Name Price at Time of Review (£) Rating Comment Win 95 Win 3.1 From Tel no Issue Page Additional comments, notes
Finance
Access Intro 295 *** Slightly quirky yet extremely attractive. ? Y Access 01206 322575 4 155
Accounts II 695 ** Costly modular option. Y Accounts II Software 0181 742 3737 10 153
Business Expenses 22.50 ** Cheap, but not very cheerful. Limited in scope and clumsily written. Y GST Software 01480 496575 7 118
M.Y.O.B 5 195 ***** Fully featured and easy to use. Y Best Programs 01992 451551 12 154 recommended
Pastel Partner Accounting 4 299 **** Well specified for the price. Y Y HiPerformance Systems 01342 321321 14 167
Payroll 3 200 ***** Exceptional functionality and easy to use. Y Access 01206 322575 7 134 excellence
Pegasus Capital 1.0 550 **** Excellent user interface, but expensive. Y Pegasus 01536 410044 8 152
Pegasus Opera 2.03 400 **** Competent mid range system. Y Pegasus 01536 410044 10 144
Quickbooks 2 128 ***** How do they cram so much in for the price Y Intuit 0800 585058 1 147 recommended
Quickbooks 3 99 ***** One of the best for small businesses. N Y Intuit 0800 585058 11 135 recommended
Quicken 4 42.55 ****** Right at the top of the personal finance manager tree Y Intuit 0800 585058 9 112 excellence
Quicken 5 51 ****** The best home accounting package on the market. Y Intuit 0800 435100 20 132 excellence
Quicktax Return 95 43 **** Easy to use and relatively painless way to complete your tax return. Y Intuit 0800 585058 10 149
Sybiz Vision 1.5 500 *** Omits some functions, quirky interface, and expensive. y Sybiz 01635 877777 8 142
Sage Sovereign 1,500 **** A mid range accounting system with plenty of features and flexibility. Y Y Sage 0191 201 3000 22 158
Sage Sterling 3 for Windows 649 **** This release catches up with the opposition. Y Sage 0191 201 3000 13 140
Sterling Financial Controller 7 599 **** This is the DOS package eveyone else has to follow. N N Sage 0191 201 3000 5 150
Sterling Payroll +2 249 **** Attractive and feature-rich payroll package. Y Sage 0191 201 3000 4 160
Tas Payroll 99 **** Well specified, particularly if you still use DOS. Y Megatech 0181 874 6511 8 143
TaxCalc 95/6 26 **** Easy to use with plenty of help, though needs more automation. Y Y Consumers Association 0800 252100 22 172
Timeslips 5.1 298 **** Could do with an interface tidy. Y Deepak Sareen 0181 423 8855 1 154
Winforecast 1 Professional 249 **** You'd have to be very interested in forecasting to look at this. Y PASE 01890 771244 1 137