Payroll software · Australia · Head-to-head
Deputy vs MYOB
Two Australia payroll software options, compared side by side for Australia trades.
Which should you choose?
Deputy and MYOB are both Tier S: our check found each one's prices published on its own website, so you can compare their costs before talking to sales. The tier is not a quality ranking: weigh the pros, cons, pricing and Australia-specific notes below against your trade and region.
Deputy
Tier S · Published pricesSydney-founded rostering, time clock and award interpretation, with an optional Deputy Payroll add-on
Deputy is a workforce management platform founded in Sydney in 2008 by Steve Shelley and Ashik Ahmed; it says more than 390,000 workplaces worldwide use it. Its plans cover rostering, timesheets, time clocking and award interpretation, and approved timesheets can flow to Xero, MYOB, QuickBooks or Reckon, or to Deputy's own Payroll add-on. Deputy says its regularly updated award templates auto-fill employee entitlements, which suits award-covered trade crews.
Pros
- + Award interpretation included from the Lite plan, with regularly updated award templates
- + Deputy Payroll add-on designed for STP Phase 2 reporting, Deputy says
- + Timesheets connect to Xero, MYOB, QuickBooks and Reckon
- + Published per-user AUD prices; 30-day free trial on the Payroll add-on
Cons
- − Payroll is a paid add-on ($5 per user per month) on top of a base plan
- − Minimum spend of AUD $30 a month per invoice on monthly Lite, Core and Pro plans since 1 September 2025
- − Per-user pricing grows with the crew, and HR, Messaging+ and Analytics+ cost extra below Pro
- − SMS charged at 5c per 160 characters
Australia note
Deputy says Deputy Payroll is designed to support Single Touch Payroll Phase 2 reporting, and its payroll page notes that under Payday Super, super must be paid on each payday rather than quarterly. Award interpretation is included from the Lite plan (Core adds advanced award interpretation); AU prices are in AUD excluding taxes.
MYOB
Tier S · Published pricesAccounting and payroll software for Australian and New Zealand businesses since 1991, with payroll as an add-on, bundled or standalone
MYOB has sold accounting, payroll and business management software to Australian and New Zealand businesses since 1991 and says more than a million people in the two countries use it. Private equity firm KKR has owned it since 2019. Payroll is an add-on to MYOB Business Lite and Pro, included in AccountRight Plus, or sold on its own as MYOB Business Payroll Only for up to 4 employees.
Pros
- + Standalone Payroll Only plan for up to 4 employees
- + AccountRight Plus includes payroll for unlimited employees at no extra cost
- + Single Touch Payroll reporting to the ATO and automated super contributions
- + Timesheets and rosters synced to pay runs on Pro and AccountRight Plus
Cons
- − Per-employee payroll fee on Lite and Pro, rising from $3 to $5 a month from 1 November 2026
- − Payroll caps: 2 employees on Lite, 4 on Payroll Only
- − Payroll Only rises from $15 to $20 a month from 1 November 2026
- − Intro discounts last 3-12 months, so the ongoing price is much higher
Australia note
MYOB says its payroll reports pay to the ATO through Single Touch Payroll, automates super contributions (with a Pay Super setting for the Payday Super changes) and syncs timesheets and rosters from the MYOB Team app. From 1 November 2026 Payroll Only rises to $20 a month and the per-employee payroll fee to $5 a month, both including GST, per MYOB's price notice.
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