Welcome to Vendly
What Vendly is, what it replaces, and the one module you should set up first.
Vendly is an all-in-one operations platform for Kenyan SMEs. Sales, invoicing, inventory, accounting, banking, payroll, CRM and reports — all in one place, all wired to the same Kenya statutory and tax rules.
What you replace by adopting Vendly
| Today (typical) | With Vendly |
|---|---|
| Excel spreadsheet for the customer list | CRM with pipelines + lead-capture forms |
| Manual invoice in Word, printed at the shop | eTIMS-compliant tax invoices, auto-numbered, public share link |
| M-Pesa Paybill SMS notifications, no reconciliation | Auto-matched to invoices, monthly reconciliation in one screen |
| Bank statement printed, manually matched at month-end | CSV upload + auto-match for 70-90% of lines |
| Payroll Excel sheet with NSSF / SHIF / PAYE formulas | Statutory math built-in, auto-cap'd, P10/SHA/NSSF/AHL CSVs ready to upload |
| Quarterly visit to the accountant with a shoebox | Trial balance, P&L, Balance Sheet always-on |
The single decision to make first
Pick ONE module to put live first — don't try to launch all at once. Walk that single workflow end-to-end (set up, daily use for a week, month-end reconciliation), then add the next module. This is the path that survives. Trying to launch eight modules simultaneously is the path that fails.
Which module first?
| If you mostly… | Start with |
|---|---|
| Issue invoices and chase payments | Invoicing |
| Pay 5+ employees | Payroll |
| Sell physical products from a shop | Inventory + Invoicing |
| Run consulting / professional services | Invoicing + CRM |
| Already do double-entry bookkeeping in QuickBooks | Accounting first (chart of accounts + opening balances), then layer in everything else |
Next steps
Set up your organization profile
Organization SettingsRead the getting-started article for the module you picked
Each module has its own first-run article — Payroll, Invoicing, Inventory, Accounting, Banking, CRM. Use the Help Center search to find the right one for you.
Browse Help CenterIf you get stuck on any specific page, click the Help button in the page's header. It opens the matching article directly without navigating away.