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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    VAI ERP

    Score8.4 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    VAI ERP (or S2K Enterprise) is a cloud-based ERP solution for durable goods distributors and manufacturers, offering multiple order processing options, inventory and purchase management, warehouse management, and customer relationship management features.

    $5,100

    per month

    Pricing
    Sage 100cloudVAI ERP
    Editions & Modules
    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
    VAI ERP
    $255.00
    per month per user
    VAI ERP
    $2,200
    one-time fee per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Sage 100cloudVAI ERP
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee-$50,000,250,000 one-time fee
    Additional Details
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Sage 100cloudVAI ERP
    Considered Both Products
    Sage
    No answer on this topic
    VAI (Vormittag Associates, Inc.)
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    11 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    11 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    11 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    91%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
    Features
    Sage 100cloudVAI ERP
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Sage 100 and VAI ERP
    Feature
    Sage 100
    7.9
    10 Ratings
    5% above category average
    VAI ERP
    -
    Ratings
    Pay calculation7.110 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration6.18 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct deposit files9.510 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Sage 100 and VAI ERP
    Feature
    Sage 100
    3.8
    11 Ratings
    66% below category average
    VAI ERP
    6.5
    9 Ratings
    15% below category average
    API for custom integration3.78 Ratings6.412 Ratings
    Plug-ins4.011 Ratings6.59 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Sage 100 and VAI ERP
    Feature
    Sage 100
    9.1
    18 Ratings
    8% above category average
    VAI ERP
    7.1
    10 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Single sign-on capability9.817 Ratings6.59 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.317 Ratings7.813 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Sage 100 and VAI ERP
    Feature
    Sage 100
    6.8
    20 Ratings
    10% below category average
    VAI ERP
    6.9
    11 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Dashboards8.213 Ratings7.111 Ratings
    Standard reports6.419 Ratings6.514 Ratings
    Custom reports5.818 Ratings7.213 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Sage 100 and VAI ERP
    Feature
    Sage 100
    7.2
    20 Ratings
    7% below category average
    VAI ERP
    7.4
    11 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Accounts payable8.120 Ratings7.714 Ratings
    Accounts receivable8.416 Ratings7.714 Ratings
    Global Financial Support4.86 Ratings7.17 Ratings
    Primary and Secondary Ledgers7.29 Ratings7.48 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations8.110 Ratings7.512 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting7.78 Ratings7.110 Ratings
    Standardized Processes7.78 Ratings7.611 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of Sage 100 and VAI ERP
    Feature
    Sage 100
    8.3
    14 Ratings
    4% above category average
    VAI ERP
    7.8
    11 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Inventory tracking8.214 Ratings7.914 Ratings
    Automatic reordering8.510 Ratings7.711 Ratings
    Location management8.18 Ratings7.713 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of Sage 100 and VAI ERP
    Feature
    Sage 100
    7.8
    13 Ratings
    2% below category average
    VAI ERP
    7.7
    11 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Pricing8.113 Ratings8.114 Ratings
    Order entry7.713 Ratings8.114 Ratings
    Credit card processing8.812 Ratings7.06 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold8.413 Ratings8.113 Ratings
    Order Orchestration6.46 Ratings7.210 Ratings
    Subledger and Financial Process
    Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Sage 100 and VAI ERP
    Feature
    Sage 100
    8.0
    10 Ratings
    6% above category average
    VAI ERP
    6.8
    11 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Billing Management7.08 Ratings7.37 Ratings
    Cash and Asset Management8.19 Ratings7.29 Ratings
    Travel & Expense Management8.47 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting8.16 Ratings5.54 Ratings
    Period Close8.19 Ratings7.313 Ratings
    Project Financial Management
    Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Sage 100 and VAI ERP
    Feature
    Sage 100
    8.0
    5 Ratings
    5% above category average
    VAI ERP
    -
    Ratings
    Budgeting and Forecasting9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Costing9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost Capture8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Capital Project Management8.63 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer Contract Compliance7.83 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Revenue Recognition7.83 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Execution Management
    Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Sage 100 and VAI ERP
    Feature
    Sage 100
    5.3
    2 Ratings
    29% below category average
    VAI ERP
    -
    Ratings
    Project Planning and Scheduling7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Task Insight for Project Managers7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Mobile Functionality5.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Definable Resource Pools5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Grants Management
    Comparison of Grants Management features of Sage 100 and VAI ERP
    Feature
    Sage 100
    7.0
    2 Ratings
    7% below category average
    VAI ERP
    -
    Ratings
    Award Lifecycle Management7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Procurement
    Comparison of Procurement features of Sage 100 and VAI ERP
    Feature
    Sage 100
    5.4
    3 Ratings
    27% below category average
    VAI ERP
    7.1
    9 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Bids Analyzed and Compared5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract Authoring5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract Repository5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated10.02 Ratings7.510 Ratings
    Supplier Management8.13 Ratings6.710 Ratings
    Risk Management
    Comparison of Risk Management features of Sage 100 and VAI ERP
    Feature
    Sage 100
    4.4
    1 Ratings
    42% below category average
    VAI ERP
    -
    Ratings
    Risk Repository5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Control Management5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Control Efficiency Assessments5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue Detection3.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Remediation and Certification4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Logistics
