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

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