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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    LS Central

    Score9.1 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    LS Central is an end-to-end Point of Sale and ERP system that aims to give retailers full control and visibility over their business processes. LS Central covers retail operations from accounting, reporting and merchandising to store activities and POS terminals, all from one seamlessly integrated retail software solution. LS Central is designed to eliminate the need to build and maintain multiple applications and costly interfaces. Retailers can maintain their…N/A

    Sage 100cloud

    Score7.1 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

    SkyTab POS

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/ASkyTab POS (formerly Harbortouch POS) delivers a touch-screen point of sale system that will streamline your business operations and automate your management activities. SkyTab is a product from Shift4.

    $29.99

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    LS CentralSage 100cloudSkyTab POS
    Editions & Modules
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    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
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    Payment Systems
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    Echo POS Systems
    $39
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    Elite POS Systems
    $69
    per month
    Salon & Spa
    $69
    per month
    Offerings
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    LS CentralSage 100cloudSkyTab POS
    Free Trial
    NoNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    LS CentralSage 100cloudSkyTab POS
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Features
    LS CentralSage 100cloudSkyTab POS
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of LS Central and Sage 100 and SkyTab POS
    Feature
    LS Central
    -
    Ratings
    Sage 100
    7.9
    10 Ratings
    5% above category average
    SkyTab POS
    -
    Ratings
    Pay calculation00 Ratings7.110 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration00 Ratings6.18 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct deposit files00 Ratings9.510 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of LS Central and Sage 100 and SkyTab POS
    Feature
    LS Central
    -
    Ratings
    Sage 100
    3.8
    11 Ratings
    66% below category average
    SkyTab POS
    -
    Ratings
    API for custom integration00 Ratings3.78 Ratings00 Ratings
    Plug-ins00 Ratings3.911 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of LS Central and Sage 100 and SkyTab POS
    Feature
    LS Central
    -
    Ratings
    Sage 100
    9.1
    18 Ratings
    8% above category average
    SkyTab POS
    -
    Ratings
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings9.817 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.317 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of LS Central and Sage 100 and SkyTab POS
    Feature
    LS Central
    -
    Ratings
    Sage 100
    6.8
    20 Ratings
    10% below category average
    SkyTab POS
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards00 Ratings8.213 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings6.319 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings5.818 Ratings00 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of LS Central and Sage 100 and SkyTab POS
    Feature
    LS Central
    -
    Ratings
    Sage 100
    7.2
    20 Ratings
    7% below category average
    SkyTab POS
    -
    Ratings
    Accounts payable00 Ratings8.120 Ratings00 Ratings
    Accounts receivable00 Ratings8.416 Ratings00 Ratings
    Global Financial Support00 Ratings4.76 Ratings00 Ratings
    Primary and Secondary Ledgers00 Ratings7.29 Ratings00 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations00 Ratings8.110 Ratings00 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting00 Ratings7.78 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standardized Processes00 Ratings7.78 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of LS Central and Sage 100 and SkyTab POS
    Feature
    LS Central
    -
    Ratings
    Sage 100
    8.3
    14 Ratings
    4% above category average
    SkyTab POS
    -
    Ratings
    Inventory tracking00 Ratings8.214 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automatic reordering00 Ratings8.510 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location management00 Ratings8.18 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of LS Central and Sage 100 and SkyTab POS
    Feature
    LS Central
    -
    Ratings
    Sage 100
    7.8
    13 Ratings
    2% below category average
    SkyTab POS
    -
    Ratings
    Pricing00 Ratings8.113 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order entry00 Ratings7.713 Ratings00 Ratings
    Credit card processing00 Ratings8.812 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold00 Ratings8.413 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order Orchestration00 Ratings6.46 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subledger and Financial Process
    Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of LS Central and Sage 100 and SkyTab POS
    Feature
    LS Central
    -
    Ratings
    Sage 100
    8.0
    10 Ratings
    6% above category average
    SkyTab POS
    -
    Ratings
    Billing Management00 Ratings6.98 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cash and Asset Management00 Ratings8.19 Ratings00 Ratings
    Travel & Expense Management00 Ratings8.47 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting00 Ratings8.16 Ratings00 Ratings
    Period Close00 Ratings8.19 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Financial Management
    Comparison of Project Financial Management features of LS Central and Sage 100 and SkyTab POS
    Feature
    LS Central
    -
    Ratings
    Sage 100
    8.0
    5 Ratings
    5% above category average
    SkyTab POS
    -
    Ratings
    Budgeting and Forecasting00 Ratings9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Costing00 Ratings9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost Capture00 Ratings8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Capital Project Management00 Ratings8.63 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer Contract Compliance00 Ratings7.83 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Revenue Recognition00 Ratings7.83 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Execution Management
    Comparison of Project Execution Management features of LS Central and Sage 100 and SkyTab POS
    Feature
    LS Central
    -
    Ratings
    Sage 100
    5.3
    2 Ratings
    28% below category average
    SkyTab POS
    -
    Ratings
    Project Planning and Scheduling00 Ratings7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Task Insight for Project Managers00 Ratings7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Mobile Functionality00 Ratings5.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Definable Resource Pools00 Ratings5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Grants Management
    Comparison of Grants Management features of LS Central and Sage 100 and SkyTab POS
    Feature
    LS Central
    -
    Ratings
    Sage 100
    7.0
    2 Ratings
    7% below category average
    SkyTab POS
    -
    Ratings
    Award Lifecycle Management00 Ratings7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Procurement
    Comparison of Procurement features of LS Central and Sage 100 and SkyTab POS
    Feature
    LS Central
    -
    Ratings
    Sage 100
    5.4
    3 Ratings
    27% below category average
    SkyTab POS
    -
    Ratings
    Bids Analyzed and Compared00 Ratings5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract Authoring00 Ratings5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract Repository00 Ratings5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated00 Ratings10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Supplier Management00 Ratings8.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Risk Management
    Comparison of Risk Management features of LS Central and Sage 100 and SkyTab POS
    Feature
    LS Central
    -
    Ratings
    Sage 100
    4.4
    1 Ratings
    42% below category average
    SkyTab POS
    -
    Ratings
