Sage 50 Accounts and Sage Accounting feature comparison

Summary

The features available in our accounts products.

Resolution

The features are broken down into each tier of Sage Business Cloud and Sage 50 different areas of the software found below:

Working with customers
Working with suppliers
Working with stock
Working with the bank
Accounts and management reporting
VAT management
Projects
General functionality

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Feature	Sage Business Cloud Accounting		Sage 50 Accounts
Working with customers
Inactive accounts	Start	✘	Essentials*	✔
	Standard	✔	Standard	✔
	Plus	✔	Professional	✔
Customer statements	Start	✘	Essentials*	✔
	Standard	✔	Standard	✔
	Plus	✔	Professional	✔
Late Payment charges	Start	✘	Essentials*	✔
	Standard	✘	Standard	✔
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔
Quotation management	Start	✘	Essentials*	✔
	Standard	✔	Standard	✔
	Plus	✔	Professional	✔
Invoicing	Start	✔	Essentials*	✔
	Standard	✔	Standard	✔
	Plus	✔	Professional	✔
Duplicate Invoice	Start	✔	Essentials*	✘
	Standard	✔	Standard	✔
	Plus	✔	Professional	✔
Cash Register	Start	✔	Essentials*	✔
	Standard	✔	Standard	✔
	Plus	✔	Professional	✔
Opayo (formerly Sage Pay) Integration	Start	✘	Essentials*	✔
	Standard	✔	Standard	✔
	Plus	✔	Professional	✔
Addresses and contacts	Start	✔	Essentials*	✔
	Standard	✔	Standard	✔
	Plus	✔	Professional	✔
Batch changes	Start	✔	Essentials*	✘
	Standard	✔	Standard	✔
	Plus	✔	Professional	✔
Chase Debt	Start	✘	Essentials*	✘
	Standard	✘	Standard	✔
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔
Communications history	Start	✘	Essentials*	✘
	Standard	✘	Standard	✔
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔
Recurring invoices	Start	✘	Essentials*	✘
	Standard	✔	Standard	✔
	Plus	✔	Professional	✔
Customer price list	Start	✘	Essentials*	✘
	Standard	✘	Standard	✘
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔
Customer invoice disputes	Start	✘	Essentials*	✘
	Standard	✘	Standard	✘
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔
Contra entries	Start	✘	Essentials*	✘
	Standard	✘	Standard	✘
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔
Sales order processing	Start	✘	Essentials*	✘
	Standard	✘	Standard	✘
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔
Intrastat returns	Start	✘	Essentials*	✘
	Standard	✘	Standard	✘
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔
Sales order fulfilments	Start	✘	Essentials*	✘
	Standard	✘	Standard	✘
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔
Recurring sales orders	Start	✘	Essentials*	✘
	Standard	✘	Standard	✘
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔
Cash sales	Start	✘	Essentials*	✘
	Standard	✘	Standard	✔
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔
Invoice payments	Start	✘	Essentials*	✘
	Standard	✘	Standard	✔
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔
Foreign Trader	Start	✘	Essentials*	✘ - Can be bought separately
	Standard	✔	Standard	✘ - Can be bought separately
	Plus	✔	Professional	✔
Working with suppliers
Inactive accounts	Start	✘	Essentials*	✔
	Standard	✘	Standard	✔
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔
Batch invoices / Purchase invoices	Start	✘	Essentials*	✔
	Standard	✔	Standard	✔
	Plus	✔	Professional	✔
Supplier statements	Start	✘	Essentials*	✔
	Standard	✘	Standard	✔
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔
Manage payments	Start	✘	Essentials*	✘
	Standard	✘	Standard	✔
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔
Communications history	Start	✘	Essentials*	✘
	Standard	✘	Standard	✔
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔
Addresses and contacts	Start	✘	Essentials*	✘
	Standard	✔	Standard	✔
	Plus	✔	Professional	✔
CIS and subcontractors	Start	✘	Essentials*	✘ 50 only - Available when you purchase the CIS module.
	Standard	✔	Standard	✘ Available when you purchase the CIS module.
	Plus	✔	Professional	✘ Available when you purchase the CIS module.
Supplier invoice disputes	Start	✘	Essentials*	✘
	Standard	✘	Standard	✘
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔
