OneBookPlus vs MeMate
the honest comparison
Both are Australian-built. Only one ships GST-native invoicing, BAS, a full double-entry ledger, AWS Sydney hosting, and 18 vertical dashboards. We don’t play feature-list bingo, we cite the source.
Who each tool is for, in three sentences
MeMate is a bootstrapped Australian business management tool (theAD Pty Ltd, 2 to 10 staff) covering quotes, projects and invoicing, and it is the best fit if you have a small fixed-scope service workflow and don’t need BAS or vertical-specific dashboards.
OneBookPlus is built for Australian SMB operators across 18 verticals who want GST-native invoicing, BAS, a full double-entry ledger, an AI Companion, and a white-label customer portal in one platform hosted in Sydney, with rostering and payroll available as a $29 a month add-on (it works out pay, PAYG withholding and super, but it does not lodge Single Touch Payroll to the ATO).
Who wins where: MeMate wins on tight product-team-to-customer loop and simplicity. OneBookPlus wins on AU tax compliance, integrations (Xero, MYOB, BAS), data residency (AWS Sydney), and vertical depth.
Key takeaways
5- MeMate publishes two fixed plans plus a custom Enterprise tier (prices in the plan-by-plan section below). Neither the pricing page nor the plan cards declare whether those figures include GST, and no annual-billing discount is shown, so an AU buyer should confirm the tax treatment before signing.
- MeMate's subprocessor list (memate.com.au/subprocessors) shows AWS in the United States. OneBookPlus is hosted in AWS Sydney (ap-southeast-2) so customer data stays in Australia under the same legal framework as your business records.
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- MeMate's public features page (memate.com.au/features) does not document Xero, MYOB, STP, BAS, or ABN-lookup integration. OneBookPlus ships quarterly BAS reports, Xero and MYOB export, ABN lookup, and a full double-entry ledger underneath them. Payroll is a $29 a month add-on covering rosters, pay runs, PAYG withholding, super and payslips; it does not lodge Single Touch Payroll to the ATO, so you keep reporting pay events through STP-enabled software.
- OneBookPlus has dedicated dashboards and workflows for 18 verticals, trades, automotive, fitness, education, aged care, health & beauty, professional services, restaurant/hotel, retail, mortgage broker, tax agency, and more. MeMate lists 6 industries on its site, with tailored copy on roughly two of them.
- Editorial honesty: MeMate is bootstrapped, AU-based, and benefits from a tight customer-feedback loop. If you're already happy with MeMate's quote-to-invoice workflow and don't need GST/BAS or vertical dashboards, switching is not urgent. This page is for operators who do need that compliance bundle.
OneBookPlus vs MeMate: category by category
Sixteen capability rows that matter for Australian SMB operators. Competitor cells link to the MeMate page that substantiates (or fails to substantiate) the claim.
| Category | Feature | OneBookPlus | MeMate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verticals | Vertical-specific dashboards & workflows | 18 verticals | 6 listed, 2 with tailored copy (source: memate.com.au/industries) |
| Quotes & jobs | Quote → job → invoice pipeline | Yes | Yes |
| Invoicing | GST-native invoicing with ABN validation | Yes | Invoicing yes; AU GST/ABN not documented (source: memate.com.au/features) |
| Payments | Stripe + Stripe Tax, deposits, surcharging | Stripe + Stripe Tax | Payments shown; processor/AU surcharge rules not documented (source: memate.com.au/features) |
| Bookings | Online booking widget + customer-facing scheduler | Yes | No |
| Customer portal | White-label portal, book, pay, accept quote | Yes | No |
| Bank feeds | Australian bank feeds + AI categorisation | Withdrawn while we replace the provider | No |
| Accounting | Double-entry accounting, chart of accounts, general ledger, balance sheet, P&L, cash flow | Yes | Not documented (source: memate.com.au/features) |
| Aged receivables & payables, journal entries, budget tracking | Yes | Not documented (source: memate.com.au/features) | |
| GST / BAS | Quarterly BAS reports + ATO XBRL digital lodgement (G1, 1A, 1B) | Yes | Not documented (source: memate.com.au/features) |
| STP / Payroll | STP Phase 2 lodgement & SuperStream | Payroll add-on; no STP lodgement yet | Not documented (source: memate.com.au/features) |
