Has anyone had a client purchase this product? With or without payroll?
This is not the Sage Business Cloud accounting, but a downloadable desktop subscription that you run locally only. No cloud sharing. Chat support only. No continual updates. It is currently $150 cheaper than Sage50C. Yes, you need to renew every year, but if you have payroll, that is required anyway. I had a chat on the Sage product page and confirmed that other than cloud sharing, lack of continual updates and chat support only, it is the same as Sage 50C.
Another thing: if someone buys this version and then decides they want to go to Sage 50C, they do not get any credit for the "unused" portion of the subscription product purchased from a retailer.
I have a client asking me about this, and it kind of scares me... especially with payroll... do they mean no updates for payroll changes either?