GoDaddy Bookkeeping vs. Sage Business Cloud Accounting

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
GoDaddy Bookkeeping
Score 7.8 out of 10
N/A
GoDaddy Bookkeeping (formerly Outright) is a cloud-based bookkeeping and accounting automation platform targeted at small businesses. It contains basic bookkeeping and reporting features meant to simplify the process of accounting for small businesses and their accountants, ensuring taxes are filed easily. It also automates invoicing and manages receipt of payments. Its automated reporting features are meant to be simple, accessible, and update in real-time. It automatically uploads data from…
$4.99
per month
Sage Business Cloud Accounting
Score 4.1 out of 10
N/A
Sage Business Cloud Accounting (formerly Sage One Accounting) is online accounting software made to simplify life for small business owners, entrepreneurs, and freelancers by providing the functions needed to take care of daily business to-dos. Users can create and send professional quotes and invoices, track income and expenses and know where the business' financials stand. Every Sage Business Cloud Accounting subscription includes unlimited access to support as well as automatic backups and…
$29
per month
Pricing
GoDaddy BookkeepingSage Business Cloud Accounting
Editions & Modules
Get Paid
$4.99
per month
Essentials
$9.99
per month
Premium
$14.99
per month
Sage One Accounting Free
$0
Per User per Month
Sage One Accounting Premium
$5
Per Month [Unlimited Users]
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
GoDaddy BookkeepingSage Business Cloud Accounting
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsVersions and pricing listed are for US products. Versions available and pricing may vary by country.
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Community Pulse
GoDaddy BookkeepingSage Business Cloud Accounting
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
GoDaddy BookkeepingSage Business Cloud Accounting
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
GoDaddy Bookkeeping
3.0
1 Ratings
86% below category average
Sage Business Cloud Accounting
8.0
6 Ratings
6% above category average
Pay calculation3.01 Ratings4.24 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
GoDaddy Bookkeeping
5.5
1 Ratings
38% below category average
Sage Business Cloud Accounting
6.1
17 Ratings
28% below category average
Single sign-on capability6.01 Ratings9.011 Ratings
Role-based user permissions5.01 Ratings3.315 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
GoDaddy Bookkeeping
6.3
3 Ratings
17% below category average
Sage Business Cloud Accounting
4.5
18 Ratings
49% below category average
Dashboards6.03 Ratings6.416 Ratings
Standard reports7.03 Ratings3.518 Ratings
Custom reports6.03 Ratings3.614 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
GoDaddy Bookkeeping
5.7
2 Ratings
26% below category average
Sage Business Cloud Accounting
6.1
20 Ratings
19% below category average
Accounts payable6.02 Ratings4.817 Ratings
Accounts receivable6.02 Ratings3.819 Ratings
Cash management7.02 Ratings2.816 Ratings
Bank reconciliation3.02 Ratings3.217 Ratings
Expense management8.02 Ratings7.515 Ratings
Time tracking5.02 Ratings3.45 Ratings
Fixed asset management5.02 Ratings3.112 Ratings
Regulations compliance5.01 Ratings8.99 Ratings
Electronic tax filing8.01 Ratings2.24 Ratings
Self-service portal5.02 Ratings7.09 Ratings
Global Financial Support5.01 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Multi-currency support00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Multi-division support00 Ratings2.97 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
Intercompany Accounting00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Localizations00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations00 Ratings2.87 Ratings
Enterprise Accounting00 Ratings8.53 Ratings
Configurable Accounting00 Ratings8.35 Ratings
Centralized Rules Framework00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Standardized Processes00 Ratings7.54 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
GoDaddy Bookkeeping
5.0
1 Ratings
35% below category average
Sage Business Cloud Accounting
8.9
8 Ratings
23% above category average
Automatic reordering5.01 Ratings8.94 Ratings
Inventory tracking00 Ratings9.08 Ratings
Location management00 Ratings8.95 Ratings
Manufacturing module00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
GoDaddy Bookkeeping
5.0
2 Ratings
40% below category average
Sage Business Cloud Accounting
8.9
13 Ratings
17% above category average
Order entry3.01 Ratings9.08 Ratings
Credit card processing7.01 Ratings9.09 Ratings
Cost of goods sold5.02 Ratings9.010 Ratings
Pricing00 Ratings8.79 Ratings
Order Orchestration00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
End-to-end order visibility00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Order exception Resolution00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
GoDaddy Bookkeeping
-
Ratings
Sage Business Cloud Accounting
4.5
7 Ratings
46% below category average
API for custom integration00 Ratings5.07 Ratings
Plug-ins00 Ratings4.04 Ratings
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User Ratings
GoDaddy BookkeepingSage Business Cloud Accounting
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(3 ratings)
2.6
(20 ratings)
Usability
7.0
(1 ratings)
3.3
(5 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
3.1
(6 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
GoDaddy BookkeepingSage Business Cloud Accounting
Likelihood to Recommend
GoDaddy
Perfect for US market but not transferable to UK market, needs some upgrades for this. Even when set up with a UK address it won't allow changes in tax year end, presuming that tax year starts Jan - Dec. Also shows dollars instead of pounds even though figures were correct with solution.
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Sage
The program is appropriate for use in all business types - especially if the business has many different branches located in different parts of the country/world. The fact that invoicing can be done from a mobile device by use of the friendly Sage One app also makes it easy to quickly conclude a sales transaction by issuing an invoice at the client office - shortens time, leaving more time for business.
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Pros
GoDaddy
  • Invoicing and linking payments to them.
  • Creating estimates for my clients.
  • Making tax time easier with easy P and L statements and categorization of expenses.
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Sage
