Wei Chun

The accounting app to beat for GST filing and IRAS InvoiceNow. Research-based assessment of the Standard plan.

The value pick in accounting: GST and InvoiceNow at a third of Xero’s price, with a real free tier.

The global leader and the reporting pick. Deeper reports than Xero, in a busier interface with user caps.

The best free accounting for a freelancer or micro business, where local GST and InvoiceNow are the ceiling.

A Malaysia-first accounting tool built around SST and LHDN MyInvois. Research-based assessment.

The best free CRM for a small team: easy to adopt, unlimited users, and it grows with you.

The cleanest local payroll for SG and MY: CPF, IRAS, EPF and SOCSO handled, with a real free tier.

Per-seat backup for the Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace data you wrongly assume is backed up, with the MSP-only pricing explained honestly.

The best pure team chat, at a per-head price that needs defending: verified US$7.25 pricing, the 90-day free-tier catch, and when Lark wins.

The business-email default, billed in SGD from S$9.40 a user with Gemini included. The catch: no free tier with Gmail since 2022.

Genuinely free for 20 users: chat, docs and video in one app, with Bahasa Malaysia support. The trade-offs, including the ByteDance question, answered honestly.

The best own-site storefront in SG and MY, with verified pricing and the Malaysian fee catch: no Shopify Payments, so fees stack.

The cheapest way to take PayNow in Singapore: no monthly fee, verified rates, and a POS thinner than it looks.

The default POS for Malaysian retail and F&B. Verified RM pricing, and the hardware question to ask before you sign.

Excellent Shopee and Lazada sync for Malaysian sellers, undercut by weak profit reporting and a price it will not publish.

Native local marketplace sync with no transaction fee, and a support problem that has followed it for a decade.

The best-built inventory tool at the price, with a free tier, and one regional blind spot: no Shopee or Lazada connector.

The best-designed payroll and HR suite for SG and MY, Samsung-backed, with verified S$4.25 per-user pricing and a 5-user minimum.

All-in-one Singapore HR at a price you can see: verified S$5 to S$15 per employee, PSG support, and a support-reachability caveat.

The 25-year Singapore payroll veteran: CPF and IRAS AIS to the letter, the broadest local suite, and quote-only pricing.

The cheapest modular payroll, verified from S$1.50 per employee, with a thin review record and a lapsed domain flagged honestly.

The most CRM for the money, free for 3 users, best inside the Zoho suite. No SGD price printed: Zoho renders it client-side only.

The pipeline specialist: the CRM interface reviewers praise most, from US$14/seat/mo, with reporting, support and add-on costs to budget for.

MYOB became ABSS in 2018: verified pricing from S$349/yr or S$865 one-time, legacy support ended March 2026, and the stay-or-migrate decision.

HitPay and StoreHub compared on what it really costs to take a sale, and whether you need a payment rail or a shop system.

Zoho Inventory, SiteGiant and EasyStore compared. One question decides it: do you sell on Shopee and Lazada?

Xero, Zoho Books, QuickBooks and Wave compared on GST, IRAS InvoiceNow, price and daily use.

HubSpot, Zoho CRM, Pipedrive and Pepper Cloud compared on ease of use, price and how they scale.

Talenox, Swingvy and QuickHR compared on CPF, IRAS, EPF and SOCSO filing, price and ease of use.

The two most common shortlist finalists, assessed against the same workflows and scored by use case.

Singapore's InvoiceNow e-invoicing requirement: who is in scope, the deadline ledger, and five steps to comply.

Malaysia's LHDN MyInvois e-invoicing: who is in scope and when, the phased rollout, and software that submits for you.

Singapore's Peppol-based e-invoicing network, defined in plain English, and why it decides your accounting software.

The international standard and network for exchanging e-invoices as structured data. InvoiceNow runs on it.

Malaysia's LHDN-run e-invoicing system, phased in by business size. A separate regime from InvoiceNow.

Singapore's goods and services tax, the GST F5 return, and how it now ties into InvoiceNow e-invoicing.