RUN Powered by ADP® vs. Sage 50cloud Accounting

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
RUN Powered by ADP®
Score 8.7 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
RUN powered by ADP is a benefits administration and payroll platform for small businesses with light additional HR features. It runs on a cloud-based platform with mobile accessibility.N/A
Sage 50cloud Accounting
Score 7.9 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Sage 50cloud Accounting (formerly Sage 50 Accounting) is accounting software designed for small businesses. Sage 50cloud Accounting (formerly Sage 50, and formerly Peachtree) lets businesses invoice customers, pay bills, manage inventory, control costs, and pay employees. The solution includes high-level dashboards and in-depth reports.
$299
per year
Pricing
RUN Powered by ADP®Sage 50cloud Accounting
Editions & Modules
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Sage 50 Pro Accounting
$299
per year
Sage 50 Premium Accounting
$449
per year
Sage 50 Quantum Accounting 3 User
Starting at $1,499
per year
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
RUN Powered by ADP®Sage 50cloud Accounting
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsAnnual traditional plan with license, monthly, and annual subscription plans available.
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Community Pulse
RUN Powered by ADP®Sage 50cloud Accounting
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Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
RUN Powered by ADP®Sage 50cloud Accounting
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
RUN Powered by ADP®
8.1
233 Ratings
1% below category average
Sage 50cloud Accounting
9.1
18 Ratings
23% above category average
Pay calculation9.4225 Ratings9.817 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors7.467 Ratings00 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment8.9152 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration7.698 Ratings9.012 Ratings
Direct deposit files9.5217 Ratings8.913 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management9.3169 Ratings9.013 Ratings
Reimbursement management5.138 Ratings9.013 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
RUN Powered by ADP®
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Ratings
Sage 50cloud Accounting
9.8
12 Ratings
31% above category average
API for custom integration00 Ratings9.810 Ratings
Plug-ins00 Ratings9.811 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
RUN Powered by ADP®
-
Ratings
Sage 50cloud Accounting
9.1
26 Ratings
12% above category average
Single sign-on capability00 Ratings9.321 Ratings
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings9.023 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
RUN Powered by ADP®
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Ratings
Sage 50cloud Accounting
9.7
28 Ratings
25% above category average
Dashboards00 Ratings9.427 Ratings
Standard reports00 Ratings9.928 Ratings
Custom reports00 Ratings9.927 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
RUN Powered by ADP®
-
Ratings
Sage 50cloud Accounting
9.2
31 Ratings
21% above category average
Accounts payable00 Ratings9.930 Ratings
Accounts receivable00 Ratings9.929 Ratings
Cash management00 Ratings9.029 Ratings
Bank reconciliation00 Ratings9.929 Ratings
Expense management00 Ratings8.727 Ratings
Time tracking00 Ratings9.013 Ratings
Fixed asset management00 Ratings7.718 Ratings
Multi-currency support00 Ratings8.811 Ratings
Multi-division support00 Ratings9.014 Ratings
Regulations compliance00 Ratings9.013 Ratings
Electronic tax filing00 Ratings9.715 Ratings
Self-service portal00 Ratings9.311 Ratings
Global Financial Support00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers00 Ratings9.76 Ratings
Intercompany Accounting00 Ratings9.07 Ratings
Localizations00 Ratings9.76 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations00 Ratings9.218 Ratings
Enterprise Accounting00 Ratings9.77 Ratings
Configurable Accounting00 Ratings9.78 Ratings
Centralized Rules Framework00 Ratings8.55 Ratings
Standardized Processes00 Ratings9.612 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
RUN Powered by ADP®
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Ratings
Sage 50cloud Accounting
9.3
17 Ratings
31% above category average
Inventory tracking00 Ratings9.717 Ratings
Automatic reordering00 Ratings9.010 Ratings
Location management00 Ratings9.78 Ratings
Manufacturing module00 Ratings8.98 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
RUN Powered by ADP®
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Ratings
Sage 50cloud Accounting
9.3
22 Ratings
24% above category average
Pricing00 Ratings9.617 Ratings
Order entry00 Ratings9.619 Ratings
Credit card processing00 Ratings8.912 Ratings
Cost of goods sold00 Ratings7.719 Ratings
Order Orchestration00 Ratings9.76 Ratings
End-to-end order visibility00 Ratings9.77 Ratings
Order exception Resolution00 Ratings9.76 Ratings
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Score 9.2 out of 10
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Score 9.3 out of 10
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Paypro Workforce Management
Paypro Workforce Management
Score 9.6 out of 10
