Still spending hours per client cleaning expense data before BAS?

Your clients promise to keep better records every quarter. They never do.

Stop absorbing the cleanup time you can't bill. Budgetly captures receipts at the point of purchase, codes transactions automatically, and syncs to Xero. Your clients get spend control. Their bookkeeper gets clean data. You get the time back to focus on advisory work that clients actually value — and earn lifetime revenue share on every referral.

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Australian accountant advising a client in a professional office
The shift

The compliance-to-advisory shift is real. The cleanup is what's stopping it.

Every client engagement starts the same way: messy data, missing receipts, and a BAS deadline that's already too close. You wanted to be an adviser, not a data cleaner. The tools your clients use are the bottleneck — shared bank cards, paper receipts, and reimbursement spreadsheets. Until that upstream mess is fixed, advisory work stays a promise, not a practice.

The old way

  • 3 hours per client cleaning data at BAS time. 60 hours of unbillable work across 20 clients.
  • Clients with messy expense records that you fix every quarter
  • Missing receipts at year-end that cost clients GST deductions
  • Sharing login credentials with clients to access their books
  • Pressure to add advisory value but no time to deliver it
  • Previous fintech tool recommendations that overpromised and underdelivered

With Budgetly

  • Client data arrives coded, categorised, and receipt-matched
  • Quarterly BAS prep in 30 minutes per client, not 3 hours
  • Read-only accountant role — no shared credentials
  • Multi-client access from one account, switch in two clicks
  • Lifetime partner revenue share on every client referral
  • Stop being a data cleaner. Start being the adviser you trained to be.
Built on trusted foundations
  • APRA-regulated
  • Data stays in Australia
  • 2FA + SSL encryption
  • AWS Sydney ISO 27001 infrastructure
  • Live status

What changes when accountants recommend Budgetly to clients

Stop fixing what shouldn't be broken. Recommend a tool that delivers clean data upstream, value to clients, and recurring revenue to your practice.

Replace shared cards and reimbursements

Recommend one tool. Multiply across every client. Earn on every referral.

Recommend Budgetly to every SME client in your portfolio. Each gets controlled cards, mobile receipt capture, and Xero sync. You get cleaner data across the board, plus tiered lifetime revenue share — 10-30% by partner tier. One accountant with 15 active clients can build meaningful recurring practice revenue.

  • Every client gets per-employee cards with built-in budgets
  • Multi-entity support — manage all client accounts from one login
  • Lifetime partner revenue share, 10-30% tiered
  • No first-year-only mechanics. Recurring practice revenue.
  • Pass the share as a client discount or keep as practice income
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Replace cleanup time

Quarterly BAS prep in 30 minutes, not 3 hours per client.

When client data arrives coded, categorised, and receipt-matched, quarterly BAS prep becomes a review rather than a reconstruction. Every transaction has a merchant, category, GST extraction, and matched receipt. The 60 hours of unbillable cleanup across 20 clients turns into 10 hours — and the freed time becomes advisory revenue.

  • Receipts captured at the merchant, not chased at year-end
  • AI categorisation with 95%+ accuracy from day one
  • GST extraction at the line-item level for ATO substantiation
  • Real-time alerts on missing receipts on high-value transactions
  • Audit-ready data for the ATO, ASIC, and ACNC reviews
See AI Bookkeeping →
09:18 Snap receipt
OFFICEWORKS
Surry Hills NSW
Office supplies$184.50
Printer cartridges$67.20
Stationery$32.30
GST (10%)$25.82
Total$284.00
Officeworks Surry Hills $284.00
Sophie Williams · Operations Manager · 9:18am
CategoryOffice Supplies
GST extracted$25.82
Receipt Matched
DepartmentOperations
Replace shared logins

Read-only accountant role. Multi-client access. No shared credentials.

Stop sharing client login credentials. Stop logging in as the client. Budgetly’s accountant role gives you read-only access across every client portfolio with full audit trails of your actions. Switch between clients in two clicks. Native Xero, MYOB, QuickBooks, NetSuite, and SAP sync per client.

  • Read-only accountant role on every client account
  • Switch between clients in two clicks
  • 10-year audit trail retention per client
  • Multi-entity sync — each client to their own Xero file
  • Audit-logged accountant actions across every client
See the Xero integration →
Officeworks Surry Hills $284.00
Sophie Williams · 9:18am
CategoryOffice Supplies
GST$16.77
ContactOfficeworks Ltd
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XeroSynced · 0.3s
MYOBSynced · 0.3s
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Replace passive recommendation

Become the adviser who delivers the fix, not just the diagnosis.

Anyone can tell a client their books are messy. The accountant who hands the client the working solution is the one they keep recommending. Budgetly is the tool you can stake your reputation on: 20,000+ users, 99% retention, 4.9/5 on the Xero App Store from 96 verified accountants and bookkeepers.

  • 20,000+ Australian businesses already using Budgetly
  • 99% customer retention year over year
  • 4.9/5 on the Xero App Store (96 verified users)
  • 82 published case studies you can share with clients
  • Co-marketing support for partner accountants
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All budgets Live
Client A
$28,600 / $50,000
Client B
$8,400 / $10,000
Client C
$5,200 / $15,000
Client D
$960 / $2,000
Latest transactions
Officeworks $284.00
Qantas $443.50
Bunnings $847.80

What accountants gain when they recommend Budgetly to clients

Real outcomes from Australian accounting firms recommending Budgetly to their SME client base.

