Sage 50 Accounts software is used by around 200,000 organisations in the UK to manage their accounts and finances. Its powerful range of features,  versatility and ease of use set it apart from many other accounting applications ensuring appeal across small to medium sized organisations.

Within this page we aim to provide you with an effective overview of the three editions in the Sage 50 Accounts product range to help you select the best accounting software for your needs.

Comparing Sage 50 Accounts with other Sage accounting products 

vs Sage Instant
Sage 50 Account offers extended tools for sales and purchase order processing and basic stock control. Compared to Instant Accounts, Line 50 also offers greater scalability with support for up to as many as 10 simultaneous users (Financial Controller Edition).

vs Sage 200 (previously Sage MMS)
The Sage 200 suite builds on Sage 50 Accounts and is popular with organisations who need advanced stock control across multiple warehouse locations and stock tracking. Sage 200 also provided extra support for more complex order processing with greater capacity for batch processing and automation. Compared with Line 50, Sage 200 is a higher level solution and supports up to as many as 50 users. 

Sage 50 Accounts Overview

Sage 50 Accounts 2008

The entry point into the range, Sage 50 Accounts 2008 has all the standard features you need to manage customers and suppliers professionally. As with all the products in the Sage 50 range the software integrates with Microsoft Excel and CRM applications including ACT! and GoldMine.

• Additional related products including Sage Payroll, Financial Forecasting and Intelligent Reporting work with Sage 50 Accounts for complete business management.
• Supports 2 simultaneous users.
• Key functions include: cash flow control, printing invoices / credit notes, VAT returns, checking for account anomalies and managing sales/purchase ledgers and bank reconciliation.

• From £525+VAT

Sage 50 Accounts Plus

Includes all the benefits of the entry level Accounts edition but has capacity to manage more customers, supports individual customer price lists and helps finance teams exert greater control over stock management.

• Automatic stock management calculations ensure users are prompted to re-order items when stock levels fall below defined limited.
• Project costing enables accounts staff to micro-manage the resources, costs and profits allocated to specific projects.
• Avoid wasting time writing individual cheques and generating separate invoices with batched processing and printing.
• Easily differentiate between the separate discounts offered to each customer by creating individual price lists.
• Store multiple delivery addresses for customer with separate locations.

• From £755+VAT

Sage 50 Accounts Professional

In addition to all of the benefits of Account and Accounts Plus, Sage Accounts Professional provides extra tools for managing complex orders, offers increased user scalability and provides flexibility to operate in multiple currencies.

• Whereas Accounts and Accounts Plus are limited to a maximum of 2 users, Sage Accounts Professional supports up to as many as 10 people to help larger finance teams share the accounting workload.
• If you trade overseas, Sage Accounts Professional enables quotes and invoices to be issues in multiple currencies.
• Advanced stock management provides increased stock control by automating bills of materials and shortfall calculations. Financial Controller can even automate purchase orders to preferred suppliers to replenish stock levels.

• From £1025+VAT

More Information
Call Preact on 0870 382 5000 to discuss your accounting requirements and to find out how accounting software can be integrated with CRM software.