Sage 50cloud Accounting (formerly Sage 50 Accounting) is accounting software designed for small businesses. Sage 50cloud Accounting (formerly Sage 50, and formerly Peachtree) lets businesses invoice customers, pay bills, manage inventory, control costs, and pay employees. The solution includes high-level dashboards and in-depth reports.
$61.92
per month
Sage Accounting
Score 9.1 out of 10
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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.
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Pricing
Sage 50
Sage Accounting
Editions & Modules
Sage 50 Pro Accounting
$61.92
per month
Sage 50 Premium Accounting
$103.92
per month per user
Sage 50 Quantum Accounting 3 User
$177.17
per month per user
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Sage 50
Sage Accounting
Free Trial
Yes
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
No
Entry-level Setup Fee
No setup fee
No setup fee
Additional Details
Annual billing plans also available for all products.
Versions and pricing listed are for CA products. Versions available and pricing may vary by country.
* 2 months free to start, or free for 1 month to try, then $19/$43/$62 +tax/mo (tier depending). Offer valid for new customers only on monthly subscriptions of Sage Business Cloud Accounting. After the promotional period, the monthly subscription rate will renew at the then current rate. May not be combined with any other offers or discounts. To ensure continuous service the subscription plan is an automatically renewing plan. Subsequent months will automatically be billed to the same credit card each month on the anniversary date of purchase. Plans can be terminated at any time prior to the renewal data and not charged for renewal.
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Features
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Payroll Management
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Sage 50
8.9
Ratings
14% above category average
Sage Accounting
9.3
Ratings
18% above category average
Pay calculation
10.00 Ratings
10.00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration
8.60 Ratings
9.30 Ratings
Direct deposit files
8.00 Ratings
8.80 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management
8.90 Ratings
9.40 Ratings
Reimbursement management
8.90 Ratings
9.10 Ratings
Customization
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Sage 50
10.0
Ratings
27% above category average
Sage Accounting
8.6
Ratings
12% above category average
API for custom integration
10.00 Ratings
9.10 Ratings
Plug-ins
10.00 Ratings
8.00 Ratings
Security
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Sage 50
8.9
Ratings
7% above category average
Sage Accounting
9.7
Ratings
15% above category average
Single sign-on capability
9.00 Ratings
9.90 Ratings
Role-based user permissions
8.70 Ratings
9.50 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
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Sage 50
9.8
Ratings
22% above category average
Sage Accounting
9.3
Ratings
16% above category average
Dashboards
9.30 Ratings
8.30 Ratings
Standard reports
10.00 Ratings
9.80 Ratings
Custom reports
10.00 Ratings
9.70 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
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Sage 50
9.2
Ratings
17% above category average
Sage Accounting
9.1
Ratings
16% above category average
Accounts payable
10.00 Ratings
9.80 Ratings
Accounts receivable
10.00 Ratings
9.90 Ratings
Cash management
8.90 Ratings
9.80 Ratings
Bank reconciliation
10.00 Ratings
9.50 Ratings
Expense management
8.50 Ratings
9.90 Ratings
Time tracking
8.30 Ratings
6.60 Ratings
Fixed asset management
6.80 Ratings
8.40 Ratings
Multi-currency support
6.90 Ratings
10.00 Ratings
Multi-division support
9.00 Ratings
9.90 Ratings
Regulations compliance
9.00 Ratings
9.50 Ratings
Electronic tax filing
9.80 Ratings
9.70 Ratings
Self-service portal
9.00 Ratings
10.00 Ratings
Global Financial Support
9.00 Ratings
9.30 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers
10.00 Ratings
9.50 Ratings
Intercompany Accounting
8.60 Ratings
8.10 Ratings
Localizations
10.00 Ratings
8.40 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations
9.20 Ratings
9.00 Ratings
Enterprise Accounting
10.00 Ratings
6.90 Ratings
Configurable Accounting
9.90 Ratings
9.30 Ratings
Centralized Rules Framework
9.80 Ratings
8.90 Ratings
Standardized Processes
9.90 Ratings
9.50 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
Sage 50
9.4
Ratings
24% above category average
Sage Accounting
6.9
Ratings
6% below category average
Inventory tracking
10.00 Ratings
6.70 Ratings
Automatic reordering
8.90 Ratings
8.30 Ratings
Location management
10.00 Ratings
5.70 Ratings
Manufacturing module
8.90 Ratings
7.00 Ratings
Order Management
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Sage is great for portability and exchange with external accountants as it is widely used and people will be able to read your data in. It's a very good and complete solution for a little business where one person can handle all of the accounting. I doubt that it scales well to large companies with several in-house accountants working at the same time.
My experience comes from the integration and development level, and Sage Accounting has been overall great to work with. The tools provided and support offered have been extremely useful for our implementations, and they continue to update and improve at a quick pace. Any issues we've encountered with integrations have either been resolved by Sage Accounting through updates, or different methods brought to us from support to handle those issues from a different angle.
I like the automated guides to set up complex features of payroll formulas.
The business intelligence reporting seems very comprehensive, so that one could really "crunch the data" and analyze different aspects of their business.
Sage annually improves the performance and features of their program.
Bank integration - being able to extract banking transaction into Sage Accounting.
Allocation rules - transactions are auto-allocated once allocation rules have been set up. This is a great time-saver.
Flexibility - the ability to view transactions, click on them to the allocation point and rectifying if required saves having to create journals, and therefore time. General ledgers therefore stay cleaner and more user-friendly.
The out of the box reports are not appealing and take a bit to clean up during the end of the month. The set up of the reports can be quite tedious and not very intuitive. They need to do a better job of adding the drop and drag tool in a more visible way so that it is easy for the end user.
