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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Sage 500

    Score6.2 out of 10
    N/ASage 500 ERP includes accounting and finance, distribution and supply chain, and manufacturing operations support modules. The latest Sage 500 release includes accounts payable enhancements, credit card processing, and general updates, as well as updates to the solution's modules.N/A

    Salesforce CRM Analytics

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ASalesforce CRM Analytics (formerly Tableau CRM) is a cloud-based business intelligence solutions and analytics software. It provides users with automated data discovery, CRM-connected analytics, top-down views of data, augmented analytics, predictive insights, and customizable data visualization tools.

    $125

    per month

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    Sage 500Salesforce CRM Analytics
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    Sage 500Salesforce CRM Analytics
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Sage 500Salesforce CRM Analytics
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    Sage
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    89%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    91%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Features
    Sage 500Salesforce CRM Analytics
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Sage 500 ERP and Salesforce CRM Analytics
    Feature
    Sage 500 ERP
    7.0
    2 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    -
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    Pay calculation9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct deposit files7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Sage 500 ERP and Salesforce CRM Analytics
    Feature
    Sage 500 ERP
    8.5
    3 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    -
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    API for custom integration9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Plug-ins8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Sage 500 ERP and Salesforce CRM Analytics
    Feature
    Sage 500 ERP
    8.5
    3 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    -
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    Single sign-on capability7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Sage 500 ERP and Salesforce CRM Analytics
    Feature
    Sage 500 ERP
    8.0
    3 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    -
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    Dashboards6.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Sage 500 ERP and Salesforce CRM Analytics
    Feature
    Sage 500 ERP
    8.0
    3 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
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    Accounts payable10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Accounts receivable10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Global Financial Support10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Primary and Secondary Ledgers8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standardized Processes10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of Sage 500 ERP and Salesforce CRM Analytics
    Feature
    Sage 500 ERP
    8.0
    3 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    -
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    Inventory tracking6.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automatic reordering10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location management10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of Sage 500 ERP and Salesforce CRM Analytics
    Feature
    Sage 500 ERP
    8.8
    2 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
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    Pricing8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order entry9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Credit card processing9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order Orchestration8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subledger and Financial Process
    Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Sage 500 ERP and Salesforce CRM Analytics
    Feature
    Sage 500 ERP
    5.9
    2 Ratings
    25% below category average
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    -
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    Billing Management10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cash and Asset Management8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Travel & Expense Management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting2.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Period Close8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Financial Management
    Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Sage 500 ERP and Salesforce CRM Analytics
    Feature
    Sage 500 ERP
    6.9
    1 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    -
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    Budgeting and Forecasting1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Costing3.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost Capture8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Capital Project Management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer Contract Compliance9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Revenue Recognition9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Execution Management
    Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Sage 500 ERP and Salesforce CRM Analytics
    Feature
    Sage 500 ERP
    4.5
    1 Ratings
    44% below category average
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    -
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    Task Insight for Project Managers7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Mobile Functionality5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Grants Management
    Comparison of Grants Management features of Sage 500 ERP and Salesforce CRM Analytics
    Feature
    Sage 500 ERP
    7.5
    1 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    -
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    Award Lifecycle Management6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Procurement
    Comparison of Procurement features of Sage 500 ERP and Salesforce CRM Analytics
    Feature
    Sage 500 ERP
    6.0
    1 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    -
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    Contract Authoring8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract Repository10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Supplier Management4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Risk Management
    Comparison of Risk Management features of Sage 500 ERP and Salesforce CRM Analytics
    Feature
    Sage 500 ERP
    4.3
    1 Ratings
    44% below category average
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    -
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    Risk Repository3.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Control Management7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Control Efficiency Assessments4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Remediation and Certification3.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Supply Chain
    Comparison of Supply Chain features of Sage 500 ERP and Salesforce CRM Analytics
    Feature
    Sage 500 ERP
    1.3
    1 Ratings
    140% below category average
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    -
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    Forecasting1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inventory Planning2.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance Monitoring1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product Lifecycle Management
    Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Sage 500 ERP and Salesforce CRM Analytics
    Feature
    Sage 500 ERP
    5.3
    1 Ratings
    33% below category average
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    -
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    Proposal Management7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product Master Data Management4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Sage 500 ERP and Salesforce CRM Analytics
    Feature
    Sage 500 ERP
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    7.8
    48 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings7.541 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards00 Ratings8.548 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings7.546 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Sage 500 ERP and Salesforce CRM Analytics
    Feature
    Sage 500 ERP
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    7.8
    49 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.548 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings7.548 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings7.537 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings7.546 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Sage 500 ERP and Salesforce CRM Analytics
    Feature
    Sage 500 ERP
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    8.1
    47 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Publish to Web00 Ratings9.037 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings7.044 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings8.543 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.540 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings7.534 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Sage 500 ERP and Salesforce CRM Analytics
