ERP migration · Australia
Moving off AccountRight or Xero: what changes, what it costs, and where to go
Accounting software is not the problem. The problem is everything that has grown around it: the stock spreadsheet, the job tracker, the order emails, the copy-paste between systems that someone does every morning. When that layer is where the real work happens, you have outgrown the accounting package. This page covers what moving to an ERP actually involves, from a partner that migrates businesses to both Odoo and MYOB Acumatica.
The signs you've outgrown accounting software
You probably already know. The common ones we see: inventory lives in a spreadsheet that argues with the accounts, orders arrive by email and get retyped, nobody trusts the margin numbers, month end takes a week, and adding a second entity or location made everything twice as manual. AccountRight and Xero are good at accounting. They were never built to run purchasing, warehousing, jobs, service and manufacturing, and the workarounds are what you are paying for now, in hours rather than licence fees.
Two destinations, one honest recommendation
Most partners will migrate you to the one platform they sell. We implement both Odoo and MYOB Acumatica, so the recommendation is based on fit. As a rough guide: Odoo suits businesses that want one flexible platform across operations, from the webshop to the warehouse, with module-by-module rollout. MYOB Acumatica suits finance-led mid-market organisations that want ANZ compliance and payroll built in, with deep financials, distribution and project accounting. We wrote a full Odoo vs MYOB Acumatica comparison if you want the detail.
What actually moves in a migration
Less than you fear, more than a CSV export. A typical migration covers your chart of accounts, customers and suppliers, open invoices and bills, stock on hand with costs, and opening balances tied to a clean cutover date. The big decision is history: bringing across years of transactional history is possible but expensive, and most businesses land on opening balances plus a read-only archive of the old system. We help you make that call based on what you actually look up, not on nostalgia.
For the platform-specific detail, see our guides on migrating from Xero to Odoo and moving from AccountRight to Odoo, or the AccountRight to MYOB Acumatica upgrade path.
What about payroll?
Payroll is its own decision and we scope it separately, on purpose. Depending on the platform and your award complexity, the right answer is sometimes payroll inside the ERP and sometimes a dedicated payroll product connected to it. Getting this wrong is expensive, so we would rather tell you the honest answer in scoping than bundle an assumption into a quote.
A note on AccountRight timing
MYOB moved the AccountRight desktop (Classic) product to view-only in February 2026, and the browser version continues. If you are on AccountRight today this is a reason to plan, not to panic: the worst outcome is choosing your next system in a rush. Our AccountRight comparison guide covers when the upgrade to Acumatica makes sense and when it doesn't.
What a migration costs and how long it takes
For Odoo, our published implementation packages apply: most businesses moving off accounting software land in the Essentials range, live in 2 to 3 months. For MYOB Acumatica, eligible wholesale distributors can use the fixed-scope FastStart program with a 12 week go-live; broader implementations are scoped after discovery. Either way you will know the number before you commit.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
How long does a migration from Xero or AccountRight take?
Most single-entity businesses go live in 2 to 3 months, including data migration, configuration and training. Complex inventory, multiple entities or custom integrations extend that. The cutover itself is typically a weekend at period end.
Can we keep Xero running during the transition?
Yes, and some businesses keep Xero for accounting longer term while Odoo runs operations. We wrote a guide on running Odoo and Xero together, including what syncs and what doesn’t.
Do we lose our transaction history?
No. You choose how much comes across. Most businesses migrate opening balances and open transactions, then keep the old system as a read-only archive. Full history migration is possible where there is a real operational need.
Should AccountRight users just upgrade to MYOB Acumatica?
Sometimes. It is the natural upgrade path inside the MYOB family and the data migration is well trodden. But it is a mid-market product with mid-market pricing, so smaller operations are often better served elsewhere. We will tell you which side of that line you are on.
Thinking about the move?
We migrate Australian businesses off AccountRight and Xero onto Odoo and MYOB Acumatica from Brisbane, and we will tell you plainly which destination fits, including when staying put is the right call.
Thirty minutes, no obligation. Brisbane-based team, AEST business hours.