48 comments
Savage
Very good service
Cesar Garcia
This thing f**king ROCKS!!!
jon
This is good
Christine Gibson
Cannot turn up the volume to hear the video..
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Lou Kett
A little bit pacey, would prefer the dialogue to be slower. Looks very interesting.
Bob Salazar
Yes….. low volumen, a bit pacey…. I think this thing deserves some other explanetion… For example:
I will have now to dig into accounts and sub-accounts chore….
It’ll take longer to know the crucial tasks; as much as to be in love or not with the system
Dee
Gives me great hope in going into business again… and this time doing it well! All of the weaknesses were exposed last time, so I know what is on offer here is something that will go beyond just compliances with IRD. The information I have about my company will be way wider and more in depth.
It is without doubt the best accounting package in the world. We use it for ourselves and all our clients. Our service offering is built around it and we think it is the only choice for modern businesses.
Awesome example. Keep it up.
Lisa
I know I can download a free trial version, but if I choose to continue with the app, what am I looking at cost-wise?
Tim
@Lisa – see the pricing page: http://www.xero.com/pricing/
jules
i really need a sales management database to link to my accts package i thought xero had one but i cant find it anywhere can anyone help?
brad
need more volume??use headphones!! Great looking program, seamless and integration.
Have just signed up a few days ago, have all accounts setup the accountant on board.
Already up to date 3 months of transaction done in a flash, this is by far the best accounting system yet. Brilliant and easy, was using myob and it was a mess. This is great!
Mike
@jules you might try Aereus Network Tools, very integrated and cost effective http://www.aereus.com/ant
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Charles Spiteri
Is it available for net working
Does it take multiple companies
Hi there – with Xero you can invite as many users as you need into your organisation (accessed from anywhere with a web browser) and you can add as many organisations as you like onto your subscription. There’s a bit more detail on the pricing page on our website – hope this helps.
Regards, Catherine
Derri Herbert
I love this programme, I LOVE IT.
Thanks for that burst! We really appreciate you saying so 
Aleksandr Sergeevich Melnik
Good sistem looks very interesting.
Benny Huon
Hi, this looks very nice, easy to use, sign me up!
NK
Xero needs to match MYOB’s LiveAccounts processing speed – the big failing of Xero is how S.L.O.W. it goes.
James
I wish I could test out the speed of MYOB liveaccounts. Unfortunately I could never get past the sign-up process and eventually had to give up. F.R.U.S.T.R.A.T.I.N.G.
You mean sexy, lovable, oarsome, wow? (Sorry – couldn’t resist ).
In all seriousness their product does seem quite snappy. But it’s early days – they have very few customers right now so they’ll be running over an empty database and web servers with low contention. It will be very interesting to see how it performs with some real data in it, and how they generally scale their product as they scale their business.
Performance is number 1 on our list of non-functional requirements – we understand how important it is and we’re constantly working to improve it. We also realize that performance is one of the features that customers will use for comparison purposes between us and our competitors and we’re not backing down from that challenge!
Craig
CTO
ranjan
does this integrate with other cloud apps like salesforce.com, netsuite
Mark
MYOB LiveAccounts is cheaper than Xero!
Hi Mark.
I understand that this Internet thing is new for you guys but there are these things called IP addresses that get recorded so that blog sites know where people come from.
Here is the information that came with your post ….
Author : Mark (IP: 203.166.123.100 , syd.myob.com.au)
The twittersphere seems to concur that LiveAccounts is probably overpriced compared to what we’ve delivered with Xero: http://twitter.com/Innovativeacctg/status/21277501286
Best regards,
Rod
Paula S
Busted! 
Rod in this case I understand the temptation, but I still don’t think you should be making commenter’s email addresses public as on the comment form you say they will not be shown.
Tim, Rod’s removed the reference to the email, however (to a certain extent) “Mark” kind of asked to be exposed… (quite an apropos choice of words it seems…)
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Luke
Great video, a great balance between thorough and being well-paced. Thanks
@Rod “I understand that this Internet thing is new for you guys” haha classic.. love it.
Tim
I really like the idea of Xero. It would make my business more streamlined. My concern is that the fee of $49 p/m is not available as a fixed rate or one off fee. What stops Xero increasing this to $59 next year, or $199? I am a bit old-school and would feel more comfortable if I could just buy Xero and ‘have it’ rather than renting it and being subject to pricing fluctuations. If I felt the need in the future I could upgrade to a newer version. Is this possible?
Justine
Loving Xero for my husband’s business – I now want to start something for myself. Does Xero do a stock management system or is there one that you can recommend that is compatible, Thanks
I am representing the competition, so see how long this post lasts
Real funny about the MYOB comment, classic….
I think xero is a great product, it looks good and easy to use although it doesn’t do everything I need. If I didnt have a better product I would have used it.
Two points here I think hit the nail on the head… one is the cost of Xero over time, which is expensive to begin with and can go up at any moment.
And the 2nd is the the performance, I thought it was so slow that I did some performance testing (I have a youtube video if you want) and it turned out that it is more than 100$ slower than our product.
The bottom line is the more you guys spend on taking down MYOb the better it will be for all of us, LOL
Uri, it’s generally considered poor form to post comments like this on competitors blogs. Don’t think it reflects well on you which is why most serious companies don’t.
Hi Rod,
You’re right I shouldn’t have posted here, I apologise. I guess I didn’t think of myself as a serious company yet. Hopefully this will happen soon
I even asked Cathrine to remove my original post, I guess she can’t.
Pamm
Hi All, I have not started with Xero yet, but I have a buddy (imac computer wiz) he does his homework on everything, this was an accounting package he recommended to start a business with, great for tracking business, easy to use, on-line help,etc Cost, if the package was cheaper would you expect the same as what is being offered now! pamm
Maz
I am feeling a bit weird. I am currently gettingn excited about streamlining the bookkeeping for the business I work in. BUT I can’t seem to watch your videos on my iPad from the comfort of my lounge!!!
Pricing comments ignore the hourly cost of a bookkeeper. If you are more efficient using Xero this quickly outpaces the additional monthly fee. Bookkeepers charge around $50 to $75/hour! Save 1 hour a month and you pay for Xero. Improve your business operations, invoice faster, collect payments faster. How much is this worth a month. The pricing comments scare me as these are advisers to business, imagine telling your clients that by saving $20pm or $50pm that they will be much better off. Their Tax Accountants charge between $100 and $500/hour! Guys, get real, running a business is about making more profit, not by cutting monthly costs by $10pm.
Saman weeratunga
This is very nice service. I appreciate this work
After 28 years, as prominent Quicken and QuickBooks specialists (http://BestQuickBooksCPA.com/), we wrote, “OMG! Xero is the future of accounting!” (bit.ly/pSTkHs) Today I wrote. “QuickBooks, Xero, Security and CPA Malpractice.” (http://bit.ly/OmDASW – not using programs like Xero is CPA malpractice)
I am pushing all business clients to Xero, saying they need need not use it. However, they cannot tell me what program to use and I will no longer use business data not checked by Xero. Once this hammers initial resistance and Xero rules automate up to 100% of entries, only a few will use QuickBooks for much. Meanwhile, supervised remote Xero CPAs (less than $10/hour), should cut fees and sharply cut costs.
Still brilliant, I advised the accountancy firm I was at to switch to Zero from PostBooks and they’ve never looked back. I tell everyone about it now! Thanks guys.
I’ve started integrating Xero with my firm and never looked back! Its an awesome service, highly recommended!
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