Accountancy software

What accountancy system should I use?

Finding and implementing a robust and scalable accounting system to ensure that cash flow, profitability and stock are all accurate and up to date is crucial for making well-informed decisions. We have reviewed 18 different comparison websites, industry reports and sector reviews (hereafter termed “expert sources”). We don’t consider any one review to be the final word on the subject, instead we amalgamate all results to reach a consensus.

Some of our sources provide additional helpful information to aid your decision making such as detailing features (although be mindful that the software providers regularly release new features, meaning this data may be slightly behind the latest software version). Most sites give a summary of strengths and weaknesses to back up individual judgments. Where a site doesn’t explicit rank its top providers, we give each firm the same score in our assessment. We also provide a small weighting for frequency of recommendation and UK presence.

Accounting packages – independent ratings, rankings and comparisons

Software provider

Website

Average score

Kashflow

90%

Freeagent

88%

Xero

88%

Quickbooks

87%

Sage

85%

Freshbooks

82%

Analysis by expert source

Expert source

Kashflow

Freeagent

Xero

Quickbooks

Sage

Freshbooks

PC mag

80%

90%

80%

80%

Accounting reviews

80%

70%

60%

64%

70%

60%

Techradar

82%

86%

88%

84%

90%

Bytestart

90%

86%

82%

88%

Computerworld

82%

72%

76%

86%

90%

88%

Accounts and legal

95%

95%

95%

Accountancy age

95%

95%

95%

95%

Finance online

84%

82%

80%

88%

90%

Capterra

90%

90%

90%

80%

90%

Business software

95%

95%

95%

95%

Brooks city

95%

95%

95%

95%

95%

MileIQ

95%

95%

95%

Hubspot

82%

90%

84%

88%

Techadvisor

86%

90%

78%

84%

82%

Fits small business

86%

90%

88%

Accounting web

70%

84%

34%

27%

1%

Get app

46%

69%

73%

67%

69%


Analysis of expert sources’ functionality

Expert source

Website

Strengths and weaknesses

Details features

Ranking

Procurement info.

PC Magazine

Accounting Reviews

Techradar

Bytestart

Computer World UK

Accounts and legal

Accountancy age

Finance online

Capterra

Business-software

Brooks city

MileIQ

Techadvisor

Fits small business

Accounting web

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