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Easy-to-use online accounting software

Simplify tasks, reduce manual work, and complete accounts faster with the best accounting software for small businesses, medium enterprises, and sole traders. Manage your finances easily and securely with customisable cloud accounting software.

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Accounting solutions to suit any size of business

The best accounting software solutions go beyond number crunching. Our business accounting software automates tasks and delivers real-time insights, helping you focus on growth.

Easy to use

Take control of your accounts right away with intuitive software that's easy to set up.

Secure and compliant

Back up your data automatically and stay up to date with the latest legislation changes.

Customisable

Personalise your dashboard, build your own reports, and manage your finances in your own way.

Simplify VAT returns

Our MTD-compliant small business accounting software makes your VAT returns simple to submit, while keeping them accurate and compliant.

Speed up payments

Easily set up and manage a wide range of payment types including domestic bank, credit card, cheque, and ACH payments.
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Collaborate seamlessly

Scalable cloud accounting software lets your teams collaborate seamlessly from any location.
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Easy time tracking

Automate time tracking to reduce manual admin, prevent human error, and combat time theft—keeping employees motivated and productive.

Oversee expenses

Easily import and track expenses and receipts, linking them to specific projects.

Online invoicing

Generate and send invoices automatically, from anywhere. Add secure online payments, and manage invoices on the go.
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Bank reconciliation

Securely connect to banks and credit cards, instantly import transactions, and reconcile in seconds.

Key benefits of the best accounting software

Over 2 million businesses trust our solutions to simplify financial management and drive success. Why? Because our software for accounting gives you control, clarity, and confidence over your finances—all in one place.

AI-powered accounting

Automate time consuming accounting processes and save hours each week with our AI powered accounting software. From AI-powered automated accounts payable workflows, to a general ledger that detects anomalies for you, unlock more time to grow your business.

Complete cash flow visibility

With simple, customisable reporting options based on in-depth, real-time data, you’ll have complete visibility of your business cash flow at all times. Easily track and manage income and expenses to keep your business on the path to financial success.

Get paid faster

Automate your accounts receivable collections process, offering your customers multiple-currency and online payment options. Payment alerts will help you keep track of outstanding invoices, with customer reminders and communications issued automatically.

Automate everything, all in one place

Automate your financial management with a single, intuitive system. Manage accounts receivable, accounts payable, cash flow, ledger accounting, billing, and taxes effortlessly. Smart accounting packages for small businesses save you time and money by simplifying your financial processes.

Manage your business in the cloud

The best online accounting software enables seamless collaboration for you and your team, no matter where you're located, while keeping your business data safe and secure. These flexible, cloud-based solutions can also easily scale as your team grows.

Real-time accounting reports

Generate unlimited reports and create customised financial dashboards using intuitive, ready-to-use templates—all with just one click. Our cloud accounting software includes a powerful multi-dimensional general ledger and smart reporting tools to help you stay on top of your finances. With real-time insights at your fingertips, you can analyse trends, make informed decisions, and keep your business moving forward.

Explore our accounting solutions

Our accounting packages include all the essentials and scale with your business. Upgrade or cancel at any time. No long-term contracts, commitments or hidden fees.

Sage Individual

Perfect for sole traders who are not VAT registered and need to sort self assessment and get ready for Making Tax Digital. Get started for free, or upgrade for £7 per month (excluding VAT)

  • Prepare for Self assessment
  • SA103 Income Tax Summary
  • MTD for Income Tax Ready
  • Record income and expenses easily with bank feeds and receipt capture
  • Automatically categorise transactions with the help of AI
  • Create and send invoices with built-in payment options
  • Human webchat and community support

Sage Accounting

Perfect for VAT-registered freelancers, sole traders, and small businesses. Save up to 5 hours weekly on admin with the added power of AI. Get 3 months free, then starting at £18 per month (excluding VAT).

  • Customise, send, and track invoices, quotes, and estimates
  • Manage purchase invoices and suppliers
  • Forecast and control cashflow
  • Track performance with advanced reports
  • Calculate and submit VAT
  • Get Sage Copilot, your AI-powered productivity assistant

Sage Intacct

Perfect for mid-sized and growing businesses. Contact us to discuss your pricing options. We'll be in touch within 24 hours.

  • Track multiple accounts in real-time
  • Manage multiple entities, insights in minutes
  • Collaborate from a single source of truth
  • Make strategic decisions with dimensional reporting and analytics
  • Open APIs allow multiple, stable, secure integrations

Sage 50 Accounts

Perfect for small businesses with advanced accounting needs. Try for 30 days free then starting at £103 per month (excluding VAT).

  • Manage cashflow to stay in control and grow your business
  • Accept payments easily and get paid faster
  • Full visibility and control of your payments from anywhere
  • Automate the admin and save yourself hours of work
  • Make complex accounting simple with advanced stock management

See what our customers say about our online accounting solutions

Sage Accounting

"With Sage Accounting, you don’t have to worry about anything. The beauty of automation is that we can focus on what makes the business tick."

Dan Shardlow, Owner
Sky Spa

Sage 50 Accounts

“We could not run our business without Sage, efficiently or otherwise.”

Derrick Rowe, CFO
DPR Motorsport

Sage Intacct

“If Sage Intacct got taken away from us tomorrow, I’d feel like the business would go back twenty years.”

Henry Shaw, Managing Director
L W Cole

Accounting software FAQs

Accounting software is a solution that helps businesses or sole traders manage their finances. The software helps with daily tasks, such as managing bills, payments, and inventory. It can also help users record and process their financial transactions, and make financial reports to help businesses make key decisions. Using accounting software saves time, reduces mistakes, helps businesses stay compliant with legislation, and makes financial work easier and more accurate.

Cloud-based accounting solutions are accounting systems hosted in the cloud rather than installed on your desktop or manually maintained in spreadsheets. The software for cloud accounting is hosted on a remote server instead of a server on your business’ premises.

The majority of our accounting solutions work in the cloud, so you don't have to install anything—you simply access the product through your internet browser. However, Sage 50 Accounts does need to be installed on a computer in order to use the cloud capabilities. For all our cloud solutions, we recommend using the latest version of your browser to enjoy a better experience.

Sage online accounting is one of the most secure places to store your financial documentation. We understand your data is sensitive and that's why we make security our most important consideration. Our accounting application is safe and good to go, on the go.

Instead of constantly working in your business, now you can work on your business. With the right solution, you can take care of manual financial processes automatically and help your business run smoothly using your laptop or mobile device. Automate manual bookkeeping processes and avoid wasting time rechecking your figures and dealing with errors.

With our online accounting solution, you can save time, get accurate real-time insights into your company’s finances, collaborate with your team regardless of your location, and reduce business expenses.

Our cloud technology ensures your data is automatically backed up, so you can rely on us to protect important information.

Sage Copilot is a generative AI productivity assistant that can transform how you manage your business and do your work.

It is an intelligent tool that automates complex tasks, offers personalised business advice, and provides proactive recommendations to improve performance. It will adapt to your evolving needs as you use it.

Learn more about Sage Copilot

Practical accounting advice for small businesses, sole traders, and growing organisations

Sage advice

Read our blog for expert accounting advice, practical tips, and valuable insights to help your business thrive. Whether you’re a sole trader, small business, medium-sized company, or a growing organisation, you’ll uncover smarter ways to manage your finances and unlock new opportunities for success.

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Expert advice

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