CanTicket is cloud ERP and job management software for small businesses and professional services teams. It brings project management, time tracking, job costing, invoicing and staffing into one system with live margin visibility, so you can see exactly what every job, client and staff member is earning or costing in real time — connected to the Xero you already run.

How is CanTicket different from Asana, Trello or Monday?

Project management tools like Asana, Trello and Monday show you what work is happening, but not what it is worth. CanTicket is job costing and project profitability software as well as a small business ERP — it tracks real-time margin on every job, so you manage profit, staffing and capacity, not just task status.

Does CanTicket work with Xero?

Yes. CanTicket offers a two-way Xero ERP integration that pulls real cost, payroll and invoice data straight from Xero and maps it to every job. Your job costing and margin reporting run on actual accounting numbers, not estimates — which is why it is popular accountant- and advisor-recommended small business software.

Who is CanTicket for?

CanTicket is built for service and project-based small businesses — agencies, marketing and creative studios, consulting firms, IT services and professional services teams, typically between $500K and $5M in revenue. If you deliver work through people's time and need better ERP, staffing and profitability visibility than spreadsheets can give, CanTicket is for you.

How much does CanTicket cost?

CanTicket uses one flat per-seat price with everything included — job management, job costing, project profitability, real-time margin tracking, Xero integration and the AI team — with no feature gating and no per-tier gouging. See the pricing page for current rates.

How hard is it to switch to CanTicket?

Most teams migrate in a few clicks. Your boards, tasks, time and staffing come across from tools like Asana, Harvest and Trello, and CanTicket connects straight to Xero — so you are adding real-time margin and ERP visibility to your existing workflow, not rebuilding your small business software stack from scratch.

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Does CanTicket track what our AI usage costs?

Yes. Every AI action the CanTicket team takes — Madi checking margin, Atlas balancing capacity, Opti clearing admin — is metered and attributed to the job, client or department it ran for. AI consumption shows up as a real, itemised cost line alongside labour and expenses, not as an invisible platform fee, so you always know what the automation is costing you and where it is being spent.

Why does tracking AI consumption matter for financial transparency?

AI is quietly becoming a real operating expense, and in most businesses it sits in a single unallocated software bill nobody can break down. Tracking consumption per job puts that spend where it actually belongs: your job costing and project profitability numbers include the cost to serve, your margin reporting stays honest, and the expense flows into Xero already coded — so your accountant, your board and your clients see the same defensible figure.

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Where Existing Tools Fall Short

Most software is built for the extremes. CanTicket is designed for the reality of running a growing Australian business with real operational complexity.

MYOB Limitations for Operations

MYOB is built around double-entry accounting and invoicing. It does not have a concept of jobs, projects or operational workflows. If you want to track the cost of a specific job against its quoted price in real time, MYOB cannot do it natively. Businesses end up building workarounds in spreadsheets that add complexity and create errors.

No Job Costing in MYOB

MYOB records expenses against accounts, not against jobs. This means you can see how much you spent on materials overall, but you cannot easily see how much you spent on a specific project or client. Without job-level costing, you cannot know which jobs are profitable and which ones are losing you money.

Project Visibility Gap

MYOB shows you the financial outcome after the fact. It does not show you what is happening inside a job in real time. By the time you see a job is over budget in MYOB, it is too late to do anything about it. CanTicket shows you margin and cost data as the job progresses, so you can intervene before a job becomes a loss.

Everything You Need, Nothing You Don't

CanTicket is built around the features that actually matter for Australian SMEs. No bloat, no complexity, no expensive add-ons.

Full ERP on Top of Xero

Rather than replacing your accounting software, CanTicket adds a full operational layer on top of Xero. You get job management, costing, time tracking and team management without losing your existing accounting workflows.

Job Costing MYOB Cannot Match

Every cost in CanTicket is assigned to a specific job, automatically. Labour, materials, subcontractors and expenses all flow to the correct job in real time so you always know exactly where your margins stand.

Real-Time Dashboards

CanTicket gives you a live view of every active job, including budgeted vs actual costs, margin percentage and completion status. No waiting for month-end reports to find out how you are tracking.

2-Week Migration

Switching from MYOB to CanTicket and Xero takes around two weeks. Our migration team handles data transfer, Xero setup and team training so the transition is smooth and causes minimal disruption to your operations.

Your Accountant Will Thank You

CanTicket connects natively with Xero so your financial data is always clean, current and correctly categorised. No more end-of-month reconciliation marathons or manual CSV imports.

Real-time two-way sync with Xero for all transactions

Job costs flow directly to the correct expense accounts in Xero

Invoices raised in CanTicket appear immediately in Xero

Your chart of accounts and tax codes are respected automatically

Bank reconciliation in Xero is faster because data is already clean

Frequently Asked Questions

What does MYOB lack that makes businesses look for an alternative?

MYOB is a strong general-purpose accounting platform but it does not have native job costing, project tracking or operational workflow management. Businesses that need to track the profitability of individual jobs, manage team time against projects and get real-time margin visibility consistently find MYOB insufficient for operational management. The workaround is usually spreadsheets, which create data integrity problems and consume enormous amounts of admin time. CanTicket fills the operational gap that MYOB leaves.

Can I keep MYOB and add CanTicket on top?

CanTicket is built to work alongside Xero rather than MYOB. The most common migration path is to move from MYOB to Xero for accounting and add CanTicket for operations at the same time. This gives you the best of both worlds: Xero's modern accounting and bank feed reconciliation paired with CanTicket's job management and costing. Most accountants prefer Xero over MYOB for its cleaner interface and better bank reconciliation tools, so the timing usually works well for all parties.

How long does it take to migrate from MYOB to CanTicket?

The typical migration from MYOB to Xero plus CanTicket takes two weeks. The first week covers MYOB data export, Xero setup and chart of accounts migration. The second week covers CanTicket configuration, job history import and team onboarding. We provide dedicated migration support throughout the process. Most businesses find the transition less disruptive than expected because Xero and CanTicket are both cloud-based and accessible from day one of setup.

Will my accountant be comfortable with the switch away from MYOB?

Most Australian accountants are very comfortable with Xero and many actively prefer it over MYOB. Xero has a strong advisor community in Australia and your accountant likely works with other Xero clients already. CanTicket sits on top of Xero and your accountant continues to work entirely within Xero for compliance, BAS preparation and tax work. The data they see in Xero actually becomes cleaner and more detailed once CanTicket is feeding job costs and invoices directly into the correct accounts.

What types of businesses benefit most from switching from MYOB to CanTicket?

Businesses that benefit most are those running project-based or job-based operations where tracking the profitability of individual jobs matters. This includes trade businesses, construction companies, professional services firms, IT services providers, marketing agencies and field service companies. If your current process involves creating invoices in MYOB and tracking job details in a spreadsheet separately, you are exactly the type of business CanTicket is built for.

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Outgrown MYOB? CanTicket Gives You ERP Without the Chaos

Where Existing Tools Fall Short

MYOB Limitations for Operations

No Job Costing in MYOB

Project Visibility Gap

Everything You Need, Nothing You Don't

Full ERP on Top of Xero

Job Costing MYOB Cannot Match

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