It’s time to consider migrating your micro and small clients off of Xero.
Xero just announced another price increase, effective 1 July 2026.
Almost 90% of Australian businesses have four or fewer staff. Most of them are on software that's overkill for what they actually do every day. They're paying for features they don't need, on a platform that wasn't built for a business their size.
Now they're paying more for it. Again.
Easy Business App is built for exactly your micro and small business clients. If you're reviewing software costs across your client base this EOFY, now is the moment to make the move.
Here's what's changing on 1 July if your clients are using Xero.
|
Plan |
Current |
New (from 1 July 2026) |
|
Ignite |
$35/mo |
$37/mo |
|
Grow |
$75/mo |
$78/mo |
|
Comprehensive |
$100/mo |
$107/mo |
|
Ultimate 10 |
$130/mo |
$143/mo |
|
Ultimate 20 |
$162/mo |
$180/mo |
Xero has now increased prices multiple times in recent years. The July 2026 changes are the latest in a series of adjustments that have steadily pushed up the cost of their platform for Australian small businesses and the advisors who support them.
The timing doesn't help either. EOFY is already a pressure point for you and your clients. Payroll finalisation, STP reporting, client reviews. There's a lot happening in a short window. A price rise landing on 1 July means it's a conversation that needs to happen now, before the new financial year begins.
For advisors managing micro and small business clients, price increases like this tend to surface a question that's been sitting in the background: is this software actually the right fit for my smaller clients?
Xero is a powerful platform. But it's built for a broad market, and the pricing reflects that. For a micro client with a handful of employees and straightforward payroll, invoicing, and bank feeds, the cost is increasingly hard to justify.
Your clients are navigating features they don't use, a system that wasn't built for a business their size, and support that's hard to get hold of when something goes wrong.
That friction may be manageable when the price is low enough to overlook.
At $107 a month for a plan with just 4 payroll employees, it's much harder to ignore.
Easy Business App works differently.
It’s built specifically for the needs of micro and small businesses and offers award-winning support via phone, email and live chat, all based right here in Australia.
You subscribe per module, so your clients only pay for what they actually use.
Here's what that looks like in practice:
A business that only needs payroll for four employees pays $14.95/month. One that only needs invoicing pays $10.95/month. That's it.
And for a small business needing payroll for 4 employees, bank feeds, invoicing, expenses, reports etc… will pay $107 on Xero, and only $36.85 with Easy Business App.
The lead-up to June 30 is already the point where advisors are assessing how their clients are set up. Workflows are reviewed. Systems are evaluated. It’s the most sensible time of the year to change software.
A Xero price increase landing on 1 July makes this year's EOFY review more pointed. But the more important reason to act now is Payday Super.
From 1 July 2026, super needs to be paid with every single pay run, including for contractors that might be using the soon to be discontinued Small Business Clearing House.
Adding even a couple of contractors to your plan to pay super in Xero can balloon your monthly subscription into $100s.
For example, a small business with 3 employees on payroll but who need to pay super for another 3 contractors will be paying $143 per month with Xero. The same payroll plan with Easy Business App is just $19.95 and it’s much easier to use, too!
If you're reviewing how your smaller clients are set up over the next few weeks, this is the year to do something about it. To make it easier to move a group of clients across before June 30, we've put together EOFY bundles starting at $13 per client per month, all features included (including unlimited payroll), across packages of 5, 10, or 20 clients.
For most of your micro and small business clients, Easy Business App will cost a fraction of what they're currently paying with Xero. A business with four employees that needs payroll, invoicing, and bank feeds pays just $36.85 a month. And every payroll plan includes Payday Super from 1 July, so there's nothing to scramble for when the new financial year starts.
Move them across before June 30 and the hard conversation about software costs is done before it lands on their July invoice.
Calculate what your clients could save by switching →
There’s never been a better time to switch.