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South African accounting, reimagined

Do your own accounting.

SSA gives South African business owners access to a world-class accounting system at an honest monthly price. Pre-filled invoices, auto-categorised banking, intelligent suggestions, and workflows that lead you through your books step by step. You bring in the accountant when you've done what you can.

Founding members lock R99/co/mo for 24 months No artificial limits on invoices or users Cancel anytime

What makes SSA different

Eight product principles we're building everything around — promises baked into how SSA works, not marketing copy.

1

Like a full accounting team in your pocket

SSA pre-fills what it can, suggests what it can't, and gently flags what doesn't look right. Bank entries categorise themselves. Invoices remember the accounts you used last time. VAT slots in automatically. You stay in charge — the system does the thinking.

2

Guided through your day, step by step

No staring at a menu wondering what to do next. Finished an invoice? SSA asks: "Process another, see today's invoices, or check who's owing you?" The natural next step is always one click away.

3

Click any number to see what's behind it

Wonder where a figure came from? Click it. See the customers, journals, and supporting documents that make it up — drill as deep as you need to, then come straight back. Numbers you can trust because you can see them.

4

Slice your data however you want

Tag transactions by brand, region, project, sales rep — whatever matters to your business — and slice your reports across any combination. Plus a drag-and-drop builder so you can shape your own reports, no spreadsheets needed.

5

Plan the future, grounded in your real numbers

Built-in forecasting projects your cash flow and profit forward, with assumptions you set yourself. "What if revenue grows 15% next year?" Dream up scenarios, build real business plans, and see them side-by-side with what's actually happening.

6

Your data is yours — properly yours

Every business runs in its own private database — no shared tables, no mixing your books with anyone else's. And if you ever decide to leave, take everything with you: one click exports your whole dataset, cleanly and completely. No lock-in, no hostage data.

7

Built for South Africa from day one

VAT 15% (or any rate you set), EMP201, UIF, SARS tax tables, CIPC company setup, statement imports from FNB, Capitec and TymeBank, February year-end. Designed for how SA actually works — not retrofitted from somewhere else.

8

World-class, at an honest South African price

Mid-market accounting power for R99 a company a month if you're an early member, R149 standard. Volume discounts from your second company. Add only the modules you use. No fine print, no artificial caps on invoices or users — ever.

The build, in public

We're building SSA in the open. Tiles light up as modules go live. The goal is paid launch within 6 months.

Foundation

Weeks 1–2 — complete

Project skeleton

Repo, deploy, docs

Live

Architecture

Schema, services, conventions

Live

Domain & hosting

ssaccounts.co.za on Vercel

Live

Engine

Weeks 3–8

Multi-tenant data model

Users, companies, roles

Building

Hierarchical Chart of Accounts

Roll-up at every level

Building

Dimensions framework

Multi-dimensional GL

Building

Journal-posting service

The double-entry engine

Next up

Audit log

Always-on, immutable

Next up

Period close

Contextual unlock warnings

Next up

Core modules

Weeks 9–16

Accounts Receivable

Customers, invoices, receipts

Planned

Accounts Payable

Suppliers, bills, payments

Planned

VAT201

Filing-ready SARS report

Planned

Financial Reports

TB, IS, BS, Cash Flow

Planned

Drill-down everywhere

Click any figure to its source

Planned

Polish, differentiation & bank import

Weeks 17–22

AI categorisation

Auto-suggest accounts & dimensions

Planned

Advanced dashboards

KPIs, ratios, exports

Planned

Accountant handover

One-click year-end review

Planned

Billing (Stripe / Yoco)

Subscription + founding-member pricing

Planned

Bank Import & Recon

CSV / OFX with line mapping — headline launch feature

Planned

Request-a-Feature page

Public voting, transparent roadmap

Planned

First calculators (VAT, PAYE, loan)

SEO + utility marketing

Planned

Year 1 modules

Months 7–12

Inventory & Cost of Sales

Multi-warehouse, FIFO/Weighted

Planned

Payroll

Payslips, EMP201, UIF

Planned

Fixed Assets

Register, depreciation, disposals

Planned

Direct bank feeds

FNB, Capitec, TymeBank

Planned

OCR receipt capture

Snap-a-receipt

Planned

Multi-currency

FX, revaluation, FEC

Planned

Fair, modular pricing

You pay per company, and only for modules you actually use. No artificial limits on transactions, invoices, or users. Volume discounts kick in from your second company.

Base subscription

Per active company per month

  • 1 companyR149
  • 2–5 companiesR129 each
  • 6–20 companiesR99 each
  • 21+ (bureau pricing)R79 each

Always included

Full GL, AP, AR, Bank import, VAT201, all financial reports, unlimited users, unlimited transactions, full audit log, dimensions, period close.

Optional modules

Per company per month, add what you need

  • Inventory & Cost of SalesR69
  • PayrollR89
  • Fixed AssetsR49
  • Advanced DashboardsR59
  • Direct bank feedsR49
  • OCR receipt captureR39
  • Multi-currencyR39
  • AI AssistantR59

Or take the lot

Full-suite bundle

Every optional module, one line item

R250

Saves ~50% versus à la carte. Switch back any time.

Prices in ZAR, inclusive of 15% VAT. Subject to change before launch. Free tier for individuals will be available at launch.

Founding-member offer — beta only

Be among the first

We're looking for a small cohort of design partners — South African business owners, accountants, and bookkeepers — to shape SSA before launch. No payment until the product can run your books.

Sign up now and lock in R99 per company per month for at least 24 months.

That's our founding-member rate — a third less than the standard R149/co launch price, held for two full years. Help us test, give feedback, keep the price.

Form is a placeholder until the signup endpoint is live (Phase 1, Week 3–4).

Help us build the right thing

We're building SSA in the open. Tell us what you want to see, vote on what matters most, and watch the roadmap shift in response. Public, transparent, and shipping fortnightly.

Public voting opens in Phase 3 (Week 22). Sign up for early access to be notified the moment it goes live.