Software you’ll love (and can afford!)
Sidekick can be customised with a number of additional cloud systems suited your specific business needs. All of the systems we recommend integrate with the Xero accounting package that comes with Sidekick.
We also offer the cloud systems as standalone products for those who don’t want ‘the whole enchilada’.
If you’re thinking “Gee, this all sounds awesome but I couldn’t possibly afford it,” then you might like to know that the majority of systems we recommend cost between $25–$50 a month. So, for the same cost as a few large pizzas you could be streamlining your business, freeing up your time, eliminating admin headaches and improving profitability (to buy more pizza).
And with no fixed term you’re free to give it a whirl for however long you like.
Remember that your data is safe, secure and backed up, yet accessible by you anywhere, anytime. You can forget about investing a ton of money in expensive hard drive space, backup systems and constant software upgrades, and just get on with doing better business.
Here’s a selection of the cloud systems we currently use and recommend:
Xero
The one system we recommend everyone should use. This industry-leading and fully featured accounting program also happens to be amazingly easy (and, dare we say it, fun) to use. Fear your finances no more!
- Direct overnight bank feeds make reconciliation as easy as checking your email
- Create invoices at the touch of a button (and directly email them to slash your postage costs)
- Track income and outgoings with ease – know what’s coming in and going out at any moment
- Deal with expense claims with ease
- Automatically generate a fixed asset register and manage depreciation
- Automatic foreign currency conversion for businesses with overseas sales
- Xero integrates with PayPal; accept credit card payments and reconcile PayPal transactions
- Avoid trouble before it happens – grant your accountant access to your data so they can see exactly where you’re at and (where you’re headed) all year round, and head off any nasty surprises that might be lurking around the corner
Workflowmax
Excellent time tracking, job management and quoting – you’ll never miss a chargeable hour again.
- Email quotes and assign jobs to staff at the touch of a button
- Set step-by-step milestones within jobs so staff know exactly what’s required
- Keep tabs on how jobs are progressing against budget
- Capture all of those 5-minute “can you just...” jobs – and bill for them
- Manage purchase orders and a supplier database
- Measure staff and job performance with detailed reporting
- Integrates with seamlessly with Xero and SmartPayroll
SmartPayroll
Designed specifically for small-to-medium business, paying wages has never been easier. Pay all your staff with one mouse click from just 99c per employee, per pay.
- Wages calculated and paid automatically from your bank account
- KiwiSaver calculations and deductions done automatically
- Prints all necessary payslips and reports
- IRD returns filed and paid automatically – no more filling in returns or late payment charges
- Handles annual leave and all other leave types, plus public and statutory holidays
- Updated regularly with any changes to New Zealand payroll regulations or tax codes – no more non-compliance worries
- Safe and secure, with automatic backups
- Integrates seamlessly with Xero
Vend
A retail point-of-sale and stock management software you’ll actually love to use.
- Modern, easy-to-use interface
- Mouse and keyboard or touch-based input, the choice is yours
- Works with any computer. It also integrates with everything else you already own: barcode scanner, cash drawer, receipt printer…even your iPad
- Works even when your internet connection doesn't, so you’ll never lose a sale (your data automatically syncs the next time you connect)
- Supports price breaks, discounts, sale campaigns, location or customer-specific pricing, barcodes and multiple tax rates
- Automatically re-orders when stock runs low (with optional multi-location stock control)
- Scales with the size of your business
- Seamlessly integrates with Xero
Menumate
Increases the profitability of hospitality businesses – restaurants, cafes, bars and hotels. Deliver a fantastic customer experience whilst streamlining the cost of goods and expenses.
- Point-of-sale with integrated EFTPOS
- Helps you provide amazing customer service as well as fabulous meals and drinks
- Stock control of food and beverages – monitor and manage the ‘leaky tap’ syndrome to stop those ‘innocent’ freebies costing you thousands every year
- Deals with vouchers, discounts, credits and cancels, loyalty programmes
- Automatically adds a Public Holiday surcharge
- Manage client bookings
- Integrates seamlessly with Xero
Capsule CRM
Stop rifling through your desk drawers looking for misplaced business cards. Here’s a system that keeps all your client information at your fingertips, no matter where you are.
- Keep track of contacts, leads, customers and suppliers
- See what opportunities are in the pipeline, and what needs to be done when
- Fully customisable to match your business needs – from whatever data fields you need to adding your company colours and logo
- Make sure things get completed – set dates and times to keep in touch with your key clients
- Manage your sales pipeline with an at-a-glance dashboard
- Tracks your emails and attachments so you can easily look up what you’ve said and what you’ve sent to whom
- Integrates seamlessly with Xero
Google Docs
Replaces Microsoft Office. Say what? Yes, you heard us correctly. Google Docs is the new way to edit and store document information, from the people who brought you the way to search the internet.
- Replaces Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint with no upfront software purchase
- You can still store and share documents in any standard format (Word .doc, Excel .xls, PowerPoint .ppt, and of course PDF)
- No need for a Microsoft Exchange server – everything is backed up online
- Access documents from your desk, on the road, at home and on your mobile phone, even when you're offline
- Internet too slow? You can work offline and then automatically synchronise at set times
- Users can edit the same file at the same time – no more “who’s got the latest version?” nightmares
- Scan, save and share paper-based postal mail
- Keep a central register for Board reporting, company information and statutory documentation
Let's Trade
ERP for SMEs. Translation: It’s for small-to-medium businesses that operate trading accounts with customers and suppliers.
- Enterprise Resource Planning that answers your single most important daily question: “How is my business doing?”
- Monitor our profitability, sales, purchasing, products and inventory
- Save hours of tedious admin
- Gain insights into your supply chain and commercial dealings with customers, suppliers, and business partners
- Integrates seamlessly with Xero to provide a complete trading solution
