Acumatica vs. Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Acumatica
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Acumatica delivers a set of cloud-based business software applications with dashboards, reporting tools, integrated document management, centralized security, and customization tools.
$1,000
per year
Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate
Score 6.5 out of 10
N/A
Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate is an end-to-end construction and property management product.N/A
Pricing
AcumaticaSage 300 Construction and Real Estate
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AcumaticaSage 300 Construction and Real Estate
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPricing is always consumption-based with no five-year lock-ins or termination penalties. The Acumatica ERP pricing structure allows adding casual users, suppliers, and customers without paying for additional licenses. The cost is based on the features and resources utilized, not on the number of users who access the system. An Acumatica partner works with users to understand specific requirements, determine the proper resources and modules for the company, and presents a price for the license.
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Community Pulse
AcumaticaSage 300 Construction and Real Estate
Considered Both Products
Acumatica
Chose Acumatica
When I started the evaluation process, we were QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise users, we used the construction edition and while it had finance features such as project accounting and estimates, it was not a true ERP system that brought the project management and finance …
Chose Acumatica
We needed a system we could customize for our particular business needs outside of the box platform.
Chose Acumatica
Acumatica pricing, tech and flexibility was the best.
Chose Acumatica
Pricing and support were better as well as the flexibility of the system
Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate
Chose Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate
We are now migrating to Acumatica for a few main reasons:
  • Open API, which is admittedly not perfect but far superior to relying on a VM with an ODBC connection
  • Cloud-based enabling users to work from anywhere
Chose Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate
We have spent quite a bit of time in the last year evaluating a new system to see if this is the best fit for us. We currently use Procore for our project management tool and for our field crew to evaluate work on-site. However, Procore does not have a sufficient budgeting or …
Top Pros
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Features
AcumaticaSage 300 Construction and Real Estate
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
7.9
107 Ratings
10% above category average
Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate
-
Ratings
Pay calculation6.893 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration6.070 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct deposit files6.993 Ratings00 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.3
311 Ratings
9% above category average
Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate
-
Ratings
API for custom integration8.3292 Ratings00 Ratings
Plug-ins8.2265 Ratings00 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.4
385 Ratings
3% above category average
Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate
-
Ratings
Single sign-on capability8.7317 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-based user permissions8.1378 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.0
393 Ratings
10% above category average
Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate
-
Ratings
Dashboards8.3368 Ratings00 Ratings
Standard reports7.7386 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom reports8.2376 Ratings00 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.7
657 Ratings
12% above category average
Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate
-
Ratings
Accounts payable8.6637 Ratings00 Ratings
Accounts receivable8.5527 Ratings00 Ratings
Global Financial Support7.9228 Ratings00 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers8.2316 Ratings00 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations8.5501 Ratings00 Ratings
Configurable Accounting8.2358 Ratings00 Ratings
Standardized Processes8.5399 Ratings00 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.3
414 Ratings
5% above category average
Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate
-
Ratings
Inventory tracking8.2406 Ratings00 Ratings
Automatic reordering7.5203 Ratings00 Ratings
Location management8.2270 Ratings00 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.6
423 Ratings
9% above category average
Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate
-
Ratings
Pricing8.0364 Ratings00 Ratings
Order entry8.5377 Ratings00 Ratings
Credit card processing8.1258 Ratings00 Ratings
Cost of goods sold7.9352 Ratings00 Ratings
Order Orchestration7.8193 Ratings00 Ratings
Subledger and Financial Process
Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.8
491 Ratings
16% above category average
Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate
-
Ratings
Billing Management8.3330 Ratings00 Ratings
Cash and Asset Management8.3441 Ratings00 Ratings
Travel & Expense Management7.6236 Ratings00 Ratings
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting8.2251 Ratings00 Ratings
Period Close8.6356 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Financial Management
Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
9.9
4 Ratings
26% above category average
Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate
-
Ratings
Budgeting and Forecasting9.64 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Costing9.93 Ratings00 Ratings
Cost Capture9.93 Ratings00 Ratings
Capital Project Management10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer Contract Compliance10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Revenue Recognition9.93 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Execution Management
Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
7.7
171 Ratings
11% above category average
Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate
-
Ratings
Project Planning and Scheduling7.2153 Ratings00 Ratings
Task Insight for Project Managers7.6150 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Mobile Functionality7.4129 Ratings00 Ratings
Definable Resource Pools7.387 Ratings00 Ratings
Grants Management
Comparison of Grants Management features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.1
67 Ratings
9% above category average
Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate
-
Ratings
Award Lifecycle Management8.367 Ratings00 Ratings
Procurement
Comparison of Procurement features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
7.4
252 Ratings
6% above category average
Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate
-
Ratings
Bids Analyzed and Compared7.895 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract Authoring7.471 Ratings00 Ratings
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated7.9206 Ratings00 Ratings
Supplier Management7.7142 Ratings00 Ratings
Risk Management
Comparison of Risk Management features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
7.9
105 Ratings
18% above category average
Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate
-
Ratings
Risk Repository8.073 Ratings00 Ratings
Control Management8.093 Ratings00 Ratings
Control Efficiency Assessments8.078 Ratings00 Ratings
Issue Detection7.980 Ratings00 Ratings
Remediation and Certification7.664 Ratings00 Ratings
Logistics
Comparison of Logistics features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.6
130 Ratings
25% above category average
Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate
-
Ratings
Transportation Planning and Optimization7.196 Ratings00 Ratings
Transportation Execution Management7.893 Ratings00 Ratings
Trade and Customs Management6.970 Ratings00 Ratings
Fulfillment Management8.0103 Ratings00 Ratings
Warehouse Workforce Management7.399 Ratings00 Ratings
Manufacturing
Comparison of Manufacturing features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.8
149 Ratings
17% above category average
Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate
-
Ratings
Production Process Design7.6125 Ratings00 Ratings
Production Management8.0137 Ratings00 Ratings
Configuration Management7.9123 Ratings00 Ratings
Work Execution8.0115 Ratings00 Ratings
Manufacturing Costs8.0131 Ratings00 Ratings
Supply Chain
Comparison of Supply Chain features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.1
176 Ratings
13% above category average
Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate
-
Ratings
Forecasting7.2147 Ratings00 Ratings
Inventory Planning7.4165 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Monitoring7.7144 Ratings00 Ratings
Product Lifecycle Management
Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.4
99 Ratings
16% above category average
Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate
-
Ratings
Proposal Management7.883 Ratings00 Ratings
Product Master Data Management7.894 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
AcumaticaSage 300 Construction and Real Estate
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
(740 ratings)
4.0
(14 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.2
(61 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
7.8
(35 ratings)
9.5
(2 ratings)
Availability
8.5
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
7.9
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.1
(27 ratings)
9.8
(6 ratings)
In-Person Training
7.5
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
8.5
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.0
(17 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
8.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
7.2
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
6.3
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
7.7
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
9.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
6.3
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.1
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
AcumaticaSage 300 Construction and Real Estate
Likelihood to Recommend
Acumatica
it's very well suited for project racking in the corporate and regional offices. Also for Manufacturing tracking sales and production orders. Also obviously handling accounting and core financials. SO far it doesn't seem to be I'll suited anywhere within what it was made to do
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Sage
Sage is not at all well suited for small companies who want an agile, nimble setup for quick moving situations and mobile use. These type of companies should look elsewhere such as a SaaS offering from another vendor. In addition Sage is very expensive both in its initial outlay and ongoing support. Medium and larger sized companies benefit from a Sage install much more than the smaller constructor. Having the modules all work in unison is important when a company is of a certain size as is having the long tenured support structure. In addition Sage requires the terminals services setup to use it remotely and the larger companies are more likely to have the infrastructure and support for that type of setup
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Pros
Acumatica
  • Banking reconciliation: Quick, easy to understand and easy to follow to see where you left off
  • Clearly displaying just enough data to answer questions without forcing us to work through copious amounts of detail or extracting data into other programs to get answers
  • Billing and payment receipt is particularly helpful in the way that the data transfers into the banking section and is exported
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Sage
  • There are a lot of ways to drill down into information. The ability to run inquiries that can be easily exported into Excel is incredibly useful.
  • The help desk is very helpful. There are multiple ways to get a hold of someone and it is extremely useful.