Accounting Seed
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Score 7.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
RUN Powered by ADP®Sage 50cloud Accounting
Likelihood to Recommend
8.7
(300 ratings)
9.2
(41 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.8
(21 ratings)
9.1
(14 ratings)
Usability
9.8
(12 ratings)
9.6
(11 ratings)
Availability
9.2
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.5
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.4
(24 ratings)
10.0
(7 ratings)
In-Person Training
9.6
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
9.6
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.6
(10 ratings)
9.1
(5 ratings)
Configurability
8.3
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.1
(8 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.4
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.8
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
RUN Powered by ADP®Sage 50cloud Accounting
Likelihood to Recommend
ADP
I think RUN Powered by ADP® is suitable for any business - large or small - it takes the workload and tax issues off of already burdened small business owners. With my package, I can also post job openings, have access to HR assistance and I also swear by Pay by Pay for Workers Comp.
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Sage
Sage is great for portability and exchange with external accountants as it is widely used and people will be able to read your data in. It's a very good and complete solution for a little business where one person can handle all of the accounting. I doubt that it scales well to large companies with several in-house accountants working at the same time.
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Pros
ADP
  • Has experts who are knowledgeable in all payroll related needs
  • Allows you to quickly and easily make changes to individual employee data
  • Is easy to use anywhere you are - whether on their mobile app or website
  • Has several products that work well together - a one stop provider
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Sage
  • It has the capability of "Single Click" processes that allows you to turn Quotes into orders, instant invoicing and track A/R in the Order Screen
  • I can email Sales Orders directly to my Customer and also remind them of past due from a single screen. I can track Project, Closeouts, Over Seas order by setting up Jobs and clicking the job name in Order Entry.
  • You can use recurring entries and copy and paste on the P&L, using masking for department reporting and budgeting
  • You can use the BI feature and export into Excel in Pivot format and utilize Timeline and Slicer to see the company overall performance by months, day or years
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Cons
ADP
  • I would love to see a "frequently performed action" button
  • I would also like to see the most recent things done on last sign on for example
  • I would also like to see tips and tricks to navigating through RUN Powered by ADP®
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Sage
  • Sage 50 could use some improvement in the Invoicing Module to allow for more flexibility in the design of the Invoice fields. The report customization tools could use some upgrading for easier use.
  • Fixed assets management module needs to be included with unlimited number of fixed assets.
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Likelihood to Renew
ADP
It is much better than the payroll system I used previously. The integrations that RUN has for on-boarding new hires are very convenient when they work properly. It saves a tremendous amount of time being able to email a link to new employees that allows them to enter much of their own demographic information. Payroll feature alerts me when someone's pay is significantly less or more than usual.
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Sage
I use this rating simply because I have a thriving Sage 50 consulting practice and will continue to keep my expertise in the product. I have consulted on both Sage 50 and QuickBooks for over 25 years so I have to maintain expertise in the solution as well as accounting and verticals.
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Usability
ADP
I have been using this system for years and they have actually made it easier and easier. The system is always making great upgrades that don't necessarily require any additional information or training. I love when I log in and see a new feature or button that I get to use to make my life easier!
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Sage
Sage delivers what it promises. The whole accounting package is user friendly and can be easily picked up by a novice. The support is second to none. They always keep us abreast of new technologies and/or changes to accounting that would impact us. The range of reports fits both small and large companies.,
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Reliability and Availability
ADP
I have never had an instance of an outage. It is always available as I have added data while travelling, on weekends, and in after work hours. Retrieving pdf's is also available at any time for employees and benefit participants.
