Tanzanian companies are running their accounting, payroll, statutory compliance, petty cash, director loans, daily tasks, employee check-ins, and digital ID cards on Sanya right now. Built by accountants who actually run businesses in Dar.
From the first invoice to year-end accounts. Built so an accountant, an HR officer, an operations manager, and a director all use the same source of truth.
Multi-line invoices with VAT, line items, quantity. Branded PDF with your logo, TIN, VRN.
Track every shilling. Multi-currency expenses with auto FX conversion to TZS for reporting.
PAYE / NSSF / WCF / SDL calculated automatically per current TRA bands. No spreadsheets.
Never miss a TRA, NSSF, WCF, BRELA, or business-license deadline again.
Mobile-first portal where staff check in, view payslips, request leave, and see their tasks.
Stock catalog with cost & sell prices, IN/OUT/ADJUST movements, and low-stock alerts.
Branded P&L reports with monthly breakdowns, charts, and category-level analysis.
Total VAT collected vs. paid, with net payable computed automatically. Drop it on the accountant's desk or upload straight to vat.tra.go.tz.
Track every shilling that doesn't go through the bank. Petty cash floats and director loans with running balances — auditors love it.
Replace WhatsApp "kazi ya leo" chaos. Assign tasks, see who's at work, and feed payroll automatically from real attendance.
Branded employee ID cards in PDF. Contract uploads. Self-service portal so staff stop pinging HR for every payslip.
Bulk SMS to staff and clients with a TCRA-registered, white-labelled sender ID. Built into every Sanya Business plan — no separate signup, top up SMS credits from your workspace via M-Pesa.
Granular permissions plus an immutable audit trail of every action in your books — and your data lives in its own database.
Not a generic global tool retrofitted for Tanzania. Every calculation, every report, every reminder is tuned to TRA, NSSF, WCF, BRELA, and how SMEs actually work in Dar.
Pick a plan, choose your company name, and you'll get a private subdomain at yourcompany.sanya.tz.
Fill in your TIN, VRN, logo, payment details, and add your team. Bring over your employee list. Most businesses are running in under an hour.
Issue invoices. Run payroll. Track expenses. Print reports. The compliance calendar tells you what's due. Your audit trail tracks who did what.
Starter for shops & solo owners. Standard for growing companies with a small team. Pro when you need everything Sanya has.
Everything Sanya can do, and which plan you need for each feature.
| Feature | Starter | Standard | Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| 💰 Sales & Customers | |||
| Branded invoices & receipts (PDF) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Recurring invoices (monthly billing) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Partial payments (track balance) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multi-currency (TZS / USD / EUR) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Clients master with TIN / VRN / address | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Quotations / Proforma invoices | — | — | ✓ |
| Delivery notes (PDF + signature) | — | — | ✓ |
| 📦 Procurement & Suppliers | |||
| Suppliers master | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Bills (AP) — partial payments out | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Service Providers (hosting, domains, SaaS) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Purchase Orders → auto-convert to Bill | — | — | ✓ |
| Debts / AP aging dashboard | — | — | ✓ |
| 📊 Money & Reports | |||
| Expense tracking with categories | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Products & stock (IN/OUT, low-stock alerts) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Profit & Loss report | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Petty cash with approval workflow | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cash requests (staff-driven) | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Director loan in/out tracking | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| 👥 HR, Payroll & Team | |||
| Employees | — | up to 10 | unlimited |
| Payroll — PAYE / NSSF / WCF / SDL auto-calc | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Branded payslips (PDF + email) | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Attendance — digital check-in / clock-out | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Branded employee ID cards (PDF) | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Loans & salary advances | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Self-service employee portal | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Daily task assignment + performance scoring | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| 📋 Compliance & Data | |||
| TRA filing calendar & deadline alerts | — | — | ✓ |
| VAT / PAYE-SDL / NSSF / WCF return exports | — | — | ✓ |
| Receipt uploads on filings | — | — | ✓ |
| CSV import & export | — | — | ✓ |
| ⚙️ Platform & Limits | |||
| User logins | 2 | 5 | unlimited |
| SMS / month (bundled) | 50 | 200 | 1,000 |
| Custom subdomain (yourco.sanya.tz) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Your logo on every document | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| White-label PDFs (hide "Powered by Sanya") | — | — | ✓ |
| Private database per company | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Immutable audit trail | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Optional SMS-based 2FA | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mobile-friendly (PWA) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 🤝 Support | |||
| Email support (24-hour reply) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Priority WhatsApp support | — | — | ✓ |
| Onboarding & data-migration assistance | — | — | ✓ |
QuickBooks, Wave and Xero are excellent — but they're built for the US / UK / Australia. Sanya is built for Tanzania: TRA filings, M-Pesa, PAYE bands, TZS pricing, and bulk SMS — all out of the box.
| For Tanzania-specific needs… | Sanya | QuickBooks | Wave | Xero |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAYE / NSSF / WCF / SDL auto-calculated to TRA bands | ✓ Built-in | Manual setup | Not localized | Manual setup |
| TRA filing calendar & statutory deadline alerts | ✓ | — | — | — |
| M-Pesa / Tigopesa / Airtel as payment methods | ✓ | — | — | — |
| Priced in TZS (no FX surprises) | ✓ TZS | USD | USD | USD |
| Bulk SMS to clients & staff (TCRA-registered sender IDs) | ✓ Bundled | — | — | — |
| Tender workflow (Quotation → PO → Delivery Note → Bill) | ✓ End-to-end | Partial | — | Partial |
| Branded employee ID cards & payslips | ✓ | — | — | Add-on |
| Mobile-first (PWA — no app to install) | ✓ | App required | ✓ | App required |
| Local WhatsApp support (Tanzania business hours) | ✓ | — | — | — |
| Private database per company (data isolation) | ✓ | Shared | Shared | Shared |
Already using QuickBooks or Xero? Pro plan includes onboarding & data-migration assistance — we'll move your existing customers, products and opening balances across.
Short answers to the things people ask most. Can't see your question? Email support@sanya.tz.
sanya_t_yourslug) — your data never sits in a shared table with other companies. We can export everything to CSV on request. If you cancel, we keep your data for 90 days then delete it permanently.⚡ Powered by Sanya.tz credit appears at the bottom of PDFs on Starter and Standard plans — small, gray, doesn't compete with your branding. Your logo, name, TIN, VRN and bank details stay front and centre. Pro plan includes a toggle in Settings to hide this completely — white-label PDFs.Sign in at my.sanya.tz to manage your subscription, view invoices, and open your workspace.
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