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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Lever

    Score9.8 out of 10
    N/ALever is a Talent Acquisition Suite designed to help talent teams to reach their hiring goals and to connect companies with top talent. Lever provides ATS and applicant CRM capabilities, in LeverTRM. The Lever Hire and Lever Nurture features allow leaders to grow their people pipeline, build long-lasting relationships, and source the right people. Lever Analytics provides customized reports with data visualization, see offers completed and interview feedback, and it informs strategic decisions…N/A

    Sage 50

    Score7.6 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.

    $61.92

    per month per user

    Pricing
    LeverSage 50
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Sage 50 Pro Accounting
    $61.92
    per month
    Sage 50 Premium Accounting
    $103.92
    per month per user
    Sage 50 Quantum Accounting 3 User
    $177.17
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    LeverSage 50
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Annual billing plans also available for all products.
    More Pricing Information
    Features
    LeverSage 50
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Lever and Sage 50
    Feature
    Lever
    9.7
    34 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Sage 50
    -
    Ratings
    Job Requisition Management9.831 Ratings00 Ratings
    Company Website Posting9.831 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media9.821 Ratings00 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting9.823 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customized Application Form9.829 Ratings00 Ratings
    Resume Management9.832 Ratings00 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention9.830 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate Search9.833 Ratings00 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking9.832 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaboration9.832 Ratings00 Ratings
    Task Creation and Delegation9.822 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email Templates8.928 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Permissions8.931 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts9.832 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting9.830 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Lever and Sage 50
    Feature
    Lever
    -
    Ratings
    Sage 50
    8.5
    19 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Pay calculation00 Ratings8.318 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration00 Ratings8.013 Ratings
    Direct deposit files00 Ratings10.014 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings8.014 Ratings
    Reimbursement management00 Ratings8.014 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Lever and Sage 50
    Feature
    Lever
    -
    Ratings
    Sage 50
    6.8
    14 Ratings
    11% below category average
    API for custom integration00 Ratings7.311 Ratings
    Plug-ins00 Ratings6.313 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Lever and Sage 50
    Feature
    Lever
    -
    Ratings
    Sage 50
    7.8
    29 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings6.924 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.626 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Lever and Sage 50
    Feature
    Lever
    -
    Ratings
    Sage 50
    8.2
    32 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings8.430 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings8.932 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings7.231 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Lever and Sage 50
    Feature
    Lever
    -
    Ratings
    Sage 50
    7.3
    35 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Accounts payable00 Ratings8.934 Ratings
    Accounts receivable00 Ratings8.633 Ratings
    Cash management00 Ratings7.933 Ratings
    Bank reconciliation00 Ratings8.433 Ratings
    Expense management00 Ratings8.531 Ratings
    Time tracking00 Ratings7.115 Ratings
    Fixed asset management00 Ratings7.122 Ratings
    Multi-currency support00 Ratings4.012 Ratings
    Multi-division support00 Ratings5.816 Ratings
    Regulations compliance00 Ratings6.215 Ratings
    Electronic tax filing00 Ratings8.218 Ratings
    Self-service portal00 Ratings5.513 Ratings
    Global Financial Support00 Ratings5.76 Ratings
    Primary and Secondary Ledgers00 Ratings6.89 Ratings
    Intercompany Accounting00 Ratings7.610 Ratings
    Localizations00 Ratings7.58 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations00 Ratings8.822 Ratings
    Enterprise Accounting00 Ratings7.69 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting00 Ratings8.111 Ratings
    Centralized Rules Framework00 Ratings6.67 Ratings
    Standardized Processes00 Ratings7.916 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of Lever and Sage 50
    Feature
    Lever
    -
    Ratings
    Sage 50
    8.4
    21 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Inventory tracking00 Ratings8.121 Ratings
    Automatic reordering00 Ratings7.912 Ratings
    Location management00 Ratings8.010 Ratings
    Manufacturing module00 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of Lever and Sage 50
    Feature
    Lever
    -
    Ratings
    Sage 50
    7.5
    25 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Pricing00 Ratings8.420 Ratings
    Order entry00 Ratings8.422 Ratings
    Credit card processing00 Ratings7.014 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold00 Ratings7.421 Ratings
    Order Orchestration00 Ratings7.58 Ratings
    End-to-end order visibility00 Ratings6.69 Ratings
    Order exception Resolution00 Ratings7.28 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    LeverSage 50