  • The ability to log in to your accounting data anywhere you have internet. No sending backups to your accountant, no more trying to recover lost data, or having to log in to a server. This cloud hosted solution gives you a lot more freedom and flexibility as I can log in to it from any computer, or mobile device.
  • The ability to send professional invoices or quotes to my customers while still at their location. Also the ability to easily track my receivables and stay on top of them as they are always right at my fingertips.
  • Project tracking is a great feature. With this module you can send tasks associated with a project to your team without giving them access to your financial information. They can report to you where they are at on the project to help you stay on track. You can track the revenue and expenses associated with this project to make sure you are making a profit.
  • Bank integration brings in all the transactions and easily lets you allocate to the appropriate revenue and expense account or match to sales invoices or purchase invoices saving you time in data entry.
  • Sage One integrates with Sage Payment solutions or Paypal. By giving your customers more options to pay helping you stay on top of your receivables.
  • I love how it imports into the Sage 50 Accounting software for those customers who still need the features and functionality of the desktop software.
  • Just released the integration between Sage 50 and Sage One just got easier. The previous versions of Sage One and Sage 50 had the ability to download customer transactions from Sage One including invoicing, other income, bills, expenses, bank transfers and general journal entries to your Sage 50 accounting software.
  • With the latest update for Sage 50 you can now automatically upload and map your Sage 50 customer records, vendors, accounts, inventory items, and tax codes to Sage One for a quick, easy setup and perfect record match every time. This makes things so much easier when setting up new customers in Sage One
  • Now that important client information flows both ways, you can set up a new client in Sage One in minutes by accessing your Sage One connection wizard (under “file tab” in Sage 50 Accountants Edition) For the customers, vendors and accounts and products and services.
  • The other information such as Sales invoices and other income, Bills and other expenses, Bank Transfers, general journal entries flow from Sage One to Sage 50.
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Cons
GoDaddy
  • More complex tax prep features
  • Better filters for tax purposes
  • More tools for tax returns
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Sage
  • The bank transaction reconciliations are terrible if you have to split payments to multiple clients. Often times work will just disappear halfway through the split
  • Telephonic user assistance. I have received conflicting info from service reps.
  • I prefer the way Quickbooks platform is set up
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Usability
GoDaddy
Loses marks on the tax year only being Jan - Dec and inability to change that to a UK format and choose your year end date.
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Sage
There's nothing mechanically wrong with Sage, and it serves our intended purpose. Again, we don't really use Sage to its fullest potential, but for what it does for us, there are few complaints other than the darn fixed assets module
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Performance
GoDaddy
No answers on this topic
Sage
The product continues to improve and very excited about the new release coming soon.
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Support Rating
GoDaddy
No answers on this topic
Sage
My Experience with sage business cloud Accounting is great. You won't disappoint with this software. Your accounting-related problem will be solved. Very easy to use all the features. I would highly recommend this software to all the company who is struggling for managing accounting data. Very user-friendly and easy to manage all the accounting problems.
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Online Training
GoDaddy
No answers on this topic
Sage
I find the online training was very informative and they answered all my questions. I am also certified in Sage One and provided online training in the program which I have set up several people on and they love how it keeps them organized.
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Alternatives Considered
GoDaddy
I already use GoDaddy for a lot of my website clients so tried the bookkeeping out and really liked it! I tried a few others but nothing worth the price difference. I have tried a few other time trackers as I wish I could live track my time vs entering a little a time.
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Sage
I have used Wave Accounting, and while it is an excellent cloud accounting software, it doesn't allow us to work collaboratively with our customers. They both allow me to sign in and work with our clients books within the program, but Wave doesn't integrate into Sage 50 which is a must for clients that I know want to continue to grow.
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Return on Investment
GoDaddy
  • Low monthly cost compared to other accounting software
  • Easy to use and learn with
  • Gives me the basic numbers I need for book keeping and taxes for a small business
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Sage
  • Ability to add-on: Positive ROI can be achieved by building you own customized solution by adding on partner apps. Such apps extend the functionality of the product to accommodate certain business requirements.
  • Product is slower than competitors: Negative ROI as product seems to be comparatively slower than competitors when holding other variables constant (ie. browser version, Internet connection speed, etc.) In a busy accounting cycle, this can have a substantial impact. Also, back buttons don't allow for retaining same screen input data.
  • Reports functionality strong: Positive ROI due to ability to view data in many dimensions/formats.
  • Ability to connect financial accounts: Positive ROI as data from financial accounts automatically brought into the accounts where it can approved for posting, thus eliminating manual entry.
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ScreenShots

Sage Business Cloud Accounting Screenshots

Screenshot of Gain valuable business insights with the financial dashboardScreenshot of Quickly view paid and unpaid invoicesScreenshot of Create professional looking invoices by adding your logo, company info, and terms