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The classic UK desktop accounting software, now cloud connected with Sage Copilot

4.0Based on 142 reviews

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4.0

142 reviews

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Tracey P.

Operations Manager, Ridgeway

Automotive51-200 employeesUnited KingdomUsed: 2+ years
3.0
Reviewed on 12 July 2025

Three stars, mostly about value

It remains reliable and deep, but each renewal makes the comparison with cheaper cloud products harder to ignore, and for our shrinking needs the depth argument is weakening.

Ease of use
4.0
Customer service
4.0
Value for money
3.0
Pros

Long data history instantly reportable.

Cons

Price rises outpace the improvements we can see.

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Stuart B.

Company Secretary, Kirkstone Services

Non-Profit Organization Management11-50 employeesCanadaUsed: 2+ years
4.0
Reviewed on 11 July 2025

Deep software, dated clothes

Reliable through two VAT inspections and a bank refinance. The inspectors know Sage output when they see it, which quietly helps.

Customer service
3.0
Value for money
3.0
Functionality
4.0
Pros

Order processing flows cleanly into stock and invoicing.

Cons

None beyond what everyone already says about the price.

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Robert J.

Owner, Calder Group

Accounting201-500 employeesUnited KingdomUsed: 6-12 months
5.0
Reviewed on 28 June 2025

New AI features on an old warhorse

It just works, every single day, and after some of the software this office has suffered that is the highest compliment available.

Ease of use
5.0
Value for money
4.0
Pros

Stock control with reorder levels, bills of materials and proper valuations.

Cons

The price rises every year and you feel each one.

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Aled PickeringVerified reviewer

Financial Controller, Whitby Engineering

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Automotive11-50 employeesUnited KingdomUsed: 1-2 years
3.0
Reviewed on 13 June 2025

Depends what you compare it to

Training a new bookkeeper took six weeks and she still prefers the cloud product from her last job. Speed will come, enthusiasm may not.

Customer service
4.0
Value for money
2.0
Functionality
2.0
Pros

Staff who know it are genuinely fast.

Cons

The interface belongs to another era of software.

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Susan Goodall

Senior Bookkeeper, Ingleton Group

Wholesale201-500 employeesUnited KingdomUsed: 6-12 months
4.0
Reviewed on 6 June 2025

Deep software, dated clothes

Remote access lets me do month end from home now, which the old versions never allowed. Not as slick as a browser product but genuinely workable.

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

Fast batch entry once staff are trained.

Cons

Error messages assume long Sage experience.

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Sharon F.Verified reviewer

Accounts Manager, Holloway Ltd

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Construction201-500 employeesUnited KingdomUsed: 2+ years
4.0
Reviewed on 26 May 2025

Reliable with a couple of gripes

For a manufacturing business the stock and works handling justify it. For anything simpler I would say look at the cloud options first.

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

Support resolved our data query competently when it mattered.

Cons

Search within transactions is weaker than modern products.

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Andrew E.

Managing Director

Furniture2-10 employeesUnited KingdomUsed: 6-12 months
5.0
Reviewed on 3 April 2025

MTD handled without drama

We run stock, orders and three companies through it and it has never once let us down at month end. The depth is the whole point, everything joins up to the ledgers underneath.

Ease of use
5.0
Customer service
5.0
Functionality
4.0
Pros

Departments and budgets give each manager their own numbers.

Cons

Remote access is good but not the same as true cloud.

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Roy Naylor

Bookkeeper, Farndale

Food Production2-10 employeesUnited KingdomUsed: 2+ years
4.0
Reviewed on 11 March 2025

Does the hard stuff well

The AI additions are better than expected, document capture especially. The core screens underneath have not changed in a decade, for better and worse.

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

Project costing keeps jobs profitable and visible.

Cons

Error messages assume long Sage experience.

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Eoin M.

Practice Manager, Tarnbrook Trading

Accounting51-200 employeesUnited KingdomUsed: 2+ years
4.0
Reviewed on 8 March 2025

Right choice for a stock business

The report designer rewards patience, we get exactly the numbers we want. Getting there took a course and some swearing.

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

Stock module covers reorder levels, valuations and part numbers properly.

Cons

Interface is dated and dense, training new staff takes real time.

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Barry F.Verified reviewer

Finance Manager

LinkedIn verified
Transportation11-50 employeesUnited KingdomUsed: 2+ years
4.0
Reviewed on 28 February 2025

Deep software, dated clothes

It handles our multi company setup properly, which is why we stay. The per company cost needs watching as the group grows.

Customer service
3.0
Value for money
3.0
Functionality
3.0
Pros

Remote data access is a real improvement on the old ways.

Cons

Search within transactions is weaker than modern products.

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