Sage 300cloud vs Xero | TrustRadius

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Score 8.3 out of 10

Based on 68 reviews and ratings

Score 8.8 out of 10

Based on 474 reviews and ratings

Feature Rating Comparison

Sage 300cloud

Xero

Pay calculation

Benefit plan administration

Direct deposit files

Salary revision and increment management

Reimbursement management

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Xero

API for custom integration

Plug-ins

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Xero

Single sign-on capability

Role-based user permissions

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Xero

Dashboards

Standard reports

Custom reports

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Accounts payable

Accounts receivable

Cash management

Bank reconciliation

Expense management

Time tracking

Fixed asset management

Multi-currency support

Multi-division support

Regulations compliance

Electronic tax filing

Self-service portal

Global Financial Support

Primary and Secondary Ledgers

Intercompany Accounting

Localizations

Journals and Reconciliations

Enterprise Accounting

Configurable Accounting

Centralized Rules Framework

Standardized Processes

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Inventory tracking

Automatic reordering

Location management

Manufacturing module

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Pricing

Order entry

Credit card processing

Cost of goods sold

Order Orchestration

End-to-end order visibility

Order exception Resolution

Pros

Overall ease of use and intuitive navigation - minimal training has been required to use the system efficiently and effectively
Customer Inquiry - quickly see outstanding documents and drill down on any item (open or paid) to find the information you need
Most reports are easy to export into a workable Excel format using the Excel - data only or csv file format.

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Verified User

Manager in Finance and Accounting

Wholesale Company, 51-200 employees

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Easy to set-up/use. It took me only 15-minutes for the initial set-up.
Provide necessary integration with other applications we use. We integrate Xero with Expensify and JustWorks.
Cost-effective and therefore much cheaper than other plans out there.
Real-time link with our bank, which provides real-time account balances of what's in our bank account.
Standard reports already built-in.

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Administrator in Finance and Accounting

Non-profit Organization Management Company, 11-50 employees

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Cons

Little things, like changing the company name - are more difficult than we would like (We used to be MSDSSAB but legally shortened it to MSDSB).
A management financial reporting tool with live access - to premade reports - without paying an arm and a leg would be appreciated.
More training opportunities in local areas - or nearby - would be appreciated...

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Information Systems Manager

Manitoulin-Sudbury District Services BoardGovernment Administration, 201-500 employees

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Overall it is a great platform and quite comprehensive for US based users.
However, if we focus on multinational companies that want to integrate the information of different companies in several countries within the same solution, we find the need to carry out reports outside the platform to provide the accounting structure and compliance necessary in countries outside the US.

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Manager in Professional Services

Accounting Company, 51-200 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Sage 300cloud 8.4

Based on 2 answers

It is a solid stable product with a large user community and large ISV community. Support and Training are easy to access and obtain and there is larger reseller channel to ensure the firm you work with is honest. It is scalable and there are multiple deployment and payment options.

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C-Level Executive in Finance and Accounting

Computer Software Company, 11-50 employees

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Xero 2.1

Based on 26 answers

In addition to the matters covered in this review, my reason for renewing this product is that Xero's functionality and the constant updates that the company provides, makes the software even more business friendly. The software therefore builds a brand loyalty among customers.

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Consultant - Cloud accounting integration, Real Time Accounting

FuturebooksAccounting, 1-10 employees

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Usability

Sage 300cloud 7.5

Based on 4 answers

Sage 300cloud is intuitive and user friendly after some training. It does require implementation and training but once that's done, this software is easy to use and navigate. Support for Sage 300cloud is spot on and offers assistance over the simplest to [the] most complex of tasks. Finding information or learning new tasks within Sage 300cloud is relatively easy and educational.

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Manager in Information Technology

Information Technology and Services Company, 11-50 employees

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Xero 9.0

Based on 50 answers

Xero has a very clean design and a pleasant, easy-to-navigate GUI. It was immediately understandable how to reconcile book charges without a tutorial. Creating and sending invoices are fairly straight forward; and financial reports are easily customizable. Xero also has a support database that gives quick solutions to most issues.

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Executive in Corporate

Biotechnology Company, 1-10 employees

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Reliability and Availability

No score

No answers yet

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Xero 9.0

Based on 10 answers

We have been actively using and 100% Xero based for our ecommerce accounting practice for over 4 years. There has on been one real outage for more than 5 minutes. Xero was open and transparent about the outage, what they were doing to resolve the issue, and provided 15 minute updates. Showing how they care about their customers and partners. Plus, showing that their customers care too, were understanding, and went surfing or in our case took a nap. Couldn't run our business without Xero as a partner.

