SAGE/EXCEL

System
System Posts: 100,534 🤖 Admin 🤖
edited 10:09AM in AAT student discussion
would love to hear from anyone who has used both SAGE & EXCEL. could you please point out the advantages and disadvantages of using each one from your exp, or any infomation at all.<BR><BR>To those who havent used both but use one then can i please ask you to point out the adv/dis adv regarding the program you use. again any info helpfull.<BR><BR>Im trying to prepare a report which shows the pros & cons as diffrent company require diffrent packages.<BR>Thanks in advance

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  • System
    System Posts: 100,534 🤖 Admin 🤖
    SAGE/EXCEL

    I don't use SAGE but I do use Excel for 90% of my work.<BR><BR>I find excel great to work with, as long as you know how to do things it will do just about anything you wish.<BR><BR>The only disadvantage I can think of with Excel is that you need to set everything up yourself where as SAGE would have its own appearance, therefore you can make EXCEL as user friendly as you want.<BR><BR>Not sure if this is what you needed to know or not.
  • System
    System Posts: 100,534 🤖 Admin 🤖
    SAGE/EXCEL

    I use excel 100% at my work, and I also went onto Sage for first time last year.<BR>I find excel good, but as Deedee says, everything in Excel has to be set up the way you want it, but Sage has already got that. Depends what you are wanting to use Sage for, and to what extent. If it is not getting fully utilised, then it can still be beneficial using it rather than having to set everything up from scratch in excel.
  • System
    System Posts: 100,534 🤖 Admin 🤖
    SAGE/EXCEL

    As someone who runs the accounts department of a business with a 3/4 mil' turnover of goods and services I see Sage and excel as very different systems.<BR><BR>I use sage to produce all the usual accounting reports - P&L, Balance Sheet, stock valuation etc, as well as daily accounting proceedures - bank rec etc. But I also use excel to track profits per job, produce add hock reports etc. However Sage is being constantly updated so that it is more useful i.e., job costing etc and it is also becoming easier to intergrate information directly into Excel.<BR><BR>Unless I'm missing the point I would say that the size of the business would dictate which package companies use. I personally feel for larger companies a 'proper' accounting package would be essential but smaller companies can get the result they need from excel.
  • System
    System Posts: 100,534 🤖 Admin 🤖
    SAGE/EXCEL

    I prepare accounts from clients data (which often is sage reports) and I use excel to take things from the sage trial balance to the etb and then to draft accounts. I have several templates which I can use for any type of company which will save time and once I've done someones accounts once, the template which is personal to them is always on my computer.<BR><BR>I also do some bookeeping for some of our clients on excel.<BR><BR>Annette

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