Sage 50
Sage 50 is web-based accounting software with tools for bank feeds, automated reconciliation, invoice creation, receipt capture, and inventory tracking.
What Sage 50 is
Sage 50 is web-based accounting software with tools for bank feeds, automated reconciliation, invoice creation, receipt capture, and inventory tracking. Accountant access is also available. The listed platform is web only, including for mobile use; no separate mobile platform is specified. Sage 50 has three paid plans with different user limits. Pro Accounting is for one user, Premium Accounting supports one to five users and multiple companies, and Quantum Accounting supports one to 40 users. There is no free plan, but a 30-day trial is listed. The maker is listed as founded in 1981 and headquartered in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. Its feature set spans several accounting tasks as well as inventory, while accountant access may be useful for people who work with an accountant. The different plan user limits provide options for varying team sizes, though the supplied plan details do not provide prices.
Good
- Includes bank feeds and automated reconciliation.
- Supports invoice creation and receipt capture.
- Tracks inventory and provides accountant access.
- A 30-day trial is available.
Watch out
- No free plan is listed.
- The listed platform is web only.
Who it suits
Sage 50 may suit people who need web-based accounting tools for invoices, receipts, bank reconciliation, and inventory. Its plans specify different user limits, and accountant access is available.
Verdict
Sage 50 covers several accounting tasks, inventory tracking, and accountant access, with plan capacities ranging from one to 40 users. Compare the listed user limits and note that prices are not provided.
Plans and prices
From Sage 50's own pricing page, checked 21 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Pro Accounting | $132.17 a month | 1 user · cloud-based · invoicing · expenses · bank reconciliation · reporting · inventory · job management · minimum one-year commitment; automatically renewing annual subscription |
| Premium Accounting | $182.50 a month | 1-5 users · multiple companies · advanced budgeting · serialized inventory · advanced job costing · audit trails · minimum one-year commitment; automatically renewing annual subscription |
| Quantum Accounting | $271.17 a month | 1-40 users · role-based permissions · workflow management · project management · added automation · minimum one-year commitment; automatically renewing annual subscription |
| Pro Accounting with Payroll | $1,155 a year | Sage 50 Pro Accounting with payroll; payroll pricing varies by employee count · annual |
| Premium Accounting with Payroll | $1,654 a year | Sage 50 Premium Accounting with payroll; payroll pricing varies by employee count · annual |
The facts
Each one read from Sage 50's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Accountant access
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- API documentation licence
- The Sage 50 Cloud API reference says page content is Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 and code samples are Apache 2.0 licensed.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Automated reconciliation
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Bank feeds
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Bank reconciliation
- Bank feeds can be imported and matched transactions can be cleared automatically during account reconciliation.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Cash-flow tools
- The Cash Flow Manager shows cash balances, expected receipts and expected payments, with projections and transaction filters.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Cloud and desktop editions
- Sage 50 Cloud provides online access, collaboration, updates and backups, while Sage 50 Desktop is locally installed.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Cloud API
- The Sage 50 Cloud API uses developer and application registration, API keys, consent passcodes, scheduled JSON file transfers and expiring-key rotation.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Developer documentation
- Sage’s developer help files include hundreds of C# and VB.NET examples and common-task guides, with developer forum and case support.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Developer SDK
- Sage provides a Sage 50 Developer Edition and SDK tools through its Developer Programme, with C# .NET and Visual Basic .NET support via Sage Data Objects.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Inventory
- Inventory supports assemblies, serialized items, FIFO, average and specific-unit costing, purchase orders and stock reporting.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Inventory tracking
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Invoice creation
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Invoicing
- Users can create and send invoices, send invoices in batches, schedule recurring invoices, track payments and add reminders or late fees.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: dated interface
- G2 and Capterra reviewers commonly describe the interface as dated or clunky, with navigation and learning challenges.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: glitches and outages
- Capterra reviewers mention remote-access glitches, update problems, inventory-credit-note errors and an outage that affected support cases.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: pricing
- Independent reviewers repeatedly complain that prices and renewals are high for small businesses and can rise without proportionate new functionality.checked 21 Oct 2026
The company
- Company founded
- Sage was founded in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1981 by David Goldman with Newcastle University collaborators.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Company headquarters and size
- Sage’s headquarters is in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, and Sage says more than 11,000 employees serve millions of customers in over 20 countries.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Company legal name
- Crunchbase lists the legal name as Sage Group plc, a public for-profit company traded as LSE:SGE.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 1981checked 4 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdomchecked 4 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Nochecked 20 Sep 2026
- Job costing
- Job records, phases and cost codes can track purchasing, inventory adjustments, payroll, completion time, revenue and budget variance.checked 21 Oct 2026
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