Contra entries	Start	✘	Essentials*	✘
	Standard	✔	Standard	✘
	Plus	✔	Professional	✔
Memorise and recall	Start	✘	Essentials*	✘
	Standard	✘	Standard	✘
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔
Supplier price lists	Start	✘	Essentials*	✘
	Standard	✘	Standard	✘
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔
Purchase order processing	Start	✘	Essentials*	✘
	Standard	✘	Standard	✘
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔
Intrastat returns	Start	✘	Essentials*	✘
	Standard	✘	Standard	✘
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔
Recurring purchase orders	Start	✘	Essentials*	✘
	Standard	✘	Standard	✘
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔
Foreign Trader	Start	✘	Essentials*	✘ - Can be bought separately
	Standard	✘	Standard	✘ - Can be bought separately
	Plus	✔	Professional	✔
Working with stock
Inactive accounts	Start	✘	Essentials*	✔
	Standard	✔	Standard	✔
	Plus	✔	Professional	✔
Product records	Start	✘	Essentials*	✔
	Standard	✔	Standard	✔
	Plus	✔	Professional	✔
Service records	Start	✘	Essentials*	✘
	Standard	✔	Standard	✔
	Plus	✔	Professional	✔
Opening and closing stock wizard	Start	✘	Essentials*	✔
	Standard	✘	Standard	✔
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔
Stock take	Start	✘	Essentials*	✔
	Standard	✘	Standard	✔
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔
Stock shortfall	Start	✘	Essentials*	✘
	Standard	✘	Standard	✘
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔
Bill of materials (BOM)	Start	✘	Essentials*	✘
	Standard	✘	Standard	✘
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔
Price lists and special pricing	Start	✘	Essentials*	✘
	Standard	Multiple pricing in item records	Standard	✘
	Plus	Multiple pricing in item records	Professional	✔
Stock returns	Start	✘	Essentials*	✘
	Standard	✘	Standard	✘
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔
Stock allocations	Start	✘	Essentials*	✘
	Standard	✘	Standard	✘
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔
Quantity sold discounts	Start	✘	Essentials*	✘
	Standard	✘	Standard	✘
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔
Working with the bank
Bank Feeds	Start	✔	Essentials*	✔50 only
	Standard	✔	Standard	✔
	Plus	✔	Professional	✔
Bank reconciliation	Start	✔	Essentials*	✔
	Standard	✔	Standard	✔
	Plus	✔	Professional	✔
eBanking	Start	Bank statement import	Essentials*	✔
	Standard	Bank statement import	Standard	✔
	Plus	Bank statement import	Professional	✔
Cash Register	Start	✔	Essentials*	✔
	Standard	✔	Standard	✔
	Plus	✔	Professional	✔
Recurring bank transactions	Start	✔	Essentials*	✔
	Standard	✔	Standard	✔
	Plus	✔	Professional	✔
Remittances	Start	✘	Essentials*	✘
	Standard	✔	Standard	✔
	Plus	✔	Professional	✔
Cash flow forecast	Start	✘	Essentials*	✘
	Standard	✔	Standard	✔
	Plus	✔	Professional	✔
Memorise and recall	Start	✘	Essentials*	✘
	Standard	✘	Standard	✘
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔
Cheque printing	Start	✘	Essentials*	✘
	Standard	✘	Standard	✘
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔
Batch supplier payments	Start	✘	Essentials*	✘
	Standard	✘	Standard	✘
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔
Stripe integration	Start	✔	Essentials*	✔
	Standard	✔	Standard	✔
	Plus	✔	Professional	✔
GoCardless integration	Start	✘	Essentials*	✔
	Standard	✔	Standard	✔
	Plus	✔	Professional	✔
Invoice payments	Start	✘	Essentials*	✔
	Standard	✘	Standard	✔
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔
Accounts and management reporting
Accountant link	Start	✔	Essentials*	✔
	Standard	✔	Standard	✔
	Plus	✔	Professional	✔
Accounts verification and audit reports	Start	✘	Essentials*	✔
	Standard	✘	Standard	✔
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔
Journals	Start	✔	Essentials*	✔
	Standard	✔	Standard	✔
	Plus	✔	Professional	✔
Lock date	Start	✔	Essentials*	✔
	Standard	✔	Standard	✔
	Plus	✔	Professional	✔
Departments	Start	✘	Essentials*	✔
	Standard	✔	Standard	✔
	Plus	✔	Professional	✔
Departmental profit and loss	Start	✘	Essentials*	✘
	Standard	✔	Standard	✔
	Plus	✔	Professional	✔
Departmental balance sheet	Start	✘	Essentials*	✘
