Search SoftGids

Search software and articles

Sage Business Cloud Payroll logo

Sage Business Cloud Payroll reviews

4,1238 verified reviews
Write a review

Showing 81 to 100 of 238 reviews

EC

Estelle Chetty

Chetty Hardware Group

19 February 2026

South Africa Used for 2+ years

Decent fit for a 5 person company

Good simple product, just know its limits before committing. You cannot customise the payslip layout much at all. New tax year opened by itself, correct tables, zero downloads.

Pros

Journals post to Sage Accounting; unlimited companies and users on every tier

Cons

Bulk employee changes are tedious

5 people found this review helpful
KP

Kate Pretorius

Kudu Timber Solutions

15 February 2026

Construction · 11–50 employees South Africa Used for 6–12 months

Working well for our 22 person team

The pay run is a guided checklist, I literally cannot forget a step. The ACB file loads into Standard Bank business banking and the whole run pays in one batch.

Pros

Automatic UIF declarations

5 people found this review helpful
HS

Hennie Singh

18 December 2025

Media & Marketing South Africa Used for Less than 6 months

Decent fit for a 12 person company

It handles the common cases beautifully and the uncommon ones not at all. Support is friendly but tickets beyond the basics take a few days. Adding a new employee is a ten minute form and they are in the next run.

Pros

ACB bank files for the major banks

5 people found this review helpful
AD

Andile Daniels

Practice Owner

29 May 2025

Construction · 1–10 employees South Africa Used for 1–2 years

Good decision for a 4 person company

I ran December pay from a guest house in the Berg, that flexibility is real. New tax year opened by itself, correct tables, zero downloads. The leave module means my staff request days in the app, not in the passage.

5 people found this review helpful
AS

Andile Shabalala

Office Manager · Shabalala Plumbing Services

22 October 2024

Construction & Trades · 1–10 employees South Africa Used for 1–2 years

Serving our Boksburg operation well

The demo company convinced me before I loaded a single real employee. Every plan includes unlimited companies and users, which is unheard of at this price. Payroll went from monthly dread to a fifteen minute task.

Pros

Leave management included; runs anywhere with a browser

5 people found this review helpful
AM

Annelie Marais

Payroll Administrator · Paarl Attorneys Works

25 September 2024

Legal · 1–10 employees South Africa Used for 1–2 years

Good but not perfect for our Potchefstroom team

Good simple product, just know its limits before committing. Support is friendly but tickets beyond the basics take a few days.

Pros

Clear headcount based pricing in rand; runs anywhere with a browser

Cons

Complex pay structures do not fit well

5 people found this review helpful
RS

Riaan Shabalala

Founder

29 August 2024

Construction · 1–10 employees Namibia Used for 2+ years

Good but not perfect for our Knysna team

We like it, though we keep a spreadsheet next to it for the odd calculations. The browser session times out faster than I would like mid capture. Loading our history from the old system went better than expected.

Cons

Reporting beyond the standard set is thin

5 people found this review helpful
AN

Annelie Ndlovu

Sole Proprietor

3 July 2026

South Africa Used for 6–12 months

Our accountant in Benoni recommended it, good call

For a micro business in Cape Town the entry price makes proper payroll a no brainer. The leave module means my staff request days in the app, not in the passage. You can preview a payslip before finalising, mistakes get caught early.

Pros

Unlimited companies and users on every tier

Cons

Needs a stable internet connection

4 people found this review helpful
SV

Senzo Vermeulen

HR Administrator

27 June 2026

South Africa Used for 1–2 years

Doing okay for our 8 person setup

We like it, though we keep a spreadsheet next to it for the odd calculations. Complex pay structures with multiple rate tables just do not fit. It posts the salary journals through to Sage Accounting automatically.

Pros

Legislative updates happen automatically in the cloud

4 people found this review helpful
PP

Palesa Pretorius

Admin Manager · Vereeniging Consulting Works

2 June 2026

South Africa Used for 2+ years

Mostly happy in Bloemfontein, a few gripes

Mostly a pleasure, occasionally a shrug. The employee self service is more basic than the marketing suggests. It posts the salary journals through to Sage Accounting automatically.

