LEDGERZA — FREE ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE FOR SOUTH AFRICAN BUSINESS, BY SOUTH AFRICAN BUSINESS

Run your numbers. Run your business.

Invoicing, VAT, expense tracking, bank reconciliation and financial reports — all in one easy-to-use platform designed for South African sole traders, freelancers and small businesses.

No credit card required ZAR & 15% VAT ready Multi-company support
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Acme Trading (Pty) Ltd
Dashboard
Income (YTD)
R 482,150
Expenses (YTD)
R 211,840
Net profit
R 270,310
Outstanding
R 38,620
Income vs Expenses
Last 6 months
Recent invoices
  • INV-2026-0004Paid
  • INV-2026-0003Sent
  • INV-2026-0002Draft

Everything you need

A full accounting toolkit in one place

Move beyond spreadsheets. LedgerZA gives you the essentials of professional bookkeeping without the learning curve.

Invoicing & quotes

Send professional tax invoices with your branding, logo and banking details. Track status from Draft → Sent → Paid.

Income & expenses

Log transactions with category tags and upload receipts. VAT is calculated automatically at 15% when you are registered.

Bank reconciliation

Import transactions and match them to invoices or expenses in a click — always know your true cash position.

General Journal

Post double-entry adjustments, opening balances, depreciation and accruals — with live debit / credit balancing.

Reports that matter

Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet, VAT report and cash flow — refreshed in real time as you work.

Multi-company

Manage several businesses from one login. Switch companies instantly — books stay completely separate.

Built locally

Designed around the way SA businesses actually work.

No complicated chart-of-accounts setup. No jargon. Just the ZAR and VAT handling you need, the reports SARS expects, and a workflow that keeps your books ready at year-end.

  • Rands & cents — ZAR formatting throughout
  • Automatic 15% VAT inclusive / exclusive calculations
  • Tax-invoice fields that comply with SARS requirements
  • Paid invoices automatically post to income
  • Bank statements reconcile with a single click
Secure
Bank-grade encryption
Fast
Under 30s to your first invoice
Insightful
Live P&L on every page
Compliant
SARS-ready VAT invoices

How it works

Up and running in three steps

01

Register

Create your free account with just an email and password. Confirm the password and you're in.

02

Add your company

Enter your business details, VAT status and banking info. These flow onto every invoice you send.

03

Send, track, report

Issue your first invoice, log expenses, reconcile the bank — and see your reports update live.

Start keeping cleaner books today.

Join South African entrepreneurs using LedgerZA to stay on top of their finances — without the stress of enterprise accounting software.