Sage Instant Accounts v16 review

Not best software

It's absolutely NOT the best software for small businesses. Its limitations are its difficulty to use and still rigidly based on the old DOS product and even the basic things are clunky. You update one thing but it doesn't refresh others automatically, so in bank reconciliations you need to close it and start again. Those inexperienced in book-keeping will have a hell of a job to understand what is happening. Try QuickBooks instead - much, much easier to use.

By asjolly on 27 May 2010

Was the reviewer an accountant?

I am a chartered accountant and in my opinion Sage Instant Accounts is far from the best product for small business. It is not a proper windows based product and as a result it just does not hang together properly in every day use.
Quickbooks is a vastly superior offering

By Wemyss_Bay on 2 Jan 2011

quick books rip off

well quick books is great but doeant interface properly with windows 7 and if you ring for support to try to solve THEIR software problems they want to charge £60 a call

By robjanderson on 13 Apr 2011

Price

The Quickbooks website claims the price to be £269 + vat - I'm assuming that's per annum, in which case the older, more clunky Sage V16 is a better buy as that's a one - off purchase

By ilambert64 on 8 Nov 2011