Hi Krista Nenn ,

Great question! Moving from Simply Accounting (or Sage 50) to a cloud-based solution like Sage Accounting is a big step—happy to help clarify the differences.

Project tracking is a feature available in Sage 50 (Canadian Edition), but Sage Accounting (the cloud version) currently does not offer traditional project/job tracking in the same way. However, Sage Accounting does have some workarounds (such as using tracking categories or departments), but it won’t be as robust as the project/job modules in Sage 50.

For a clear breakdown of features, including project tracking, check out these articles:

• Feature comparison: Sage 50 Accounting vs Sage Accounting

• Sage 50 Canadian Edition product comparison and feature availability

If project tracking is essential for your client, Sage 50 may still be the better fit unless they’re open to a more manual approach in Sage Accounting.

Let us know if you have any other questions or want more info about cloud options! If this helps, please mark it as verified :)

Best,
Erzsi

Long delay in this follow up, but my client did go with Sage Accounting Standard, and now I have to figure out how to use the workarounds....can you point me in the right direction for the 'more manual approach' you referenced in the previous answer? 

Thank you!

Krista