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The long standing desktop ledger, now with cloud connectivity and AI document capture

4.2Based on 201 reviews

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Ease of use4.1
Value4.0
Support4.1
Features4.0

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201 reviews matching your filters

Peter Bhatti

Head of finance · 1000+ employees · Accounting

United Kingdom

5.0

22 Apr 2025

Powerful but you pay for it

Stock control is the reason we stay, nothing cloud based matches it. Foreign currency handling is properly built in on Professional.

Pros

Stock control is the reason we stay, nothing cloud based matches it.

Cons

It is desktop software with cloud bolted on and remote working shows it.

Ease of use: 5.0
Value for money: 4.0
Customer service: 4.0
Functionality: 5.0

Used for Less than 6 months31 found this helpful

Michael Vaughan

Owner · 11-50 employees · Marketing and advertising

United Kingdom

4.0

18 Apr 2025

Does the job, feels its age

The fixed asset register saves the schedule we used to keep separately, and multi company reporting means I am not consolidating in a spreadsheet. The price is hard to justify unless you actually use the depth, but we live with it.

Pros

The fixed asset register saves the schedule we used to keep separately.

Cons

The price is hard to justify unless you actually use the depth.

Ease of use: 3.0
Value for money: 4.0
Customer service: 4.0
Functionality: 4.0

Used for 1-2 years18 found this helpful

Alan Rhodes

Bookkeeper · 1-10 employees · Food and beverage

LinkedIn verifiedUnited Kingdom

3.0

13 Apr 2025

Still the best for inventory

Multi company reporting means I am not consolidating in a spreadsheet. That said, it is desktop software with cloud bolted on and remote working shows it and the price is hard to justify unless you actually use the depth.

Pros

Multi company reporting means I am not consolidating in a spreadsheet.

Cons

It is desktop software with cloud bolted on and remote working shows it.

Ease of use: 4.0
Value for money: 2.0
Customer service: 3.0
Functionality: 3.0

Used for 6-12 months14 found this helpful

Mohammed Sinclair

Head of finance · 1000+ employees · Wholesale

United Kingdom

4.0

12 Apr 2025

Still the best for inventory

The document capture pre fills purchase invoices and saves hours a week. Only real gripe is that the interface is dated compared with anything browser based.

Pros

The document capture pre fills purchase invoices and saves hours a week.

Cons

The interface is dated compared with anything browser based.

Ease of use: 4.0
Value for money: 3.0
Customer service: 4.0
Functionality: 3.0

Used for Less than 6 months22 found this helpful

Neil Sinclair

Office manager · 1-10 employees · Fitness and leisure

LinkedIn verifiedUnited Kingdom

5.0

11 Apr 2025

Worth it for project costing

Project costing gives us real margin per job rather than a guess, and the fixed asset register saves the schedule we used to keep separately. No complaints so far.

Pros

Project costing gives us real margin per job rather than a guess.

Cons

Backups are your problem in a way they are not with cloud products.

Ease of use: 5.0
Value for money: 5.0
Customer service: 5.0
Functionality: 5.0

Used for 2+ years33 found this helpful

Fiona Holloway

Sole trader · 11-50 employees · Wholesale

LinkedIn verifiedUnited Kingdom

4.0

10 Apr 2025

Expensive, and we still renew

Multi company reporting means I am not consolidating in a spreadsheet, and our accountant has used it for twenty years so support is easy. The interface is dated compared with anything browser based, but we live with it.

Pros

Multi company reporting means I am not consolidating in a spreadsheet.

Cons

The interface is dated compared with anything browser based.

Ease of use: 4.0
Value for money: 4.0
Customer service: 5.0
Functionality: 4.0

Used for 1-2 years

Olivia Halliwell

Office manager · 11-50 employees · Engineering

United Kingdom

4.0

8 Apr 2025

Still the best for inventory

Stock control is the reason we stay, nothing cloud based matches it, and our accountant has used it for twenty years so support is easy. Upgrades occasionally break a custom report, but we live with it.

Pros

Stock control is the reason we stay, nothing cloud based matches it.

Cons

Upgrades occasionally break a custom report.

Ease of use: 5.0
Value for money: 3.0
Customer service: 3.0
Functionality: 4.0

Used for 1-2 years18 found this helpful

Laura Adeyemi

Company secretary · 201-500 employees · Legal services

United Kingdom

4.0

7 Apr 2025

Stock control keeps us here

The fixed asset register saves the schedule we used to keep separately, and project costing gives us real margin per job rather than a guess. CIS costs extra on top of an already high subscription, but we live with it.

Pros

The fixed asset register saves the schedule we used to keep separately.

Cons

CIS costs extra on top of an already high subscription.

Ease of use: 4.0
Value for money: 3.0
Customer service: 5.0
Functionality: 4.0

Used for 6-12 months8 found this helpful

Richard Bramley

Practice manager · 1-10 employees · Education

United Kingdom

4.0

6 Apr 2025

Stock control keeps us here

Project costing gives us real margin per job rather than a guess. Only real gripe is that upgrades occasionally break a custom report.

Pros

Project costing gives us real margin per job rather than a guess.

Cons

Upgrades occasionally break a custom report.

Ease of use: 4.0
Value for money: 4.0
Customer service: 4.0
Functionality: 5.0

Used for 6-12 months33 found this helpful

Ian Iqbal

Group financial controller · 1000+ employees · Recruitment

LinkedIn verifiedUnited Kingdom

4.0

28 Mar 2025

Overkill unless you need the modules

The fixed asset register saves the schedule we used to keep separately. Only real gripe is that the interface is dated compared with anything browser based.

Pros

The fixed asset register saves the schedule we used to keep separately.

Cons

The interface is dated compared with anything browser based.

Ease of use: 5.0
Value for money: 4.0
Customer service: 3.0
Functionality: 4.0

Used for 6-12 months8 found this helpful