Keep MYOB instead of replacing it
MYOB Acumatica replaces MYOB Business with a new ERP. Tall Emu keeps MYOB (or Xero) as your accounts and adds CRM, quoting, inventory, warehouse, manufacturing and freight around it.
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Outgrowing MYOB, but not ready for a full ERP?
MYOB Acumatica (formerly MYOB Advanced) is a genuine cloud ERP, sold and implemented through partners. For businesses that have truly outgrown MYOB Business it can be the right step. Many businesses comparing it are not there yet - they need operations capability, not an ERP project.
Why businesses compare MYOB Acumatica with Tall Emu
The comparison usually starts with the same sentence: "MYOB can't run our operations any more."
Weeks of onboarding, not an implementation project
MYOB Acumatica is implemented as a scoped, partner-led project - published partner guides describe implementations that commonly start around $50,000 plus scoping. Tall Emu's done-for-you onboarding is a one-off $3,500 including data migration and training.
A price a growing SME can carry
MYOB Acumatica is quoted per user and per edition through partners - published partner guides indicate subscriptions from roughly $150 per user per month, varying with edition and role. Tall Emu is AUD $95 per user per month + GST, one product, no editions.
MYOB Acumatica vs Tall Emu at a glance
These are different classes of software solving an overlapping problem - operational capability beyond accounting software.
MYOB Acumatica
A full cloud ERP: general ledger and financials inside the platform, plus operations, sold through implementation partners with scoped projects, consulting rates and per-user, per-edition subscription pricing. The right choice when you genuinely need ERP financials, multi-entity consolidation and have the budget and team for an implementation.
Tall Emu CRM
An operations platform around your existing accounts: CRM, quoting, sales orders, inventory, warehouse, manufacturing (BOMs, work orders, production steps) and freight booking, with two-way MYOB and Xero sync. AUD $95 per user per month + GST plus one-off $3,500 onboarding. MYOB stays; the double handling goes.
MYOB Acumatica pricing and implementation figures are from published MYOB partner pricing guides (for example Kilimanjaro Consulting's April 2026 guide), correct at the time of writing (August 2026); MYOB does not publish a public rate card and actual quotes vary by edition, users and scope - get a written quote from MYOB or an implementation partner before comparing totals. GST treatment of quoted figures varies; Tall Emu's AUD price excludes GST.
Which one fits your business?
Choose MYOB Acumatica when you need ERP-class financials - multi-entity consolidation, complex approvals, project accounting - and the implementation budget and internal capacity that go with them.
Choose Tall Emu when the accounting side of MYOB or Xero still serves you well and the real problem is everything around it: leads in inboxes, quotes in Word, stock in spreadsheets, orders re-keyed between systems. That is the gap Tall Emu was built for.
MYOB Acumatica alternative questions
Do we have to leave MYOB to get operations capability?
No. Tall Emu connects two-way with MYOB Business and AccountRight, so accounting stays where it is while leads, quotes, orders, stock, warehouse and freight run in Tall Emu - one financial record, no re-keying.
Is Tall Emu an ERP?
Tall Emu covers the operational core that sends most SMEs shopping for an ERP - CRM through to fulfilment and manufacturing - while leaving financials to MYOB or Xero. If you need ERP-class financials themselves, a true ERP such as MYOB Acumatica is the right category.
How does the total cost compare?
Tall Emu is AUD $95 per user per month + GST plus a one-off $3,500 onboarding. MYOB Acumatica is quoted through partners - published partner guides indicate per-user subscriptions from roughly $150 per user per month plus scoped implementation projects. Get a written quote for your team size and scope and compare the totals side by side.
What if we outgrow Tall Emu later?
Then you'll outgrow it with clean, structured customer, product and transaction data - the best possible starting point for an ERP migration if that day comes.
Reviewed against vendor-published sources and Australian Consumer Law requirements, August 2026, under Tall Emu's editorial standards. Reviewed by Mike Nash.
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