	Standard	✘	Standard	✔
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔
Advanced budgets	Start	✘	Essentials*	✔
	Standard	✘	Standard	✔
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔
Charities	Start	✘	Essentials*	✘
	Standard	✘	Standard	✔
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔
Fixed asset register	Start	✘	Essentials*	✘
	Standard	✘	Standard	✘
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔
Automatic prepayments and accruals	Start	✘	Essentials*	✘
	Standard	✘	Standard	✘
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔
Automatic journal reversal	Start	✔	Essentials*	✔
	Standard	✔	Standard	✔
	Plus	✔	Professional	✔
Multi company consolidation	Start	✘	Essentials*	✘
	Standard	✘	Standard	✘
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔
VAT management
VAT Return adjustments	Start	✔	Essentials*	✔
	Standard	✔	Standard	✔
	Plus	✔	Professional	✔
VAT transfer wizard	Start	✔	Essentials*	✔
	Standard	✔	Standard	✔
	Plus	✔	Professional	✔
Making Tax Digital VAT submissions	Start	✔	Essentials*	50 only
	Standard	✔	Standard	50 only
	Plus	✔	Professional	50 only
Internet submission of EC sales list	Start	✘	Essentials*	✔
	Standard	✘	Standard	✔
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔
Flat Rate VAT schemes	Start	✔	Essentials*	✔
	Standard	✔	Standard	✔
	Plus	✔	Professional	✔
Scale charges wizard	Start	✘	Essentials*	✘
	Standard	✘	Standard	✔
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔
Projects
Project costing	Start	✘	Essentials*	✘
	Standard - analysis only	✔	Standard	✘
	Plus - analysis only	✔	Professional	✔
Multi-level projects	Start	✘	Essentials*	✘
	Standard	✘	Standard	✘
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔
General functionality
Configurable Toolbars	Start	✘	Essentials*	✔
	Standard	✘	Standard	✔
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔
Windows Style Records Selection	Start	✘	Essentials*	✔
	Standard	✘	Standard	✔
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔
Backup Manager	Start	Not required	Essentials*	✔
	Standard	Not required	Standard	✔
	Plus	Not required	Professional	✔
Remote Data Access (formerly Sage Drive)	Start	Web based system	Essentials*	✘
	Standard	Web based system	Standard	✔
	Plus	Web based system	Professional	✔
Report Designer	Start	✘	Essentials*	✔
	Standard	✘	Standard	✔
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔
Excel integrated Reporting	Start	✘	Essentials*	✔
	Standard	✘	Standard	✔
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔
Error corrections and refunds	Start	✘	Essentials*	✔
	Standard	✔	Standard	✔
	Plus	✔	Professional	✔
Diary	Start	✘	Essentials*	✔
	Standard	✘	Standard	✔
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔
File import	Start	Contacts, products&services only	Essentials*	✔
	Standard	Contacts, products&services only	Standard	✔
	Plus	Contacts, products&services only	Professional	✔
Quick Search	Start	✘	Essentials*	✔
	Standard	✔	Standard	✔
	Plus	✔	Professional	✔
Quick Print	Start	✘	Essentials*	✔
	Standard	✘	Standard	✔
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔
Multi-company functionality	Start	✘	Essentials*	2 concurrent users
	Standard	Unlimited users	Standard	2 concurrent users
	Plus	Unlimited users	Professional	20 concurrent users
Batch reporting	Start	✘	Essentials*	✔
	Standard	✘	Standard	✔
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔
Multiple currency functionality	Start	✘	Essentials*	✘
	Standard	✘	Standard	✘
	Plus	✔	Professional	✔
Microsoft 365 integration	Start	✘	Essentials*	50 only
	Standard	✘	Standard	50 only
	Plus	✘	Professional	50 only
Access rights	Start	✘	Essentials*	✔
	Standard	✔	Standard	✔
	Plus	✔	Professional	✔
Charities	Start	✘	Essentials*	✔
	Standard	✘	Standard	✔
	Plus	✘	Professional	✔

* Sage 50 Essentials is no longer sold.

Sage 50 Accounts and Sage Accounting feature comparison

Summary

Resolution

Working with suppliers

Working with stock

Working with the bank

Accounts and management reporting

VAT management

Projects

General functionality

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