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Sage 50: Trusted desktop accounting built for small business

Robust desktop accounting for small business with advanced inventory and reporting that keeps you in control of your books.

Everything you need to run your finances

With over 40 years' experience and over 2 million customers, Sage knows how to save small businesses time and effort. Manage cash flow, invoicing, inventory, and job costing in one place.

Manage cash flow, income, expenses, and payments in one place.

  • See a detailed breakdown of your cash in and cash out.
  • Manage your sales invoices by customer ID.
  • Run what-if scenarios to forecast your next move.

Automate your reconciliation

  • Auto-match received payments to customer invoices.
  • Identify if accounts are cleared or have any unreconciled differences.
  • Reduce manual tasks and data entry errors.

Keep every project profitable

  • Track labor, materials, and overhead by job.
  • Control the cost of job through unique records, phases, and cost codes.
  • Identify projects which bring in the most revenue.
  • Customize job statuses and contact fields for your business.

Know what's in stock, always

  • Stay ahead of demand and prevent overstocking.
  • Keep track of the movement of your inventory.
  • View quantities on hand and adjust quantities easily.
  • Stay on top of purchase orders.

Make informed business decisions with detailed reports

  • Run unlimited reports on expenses, profits, and more.
  • Customize pre-templated one-click reports. 
  • Export or e-mail reports directly from your software.

Simplify your HR processes

  • Empower your employees with simple self-serve tools to access pay slips and tax documents.
  • Stay compliant while keeping HR documents organized and secure.
  • Approve, track, and automate time-off requests.
  • Track hours worked and schedule your entire workforce.

Choose the right plan for your business

From enterprise-grade security to anytime access, Sage 50 Cloud gives you more flexibility and fewer IT headaches. See how it compares.



Desktop

Cloud

Features

Anytime access to Web
Cybersecurity (built-in)
Local antivirus
Automatic data backups
Requires Microsoft 365
Add entries from Mobile or Tablet
No installations or manual updates

Work from anywhere with Sage 50 Cloud

Features and pricing

Order online or call 1-866-257-0454

Pro Accounting

1 user
$702 / year1

Desktop accounting with cloud access. Covers essential needs like invoices, managing income, expenses, and payments.

Includes:

  • 1 user
  • Cloud-connected desktop software
  • Invoice and bill tracking
  • Purchase order and approval
  • Expense management
  • Automated bank reconciliation
  • Reporting
  • Inventory management
  • Job management
  • Payroll subscription available2
  • Fraud protection with Sage Security Shield
  • Support plan

Premium Accounting

$1,236 /year1

Upgrade from Pro and get advanced budgeting, advanced inventory, consolidate multiple companies, and more.

Includes everything in Pro, plus:

  • 1-5 users
  • Purchase orders and change orders
  • Multiple companies
  • Advanced budgeting
  • Advanced reporting
  • Serialized inventory tracking
  • Advanced job costing
  • Audit trails

Quantum Accounting

$2,130 /year1

The full Sage 50 experience for seamless collaboration between larger accounting teams.

Includes everything in Premium, plus:

  • 1-40 users
  • Role-based user permissions
  • Faster processing
  • Order process workflow
  • Workflow management
  1. Minimum one-year commitment required. Valid credit card and Internet access required to activate and maintain support and services. To ensure continuous service, your Sage Business Care plan is an automatically renewing plan, and you will be charged up to a week prior to your renewal date. The subscription plan is an annual subscription with a lease to the software license; therefore, you can only use the software while you are on the plan. You may terminate your subscription plan with thirty (30) days' advance notice to Sage and receive a pro-rated refund. However, if you terminate your subscription plan or if your subscription payment is not received, you will have read-only access to your data, and full program functionality will not be restored until you have brought your account current. The subscription plan requires that you be on the most current version of the software to continue your subscription.
  2. Sage offers an integrated do-it-yourself payroll module. Run payroll, set up vacation/sick time, and create W2s, tax forms, and more. Pricing is tiered based on number of employees. Call 1-866-257-0454 to purchase.

Extend the power of Sage 50

Get the most out of Sage 50 Accounting with integrated add-on business services.

Payroll

Payroll services built right into your software make it easier to pay employees, track benefits, and report taxes.

See Payroll pricing

Sage HR

Empower your team with instant pay slips, secure document storage, and automated HR tasks.

Sage Marketplace

Extend the power of Sage 50, grow your business and make life easier with lots of connected apps.

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President, American Financial Management

"[We] went from an 18-hour day down to an eight-hour day. Then we cut it down to four hours. Then they got it down to about three hours. And now this year, we've turned it into less than a three-minute job."

Sage 50 Desktop Accounting FAQs

Sage 50 is an accounting software for small businesses with in-house bookkeepers who need to simplify basic admin and processes. It simplifies invoicing, payroll, and financial management while offering advanced features like job costing and inventory tracking.

Sage 50 Desktop requires installation on your local computer or server; however, Sage 50 Cloud is a full online access platform that gives you access anywhere, on any device in a secure way.

Looking for online access? Consider Sage 50 Cloud Edition, which offers secure, browser-based access from any device, automatic updates, and reduced IT overhead.

Explore Sage 50 Cloud

Your Sage 50 Desktop subscription includes:

  • Full-featured accounting tools for invoicing, payroll, inventory, and reporting
  • Complimentary training resources to help you get started
  • Product maintenance and software updates
  • Access to a dedicated Sage Customer Success representative

Sage 50 can help your small business by streamlining your accounting processes, automating your invoicing and billing, managing your inventory, and providing you with real-time financial insights. Some key features of Sage 50 include invoicing and billing, expense tracking, inventory management, financial reporting, and payroll processing.

Sage 50 integrates with a wide range of third-party software to streamline your operations and improve efficiency, including Sage AP Automation, Avalara, Microsoft 365, inventory management and more.

Our marketplace has more compatible solutions for your industry, so you can extend what Sage 50 can do and automate even more of your workflow.

Check out the marketplace

Yes. Sage offers an integrated payroll module. Run payroll, set up vacation and sick time, create W2s and tax forms. Pricing is based on number of employees. Call 1-866-257-0454 to purchase.

The Microsoft 365 integration enhances the remote capabilities of Sage 50. It allows you to access customer contacts within Outlook, backup your data (1TB) to OneDrive, design synced reports in Excel and upload expense receipts from your smartphone. Your Microsoft 365 Business Standard subscription includes access to the suite of Microsoft productivity apps (Teams, SharePoint, MileIQ, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and more). You can purchase Microsoft 365 with your Sage 50 subscription. If you already own a Microsoft 365 Business Standard subscription, you can call a Sage expert to setup your integration.

There is not currently a trial of Sage 50. The best way to try the product is to take a test drive or view an on-demand demo.

Call 1-866-257-0454 to speak with an expert or schedule a one-on-one demo.

Talk to a specialist

Yes, you can receive a full refund within 30 days of your initial purchase. You can also cancel at any time after 30 days.

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Simplify everyday invoicing, business accounting, and payroll tasks and bring better flow to your small business with Sage 50.

Ready to work from anywhere? Try Sage 50 Cloud.

Enjoy the same robust accounting depth as Desktop, with the flexibility and convenience of a complete cloud experience.