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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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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