Sage 50 Accounts

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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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3 stars
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201 reviews matching your filters

Neil Holloway

Owner · 11-50 employees · Property and lettings

United Kingdom

4.0

12 Feb 2026

Powerful but you pay for it

Foreign currency handling is properly built in on Professional. Only real gripe is that it is desktop software with cloud bolted on and remote working shows it.

Pros

Foreign currency handling is properly built in on Professional.

Cons

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

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

Used for 6-12 months36 found this helpful

Louise Sandhu

Director · 11-50 employees · Marketing and advertising

LinkedIn verifiedUnited Kingdom

4.0

10 Feb 2026

Overkill unless you need the modules

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: 4.0

Used for 2+ years25 found this helpful

Ruth Sandhu

HR manager · 201-500 employees · Logistics and transport

United Kingdom

5.0

4 Feb 2026

Does the job, feels its age

The document capture pre fills purchase invoices and saves hours a week, and our accountant has used it for twenty years so support is easy. No complaints so far.

Pros

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

Cons

CIS costs extra on top of an already high subscription.

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

Used for 2+ years39 found this helpful

Paul Halliwell

Owner · 1-10 employees · Accounting

United Kingdom

4.0

4 Feb 2026

Powerful but you pay for it

Stock control is the reason we stay, nothing cloud based matches it, and the fixed asset register saves the schedule we used to keep separately. CIS costs extra on top of an already high subscription, but we live with it.

Pros

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

Cons

CIS costs extra on top of an already high subscription.

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

Used for 6-12 months16 found this helpful

Adam Adeyemi

Operations manager · 201-500 employees · Professional services

LinkedIn verifiedUnited Kingdom

4.0

27 Jan 2026

Still the best for inventory

Project costing gives us real margin per job rather than a guess. Only real gripe is that backups are your problem in a way they are not with cloud products.

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: 4.0
Functionality: 5.0

Used for 1-2 years27 found this helpful

Robert Stroud

Owner · 11-50 employees · IT services

United Kingdom

4.0

24 Jan 2026

Still the best for inventory

Multi company reporting means I am not consolidating in a spreadsheet. Only real gripe is that extra users cost more and it adds up fast.

Pros

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

Cons

Extra users cost more and it adds up fast.

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

Used for Less than 6 months17 found this helpful

Helen Sandhu

Management accountant · 51-200 employees · Logistics and transport

LinkedIn verifiedUnited Kingdom

5.0

7 Jan 2026

Expensive, and we still renew

Multi company reporting means I am not consolidating in a spreadsheet, and the fixed asset register saves the schedule we used to keep separately. No complaints so far.

Pros

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

Cons

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

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

Used for 6-12 months2 found this helpful

Bethany Ainsley

Company secretary · 201-500 employees · Accounting

United Kingdom

5.0

4 Jan 2026

Stock control keeps us here

Foreign currency handling is properly built in on Professional, and project costing gives us real margin per job rather than a guess. No complaints so far.

Pros

Foreign currency handling is properly built in on Professional.

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+ years37 found this helpful

Peter Colquhoun

Sole trader · 1-10 employees · Engineering

LinkedIn verifiedUnited Kingdom

4.0

1 Jan 2026

Worth it for project costing

Project costing gives us real margin per job rather than a guess, and foreign currency handling is properly built in on Professional. Extra users cost more and it adds up fast, but we live with it.

Pros

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

Cons

Extra users cost more and it adds up fast.

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

Used for 6-12 months8 found this helpful

Sophie Mackenzie

Finance director · 501-1000 employees · Construction

LinkedIn verifiedUnited Kingdom

4.0

29 Dec 2025

Worth it for project costing

Multi company reporting means I am not consolidating in a spreadsheet, and the fixed asset register saves the schedule we used to keep separately. 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: 3.0
Customer service: 3.0
Functionality: 4.0

Used for Less than 6 months25 found this helpful