Sage Business Cloud

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Sage Business Cloud
Developer(s) Sage Group
Initial release2011;12 years ago (2011)
Written in Ruby on Rails
.NET Core
C#
Type Accounting software
License Proprietary
Website www.sage.com

Sage Accounting and Sage Payroll are a suite of cloud-based [1] accountancy and payroll products developed by Sage Group aimed at small and medium-sized enterprises as well as the self-employed. They exist under the suite banner of Sage Business Cloud, and the products were initially known as Sage One and are available in many of the territories that Sage operate.

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Originally launched in the UK and Ireland in 2011 Sage Business Cloud is a set of small business management tool that offers accounting, payroll, payments and time-tracking tools. [2] It includes mobile apps that accept business payments, manage and pay bills, and payroll functions. [3] The product launched in the United States in 2012, [4] Canada, France, Germany and Spain in 2013 and has since launched in other territories that Sage operates in. [5] [6]

Sage Business Cloud is developed using Ruby on Rails and C#/.NET Core [7] by global teams within Sage including at those at their headquarters in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. [8]

The Sage Business Cloud brand is applied to Sage's cloud-based offerings including Sage People and Sage HR. Sage X3, is also a part of the wider Sage Business Cloud brand but aimed at larger enterprises.

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