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Sage
No answers on this topic
Performance
ADP
ADP Run loads a bit slowly at times, once I put in my credentials. However, that said, I think my perception of the time it takes is impacted by our "instant gratification" expectation of being able to get into everything quickly.
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Sage
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
ADP
At times it takes a few minutes to reach someone and sometimes the ADP automated voice prompt does not recognize my name when I say it. Also, sometimes I am forwarded to different departments and I have to explain my issue 2 or 3 times. It is hard to know whether it is an ADP Run/payroll processing issue versus an ADP Time and Attendance issue. Over the last year or so that I have called ADP, sometimes I am left on hold for a very long time.
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Sage
Although I have only needed to call tech support on three occasions through out the entire time of usage, each time my problem was quickly resolved by people who were obviously well trained and easy to understand. Sage 50 Premium Accounting is a reliable and "bug-free" product that is regularly improved upon.
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In-Person Training
ADP
they helped up with the 1st payroll after that we were fine - it is very user friendly- they wanted to be sure everything had imported correctly.
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Sage
No answers on this topic
Online Training
ADP
very easy to learn i think it took maybe one payroll to have it down and we were up and running
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Sage
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
ADP
Make sure there's plenty of time between payrolls for the implementation and be sure to test all the manually inputted fields.
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Sage
Sage 50 is a strong accounting software package. It will work efficiently if it is installed correctly. If one puts garbage in, one will get garbage out. Also it is important to train the staff to use Sage 50 properly. It is also important to set up security for each user.
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Alternatives Considered
ADP
RUN Powered by ADP® is quicker and easier to navigate and understand, with fewer hoops to jump through when needing to complete a task. RUN Powered by ADP® also allows to faster help when needed to get you back on track and not falling behind.
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Sage
As we did the conversion almost 10 years ago it is hard to answer this question. At the time it was the ease of being able to produce both cash and accrual financial statements and reporting that led us to pick Sage
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Scalability
ADP
Every summer, we hire three new college interns who have to be entered into the system. They can enter their information themselves, which takes a load off me. The onboarding is quite straightforward, and today's college kids are techy enough to be able to understand it.
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Sage
I define scalable from two perspectives; 1) the scalability to handle more bookkeepers/accountants using the product, and 2) the scalability to handle increasing customer/vendor/employee and transactional data. Sage 50 does a good job on both fronts. From the single users operating a micro-business accounting for customer invoices and bill payments only, to the multi-staff, multi-location, multi-departmental complex transactional operation. Although Sage 50 is quite expensive for that smallest user, it is quite inexpensive for the larger business entity. So, for the new enterprise expecting rapid growth, Sage 50 is the application of choice.
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Return on Investment
ADP
  • The payroll tax service eliminates the exposure penalties if we do them and make a mistake.
  • Do not have to reconcile the Payroll Bank Account for the the checks issued to employees. We just need to reconcile the transaction from ADP for tax and net check amounts.
  • The history of employees is kept on the ADP portal, and we do not have to manage to keep that updated.
  • Employees can access their records, saving us time not having to look up things for them.
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Sage
  • Sage definitely needs to do a better job with customer service. I have had to use them only a handful of times and it was not a great experience but not the worse I've seen. They didn't make us a priority and I felt that they didn't have a sense of urgency. They did address my lack of satisfaction and I can see that they are at least aware of the issues and they are trying to correct them.
  • Sage is exactly what we need in my current organization and I wouldn't change it for another system. I have used quite a few in my lifetime and I would say that it fits our needs.
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ScreenShots

RUN Powered by ADP® Screenshots

Screenshot of the RUN Dashboard with the business' key info front-and-centerScreenshot of the payroll interfaceScreenshot of access to payroll reports and liability amountsScreenshot of the RUN Powered by ADP mobile app, used to process payroll on the goScreenshot of the ADP mobile app, where employees can access their historical payroll statements and year-end tax documents