OneBookPlus vs Hnry:
tax service vs all-in-one platform
Hnry is brilliant at one thing — automatically paying your tax for a percentage of your income. OneBookPlus is a flat-fee platform that runs the rest of the business: invoicing, quotes, bookings, jobs, CRM, marketing and GST/BAS. Different problems — and you can use both.
Key takeaways
5- Hnry and OneBookPlus solve different problems. Hnry is an automatic tax-payment service for sole traders and contractors; OneBookPlus is an all-in-one business platform. This is a fair comparison, not a like-for-like replacement.
- Hnry's pricing is usage-based: 1% + GST of every payment into your Hnry Account, capped at a maximum of $1,500 + GST per year, with a $0.50 + GST minimum on payments under $50 (hnry.com.au/pricing). No subscription — if you don't earn, you don't pay. OneBookPlus is a flat fee: $0 (Free) up to $69/month (Growth), independent of income.
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- Hnry wins on: automatic deduction and remittance of income tax, GST and Medicare on each payment, income-tax + BAS lodgement by its own accountants, and a bundled Hnry Business Mastercard (hnry.com.au/sole-traders). OneBookPlus does not auto-pay your tax.
- OneBookPlus wins on: breadth — online bookings, quotes, job management, CRM, email marketing, Google review requests, POS and a business-wide AI assistant, none of which Hnry offers — plus a flat fee that doesn't grow with your income.
- Both are Australian and handle GST. The honest call: use Hnry if hands-off tax payment is your whole need; use OneBookPlus to run the business; or use both — invoice and manage clients in OneBookPlus while Hnry handles the tax on payments into your Hnry Account.
At a glance
What each one is actually for
These are different categories. Hnry is a tax-paying service; OneBookPlus is a business platform. Here’s the honest split.
OneBookPlus
From $0/mo — run the whole business
- GST invoicing & quoting
- Online booking page
- Job management & pipeline
- CRM & contact management
- Email marketing & campaigns
- Google review requests
- POS & retail management
- BAS-ready GST reporting
- Business-wide AI assistant
- Native mobile app
- Australian-built & hosted
Hnry
1% + GST of income (cap $1,500 + GST/yr) — tax, paid for you
- Automatic income tax + GST payment
- Income tax + BAS lodgement by accountants
- Unlimited invoicing + chasing
- Photo expense capture
- Hnry Business Mastercard
- Online bookings
- Quotes & job management
- CRM, marketing & reviews
- POS & retail
Feature by feature
OneBookPlus vs Hnry — detailed comparison
A check mark means “does this well”, not “does this better”. Hnry leads on automatic tax; OneBookPlus leads on running the business.
| Feature | OneBookPlus | Hnry |
|---|---|---|
| Automatic income-tax + GST payment | No | Yes |
| Income tax + BAS return lodgement by accountants | No | Yes |
| GST-compliant invoicing | Yes | Yes |
| Quoting with one-click accept | Yes | No |
| Online booking page | Yes | No |
| Job management & pipeline | Yes | No |
| CRM & contact management | Yes | No |
| Email marketing & campaigns | Yes | No |
| Google review requests | Yes | No |
| POS & retail management | Yes | No |
| Expense capture from photos | Yes | Yes |
| Bundled business bank card | No | Yes |
| Business-wide AI assistant | Yes | No |
| Native mobile app | Yes | Yes |
| Flat predictable monthly fee | Yes | No |
| Free plan available | Yes | No |
| Price (AUD) | From $0/mo | 1% + GST of income (cap $1,500 + GST/yr) |
| Flat fee, income-independent | Usage-based, no subscription |
Category by category
Tax-paying service vs business platform
Each dimension an Australian sole trader checks first — cited against Hnry’s own AU pages, and honest about where Hnry’s focused tax service is the better tool.
