Sage Business Cloud Accounting Reviews & Product Details

Sage Business Cloud Accounting was a cloud-based accounting solution tailored for small and medium-sized businesses, offering a comprehensive suite of tools to manage financial operations efficiently. As of December 31, 2024, Sage Business Cloud Accounting (US) has been retired, with support and access ending on January 31, 2025. Key Features and Functionality: - Invoicing and Billing: Customize invoices, streamline payment processing, and automate billing to expedite cash flow. - Expense Management: Track expenses and time accurately, minimizing human errors and generating precise expense reports. - Tax Compliance: Calculate tax deductions, file tax returns timely, and stay updated with legislative changes and tax updates. - Inventory Management: Monitor stock levels, manage purchase orders, and optimize inventory to meet sales targets. - Reporting and Analytics: Generate real-time financial reports and dashboards to gain insights into business performance. Primary Value and Solutions Provided: Sage Business Cloud Accounting aimed to simplify financial management for businesses by automating routine tasks, reducing manual errors, and providing real-time insights into financial health. This enabled business owners to focus more on strategic growth initiatives rather than being bogged down by administrative duties. The platform's cloud-based nature ensured data security, automatic backups, and accessibility from any device with an internet connection, facilitating collaboration and flexibility. For businesses seeking alternative solutions following the retirement of Sage Business Cloud Accounting, Sage offers Sage 50, a powerful desktop accounting software with cloud-connected capabilities, designed to cater to the needs of small businesses.

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Solution Type

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Value at a Glance

Averages based on real user reviews.

Time to Implement

2 months

Return on Investment

14 months

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Average based on 76 real user reviews.

Implementation Time

2 months

Perceived Cost

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Kiranjit S.

Administrator, Corporate Trust

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/11/2018

"Good for accounting"

3/5

What do you like best about Sage Business Cloud Accounting?

You can keep all the information in different tables so it is easy to find out the any information easily. You can combine the data and pull according to your requirements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Sage Business Cloud Accounting?

I don’t like the layout and design. It look like old school design. It should look fresh and colourful not dull and boring. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Reza A.

Office Manager

Machinery

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/29/2018

"Sage Cloud"

5/5

What do you like best about Sage Business Cloud Accounting?

The best part of sage cloud is the automatic sync we get with the multiple bank and credit card accounts which eliminates a lot of manual reconciliation and all the key financial activities are automatically tracked. Time flows can also be tracked easily and billable hours are generated with just a few clicks.

Best thing about Sage Cloud by far was the invoicing module. Pending and sent invoices can easily be tracked and customers have an option to pay from within the invoice. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Sage Business Cloud Accounting?

Sage cloud is a great tool aimed at cloud accounting and the whole purpose of the application is to make it accessible from anywhere. I did encounter connectivity issues a few times and I think this is one area which needed improving. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Sage Business Cloud Accounting:

I think Sage has done a great job with their cloud based application and the only thing they may need to work on is providing better customer support. When I contacted them with a few issued I know the staff were trying to help the best they could but they needed a little more training. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Sage Business Cloud Accounting solving and how is that benefiting you?

Sage business cloud was particularly helpful in accounts receivable and accounts payable areas where invoicing clients was really easily and it improved our collection times and cash flow was improved by more than 7%. Payables were also greatly streamlined and charges refelcting in the bank account would automtically reconcile with the system generated invoices.

Another great benefit we felt was improvement in accounting reports. Previous accounting software that we used didn't allow data to flow the way I wanted and I needed a reporting system that would take me all the way from booking incoming material receipts to Delivery notes and sales revenue with clear separation of cost of goods sold and other related outlays. Sage cloud has a great reporting system with a customizable format that helped a great deal. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Consumer Goods

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/26/2019

"Sage User"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Sage Business Cloud Accounting?

User friendly and pretty easy to navigate through. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Sage Business Cloud Accounting?

Wish I had more control over changing things. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Napoleon G.

