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Differences between Accounting Start, Accounting Standard, and Accounting Plus

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Summary

A comparison between the three versions of Sage Accounting.

Resolution

Feature/Function Start Standard Plus
INVOICES      
Create Sales invoices Yes Yes Yes
Create Recurring Sales invoices No Yes Yes
Create Purchases invoices No Yes Yes
Attachments to invoices Yes Yes Yes
Credit note from invoice Yes Yes Yes
Stand-alone credit note No Yes Yes
Quotes and estimates No Yes Yes
Quick Entries (Sales & Purchases) No Yes Yes
Create Pro-forma invoices No Yes Yes
Create draft invoices Yes Yes Yes
Break down of quantities and unit price No Yes Yes
Apply default product details No Yes Yes
Apply discount to payment Yes Yes Yes
Display Discount on invoice No Yes Yes
Display Delivery Charge No Yes Yes
Create Delivery note No Yes Yes
Apply Contact default ledgers  Yes Yes Yes
Apply transaction analysis No Yes Yes
Multicurrency invoicing No No Yes
       
INVOICE ACTIVITY LIST      
Filter by status, dates, keywords & types Yes Yes Yes
       
INVOICE CUSTOMIZATION      
Add logo Yes Yes Yes
Apply more than one template No Yes Yes
Change colours, font and size No Yes Yes
Rename Headers No Yes Yes
Rename Columns No Yes Yes
       
CONTACTS      
Create Customers and Suppliers Yes Yes Yes
Add Credit Limits, Bank details and Notes to contacts Yes Yes Yes
View and filter contact activities Yes Yes Yes
Allocation No Yes Yes
Ability to add several addresses to one contact No Yes Yes
Create Customer Statements No Yes Yes
Create recurring statements No Yes Yes
Apply Analysis Group to contacts No Yes Yes
       
PRODUCTS      
Create products & services No Yes Yes
Create stock products No No Yes
Manage stock - Inventory No No Yes
       
BANKING      
Create several bank accounts Yes Yes Yes
Connect bank feeds Yes Yes Yes
Bank transfers Yes Yes Yes
Cash Account & Bank Deposits Yes Yes Yes
Bank reconciliation Yes Yes Yes
Recurring payments No Yes Yes

Check printing

 Yes Yes Yes

Multicurrency Banking

 No No Yes
       
ACCOUNTING METHOD      
Cash or Accrual Accrual  Accrual Accrual
       
JOURNALS Yes Yes Yes
       
CHART OF ACCOUNTS Yes Yes Yes
       
DEFAULT SETTINGS      
Business information Yes Yes Yes
Email settings Yes Yes Yes
Ledger settings Yes Yes Yes
Invoice settings numbering Yes Yes Yes
Invoice settings - prefix No Yes Yes
Invoice settings Notes and Terms & Conditions Yes Yes Yes
       
FOREIGN TRANSACTIONS      
Enable foreign currency invoicing  No No Yes
       
SUMMARY / DASHBOARD      
Basic dashboard Yes Yes Yes
Detailed dashboard No Yes Yes
Cashflow forecast No Yes Yes
       
OPENING BALANCES      
All Nominal Ledger accounts balance Yes Yes Yes
Bank accounts balance Yes Yes Yes
Customer and suppliers balance No Yes Yes
       
MULTI USERS No Yes Yes
MOBILE APPLICATION Yes Yes Yes
GOOGLE DRIVE No Yes Yes
ANALYSIS No Yes Yes
       
IMPORT      
Contacts Yes Yes Yes
Products and Services No Yes Yes
Quick Entries No Yes Yes
Bank Statements Yes Yes Yes
Opening Balances No Yes Yes
       
EXPORT reports, listings and invoices to PDF or CSV Yes Yes Yes
       
REPORTS      
Profit and Loss Yes Yes Yes
Balance Sheet Yes Yes Yes
Trial balance Yes Yes Yes
Accounts Receivable (A/R) Aging Report Yes Yes Yes
Accounts Payable (A/P) Aging Report No Yes Yes
Sales Day Book Yes Yes Yes
Purchase Day Book No Yes Yes
Profit Analysis No Yes Yes
General Ledger Report  Yes Yes Yes
Audit Trail Yes Yes Yes
Chart of Accounts Yes Yes Yes
Cash Flow Forecast  No Yes Yes
Cash Flow Statement  Yes Yes Yes
Receipts and Payments Day Book No Yes Yes
Income and Expense Day Book  Yes No No
Unreconciled Bank Transactions Yes Yes Yes
Unallocated Receipts or Payments No Yes Yes
Cashbook Yes Yes Yes
Stock Movements No No Yes
Tax Return Yes Yes

Yes
     

 
MIGRATION      
Migration from Sage 50 No No Yes