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SQL Payroll alternative
SQL Payroll has served Malaysian businesses for years, sits naturally beside SQL Account, and is well known to accountants and dealers. It is also a Windows product, usually a licence with an ongoing support and update fee, and heavier than many small offices need. Orbit HR covers statutory payroll, leave, attendance, claims and self-service in a modern app you buy once for RM249, on macOS as well as Windows.
Compare SQL Payroll with Orbit HR's one-time licence, unlimited employees and native macOS or Windows support for Malaysian SMEs.
What people like about SQL Payroll
Where Orbit HR differs
| Criteria | Orbit HR | SQL Payroll |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | RM249 one-time, updates included | Licence plus a yearly support / update fee, typically |
| Cost at 20 employees | RM249 once, then nothing | Licence up front, then a renewal most years |
| Per-employee fee | No | Often tiered by headcount |
| Where your staff data lives | Your device, NRIC and bank details encrypted | Your PC or office server |
| Works fully offline | Yes | Yes |
| Runs on macOS | Yes | SQL Payroll is traditionally a Windows desktop product |
| EPF / SOCSO / EIS / PCB calculated | From dated rate tables, tested each release | Yes |
| EA form + statutory files | EA, Borang A, Borang 8A, CP39, CP58, bank file | Yes |
| Leave under Employment Act 1955 | Annual tiers, sick, maternity, per-state holidays | Yes |
| Employee self-service | Yes | Yes |
| Bilingual EN / BM | Yes | Varies |
| Best fit | SMEs who want to pay once and hold their own data | Offices already standardised on the SQL suite |
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When to stay with SQL Payroll
Yes. Orbit HR is a native macOS app as well as Windows, from the same one-time licence. SQL Payroll is traditionally a Windows desktop product, so a Mac office usually ends up running it in a virtual machine or on a separate PC.
No. RM249 at the early-bird price, RM349 normally, once, with free updates and unlimited employees. Established desktop payroll systems commonly charge a licence and then a support or update fee most years, so compare the five-year total, not just the first invoice.
You can bring employees, opening balances and year-to-date figures over so PCB and EA stay correct for the rest of the year. Mid-year is the usual switching point. Message us on WhatsApp before you start and we will tell you exactly what to export.
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