    Risk Repository00 Ratings5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Control Management00 Ratings5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Control Efficiency Assessments00 Ratings5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue Detection00 Ratings3.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Remediation and Certification00 Ratings4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Logistics
    Comparison of Logistics features of LS Central and Sage 100 and SkyTab POS
    Feature
    LS Central
    -
    Ratings
    Sage 100
    7.8
    4 Ratings
    11% above category average
    SkyTab POS
    -
    Ratings
    Transportation Planning and Optimization00 Ratings10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Transportation Execution Management00 Ratings10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Trade and Customs Management00 Ratings7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Fulfillment Management00 Ratings10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Warehouse Workforce Management00 Ratings7.63 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manufacturing
    Comparison of Manufacturing features of LS Central and Sage 100 and SkyTab POS
    Feature
    LS Central
    -
    Ratings
    Sage 100
    8.3
    5 Ratings
    10% above category average
    SkyTab POS
    -
    Ratings
    Production Process Design00 Ratings8.42 Ratings00 Ratings
    Production Management00 Ratings8.43 Ratings00 Ratings
    Configuration Management00 Ratings10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Work Execution00 Ratings10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manufacturing Costs00 Ratings5.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Supply Chain
    Comparison of Supply Chain features of LS Central and Sage 100 and SkyTab POS
    Feature
    LS Central
    -
    Ratings
    Sage 100
    7.1
    5 Ratings
    3% below category average
    SkyTab POS
    -
    Ratings
    Forecasting00 Ratings6.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inventory Planning00 Ratings7.55 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance Monitoring00 Ratings7.55 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product Lifecycle Management
    Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of LS Central and Sage 100 and SkyTab POS
    Feature
    LS Central
    -
    Ratings
    Sage 100
    2.6
    2 Ratings
    96% below category average
    SkyTab POS
    -
    Ratings
    Proposal Management00 Ratings1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product Master Data Management00 Ratings10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    LS CentralSage 100cloudSkyTab POS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.4
    (24 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
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    7.6
    (5 ratings)
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    Usability
    -
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    7.6
    (8 ratings)
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    Performance
    -
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    9.1
    (1 ratings)
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    Support Rating
    -
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    9.0
    (3 ratings)
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    Implementation Rating
    -
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    User Testimonials
    LS CentralSage 100cloudSkyTab POS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Aptos
    Ideally it can work with any kind of retailer but workarounds and customisations required to handle deliveries.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Shift4
    Harbortouch is a powerful and robust POS system. After using other methods and training on a couple of different designs, Harbortouch is far ahead of the rest regarding functionality, ease of use, and error-free transactions. It has an excellent reporting tool that is easy to use and "item" editing features that make using the system quick and easy. As checkout is in process, and the customer keeps changing their mind, or the cashier makes errors, the system makes it very quick and easy to edit to keep the transaction in process.
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    Pros
    Aptos
    • Offline/semi-offline mode works well in areas where connectivity is an issue.
    • Pricing, offers and promotions can be configured exceptionally well in LS Retail.
    • POS interface design is simple, robust and easily configurable.
    • Security wise there is enough detail available to trace all kinds of POS transactions.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Shift4
    • Solid robust system
    • Easy use from entering to editing
    • Great reporting
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Aptos
    • Data Director leaves room for improvement as it can be very tricky while dealing with a large number of master data records. Sometimes it doesn't write delete actions to POS.
    • Furniture retail is another area where improvement is required to handle deliveries.
    • Newer versions don't support data replicator which was the most reliable data tool with earlier LS Retail versions. There should be a replacement for this tool.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Shift4
    • Harbortouch as well as many other "large" companies these days could use improvement in the customer service/technical department.
    • An easy reset button would be nice for the occasion the card reader locks up
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Aptos
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Shift4
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Aptos
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Shift4
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Aptos
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Shift4
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Aptos
    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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    Shift4
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Aptos
    It scores higher on overall user experience and matured features set.
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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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    Shift4
    We currently use Harbortouch and TouchBistro at our restaurant. We were going to switch to just using TouchBistro because Harbortouch's customer support and technical team were having trouble believing we were having ongoing issues with our system. Unfortunately, it took us telling Harbortouch that we were leaving them for them to get to the root of the system's problems. Finally, they worked three days straight to fix all of the issues. We decided to keep both systems for now as Harbortouch has a much more robust system. Still, each uses different credit card processing companies, so hopefully, we can avoid downtime during our three-month, hectic tourist season. Now that Harbortouch fixed all of the issues, their system is much more robust and powerful.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Aptos
    • Timely sales visibility
    • Optimum Inventory levels
    • Enough data to visualise trends and patterns
    Incentivized
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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).
    Incentivized
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    Shift4
    • Harbortouch makes each transaction very quick and easy so we can keep up during busy times to keep the orders flowing.
    • Harbortouch has a good online system so customers can order online during our busy times when we are too busy to keep up with the phones.
    • Harbortouch allows us to handle more orders during busy times than other systems we experimented with.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    LS Central Screenshots

    Screenshot of Example of Point of Sale layout for fashion stores (fully customizable) with transactionScreenshot of Urban Point of Sale layoutScreenshot of Color and Size with up to 6 dimensionsScreenshot of Automatic replenishment including forecastingScreenshot of Mobile Loyalty app for customersScreenshot of Simple item creation and maintenance

    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.