I called support about a multi state sales tax setup and spent forty minutes being read the knowledge base article I had already found. Escalation took nine days. The product is fine. The support around it is not what you are paying for.
Pros
Most accountants already know it
Cons
US and Canadian editions are separate purchases
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
5 found this helpful
Wendy Harrington
Office Manager, Coastline Outfitters
United States·Transport and logistics·1 to 10 employees
4.0
May 1, 2025
LinkedIn confirmedUsed 6 to 12 months
Consolidating four entities stopped being a spreadsheet
Our accountant asked for it by name. She works in it faster than we do and year end went from a three week ordeal to about four days. If your accountant knows Sage 50, that alone is a real argument.
Pros
Job costing is usable for real construction work
Cons
No usable mobile experience
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
5 found this helpful
Emilio Ferreira
Practice Manager, Fairview Veterinary
United States·Healthcare·51 to 200 employees
3.0
Apr 18, 2025
Used 2 or more years
Fine once you learn where everything hides
Sage 50 Cloud is the desktop application with remote access stapled to it. That is useful and it is not what the name implies. If you are expecting a browser experience like Xero you will be disappointed on day one, and you should know that going in.
Pros
Most accountants already know it
Cons
Minimum one year commitment on all plans
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
5 found this helpful
Bruno Kowalski
Project Manager, Coastline Outfitters
United States·Professional services·51 to 200 employees
4.0
Apr 16, 2025
Verified userUsed 1 to 2 years
Job costing that a contractor can actually use
Bank reconciliation is automated now and it works. That was the one thing I was worried about losing when we came off the cloud product and it turned out to be a non issue.
Pros
Multi company consolidation on Premium and above
Cons
Minimum one year commitment on all plans
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
5 found this helpful
Priya Paredes
Head of Operations, Northern Star Staffing
Canada·Marketing·201 to 500 employees
5.0
Dec 28, 2024
Verified userUsed 1 to 2 years
Job costing that a contractor can actually use
The audit trail did its job when we went through a review last year. Every change, who made it, when, and what it was before. Our auditor got what she asked for in one afternoon instead of the week it used to take.
Pros
Multi company consolidation on Premium and above
Cons
Minimum one year commitment on all plans
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
5 found this helpful
Douglas Yamamoto
Finance Manager, Meridian Dental Group
United States·Software·1 to 10 employees
3.0
Nov 9, 2024
Verified userUsed less than 6 months
Powerful, but the cloud part is a fig leaf
It works and it has always worked. But at 128 a month for a single user, plus the payroll module on top, I do notice the bill. The value depends entirely on whether you need the depth, and for us it is close.
Pros
Real audit trails that survive a review
Cons
No usable mobile experience
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
5 found this helpful
Zachary Haugen
Bookkeeper, Harborline Supply
Canada·Manufacturing·1 to 10 employees
4.0
Nov 1, 2024
Verified userLinkedIn confirmedUsed 2 or more years
Our inventory finally reconciles
Job costing is genuinely good. We track labor and materials against jobs as they happen and I can see margin before the job closes instead of after. For a small construction outfit that is the whole ballgame.
Pros
Most accountants already know it
Cons
US and Canadian editions are separate purchases
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
5 found this helpful
Bethany Kowalski
Chief of Staff, Silverbirch Accounting
United States·Real estate·1 to 10 employees
3.0
Jun 1, 2026
Used 2 or more years
Fine once you learn where everything hides
The functionality is genuinely there. Finding it is the problem. Everything is two or three menus deeper than it should be and the layout has clearly grown by accretion rather than design. You do learn it, but the first six weeks are rough.
Pros
The ledger is proven and stable after decades
Cons
US and Canadian editions are separate purchases
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
Response from the vendorJun 5, 2026
Thank you for taking the time to share this. We are sorry the experience fell short. Sage 50 Cloud is designed to pair desktop performance with remote access rather than replace the desktop experience, and we know that distinction is not always clear before purchase. Please contact our support team so we can look at your specific setup.
4 found this helpful
Kimberly Delacroix
VP of Sales, Northgate Logistics
Canada·Marketing·1 to 10 employees
1.0
May 16, 2026
Verified userLinkedIn confirmedUsed 6 to 12 months
Support could not answer a basic question
The conversion from QuickBooks was sold as straightforward and it was not. Historical detail came across wrong, inventory costs had to be rebuilt by hand, and we spent about sixty hours cleaning up. Budget for that if you make the move.
Pros
Most accountants already know it
Cons
Minimum one year commitment on all plans
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
4 found this helpful
Heather Pemberton
Practice Manager, Clearview Windows
United States·Professional services·51 to 200 employees
5.0
Nov 14, 2025
Verified userUsed 2 or more years
Serialized tracking is the reason we stay
Sales tax across three states is tracked properly and the return prep is straightforward. I still check the numbers because I always will, but it has not been wrong yet.
