AutoCount vs SQL Account for e-Invoicing

If you're choosing between AutoCount and SQL Account and one of your reasons is Malaysia's LHDN e-Invoice mandate, the first thing to know is that both already include e-Invoicing. So the real decision isn't which one “does e-Invoice” — both do — it's which accounting suite fits your business, and whether you need a full suite at all.

The short answer

Both are mature, widely used Malaysian accounting systems that raise invoices, keep your books, and submit e-Invoices to LHDN from the same place. AutoCount's entry plan is cheaper per seat and runs frequent prepaid-term discounts; SQL leans on a 10-year price guarantee, bundled phone support and training, and the widest accountant familiarity in the market. If you don't actually need a full accounting system — your books are already handled and only LHDN submission is missing — neither is the cheapest way to become compliant.

Pricing, side by side

What you're actually comparing

Both products are accounting suites: general ledger, invoicing, inventory, purchasing, bank reconciliation and statutory reports, with LHDN e-Invoice as one module inside that. That means the e-Invoice capability is roughly table-stakes for both — the money you spend is really buying the accounting system around it. So the honest comparison is about the suite, and the e-Invoice question mostly comes down to whether you want that module living inside your books.

AutoCount: where it wins

• You need a full set of books — general ledger, journals, trial balance and statutory financial statements — in one system.
• You manage stock and want inventory tied directly to your sales and purchase documents.
• You want purchasing, AP/AR ageing and bank reconciliation handled in the same place as invoicing.
• You want an all-in-one accounting migration, with LHDN e-Invoice already inside the same flow.
• You value AutoCount's dealer and trainer network, and their low RM10/month per additional user rate as your team grows.

SQL Account: where it wins

• You want one of Malaysia's most widely deployed SME accounting systems — most local accountants already know how to work in it.
• You need full double-entry books, SST reporting and statutory financial statements from the same system that raises your invoices.
• You value bundled human support: SQL publishes 1 year of phone support and monthly training with its plans.
• You want inventory, purchasing and bank reconciliation in one integrated product.
• Long-term price certainty matters to you — SQL publishes a 10-year price guarantee and no lock-in contract.

If you only need LHDN e-Invoicing

There's a third case the two suites don't serve cheaply: your books already work — in Excel, with your accountant, or in an older on-premise system — and the only gap is submitting compliant e-Invoices to LHDN. Buying a full accounting suite to close that one gap means paying for (and migrating to) a general ledger you didn't ask for.

A focused tool like MyInvois Bridge exists for exactly this: at RM49/month it creates, validates, submits and tracks LHDN e-Invoices (UBL 2.1 generated for you), sits alongside whatever you already use, and needs no chart-of-accounts migration. The trade-off is equally honest: it is not accounting software. There's no ledger, no inventory, no SST reporting — if you need those, one of the suites above is the right buy.

How to choose

1. 1Decide whether you need a full accounting system, or only LHDN e-Invoice submission. This single question eliminates most of the field.
2. 2If you need the suite: weigh AutoCount's lower per-seat cost and prepaid discounts against SQL's price guarantee, bundled support, and accountant familiarity.
3. 3Get each vendor's tax-inclusive quote for your real number of users — published headline rates hide SST and seat costs.
4. 4If you only need compliance: trial a focused e-Invoice tool first; it's the cheapest way to get your first invoice accepted by LHDN without a migration.