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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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Elspeth MercerVerified reviewer

Payroll and Accounts Manager, Brackenridge

LinkedIn verified
Transportation51-200 employeesUnited KingdomUsed: 2+ years
5.0
Reviewed on 7 February 2026

New AI features on an old warhorse

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
4.0
Customer service
5.0
Value for money
4.0
Functionality
5.0
Pros

Departments and budgets give each manager their own numbers.

Cons

Honestly not much, it does what we bought it for.

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Sinead Quigley

Senior Bookkeeper

Information Technology and Services11-50 employeesCanadaUsed: 2+ years
3.0
Reviewed on 4 February 2026

Steady but stuck in its ways

The AI features are clearly where the investment goes now, while long requested fixes to everyday screens stay unaddressed.

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

It fails safely, nothing is ever lost even when screens freeze.

Cons

Comparing the invoice to cloud alternatives is an annual discomfort.

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Orla C.

Payroll and Accounts Manager

Non-Profit Organization Management201-500 employeesUnited KingdomUsed: 1-2 years
4.0
Reviewed on 25 January 2026

Reliable with a couple of gripes

Support have been decent whenever we called, the product is stable, and MTD has been faultless. The renewal negotiation is now an annual fixture though.

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

Ledger integrity, the numbers are always right and always traceable.

Cons

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

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Emma B.

Director, Elmswell

Accounting51-200 employeesUnited KingdomUsed: 2+ years
5.0
Reviewed on 25 January 2026

Our accountant would riot if we moved

Copilot flagging overdue accounts and odd postings is genuinely useful rather than a gimmick, it caught a duplicated supplier invoice in its first month.

Ease of use
5.0
Customer service
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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Alan SilverwoodVerified reviewer

Senior Bookkeeper

LinkedIn verified
Wholesale2-10 employeesUnited KingdomUsed: 2+ years
4.0
Reviewed on 21 January 2026

Four stars from a long term user

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
3.0
Customer service
4.0
Value for money
4.0
Functionality
4.0
Pros

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

Cons

Updates occasionally shuffle menus and muscle memory suffers.

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Peter E.

Accounts Manager, Swaledale

Information Technology and Services2-10 employeesUnited KingdomUsed: 2+ years
4.0
Reviewed on 21 January 2026

Very good, showing its age gracefully

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

Ease of use
3.0
Value for money
3.0
Functionality
4.0
Pros

Fast batch entry once staff are trained.

Cons

Getting data into BI tools takes ODBC patience.

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Pauline AkhtarVerified reviewer

Practice Manager, Westbourne Accountancy Practice

LinkedIn verified
Accounting11-50 employeesUnited KingdomUsed: 2+ years
4.0
Reviewed on 21 January 2026

The practice view: still the right answer for a third of our clients

We look after around ninety businesses. The simple ones have moved to cloud products over the years and rightly so. But for the thirty odd with stock, orders or group structures, Sage 50 remains what we recommend, because the alternative is an ERP project none of them wants to fund.

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

Fills the awkward gap between cloud bookkeeping and ERP. Client data is consistent and we can support it deeply because the team has decades on it collectively. MTD submissions have been faultless across every client.

Cons

Sage clearly wants everyone on cloud eventually and the desktop roadmap feels maintained rather than invested in. Price rises are the recurring conversation at client review meetings.

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Sharon GoodallVerified reviewer

Finance Director, Wetherall Ltd

LinkedIn verified
Manufacturing201-500 employeesUnited KingdomUsed: 2+ years
3.0
Reviewed on 20 January 2026

Capable but increasingly hard to justify

Migration inertia is the honest reason we remain. The data history and staff knowledge are worth something, just less each year.

Customer service
3.0
Value for money
3.0
Functionality
3.0
Pros

Dependable ledgers and clean VAT quarters as ever.

Cons

Comparing the invoice to cloud alternatives is an annual discomfort.

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Stephen P.

Financial Controller, Whitby

Retail11-50 employeesUnited StatesUsed: 2+ years
3.0
Reviewed on 17 January 2026

Fine software, tiring relationship

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
3.0
Customer service
2.0
Value for money
2.0
Functionality
4.0
Pros

It fails safely, nothing is ever lost even when screens freeze.

Cons

The interface belongs to another era of software.

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Adam H.

Company Accountant, Kirkstone Supplies

Printing2-10 employeesUnited KingdomUsed: 6-12 months
5.0
Reviewed on 16 January 2026

Old faithful, still the best at what it does

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
5.0
Functionality
5.0
Pros

Departments and budgets give each manager their own numbers.

Cons

Data checks and rebuilds are an occasional ritual you learn to schedule.

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