Fintura vs GreatSoft
Looking for a GreatSoft alternative you can price, trial and start yourself? GreatSoft is a deep, established South African suite, built as modules on one central database and quoted through a consultation. Fintura brings compliance, tax, practice management, client communication and billing into one platform, with pricing on the website, a 30-day trial and direct CIPC filing.
30-day free trial · Cancel anytime on Track and Manage · No setup fees
GreatSoft
- Practice run across the suite
- Book a consultation to see pricing
- Modules quoted separately
- File CIPC outside the platform
Still on your plate
- Practice run in one platform
- Pricing published on the site
- One subscription, three modules
- Filed directly with CIPC
Done in one platform
The short answer
GreatSoft is a deep, established South African suite: strong income tax coverage through SARS eFiling, native payroll and a full firm ledger. Fintura is the more connected choice for firms that want one platform instead of modules, with published pricing, direct CIPC filing and a 30-day trial you can start yourself.
A modular suite, or one connected platform
GreatSoft has real depth across tax, secretarial, payroll and BI, assembled module by module. Fintura puts compliance, tax, practice management and billing behind one login, with public pricing and a 30-day trial you can start yourself.
✦ Fintura
One connected platform
Compliance execution, tax, practice management, client communication and billing for South African accounting firms, in one login.
- YesDirect CIPC filing, 50+ compliance services including Trusts BO, COIDA, UIF and SARS
- YesVAT and PAYE submissions with AI SARS correspondence, and IRP6 coming very soon
- YesLegally valid e-signatures and engagement letters as standard
- YesAutomated client emails through your own Gmail or Outlook
- YesTime tracking with Xero, Sage and QuickBooks billing
- YesTransparent public pricing, self-serve signup and a 30-day free trial
GreatSoft
The established modular suite
A long-established South African suite for accounting firms: practice management, tax, secretarial, payroll, document management and BI, sold as modules on one central database.
- YesDeep SARS eFiling tax suite: IRP6, ITR12, ITR14 and ITR12T
- YesNative payroll software and a payroll bureau
- YesFull firm ledger with practice financial statements
- YesCompany secretarial with multi-entity registers and organograms
- YesPractice Insights BI and cloud document management
- NoNo direct CIPC filing, beneficial ownership registers are exported in CIPC-required formats
- NoNo self-serve trial, getting started runs through a consultation
- NoPricing not publicly listed
Being fair about it: GreatSoft's tax suite is deeper than ours today. They submit individual, company and trust income tax returns through SARS eFiling, where Fintura covers VAT and PAYE today, with IRP6 coming very soon and the income tax suite after it. They also run native payroll and a full firm ledger with practice financial statements, which Fintura does not do at all.
Side by side
A straightforward look at what each platform does and does not do.
Compliance
Direct CIPC filing, in platform
YesFinturaNoGreatSoft · Registers exported in CIPC-required formats50+ compliance services
CIPC, Trusts BO, COIDA, UIF, SARS
YesFinturaPartialGreatSoft · Company secretarial suite, no CIPC submissionsCompany secretarial
YesFintura · Incl. full Statutory Register downloadYesGreatSoft · Multi-entity registers, organograms and PAIA manualsBeneficial Ownership
Visual organograms and submissions
YesFinturaPartialGreatSoft · Registers exported, filed on the CIPC portal
Tax
VAT and PAYE submissions in platform
YesFinturaNot comparedGreatSoft · Scope not publishedProvisional tax (IRP6)
NoFintura · Coming very soonYesGreatSoft · Via SARS eFilingIncome tax returns
ITR12, ITR14 and ITR12T via SARS eFiling
NoFintura · On the roadmap, full suite comingYesGreatSoftAI SARS correspondence
Read automatically, tasks and deadlines created
YesFinturaNot comparedGreatSoft · SARS third-party data pull, correspondence automation not published
Practice management
Task and deadline management
YesFinturaYesGreatSoftClient management and CRM
YesFinturaYesGreatSoftPayroll
PartialFintura · Via SimplePay and PaySpace integrationsYesGreatSoft · Native payroll software and payroll bureauFirm ledger and practice financial statements
General ledger, creditors, asset ledger
NoFinturaYesGreatSoftClient onboarding forms and automation
YesFinturaNot comparedGreatSoftPractice reporting and insights
YesFintura · Practice reports and WIP analyticsYesGreatSoft · Practice Insights BI module
Client communication
Automated client emails from your own Gmail or Outlook
Deadline-driven, on your cadence
YesFinturaNot comparedGreatSoft · Not publishedClient document sharing
YesFinturaYesGreatSoft · Cloud document management and client zoneEngagement letters and e-signatures
YesFintura · Multiple signers as standardNot comparedGreatSoft · Not published
Billing and time
Time tracking and invoicing
YesFinturaYesGreatSoft · Time, expense and billingDebtors and lock-up reporting
NoFinturaYesGreatSoftXero integration
YesFinturaYesGreatSoftSage, QuickBooks and Zoho Books
YesFintura · Direct integrationsNot comparedGreatSoft · Xero and Draftworx listed
Getting started
Transparent public pricing
YesFinturaNoGreatSoft · Pricing not publishedFree trial
YesFintura · 30 days, whole platformNoGreatSoft · Consultation-led, no self-serve trialSelf-serve signup
YesFinturaNoGreatSoft · Schedule a consultation to get startedBulk CIPC import
Onboard your client base from the registry
YesFinturaNot comparedGreatSoftFree Submit Access for your own practice
YesFinturaNot comparedGreatSoft
What each one costs
Fintura publishes every figure and you can start on your own. GreatSoft quotes the modules a firm needs through a consultation, so the number comes out of the conversation.
