Every product we have reviewed

A UK built CRM that keeps things simple and affordable, with a free plan for two users and clean per user tiers above it. Popular with small businesses that find the big platforms overkill.

• Genuinely free for two users
• Simple enough for any small team
• UK built with UK support
• Clean Xero and QuickBooks integration

An Australian built platform that has grown fast in the UK, bundling HR, payroll and employee benefits. Notable for a free payroll option and per employee pricing.

• Genuinely free payroll tier
• HR, payroll and benefits in one
• Well built employee app
• Per employee pricing that starts low

A cut down QuickBooks built for sole traders facing Making Tax Digital for Income Tax, with mileage tracking and Self Assessment preparation.

• Best in class automatic mileage tracking
• MTD for Income Tax ready
• Self Assessment preparation
• Strong mobile app

Sage's cloud payroll for start ups and small businesses. Three tiers, five employees included on each, with pension auto enrolment and HMRC notices built in.

• Pension auto enrolment built in
• Payroll anomaly detection
• Automated HMRC notices
• HR features at every tier

Intuit's cloud accounting software, sold in four tiers from Simple Start to Advanced. Strong automation, deep app ecosystem, aggressive introductory discounting.

• Strong automated bank categorisation
• CIS from the entry tier
• Project profitability tracking
• Very large app marketplace

A cloud accounting product that grew out of invoicing, popular with freelancers and service businesses that bill by time and project. Strong on getting paid, lighter on heavy bookkeeping.

• Best in class invoicing
• Built for time and project billing
• Approachable for non accountants
• Transparent pricing

Sage's entry level tool for self employed people facing Making Tax Digital for Income Tax. There is a genuinely free tier for non VAT registered sole traders.

• Free tier for non VAT registered sole traders
• MTD for Income Tax ready
• Self Assessment preparation
• UK telephone support

A UK company offering full accounting software free for smaller businesses, with a flat £60 a year charge only once your transaction volume grows.

• Genuinely free below 1,000 ledger entries
• Unlimited users on every plan
• £60 a year at the paid tier, not per month
• UK company holding UK data

One of the original cloud ERPs, owned by Oracle, aimed at growing and multi entity businesses that need finance, inventory, ecommerce and more in one system. Quote only.

• Finance, inventory and ecommerce in one
• Strong multi entity consolidation
• Cloud native with no upgrade pain
• Highly customisable platform

Xero's project module for tracking time, costs and profitability per job, included for ten users on the Ultimate plan.

• Shows real margin per job
• Bills tracked time directly
• Costs pull from actual supplier bills
• Simple enough that teams use it