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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201 reviews matching your filters

Thomas Kowalski

Financial controller · 51-200 employees · Food and beverage

United Kingdom

4.0

20 Dec 2025

Expensive, and we still renew

Foreign currency handling is properly built in on Professional. Only real gripe is that the price is hard to justify unless you actually use the depth.

Pros

Foreign currency handling is properly built in on Professional.

Cons

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

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

Used for Less than 6 months24 found this helpful

Claire Pemberton

Practice manager · 11-50 employees · Construction

United Kingdom

4.0

20 Dec 2025

Powerful but you pay for it

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. Upgrades occasionally break a custom report, but we live with it.

Pros

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

Cons

Upgrades occasionally break a custom report.

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

Used for 1-2 years39 found this helpful

Emma Hargreaves

Practice manager · 1-10 employees · Recruitment

United Kingdom

5.0

8 Dec 2025

Stock control keeps us here

Project costing gives us real margin per job rather than a guess. Our accountant has used it for twenty years so support is easy.

Pros

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

Cons

The interface is dated compared with anything browser based.

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

Used for 1-2 years29 found this helpful

Louise Dunmore

Owner · 1-10 employees · Food and beverage

LinkedIn verifiedUnited Kingdom

5.0

7 Dec 2025

Does the job, feels its age

The fixed asset register saves the schedule we used to keep separately. The document capture pre fills purchase invoices and saves hours a week.

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: 5.0
Customer service: 5.0
Functionality: 5.0

Used for 2+ years18 found this helpful

Nicola Ferreira

Finance manager · 201-500 employees · Healthcare

United Kingdom

5.0

3 Dec 2025

Worth it for project costing

Multi company reporting means I am not consolidating in a spreadsheet. Foreign currency handling is properly built in on Professional.

Pros

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

Cons

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

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

Used for 2+ years19 found this helpful

Thomas Okonkwo

Bookkeeper · 11-50 employees · Education

United Kingdom

5.0

30 Nov 2025

Expensive, and we still renew

Multi company reporting means I am not consolidating in a spreadsheet, and foreign currency handling is properly built in on Professional. No complaints so far.

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: 5.0
Customer service: 5.0
Functionality: 5.0

Used for 6-12 months17 found this helpful

Mark Trelawny

Payroll manager · 51-200 employees · IT services

LinkedIn verifiedUnited Kingdom

3.0

7 Nov 2025

Worth it for project costing

Mixed. Project costing gives us real margin per job rather than a guess, but CIS costs extra on top of an already high subscription.

Pros

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

Cons

CIS costs extra on top of an already high subscription.

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

Used for Less than 6 months39 found this helpful

Emma Lockhart

Sole trader · 1-10 employees · Engineering

United Kingdom

4.0

7 Nov 2025

Expensive, and we still renew

Our accountant has used it for twenty years so support is easy. Only real gripe is that CIS costs extra on top of an already high subscription.

Pros

Our accountant has used it for twenty years so support is easy.

Cons

CIS costs extra on top of an already high subscription.

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

Used for 6-12 months34 found this helpful

Emma Nowak

Sole trader · 1-10 employees · Charity and non-profit

LinkedIn verifiedUnited Kingdom

3.0

2 Nov 2025

Does the job, feels its age

Mixed. Project costing gives us real margin per job rather than a guess, but extra users cost more and it adds up fast.

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: 3.0
Value for money: 4.0
Customer service: 3.0
Functionality: 3.0

Used for 6-12 months13 found this helpful

Nicola Lockhart

Sole trader · 1-10 employees · Healthcare

LinkedIn verifiedUnited Kingdom

3.0

2 Nov 2025

Still the best for inventory

Mixed. The fixed asset register saves the schedule we used to keep separately, but backups are your problem in a way they are not with cloud products.

Pros

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

Cons

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

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

Used for 6-12 months4 found this helpful