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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. Securely and easily manage your finances with customisable cloud accounting software. Get 3 months free until 30 June.
Sole Traders with MTD requirements

Sage Sole Trader
with Ai

Making Tax Digital simplified for non‑VAT registered sole traders. Digital record keeping, invoices and payments made easy.

FREE plans available

1-19 Employees

Sage Accounting
with Ai

AI‑powered accounting platform built to scale with your business. Manage VAT, invoicing, payments and payroll in one place.

Get 3 months free, prices start at £0 then £18 per month (excluding VAT).

20+ Employees

Sage Intacct
with Ai

The leader in cloud accounting and financial management software. Scalable, highly customisable, with real-time reporting to help you make data-driven business decisions.

Contact us to discuss pricing.

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Cloud accounting software 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

Simplify finances with easy accounting software for your small business. It's intuitive and fast 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 reports, and manage finances in your own way with the best bookkeeping program for a small business.

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

Collaborate seamlessly from any location with scalable online bookkeeping software for small businesses.
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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

More than 2 million businesses trust our solutions to simplify financial management and drive success. Our cloud bookkeeping software for small business gives you control, clarity, and confidence about your finances in one place.

AI-powered accounting

Automate time-consuming accounting processes and save hours each week with small business cloud accounting software. From AI-powered automated accounts payable workflows to a general ledger that detects anomalies for you, you'll 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 accountingbilling, and taxes effortlessly. Save time and money by simplifying your financial processes with smart bookkeeping software packages for small business.

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 Sole Trader with Ai

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 with Ai

Simple accounting software for VAT-registered sole traders, freelancers and small businesses, with built in payroll. Save up to 5 hours weekly on admin with the added power of AI. Get 3 months free, prices start at £0 then £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
  • Payroll and essential HR features built in

Sage Intacct with Ai

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 with Ai

Perfect for small businesses with advanced accounting needs. Try for 30 days free then starting at £115 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 cloud-based bookkeeping software 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 software for accounting 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

Yes, Sage accounting software is designed to integrate seamlessly with your existing financial tools to automate and simplify your workflow.

Bank integration: you can securely connect to your banks and credit cards to instantly import transactions and perform bank reconciliation in seconds. This is a key feature that saves you time and ensures accuracy.

E-commerce and other apps: Sage offers open APIs (Application Programming Interfaces), which allow for multiple stable, secure integrations with a wide ecosystem of apps, including e-commerce platforms. This ensures that you can connect your bookkeeping system software with other solutions your business relies on, creating a single source of truth for your financial data. For specific app compatibility, explore the extensive list of available integrations on the Sage marketplace or website.

Sage offers dedicated, full-service payroll solutions that integrate with its accounting software to manage your employees and stay compliant.

  • Integration: You can use a dedicated Sage payroll solution that works alongside your accounting package (like Sage Accounting or Sage 50 Accounts) to make sure that all payroll data is accurately and automatically reflected in your financial records.
  • Key payroll features: These separate, integrated solutions typically handle essential functions such as calculating and submitting PAYE, tracking and managing employee time off, issuing payslips, and ensuring compliance with the latest tax legislation.
  • Scalability: Whether you are a small business with just a few employees or a larger company, Sage has scalable payroll options to meet your needs.

Practical advice on small business accounting software for 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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