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Sage Accounting

Sage Accounting
Formerly Sage Business Cloud Accounting

Overview

What is Sage Accounting?

Sage 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…

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Pricing

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Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://www.sage.com/en-us/sage…

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $19 per month
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Features

Payroll Management

Provides for pay calculation and benefit plan administration, in addition to managing direct deposit, salary revisions and payroll tracking.

9.3
Avg 7.5

Customization

This addresses a company’s ability to configure the software to fit its specific use case and workflow.

8.4
Avg 7.7

Security

This component helps a company minimize the security risks by controlling access to the software and its data, and encouraging best practices among users.

9.7
Avg 8.2

Reporting & Analytics

Users can report on and analyze usage, performance, ROI, and/or other metrics of success.

8.8
Avg 7.8

General Ledger and Configurable Accounting

Financial management solution, including capabilities for general ledger and configurable accounting

8.7
Avg 7.6

Inventory Management

The ability to track and manage the flow of goods or materials into and out of an inventory.

7.1
Avg 7.5

Order Management

The ability to process orders, and track them from quote to cash.

7.9
Avg 7.6
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Product Details

What is Sage Accounting?

Accounting software for small businesses used to create and send quotes and turn them into invoices, track income and expenses. For those that need Payroll, HR and Accounting in one solution, Sage for Small Business brings them together in one integrated solution.


Sage Accounting Features

General Ledger and Configurable Accounting Features

  • Supported: Accounts payable
  • Supported: Cash management
  • Supported: Bank reconciliation
  • Supported: Electronic tax filing

Sage Accounting Screenshots

Screenshot of the All-in-One DashboardScreenshot of the Accounting DashboardScreenshot of an Invoicing Quote EstimateScreenshot of the Purchases TrackerScreenshot of Stock InventoryScreenshot of a VAT Returns List

Sage Accounting Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android
Supported CountriesUS, Canada, UK, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Africa, South Africa, Ireland, France, Switzerland, Malaysia, Australia
Supported LanguagesEnglish, French, German, Spanish and more

Frequently Asked Questions

Sage 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 product updates.

Sage Accounting starts at $19.

QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise, Xero, and FreshBooks are common alternatives for Sage Accounting.

Reviewers rate Pay calculation highest, with a score of 10.

The most common users of Sage Accounting are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Comparisons

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Reviews From Top Reviewers

(1-5 of 74)

Good accounting software for SMEs

Rating: 9 out of 10
April 17, 2025
AG
Vetted Review
Verified User
Sage Accounting
2 years of experience
  • HMRC Making Tax Digital direct calculation and submission
  • Super easy to set up new customers and new suppliers
  • Bank feed tool to reconcile transactions
Cons
  • Creating payment files to submit to the bank
  • Correcting transactions can be a bit clunky and hard to pin down
  • No full year end rollover process, have to do it manually

Sage Accounting

Rating: 10 out of 10
April 17, 2025
  • Retaining purchase and expense invoices
  • Reconciling all bank accounts
  • Linking with Sage payroll software
  • Linking with the Final Accounts and CT600 tax return templates
  • Sending out customer statements
  • It makes it very easy to complete and submit VAT returns
  • As it is cloud based I can use Sage Accounting anywhere
Cons
  • Reconciling VAT
  • Eliminating an inherent lag
  • When producing a report for a current period, to retain the same period end date rather than reverting to a custom date

SAGE great help !

Rating: 10 out of 10
April 14, 2025
  • bank connection
  • auto reconciliations
  • helps keep an eye on the financial ball
  • sorts the vat
  • available on different platforms
  • can scan receipts for money out while travelling
Cons
  • Summary View would like to show the current financial year
  • Product access could be more for Smaller users..levels could be set, so to a limit of 250 records, I would like a different product but can not justify it ...

Sage 50 Payroll

Rating: 10 out of 10
January 09, 2025
NR
Vetted Review
Verified User
Sage Accounting
8 years of experience
  • Online Payslips
  • Easy to adjust
  • Handle large numbers
Cons
  • P45's online having a publish date
  • not logging in to online stuff all the time
  • improved recipe functionality

If you like Sage Desktop you will love Sage Accounting

Rating: 10 out of 10
January 20, 2025
Vetted Review
Sage Accounting
33 years of experience
  • Bank Feed
  • Supporting its customers - they have a support desk run by humans
  • Clear language and ease of connections to Apps
Cons
  • I personally do not have any examples of areas where Sage Accounting has room for improvement
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