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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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Wei N.Verified reviewer

Accounts Manager, Netherfield Engineering

LinkedIn verified
Information Technology and Services2-10 employeesUnited KingdomUsed: 2+ years
4.0
Reviewed on 6 March 2026

Solid and dependable, price aside

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
3.0
Value for money
3.0
Functionality
4.0
Pros

Fast batch entry once staff are trained.

Cons

You pay for depth whether you use it all or not.

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Carys B.

Practice Manager, Kirkstone & Sons

Food Production51-200 employeesUnited StatesUsed: 1-2 years
4.0
Reviewed on 3 March 2026

Very good, showing its age gracefully

A good honest tool. You buy it for the depth, you tolerate the looks, you negotiate the price.

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

MTD VAT and the coming income tax handled inside the software.

Cons

You pay for depth whether you use it all or not.

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Denise Warboys

Charity Finance Officer, Lindisfarne Community Trust

Non-Profit Organization Management11-50 employeesUnited KingdomUsed: 2+ years
1.0
Reviewed on 27 February 2026

Priced out of the product we built our processes on

A small charity cannot absorb these increases. We have used Sage 50 for over a decade, our restricted fund workarounds are built into it, and each renewal now forces the same painful conversation with trustees. This year we have voted to migrate to a cheaper product and I genuinely resent the time the move will take.

Ease of use
2.0
Customer service
2.0
Value for money
1.0
Functionality
2.0
Pros

Familiarity after twelve years. The data itself has always been solid and exports cleanly enough for the migration, which I appreciate ironically.

Cons

The cost is simply no longer defensible for a charity our size. No proper fund accounting after all these years. Support pushed an upsell during a call about a billing error, which did not land well.

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Sage Response— responded on 6 March 2026

Denise, we are sorry to be losing the Trust after so long. We do offer charity pricing through our partner team and would welcome the chance to discuss it before your migration is final. Sage UK Customer Care

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Magda P.Verified reviewer

Bookkeeper, Holloway & Sons

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Textiles2-10 employeesUnited KingdomUsed: 2+ years
3.0
Reviewed on 26 February 2026

Works well, costs more each year

It does everything on the tin. The tin, however, is priced like a premium product while feeling like a legacy one.

Ease of use
3.0
Customer service
2.0
Value for money
3.0
Functionality
2.0
Pros

Multi company still beats running parallel cloud subscriptions.

Cons

Everything beyond the core is a chargeable extra.

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Jacqueline UnwinVerified reviewer

Company Accountant, Holloway Engineering

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Textiles51-200 employeesUnited KingdomUsed: 2+ years
3.0
Reviewed on 20 February 2026

Capable but increasingly hard to justify

If you have deep stock or group needs it still earns its place. Our needs simplified and we are probably a cloud customer now who has not admitted it.

Ease of use
4.0
Value for money
3.0
Functionality
3.0
Pros

Document capture is a real improvement to daily posting.

Cons

The desktop roadmap feels like maintenance while cloud gets the love.

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Kofi L.

Owner

Wholesale51-200 employeesUnited KingdomUsed: 2+ years
5.0
Reviewed on 19 February 2026

Stock control worth the subscription alone

Moved from a cloud product back to Sage 50 because stock and order processing on the cloud side were toys by comparison. The difference in capability is not subtle.

Ease of use
5.0
Value for money
4.0
Functionality
5.0
Pros

Multi company native, switching between sets of accounts is instant.

Cons

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

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Yvonne H.

Managing Director

Furniture51-200 employeesUnited KingdomUsed: 6-12 months
5.0
Reviewed on 18 February 2026

Twenty years in and still my daily driver

Year end used to be a fortnight of stress. With the reports set up properly and a tidy audit trail it is now three days including the accountant queries.

Ease of use
5.0
Value for money
5.0
Functionality
5.0
Pros

Supplier Payments from inside the software ends the rekeying into the bank.

Cons

None that would make us move, and we have looked.

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Sana B.Verified reviewer

Accounts Manager, Alderley

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Furniture51-200 employeesIrelandUsed: 1-2 years
5.0
Reviewed on 13 February 2026

Rock solid through every year end

It has swallowed fifteen years of our trading history and still opens a report across all of it in seconds. Long memory matters in a business like ours.

Customer service
4.0
Value for money
5.0
Functionality
4.0
Pros

It has simply never lost data in all our years on it.

Cons

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

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Terry Aldous

Managing Director, Aldous Builders Merchants

Building Materials11-50 employeesUnited KingdomUsed: 2+ years
5.0
Reviewed on 11 February 2026

Runs a busy merchants counter, warehouse and three depots

Four thousand stock lines, trade customers on individual pricing, and purchase orders going out daily. We have looked at moving to cloud software twice and both times the stock and customer pricing requirements sent us straight back. Professional plan does all of it.

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

Customer specific pricing and discounts handled properly, our trade accounts each see their negotiated rates. Reorder levels keep the fast moving lines in stock. Sales orders to invoices to stock movement in one flow. Management reports across all three depots as departments.

Cons

When the counter is busy and four users are hammering it, the odd slowdown. Support waits in January tested my patience, twenty five minutes on hold twice.

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Aled D.Verified reviewer

Finance Director

LinkedIn verified
Farming51-200 employeesCanadaUsed: 2+ years
5.0
Reviewed on 8 February 2026

Depth the cloud products still lack

Every VAT quarter for the last six years has gone to HMRC from the software without a single rejection. That kind of dependability buys a lot of forgiveness for dated screens.

Customer service
5.0
Value for money
5.0
Functionality
5.0
Pros

Departments and budgets give each manager their own numbers.

Cons

Multi user performance over the network needs care with large data.

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