Accounting software for Canadian small businesses

Sage Accounting is a cloud-based solution designed for solopreneurs and microbusinesses (0-5 employees) with straight forward needs. It's perfect if you want a simple, easy-to-use tool to send invoices, track expenses, and reconcile payments from anywhere.

Sage 50 is a desktop accounting software built for small businesses with more sophisticated needs. It offers advanced features like inventory management, job costing, and integrated payroll, making it ideal for companies that need robust financial controls and detailed reporting.

We have a whole Marketplace of compatible partners, with solutions suited to your industry, that allow you to extend the power of Sage 50 and Sage Accounting. Check out the marketplace.

Sage Accounting plans give you the fundamental features you need to manage your books. The Accounting Start is ideal for businesses who are just starting out and focuses on sales and invoicing. For business owners who want a full view of their cashflow, want to automate data processes, and want reporting and dashboard views – Accounting Standard provides a more complete feature set.

Choose Sage 50 Pro if you are a single user needing foundational accounting, invoicing, and expense tracking. Upgrade to Premium if you need to collaborate with 2 to 4 users, manage multiple companies or currencies, and track multi-location inventory. For larger teams, Quantum supports 5 or more users and delivers specialized serialized inventory alongside advanced project budgeting up to 5 years. Essentially, Pro covers the basics, Premium adds multi-user and multi-company depth, and Quantum unlocks the highest scale and tracking for complex operations.

Sage Accounting is cloud-based, which means it's accessible from anywhere and your data is hosted on servers and protected by Canadian privacy standards. You do not need to download anything to access the product, you can login via the Sage site and you never have to worry about losing your data, backing up your data, or being unable to access your books.

Sage 50 is a Desktop based product that needs to be downloaded. The benefit is that the product and data lives on your computer, but you cannot access the product from anywhere and are responsible for backing up your data at home.

Yes. Your data is hosted in Canadian data centres and protected by Canadian privacy standards. At Sage, security and compliance are built-in, so you can trust your information is safe. 

We will keep your information secure by taking appropriate technical and organizational measures against its unauthorized or unlawful processing and against its accidental loss, destruction or damage.