In using Sage 50 Premium Accounting, I replaced a late 2000's version of Intuit's Quickbooks so I do not have the context to compare this to an earlier version of Peachtree (what this was called in previous versions).

When first becoming familiar with this software, I was immediately impressed with the graphical interface to navigate the menus.  I had one customer service question when I started and it was quickly answered via email which was nice.  This revolved around a Quickbooks import which I could not get to work correctly but eventually managed.  My data import was a very simple one to say the least but more complicated imports might have problems.

My primary purpose for using accounting a service is to help manage my friends custom bike building business he runs out of a garage.  Its a relatively small scale business with no other employees so the ill-fated subscription payroll feature is not relevant to us.  Everything else we would need to handle (vendor orders, accounts receivable etc) is easily handles by this software clearly designed for more complex organizations but if you are looking for software for of this size, although it may be overkill, it won't steer you wrong.

The e-marketing portion of the software was somewhat of a letdown.  It basically has some functionality to do some social networking and chart/flier generation that other programs do better.  The survey portion was next to useless.

Overall in consideration of the pay subscriptions services and price point of the software, I would say Sage 50 Premium Accounting is a mixed bag.
In using Sage 50 Premium Accounting, I replaced a late 2000's version of Intuit's Quickbooks so I do not have the context to compare this to an earlier version of Peachtree (what this was called in previous versions). When first becoming familiar with this software, I was immediately impressed with the graphical interface to navigate the menus. I had one customer service question when I started and it was quickly answered via email which was nice. This revolved around a Quickbooks import which I could not get to work correctly but eventually managed. My data import was a very simple one to say the least but more complicated imports might have problems. My primary purpose for using accounting a service is to help manage my friends custom bike building business he runs out of a garage. Its a relatively small scale business with no other employees so the ill-fated subscription payroll feature is not relevant to us. Everything else we would need to handle (vendor orders, accounts receivable etc) is easily handles by this software clearly designed for more complex organizations but if you are looking for software for of this size, although it may be overkill, it won't steer you wrong. The e-marketing portion of the software was somewhat of a letdown. It basically has some functionality to do some social networking and chart/flier generation that other programs do better. The survey portion was next to useless. Overall in consideration of the pay subscriptions services and price point of the software, I would say Sage 50 Premium Accounting is a mixed bag.