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About Bright

Bright provides a suite of industry-leading software solutions for accountants, bookkeepers and SMEs across the UK and Ireland. Our multi-award-winning, user-friendly and innovative products allow users to support clients while profitably running their practices, with the backing of exceptional support.

Our product suite includes:

• BrightPay (Payroll software)
• BrightManager (Practice management software)
• BrightPropose (Proposal and pricing software)
• BrightTax (Tax and accounts software for the UK only)
• BrightCosec (Company secretarial software for the UK only)
• BrightAccountsProduction (Accounts production software for IE only)
• BrightBooks (Bookkeeping software for IE only)


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4.9 /5
(344)
Value for Money
4.8/5
Features
4.7/5
Ease of Use
4.8/5
Customer Support
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Emma
Emma
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  • Industry: Accounting
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Excellent practice management for small accountancy practice

Reviewed on 2019/08/27

Accountancy Manager has helped organise my practice. It keeps all information securely and allows...

Accountancy Manager has helped organise my practice. It keeps all information securely and allows clients to update/check their information anytime; assisting us to meet the GDPR requirements. The secure portal allows us to share information and obtain electronic signature, greatly reducing our postage costs. We’ve also noticed a better efficiency and improved cash flow thanks to a more streamline way of working.

Pros

Cloud access - I can check my tasks at work/home/on my mobile.
Easy search function
Good record of deadlines
Easy to use portal
Regular improvements and updates

Cons

Sometimes it can be hard to navigate the site.

I think clients get confused with logging in to the portal from Accountancy Manager - would love an embedded log in for my own website.

Mark
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  • Industry: Nonprofit Organization Management
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Cheap and easy to use. Could do with more customisation options

Reviewed on 2023/02/11

It does the job and is straightforward to use.

It does the job and is straightforward to use.

Pros

Inexpensive and talks directly to payroll software.

Cons

Lacking on customisation and some of the more advanced features available in other software

Response from Bright

Hi Mark, thank you for your review and recommendation. It would be great to hear your customisation suggestions if you could email us at [email protected] and we can add them to the development list.

Ian
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  • Industry: Accounting
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Practice Managment Review

Reviewed on 2019/09/02

Pros

The cost is reasonable
Ease of on-boarding new clients
AML check link to Veriphy

Cons

No link to submit Confirmation Statements to Co Hse
Lack of workflow
Lack of link to other software

Daniel
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  • Industry: Accounting
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Does what it says on the tin…

Reviewed on 2022/08/25

Insanely positive. Took a punt on it a few years ago and never looked back!

Insanely positive. Took a punt on it a few years ago and never looked back!

Pros

Deadline management, client interaction through the portal and the ease of document approval is but a few of the things that make this piece of kit genuinely helpful.

Cons

Still have to use accountants and tax software to prepare accounts and tax returns etc - I can only imagine how epic this would be if they developed integrated software to do that too - literally a dream!

Jennifer
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  • Industry: Accounting
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Excellent system for keeping track in my practice

Reviewed on 2019/08/27

This system has helped me to keep all of my clients and prospective clients details in one easy to...

This system has helped me to keep all of my clients and prospective clients details in one easy to reach place. I can now easily keep track of the number of hours I am spending on each client task and it has reduced the amount of chasing up I was previously having to do in order to get paperwork from clients. It has also really helped my practice in becoming GDPR compliant with regards to sharing documentation with them. My clients have also commented on how easy the registration process with my practice is now that I have implemented Accountancy Manager.

Pros

The amount of client information that you can enter including details of any communication that has occured is extremely useful. I really like the task list and the automatic reminders that can be sent out to clients for various pieces of missing information. I also like the time tracking features and the fact that it is GDPR compliant.

Cons

I found the initial setup quite difficult to get to grips with and trying to tailor each template that was in the system was quite labourious but has paid off in the long run. I don't like not being able to pause a task for when I have to take a telephone call.

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Bright FAQs

Below are some frequently asked questions for Bright.

Bright offers the following pricing plans:

  • Starting from: £279.00/year
  • Pricing model: Subscription
  • Free Trial: Available

All prices are per tax year and exclude VAT. BrightPay's optional add-on product, BrightPay Connect is billed on a monthly subscription, based on usage where you only pay for what you use. The usage subscription model is based on the number of active employees in the billing month.

Bright has the following typical customers:

Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500

Bright supports the following languages:

English

Bright supports the following devices:

Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)

Bright integrates with the following applications:

AccountsIQ, Clear Books, FreeAgent, FreshBooks, Modulr, Quick File, QuickBooks Online Advanced, Smart Pensions, Twinfield, Xero

Bright offers the following support options:

Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, Chat

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