Accounting software price changes: a running tracker
Vendors announce price changes quietly and firms find out on the invoice. This page tracks what changed, when it bites, and — the part the vendor notice never covers — what it does to a practice's margin.
Updated 3 August 2026 — maintained as changes are announced.
What's changed
| Vendor | Change | Effective | Detail | Who it hits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xero | Price rise across all Australian plans | 1 July 2026 | Increases from $2 to $28 per month depending on plan. Cashbook +$2 to $24, Ignite +$2 to $37, Grow +$3 to $78, Comprehensive +$7 to $107, Ultimate 10 +$13 to $143, Ultimate 20 +$18 to $180, Ultimate 50 +$28 to $250, Ultimate 100 +$28 to $300. | Everyone, but not evenly — roughly 5.7% at Ignite versus 11–12% at Ultimate 50 and 100. |
| Xero | Multi-organisation discount removed | 1 July 2026 | The discount for holding multiple Xero subscriptions has been withdrawn. Existing discounts and promo codes continue to be honoured at the new price until they expire. | Accounting and bookkeeping practices, hardest of anyone. If you hold subscriptions across many client entities, this is a larger effective increase than the headline plan rises — and it is the change least covered. |
| MYOB | Price rise across Business and AccountRight lines | 1 March 2026 | Business Payroll Only +$3 to $15 per month, Connected Ledger +$2 to $22 per month, with increases across the wider range. 2026 list pricing: Lite $26.25, Pro $70, AccountRight Plus $165, Premier $210 per month. | AccountRight clients most, where long-run increases have repeatedly outpaced CPI. |
The change almost nobody led with
The Xero headline was the plan increase. The change that actually costs practices more is the withdrawal of the multi-organisation discount on the same date.
If you hold subscriptions across dozens or hundreds of client entities, that discount was doing quiet work across your whole book. Removing it is not a few dollars on one plan — it is a change to the unit economics of every entity you carry. A practice can absorb a 5.7% rise on a single subscription without noticing. The same practice absorbing a discount withdrawal across two hundred organisations is a different conversation, and it is one most firms have not had because the coverage led with the plan table.
What it means for a practice
- 1
If you rebill software, your margin moved without you touching it.
Practices that on-charge subscriptions at a fixed rate absorb every vendor increase directly. The Xero multi-organisation change is the sharpest example: your cost per client entity rose while your rebill rate stayed put. Check what you are actually recovering before the next billing cycle rather than after the year.
- 2
The headline percentage is the wrong number.
What matters is the increase across your actual mix. A practice weighted to Ultimate tiers absorbed roughly double the percentage a Ignite-weighted practice did — and any practice holding many organisations absorbed the discount withdrawal on top.
- 3
Ledger changes are a good moment to review the whole stack.
A price rise creates the internal permission to ask whether the tool is still right — but decide it on the workflow, not the invoice. Switching a ledger to save a few dollars a month is almost always a false economy once migration and retraining are counted.
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Tell clients before the invoice does.
If a client sees the increase on their own subscription first, you look uninformed. A short note when a vendor announces, naming the change and the date, is close to free and reads as being on top of the market.
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Subscribe free →Frequently asked questions
- How much did Xero prices increase in Australia in 2026?
- Xero raised prices across all Australian plans from 1 July 2026, by between $2 and $28 per month depending on the plan. Cashbook rose $2 to $24, Ignite $2 to $37, Grow $3 to $78, Comprehensive $7 to $107, Ultimate 10 $13 to $143, Ultimate 20 $18 to $180, Ultimate 50 $28 to $250 and Ultimate 100 $28 to $300. The increase is proportionally larger at the higher tiers — around 5.7% on Ignite compared with 11–12% on the Ultimate 50 and 100 plans.
- Did Xero remove the multi-organisation discount?
- Yes. The multi-organisation discount was withdrawn from 1 July 2026. This matters most to accounting and bookkeeping practices, which typically hold subscriptions across many client entities — for them the effective increase can exceed the headline plan rises. Existing discounts and promo codes continue to be honoured at the new price until they expire.
- When did MYOB increase its prices in 2026?
- MYOB increased Australian subscription prices across its Business and AccountRight lines from 1 March 2026. Business Payroll Only rose $3 per month to $15 and Connected Ledger rose $2 per month to $22, with increases across the wider range. As at mid-2026 the list pricing was Lite $26.25, Pro $70, AccountRight Plus $165 and Premier $210 per month.
- Should accounting firms change software because of a price increase?
- Rarely on price alone. A vendor increase is a reasonable prompt to review whether a tool still fits the work, but a ledger migration costs data conversion, staff retraining and a productivity dip that usually dwarfs the saving. Decide on workflow fit and integration quality; treat the price rise as the trigger for the review rather than the reason for the answer. The exception is a practice whose margin is being eroded because it rebills subscriptions at a fixed rate.
- How should firms handle software price rises with clients?
- Proactively and specifically. Send a short note when the vendor announces, naming the change and the effective date, rather than letting the client discover it on their own invoice. If you rebill subscriptions, review what you are recovering — fixed rebill rates silently absorb every increase. Clients accept pass-through costs they were warned about far more readily than ones that appear unannounced.