85%
BAS prep time saved From 3 hours per client to 30 minutes when data arrives coded and receipt-matched.
Pure
Flat-fee firm margin Every hour saved on a flat-fee client is pure margin — and 64% of AU firms are flat-fee.
10-30%
Partner revenue share Lifetime tiered revenue share. No first-year-only mechanics. Recurring practice revenue.
4.9/5
Xero App Store rating From 96 verified accountants and bookkeepers on the Xero App Store.
99%
Client retention Australian businesses keep Budgetly year after year — your referral keeps earning.
10-30
Clients per multiplier One accountant with 15 active clients = 15 potential customers from one relationship.
How clean upstream data works for everyone

When you recommend Budgetly, every role in your client's business benefits

The reason Budgetly is easy to recommend is because everyone wins. The owner gets visibility. The finance team gets control. The bookkeeper gets clean data. The team members stop fronting their own money. You get cleaner data across the portfolio.

For your client's owner
For your client's owner
  • See every dollar across the business in real time
  • Stop chasing receipts to know where money goes
  • Cards issued in 30 seconds without bank paperwork
  • Up to 50% reduction in non-essential spend
  • [See the founder view →](/expense-management-software-for-business-owners/)
For your client's finance team
For your client's finance team
  • 80% reduction in manual processing time
  • 75% faster month-end close
  • Audit-ready always with 10-year retention
  • Live budget visibility across teams
  • [See the finance team view →](/expense-management-software-for-finance-teams/)
For your client's bookkeeper
For your client's bookkeeper
  • Transactions arrive coded with 95%+ accuracy
  • GST extracted at the line-item level
  • Native Xero or MYOB sync, richer than bank feeds
  • Reconciliation in minutes, not days
  • [See the bookkeeper view →](/expense-management-software-for-bookkeepers/)

Trusted by teams across Australia

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Awards and recognition

Capterra Best Ease of Use 2026
Software Advice Best Customer Support 2026
Software Advice Most Recommended 2026
Capterra Best Ease of Use 2025
Capterra Best Value 2025
GetApp Best Functionality 2025
Software Advice Best Customer Support 2025

Frequently asked questions

I don't know enough about Budgetly to stake my reputation on a recommendation.
Talk to our partner team. We’ll give you a sandbox account, run a demo on your data, and walk you through the Xero integration in detail. Once you’re confident, you’ll have the case studies, the comparison content, and the practice support to recommend with confidence.
Will my clients actually adopt it?
Adoption is consistently high because it’s better for staff too. No more fronting personal money. No more reimbursement forms. Real-time budget on their phone. 99% customer retention. Personalised onboarding included on every plan, regardless of client size.
Will it integrate cleanly with Xero or MYOB?
Yes — that’s the foundation. Native two-way sync with Xero, MYOB, QuickBooks, NetSuite, and SAP. 4.9/5 on the Xero App Store from 96 verified accountants and bookkeepers. Multi-entity by design — each client syncs to their own ledger.
How does the partner revenue share work?
Tiered lifetime revenue share — 10% at Registered/Silver, 20% at Gold, 30% at Platinum. No first-year-only mechanics. You earn on every client you refer, every month, for as long as they’re a customer. You can keep the share as practice revenue or pass it to the client as an equivalent discount.
I'm worried about reduced billable hours if my clients self-manage their books.
If you bill hourly, this concern is real — and Budgetly may not be the right recommendation for you. If you’re flat-fee (and 64% of AU firms are), every hour saved is pure margin. You can serve more clients at the same fee or shift the freed hours to advisory at higher rates. Most flat-fee firms see Budgetly as a competitive advantage.
What about co-marketing or content I can share with clients?
Partner accountants get co-brandable content (one-pagers, client guides, ROI calculators), webinar co-hosting, and content collaboration. The partnership goes beyond a referral fee — we work with you to grow your practice and your client base.
Where are my clients' data hosted?
AWS Sydney — ISO 27001, 27017, and 27018 certified infrastructure. APRA-regulated for our own financial activities. AU-hosted, AU-supported, AU-built. Nothing leaves the country. The same compliance posture global tools claim, delivered on Australian infrastructure.
Security & trust

Built so you can stake your reputation on the recommendation

Accountants don't recommend tools they don't trust. Budgetly is APRA-regulated, AU-hosted, and operates at the security and compliance level your clients' enterprise customers expect.

  • APRA-regulated operator

    Budgetly is APRA-regulated for its own financial activities. Card issuance and payments run through regulated banking partners on the Visa network.

  • AU-hosted, ISO-certified infrastructure

    AWS Sydney — ISO 27001, 27017, and 27018 certified. Multi-AZ redundancy. Data sovereignty by default.

  • Read-only accountant role

    Access client books without sharing login credentials. Full audit trail of accountant actions across every client portfolio.

  • 10-year audit trail per transaction

    Card used, merchant, amount, matched receipt, GST, cost centre, and approver — timestamped, attributable, and retained for 10 years.

  • Multi-entity, multi-client architecture

    Each client syncs to their own Xero, MYOB, QuickBooks, NetSuite, or SAP ledger. Cleanly separated by entity.

  • Role-based access for every client team

    Cardholders, budget owners, finance, bookkeepers, and accountants each see only what their role requires.

Stop being a data cleaner. Start being the adviser your clients actually need.

Talk to our partner team. Get a sandbox account, see the integration, and start earning lifetime revenue share on every client referral.

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