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Sage Business Cloud payroll is an intuitive, cloud-based payroll solution that helps you manage everything payroll related in just a few clicks. Easy-to-use 4 step Do-It-Yourself payroll. Avoid mistakes with fully HMRC compliant software. Automated payroll calculations and submissions. Easily switch to Sage with a simple setup and data import. Expert support whenever you need, 24/7, 365 days a year. Share access with your accountant. Automatically track your payroll data in Sage Accounting
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Overall my experience with sage payroll has been very positive and has always helped generate accurate reports and information.
Pros: Sage payroll is an amazing tool to create and manage a companies payroll. It is easy to use and has a variety of reports which are helpful for reference.
Cons: My least favourite part about sage payroll is the formatting of reports when exported to excel, as they can become overwhelming.
Ethan J. · Auditor · Accounting · March 6, 2026
Not great. As explained before, it was difficult to use and navigate between all the different tabs.
Pros: In- depth analysis of payroll as well as being a well established program, running for many decades.
Cons: Not very user friendly, difficult to use, unnecessarily complicated and help is hard to find when experiencing issues
Faizan S. · Payroll Manager · Accounting · August 20, 2025
Extremely negative experience, worst customer service I've ever encountered. I was frustrated by the company’s lack of comprehensive services, relying instead on third-party partners that disrupted seamless payroll management. Key features like Direct Deposit failed to function, and my application remained unresolved for over a month. I expressed disbelief that in an era of major technological advancements—such as planned human missions to Mars—basic payroll processes could still be so inefficient and poorly handled.
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Pros: I did not use their accounting. My comments is specific to their Sage Payrill and Basic HR. I did not see any value in uisng that except wasting 1 months of precious time trying to resolve very basic issues with their technical support.
Cons: No value or advantage of using such a middle-ware for Payroll. Not helpful customer service. They just refer you to their partners without trying to resolve the issue
Hamidreza H. · Founder and CEO · Medical Devices · May 23, 2025
I must still run my own payroll reports for first month of take on ...not a clue how. The take on was stressful. First contact them for at least 2 days virtual training plus minus R5k and then start with a company for implementation /take over. Ensure they run all reports in order to compare.
Pros: It's easy to use and have several shortcuts to save time BUT you need training which don't get provided. ADDITIONAL COST
Cons: There is NO training and don't even get mentioned in their quotes The installation team guide you but Vs their speed and knowledge...and this is taking hrs of your installation quote. Only stresses me out more due to lack of knowledge.
Zelda R. · Financial Manager · Hospitality · May 12, 2025
Very good, used this system in conjunction with others for a long time, have got help when needed, would recommend.
Pros: easy to use, does send some updates, has good reports. able to input data easily and the process flow works
Cons: does not follow updates for pensions and other legislation, a lot has to be done manually and extra checks
Nathan B. · HR Advisor · Education Management · April 24, 2025
Honestly, Sage Payroll is the most user friendly payroll software if you are a union employer. I have tried other programs, but none support a union employer like Sage Payroll.
Pros: What I love about Sage Payroll is the easy of setup. We are a union company and Sage Payroll supports the processing of a union payroll. I highly recommend it for this reason alone.
Cons: I guess my only complaint is that it is not a cloud based program and you cannot save files within this software.
Susan M. · Accountant · Translation and Localization · March 4, 2025
Pros: It seems like its good, only used it a short while and have not had any issues thus far.
Cons: There seem to be no glitches or issues i can report as of yet.
Caitlyn B. · Office Administrator · Construction · February 27, 2025
Once setup the module is very efficient and saves considerable time. The main advantage for us is being able to print T4 slips and payroll cheques with little effort
Pros: Easy to use, up to date tax tables, tracks taxable benefits
Cons: This module is fairly expensive. It may not be appropriate for a company with less than 5 employees
Keith T. · Managing Partner · Wholesale · January 12, 2025
Excellent. Couldn't work without it. Allows payroll processing and calculation of NI and tax to be seamless
Pros: Intuitive, comprehensive system that integrates well with HMRC and pension providers
Cons: Sometimes not easy to make adjustments after a payrun. This might be if a mistake needs correcting
James D. · Director · Construction · December 11, 2024
Each time I ran payroll it seemed it took me ages to do so, not the payroll itself but getting the reports out to link them with other financial software.
Pros: You could bespoke a lot of features within Sage Payroll.
Cons: Overly detailed, outdated look, quite clunky.
Monika K. · Finance and Support Manager · Construction · August 27, 2024
Pros: Super easy to use for viewing monthly payroll. Very good UI.
