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Free up your time with freelance accounting software

Doing your accounts doesn't have to be a pain. Sage Accounting is designed to be easy-to-use and to save you time, so you can focus on delivering your best work to your clients.

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Easy-to-use accounting software for freelancers

Free up your admin time so you can focus on impressing your clients. Features like automated invoicing, payments, expense tracking and management, and insightful reporting will free you up so you can focus on your freelance work and even pick up more jobs.

Get paid on time

Stop chasing down unpaid invoices. Sage Accounting eliminates the hassle of getting paid with automated invoicing that sends professional, customizable invoices directly to your clients email along with a "Pay now" button for easy online payment.

Track your expenses and receipts automatically

Connect your bank and automatically import recent transactions into Sage Accounting to be reconciled for a real-time, accurate snapshot of your finances. Plus, you can save even more time by automating data and receipt capture with AutoEntry.

Insightful reports and dashboards

Stay in the know with quick and easy dashboard reporting. Customize your dashboards and reports for the information you need to keep track of your expenses, cash flow, and overall business health.

Secure, on-the-go accessibility from anywhere

Sage Accounting is cloud-based, so you can access it from any device anywhere you have an internet connection. Take advantage of the Sage Accounting Mobile App, now available for iOS and Android.

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Great for solopreneurs and freelancers.
FREE for 3 months
$17.00
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You save $51.00
  • Create and send unlimited sales invoices
  • Get paid faster with integrated payments
  • Track what you're owed
  • Automatic bank reconciliation
  • Calculate your GST/HST to submit to CRA
  • Supports 1 user
  • Sync your Sage Payroll data
  • Bilingual interface and support in English and French
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Great for small businesses.
FREE for 3 months
$39.00
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You save $117.00
  • Create and send unlimited sales invoices
  • Get paid faster with integrated payments
  • Track what you're owed
  • Automatic bank reconciliation
  • Calculate your GST/HST to submit to CRA
  • Sync your Sage Payroll data
  • Bilingual interface and support in English and French
  • Supports unlimited users
  • Run advanced reports
  • Send unlimited quotes and estimates
  • Forecast cash flow
  • Manage purchase invoices
  • Snap receipts with AutoEntry
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Great for growing small businesses.
FREE for 3 months
$55.00
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You save $165.00
  • Create and send unlimited sales invoices
  • Get paid faster with integrated payments
  • Track what you're owed
  • Automatic bank reconciliation
  • Calculate your GST/HST to submit to CRA
  • Sync your Sage Payroll data
  • Bilingual interface and support in English and French
  • Run advanced reports
  • Send quotes and estimates
  • Recurring invoicing
  • Manage purchase invoices
  • Track income and expenses by projects and departments
  • Forecast cash flow
  • Snap receipts with AutoEntry
  • Invoice in multiple currencies
  • Multi-currency banking
  • Manage inventory

1. Offer valid for new customers only on monthly subscriptions of Sage Business Cloud Accounting. Discounted subscription rate is only for the first 3 months after which the monthly subscription rate will renew at the then current rate. May not be combined with any other offers or discounts. To ensure continuous service your subscription plan is an automatically renewing plan. Subsequent months will automatically be billed to the same credit card each month on your anniversary date of purchase. You may terminate the plan at any time prior to your renewal data and not be charged for the renewal.

3. Snap and upload data from unlimited receipts, invoices, and supplier statements with AutoEntry. 

4. Not all Accounting features available on the mobile app. Mobile devices sold separately and a data plan is required. Data access is subject to cellular provider network availability and occasional downtime due to system maintenance.

Freelance Accounting software FAQs

While subjective, the easiest accounting software to use for freelancers depends on needs. Accounting software can range from complex and expensive to feature-packed, easy-to-use, and affordable.

Sage Accounting is in the latter camp, offering powerful cloud accounting with secure anywhere access and an interface that's super easy to use at an affordable price.

While nobody needs accounting software per se, if you work as a freelancer, you know how imperative it is to accurately track expenses and jobs for end of year reporting. That's why accounting software is a great investment for those working on a freelance basis.

Sage Accounting is designed with the easy-to-use tools so non-accountant professionals like freelancers can accurately organize, track, and and report their accounts, while saving time and extra costs.

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