Sage needs to add the ability for the users (in a controlled environment) to manipulate the look and feel of the input screens. It gives you minimal options to add fields to certain areas.
The help feature does not have the "google" type of intelligence that allows you to search on phrases. If it is not exact, it does not do a very good job of filtering through items that you really don not need. I have used more of the internet searches to figure out my problem because it wasn't easy to pull up the help option in Sage.
I find it difficult to record journals in cloud accounting. Maybe I just don’t have the knowledge.
It’s important to export all unrecorded sync bank transactions to Excel to send to clients to explain the payment receipts before being posted. This function is not available on the cloud and makes life harder, having to call out the transactions to clients over the phone.
I use this rating simply because I have a thriving Sage 50 consulting practice and will continue to keep my expertise in the product. I have consulted on both Sage 50 and QuickBooks for over 25 years so I have to maintain expertise in the solution as well as accounting and verticals.
I could not live without Sage Accounting, it has become an integral part of my everyday. The more I have used Sage Accounting the more I have fallen in love with it. I am excited to be part of this ever-evolving accounting system that has grown from strength to strength, making life easier is something Sage does so well.
I think Sage 50 is a trusted product and is reliable from a product delivery and support perspective. They have deep domain expertise in the non-profit space and should be a consideration for new non-profit startups or existing non-profits looking to migrate from other platforms. Overall, I believe that Sage 50 does many things well with few limitations.
I was new to accounts and am constantly doing more through Sage than we have ever done in the company. Our accounts software has taken the stress out of many aspects of accounting. Highlights would be statement runs, purchase automation, and quick and professional remittance advice.
Sage has been always available when I want it. If there is any maintenance work to be done by the Sage team, you are told well in advance. Maintenance is generally carried out late at night or before the day begins for most of us. It continues to be the most reliable software I use.
Performance is top notch, if it is not, it is probably your wi-fi connection. It has happened that pages load slowly because of an error on Sage side but almost never. Overall reports load fine, the site is fast, navigation is fine. I have a client that has so many invoices, it is slow or gets stuck when you try to load a report for a whole year but it is just too many invoices, it makes sense. Just take 2 report for 6 months and combine them, its not an issue for me. I am happy with Sage Accounting's performance.
The support from Sage is quick, easy to understand and always relevant. They are very responsive to queries and this enables us to have very little down time if the product does fail for whatever reason. Having someone on the end of the phone who can solve your issues is invaluable.
Sage Accounting are easy to contact and have knowledgeable and helpful staff. Whenever I've encountered a problem I've always been able to get assistance and guidance and it feels like the person at the end of the phone/screen knows the product well.
Staff are always friendly, and patient, always work at a speed that suits you. You are never rushed, and In only a short time they seem to be able to help you make great strides. It has been a pleasure not a chore, learning how SAGE Accounting works and benefits me and the company.
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.
Sage 50 is a strong accounting software package. It will work efficiently if it is installed correctly. If one puts garbage in, one will get garbage out. Also it is important to train the staff to use Sage 50 properly. It is also important to set up security for each user.
The clients' business owner worked with Sage on implementation before I began working for them. After consultation with them it is clear the process was quickly performed and without complication. The key takeaway was that Sage is seen as a partner to the business. That said, it was always necessary to engage with an accountant such as myself to extract the best out of the software.
Sage Accounting is better suited for smaller organisations with fewer transactions. The invoicing system of this piece of software is a superior tool, however. Sage HR is more commonly used for employees to access payslips and record things such as annual leave or overtime. Sage Intacct is likely a more practical solution for a larger organisation with a higher volume of transactions.
We’ve also used and evaluated QuickBooks Online, Xero, and FreshBooks. Each has its strengths, QuickBooks is feature-rich for North American tax workflows, Xero has strong multi-currency and reporting options, and FreshBooks is very simple and user-friendly for invoicing, but we found Sage Accounting strikes the best balance between ease of use, cloud collaboration, and reporting for our client-focused workflows
I define scalable from two perspectives; 1) the scalability to handle more bookkeepers/accountants using the product, and 2) the scalability to handle increasing customer/vendor/employee and transactional data. Sage 50 does a good job on both fronts. From the single users operating a micro-business accounting for customer invoices and bill payments only, to the multi-staff, multi-location, multi-departmental complex transactional operation. Although Sage 50 is quite expensive for that smallest user, it is quite inexpensive for the larger business entity. So, for the new enterprise expecting rapid growth, Sage 50 is the application of choice.
You can use Sage in your company for various aspects/positions such as bookkeepers, invoicing clerks, accountant, purchasing etc. Everyone can have their own user login and permissions can be set that specific people can do specific jobs without being able to access other peoples progress or accounts of the company.
It has allowed for more emphasis on sales than data entry which has allowed the Wholesale division to grow
The "On Screen" credit status on the Sales Order feature has given the capability to free up inventory for paying Customers which increased Turnover, while keeping Past Due to a minimum
The Reporting has allowed for yearly, prior year and Budget Variance Reporting for the Sales Reps so they can stay or target
The Inventory Reporting and Receiving keeps a grasp on damaged based on Lots received which helps to notify the Parent company of production issues and monitor shrinkage
The Credit with Job and RGA capability give a clear view of which Customer are having warehouse issues or if we are having Freight Carrier issues
It accommodates enormous amounts of data, and it is compatible with almost any laptop or desktop machine.
It works for almost any accounting issue, from normal daily receipting to month-end reconciliations, balance sheets, and payroll to maintaining and keeping a safe soft record of transactions and audit checks.
