Sage Business Cloud Accounting: A must have for South African small business
Updated May 06, 2020

Sage Business Cloud Accounting: A must have for South African small business

Magdalene van der Walt | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
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Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Sage Business Cloud Accounting (formerly Sage One Accounting)

As a virtual accounting firm, we use this program as our preferred accounting system. We further recommend this system to our clients, as it is easy to use and they enjoy retention of their accounting records which is something we promote. We find that Cloudmobi integration and payroll integration is extremely useful for our clients, and our accounting professionals.
  • Reporting
  • Vat calculations
  • Payroll intergration
  • It has been having system issues, but this is just a recent point.
  • More integrations with other payroll systems would be preferential.
  • It has had neither positive nor negative impacts on ROI.
I find that Wave can be slow and frustrating. It is also very limited and more geared for American and Canadian users. Regarding QuickBooks Online, I attempted the demo when shopping for a system. Sage Business Cloud is more widely used in South Africa so using QuickBooks Online and finding clients that use the same system, is far and few between. Sage Business Cloud Accounting has everything that my clients need, is easy to use, and has great customer support.
We appreciate the cloud system, as it is not a bulky desktop application. We appreciate that it gives us a better reach for client work, as we can work remotely from our offices, sharing a system with our clients, without having to conduct site visits. We find that many of our clients prefer this as they retain rights to their financial records and can use the system for invoicing etc, saving them on costs. Another point is that it is cost effective, without skimping on important features. They find this very beneficial as small businesses who rely heavily on lowering spend for cash flow purposes.

Sage Accounting Feature Ratings

Accounts payable
9
Accounts receivable
9
Cash management
5
Bank reconciliation
9
Expense management
7
Time tracking
7
Fixed asset management
8
Multi-currency support
10
Multi-division support
8
Regulations compliance
10
Electronic tax filing
5
Self-service portal
7
Global Financial Support
7
Primary and Secondary Ledgers
7
Intercompany Accounting
7
Localizations
5
Journals and Reconciliations
9
Enterprise Accounting
8
Configurable Accounting
8
Centralized Rules Framework
8
Standardized Processes
8
Inventory tracking
6
Automatic reordering
2
Location management
2
Manufacturing module
5
Pricing
5
Order entry
5
Credit card processing
5
Cost of goods sold
5
Order Orchestration
6
End-to-end order visibility
6
Order exception Resolution
6
Dashboards
9
Standard reports
10
Custom reports
10
API for custom integration
5
Plug-ins
Not Rated
Role-based user permissions
10
Single sign-on capability
10

Evaluating Sage Business Cloud Accounting and Competitors

Yes - We replaced Sage Xpress with Sage Business Cloud Accounting. We did this as we find that it better served our needs as a virtual accounting firm, and our clients prefer using the system for invoicing, thus saving them costs.
  • Price
  • Product Features
  • Product Usability
  • Product Reputation
  • Vendor Reputation
  • Analyst Reports
  • Third-party Reviews
Our needs as a virtual accounting firm was the deciding factor.