| Category | Feature | OneBookPlus | Hnry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core job | What the product is for | All-in-one business platform | Automatic tax-payment service [src] |
| Pricing model | How you pay | Flat monthly fee ($0–$69/mo) | 1% + GST of income, cap $1,500 + GST/yr [src] |
| Auto-pays your tax | Deducts + remits income tax / GST per payment | No | Yes — its core feature [src] |
| Lodgement | Files income tax + BAS returns for you | BAS-ready figures; you/your agent lodge | Hnry accountants lodge for you [src] |
| GST tracking | 10% GST on invoices + ABN validation | Yes | GST handled inside its tax engine [src] |
| Invoicing | GST invoicing + payment reminders | Yes | Unlimited invoicing + auto chasing [src] |
| Quotes | Quote → one-click accept → job | Yes | No |
| Online bookings | Customer-facing booking page + calendar sync | Yes | No |
| Job management | Quote → job → invoice pipeline | Yes | No |
| CRM | Full contact CRM with client timeline | Yes | No |
| Marketing | Email campaigns + Google review requests | Yes | No |
| POS / retail | Point of sale + menu/order management | Yes | No |
| Expenses | Photo receipt capture + categorisation | Yes | Snap-a-photo expense capture [src] |
| Bank card | Bundled business debit/charge card | No | Hnry Business Mastercard included [src] |
| Human tax experts | Accountants who lodge + advise included | Self-serve; bring your own accountant | Sole-trader tax experts included [src] |
| AI features | Business-wide AI assistant | AI Companion + AI Receptionist | No |
| Free plan | $0 plan to start | Free plan (10 invoices/mo, 250 contacts) | No fee until you earn (then 1% + GST) [src] |
| Australian-built | Built + hosted in Australia | AWS Sydney (ap-southeast-2) | AU/NZ-built, AU operations [src] |
| Starting price (AUD, inc. GST) | From $0/mo | 1% + GST of income | |
| Flat fee · Inc. GST · All modules bundled | Capped $1,500 + GST/yr · no subscription · tax paid for you |
Where Hnry wins
Credit where it’s due
Hnry does something OneBookPlus deliberately does not: it automatically sets aside and pays your income tax, GST and Medicare on every payment that lands in your Hnry Account, then has its own accountants lodge your income tax and BAS returns when they fall due. For a sole trader or contractor whose real stress is remembering to put money aside and lodge on time, that is genuinely set-and-forget — and the 1% + GST fee (capped at $1,500 + GST per year) with no subscription means you only pay when you earn. It also bundles a Hnry Business Mastercard and access to human tax experts. If hands-off tax is the whole job to be done, Hnry is purpose-built for it and the switch to anything broader isn’t urgent.
Where OneBookPlus wins
Three differences that compound
It runs the front of the business, not just the tax. Hnry’s sole-trader product covers invoicing, expenses and tax — but it has no online booking page, no quoting, no job pipeline, no CRM, no marketing and no POS. OneBookPlus carries a job from the first online booking through the quote, the scheduled work and the GST invoice into a BAS-ready summary, with a client CRM, email campaigns and Google review requests on top — all in one flat-fee plan from $0/month.
A flat fee that doesn’t grow with your income. Hnry’s 1% + GST scales with what you earn until it hits the $1,500 + GST annual cap, so a higher-earning sole trader can pay well over a thousand dollars a year. OneBookPlus is a flat $0–$69/month no matter how much you invoice — the more you bill, the better the value, and you always know the number in advance.
Business-wide AI, not just an app. OneBookPlus adds an AI Companion that chases unpaid invoices, follows up no-shows, harvests reviews and writes end-of-day summaries, plus an AI Receptionist that answers calls and books straight into your calendar — capabilities a tax-payment service isn’t built to cover, and which help you win and keep work, not just account for it.
Not either/or
You can run both — here’s how
Because Hnry and OneBookPlus solve different problems, plenty of sole traders run them side by side rather than choosing. The split is clean: OneBookPlus is the front of house, Hnry is the tax engine.
Take bookings, send quotes, manage jobs, keep your client CRM, request Google reviews and raise GST-compliant invoices in OneBookPlus — the day-to-day of winning and delivering work. Then direct those client payments into your Hnry Account so Hnry can automatically deduct and remit your income tax, GST and Medicare, and lodge your returns. You get OneBookPlus’s breadth plus Hnry’s hands-off tax payments — a booking-to-BAS workflow with the tax taken care of for you.
If you’d rather consolidate to one tool and you’re comfortable lodging BAS yourself or via your accountant, OneBookPlus alone covers invoicing, GST tracking and BAS-ready figures without a percentage fee. The right answer depends on whether you most value automated tax payment (Hnry) or a single platform to run everything (OneBookPlus).
Which fits you?
Honest guidance on picking
Choose Hnry if your one pain is tax admin.
A contractor or freelancer whose main stress is setting money aside and lodging on time will find Hnry’s automatic tax payment and included accountant lodgement hard to beat. The 1% + GST fee (capped at $1,500 + GST/yr) is set-and-forget, and you only pay when you earn.
Choose OneBookPlus if you need to run the business.
A tradie, salon, studio or services business that needs to take bookings, send quotes, manage jobs, keep a CRM, request reviews and market to past clients — not just handle tax — gets far more day-to-day value from OneBookPlus, at a flat fee that doesn’t grow with income.
Use both if you want breadth and hands-off tax.
Run the business in OneBookPlus and let payments land in Hnry for automated tax. You keep the predictable OneBookPlus flat fee and Hnry’s set-and-forget tax service — the best of both, for the cost of both.
FAQ
OneBookPlus vs Hnry — your questions answered
Is OneBookPlus an alternative to Hnry?
Not a like-for-like one — they solve different problems. Hnry is an automatic tax-payment service: it takes 1% + GST of every payment into your Hnry Account (capped at $1,500 + GST per year), sets aside and remits your income tax, GST and Medicare on each payment, and its accountants lodge your income tax and BAS returns for you (see hnry.com.au/pricing and hnry.com.au/sole-traders). OneBookPlus is a flat-fee all-in-one business platform — invoicing, quotes, online bookings, job management, CRM, marketing, POS and GST/BAS-ready reporting from $0/month. If your only pain is tax admin, Hnry is purpose-built for that. If you want to run the whole business — winning, booking, quoting, invoicing and tracking clients — OneBookPlus is the broader tool, and many sole traders happily use both.
