How to upgrade a Sage Accounting Start subscription

Summary

How to upgrade a Sage Accounting Start subscription to Sage Accounting Standard or Plus.

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How to Upgrade

Hover over your business name in the top-right corner.
Select Manage Business Account.
Select Subscriptions & Invoices.
Click Upgrade.
Select the required version.
Click Confirm Upgrade.

CAUTION:

After upgrading, you can’t return to Sage Accounting Start.

Benefits

Sage Accounting includes other features that allow you to:

Run other reports
Add products and services
Create purchase invoices
Create quotes and estimates
Create analysis types for projects, cost centres, or departments

For a full comparison, see:

Differences between Accounting Start, Accounting Standard, and Accounting Plus (CA).

Billing

Subscription Changes

Upgrading updates your subscription price. Review current pricing at sage.com/en-ca/sage-business-cloud/accounting.

Proration

The system applies the new rate on the upgrade date. You’ll receive a second invoice for the remaining billing period.

Discounts

Existing discounts transfer to the upgraded subscription for the remainder of the discount period.

What happens to your data

The system migrates all existing data automatically. You don’t need to export or import records.

All transactions remain unchanged after migration.

EXAMPLE:

Accounting Start records expenses through bank transactions. After upgrading, those entries remain in bank activity and don’t convert to purchase invoices.

After migration, the system prevents downgrades back to Sage Accounting Start.