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.8
    (35 ratings)
    8.4
    (45 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (14 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.6
    (15 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.1
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    CPA Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    LeverSage 50
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Employ Inc.
    I think Lever is great for any sized company, but especially strong for smaller, growing teams. It's a very simple system, but clean, sleek, and very useful in any scenario. They have great support whenever you need it so those with smaller HR or People teams could easily benefit from their help. Can't think of too many scenarios where Lever wouldn't be well-suited, but maybe once you grow to International growth and hiring, it may be better to have a more Enterprise style business, set up for larger scaling.
    Incentivized
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    Sage
    Sage 50 Accounts is well-suited for small to medium-sized enterprises, where there is a moderate number of expenses and invoices that need processing, typically by a company with a smaller finance team. Sage 50 is probably less suitable for a large organisation that needs to handle a higher volume of transactions and manage significant stock levels.
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    Pros
    Employ Inc.
    • Great integration: Keeps a list of Outlook email communication along with LinkedIn and other data sources
    • Is fairly lively, not too much lag between screens even though it is looking through a lot of data.
    • Has excellent reporting on how well each email message is working.
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    Sage
    • We can build "templates" for recurrent charges/invoices. This saves some time and also ensures that we always use the right accounting rubric.
    • A lot of additional information can be filled out such as client information (name, address, ...) which makes the software a little more complete.
    • If you don't need an updated version every year (my case) then the software is not too expensive. The pro version that I'm using was just a little over $300.
    • I really like the banking statement consolidation which allows you to ensure you got the right information registered.
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    Cons
    Employ Inc.
    • [In my experience,] terrible customer support - pay more to get less...
    • Integrations are spotty and can break without reason
    • Lever has so much potential, but their Roadmap is lacking in ways that will really help customers succeed
    • Focuses on the number of candidates and not the company's need to build talent in a cost effective, data driven and collaborative way
    • Overpromised and underdelivered in [the] capability of the tool. [I believe that you should] not trust your sales team.
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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
    Employ Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Employ Inc.
    It isn't difficult to use for the applicant processing, but [I feel] if you want to pull reports or use their tools, good luck!
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    Sage
    I think Sage 50 is a trusted product and is reliable from a product delivery and support perspective. They have deep domain expertise in the non-profit space and should be a consideration for new non-profit startups or existing non-profits looking to migrate from other platforms. Overall, I believe that Sage 50 does many things well with few limitations.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Employ Inc.
    What support? - Add a ticket and get links to [I believe] their unhelpful user guide. Add a charge if you want better support - afterward just got those links faster...
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    Sage
    They were very knowledgeable of the product, understood my timeline was limited for a software issue and allowed me to get back to my day to day work. The dial into your computer is great so you can monitor what they are doing and learn some tricks yourself
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    Implementation Rating
    Employ Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Sage
    We implemented Sage 50 Premium Accounting in house, not using any third party or professional service. It was a relatively trouble free process, but can be tricky. Just read all instructions carefully, especially if you need to load the program on a network with more than one user
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    Alternatives Considered
    Employ Inc.
    Lever is comparable to Greenhouse in its basic recruiting functions. I have found it to be WAY better than Bullhorn (clunky and overly-complicated with a very dated and non-intuitive interface) and Jazz HR (slick and pretty, but limited in its functions). The best ATS I've used is the proprietary tool at Meta, but alas, that tool is for internal use only
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Employ Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Employ Inc.
    • Lever provides an enormous ROI by getting us in front of the right candidates that are going to make us more money and more successful as an org.
    • I think that both the quality and quantity of new hires has gone up ever since we started using lever and involving the entire org in the process.
    • It also saves us a lot of time because we don't need to send referrals via email, while saving/attaching resumes and such.
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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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