How much does Hnry cost compared to OneBookPlus?
Hnry charges 1% + GST of every payment into your Hnry Account, capped at a maximum of $1,500 + GST per year, with a $0.50 + GST minimum on individual payments under $50 (hnry.com.au/pricing). There is no subscription — if you don't earn, you don't pay, and the fee is auto-claimed as a business expense. So a sole trader earning $50,000 pays roughly $500 + GST a year; someone earning $150,000+ hits the $1,500 + GST cap. OneBookPlus is a flat monthly fee: $0 on the Free plan, $29/month Starter, $49/month Plus, or $69/month Growth — independent of how much you invoice. For higher earners the flat fee is usually cheaper; for very low or irregular income, Hnry's percentage can be smaller. They also buy different things — Hnry's fee includes accountants lodging your returns, while OneBookPlus's fee includes the bookings, CRM, jobs and marketing Hnry doesn't offer.
Does OneBookPlus pay my tax automatically like Hnry?
No — and we want to be clear about that. Automatically deducting and remitting your income tax and GST on every payment is Hnry's signature feature, and OneBookPlus does not do it. What OneBookPlus does is calculate 10% GST on your invoices and quotes, validate ABNs via the Australian Business Register, track GST collected and paid, and generate ATO-ready BAS summaries so you (or your accountant or tax agent) can lodge confidently. If hands-off, set-and-forget tax payment is the single thing you want, Hnry is built for exactly that. If you want a platform to run the rest of the business and are comfortable lodging BAS yourself or via your agent, OneBookPlus fits.
Can I use OneBookPlus and Hnry together?
Yes, and it's a sensible combination. You can run your client-facing business in OneBookPlus — online bookings, quotes, job management, CRM, marketing and GST invoicing — and still have payments land in your Hnry Account so Hnry handles the automatic tax deduction and lodgement. OneBookPlus gives you the front-of-house tools Hnry doesn't (bookings, quotes, jobs, CRM, reviews, POS); Hnry gives you the hands-off tax-payment service OneBookPlus doesn't. Used together you get a booking-to-BAS workflow plus automated tax payments, while keeping the OneBookPlus flat fee predictable.
Which is better for a sole trader or contractor in Australia?
It depends on your bottleneck. If your business is simple — a contractor or freelancer whose main stress is remembering to set aside tax and lodge on time — Hnry's automatic tax payment and included accountant lodgement is hard to beat, and the 1% + GST fee (capped at $1,500 + GST/yr) is genuinely set-and-forget. If you're a tradie, salon, studio or services business that needs to take bookings, send quotes, manage jobs, keep a client CRM, request reviews and run marketing — not just handle tax — OneBookPlus does far more of the day-to-day work, at a flat fee that doesn't scale with your income. For many, the answer is OneBookPlus for running the business and an accountant (or Hnry) for the tax.
Does OneBookPlus handle GST and BAS for Australian businesses?
Yes. OneBookPlus automatically calculates 10% GST on all invoices and quotes, validates ABNs against the Australian Business Register, tracks GST collected and GST paid, and produces ATO-ready BAS summaries (G1, 1A, 1B). The difference from Hnry is who acts on those figures: Hnry's accountants lodge your BAS and income tax return as part of its fee, whereas OneBookPlus hands you (or your bookkeeper or tax agent) clean, lodgement-ready numbers. OneBookPlus is Australian-built and hosted in AWS Sydney, with GST, ABN and BAS support built in from day one.
Is OneBookPlus Australian-built like Hnry?
Yes. OneBookPlus is designed for Australian small businesses with GST, ABN validation and ATO-ready BAS built in, and customer data hosted in AWS Sydney (ap-southeast-2). Hnry is also an Australia/New-Zealand-built service with Australian operations. Both are genuinely local — the real difference is scope: Hnry is a focused tax-payment service for sole traders, while OneBookPlus is a broader business platform covering bookings, quotes, jobs, CRM, marketing, POS and accounting alongside GST/BAS.
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About this comparison
How we compared OneBookPlus to Hnry
Feature claims about OneBookPlus reflect what is shipping today on onebookplus.com.au. Hnry pricing and feature claims were last verified against Hnry’s public Australian product pages on the date below; vendor pricing changes frequently, so check the Hnry website for your specific situation before making a decision.
Disclosure: OneBookPlus publishes this comparison and stands to benefit if you switch. We aim to compare like-for-like on capability and Australian tax compliance — if you spot something out of date, email hello@onebookplus.com.au and we’ll review it.
About the author
Bishal Shrestha
Founder & CEO, OneBookPlus
Bishal has over a decade of experience in digital marketing, web development, and small business consulting across Australia. Bishal regularly assists Australian small to medium businesses with software stack consolidation — including the trade-offs of moving from Hnry to an integrated platform. The comparison above is informed by direct migration experience, not a single read of the Hnry marketing site.
Last reviewed and updated: June 2026 by Bishal Shrestha