✦ Fintura
Practice Management starts from
R299per user / month
- ·Compliance starts from R35 per company / month
- ·Tax starts from R29 per taxpayer / month
- ·Mix tiers per module, pay for what each client needs
- ·30-day free trial across the platform
- ·Free Submit Access for your own practice
Full breakdown on the pricing page.
GreatSoft
Pricing
Not published
- ·Schedule a consultation to receive a quote
- ·Modules quoted separately: practice management, tax, secretarial, payroll, document management and BI
- ·No self-serve trial, sales is consultation-led
- ·No figures published on any product page
As of July 2026, per greatsoft.co.za.
See the full Fintura breakdown, with a cost calculator, on the pricing page.
Moving from GreatSoft takes a session, not a project
Import your client base
Bulk CIPC import pulls your clients straight from the registry. No spreadsheets, no manual capturing.
Switch on services
Enable services per client and every CIPC, SARS and DoL deadline is scheduled automatically.
Run both during your trial
Keep GreatSoft running while you test Fintura on real work for 30 days, and file your own practice's returns with Free Submit Access.
The results speak for themselves
Outcomes reported by accounting firms running their practice on Fintura.
85%
Less admin
10h+
Saved per accountant, per week
0
Compliance penalties for Fintura users
R15,000+
Recovered per month
“Fintura is our go-to for CIPC compliance. We've processed a high volume of Beneficial Ownership and Annual Return submissions in-platform and the tracking makes it easy to stay audit-ready across all clients. The compliance e-sign functionality is a game changer.”
Rated 5.0 on Capterra across 5 reviews
“We have implemented Fintura in our accounting practice and it has quickly become an essential part of our workflow. The platform is intuitive, easy to navigate, and has significantly improved our efficiency across clients, engagements, tasks and compliance.”
“All in one place, simple and so user friendly. Local, with the best technology to streamline your work, and the customer service has been excellent.”
Frequently asked questions.
Everything accounting firms ask before making the switch from GreatSoft.
GreatSoft is an established South African suite with genuine depth: tax, secretarial, payroll, document management and BI, built as modules on one central database and quoted through a consultation. Fintura brings compliance, tax, practice management, client communication and billing into a single platform, files directly with CIPC and publishes its pricing. You can sign up and start a 30-day trial yourself, without a sales conversation.
Their secretarial module keeps entity registers and exports beneficial ownership registers in CIPC-required formats, so the submission itself is completed on the CIPC portal. Fintura files directly in platform, covering annual returns, beneficial ownership, director changes and the rest of its 50+ compliance services. The deadline and the filing live in the same place.
GreatSoft is ahead of us here today. Their tax suite interfaces directly with SARS eFiling to prepare and submit individual, company and trust income tax returns (ITR12, ITR14 and ITR12T) alongside provisional tax. Fintura covers VAT and PAYE submissions plus AI SARS correspondence that turns incoming letters into tasks with deadlines, with IRP6 coming very soon and the income tax suite after it. If income tax returns are the core of your work right now, that difference is worth weighing.
GreatSoft does not publish pricing. You schedule a consultation and the modules your firm needs are quoted from there, so what you pay depends on how the suite is put together. Fintura's pricing is public: Practice Management starts from R299 per user per month, Compliance from R35 per company and Tax from R29 per taxpayer, and you can start a 30-day free trial without speaking to anyone.
Most firms are onboarded in a single session. Bulk CIPC import pulls your client base from the registry, services switch on per client and every deadline reminder is scheduled automatically. The 30-day trial covers the whole platform, so you can run both side by side on real work, and your own practice gets Free Submit Access on Compliance.
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