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Compare Magic, task by task.
Every comparison on this site is written as a set of tasks rather than a knockout table. Each fact names its source and the date it was checked. Where we do not know a competitor's price, we write quote required rather than inventing a figure.
Read the comparison for the tool you are considering, then check the fit summary before you decide anything.
Facts carry a source
Anything untested is labelled vendor-described rather than asserted.
We name who should not switch
A fit summary says plainly where Magic is the wrong answer.
Switching is on the page
What transfers, what needs review, what stays behind.
Coverage
Who we compare
These are the tools buyers most often put beside Magic. Each comparison covers the same tasks, in the same order, so two pages can be read side by side.
HubSpot and Pipedrive
Pipeline and customer records against a marketing-led suite and a sales-focused CRM. The comparison covers pipeline readability, the customer record and marketing depth. Vendor pricing is quote required on the comparison page.
Mailchimp and Klaviyo
Campaigns and lifecycle marketing against the specialist suites. The comparison covers audience source, consent visibility, list scale and lifecycle branching.
Zendesk and Freshdesk
Shared inbox and customer context against the established support platforms. The comparison covers the repeat contact, commercial context and multi-team escalation.
Aircall and RingCentral
Business calling against the cloud phone systems. The comparison covers routing, the unmatched caller, call records and reviewed AI assistance.
Spreadsheets and standalone FP&A tools
Three-way planning against spreadsheets and dedicated planning tools. The comparison covers the tie to accounting actuals, cash as well as profit, and delegated planning.
Document and equity tools
Company records, agreements and ownership against document stores and equity specialists. The comparison covers the current agreement, the next obligation and a permission-scoped board view.
How these comparisons are made
| Question | How we answer it | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Which tasks are compared? | Six to eight task-based rows, chosen from the jobs a buyer actually does, not from a feature checklist. | Comparison register, task list |
| Where does a competitor fact come from? | The vendor's published documentation or its own description. A fact we have not tested is written vendor-described. | Vendor documentation and public product pages |
| What if a competitor price is unknown? | We write quote required. We never present zero, an estimate or a converted figure as their price. | Comparison register, price column rule |
| When is a fact checked? | Every row carries the ISO date it was last checked, and the register is reviewed before a comparison is published or changed. | Comparison register, checked field |
| What if a vendor changes and we have not re-checked? | The row keeps its earlier checked date until it is re-verified. A stale row is corrected or removed rather than left to look current. | Comparison register, review log |
| Who owns the facts? | Product marketing owns the register, the checked dates and the corrections. | Owner record |
Source: Magic comparison register (internal), maintained by product marketing · Checked 2026-09-19
Fit
Who should not switch
Do not switch if your centre of gravity is a large app marketplace and hundreds of third-party integrations you depend on. Magic focuses on the accounting and operating systems an Australian business actually runs on, not on being an integration hub.
Do not switch if you need a heavily customised enterprise process with hundreds of required fields, bespoke objects and a partner who will rebuild your workflow. Magic keeps the pipeline and the record readable, which is a deliberate limit.
Do not switch if your campaigns are designed and run entirely by an external agency that will not work inside your workspace. Magic Reach assumes the business runs its own campaigns, with its own approver.
Do not switch if you need deep specialist work that Magic does not do: audited statutory reporting, payroll execution, an autonomous calling agent, or a full equity-management platform. Magic stays beside the systems of record for those jobs rather than replacing them.
If none of those describe you, the comparison pages are the right place to check the tasks that matter to your business. Every row names its source and the date it was checked, so you can disagree with the evidence rather than with the marketing.
Pricing we have not verified
Where a competitor's price is not published or not confirmed, the comparison says quote required. We do not publish a number we cannot source.
Check the tasks, then check the price
Read the comparison for the tool you are considering, then look at the Magic edition that matches the job. If the evidence says stay where you are, that is a useful answer too.