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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Epicor CMS

    Score7.1 out of 10
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    Sage 100cloud

    Score7.2 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Sage 100 (or Sage 100cloud is a business management software offering a broad range of modules designed to meet the many needs of virtually any business. It encompasses financial operations and accounting, payroll, business intelligence, CRM, eBusiness, manufacturing and distribution.N/A
    Pricing
    Epicor CMSSage 100cloud
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Sage 100 ERP Standard
    Custom Pricing
    Per Seat per Month
    Sage 100 ERP Advanced
    Custom Pricing
    Per Seat per Month
    Sage 100 ERP Premium
    Custom Pricing
    Per Seat per Month
    Sage 100 ERP Online
    $0
    Per User per Month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Epicor CMSSage 100cloud
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Epicor CMSSage 100cloud
    Considered Both Products
    Epicor Software
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    Sage
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Epicor CMSSage 100cloud
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Epicor CMS and Sage 100
    Feature
    Epicor CMS
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    28% above category average
    Sage 100
    7.9
    10 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Pay calculation10.01 Ratings7.110 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration10.01 Ratings6.18 Ratings
    Direct deposit files10.01 Ratings9.510 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Epicor CMS and Sage 100
    Feature
    Epicor CMS
    9.0
    2 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Sage 100
    3.8
    11 Ratings
    66% below category average
    API for custom integration10.02 Ratings3.78 Ratings
    Plug-ins8.02 Ratings3.911 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Epicor CMS and Sage 100
    Feature
    Epicor CMS
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Sage 100
    9.1
    18 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Single sign-on capability10.02 Ratings9.817 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions10.02 Ratings8.317 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Epicor CMS and Sage 100
    Feature
    Epicor CMS
    9.3
    2 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Sage 100
    6.8
    20 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Dashboards10.01 Ratings8.213 Ratings
    Standard reports9.02 Ratings6.419 Ratings
    Custom reports9.02 Ratings5.818 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Epicor CMS and Sage 100
    Feature
    Epicor CMS
    9.5
    2 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Sage 100
    7.2
    20 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Accounts payable10.02 Ratings8.120 Ratings
    Accounts receivable10.02 Ratings8.416 Ratings
    Global Financial Support8.01 Ratings4.86 Ratings
    Primary and Secondary Ledgers10.02 Ratings7.29 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations9.02 Ratings8.110 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting10.02 Ratings7.78 Ratings
    Standardized Processes10.02 Ratings7.78 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of Epicor CMS and Sage 100
    Feature
    Epicor CMS
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Sage 100
    8.3
    14 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Inventory tracking10.02 Ratings8.214 Ratings
    Automatic reordering10.02 Ratings8.510 Ratings
    Location management10.02 Ratings8.18 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of Epicor CMS and Sage 100
    Feature
    Epicor CMS
    8.4
    2 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Sage 100
    7.8
    13 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Pricing10.02 Ratings8.113 Ratings
    Order entry8.02 Ratings7.713 Ratings
    Credit card processing10.01 Ratings8.812 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold10.02 Ratings8.413 Ratings
    Order Orchestration8.02 Ratings6.46 Ratings
    Subledger and Financial Process
    Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Epicor CMS and Sage 100
    Feature
    Epicor CMS
    9.0
    2 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Sage 100
    8.0
    10 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Billing Management10.02 Ratings6.98 Ratings
    Cash and Asset Management10.02 Ratings8.19 Ratings
    Travel & Expense Management10.01 Ratings8.47 Ratings
    Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting10.02 Ratings8.16 Ratings
    Period Close10.02 Ratings8.19 Ratings
    Project Financial Management
    Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Epicor CMS and Sage 100
    Feature
    Epicor CMS
    7.4
    1 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Sage 100
    8.0
    5 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Budgeting and Forecasting5.01 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Project Costing7.01 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Cost Capture10.01 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Capital Project Management8.01 Ratings8.63 Ratings
    Customer Contract Compliance5.01 Ratings7.83 Ratings
    Project Revenue Recognition8.01 Ratings7.83 Ratings
    Project Execution Management
    Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Epicor CMS and Sage 100
