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The long standing desktop ledger, now with cloud connectivity and AI document capture

4.2Based on 201 reviews

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Ease of use4.1
Value4.0
Support4.1
Features4.0

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201 reviews matching your filters

Priya Halliwell

Group financial controller · 1000+ employees · Engineering

United Kingdom

2.0

30 Jun 2026

Still the best for inventory

Backups are your problem in a way they are not with cloud products, and extra users cost more and it adds up fast. Stock control is the reason we stay, nothing cloud based matches it, which is about the only positive.

Pros

Stock control is the reason we stay, nothing cloud based matches it.

Cons

Backups are your problem in a way they are not with cloud products.

Ease of use: 3.0
Value for money: 1.0
Customer service: 3.0
Functionality: 2.0

Used for 1-2 years27 found this helpful

Alan Iqbal

Founder · 11-50 employees · Engineering

LinkedIn verifiedUnited Kingdom

4.0

28 Jun 2026

Worth it for project costing

The document capture pre fills purchase invoices and saves hours a week, and multi company reporting means I am not consolidating in a spreadsheet. The price is hard to justify unless you actually use the depth, but we live with it.

Pros

The document capture pre fills purchase invoices and saves hours a week.

Cons

The price is hard to justify unless you actually use the depth.

Ease of use: 4.0
Value for money: 4.0
Customer service: 5.0
Functionality: 3.0

Used for Less than 6 months38 found this helpful

Priya Kowalski

Founder · 11-50 employees · Logistics and transport

United Kingdom

4.0

27 Jun 2026

Still the best for inventory

Multi company reporting means I am not consolidating in a spreadsheet, and stock control is the reason we stay, nothing cloud based matches it. Extra users cost more and it adds up fast, but we live with it.

Pros

Multi company reporting means I am not consolidating in a spreadsheet.

Cons

Extra users cost more and it adds up fast.

Ease of use: 4.0
Value for money: 5.0
Customer service: 4.0
Functionality: 5.0

Used for 6-12 months35 found this helpful

Megan Begum

Owner · 11-50 employees · IT services

LinkedIn verifiedUnited Kingdom

3.0

25 Jun 2026

Stock control keeps us here

Mixed. The document capture pre fills purchase invoices and saves hours a week, but extra users cost more and it adds up fast.

Pros

The document capture pre fills purchase invoices and saves hours a week.

Cons

Extra users cost more and it adds up fast.

Ease of use: 3.0
Value for money: 3.0
Customer service: 4.0
Functionality: 3.0

Used for 1-2 years29 found this helpful

Laura Sandhu

Office manager · 1-10 employees · Construction

United Kingdom

4.0

19 Jun 2026

Stock control keeps us here

The document capture pre fills purchase invoices and saves hours a week. Only real gripe is that backups are your problem in a way they are not with cloud products.

Pros

The document capture pre fills purchase invoices and saves hours a week.

Cons

Backups are your problem in a way they are not with cloud products.

Ease of use: 4.0
Value for money: 4.0
Customer service: 3.0
Functionality: 4.0

Used for 6-12 months26 found this helpful

Megan Dunmore

Owner · 11-50 employees · Marketing and advertising

United Kingdom

5.0

16 Jun 2026

Stock control keeps us here

Foreign currency handling is properly built in on Professional. Our accountant has used it for twenty years so support is easy.

Pros

Foreign currency handling is properly built in on Professional.

Cons

It is desktop software with cloud bolted on and remote working shows it.

Ease of use: 5.0
Value for money: 5.0
Customer service: 5.0
Functionality: 4.0

Used for 6-12 months15 found this helpful

Nicola Halliwell

Operations manager · 51-200 employees · Retail

United Kingdom

4.0

25 May 2026

Does the job, feels its age

The fixed asset register saves the schedule we used to keep separately. Only real gripe is that extra users cost more and it adds up fast.

Pros

The fixed asset register saves the schedule we used to keep separately.

Cons

Extra users cost more and it adds up fast.

Ease of use: 5.0
Value for money: 5.0
Customer service: 4.0
Functionality: 3.0

Used for Less than 6 months18 found this helpful

Nicola Rhodes

Director · 1-10 employees · Manufacturing

United Kingdom

5.0

9 May 2026

Overkill unless you need the modules

Our accountant has used it for twenty years so support is easy. Project costing gives us real margin per job rather than a guess.

Pros

Our accountant has used it for twenty years so support is easy.

Cons

Extra users cost more and it adds up fast.

Ease of use: 5.0
Value for money: 4.0
Customer service: 5.0
Functionality: 5.0

Used for 6-12 months14 found this helpful

Alan Stroud

HR manager · 51-200 employees · Accounting

United Kingdom

5.0

1 May 2026

Powerful but you pay for it

Stock control is the reason we stay, nothing cloud based matches it. The document capture pre fills purchase invoices and saves hours a week.

Pros

Stock control is the reason we stay, nothing cloud based matches it.

Cons

It is desktop software with cloud bolted on and remote working shows it.

Ease of use: 5.0
Value for money: 4.0
Customer service: 5.0
Functionality: 5.0

Used for 6-12 months19 found this helpful

Mark Iqbal

Finance manager · 201-500 employees · Food and beverage

LinkedIn verifiedUnited Kingdom

3.0

29 Apr 2026

Expensive, and we still renew

The fixed asset register saves the schedule we used to keep separately. That said, CIS costs extra on top of an already high subscription and the price is hard to justify unless you actually use the depth.

Pros

The fixed asset register saves the schedule we used to keep separately.

Cons

CIS costs extra on top of an already high subscription.

Ease of use: 2.0
Value for money: 2.0
Customer service: 4.0
Functionality: 2.0

Used for 2+ years38 found this helpful