Sage Accounting
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Plans and prices
From Sage Accounting's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Sole Trader Free | Free | non-VAT sole traders · Making Tax Digital ready · income and expense management · free mobile app |
| Start | £2 a month | 1 user · unlimited sales invoices · VAT and CIS tools · payroll for 1 employee plus £1.85 per additional employee/month · 90% off for 6 months, then £20/month; excludes 20% VAT |
| Standard | £4.30 a month | 3 users · 30 AI receipt/invoice captures included, then £0.20 each · payroll for 1 employee plus £1.85 per additional employee/month · 90% off for 6 months, then £43/month; excludes 20% VAT |
| Plus | £5.90 a month | unlimited users · 100 AI receipt/invoice captures included, then £0.20 each · inventory · multi-currency · budgets · payroll for 5 employees plus £1.85 per additional employee/month · 90% off for 6 months, then £59/month; excludes 20% VAT |
The facts
Each one read from Sage Accounting's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Accountant access
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- AI assistant
- Sage Copilot is included in every plan and provides reminders, drafting, anomaly detection and real-time business insights.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API
- Sage publishes a free RESTful Accounting API for Accounting and Start with CRUD operations over business data.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API authentication
- The API uses OAuth 2.0 three-legged authorization so a business user grants an application access without sharing credentials.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API limits
- API version 3.1 documentation states a limit of 1,296,000 requests per application per day and 150 concurrent requests.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Automated reconciliation
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Bank feeds
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Bank reconciliation
- Sage Accounting imports bank transactions and provides automatic reconciliation and enhanced bank-feed matching.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Cash-flow forecasting
- Users can forecast cash flow and view profit, labour-cost and customer trends on dashboards.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Developer licence
- Sage grants a limited, revocable, royalty-free licence to use its developer services for building and testing apps, while Sage retains intellectual property ownership.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation and support
- Sage provides developer tutorials, a knowledge base, community hub, learning resources, live support and support tickets.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The Sage marketplace lists Zapier connectivity to more than 4,000 apps, including Google services, Shopify, HubSpot, Slack and WooCommerce.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Inventory and currencies
- Inventory management, budgets and multi-currency support are available in the Plus plan.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Inventory tracking
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Invoice creation
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Invoice management
- The plans support unlimited sales invoices, payment options, invoice tracking and automatic invoice chasing.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: advanced capability
- G2 reviewers report limited automation, customization and advanced features as their businesses become more complex.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: interface and workflow
- TechRadar found the interface dated, initial setup demanding and expense workflows more click-heavy than expected.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: missing functions
- TechRadar lists absent time tracking and payroll in the reviewed package and says lower tiers can be restrictive while subscription choices are confusing.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Company facts
- The legal company is The Sage Group plc, founded in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1981 and headquartered there.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company size
- Sage says it has more than 11,000 employees operating in over 20 countries.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 1981checked 23 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdomchecked 23 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Nochecked 20 Sep 2026
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