    Feature
    Epicor CMS
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    34% above category average
    Sage 100
    5.3
    2 Ratings
    28% below category average
    Project Planning and Scheduling10.01 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Task Insight for Project Managers10.01 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Project Mobile Functionality10.01 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    Definable Resource Pools10.01 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Procurement
    Comparison of Procurement features of Epicor CMS and Sage 100
    Feature
    Epicor CMS
    8.8
    2 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Sage 100
    5.4
    3 Ratings
    27% below category average
    Bids Analyzed and Compared10.02 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Contract Authoring10.01 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Contract Repository10.01 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated10.02 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Supplier Management10.02 Ratings8.13 Ratings
    Risk Management
    Comparison of Risk Management features of Epicor CMS and Sage 100
    Feature
    Epicor CMS
    7.3
    1 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Sage 100
    4.4
    1 Ratings
    42% below category average
    Control Management7.01 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Control Efficiency Assessments7.01 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Issue Detection7.01 Ratings3.01 Ratings
    Risk Repository00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Remediation and Certification00 Ratings4.01 Ratings
    Logistics
    Comparison of Logistics features of Epicor CMS and Sage 100
    Feature
    Epicor CMS
    8.8
    1 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Sage 100
    7.8
    4 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Transportation Planning and Optimization9.01 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Transportation Execution Management9.01 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Trade and Customs Management8.01 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Fulfillment Management9.01 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Warehouse Workforce Management8.01 Ratings7.63 Ratings
    Manufacturing
    Comparison of Manufacturing features of Epicor CMS and Sage 100
    Feature
    Epicor CMS
    8.7
    2 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Sage 100
    8.3
    5 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Production Process Design10.02 Ratings8.42 Ratings
    Production Management8.02 Ratings8.43 Ratings
    Configuration Management7.02 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Work Execution8.02 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Manufacturing Costs9.02 Ratings5.03 Ratings
    Supply Chain
    Comparison of Supply Chain features of Epicor CMS and Sage 100
    Feature
    Epicor CMS
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    31% above category average
    Sage 100
    7.1
    5 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Forecasting10.02 Ratings6.04 Ratings
    Inventory Planning10.02 Ratings7.55 Ratings
    Performance Monitoring10.02 Ratings7.55 Ratings
    Product Lifecycle Management
    Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Epicor CMS and Sage 100
    Feature
    Epicor CMS
    8.1
    1 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Sage 100
    2.6
    2 Ratings
    96% below category average
    Proposal Management8.01 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Product Master Data Management8.01 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Grants Management
    Comparison of Grants Management features of Epicor CMS and Sage 100
    Feature
    Epicor CMS
    9.3
    1 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Sage 100
    7.0
    2 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Award Lifecycle Management00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Epicor CMSSage 100cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.4
    (24 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.6
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.6
    (8 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Epicor CMSSage 100cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Epicor Software
    Through daily use of Epicor, it is apparent that at it's basest level, it favors a stock-based manufacturing model (your company has established SKUs and Production works to replenish stock levels when a KANBAN or other system triggers a re-order point). While it excels at that, ours is a custom-order industrial manufacturing model (we produce to customer specification or repeat orders), meaning there is no stocking of finished components, only the materials it takes to make them. It's taken some finesse (and the purchase of additional modules) to get to where we need to be.
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    Sage
    Sage 100 has been well suited for running the monthly accounts receivable and accounts payable aging reports. This helps us track our accounts that need to be collected and payments that need to be made. Our field operations team has been slow and unwanting to adopt the Sage Field Ops just because they're resistant to change and technology. It's less appropriate for really detailed accounting reports spanning for long periods of time with all accounts because it takes a very long time to run and process.