  • The knowledgebase articles are very helpful and provide a lot of great detail.
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Cons
Acumatica
  • Remittance advices don't work.
  • NACHA file to bank doesn't include vendor reference # which is the vendor invoice number.
  • You can't do offsets between AR & AP when vendors are also customers to net the balances due to/from if agreed upon with the vendor/customer.
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Sage
  • Lack of data validation and controls
  • Extremely limited report configuration without significant customization
  • Too many arbitrary limits like vendor name that forced partial names into the address
  • Very outdated UI
  • Very siloed forcing users to open different applications for different functions
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Likelihood to Renew
Acumatica
I gave this 10 rating because Acumatica ERP is the backbone of the organization, next to the IT Team. We use this software for many different parts of our business. For example our Retail service stations that utilize the inventory, billing, and financials. Our Distribution company that uses it for Field services, CRM, Sales, Accounts and Financial consolidation of all company financials.
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Sage
No answers on this topic
Usability
Acumatica
I give it an 8 because it is very intuitive and easy to use for day to day work. I find it more difficult to create general inquiries and financial statements than it seems that it should be. It's not very intuitive in those areas.
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Sage
Sage is somewhat easy to use as far as its simplicity, however, when I first started using it I really wished there were more training materials available. As I did research to figure out what resources were there to learn how to use the paid software, all I found were courses you have to pay for. In my personal opinion, I don't think you should have to pay to learn how to use a software you bought.
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Reliability and Availability
Acumatica
It's always available.
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Sage
No answers on this topic
Performance
Acumatica
there have been some performance issues
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Sage
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Acumatica
We used Acumatica Support directly for the first year or so. Overall it's pretty good, but sometimes the support staff wasn't educated on the customizations we had, nor was I as the Customer as I couldn't remember which things were customized and which things were out of the box, so when there was an error, there were some misunderstandings.
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Sage
They have a very quick, responsive team that assists. They also have great higher-level engineers who assist in more complicated matters and all in all, you need a support team that is quick to respond when you are in the middle of business crises.
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In-Person Training
Acumatica
It was on General Inquiries and it's just a complex topic.
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Sage
No answers on this topic
Online Training
Acumatica
Most of the trainers are amazing, but there were a couple who simply read the training guide
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Sage
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Acumatica
I'd say the partner selection is critically important. I think the software is very easy to implement. It's very customizable to your business. Finding a partner that will work with you to understand your business and your needs is the critical piece to make sure that the system goes along with it.
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Sage
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Acumatica
Acumatica's sales process was much better than that of NetSuites. The NetAtWork team spent much more time with us and showed us how Acumatica really could do everything that we needed it to do, with examples using our data.
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Sage
We currently have Sage in place which handles the majority of our business needs on the back end, but compared to some others that are on the market like Builder Trend, it does lack the client facing side of the house. To make it a better product, a client facing portal would be best so they can be up to date.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Acumatica
No, annual invoices are fine. I do like that unlimited users are included.
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Sage
No answers on this topic
Scalability
Acumatica
From my understanding, the P.O. module is not very robust, at least the last time I inquired about it. At the time, it had a one-to-one match, with one invoice for one P.O. and that isn't practical for many businesses. I don't believe it would be an easy system to use for sending out invoices, if we had thousands of retail utility customers. We do a small number of invoices because we sell wholesale power, not retail, so we only Invoice the municipality. Not each utility customer.
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Sage
No answers on this topic
Professional Services
Acumatica
They are very responsive and knowledgeable about the product. If the rep doesn't have the ability to solve the issue, they quickly get someone else involved to assist us.
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Sage
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Acumatica
  • We were able to work in one system with customizations we needed in inventory and add all our grants in the same system
  • Direct mail invoices was moved to an automated PO system saving time and allowing better financial tracking
  • The grant module can be cumbersome requiring flip flopping to program partners etc during set up
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Sage
  • The accounting functions (AP, AR, GL) are mature so it does a great job with core financials. The reports are flexible so it does a good job of providing flexibility in report writing. The application is written for a workgroup so multiple people can use it at the same time. The transaction detail is strong so that a transaction can be rolled back if necessary.
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