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Imani Beaumont

General Manager, Blackstone Contracting

CanadaEcommerce51 to 200 employees

4.0

Mar 9, 2025

Verified userLinkedIn confirmedUsed 1 to 2 years

Consolidating four entities stopped being a spreadsheet

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

Multi company consolidation on Premium and above

Cons

The cloud version is remote access, not a rebuild

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
7 found this helpful

Adele Zamora

Managing Partner, Northgate Logistics

CanadaEcommerce51 to 200 employees

1.0

Dec 18, 2024

Used less than 6 months

Multi user performance falls over

Nobody made the one year minimum commitment clear until we were in it. We knew within two months that the product was wrong for how we work, and we still paid for the year. That is on us for not reading closely, and it is also on how it was sold.

Pros

Multi company consolidation on Premium and above

Cons

No usable mobile experience

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
7 found this helpful

Amelia Vargas

Controller, Bluewater Consulting

CanadaNonprofit1 to 10 employees

3.0

Aug 4, 2024

Verified userLinkedIn confirmedUsed 2 or more years

Good software wearing a very old coat

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

Real audit trails that survive a review

Cons

The cloud version is remote access, not a rebuild

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
7 found this helpful

Beatriz Tillman

Director of Finance, Willow & Ash Salons

CanadaLegal1 to 10 employees

3.0

Jul 8, 2026

Verified userUsed less than 6 months

Capable, expensive, and stuck in 2010

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

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
6 found this helpful

Preston Kirkwood

General Manager, Maplewood Childcare

United StatesSoftware11 to 50 employees

5.0

Jun 9, 2026

Verified userLinkedIn confirmedUsed 2 or more years

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

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
6 found this helpful

Malcolm Moreau

Owner, Prairie Rose Bakery

CanadaSoftware11 to 50 employees

3.0

Jun 1, 2026

Verified userLinkedIn confirmedUsed 6 to 12 months

Powerful, but the cloud part is a fig leaf

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

Real audit trails that survive a review

Cons

Minimum one year commitment on all plans

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
6 found this helpful

Gabriel Chaudhary

Operations Manager, Prairie Rose Bakery

CanadaEcommerce51 to 200 employees

4.0

May 21, 2026

Verified userUsed 2 or more years

Consolidating four entities stopped being a spreadsheet

Four companies consolidated on Premium without an export step. That alone justified the upgrade for us. I used to spend the first three days of every month in a spreadsheet stitching entities together and now I do not.

Pros

The ledger is proven and stable after decades

Cons

The cloud version is remote access, not a rebuild

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
6 found this helpful

Jamal Nascimento

Operations Manager, Summit Physio

United StatesMarketing11 to 50 employees

4.0

Feb 12, 2026

Verified userUsed 1 to 2 years

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

The ledger is proven and stable after decades

Cons

No usable mobile experience

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
6 found this helpful

Trisha Sinclair

Project Manager, Tidewater Marine Services

United StatesMarketing11 to 50 employees

4.0

Feb 6, 2026

Verified userLinkedIn confirmedUsed 1 to 2 years

Serialized tracking is the reason we stay

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

Most accountants already know it

Cons

Minimum one year commitment on all plans

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
6 found this helpful

Emilio Jimenez

Practice Manager, Coastline Outfitters

United StatesNonprofit11 to 50 employees

2.0

Sep 28, 2025

Verified userLinkedIn confirmedUsed less than 6 months

Migrating in was far harder than promised

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

Interface is dated and takes weeks to learn

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
6 found this helpful

Jasmine Ojeda

Controller, Northgate Logistics

CanadaManufacturing11 to 50 employees

5.0

Sep 7, 2025

Verified userUsed 2 or more years

Depth that QuickBooks Online simply does not have

We moved here from QuickBooks Online because we could not get inventory right, and that problem disappeared in the first month. Assemblies, serial numbers and real costing all behave the way our controller expects. It is not pretty software but it is correct software, and correct is what I needed.

Pros

Job costing is usable for real construction work

Cons

No usable mobile experience

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
6 found this helpful

Andre Haugen

VP of Sales, Meridian Dental Group

CanadaConstruction51 to 200 employees

1.0

Aug 5, 2025

Used 1 to 2 years

Migrating in was far harder than promised

Nobody made the one year minimum commitment clear until we were in it. We knew within two months that the product was wrong for how we work, and we still paid for the year. That is on us for not reading closely, and it is also on how it was sold.

Pros

Multi company consolidation on Premium and above

Cons

Multi user performance degrades under load

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality

Response from the vendorAug 8, 2025

We appreciate the feedback and we are sorry about the support experience. That is not the standard we aim for. If you contact us with your case number we will review what happened and make sure it reaches the right team.

6 found this helpful

Erin Hutchins

VP of Sales, Hillcrest Family Clinic

United StatesAccounting11 to 50 employees

5.0

Jul 20, 2025

Verified userLinkedIn confirmedUsed 1 to 2 years

Our inventory finally reconciles

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

Multi company consolidation on Premium and above

Cons

Interface is dated and takes weeks to learn

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
6 found this helpful

Esther Whitaker

Founder, Northgate Logistics

United StatesEcommerce201 to 500 employees

5.0

Mar 28, 2025

Verified userUsed 6 to 12 months

Serialized tracking is the reason we stay

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

Real audit trails that survive a review

Cons

Multi user performance degrades under load

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
6 found this helpful

Margot Menon

People Operations Lead, Granite Peak Roofing

United StatesManufacturing201 to 500 employees

4.0

Jan 9, 2025

Used less than 6 months

Serialized tracking is the reason we stay

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

The ledger is proven and stable after decades

Cons

Multi user performance degrades under load

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
6 found this helpful

Jasmine Barlow

Practice Manager, Bluewater Consulting

CanadaNonprofit51 to 200 employees

4.0

Nov 11, 2024

Verified userLinkedIn confirmedUsed 6 to 12 months

The audit trail saved us during a review

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

Multi company consolidation on Premium and above

Cons

Multi user performance degrades under load

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
6 found this helpful

Victor Laroche

Managing Partner, Fairview Veterinary

United StatesEducation201 to 500 employees

5.0

Nov 7, 2024

LinkedIn confirmedUsed 1 to 2 years

It does what the accountant asks for

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

Multi user performance degrades under load

Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
6 found this helpful

Ximena Jorgensen

Founder, Trailhead Bicycles

United StatesTransport and logistics11 to 50 employees

5.0

Apr 27, 2026

Verified userUsed 6 to 12 months

Job costing that a contractor can actually use

We moved here from QuickBooks Online because we could not get inventory right, and that problem disappeared in the first month. Assemblies, serial numbers and real costing all behave the way our controller expects. It is not pretty software but it is correct software, and correct is what I needed.

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
5 found this helpful

Noor Choi

Controller, Beacon Legal Partners

United StatesMarketing1 to 10 employees

4.0

Mar 18, 2026

Verified userUsed 1 to 2 years

The audit trail saved us during a review

Four companies consolidated on Premium without an export step. That alone justified the upgrade for us. I used to spend the first three days of every month in a spreadsheet stitching entities together and now I do not.

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

Odette Tremblay

Practice Manager, Willow & Ash Salons

United StatesAccounting1 to 10 employees

4.0

Feb 24, 2026

Verified userUsed 2 or more years

Serialized tracking is the reason we stay

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

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
5 found this helpful