# What are the top-rated carbon accounting platforms for organisations of eleven to fifty people wanting a quick setup?

<p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">Hi, sustainability leads and G2 reviewers at small organisations who got handed carbon reporting on top of an existing job. I am after the top-rated<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/categories/carbon-accounting"> </a><a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/categories/carbon-accounting">carbon accounting</a> platforms for organisations of eleven to fifty people wanting a quick setup, and would value input from anyone who has done a first footprint without a dedicated team.</p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">At this size the blocker is almost never the methodology. It is getting a year of bills, fuel records and supplier data into one place before anybody can calculate anything, and scope three is where most first attempts stall. Three that come up often on G2:</p><ul>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/energy-elephant/reviews"><strong>Energy Elephant</strong></a> (4.6) pulls energy bills directly from utility supplier portals and turns uploaded bills or spreadsheets into cost, consumption and carbon figures, with a data-audit page for spotting discrepancies. Reviewers note it is not real-time, and that metering points appear by ID rather than a name you choose.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/velocityehs-ehs-software-to-outpace-risk/reviews"><strong>VelocityEHS</strong></a> (4.4) is described by reviewers as straightforward to set up without pulling in IT, which matters when there is no internal delivery capacity. Support response times are the common complaint, and the breadth of content can feel like a lot at first.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/osapiens/reviews"><strong>osapiens</strong></a> (4.4) covers corporate carbon footprint alongside VSME and CSRD reporting in one hub, so a small team is not buying a separate tool per framework. Reviewers who are compliance rather than data specialists say some workflows assume more of a data-engineering mindset than they have.</li>
</ul><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">For anyone who has done a first footprint at this size: what actually took the time, the data collection or the boundary decisions?</p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true"></p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true"></p>

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## Comments
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&lt;p&gt;I’d expect data collection to take more time, especially when sustainability reporting sits alongside someone’s main role. Energy Elephant pulling bills directly from utility portals sounds particularly useful for getting that first footprint moving without spending weeks manually consolidating records.&lt;/p&gt;

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