    Feature
    Sage 500 ERP
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    7.4
    45 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings8.042 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings6.540 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings7.042 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Sage 500 ERP and Salesforce CRM Analytics
    Feature
    Sage 500 ERP
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    9.0
    48 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings9.046 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings8.546 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings9.042 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings9.541 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Sage 500 ERP and Salesforce CRM Analytics
    Feature
    Sage 500 ERP
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    6.7
    45 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings7.543 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings7.034 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings6.539 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Sage 500 ERP and Salesforce CRM Analytics
    Feature
    Sage 500 ERP
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    8.2
    33 Ratings
    6% above category average
    REST API00 Ratings8.031 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings8.529 Ratings
    iFrames00 Ratings8.525 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings8.528 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings7.528 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings8.527 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Sage 500Salesforce CRM Analytics
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    9.1
    (51 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    6.3
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.5
    (10 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.7
    (6 ratings)
    Online Training
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (41 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.7
    (41 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Sage 500Salesforce CRM Analytics
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Sage
    Sage 500 ERP is great for companies with core accounting needs, distributors, and discrete manufacturers. Some areas, such as process manufacturing, would require a companion product from an ISV for the software to be truly functional. Some areas, such as construction or retail apparel, may simply not be well-served.
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    Salesforce
    For us it really comes down to that book management and next best contact for our advisors. When we're thinking about a book of business that may range, depending on the advisor, from 400 clients to a thousand clients, how do they really optimize their time? Who do they call next? Who do they work with to make sure not only they're keeping those clients engaged, they're not leaving the firm going to other advisors who they haven't talked to in a while who might need their attention. That's really where that CRM analytics is really proven pretty powerful for us.
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    Pros
    Sage
    • Sage is the one-stop-shop for all of our needs. We're able to control contracts, subcontracts, and field reports from the program.
    • Another strength is the ability to database all the information and export it to excel. This makes data-based investigations a breeze.
    • The ability for Timberscan to be imported to Sage is a huge help with invoice management. Prior to this it all had to be done manually and slowed the process to an essential halt as there are thousands of invoices per month.
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    Salesforce
    • Interactive Dashboards, it [consists] of wide variety of charts
    • Data from different sources can be easily integrated with it
    • Security, it provides easy way to secure and share the information with the users
    • Support actions like opening hyperlink etc
    • Almost everything can be done from configuration
    • Data can easily be managed from dataflow.
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    Cons
    Sage
    • The biggest concern/complaint of Sage 500 users is speed. Some of the screen take a while to load.
    • The user interface needs some refreshing. Screens need to be updated to take advantage of shortcuts and to be more intuitive.
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    Salesforce
    • Implementation takes time and resources. It is a heavy lift to implement and at first, it can take a little bit of time to understand what you are looking at. But once it's implemented it's easy to get started.
    • Without any BI expertise or resources available to your organization, the implementation of this is difficult. If you aren't used to BI tools and don't have an expert in house, the terminology can be difficult to understand at first.
    • Their support is not on hand to help you if you encounter any issues, at least not on all the plans or the basic plans. Real-time support service is an add-on, so you'll need to be patient if you require help or pay extra money.
    • More functionality for the tool is needed to compete with other heavyweights in the arena like Tableau, Qlik, and Microstrategy. Still lacks the robustness, functionality, and flexibility other competing products possess.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Sage
    It's too pricey for our size of company.
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    Salesforce
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    Usability
    Sage
    I have been using Intacct for almost 10 years in 2 different companies and I just simply love it. I tried SAP (GUI) and Netsuite and they dont come close to what Ive seen.
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    Salesforce
    For someone who don't have coding background, this could be a useful tool and fairly easy to learn and use given the good support. However, if you know other open source tools, it would be much easier to use the other tools and the knowledge is more transferable in the future.
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    Support Rating
    Sage
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    I was not able to be in interaction much with Salesforce support team since every feature works the way it should be working. So far I have not experienced any bug or major glitches that would delay the result of my work and performance. There is also a hotline in our company for Salesforce issue but so far I have not used it.
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    Online Training
    Sage
    The online training courses are not up to date. We experienced technical issues with two of the classes.
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    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Sage
    Keep your database and application in different servers.
    Install Microsoft Office on your application server so you can use some of the data analysis tools in Sage.
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    Salesforce
    An implementation partner would certainly result in greater output in a more efficient amount of time. However, I have found implementation partners to be extremely expensive for the output received (at least working for a non-profit company they are frequently unaffordable). Internal implementation does help with usable output though since internal knowledge would better know the data architecture and business processes
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    Alternatives Considered
    Sage
    500 seems much smoother at handling some of the basic accounting tasks, for example both issuing and later reconciling checks in Dynamics AX seems a little tedious.
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    Salesforce
    Tableau is the absolute top of the class when it comes to business intelligence, but it doesn't make sense for every business case. In our case, we needed a simple data visualization platform for our CRM platform and sales pipeline. Salesforce Analytics, while nowhere near as robust, did the job we needed it to do perfectly in a significantly more cost-effective manner.
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    Return on Investment
    Sage
    • Positive: The program allows for a lot of data entry and splitting of information. It has the capability of replacing multiple programs and therefore saving cost.
    • Negative: The modules are cumbersome and not user friendly at all. As a result not many user are comfortable using it. This means that the program is not being used to its capacity.
    • Negative: Although the program has the capacity to be great, the user interface destroys that potential. Sage needs to seriously work on their program to simplify it. It's as if it still uses Command-line entries from 1995. Needs to be updated ASAP.
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    Salesforce
    • I would say it's been positive just because as a company, anyone that has access to it can go in there and pull any company information and we're very up to date then on all of our client base. So I would say it's been a very positive impact.
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