Global small business platform Xero has launched Xero Ultra to support Australian businesses as they scale into more complex stages of growth.

Xero Ultra is designed for businesses that need stronger control, better visibility and more sophisticated reporting, but do not want the cost, disruption or implementation burden of traditional enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems.

As they grow, many of Australia’s high-growth businesses find themselves caught between tools designed for smaller organisations and enterprise systems built for companies several times their size. Xero Ultra is designed to bridge that gap, providing ERP-grade capabilities on a platform customers and their advisors already know and trust.

“Australia’s scaling businesses are a vital part of this economy, and their needs are genuinely different,” said Angad Soin, Managing Director Australia and New Zealand and Global Chief Strategy Officer at Xero.

“Xero has always grown alongside its customers. Ultra is the next step in that strategy serving a segment that’s complex enough to need more, but still desire simplicity.”

Features & capabilities

Xero Ultra is designed for medium-sized, growing businesses managing increasing complexity. Key capabilities available within Xero Ultra include:

• Advanced financial intelligence: Syft Advanced reporting, including multi-entity consolidated reporting, scenario modelling, AI-powered insights and four-way cash flow forecasting.
• Fast-track support: front-of-queue access to Xero specialists, including personalised onboarding and migration support.
• Targeted data restore: a high-priority service helping businesses to restore specific data errors without requiring a full file rollback.

Ultra customers will also have access to key Xero features:

• Smart automation and insights: Just Ask Xero (JAX), Xero’s AI financial superagent, helping automate routine finance workflows and surface personalised business insights.
• Access to Xero’s ecosystem of more than 1,000 connected apps: including integrations across payroll, payments, inventory and operations.
• Flexible user permissions: enabling finance teams to strengthen governance and segregation of duties (available shortly after launch)

Growing alongside businesses

Businesses participating in the Xero Ultra beta program have already been using the plan to help manage more sophisticated finance operations as they scale.

Ultra beta participant Damien Wragg, Director and Owner, Trainwest said: “As the business has matured, the Xero platform has continued to meet our needs without creating friction or requiring significant process changes. At no point have I felt like we’ve outgrown Xero. It has scaled effectively alongside the business, which is not always the case with financial systems.”

For accountants and bookkeepers, Xero Ultra also creates a new path to support clients as their needs evolve. Rather than moving larger clients to an ERP system, practices can continue to advise them on a familiar platform, helping retain higher-value relationships.

Xero Ultra is now available in Australia, priced at $500 (inc. GST) per month.