Sage 50 Accounts and Sage Accounting feature comparison

Summary

The features available in our Sage 50 Accounts and Sage Accounting applications.

Resolution

The features in each tier of Sage Accounting and Sage 50 follow below:

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Feature Sage 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*

✘ - Bought separately
Standard ✔ Standard ✘ - 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*

✘ 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*

✘ - Bought separately
Standard ✘ Standard ✘ - 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 and services only

 Essentials*

✔
Standard Contacts, products and services only Standard ✔
Plus Contacts, products and services only Professional

✔
Quick Search Start

✘

 Essentials*

✔
Standard ✔ Standard ✔
Plus ✔ Professional

✔
Quick Print Start

✘

 Essentials*

✔
Standard ✘ Standard ✔
Plus ✘ Professional

✔
Multi-company functionality Start

✘

 Essentials*

Two concurrent users
Standard Unlimited users Standard Two concurrent users
Plus Unlimited users Professional

Twenty concurrent users
Batch reporting Start

✘

 Essentials*

✔
Standard ✘ Standard ✔
Plus ✘ Professional

✔
Multiple currency functionality Start

✘

 Essentials*

✘
Standard ✘ Standard ✘
Plus ✔ Professional

✔
Access rights Start

✘

 Essentials*

✔
Standard ✔ Standard ✔
Plus ✔ Professional

✔
Charities Start

✘

 Essentials*

✔
Standard ✘ Standard ✔
Plus ✘ Professional

✔

* Sage 50 Essentials is no longer sold.


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200427112231599
Last Modified Date
Thu Sep 11 15:32:29 UTC 2025
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