MTD ready cloud accounting for UK small businesses, now with payroll and Sage Copilot included
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Founder
Everything tax related has been spot on for six quarters. Everyday ergonomics could be kinder, some jobs take more clicks than they should.
Bank reconciliation suggestions that are usually right.
User limits per plan feel a touch mean.
Sole trader, Bramblewood Workshop
LinkedIn verifiedFine for a simple sole trader I suspect. For a business with staff, stock and CIS it has been a squeeze at every corner and the plan upgrades feel like tolls.
The price on the offer period was genuinely good.
Issues cluster around the worst possible times, quarter ends.
Sole trader, Hawthorn & Co
The measure for me is the accountant bill. It has dropped every year since we started keeping proper records in here because they spend their hours advising instead of tidying.
The mobile app covers invoicing and receipts properly.
Some screens feel a click longer than they need to be.
Managing Director, Pippin & Co
A year of flawless bank feeds from two banks and a credit card. The reconciliation screen suggestions are right nine times out of ten.
Accountant access without emailing files back and forth.
Stock features are basic if you carry much inventory.
Director, Foxglove Supplies
LinkedIn verifiedTwo of us use it daily without treading on each other. The three user limit on Standard is fine today and might pinch next year.
Payroll bundled in, one bill instead of two.
Invoice design options are limited for brand conscious businesses.
Owner
The app is genuinely useful for invoicing on the move. The desktop site is where the deeper work happens and it is fine, just not exciting.
MTD submissions on time every quarter since we joined.
No built in time tracking for service businesses.
Office Manager, Chalkhill & Co
We use a fraction of it well and the rest not at all. Possibly our fault, but the product does little to lead you into the deeper features.
Invoicing is quick once templates are set.
Setup mistakes are easy to make and slow to unwind.
Administrator, Ivybridge Consulting
It handles VAT and invoicing fine but our business has quirks and every quirk needs a workaround. Nothing broken, plenty slightly bent.
The accountant can access it directly.
None yet worth noting.
Partner, McAllister Farm Partnership
Farm accounts with a mix of standard, zero rated and exempt supplies and Sage has never got a VAT return wrong in three years. Our land agent and accountant both have access which keeps everyone honest.
Handles partial exemption calculations that used to take our accountant a full afternoon. Solid uptime, I can think of one outage in three years and it was announced in advance.
Fixed asset register is basic, depreciation still lives in a spreadsheet. The new interface update moved things around without much warning.
Administrator, Bramblewood Consulting
LinkedIn verifiedEvery quarter something small goes wrong right before the VAT deadline, and every quarter I remember I am the one who chose this. The relationship is strained.
Invoicing basics are perfectly usable.
Imports and migrations need more care than advertised.