Question 1

What is the difference between Ezyiah and Xero?

Accepted Answer

Xero is your accounting platform. Ezyiah is the AI layer that works before it. Connect your clients' live bank feeds or upload PDF and CSV bank statements, and Ezyiah reconciles every transaction, applies GST logic, and produces BAS, Extended BAS, TPAR, P&L, Depreciation Schedule, and Transactions Report, all ready for your review. You export clean data into Xero and the books are already done.

Question 2

How is Ezyiah better than Xero for bank reconciliation?

Accepted Answer

Xero requires someone to manually match and categorise every transaction. Ezyiah does that automatically across unlimited clients and unlimited live bank feeds, achieving 95% first-pass accuracy on established accounts. It detects GST, handles split lines, flags anything unusual for review, and reconciliation runs continuously in the background, not just when someone sits down to do it.

Question 3

Can Ezyiah clear years of backlog that Xero cannot?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Upload years of unreconciled bank statements and Ezyiah processes every transaction in minutes, categorising, applying GST treatment, and producing complete reports for your review. For firms taking on new clients with years of disorganised data, Ezyiah clears the backlog before the real accounting work begins.

Question 4

Does Ezyiah replace Xero?

Accepted Answer

No. Ezyiah does not do payroll, invoicing, or client-facing reporting. It handles reconciliation, BAS preparation, and ATO-compliant report generation upstream of Xero. Most Australian accounting firms use both. Nothing about your existing Xero setup needs to change to add Ezyiah to your workflow.

Question 5

How does Ezyiah's AI Memory differ from Xero's reconciliation rules?

Accepted Answer

Xero's reconciliation relies on rules that your team sets up and maintains manually. Ezyiah's AI Memory builds a persistent record of how your firm categorises transactions for each client, learning preferences, chart of accounts structure, and recurring spending patterns over time. It improves accuracy every quarter without requiring manual rule setup or maintenance. The more you use it, the less your team needs to intervene.

Question 6

How does Ezyiah prepare BAS faster than Xero?

Accepted Answer

With Xero, BAS preparation begins after manual reconciliation is complete. Ezyiah removes that dependency. By the time your team sits down to review, every transaction is already categorised, GST is already applied, and your BAS, P&L, TPAR, and Depreciation reports are already generated. BAS season becomes a review exercise, not a production run.

Question 7

Is there a cheaper alternative to Xero for Australian accounting firms?

Accepted Answer

Ezyiah sits before the ledger, not instead of it. For the reconciliation and BAS preparation work that Xero requires manual effort to complete, Ezyiah starts at $299 per month on annual billing. Many Australian firms run Ezyiah alongside Xero and find the combined cost is offset by the reduction in staff time spent on manual data processing.

Question 8

Why are Australian accountants looking for Xero alternatives?

Accepted Answer

The most common reasons are concerns about pricing, bank feed reliability, and support response times. Xero operates a ticket-based support model with no phone line, which many accountants find frustrating when urgent issues arise. For firms specifically, manual reconciliation requirements mean that as client volume grows, so does the time burden. Ezyiah removes that burden by automating the reconciliation step entirely.

Question 9

Does Ezyiah work alongside Xero?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Reconcile in Ezyiah, then export clean categorised data into Xero. Most Australian accounting firms run both side by side. Ezyiah handles the reconciliation and BAS preparation, and Xero manages everything from there. You do not need to migrate historical data or change your existing Xero setup to get started.

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