Account Software

ziggysego · July 21, 2009, 03:26:34 PM

Can anyone recognise any good accounting software for SMEs, which isn't SAGE?

Thanks

longball · July 21, 2009, 03:30:45 PM

I was trained on SAGE Ziggy but the one im using here at the minute is Profile. Very very easy to use.

bingobus · July 21, 2009, 04:03:28 PM

Quote from: ziggysego on July 21, 2009, 03:26:34 PM
Can anyone recognise any good accounting software for SMEs, which isn't SAGE?

Thanks

I've actually just received an email from Sage saying they are stopping support for TAS Books and Sage 50.

I actually prefer Sage from all the software we'd see out there.

Intact (based in Dundalk) is ok.

Others Big Red Book (don't like it).

Sage are cornering the market and normally buy up the opposition ie TAS books.

ziggysego · July 21, 2009, 04:05:04 PM

Thanks guys. Used SAGE a few times and I was never that keen on it. Want to see what alternatives there is on the market.

bingobus · July 21, 2009, 04:08:40 PM

The one thing about Sage is that they have a number of different pacakages depending on the size of your business.

I find them easy to use but thats probably from continued use of them at various clients.

Shamrock Shore · July 21, 2009, 04:09:49 PM

Sage Commercial is a decent package. Its bigger brother is Accounts Production.

TAS books is fine.

Quickbooks and all other Sage products (jnc that effing Line 50) are to be avoided like the plague.

ziggysego · July 21, 2009, 04:10:59 PM

It's Line 50 that I've used on various occasions and didn't like.

longball · July 21, 2009, 04:17:33 PM

Line 50 verison 12 was excellent but since that they are over complicated the thing, plus it runs oo slowly.
Really cant speak highly enough of profile i never used it before i came here and its the easiest one ive ever used and it does the job lak.

clareman · July 21, 2009, 04:22:38 PM

Ah sure it's all debits and credits at the end of the day so they're all much the same...

magickingdom · July 21, 2009, 06:26:35 PM

i've used many over the years and none are as simple and east to use as quickbooks imo..

ziggysego · July 22, 2009, 04:39:49 PM

Any links to their websites? Can only find Intact online.

Goldengreen · July 22, 2009, 05:06:45 PM

The Big Red Book is a good one too, I know a few people that use it and they do not have a clue when it comes to computers but find the Big Red Book easy to use.

You can try it for free from their web site : http://www.bigredbook.com/

doirebhoy · July 22, 2009, 05:22:50 PM

quick books decent package, i use it for pay roll as well

magickingdom · July 22, 2009, 06:28:44 PM

Quote from: ziggysego on July 22, 2009, 04:39:49 PM
Any links to their websites? Can only find Intact online.

http://www.quickbooks.ie/quickbooks/Main/Home.htm

Quote from: Goldengreen on July 22, 2009, 05:06:45 PM
The Big Red Book is a good one too, I know a few people that use it and they do not have a clue when it comes to computers but find the Big Red Book easy to use.

You can try it for free from their web site : http://www.bigredbook.com/

very good accounts package as well, not sure if they do a payroll package fot the north tho