Square handles payments — but it's primarily a POS and payment processor. OneBookPlus gives Australian businesses invoicing, CRM, bookings, marketing, and accounting in one app.
At a glance
From $0/mo — everything included
From $0/mo — POS & payments only
Feature by feature
See exactly what's included in each platform. OneBookPlus goes far beyond payments to give Australian businesses a complete operating system.
| Feature | OneBookPlus | Square |
|---|---|---|
| GST-compliant invoicing | ||
| Online booking page | ||
| CRM & contact management | ||
| Email marketing | ||
| Accounting & P&L reports | ||
| BAS / ATO tax summaries | ||
| Payment processing | ||
| Point of sale | ||
| Menu & order management | ||
| Google review requests | ||
| Quoting with one-click accept | ||
| Job management & pipeline | ||
| Native mobile app | ||
| Free plan available | ||
| Price (AUD) | From $0/mo | From $0/mo |
| All included | POS & payments |
Why switch
Square is built around POS and card payments. OneBookPlus gives you a complete business platform with invoicing, CRM, online bookings, email marketing, and accounting — so you can manage everything from one dashboard instead of juggling multiple tools.
Square doesn't include accounting, P&L reports, or BAS summaries. With OneBookPlus, your invoices, expenses, and payments automatically feed into your accounting reports and ATO-ready BAS summaries — no separate accounting software needed.
Square doesn't offer CRM or contact management. OneBookPlus includes a full CRM so you can track client history, send follow-ups, manage leads, and build lasting relationships — all connected to your invoicing and booking data.
OneBookPlus is built from the ground up for Australian businesses. GST calculation, ABN validation via the Australian Business Register, ATO-compliant BAS summaries, and AUD formatting are all included from day one — not retrofitted.
FAQ
For most Australian small businesses, yes. Square is an excellent POS and payment processor, but it doesn't include CRM, accounting, bookings, or marketing tools. OneBookPlus gives you all of that plus GST-compliant invoicing, BAS summaries, and ABN validation in one platform from $0/month. If you primarily need a point-of-sale terminal and card reader, Square may still be the better fit. But if you want to manage your entire business in one book, OneBookPlus is the smarter choice.
Yes. OneBookPlus handles invoicing, payments, bookings, CRM, accounting, and marketing — covering far more than Square offers. You get GST-compliant invoicing, profit and loss reports, BAS tax summaries, email marketing, and an online booking page. For businesses that need more than just payment processing, OneBookPlus replaces Square and several other tools you'd normally pay for separately.
Yes. OneBookPlus integrates with Stripe for secure payment processing, allowing you to accept card payments on invoices and bookings. While Square focuses on in-person POS transactions, OneBookPlus handles both online and invoice-based payments with full GST compliance and automatic receipt generation.
Square's free plan covers basic POS and payment processing, but charges transaction fees on every sale. To get invoicing, team management, and advanced features, you'll need Square's Plus plan at $29+/month per location. OneBookPlus starts free and includes invoicing, CRM, bookings, accounting, marketing, and BAS summaries — features that would require multiple separate tools alongside Square. That means significant savings every month.
OneBookPlus includes several features Square doesn't offer: full accounting with P&L reports, BAS/ATO tax summaries, CRM and contact management, online booking pages, email marketing campaigns, Google review requests, and quoting with one-click accept. Square is focused on payments and POS — OneBookPlus is a complete business operating system built for Australian compliance.
Square was built for the American market and it shows. GST handling is an afterthought, BAS reporting doesn't exist, and ABN validation isn't part of the platform. For Australian businesses, that means bolting on Xero or MYOB for accounting, a separate CRM for client management, and another tool for job tracking. OneBookPlus was built from the ground up for Australian compliance — GST, BAS, ABN, and AUD are native, not retrofitted.
Where Square stops at the point of sale, OneBookPlus follows the full lifecycle of a customer relationship: from the first enquiry through quoting, booking, job delivery, invoicing, payment collection, and follow-up marketing. Your bank feeds reconcile payments automatically, and every transaction flows into your P&L and BAS summaries without manual data entry.
OneBookPlus is ideal for Australian service businesses that need more than a payment terminal. If you're a restaurant managing bookings and supplier invoices, a salon tracking client history and sending marketing emails, or a trades business quoting jobs and chasing payments — you'll get far more value from OneBookPlus. Businesses that primarily need a hardware POS terminal for high-volume retail transactions may still prefer Square's dedicated card reader ecosystem.
Create your free OneBookPlus account and you're up and running in minutes. Set up your services, connect your bank account for automatic payment matching, publish your online booking page, and send your first GST-compliant invoice. Import your existing client list to keep your history intact. No credit card required, no transaction fees on invoices, and no US-centric workarounds for Australian tax compliance.
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