other systems to handle other things — like invoicing, quotes, online payments, expenses, bank feeds, reporting etc...

And that means more costs, more headaches, more effort keeping systems in sync.

With Easy Business App, all the features you need are in one place. And you only pay for the ones you need. Simple!

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Lightning Payroll don't seem to have many independent reviews. They have just 11 reviews on Google, 2 on TrustPilot and hardly any on the mobile app stores.

Easy Business App has over 1,000 independent reviews from our customers. Check us out on Trustpilot, Google, and both major app stores. We average 4.8 out of 5 across all these platforms.

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Payroll for 4 employees, for 1 business. Monthly plan.

$9.95
$20

Payroll for 4 employees at 20 different entities. Monthly plan.

$199
$309

Lightning Payroll charge $9.95/month for read-only access.

Read-only access is completely free in Easy Business App. Always. We don't believe in charging you to access your own data!

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