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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Sage 100 Contractor

    Score5.2 out of 10
    N/ASage 100 Contractor is a construction accounting and project management software. It is intended to provide primary accounting and other management capabilities across a construction project lifecycle, including estimating, service management, and reporting.N/A

    Slack

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASlack is a group messaging or team collaboration app that aims to simplify communication for businesses. Features include open discussions, private groups, and direct messaging, as well as deep contextual search and message archiving, and file sharing. Slack integrates with a number of other tools, such as MailChimp, Dropbox, and Google Drive. Slack was acquired by Salesforce in December 2020. The product is free to use, and also has paid plans with more features and greater controls. The…

    $8.75

    per month per user

    Pricing
    Sage 100 ContractorSlack
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Free
    $0
    Pro
    $7.25*
    per month per user
    Business+
    $12.50*
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Sage 100 ContractorSlack
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—*Per active user, per month, when paying once a year. Pro is $8.75 USD per active user when paying month to month. Business+ is $15.00 USD per active user when paying month to month.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Sage 100 ContractorSlack
    Considered Both Products
    Sage
    No answer on this topic
    Salesforce
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    83%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    97%
    Would buy again
    503 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    83%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    426 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    83%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    510 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    295 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    60%
    Implementation went as expected
    3 Answers
    99%
    Implementation went as expected
    330 Answers
    Features
    Sage 100 ContractorSlack
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Sage 100 Contractor and Slack
    Feature
    Sage 100 Contractor
    3.7
    4 Ratings
    62% below category average
    Slack
    -
    Ratings
    Employee demographic data2.83 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employment history3.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration4.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Organizational charting1.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    Organization and location management3.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)3.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Sage 100 Contractor and Slack
    Feature
    Sage 100 Contractor
    5.8
    4 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Slack
    -
    Ratings
    Pay calculation3.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors9.63 Ratings00 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment7.82 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration2.82 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct deposit files4.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management9.72 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reimbursement management2.83 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of Sage 100 Contractor and Slack
    Feature
    Sage 100 Contractor
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Slack
    -
    Ratings
    Tracking of all physical assets8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Sage 100 Contractor and Slack
    Feature
    Sage 100 Contractor
    7.3
    5 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Slack
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards6.95 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports8.35 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports4.75 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data exportability9.35 Ratings00 Ratings
    Construction Project & Field Management
    Comparison of Construction Project & Field Management features of Sage 100 Contractor and Slack
    Feature
    Sage 100 Contractor
    5.3
    7 Ratings
    36% below category average
    Slack
    -
    Ratings
    Plan distribution & viewing9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Plan markups & sharing8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue tracking & punchlists3.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Jobsite reports4.36 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document sharing5.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    RFI tools3.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaboration & approvals8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile app1.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Submittal design and management1.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Checklists8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Meeting Minutes7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Specifications8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change orders3.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Estimating
    Comparison of Estimating features of Sage 100 Contractor and Slack
    Feature
    Sage 100 Contractor
    3.5
    5 Ratings
    73% below category average
    Slack
    -
    Ratings
    Takeoff tools1.32 Ratings00 Ratings
    Job costing3.45 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost databases5.95 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost calculator4.35 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bid creation2.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Sage 100 Contractor and Slack
    Feature
    Sage 100 Contractor
    -
    Ratings
    Slack
    7.9
    628 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Task Management00 Ratings7.6430 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings6.961 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings7.8363 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings8.0396 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings9.4601 Ratings
    Search00 Ratings8.2608 Ratings
    Visual planning tools00 Ratings7.3275 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Sage 100 Contractor and Slack
    Feature
    Sage 100 Contractor
    -
    Ratings
    Slack
    8.7
    636 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Chat00 Ratings9.6635 Ratings
    Notifications00 Ratings8.7632 Ratings
    Discussions00 Ratings9.2620 Ratings
    Surveys00 Ratings8.1413 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings7.8412 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting00 Ratings8.9110 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts00 Ratings8.7182 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook00 Ratings8.9120 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Sage 100 Contractor and Slack
    Feature
    Sage 100 Contractor
    -
    Ratings
    Slack
    8.4
    603 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Versioning00 Ratings8.2326 Ratings
    Video files00 Ratings8.2541 Ratings
    Audio files00 Ratings8.4527 Ratings
    Document collaboration00 Ratings7.9429 Ratings
    Access control00 Ratings8.3411 Ratings
    Advanced security features00 Ratings8.3362 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive00 Ratings9.0211 Ratings
    Device sync00 Ratings9.0455 Ratings
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    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Sage 100 ContractorSlack
    Likelihood to Recommend
    5.2
    (9 ratings)
    9.1
    (639 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (25 ratings)
    Usability
    3.2
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (255 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (68 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (5 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.7