Application Engineer

Information Technology and Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/1/2018

"Sage Business Cloud Accounting"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Sage Business Cloud Accounting?

We are safe our data is in the cloud and we can access it from anywhere. We like that we have online backups instead of local backups. Creating reports is very easy. Sage support is very knowledgeable. We like the integration of the payroll module. We have connected sage 50 with our event registration platform and that allows us to create the entries and invoice directly into sage 50 automatically. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Sage Business Cloud Accounting?

We do not like that sometimes when you create an account. If you do not do it properly it will create a series of recurring errors. One time we created an account and suddenly we had random values added to our balances. we had to delete the account to fix it. And recreate everything since the beginning. The initial process was not very easy. But, once we got used to it, everything was very easy. Building the framework of our accounting structure was a difficult task. We use sage 50 installed on a virtual server and it takes a while to print documents. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Sage Business Cloud Accounting:

Make sure you are choosing the right version of sage for your business. We would have liked to try the local version of sage 50 instead of the cloud. Make sure your version of sage 50 includes free updates to latest versions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Sage Business Cloud Accounting solving and how is that benefiting you?

We moved from a software that was installed on a local desktop to a cloud version. Now we have a software that get updates regularly. We have support available as need it. We have integration with Microsoft Office. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Airlines/Aviation

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/19/2019

"New user"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Sage Business Cloud Accounting?

I like that the controls are better than QB, less room for errors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Sage Business Cloud Accounting?

Less user friendly than QB. Search function by amount is absolutely terrible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Accounting

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/23/2019

"Sage is an Amazing Find 🙏"

5/5

What do you like best about Sage Business Cloud Accounting?

Ease of use. Easy to implement. Great support team available for onboarding. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Sage Business Cloud Accounting?

At this point we have no dislike or any issues of the product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Pharmaceuticals

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/24/2019

"Step up from Quickbooks"

4/5

What do you like best about Sage Business Cloud Accounting?

Automated revenue to save you time and doesn't require any external reporting tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Sage Business Cloud Accounting?

Gets complicated and takes while to learn Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Sage Business Cloud Accounting:

Step up from Quickbooks , really easy to use and safe Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Sage Business Cloud Accounting solving and how is that benefiting you?

no more using multiple spreadsheets, easy to adapt to your to the business structure and improves company workflow Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Investment Banking

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/1/2018

"Small business friendly, not so great for mid-size institutions"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Sage Business Cloud Accounting?

In the age of AI, Pegg - the digital assistant that Sage provides slashes time and tediousness and helps you keep track of your transactions. Business owners / Exec Asst. / startup accountants can manage transactions on the fly. I really felt comfortable using it for a < 3m raised tech startup in tracking P&L and automating transactions. The interface is intuitive and worked like a charm on an iPad. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Sage Business Cloud Accounting?

For newbie accountants or people used to Quickbooks, it can be a bit challenging initially. The dashboards are quite dissimilar so takes a bit of time getting used to. If you're used to traditional reporting system, this can be a new flair but nothing you can't pick up within weeks. The reporting tool isn't that sophisticated so if you're preparing it for audit purposes, might not be the best use of your time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Sage Business Cloud Accounting:

Perhaps add more functionality and improve UI. Take some lessons from Quickbooks playbook. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Sage Business Cloud Accounting solving and how is that benefiting you?

Just pure tracking of customer payments and outgoing supplier expenses for a tech startup. Nothing that crazy, just needed an accounting solution to show investors cash burn rates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Paul C.

MIS Manager

Textiles

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/25/2018

"Overall positive experience with Sage 50 Accounting software"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Sage Business Cloud Accounting?

easy to use, not a lot of training is needed. Not difficult to set up user permission or right. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Sage Business Cloud Accounting?

There are some data error once in a while and sometime it because so bad that I need to ask a third party to fix the data error. (Sage 's own data verification could not fix the error) It does do auto backup but if the backup has data error then the backup is not useful at all. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.