Choosing business software?

[Brian Turner]

Currently I'm building up my accounts in Excel, and detailing customer information in Word.

I'm curious though - what software do people here use for the day-to-day managing of their business and customer accounts?

[johnnynemonic]

sage is cool

[becki]

omigosh I didnt even think of software!
What about quickbooks? is that better than excel?

[johnnynemonic]

excel is a spreadsheet, anythings better than excel.

[Suzanne]

Chossing software? Is this like flossing? Quicken Books between the teeth after the IRS demand?

[bizal]

Sage is now more or less an SME standard (my MD's words not mine) and easy to use so that would be his advice!!!

[Brian Turner]

Sage is certainly something I'll have to look at. I'm sure Excel will be fine - but I'm sure a lot of accountants would be happy to charge a lot for the time abd effort required in exporting a CSV file from Excel to Sage.

[paul andrew]

I use quickbooks I find it easy to use. I'm Told Sage is very good its down to personal preference.

[koltregaskes]

I used to use Sage at my previous firm. But now that I am self-employed/contractor It was pretty good then (4 or 5 years ago), but never really used it to its full. It's a shame you cannot download a demo/trial version of Sage and Quicken software, that would really help.