Pros

Runs anywhere with a browser

Cons

Needs a stable internet connection

4 people found this review helpful
IK

Imraan Kruger

Founder

19 April 2026

South Africa Used for 6–12 months

Good but not perfect for our Durban team

It suits our small setup, though I can see the ceiling from here. You cannot customise the payslip layout much at all. Weekly, fortnightly and monthly cycles run side by side cleanly.

Pros

IRP5s generated at year end

Cons

Bulk employee changes are tedious

4 people found this review helpful
JP

Jaco Patel

Office Manager

7 February 2026

Hospitality · 1–10 employees South Africa Used for 2+ years

Real time calculations show mistakes before they cost

Easy to run, harder to get deep information out of. The browser session times out faster than I would like mid capture. IRP5s at year end were generated without me touching a settings screen.

Cons

Bulk employee changes are tedious

4 people found this review helpful
DP

Devan Petersen

Payroll Administrator · Petersen Digital Studio

26 August 2025

Technology · 1–10 employees South Africa Used for 2+ years

Happy customer in Vanderbijlpark

Payslips hit staff email the moment I finalise, the WhatsApp questions stopped. Every plan includes unlimited companies and users, which is unheard of at this price. The ACB file loads into Nedbank business banking and the whole run pays in one batch.

Cons

Reporting beyond the standard set is thin

4 people found this review helpful
WS

Wynand Steyn

Practice Owner · Drakensberg Print SA

3 August 2025

Media & Marketing · 11–50 employees South Africa Used for 1–2 years

Gets us there, with some detours

Mostly a pleasure, occasionally a shrug. Every plan includes unlimited companies and users, which is unheard of at this price.

Pros

Clear headcount based pricing in rand; runs anywhere with a browser

Cons

Employee self service is basic

4 people found this review helpful
KG

Kagiso Gumede

Practice Owner

9 June 2025

Accounting · 1–10 employees South Africa Used for 2+ years

Good but not perfect for our Benoni team

Good simple product, just know its limits before committing.

Cons

No department cost splitting

4 people found this review helpful
NA

Nomsa Adams

Practice Owner

20 February 2025

Technology · 11–50 employees Botswana Used for 2+ years

Still glad we chose it, 2 years later

The pay run is a guided checklist, I literally cannot forget a step. The leave module means my staff request days in the app, not in the passage.

Pros

Runs anywhere with a browser; guided pay run anyone can follow

Cons

Ticket support can take days

4 people found this review helpful
TZ

Tshepo Zwane

Financial Manager · Kimberley Catering SA

10 January 2025

Hospitality · 11–50 employees South Africa Used for Less than 6 months

Great for simple payrolls, thin for complex ones

We like it, though we keep a spreadsheet next to it for the odd calculations. Support is friendly but tickets beyond the basics take a few days. There is no proper costing split if staff work across departments.

Pros

Journals post to Sage Accounting

Cons

No department cost splitting

4 people found this review helpful
IK

Imraan Khan

31 July 2024

Media & Marketing · 1–10 employees Zimbabwe Used for 6–12 months

Mostly happy in East London, a few gripes

For a standard payroll it is excellent, our edge cases needed workarounds. Support is friendly but tickets beyond the basics take a few days.

4 people found this review helpful
PG

Priya Grobler

Payroll Administrator

23 June 2026

Media & Marketing · 1–10 employees South Africa Used for 2+ years

Mixed feelings after 10 years

For a standard payroll it is excellent, our edge cases needed workarounds. Complex pay structures with multiple rate tables just do not fit. The leave module means my staff request days in the app, not in the passage.

Cons

Reporting beyond the standard set is thin

3 people found this review helpful
MM

Marlene Mokoena

Founder · Centurion Electrical

9 June 2026

Construction & Trades · 11–50 employees South Africa Used for 2+ years

Browser payroll needs a browser that behaves

Pay day and the site was down, that is the one day it can never happen. Recapturing leave balances after the migration took my admin two full days. We needed a costing report the system simply cannot produce.

Pros

Leave management included

Cons

Migration from desktop lost history detail

3 people found this review helpful