| AI features | AI Companion (chase, follow-up, winback, EOD summary) | Yes | Not documented publicly (source: memate.com.au/features) |
| Mobile | Native iOS + responsive web | Yes | Web app (source: memate.com.au/features) |
| Integrations | Xero, MYOB, BAS, ABN lookup | Yes | Xero/MYOB/STP/BAS not documented (source: memate.com.au/features) |
| Data residency | Where customer data is stored | AWS Sydney (ap-southeast-2) | AWS, United States (source: memate.com.au/subprocessors) |
| Security certs | ISO 27001 / SOC 2 / IRAP | Roadmap; AWS Sydney shared-responsibility | None published (source: memate.com.au/about) |
| Annual pricing transparency | Annual price shown alongside monthly | Yes | Monthly only (source: memate.com.au/pricing) |
| GST inclusivity | Price page declares inc. / ex. GST | Declared inc. GST | Not declared (source: memate.com.au/pricing) |
| Starting price (AUD, inc. GST) | From $0/mo | From A$99.85/mo | |
| Inc. GST · Annual price shown | GST inclusivity not declared · No annual price shown |
Where MeMate wins
Credit where it’s due
MeMate has been bootstrapped since 2020, operates as a small 2 to 10 staff Australian team out of theAD Pty Ltd, and runs a tight loop with their existing agency-client book. That means feature requests from active customers often land quickly, and the product is shaped around the daily workflow of a small fixed-scope project business. If your business looks like that (quote, deliver, invoice, repeat) and you don’t need quarterly BAS, rostering and payroll, vertical dashboards, or AU data residency, MeMate’s simplicity and direct support are genuine advantages. We’d rather you stay than switch and regret it.
Where OneBookPlus wins
Three differences that compound over a year
GST, BAS and ABN checks are native, not bolted on
OneBookPlus generates quarterly BAS-ready reports (G1, 1A, 1B), validates ABNs against the ATO register at quote time, and exports Xero / MYOB-shaped CSVs for your bookkeeper. Rostering and payroll are a separate $29 a month add-on with a 14 day trial: rosters, timesheets, pay runs, PAYG withholding to the ATO Schedule 1 coefficients, super, penalty rates, leave accrual, payslips and an ABA bank file. It does not lodge Single Touch Payroll pay events to the ATO, so you still report each pay run through STP-enabled software. MeMate’s public features page does not document Xero, MYOB, STP, BAS, or ABN-lookup integration. If that’s privately on their roadmap we haven’t seen it published, so ask MeMate directly before assuming compliance lodgement is handled.
Customer data stays in Australia
OneBookPlus is hosted in AWS Sydney (ap-southeast-2). MeMate’s subprocessor list shows AWS, United States. For most small operators this is invisible, until a customer asks where their data lives under APP 8, or you need to answer a procurement questionnaire from a state-government or healthcare client. AU residency removes a class of conversations entirely.
Vertical depth and AI Companion
OneBookPlus ships dedicated dashboards and workflows for 18 verticals (trades, automotive, fitness, education, aged care, health & beauty, professional services, restaurant/hotel, retail, mortgage broker, tax agency, and more), plus an AI Companion for no-show follow-up, payment chase, predictive rebooking, winback, review harvesting, and end-of-day summaries. MeMate’s site lists 6 industries with tailored copy on roughly two, and AI features are not publicly documented on the features page.
MeMate pricing vs OneBookPlus: plan by plan (2026)
MeMate prices verified against the MeMate pricing page (memate.com.au/pricing) and re-checked on 1 August 2026. GST inclusivity is not declared on that page, so AU buyers should ask before signing.
OneBookPlus
- Free · $0/mo · sole traders, 10 invoices & 5 quotes/mo
- Starter · $29/mo inc. GST · custom branding, Stripe, ABN lookup
- Plus · $49/mo inc. GST · unlimited contacts & bookings, advanced reporting, batch invoicing, 5 team members
- Growth · $69/mo inc. GST · AI Companion included, BAS, white-label portal
- AI Companion add-on · $25/mo, 3 months free, on Free/Starter/Plus (included free on Growth) via App Marketplace
- Rostering & Payroll add-on · $29/mo, 14 day trial, on any plan (not part of Growth) · rosters, timesheets, pay runs, PAYG, super, payslips, ABA bank file · no STP lodgement to the ATO
All AUD, inc. GST. Annual billing shown on /pricing.
