PAYE, UIF and SDL calculated correctly every month. Invoices, expenses and bank reconciliation in the same product. No accounting knowledge required.
Free plan available · No credit card required · ZAR pricing
Compliant with South African regulations
Everything included
Zoho charges separately for payroll. Xero has no local payroll at all. SNSBooks is the only platform where accounting and payroll share the same database and journal.
Create professional invoices and quotes in seconds. Approve to auto-post the double-entry journal — no accounting knowledge needed.
Connect FNB, Absa, Standard Bank, Nedbank or Capitec via Stitch. Transactions import automatically. CSV upload available as a fallback.
PAYE, UIF and SDL calculated correctly every month. Not a bolt-on — payroll is part of the same product and connected to your accounts.
P&L, balance sheet, trial balance and VAT reports powered by true double-entry accounting running silently in the background.
Password-protected IRP5 certificates generated per employee at year-end. EMP501 reconciliation and EMP201 preparation in one click.
Built for South African data residency. Employee banking details are encrypted at rest. Payslips are password-protected PDFs.
Simple to start
No accountant needed to get started. The onboarding wizard handles the setup.
Register, add your business details and let the onboarding wizard seed your chart of accounts. Takes under 5 minutes.
Import a CSV or connect via Stitch for live bank feeds. Reconcile transactions against your invoices and expenses.
Issue invoices, approve expenses, run payroll. Every action posts the correct accounting entry automatically.
SA Payroll — built in
Most SA accounting software makes you buy a separate payroll product. SNSBooks includes full PAYE, UIF, SDL and ETI calculations — already connected to your accounts. One subscription. No surprises.
From our customers
“We used to pay a bookkeeper R4,000 a month just to capture invoices and reconcile the bank. SNSBooks replaced that entirely — and our accountant loves the audit trail.”
Priya Naidoo
Director, Naidoo Electrical Contractors
Durban
“The payroll feature alone is worth it. PAYE used to take me half a day every month. Now I run it in 15 minutes and the payslips go out automatically.”
Mpho Dlamini
Owner, Dlamini Transport Services
Johannesburg
“I manage 12 client businesses as their accountant. The accountant portal lets me switch between clients instantly — it's the feature I didn't know I needed.”
Sujesh Govender
CA(SA), Govender & Associates
Cape Town
How we stack up
| Platform | SA Payroll | Built for SA | Free plan | Price / month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
SNSBooksYOU | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | R0 – R1,199 |
Xero | ❌ | ⚠️ | ❌ | ~R450+ |
Zoho Books | ❌ | ⚠️ | ✅ | R0 – R2,490 |
SimplePay | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ~R200 |
Sage | ✅ | ⚠️ | ❌ | ~R300+ |
Payroll column refers to integrated SA payroll (PAYE/UIF/SDL) included in the base price.
Transparent pricing
Free plan available forever. 30-day trial on paid plans. No credit card required.
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The complete package
For larger teams
For accountants managing clients
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Got questions?
No. Double-entry bookkeeping runs silently in the background. You approve an invoice — we post the journal. You run payroll — we calculate PAYE and create the expense journal. You never touch a debit or credit.
PAYE tax brackets, UIF rates, SDL rates and rebates are stored and updated each tax year. Approve the payroll run and the system calculates deductions, generates payslips, and posts the accounting journal automatically.
FNB, Absa, Standard Bank, Nedbank, Capitec and Discovery Bank via Stitch.money Open Banking. CSV import is available as a free fallback and works with any South African bank.
Yes. SNSBooks is hosted with South African data residency, supporting POPIA compliance. Employee data and banking details are encrypted at rest using AES-256.
SNSBooks includes SA payroll in the same product — not a separate subscription. It's priced in Rand, built for businesses without a dedicated bookkeeper, and includes features like IRP5, EMP201 and EMP501 that no international platform handles natively.
Yes. The Accountant Portal lets your accountant log in and see all their client businesses from a single view, with full read/write access based on the role you assign.
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