Good Numbers is built for small charities, clubs and incorporated societies in Aotearoa.
Keep on top of transactions, receipts and grants, give your committee a clear picture of the money, and prepare your XRB Tier 4 year-end statements - without needing a full business accounting system.
Good Numbers is purpose-built for small charities, clubs and incorporated societies in Aotearoa New Zealand. It focuses on the jobs small non-profits regularly need to get done: categorising transactions, storing receipts, tracking grants, reporting to a board or committee, and preparing XRB Tier 4 financial statements.
MYOB is a broader accounting platform. It offers a specific solution for small not-for-profits, alongside its wider business accounting products. It includes bank feeds, receipt capture, invoicing, GST, payroll, financial reporting and job tracking that can be used for grants.
Feature
Good Numbers app
MYOB
Built for
Small NZ charities, clubs and incorporated societies
Small businesses, not-for-profits and other organisations
Default setup
Configured for small non-profits in Aotearoa
General accounting system with non-profit use cases
Pricing model
Based on organisation expenditure
Based on the MYOB plan and features required
Starting price
Simple pricing from $110 (incl) per year
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MYOB Business Pro is normally $585 + GST per year
Bank feeds
Included
Included
AI categorisation
Smart suggestions designed around non-profit categories
AI and automated accounting features
Receipt storage
Included
Included
Grant tracking
Purpose built Funding view
Uses job tracking to allocate income and expenses
Board reports
Plain-English Money Overview for volunteer boards and committees
Profit and loss, balance sheet, cash flow and other financial reports
Year-end reporting
Guided process to generate compliant Tier-4 statements
Financial information can be used to prepare year-end accounts
GST
GST return calculation
GST calculation and filing with Inland Revenue
Invoicing
Not currently a core feature
Included
Payroll
Not offered
Available
Best fit
Small organisations wanting a simpler, charity-specific system
Organisations needing broader accounting, payroll, invoicing or business functionality
Our instant, free live demo is a great way to see inside the Good Numbers app before you commit. No sign up or strings attached.
Good Numbers is likely to be a good fit if:
you are a small charity, club, trust or incorporated society;
your organisation spends less than $140,000 a year;
you report under XRB Tier 4;
your treasurer is a volunteer, or finance is just one small part of someone's job;
you mainly need transactions, receipts, grant tracking and reporting;
you want a straightforward way to prepare your year-end statements;
you would rather not configure a full accounting system.
MYOB may make more sense if you need things like payroll, extensive invoicing, inventory, more advanced accounting workflows or broader business functionality.
Good Numbers comes configured for small charities, clubs, societies and community organisations in Aotearoa New Zealand.
That means the app starts from the world of grants, receipts, committee reports, annual reporting and volunteer treasurers. The language, categories and reports are designed around non-profit life.
MYOB has a dedicated non-profit offering and specifically promotes the platform to volunteer treasurers and community organisations. But underneath that, it remains a broader business accounting platform.
That flexibility is useful. Good Numbers takes the opposite approach: fewer moving parts, already set up around the work a small non-profit needs to do.
For many small charities and incorporated societies, bookkeeping during the year ultimately needs to become XRB Tier 4 financial statements.
Good Numbers is built around that reporting need.
It helps turn your transactions, receipts and organisation information into year-end statements through a guided process.
MYOB gives you the financial records and standard accounting reports you may need, but those are not the same as producing the Tier 4 statements themselves.
Good Numbers is designed to help get you all the way to the year-end finish line.
Good Numbers pricing starts from $110 per year.
Higher tiers are based on how much your organisation spends rather than which features you need. The core functionality remains available across the plans.
MYOB uses a more traditional plan-based model. Its Business Pro plan is currently promoted to not-for-profits and has a standard price of $585 + GST per year, although introductory discounts are often available.
MYOB includes much broader functionality for that price.
For organisations that need payroll, invoicing and wider business accounting tools, that may be useful. For a small charity using only a fraction of those features, Good Numbers may be a simpler and lower-cost option.
Grant tracking is one of the areas where the two systems take quite different approaches.
MYOB recommends using its job tracking functionality to track grant income and spending.
Good Numbers includes Funding View, which is built specifically around grants.
You can track what funding came in, what has been spent, what it was spent on, the related receipts and how much remains.
It starts with the questions a funder is actually likely to ask.
Many small charity boards and committees are made up of volunteers, not accountants.
Good Numbers provides a Money Overview designed to answer straightforward questions:
MYOB offers standard accounting reports such as profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow.
Those are useful reports. Good Numbers is simply designed around the reality that many volunteer board members would rather see the important information in plain English.
Good Numbers is not trying to replace MYOB for every organisation.
MYOB may be the better fit if your organisation needs:
Good Numbers deliberately focuses on the core financial work of small charities and societies.
If your organisation needs a full business accounting platform, MYOB may still be the right tool.
If you are using MYOB mainly for transaction coding, receipts and reporting, moving to Good Numbers may be relatively straightforward.
How easy the move is depends on how you currently use MYOB and which features you rely on.
We can help you work out the simplest approach and whether Good Numbers is actually the right fit before you change anything.
Good Numbers is likely to be a better fit if your organisation:
Good Numbers is for small non-profits that want software designed around the job they actually need to do.
MYOB may be a better fit if your organisation needs:
If your organisation is larger, more complex or uses MYOB for much more than basic bookkeeping and reporting, it may still be the better fit.
Yes. For small charities, clubs and incorporated societies in Aotearoa New Zealand, Good Numbers can be a simpler alternative to MYOB.
MYOB is a broader accounting platform with specific tools and guidance for non-profits.
Good Numbers is narrower. It is built specifically around the needs of small non-profits, with transaction coding, receipts, grant tracking, board reports and Tier 4 year-end reporting included from the start.
If your organisation needs payroll, invoicing and broader accounting functionality, MYOB may be the better fit.
But if your charity is small, volunteer-led and mainly needs to keep good records and get its reporting done, Good Numbers may be a simpler and more affordable option.
It takes 2 minutes to check if your charity or incorporated society can use the Good Numbers app.
Yes. Good Numbers is an MYOB alternative designed specifically for small charities, clubs and incorporated societies in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Yes. MYOB has a dedicated non-profit offering and promotes features including bank feeds, reporting, GST, payroll, invoicing and job tracking for grants.
Yes. MYOB recommends using job tracking to allocate income and expenses against individual grants or projects.
Good Numbers uses Funding View, which is designed specifically for grant tracking and funder reporting.
MYOB can hold the financial information you need and produce standard accounting reports.
Good Numbers is specifically designed to guide small non-profits through preparing their XRB Tier 4 year-end statements.
Good Numbers starts from $110 per year. Higher tiers are based on your organisation's annual expenditure rather than unlocking extra features.
MYOB currently promotes Business Pro to not-for-profits at a standard price of $585 + GST per year, although promotional pricing may be available.
Yes. MYOB can be a good fit for charities that need broader accounting functionality, particularly payroll, invoicing, payments and more traditional accounting workflows.
For smaller volunteer-led organisations mainly needing bookkeeping, grant tracking and Tier 4 reporting, Good Numbers takes a more specialised approach.
