Sage Accounting

Accounting For The Small Business

Pros:

Easy to use, intuitive and with great reporting tools that allow me to keep on top of my business performance. Invoicing to clients, profit and loss reports, VAT returns, keep up to date on cash flow and knowing how my business is performing every day

Cons:

I want to be able to compare this YTD performance with LYTD performance and that isn't possible to do

Sage for Small Companies

Comments: Big thumbs up in all. I love using your product in the main.

Pros:

Ease of use. Speeds up reporting. I have worked in a large organisations previously and this software generates the reports I was used to seeing as standard. They are standard in my chosen package. You can call up latest bank detail automatically from your bank. Monthly payment option to use the software. Instant access even when you are out of the office, via the app, for viewing status of invoices.

Cons:

Cost increase every year without option to debate it. I do not need anything more than I have been using in the original package. I only use this software for convenience and could do all the work manually. The bank feed has failed a few times. Support has always sorted for me but it is always inconvenient to have to trouble shoot and takes time to sort.

Sage Opinion

Comments: Not overly impressed

Pros:

Standard procedures necessary for a small business.

Cons:

See comments above. It is impossible to communicate by e-mail. Have wanted to send details of Sage invoice payments to Credit and Collection Department but without success. They have threatened cancellation because of perceived non payment of a couple of pounds.

Good online solution especially for Sage desktop software users.

Comments: The overall experience with Sage Accounting has been good, ability to work on the data by a number of people at the same time and the increased security of data has been a great improvement over a desktop software

Pros:

I like that this software is an online solution.

Cons:

It is quite complicated to use, not as straightforward as their competition.

Fabulous and efficient.

Comments: I have used Sage for three companies previously and chose tonuse it for my own company.

Pros:

Its very to use and very thorough, it also has helpful cues if you get stuck.

Cons:

Not everything makesnit through to the bank reconciliation page.

Sage Accounting

Pros:

Works well being an online, cloud based product - like being able to have multiple users (all of the directors) access accounts reports and information from wherever they logon as opposed to having to pay for multiple user accounts or all use a single machine in the office.

Cons:

Lack of budget reporting is frustrating as is not being able to fully interrogate double entry journal records.

Great Accounts package for every business

Comments: Having used several different accounts packages my experience with Sage has gone very well, the initial transition was a little tricky as with any package when switching across but once set up soon got to know way round the package, able to set up ledger names that we wished to use. Excellent customer support with very experienced advisors who offer second to none service when assisting with issues. I am happy with our Sage package and will continue to use most definitely.

Pros:

Sage is very user friendly, great customer support always on hand to assist with any issues. Clear and concise ledgers and reports, can set up pretty much how the company wants opting for specific names ledgers. Saves time as Accountants can access the accounts to prepare end of year saving time. Good all round package especially for the smaller business.

Cons:

To be honest there is not much not to like about Sage, some of the invoicing elements bit clunky for example if you need to change Clients name on a specific invoice no facility to do this at source rather than go back into Customer record, lot of columns look messy if a balance if not being out on each line. Would also be advantageous to prepare delivery notes prior to invoicing as in our business goods are often sent before invoicing especially for Clients on account. Found the Stripe a little complicated having to download CSV from Bank Account, however currently do not use this facility.

Accounting in small Charity

Comments: Very good but as described above there is always room for improvement

Pros:

It’s simple and efficient to use. It was also easy to implement and transfer data

Cons:

There are some features which could be improved eg when email invoice out customer the invoice shows as being attached but you have to open the email to find any supporting documentation caused much confusion with customers Another example it would be helpful if documents ie contracts could be attached to customers and suppliers

Sage Accounting Review

Pros:

Very easy to use. Intuitive. On the rare occasions I have needed to contact customer services they have been very helpful and always sort my query.

Cons:

When integrating from sage 50 accounts product quantities did nit integrate.

Good for payroll and HR, not for product manufacturing

Comments: For our purposes, it was a one-trick pony, used for payroll only. It was not flexible enough for us to use it for ordering raw materials, manufacturing, and inventory control.

Pros:

It was good for payroll processing and employee management.

Cons:

It did not work well for tracking inventory.

Sage Online Accounting

Comments: The software is good and reliable. Very few errors have happened to the software, since we have moved to the cloud. So Good.

