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Modern Treasury vs MYOB

Modern Treasury logo

Modern Treasury

Accounting

Payment operations and ledger infrastructure that sits between your product and your own bank accounts

From
On request
Rated
-
MYOB logo

MYOB

Accounting

Australian accounting and business management software for small and mid-sized businesses

From
12/year
Rated
-

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Modern Treasury you must already have or be able to obtain your own bank accounts with the right connectivity, so early stage companies without a banking relationship cannot use it and are pushed towards a sponsor bank model instead.; MYOB every published price is promotional and reverts to a higher regular rate after an introductory period, for example Business Pro rises from AUD 21/month to AUD 70/month after 6 months
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Modern Treasury and MYOB actually diverge.

Attributes where Modern Treasury and MYOB differ
AttributeModern TreasuryMYOB
Starting priceOn request12/year
Pricing modelquotesubscription

Identical on both: free tier (No), platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Accounting).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Modern Treasury

  • Multi-rail payment initiation
  • Bank connectivity
  • Ledgers
  • Automatic reconciliation
  • Approval workflows
  • Virtual accounts
  • Compliance tooling
  • Return and exception handling

Only in MYOB

Nothing recorded that Modern Treasury does not also cover.

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Modern Treasury

  • A marketplace paying out to thousands of sellers that needs a ledger its application can trust rather than reconciling a payments dashboard by handnot MYOB
  • A lender originating and servicing loans that must track disbursements, repayments and returns against its own bank accountsnot MYOB
  • A company that wants to move off a banking as a service provider and hold its own bank accounts after seeing sponsor banks offboard fintech programmesnot MYOB
  • An insurer handling premium collection and claims payment across several rails with approval controls and an auditable trailnot MYOB

MYOB

  • Tracking income and unlimited expenses for tax lodgementnot Modern Treasury
  • Processing payroll with automated superannuation contributionsnot Modern Treasury
  • Managing GST compliance and Business Activity Statement filingnot Modern Treasury
  • Reconciling bank transactions and monitoring cash flownot Modern Treasury

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Modern Treasury

  • You must already have or be able to obtain your own bank accounts with the right connectivity, so early stage companies without a banking relationship cannot use it and are pushed towards a sponsor bank model instead.
  • Pricing rests on an annual minimum commitment, and companies that miss their volume forecast pay the minimum regardless, which makes the headline per-transaction rate close to irrelevant in year one.
  • Supported bank connectivity is a finite list, so if your bank is not on it you are either waiting for an integration or changing banks, which is a far larger project than adopting the software.
  • It is software over banking, not banking, so it does not solve card issuing, deposit accounts or the licensing questions that a company embedding financial products still has to answer elsewhere.
  • The ledger is genuinely good but adopting it properly means making it the source of truth for balances in your product, which is a significant application change rather than a payments integration and is where implementations run long.

MYOB

  • Every published price is promotional and reverts to a higher regular rate after an introductory period, for example Business Pro rises from AUD 21/month to AUD 70/month after 6 months
  • Adding payroll employees beyond the included allowance costs an extra AUD 3/month per additional employee on top of the plan price

Pricing, plan by plan

Modern Treasury

On request
  • Modern Treasury Platform$undefined/year
    • Platform access fee covering API, dashboard, infrastructure and support
    • Usage-based fees across ACH, wires, RTP, FedNow, push to card, cheques and stablecoins
    • A single annual minimum commitment that both platform and usage fees count towards

MYOB

12/year
  • Solo by MYOB$99/year
    • First year $12 (70% off)
  • Business Lite$315/year
    • First year $94.50 (70% off)
    • Payroll $3/month per employee max 2
  • Business Pro$70/month
    • First 6 months $21 (70% off)
    • Unlimited payroll employees
    • 14-day free trial
  • Business AccountRight Plus$165/month
    • First 3 months $66 (60% off)
    • Unlimited payroll
    • 14-day free trial

Which should you pick?

Choose Modern Treasury if

  • You need multi-rail payment initiation.
  • You also want bank connectivity.

Choose MYOB if

Nothing in the data separates MYOB from Modern Treasury on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

Questions people ask

Is Modern Treasury or MYOB better?
Neither clearly leads. Modern Treasury starts at On request and MYOB at 12/year, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Modern Treasury or MYOB?
Modern Treasury starts at On request and MYOB at 12/year.
Does Modern Treasury or MYOB run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What is Modern Treasury best used for?
Modern Treasury is most often used for a marketplace paying out to thousands of sellers that needs a ledger its application can trust rather than reconciling a payments dashboard by hand, a lender originating and servicing loans that must track disbursements, repayments and returns against its own bank accounts, a company that wants to move off a banking as a service provider and hold its own bank accounts after seeing sponsor banks offboard fintech programmes, an insurer handling premium collection and claims payment across several rails with approval controls and an auditable trail. Of those, a marketplace paying out to thousands of sellers that needs a ledger its application can trust rather than reconciling a payments dashboard by hand and a lender originating and servicing loans that must track disbursements, repayments and returns against its own bank accounts are not what MYOB is typically brought in for.
What can Modern Treasury do that MYOB cannot?
Modern Treasury covers Multi-rail payment initiation, Bank connectivity, Ledgers, Automatic reconciliation.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Modern Treasury: Is Modern Treasury a bank or a banking as a service provider?

Neither. You hold your own bank accounts and it is software over them. That avoids sponsor bank concentration risk but means you need the bank relationship yourself.

MYOB: How much does MYOB cost?

MYOB pricing starts at $12 AUD per year (first year only) for Solo, with plans ranging to $165 AUD per month for AccountRight Plus after introductory periods expire.

Source
Modern Treasury: What does it cost?

Not published. A platform access fee plus usage fees across rails, on an annual term with a single minimum commitment. Negotiate the minimum, not the per-transaction rate.

MYOB: What is MYOB's introductory pricing?

MYOB offers 60-70% off introductory pricing for the first 3-12 months depending on plan selection, after which regular pricing applies with no lock-in contracts.

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Modern Treasury: Which rails are supported?

ACH, wires, RTP, FedNow, push to card, cheques and stablecoin payments, subject to what your bank supports.

MYOB: Does MYOB include payroll pricing?

Payroll starts at $3/month per employee (limited on lower tiers) and is included unlimited on Business Pro and AccountRight Plus plans.

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Modern Treasury: Do we still need our own compliance programme?

Yes. KYB, KYC and transaction monitoring are included in the platform, but you are the one holding the accounts and the regulatory obligation sits with you and your bank.

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