About Software Tools

Software Tools is a set of plain-English guides to business software for small businesses, by industry. They cover the software each kind of business runs on, from restaurants, builders and tradies to law firms, clinics, shops and nonprofits: accounting, payroll, point of sale, scheduling, field service, CRM and practice management.

Who writes the guides

The guides are written by the Software Tools team.

How the guides are made

• Every fact, figure and price is checked against a reliable source, and the sources are listed on each page.
• Prices are quoted with the date we checked them, in the stated currency.
• Each guide shows the date it was last updated.

How we make money

Through affiliate commissions on some of the products we write about. See our affiliate disclosure.