Pros:

You can log in from anywhere. Take on is easy. Invoicing is simple to use. Allocating receipts and payments straight from the important bank statements makes processing easy

Cons:

The stock system does not intergrate well between the stock holdings and values and the balance sheet. Extra modules are required for this basic function and this does not always solve the problem. This results in clients needing to continuously reconcile stock to balance the Inventory Valuation to the Inventory Ledger.The project management systems need to be improved so individual and multiple projects can be quickly monitored in an income statement.

Technical but Practical

Comments: I use it everyday, and as my experience increases I am learning about more of what we can do in it.

Pros:

Fairly Easy to use. The Software obviously has a lot of capability.

Cons:

Multiple invoice payment...not sure if it can grab a selected range to pay instead of typing them in one by one.

Sage Accounting for every day

Comments: I use sage for my own practice, for my husband's business and I have 34 clients where I am the invited Accountant. This system is well designed to make accounting easier.

Pros:

It is easy to set up and use. Because it is an online system it can be accessed anywhere anytime.

Cons:

They do have some issues with slow or degradation but have been working on this. Also billing department is not easy to contact so have had issues there

Sage Accounting - User friendly accounting software

Comments: I would recommend Sage to other businesses, ... it's an all in one accounting software. You can even integrate other softwares to enhance some of it's features like AI AP automation. :)

Pros:

Sage is a great accounting software for a company's accounting needs. It covers every aspect of ones business, from invoicing, to AP, to AR, inventory, and the end result of a businesses operations - the financial report.

Cons:

So far I like Sage and what it has to offer! No complaints as of yet. It works for us and our needs.

Sage Accounting

Comments: Overall experience of Sage Accounting is positive. It is a reliable and comprehensive tool for different business scale.

Pros:

The interface is very user friendly and straightforward. New user is easy to pick up the use of software. It also provide comprehensive features like invoicing, payroll and inventory management.

Cons:

Even the tool is user friendly, some features could be complex for users without accounting backgrounds.

Bad Customer Service

Pros:

It has many features. There is quite a bit of set up.

Cons:

Large upfront cost to set up. Some functions are hard to use. It is expensive and account manager does not help. We are being charged for a function we do not use but signed up for by mistake. Too bad..you still are required to pay the annual fee.

Easy accounting

Pros:

From my point of view, Sage Accounting worth every penny. It was easy to deploy and use even with a little help from the support team, which by the way does a great job. Getting the weekly/monthly reports is easy.

Cons:

Is not perfect, there were a few flaws but were resolved.

Ideal for larger business who need unlimited seats

Comments: Sage Accounting is much more aimed at large business with handy features such as automation and unlimited users. For a small business like us, it worked out vastly more expensive than other options targeted more for small businesses

Pros:

Good amount of features and a well know and trusted "household" name in accounting software

Cons:

Expensive and not necessarily the most user friendly

Good experience

Comments: Good experience and easy to use once set up correctly

Pros:

Easy to use and good guides for beginners online

Cons:

Set up needs to be explained in more detail

A wise decision for my business

Pros:

The website is user friendly. One of its best features is its integration systems. I can easily connect Sage Accounting with other software such as Quickbooks. It also connects with Stripe. This feature allowed my business to qualify for funding because it showed an overall history of my payouts and business stability.

Cons:

Some of the more advanced features are included only in the more expensive plan which might not be affordable for every small business.

Would not recommend

Comments: I used this software for several years until I had to hire someone to help keep books.

Pros:

This software is designed for anyone that is in the accounting industry.

Cons:

The user interface was difficult for users that had no accounting training.

Moved to Xero

Comments: Poor, we moved away from it to Xero due to the issues listed in the Cons above

Pros:

It used to be a very good product but has lost it's way against Xero and Quikbooks

Cons:

Very legacy product now. The cloud version is not true cloud and has limitations. Difficult to manage product versions

The most detailed accounting software

Comments: It does a fantastic jobs when generating reports. Reports generated are too detailed and loved by the accountants. However, when it comes to user friendliness experience, there is a bit of struggle to understand how it works.

Pros:

The quality and variety of reports generated which is useful for audit purposes

Cons:

If you don't know how to use chart of accounts, you may end up creating a mess to the extent that your Trial Balance does not tally!

Sage powerful tool

Pros:

Powerful tool that simplifies the accounting job of a company and allow quick insights to visualize

Cons:

Sometimes limited in possibilities and a bit expensive

I really like Sage Accounting

Comments: I find it easy to use, and it helps me to keep an eye on the finances and in turn help to make decisions to intern grow the business

Pros:

I find it simple to navigate and its intuitive

Cons:

I wish it had on the summary screen "this financial year" option