    Comparison of Logistics features of Sage 100 and VAI ERP
    Feature
    Sage 100
    7.8
    4 Ratings
    11% above category average
    VAI ERP
    6.1
    6 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Transportation Planning and Optimization10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Transportation Execution Management10.02 Ratings5.23 Ratings
    Trade and Customs Management7.02 Ratings5.54 Ratings
    Fulfillment Management10.03 Ratings7.06 Ratings
    Warehouse Workforce Management7.63 Ratings6.89 Ratings
    Manufacturing
    Comparison of Manufacturing features of Sage 100 and VAI ERP
    Feature
    Sage 100
    8.3
    5 Ratings
    10% above category average
    VAI ERP
    6.9
    5 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Production Process Design8.42 Ratings00 Ratings
    Production Management8.43 Ratings6.56 Ratings
    Configuration Management10.03 Ratings7.47 Ratings
    Work Execution10.03 Ratings6.55 Ratings
    Manufacturing Costs5.03 Ratings7.38 Ratings
    Supply Chain
    Comparison of Supply Chain features of Sage 100 and VAI ERP
    Feature
    Sage 100
    7.1
    5 Ratings
    3% below category average
    VAI ERP
    7.5
    7 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Forecasting6.04 Ratings7.37 Ratings
    Inventory Planning7.55 Ratings7.610 Ratings
    Performance Monitoring7.55 Ratings7.68 Ratings
    Product Lifecycle Management
    Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Sage 100 and VAI ERP
    Feature
    Sage 100
    2.6
    2 Ratings
    96% below category average
    VAI ERP
    -
    Ratings
    Proposal Management1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product Master Data Management10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score9.2 out of 10
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    Score9.2 out of 10
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    Score9.2 out of 10
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    Score9.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    Sage 100cloudVAI ERP
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.4
    (24 ratings)
    8.4
    (15 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.6
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    7.7
    (8 ratings)
    7.7
    (15 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Sage 100cloudVAI ERP
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    VAI (Vormittag Associates, Inc.)
    VAI base package software has a lot of productive tools that can be used for a lot of different types of businesses. At first I was taken back by this saying it would just be more efficient if they would just build it more specific to a certain business type, but now stepping back i see why they don't. They are able to customize it more to my needs
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    Pros
    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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    VAI (Vormittag Associates, Inc.)
    • Design and ease of entering data into screens.
    • Drill downs provided as you move around screens.
    • Help Text for each screen.
    • Back end programming easy to follow - good documentation.
    • Interfaces to third party software - ex. Mark Magic Forms.
    • Great Help Desk.
    • Training Videos.
    • Workflows and Triggers.
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    Cons
    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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    VAI (Vormittag Associates, Inc.)
    • There will most likely be customizations made for a particular niche site to integrate with their system.
    • Product reviews, up sells, and cross sells are not built into the website functionality. Customization to the offerings would be needed.
    • Very little documentation or open source resources on instructions or development in regards to the website design and integration with the ERP.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    VAI (Vormittag Associates, Inc.)
    S2K is easy to use, has room for growth, and serves the company's needs as a whole
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    Usability
    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.
    Incentivized
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    VAI (Vormittag Associates, Inc.)
    Often times it seems people want to learn a platform in seconds and if they can't they say it is not "user friendly." There are some platforms that can do so much that it is just going to take time to learn it all. To me that is a good thing. S2K takes time to learn but it is worth it. It can transform your organization.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    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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    VAI (Vormittag Associates, Inc.)
    Great support. The staff is very knowledgeable about the platform and the capabilities within the IBM framework
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    Implementation Rating
    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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    VAI (Vormittag Associates, Inc.)
    If this is someone's first ERP implementation, I strongly suggest you ask for services to help implement. Ask for training on every aspect of the implementation. Make sure this is put into the overall ERP quote
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    VAI (Vormittag Associates, Inc.)
    S2K offered a system that could be used by various departments. There were modules for accounting, customer service, order entry, and web development. The ability to customize the website integration was a plus. S2K allows the option to have products in different warehouse locations. This allowed us to better manage inventory and see in real time what the stock status was
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    Return on Investment
    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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    VAI (Vormittag Associates, Inc.)
    • Sales - since all screens are real-time, S2K helps keep our salespeople up to date with customer sales and their overall sales for each period/year.
    • CSR - tracking of customer orders from point of entry to invoicing, being able to give the customer current information on their order by viewing a single screen.
    • Purchasing - with multiple locations, tracking, and having inventory in the correct location to meet the customer demands that are shipped from their home location.
    • Warehouse bin/item management makes picking orders a fast, accurate process, with the addition of order verification.
    • Accounting - being able to see real-time information across all applications. A/R, A/P, and G/L.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    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.

    VAI ERP Screenshots

    Screenshot of VAI ERP Product SuiteScreenshot of VAI Item InquiryScreenshot of VAI Mobile Warehouse