MeMate
- Business · A$99.85/mo
- Business+Work · A$162.17/mo
- Enterprise · custom quote
GST inclusivity not declared on memate.com.au/pricing. No annual-billing discount shown.
OneBookPlus vs MeMate: common questions
How does OneBookPlus compare to MeMate for Australian businesses?
Both are Australian-built, and both cover quoting, jobs and invoicing, so the overlap is real. The practical difference: OneBookPlus ships native GST invoicing with ABN validation, quarterly BAS reports, a full double-entry ledger, and 18 vertical dashboards, plus a Rostering & Payroll add-on at $29 a month that runs rosters, timesheets and pay runs. That add-on works out PAYG withholding and super and produces payslips and an ABA bank file, but it does not lodge Single Touch Payroll pay events to the ATO, so you still report each pay run through STP-enabled software. MeMate's public feature page documents quoting, projects, and invoicing, but not Xero/MYOB/STP/BAS integration, and the subprocessor list shows AWS United States rather than AWS Sydney.
Where is each platform hosted?
OneBookPlus runs in AWS Sydney (ap-southeast-2) so customer data stays in Australia. MeMate's public subprocessor list (memate.com.au/subprocessors) shows AWS in the United States. If APP 8 cross-border disclosure matters to your customers, that's a real difference.
What does MeMate cost compared to OneBookPlus?
MeMate publishes a Business plan, a Business+Work plan and a custom Enterprise tier; the current figures are on memate.com.au/pricing and in the plan-by-plan comparison on this page. Two things to note as an Australian buyer: the page does not declare whether those prices include GST, and no annual-billing discount is shown. OneBookPlus is $0/Free, $29 Starter, $49 Plus, $69 Growth, all prices inc. GST, with annual billing visible on the page.
Does MeMate integrate with Xero, MYOB, or the ATO for BAS / STP?
Not according to MeMate's public features page (memate.com.au/features) as of the last-reviewed date below. That doesn't mean those integrations don't exist privately, but as a buyer you should ask MeMate directly before assuming compliance lodgement is covered. Our own position, plainly: OneBookPlus ships Xero export and BAS-ready quarterly reports out of the box, and does not lodge Single Touch Payroll. The Rostering & Payroll add-on ($29 a month, 14 day trial) schedules staff, runs pay runs, works out PAYG withholding and super, and produces payslips and an ABA bank file, but STP pay-event reporting to the ATO is not available yet, so you keep reporting each pay run through STP-enabled software.
Where does MeMate still win?
MeMate has been bootstrapped since 2020 and is run by the same agency that built the product (theAD Pty Ltd), which means a tight feedback loop with their existing client book. If you're already running a MeMate-shaped workflow with a small fixed-scope project pipeline and you don't need vertical-specific dashboards or GST/BAS, the switch isn't urgent.
How do I migrate from MeMate to OneBookPlus?
Export your contacts and project data as CSV from MeMate, then import directly into OneBookPlus contacts and jobs. We'll help you map fields on a 20-minute migration call, including bringing across your branding, GST/ABN defaults, and Stripe payment connection. Nothing has to be rebuilt by hand, and you can keep MeMate live as a read-only archive while you settle in.
Switch from MeMate:
book a 20-min call
We’ll walk through your current MeMate setup, export your contacts and project data, and map them into OneBookPlus on the call, with your GST, ABN and branding defaults set before you hang up.
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About this comparison
How we compared OneBookPlus to MeMate
Feature claims about OneBookPlus reflect what is shipping today on onebookplus.com.au. MeMate pricing and feature claims were last verified against MeMate’s public Australian product pages on the date below; vendor pricing changes frequently, so check the MeMate 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 spent a decade running digital projects for Australian small businesses before founding OneBookPlus. Bishal regularly assists Australian small to medium businesses with software stack consolidation, including the trade-offs of moving from MeMate to an integrated platform. The comparison above is informed by direct migration experience, not a single read of the MeMate marketing site.
Read the founder bioLast reviewed and updated: June 2026 by Bishal Shrestha