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Co-Founder

Catching CloudsAccounting, 1-10 employees

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Performance

No score

No answers yet

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Xero 10.0

Based on 8 answers

Pages generally load quickly, but it's a fairly common occurrence to have pages taking a bit longer than I'd like to load (as in, 4+ seconds). Occasionally I have to refresh a page to get it to work. Bank feed and integrations tend to be slow in general, but that could easily be due to API latency on the side of the other parties. Most of the time, though, the bank feeds refresh before I login so it's not a huge problem. Not necessarily good performance compared to a local app like QuickBooks desktop, but definitely good performance for a cloud application. Room for growth? yes.

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C-Level Executive in Corporate

Information Technology and Services Company, 11-50 employees

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Support Rating

Sage 300cloud 8.0

Based on 3 answers

Turnover is high in the Sage Support department so sometimes it is difficult to get a rep who knows the issue well. Reps are good and getting assistance when they need it. Sometimes support is more interested in closing issue than actually solving problem. It can be difficult at times to have issues escalated but overall the support is good.

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C-Level Executive in Finance and Accounting

Computer Software Company, 11-50 employees

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Xero 4.4

Based on 19 answers

Support has always been responsive and quickly resolved any questions I have. The only reason I don't give full points is because there's no way to call for immediate help. I'm fine with this because I don't need it badly enough to pay for it

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CFO

RenewableTech VenturesVenture Capital & Private Equity, 11-50 employees

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Online Training

No score

No answers yet

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Xero 10.0

Based on 5 answers

All of Xero's training is online and available for anyone (business owner or accountants) to learn and become experts in their system. There is a range of content from product training to real world webinars from their partners. Xero is beautiful accounting software and their training is the same.

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Co-Founder

Catching CloudsAccounting, 1-10 employees

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Implementation Rating

No score

No answers yet

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Xero 9.7

Based on 10 answers

If it can be done, time the implementation near a new fiscal year so you can start clean. Otherwise, you have to go back and do historical data from the beginning of the fiscal year, which can be brain draining.

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Owner / Head Trainer

When Hounds FlyConsumer Services, 1-10 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Sage 300 cloud is much more detailed than the other. About the same in being user friendlyA better layoutSaves time for doing the schedules for AuditsMobile AccessSage 300cloud can manage all different industries

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Healthcare Administrator

Central Florida HealthcareMedical Practice, 201-500 employees

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For the purpose of which we use Xero, I have not used any alternative systems. However, for certain aspects of it such as expense management, we decided to go with Webexpenses to replace the expense management features of Xero. This was because Xero lacked the automation, control and visibility we needed to correctly manage our company's expenses.

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Verified User

Analyst in Finance and Accounting

Information Technology & Services Company, 51-200 employees

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Scalability

No score

No answers yet

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Xero 10.0

Based on 6 answers

Over 600 plus apps available for integration and easy to create standard charts of account and report templates to implement across multiple entities. Same pricing regardless of number of transactions or users. Real benefit is variety of integrated apps that allow you to automate processes and have functionality that 10 years ago was only available in ERP systems costing hundreds of thousands.

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Verified User

Partner in Finance and Accounting

Accounting Company, 1-10 employees

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Return on Investment

It allows our company to efficiently and effectively maintain and track our job cost.
Its reliable performance allows us to function continually.
It also provides our division managers with reports that they can use to determine where we are experiencing problems.

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Director of IT

H&H HomesConstruction, 51-200 employees

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Excellent positive impact on ROI - easy to use, saves time related to bookkeeping
Improved access to financial information - excellent reports
Improved bill payment time - can easily see what bills are due and the amounts
Improved accounts receivables collection time - can easily see when invoices are coming due

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Nicola (Nicki) Morris

CEO | Management Consultant

The Neoteric GroupManagement Consulting, 1-10 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Sage 300cloud Editions & Modules

Edition

Sage 300 ERP Standard	$1,655¹
Sage 300 ERP Advanced	$1,665¹
Sage 300 ERP Premium	$1,665²

Lifetime License per Seat
Lifetime License (unlimited seats)

Additional Pricing Details

Our pricing is by module and by license and can range depending on what the customers requirements are. Most of our financial and operational modules are $1655.00 each, plus user license, plus an annual business care of 24%.

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Xero Editions & Modules

Edition

Early	$11¹
Growing	$32¹
Established	$62¹

per month

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