Origami Books

Private beta for South African founders only

Your books, sorted.
SARS‑ready, accountant-friendly.

From bank statement to draft Annual Financial Statements Automatically. Import your statements, confirm what the AI sorts, and February stops being a shoebox panic.

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60-day beta trial · no card needed · from R149/mo, VAT-inclusive

The 25-second tour

See it work in 25 seconds, no signup

Statement in, swipe to sort, let Claude clear the backlog, stay ahead of SARS, and hand your accountant a draft AFS. Watch the whole loop.

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Built for South Africa, down to the last cent

  • Draft AFS built inIFRS for SMEs layout
  • SARS calendar nativeVAT201 · EMP201 · IRP6
  • 15% VAT, handledVAT-inclusive pricing too
  • POPIA-consciousYour data stays yours
  • RZAR-nativeRands in, rands out

How it works

From shoebox to signed-off, in three acts

No jargon, no spreadsheets. A tidy inbox that learns your business. and paperwork that finishes itself.

01 · Import & sort

Your bank statement becomes a tidy inbox

Drop in a statement from any South African bank: Absa, Capitec, FNB, Investec, Nedbank, Standard Bank, TymeBank and the rest. OFX, CSV and Excel all import exactly. Every transaction lands in a one-decision-at-a-time inbox, and every decision becomes a rule, so the next import sorts itself.

  • One decision at a time. J/K to move, 1–9 to categorise
  • Rules learn every choice and auto-sort future imports
  • Vendor-grouped catch-up mode for years of backlog

02 · AI does the heavy lifting

Ask your books a question. Get a real answer.

Origami Books is the first South African-built bookkeeping platform with a built-in, one-click Claude connection. Let the AI categorise months of history for you, read your receipt photos, or just ask your books a question from chat.

  • Auto-categorise hundreds of transactions in minutes. You confirm
  • Snap a receipt; it's read, captured and matched to the bank line
  • Connect Claude on desktop or mobile and talk to live figures

03 · SARS & accountant peace

February becomes a download, not a deadline

VAT201, EMP201 and provisional tax sit on one screen with real dates and your actual figures. When year-end comes, export the accountant pack: trial balance, ledgers, and a draft Annual Financial Statements workbook in Excel, formulas included.

  • Every SARS deadline with pre-filled figures. Never caught out
  • One-click accountant pack: trial balance + full ledgers
  • Draft AFS in Excel (IFRS for SMEs) your accountant just reviews

The honest comparison

Why not just Sage or Xero?

They’re excellent, mature platforms. But no product anywhere combines chat-driven books, SARS compliance and one-click draft AFS. That combination is the whole point of Origami Books.

CapabilityOrigami BooksSage · Xero
Draft Annual Financial StatementsIncluded. One click, Excel with live formulasNot offered. Done later in accountant-only software
SARS deadlines (VAT201 · EMP201 · IRP6)Native calendar with your figures pre-filledPartial. VAT-centric, provisional tax is on you
Claude chat connection to your booksBuilt in, one click, included in the AI planVaries or extra
Built forSA founders. ZAR, 15% VAT, POPIAGlobal markets, localised afterwards

For scale: Sage Business Cloud runs R240–R435/mo VAT-inclusive; Origami Books runs R149–R249 VAT-inclusive, with the AFS draft included. If you need multi-warehouse inventory or global payroll, use the big guys. If you need SARS peace and financials your accountant can sign, you’re home.

Pricing

Two plans. Rands. VAT-inclusive.

No per-transaction fees, no surprises. Both plans include the draft AFS and every SARS deadline.

Essentials

R149/mo, VAT-incl

  • Bank imports, inbox & smart rules
  • SARS deadlines dashboard
  • Accountant pack + draft AFS

AI

R249/mo, VAT-incl

  • Everything in Essentials
  • AI auto-categorise + receipt OCR
  • Claude chat connection (MCP)
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60-day free trial on beta invites · no card needed

Private beta for South African founders

Stop dreading February.

Join the private beta and hand your accountant a finished pack: trial balance, ledgers and a draft AFS, instead of a shoebox of slips.

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Invite codes carry a 60-day free trial (standard is 30) · no card needed · cancel anytime