Editor and publisher

Lewis Lauren

Cape Town, South Africa

Lewis publishes Select Soft from Cape Town and is responsible for everything that appears on it. The work covers accounting, payroll, CRM, ERP and commerce software, and the ordinary local details that decide whether a product still works six months after it was bought.

Accounting and bookkeeping software
Payroll and HR systems
CRM, ERP and commerce
South African pricing, VAT and local support

editor@selectsoft.co.za

How this work is researched

Research here is desk based and it says so. Every price on this site is read off the vendor's own pricing page rather than a search result or a press release, and the date of that check is published next to the figure. Where a review has not involved a structured trial or an interview, it does not claim one. Corrections are welcome and are made in public.

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Recent work

Guides by Lewis Lauren

How to choose accounting software for a South African small business The questions to ask before switching payroll software CRM pricing explained in plain language ERP or accounting software? Where growing teams draw the line A practical POPIA checklist for business software buyers When to register for VAT in South Africa, and what it does to your accounting software Sage, Xero and QuickBooks compared for a South African small business Bank feeds in South Africa: the question to ask before you buy Switching accounting software without losing your audit trail What your accountant actually needs from your accounting software PAYE, UIF and SDL explained for a first time employer EMP201 and EMP501: what payroll software should do for you The Employment Tax Incentive, and whether your payroll handles it properly Hiring your first employee: the payroll you suddenly need Bargaining council payroll: the requirement most software ignores Card machine fees in South Africa, compared honestly Yoco, iKhokha and SnapScan: which one actually costs you less Accepting online payments in South Africa POPIA and cloud software hosted outside South Africa Budgeting for software billed in dollars The real cost of business software, well beyond the monthly price A software implementation checklist for a small South African team How to use a free trial so it tells you something useful Choosing a CRM your sales team will actually update When spreadsheets stop working for stock control

Lewis Lauren

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