A straight comparison against the accounting and practice management tools most firms and businesses in New Zealand are using today. We include what the alternatives genuinely do well.
Most alternatives are a cloud ledger with practice tools, document handling and AI sold separately on top. COUNT Workspace is a full accounting system on the same rebuilt foundation your accountant works in.
Bank feeds, documents, GST and reporting in a single subscription.
Coding, matching and query drafting read live data rather than a synced copy.
Your accountant works live in the same data, on every plan.
Most comparisons come down to one structural choice: keep a fragmented set of products around a legacy cloud ledger, or run the firm and its clients on one rebuilt infrastructure layer.
Cloud ledger with a large app marketplace
A familiar cloud ledger whose practice workflows often require separate products and add-ons.
Read the comparisonSmall-business ledger with strong US footprint
A capable small-business ledger whose firm workflows usually live in separate tools.
Read the comparisonInstalled accounting software for Windows, strong in the US
An established desktop product with shrinking availability and a limited path forward.
Read the comparisonLong-standing ANZ accounting and practice suite
Deep ANZ compliance across a broad product family built over several generations.
Read the comparisonPay-as-you-go tax service for sole traders
A focused tax service for independent earners rather than firms managing client portfolios.
Read the comparisonManual books, or a mix of point tools
Flexible at small scale, but increasingly costly and risky as complexity grows.
Read the comparisonWe migrate your data, and run in parallel for a cycle so nothing is lost.