Pros
Most accountants already know it
Cons
No usable mobile experience
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
4 found this helpful
Amelia Fitzgerald
Chief of Staff, Meridian Dental Group
Canada·Real estate·1 to 10 employees
5.0
Jun 11, 2025
Verified userLinkedIn confirmedUsed less than 6 months
It does what the accountant asks for
Sales tax across three states is tracked properly and the return prep is straightforward. I still check the numbers because I always will, but it has not been wrong yet.
Pros
Inventory and serialized tracking are genuinely strong
Cons
Minimum one year commitment on all plans
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
4 found this helpful
Celeste Nowak
Controller, Sandbar Hospitality
Other·Manufacturing·11 to 50 employees
5.0
Jun 9, 2025
Verified userLinkedIn confirmedUsed 2 or more years
It does what the accountant asks for
I have used this since it was Peachtree and the ledger has never once let me down. New staff complain about the interface for a month and then stop noticing. The reliability is worth more to me than a modern design would be.
Pros
Most accountants already know it
Cons
US and Canadian editions are separate purchases
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
4 found this helpful
Trevor Raghavan
Controller, Clearview Windows
Canada·Manufacturing·201 to 500 employees
5.0
Mar 18, 2025
Verified userLinkedIn confirmedUsed 6 to 12 months
It does what the accountant asks for
Our accountant asked for it by name. She works in it faster than we do and year end went from a three week ordeal to about four days. If your accountant knows Sage 50, that alone is a real argument.
Pros
Most accountants already know it
Cons
No usable mobile experience
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
4 found this helpful
Caleb McAllister
Head of Operations, Silverbirch Accounting
United States·Construction·11 to 50 employees
5.0
Dec 22, 2024
Verified userUsed 6 to 12 months
Consolidating four entities stopped being a spreadsheet
I have used this since it was Peachtree and the ledger has never once let me down. New staff complain about the interface for a month and then stop noticing. The reliability is worth more to me than a modern design would be.
Pros
Inventory and serialized tracking are genuinely strong
Cons
Minimum one year commitment on all plans
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
4 found this helpful
Mabel Ojeda
VP of Sales, Ironwood Fabrication
United States·Software·51 to 200 employees
5.0
May 27, 2026
Verified userLinkedIn confirmedUsed 1 to 2 years
It does what the accountant asks for
I have used this since it was Peachtree and the ledger has never once let me down. New staff complain about the interface for a month and then stop noticing. The reliability is worth more to me than a modern design would be.
Pros
Job costing is usable for real construction work
Cons
Interface is dated and takes weeks to learn
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
3 found this helpful
Christopher Thibault
Finance Manager, Lantern Creative
United States·Marketing·51 to 200 employees
5.0
Feb 11, 2026
Verified userLinkedIn confirmedUsed 1 to 2 years
Twenty years on Peachtree and it still works
Sales tax across three states is tracked properly and the return prep is straightforward. I still check the numbers because I always will, but it has not been wrong yet.
Pros
Inventory and serialized tracking are genuinely strong
Cons
US and Canadian editions are separate purchases
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
3 found this helpful
Ophelia Thibault
Project Manager, Northern Star Staffing
United States·Financial services·51 to 200 employees
2.0
Sep 11, 2025
Verified userUsed 2 or more years
Migrating in was far harder than promised
Performance with five concurrent users on Premium is poor. Posting locks people out, month end is a queue, and we have had file corruption twice in three years. Both times we restored from backup and lost a day. That should not happen to accounting software in 2026.
Pros
The ledger is proven and stable after decades
Cons
US and Canadian editions are separate purchases
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
3 found this helpful
Gwen Kaur
People Operations Lead, Aurora Print House
United States·Retail·11 to 50 employees
5.0
Jun 21, 2025
Verified userLinkedIn confirmedUsed less than 6 months
Twenty years on Peachtree and it still works
Bank reconciliation is automated now and it works. That was the one thing I was worried about losing when we came off the cloud product and it turned out to be a non issue.
Pros
Inventory and serialized tracking are genuinely strong
Cons
No usable mobile experience
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
3 found this helpful
Brendan Bhatt
Operations Manager, Northern Star Staffing
Canada·Software·11 to 50 employees
2.0
Feb 28, 2025
Used 6 to 12 months
Multi user performance falls over
I called support about a multi state sales tax setup and spent forty minutes being read the knowledge base article I had already found. Escalation took nine days. The product is fine. The support around it is not what you are paying for.
Pros
Inventory and serialized tracking are genuinely strong
Cons
US and Canadian editions are separate purchases
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
3 found this helpful
Yara Larkin
Practice Manager, Summit Physio
United States·Manufacturing·11 to 50 employees
5.0
Dec 17, 2024
Used less than 6 months
Consolidating four entities stopped being a spreadsheet
Our accountant asked for it by name. She works in it faster than we do and year end went from a three week ordeal to about four days. If your accountant knows Sage 50, that alone is a real argument.
Pros
Inventory and serialized tracking are genuinely strong
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