Sage 50 Payroll

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Advanced UK payroll with no limit on employee numbers, priced by headcount band

4.1Based on 218 reviews

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Ease of use4.0
Value3.9
Support3.9
Features4.0

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Zoe Patel

Sole trader · 11-50 employees · Retail

LinkedIn verifiedUnited Kingdom

3.0

5 Sep 2024

Reliable through every April change

Mixed. Auto enrolment assessment and postponement are handled properly, but still desktop at heart and remote working is clunky.

Pros

Auto enrolment assessment and postponement are handled properly.

Cons

Still desktop at heart and remote working is clunky.

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

Used for 1-2 years7 found this helpful

Alan Whitfield

Practice manager · 11-50 employees · Legal services

LinkedIn verifiedUnited Kingdom

4.0

4 Sep 2024

Built for someone who knows payroll

Attachment of earnings orders are supported without a workaround, and the reporting is detailed enough that our auditors stopped asking questions. The year end process is more manual than it needs to be, but we live with it.

Pros

Attachment of earnings orders are supported without a workaround.

Cons

The year end process is more manual than it needs to be.

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

Used for 2+ years16 found this helpful

Mark Okonkwo

HR manager · 51-200 employees · Education

United Kingdom

3.0

31 Aug 2024

Reliable through every April change

The reporting is detailed enough that our auditors stopped asking questions. That said, the jump from the 25 band to the 50 band is close to double and the year end process is more manual than it needs to be.

Pros

The reporting is detailed enough that our auditors stopped asking questions.

Cons

The jump from the 25 band to the 50 band is close to double.

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

Used for Less than 6 months30 found this helpful

Eleanor Cavendish

Founder · 11-50 employees · Education

United Kingdom

5.0

29 Aug 2024

Built for someone who knows payroll

Statutory payments calculate correctly every April without fail, and we run 240 people on the unlimited band and it does not blink. No complaints so far.

Pros

Statutory payments calculate correctly every April without fail.

Cons

It expects you to know payroll, it will not hold your hand.

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

Used for 1-2 years32 found this helpful

Amy Stroud

Company secretary · 51-200 employees · Education

United Kingdom

3.0

28 Aug 2024

The band pricing has sharp edges

Mixed. We run 240 people on the unlimited band and it does not blink, but it expects you to know payroll, it will not hold your hand.

Pros

We run 240 people on the unlimited band and it does not blink.

Cons

It expects you to know payroll, it will not hold your hand.

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

Used for 2+ years29 found this helpful

Bethany Pemberton

Office manager · 1-10 employees · Marketing and advertising

United Kingdom

3.0

27 Aug 2024

Corrections actually work properly

Mixed. Rolling back a pay run and correcting a prior period actually works, but the year end process is more manual than it needs to be.

Pros

Rolling back a pay run and correcting a prior period actually works.

Cons

The year end process is more manual than it needs to be.

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

Used for 6-12 months21 found this helpful

Peter Thornley

Payroll manager · 51-200 employees · Marketing and advertising

LinkedIn verifiedUnited Kingdom

4.0

25 Aug 2024

The band pricing has sharp edges

Rolling back a pay run and correcting a prior period actually works. Only real gripe is that still desktop at heart and remote working is clunky.

Pros

Rolling back a pay run and correcting a prior period actually works.

Cons

Still desktop at heart and remote working is clunky.

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

Used for 2+ years2 found this helpful

Paul Dunmore

Sole trader · 1-10 employees · Education

United Kingdom

4.0

25 Aug 2024

Built for someone who knows payroll

Rolling back a pay run and correcting a prior period actually works. Only real gripe is that P11D is a separate product and a separate cost.

Pros

Rolling back a pay run and correcting a prior period actually works.

Cons

P11D is a separate product and a separate cost.

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

Used for 1-2 years33 found this helpful

Callum Holloway

Finance business partner · 1000+ employees · Food and beverage

United Kingdom

4.0

8 Aug 2024

Reliable through every April change

Rolling back a pay run and correcting a prior period actually works, and attachment of earnings orders are supported without a workaround. P11D is a separate product and a separate cost, but we live with it.

Pros

Rolling back a pay run and correcting a prior period actually works.

Cons

P11D is a separate product and a separate cost.

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

Used for 1-2 years3 found this helpful

Gareth Thornley

Founder · 11-50 employees · Hospitality

United Kingdom

5.0

31 Jul 2024

Depth you cannot get from cloud tools

Attachment of earnings orders are supported without a workaround. Statutory payments calculate correctly every April without fail.

Pros

Attachment of earnings orders are supported without a workaround.

Cons

It expects you to know payroll, it will not hold your hand.

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

Used for Less than 6 months20 found this helpful