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 FreeAgent | N/A | FreeAgent is an cloud-based accounting system designed for small businesses and freelancers. FreeAgent supports many core accounting features and bank reconciliation, payroll, tax management, project level accounting, and multiple currency support. It is mobile-accessible, and integrates with many apps. | $13.50 per month | |
 Sage 500 | N/A | Sage 500 ERP includes accounting and finance, distribution and supply chain, and manufacturing operations support modules. The latest Sage 500 release includes accounts payable enhancements, credit card processing, and general updates, as well as updates to the solution's modules. | N/A |
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| Considered Both Products | FreeAgent  Vince McConville Advisor / Director Chose FreeAgent I have used and tested out many other systems. I was looking at Xero for my accounting system but at the time I chose FreeAgent because of the way it handles the recording of dividends and the inbuilt time recording. The others I trialed were good and many of them cheaper. …  Kirsty McWilliam Consultant Chose FreeAgent Dashboard for tax overview  Russell Greig MCIArb Owner Chose FreeAgent I haven't used other products, I used freeagent and was so impressed that I've continued to use it and recommend to other  Emma Cossey Trainer Chose FreeAgent I liked FreshBooks - but the support, banking integration and other extras FreeAgent offers won me over.  Edgar Danielyan Director & Principal Consultant Chose FreeAgent FreeAgent was really the first product we looked at based on a personal recommendation and since we found it to be almost perfect we didn't look at the alternatives.  Maribel Pascual Director Chose FreeAgent I found FreeAgent to be more user friendly and since I have no accounting background much more easy to use than QuickBooks.  Linda Merrills Director Chose FreeAgent We did start the business using Kashflow. It is good but isn't as full service as FreeAgent and does require a bit of knowledge of some accounting terms which FreeAgent doesn't.  Colin Clark Owner Chose FreeAgent FreeAgent is far easier to use and navigate.  Jason Dalton AICB CB.Cert PM.Dip Bookkeeper Chose FreeAgent Support. Any questions gets a fast and detailed response. Helpful, knowledgable and friendly people provide detailed explanations and answers to not only teach but help understanding.  Gavin Percy Registered and Approved Growth Coach for GrowthAccelerator. Chose FreeAgent Sage was way too complicated for my needs and not as user friendly. FreeAgent was cheaper, easier and more user friendly. Easy decision  Eddie May Web Developer & Internet Marketing Consultant Chose FreeAgent I used Fresh Books for about three years prior to switching to FreeAgent. It was the accounting functionality that made the difference - in the past two years I've not regretted the switch. Fresh Books is good, but its the UK accounting features that make FreeAgent … | Sage 500  John Wilhite General Accountant Chose Sage 500 Quickbooks is more user friendly and intuitive but can be clunky when dealing hard chunks of data. Morever, I did not operate a cloud based solution like Intacct and this is key in my report.  J. Mickey Merguerian Project Controls Manager Chose Sage 500 Sage is by far the worst program I have ever used in the construction industry. It has the capability to be a wonderful program for an entire organization but it severely lacks user interface. For instance, Their field reports section has a character limit. That's …  Lisa Kuta Accounting/Software Administrator Chose Sage 500 The functionality and ease of the software is what we love but we remain on the 7.05 because the price to upgrade is too high. |
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| Small Businesses |  QuickBooks Self-Employed (discontinued) Score 8.9 out of 10 |  Zoho One Score 8.9 out of 10 |
| Medium-sized Companies |  Zoho Books Score 9.0 out of 10 |  Infor VISUAL Score 8.0 out of 10 |
| Enterprises |  Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management Score 10.0 out of 10 |  24SevenOffice Score 9.0 out of 10 |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 8.1 (0 ratings) | 10.0 (0 ratings) |
| Likelihood to Renew | 9.0 (0 ratings) | 6.3 (0 ratings) |
| Usability | 8.5 (0 ratings) | 10.0 (0 ratings) |
| Availability | 8.9 (0 ratings) | - (0 ratings) |
| Performance | 9.1 (0 ratings) | - (0 ratings) |
| Support Rating | 1.0 (0 ratings) | - (0 ratings) |
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| Implementation Rating | 1.0 (0 ratings) | 8.0 (0 ratings) |
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