Microkeeper Review: Features, Pricing, Pros & Cons for 2026

Payroll Processing

Processes payroll using approved timesheets and configured rules for overtime, penalties, allowances, and other pay conditions. Microkeeper also supports STP reporting, superannuation processing, auto-generated payslips, and detailed payroll reports.

Rostering and Shift Management

Builds and manages rosters across teams and locations using employee availability and staffing requirements. Features include roster templates, multi-site scheduling, break compliance, availability tracking, and shift bidding.

Time and Attendance Tracking

Captures worked hours through mobile, browser, GPS, facial recognition, fingerprint, NFC, and dedicated clocking stations. Managers can review attendance and location data before approved timesheets move into payroll.

Employee Onboarding and Document Management

Lets new hires complete onboarding details and submit required information online before starting work. HR teams can also manage contracts, licenses, certifications, document expiry dates, and VEVO checks from the same system.

Leave Management

Handles leave requests, balances, approvals, and configurable leave types digitally. Once approved, leave data can feed into rostering and payroll rather than requiring HR teams to update each process separately.

Employee Self-Service and HR Tools

Gives employees access to rosters, timesheets, payslips, leave requests, personal details, and workplace messages through self-service tools. HR teams can also use dashboards, team messaging, and document tools for broader employee administration.

Controlled Award Interpretation and Custom Payroll Rules

Applies configured Award, EBA, and custom pay rules to timesheets, including overtime, penalty rates, and allowances. I see the configurability as the bigger advantage here: businesses can build payroll logic around how they actually operate rather than being limited to rigid prebuilt rules.

Flexible Clocking and Attendance Verification

Supports multiple attendance methods, including GPS clocking, facial recognition, fingerprint scanners, NFC, browser clocking, and dedicated clocking stations. This gives employers more flexibility to choose clocking methods based on the needs of different sites, roles, or workforce environments.

Microkeeper takes a practical, function-first approach to usability, and I think that will suit payroll and operations teams that value capability over visual polish. I wouldn’t call the interface its biggest strength, and self-setup takes time to understand, but once the platform is configured, its connected rostering, timesheet, HR, and payroll workflows make routine workforce administration easier to manage.

Microkeeper offers both guided implementation and self-setup, depending on a business’s complexity, budget, and internal resources. I’d lean toward guided implementation for organizations with complex Awards, EBAs, or rostering rules, since it covers needs assessment, payroll scoping, configuration and testing, admin training, a parallel pay run, and go-live support, typically around 8 to 10 weeks depending on complexity.. Self-setup is available through detailed guides and general support, but it requires more hands-on configuration, testing, and understanding of how the modules connect.

Microkeeper provides direct, onshore Australian support by phone and ticket, with inquiries handled by real people rather than chatbot triage, offshore call centers, or multiple support tiers. I think this is a meaningful advantage for payroll teams, where getting a knowledgeable answer quickly can matter far more than having another self-service support channel. Detailed guides and support resources cover everyday questions, while more involved configuration needs can be directed to the appropriate team.

Microkeeper integrates with Xero, MYOB, Beam, One Click Life, Manatal, and Teamtailor, among others, and also provides an open API for custom connections. The native list covers several common accounting, superannuation, and recruitment workflows, but I’d check your existing tech stack carefully before committing, since tools outside that list may require development work.

Microkeeper offers strong value for Australian businesses that want payroll and workforce management in one connected system rather than relying on multiple tools. I think Standard is where the value proposition is strongest for businesses that need more than payroll alone, since it brings Cloud HR, rostering, timesheets, payroll, reporting, super clearing, and Australian support together. Businesses with simpler payroll needs can opt for Payroll STP & Super, while Enterprise offers more advanced scheduling, reporting, and dedicated support for larger organizations or those with custom payroll requirements.

• Payroll STP & Super: Includes payroll, super clearing, reports, and Australian support, with the core functionality needed for STP-compliant payroll.
• Standard: Includes Cloud HR, rostering, timesheets, payroll, reports, super clearing, and Australian support for businesses that need broader workforce management capabilities.
• Enterprise: Includes the core workforce management features plus custom reports, shift bidding, auto-scheduling, priority support, an account manager, and health checks for larger or more complex organizations.