Cons: Nothing at all. Cannot fault it in the tine I have utilised for my payroll.
Manav U. · Graduate Actuarial Analyst · Financial Services · June 12, 2024
Fantastic, cant recommend enough! As a beginner it was so easy to navigate!
Pros: How easy it is to navigate and report a leaver or a new starter!
Cons: The enter payment settings don’t go back to zero so you have to take bank holidays or annual leave off.
enya c. · Accounts Manager · Construction · May 14, 2024
Pros: Easy to use for smaller companies. For Lager Companies Sage professional very difficult
Cons: Only for Smaller companies so need more user friendly for large comp
JOLANDA B. · Director · Accounting · May 9, 2024
Pros: The fact that I can save everything in the cloud
Cons: Sometimes the connection is slow and we struggle to work
Anonymous User · HR Manager · Retail · May 8, 2024
Great system to use but the support aspect in SA is lacking management and we have to make use of a third party to assist with issues which costs us more money.
Pros: Reporting is great Main menu with employee details is super helpful
Cons: The support in SA is lacking. The Consultants are not able to assist with queries or does not come back to one.
ELAINE Z. · Payroll Manager · Telecommunications · May 8, 2024
All easy and no issues at all with the program
Pros: Easy to use and can add employee or take one off
Cons: There is nothing that I don't like about sage payroll
Riana E. · Director · Accounting · May 2, 2024
Pros: Sage 50 Payroll is an established product and allows for a structured end to end process for the user. It allows the company to payroll BIK's for their employees.
Cons: I've tried hard to think of something and can't!
Rebecca W. · Managing Director · Accounting · May 2, 2024
I'm a business owner and Sage makes it easy to run the employee pay scheme and pension
Pros: Simple to use and all relevant information accessible
Cons: Absent chart but we do not have a need for
Nichola N. · Director · Machinery · April 30, 2024
Pros: Sage Payroll is user friendly, can generate employee cost reports for the workplace and has excellent webinars for when new legislation is introduced.
Cons: I have been using Sage Payroll for over 17 years and have not come across anything that I would change on it.
Helen M. · Office Manager · Mechanical or Industrial Engineering · April 30, 2024
It's simple to use and makes running payroll a breeze. I like the help guides, especially the year-end guide.
Pros: It was very simple to migrate from Instant Payroll to the Online version.
Cons: No cons found to date, I cannot fault the programme
Jenny E. · Accounts and Administration · Farming · April 30, 2024
VERY QUICK AND EAY TO USE BUT LACKS THE FUNCTIONALLITY OF THE DESKTOP VERSION OF SAGE PAYROLL
Pros: QUICK AND EASY TO PROCESS THE PAYROLL EACH WEEK OR MONTH
Cons: NOT ABLE TO PRODUCE HISTORICAL REPORTS SUMMERISING THE PAYROLL FIGURES IN ORDER TO PREPARE ANNUAL ACCOUNTS. FPS IS SUBMITTED BEFORE P45 CAN BE PRINTED SO LEAVERS HAVE TO BE SUBMITTED WITH RTI REPORT FOR THE NEXT PERIOD. NO LINK TO HMRC WEBSITE TO AUTOMATICALLY UPDATE TAX CODE CHANGES FOR EMPLOYEES
JAMES R. · ACCOUNTANT · Accounting · April 30, 2024
Pros: We like the ability to customize calculations and reports
Cons: Sage does not provide help documents on Statutory reporting
Eddie V. · Payroll Specialist · Human Resources · April 29, 2024
Using Sage payroll has been a very positive experience. It has made Payroll easier and can I say, enjoyable.
Pros: Simple four-step payroll software, coupled with free HR software and first-class support.
Cons: It is difficult to find anything I don't like about Sage payroll, as it does everything I need it to and more.
Paul R. · Owner · Accounting · April 10, 2024
Pros: Ease of use, being able to keep up to date with legislation, use of pension module
Cons: Nothing, I like every aspect of SAGE and wouldn't change anything.
Lesley C. · Finance Manager · Real Estate · March 26, 2024
Pros: Sage is easy to use and certainly a market-leader for business owners. The ability to quickly and accurately process payroll and provide a self-service function to employees is essential. As is compliance with HMRC. Sage cover all of the basics with a smart UI.
Cons: More could be done to support customers when first signing up, as payroll can be a daunting process at first - that being said, there are articles online to help - although maybe more video content and less jargon would be best suited. Moreover, perhaps Sage should consider better discounts/offers/promotions/recognition of long-term users.
Jack T. · Director · Marketing and Advertising · February 14, 2024