Sage Sole Trader
FreeAgent
Comparison
Sage Sole Trader vs FreeAgent
A data-driven, side-by-side comparison for UK businesses. Provider data is verified by our research team and every review is moderated before publishing.
Updated 5 July 2026
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Starting price
£6/mo
Starting price
£19/mo
At a glance
Who wins, category by category
Category-by-category winners based on verified user ratings, each scored out of 5.
Sage Sole Trader
FreeAgent
Analytics
Ratings, visualised
The four dimensions every reviewer rates, shown two ways — bars for side-by-side magnitude, gauges for the head-to-head on each.
Rating by category
Head to head by category
Sentiment
How reviewers feel
Positive (4 to 5 stars), neutral (3 stars) and negative (1 to 2 stars) sentiment across all verified reviews.
Sage Sole TraderPositive sentiment
- Positive83%
- Neutral9%
- Negative8%
FreeAgentPositive sentiment
- Positive82%
- Neutral13%
- Negative5%
Pricing
Pricing compared
Entry price, free plans and trials at a glance. A lower starting price is not everything, but it is where most UK businesses begin.
Sage Sole Trader
Free trialLow cost cloud bookkeeping built for UK sole traders and the self employed, with expense tracking, a running tax estimate, bank feeds and Making Tax Digital for Income Tax submissions from one simple app.
- Running tax estimate
- Making Tax Digital for Income Tax submissions
- Receipt capture and bank feeds
FreeAgent
Free trialUK-built cloud accounting with Making Tax Digital for VAT and Income Tax, Self Assessment filing and HMRC-recognised submissions.
- Making Tax Digital for VAT
- Self Assessment filing
- Free with NatWest/RBS
Features
Full feature comparison
Every data point we track for Sage Sole Trader and FreeAgent, side by side.
Head to head
Verified data & user ratings
- Running tax estimate
- Making Tax Digital for Income Tax submissions
- Receipt capture and bank feeds
- Making Tax Digital for VAT
- Self Assessment filing
- Free with NatWest/RBS
Voices
What real users say
The strongest praise and the most common complaint, pulled from verified reviews of each product.
Sage Sole TraderLayla L.
Self employed Contractor, Self-employed employees
“Genuinely phone first, which suits how I work.”
Jessica S.
Side Business Owner, Self-employed employees
“Bank feed reliability let me down.”
FreeAgentMegan Vaughan
Company Director, 201-500 employees
“The tax timeline shows exactly what is due and when, so nothing sneaks up on me.”
Megan J.
Bookkeeper, 501-1000 employees
“No stock control.”
Our verdict
FreeAgent leads 3/5Which should you choose?
On the data we track, FreeAgent leads in 3 of 5 categories. Weigh that against your budget and the features that matter most to your team.