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    Pros
    Epicor Software
    • EDI Order Processing
    • Serialized Inventory Tracking
    • Order Processing
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    Sage
    • Simple to implement and use. Operation very intuitive so new employees are quickly trained.
    • It is very flexible with many modules and many features allows for easy customization to suit particular needs of any department or company.
    • Context sensitive help, training and support make it easy for a company to operate with out a lot of additional outside tech support.
    • Scalable plenty of room to grow as the business grows without being bloated.
    • Pricing is very reasonable.
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    Cons
    Epicor Software
    • Too "modular"
    • Each task involves opening a new window.
    • Slow to process orders (despite upgraded fiber-optic internet).
    • More geared towards stock-based manufacturing rather than made-to-order, without requiring additional modules.
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    Sage
    • Sage 100 at times will simply not connect to our server, we get remote support & all is well but, that issue tends to happen 2-3X a year.
    • Other than the above, I really can't complain. Coming from a more custom U.V. type database that used a whole bunch of codes to navigate, I think Sage 100 is 10x easier to use.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Epicor Software
    No answers on this topic
    Sage
    I would put this out to bid, if I were at the same organization. There have been a lot of improvements and changes in enterprise software and my preference would be to find a good web-based or cloud-based tool. Lower overall cost of ownership and improved efficiency would be my target criteria for a rebid of this.
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    Usability
    Epicor Software
    CMS takes time to learn and use the menu driven green screen. However, once you are familiar it makes for fast navigation.
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    Sage
    Overall Sage 100 has been pretty user friendly. If we have a question on anything, we are able to contact our implementation rep who helps us right away. Some of the Sage Field Operations may not be as intuitive for our field personnel to use. I wish the reports ran faster so that we could run and put together many reports quickly at once.
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    Support Rating
    Epicor Software
    Support is getting better but can still be slow to respond.
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    Sage
    Sage Support is very good. I usually get a person on the phone in a short time frame and usually get my issues fixed in one called.
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    Implementation Rating
    Epicor Software
    No answers on this topic
    Sage
    We had an advantage in implementing the tool in that our director of Ops had been part of the team implementing the ERP for other users so we knew what to expect and were able to avoid a lot of the challenges people sometimes face with implementations. However, the process still took far longer than desired.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Epicor Software
    Epicor CMS had a UI that was deemed more aesthetically pleasing than (subjective, naturally!) Sage, for which we attended a presentation/orientation session. Our Team felt Epicor (once outfitted with the necessary add-ons) would be better suited in the long run for longevity and ongoing support (especially considering our outgoing software was Sage).
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    Sage
    I didn't choose Sage 100 ERP -- it was already in use when I started at the organization over five years ago. It has the same types of pros and cons as other big hulking software suites meant to power the infrastructure of corporations. It's slow, tough to customize, and doesn't connect well with other software. It does bring all the information into one place, which is great
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    Return on Investment
    Epicor Software
    • Epicor has necessitated dedicated "Staging" personnel, as multi-line orders are generated as individual orders to Production/Manufacturing, meaning someone must ensure they all come together upon completion prior to shipping.
    • Payroll and Accounts Payable/Receivable have noted improved integration and tracking compared to the legacy/outgoing software (Business Vision).
    • Inventory tracking is vastly improved over the outgoing software, with detailed reports/tracking of remnant/off-cut materials, which benefits Material Handlers as well as the Purchasing Manager for keeping the inventory budget in line with targets.
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    Sage
    • Sage 100 overall had a very positive overall ROI for the business. All users were making decisions based on the same information and valuable time was no longer spent trying to analyze data from a number of sources.
    • Moving the warehouses to using Sage 100 reduced the operating expense of the distribution side of the business by 5% on an annual basis (~$100K).
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    Sage 100cloud Screenshots

    Screenshot of General Ledger uses our exclusive dual grid entry for quick, efficient, and accurate data entry. The grid entry format allows you to easily customize the data entry screens.