ERPNext vs. Sage X3

It is so flexible and configurable that it can be fairly easily adapted to most situations.

I wouldn't suggest this ERP for small organizations, especially if there is no IT staff. While they do offer support packages, they can be costly as certain packages limit the number of times you can call in. Hiring an outside consulting firm to support is another route, however that could become costly as well. Medium to large businesses with savvy tech staff would be a good fit for this ERP.

Incentivized

• Locally hosted, so it is very fast
• Help documents are pretty good
• Lots of flexibility in configuration

• Easy to understand software for new users.
• Journal entry and review process is easy.
• Sage is efficient in tracking multi subsidiary transactions.

Incentivized

• Random errors (seem to be related to python) can be very difficult to troubleshoot.
• Creating reports and print/email documents is very cumbersome and confusing. Needs to have a WYSIWYG editor.

• The reports
• Imports

Overall good, but needs some training to get people to be proficient in the system.

The interface could be a little bit more friendlier and intuitive. Normally end users complain about the ergonomics of the system, even though my experience tells me that is a situation that dilutes itself pretty fast. Another aspect that I think Sage could improve, is the way reports and queries are managed, it seems that at least at some level, there could be a easy drag and drop way (or just by picking fields) to create simple queries/reports. Having to rely on some data base knowledge is not very user friendly. But overall the system is very powerful and a good tool for companies that want to have control over their operations.

Wanted something flexible and with the ability to self-host. Open source is also nice.

Unfortunately, the product was purchased before I began working at the organization. I am unsure what other products they may have reviewed before purchasing Sage ERP X3.

Incentivized

• Neutral, needed to find a new system as the current system is being retired.

• Sage was easy to setup when we got started.
• Exporting data out of sage has been extremely hard.
• Sage is quite fairly priced compared to other alternatives.

Incentivized