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Sage 100 ContractorSlack
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Sage
    If you want a SQL-based ERP, this is a great solution. You can host it locally or on a cloud-based SQL instance. If you want a more modern, browser and cloud-based system, Sage 100 Contractor will not work.
    Incentivized
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    Salesforce
    Slack is ideal for Scrum and agile teams that need continuous communication during sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, testing, and retrospectives. Slack is well-suited for maintaining team knowledge through searchable conversations and dedicated channels, where experienced team members help onboard new QA analysts.
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    Pros
    Sage
    • Sage integrates very well with our field time tracking software called Exaktime. We import the start/end time card data that includes job costs directly to the PR module which greatly reduces the time it takes to process payroll.
    • Sage 100 C payroll calculations and WC/GL overhead calculations are easy to use and understand. The WC/GL overhead calculations are posted to project costs in real-time allowing for accurate total cost reporting of the project.
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    Salesforce
    • Customer issues: Threads feature allows us to group a particular issue in a single thread and discuss within that thread. I can use the thread link to embed in JIRA ticket for tracking progress in JIRA (which is our details engineering tracking system).
    • Ability to add folder to Slack channel helps keep important information, documents easily accessible. e.g., we use this to keep a "ramp up" folder that can be used by any new joiner.
    • Global search is effective when I forget which group a particular message was in.
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    Cons
    Sage
    • Software maybe be too complicated for smaller contractors
    • The dashboard information my be a bit much for some users
    • Still an on premise software without a cloud option
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    Salesforce
    • Would love a better integration with GitHub. For example, notifications when your PR is updated, when review is requested, @-mention in comments, etc.
    • Improved "Later" tab, for example the ability to create to-do lists or making the "Later" tab into a more powerful to-do list (annotate items with notes)
    • More powerful integrations, e.g. Google Calendar could render a calendar view within Slack, rather than sending the daily schedule
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Sage
    The cost of Sage 100 Contractor software is relatively inexpensive compared to some higher-priced options like Foundation and Microsoft Dynamics GP. But more importantly, the cost of implementing new software is costly. Implementation costs include testing and training. There are also risks involved with switching software such as missing data after conversion. Plus, there are always some unknown downsides to switching that are not apparent until the switch is made such as perceived capabilities that really don't exist. For these reasons, we will likely stay with Sage 100 Contractor for a long time. If we grow (say double) in size, we would consider other options.
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    Salesforce
    To be more transparent, I give 10 because Slack serves our collaboration needs. It provide us a good platform for team communication relaying important update within the company, it has even mobile app where you can install in your phone to monitor any updates within that team that needs your immediate attention and intervention.
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    Usability
    Sage
    In the end there are tons of other products that are much better. Time cards don't work, we needed an external software to track this for employees. Estimation is cumbersome, we just used Excel. Payroll was ok, but didn't do employee taxes correctly when they make a certain amount for some reason. Overall, it's a bad product.
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    Salesforce
    Slack has good usability. Devs that are not familiar with the platform are able to jump into conversations and start sharing code and links within just minutes. Non developers are also able to understand the layout such as the Project Managers that are keeping the projects on track. We have not seen any tickets where employees are having trouble understanding Slack.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Sage
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    Yes, the app works 24/7. I don't even recall having any period that we could not use since the implementation. Even the maintenance periods are barely noticeable and our work is not impacted by it when it happens.
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    Performance
    Sage
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    Slack is a soft app, we don't have many issues with it. I recall one or two people complaining about something during our usage period, but I didn't have a bad experience. When the app is slow, usually the problem is with my computer or my internet. The app works just fine.
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    Support Rating
    Sage
    If we ever have issues with Sage 100, the live chat is an awesome tool. However, most of our live chat inquiries are not because of the issues we have, but more for us to better understand how we are supposed to use the software. Sometimes we ask ourselves "what if we" and if we need guidance, the live chat will provide us with the answers or resources to figure out what we need. They always follow up to ensure the problems we encounter have been fixed. If our issue is an indicator of an upgrade that could be made, Sage 100 C offers a way to submit the idea for review and improvement of the software.
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    Salesforce
    Whenever I've had to troubleshoot an issue with Slack (which, to be honest, has not happened very often), their online documentation has been easy to locate, easy to understand, and effective in resolving my issue. Slack's ever-growing popularity also means that there's a large community of practice out there that can be depended upon.
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    Implementation Rating
    Sage
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    I was not part of the implementation team, but I recall being 100% happy and excited to learn and use a new tool. I'm still am to be honest.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Sage
    I have use Sage 50, Sage 90, Peachtree Quantum, QuickBooks, Great Plains. They are all good for what they can do. Sage 100 Contractor is the best at what it does. It's a good fit.
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    Salesforce
    I like Slack better than ClickUp, because I would spend 30-60 minutes a day updating my ClickUp tasks. The way ClickUp was used was very micromanaging. I billed by the hour, so I was willing to put in the time to alert the boss what tasks I was working on.
    One of my jobs used Hive - I mostly just ran it in the background in case anyone messaged me. I did not use it often.
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    Return on Investment
    Sage
    • It has cut down on accounting personnel and made the cost more effective in that department.
    • It allows for more company wide visibility on all jobs.
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    Salesforce
    • Slack has been incredibly helpful in connecting various tech apps and ecosystems, creating a more streamlined and responsive process.
    • Slack has made it significantly easier to communicate with our team members across multiple time zones, creating a more engaging environment for our all-remote team.
    Incentivized
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