Sage 500 vs SAP ERP | TrustRadius

Likelihood to Recommend

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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Verified User

Consultant in Information Technology

Information Technology and Services Company, 51-200 employees

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In the on-premise world of things, it ruled the world. The ease with which it can be customized and the language support it provides is simply amazing. Their landscape and transport management is brilliant. It saves millions of dollars for huge enterprises. I only wish that their support model can be enhanced further.

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Team Lead in Information Technology

Utilities Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Sage 500

SAP ERP

Pay calculation

Benefit plan administration

Direct deposit files

Salary revision and increment management

Reimbursement management

Sage 500

SAP ERP

API for custom integration

Plug-ins

Sage 500

SAP ERP

Single sign-on capability

Role-based user permissions

Sage 500

SAP ERP

Dashboards

Standard reports

Custom reports

Sage 500

SAP ERP

Accounts payable

Accounts receivable

Global Financial Support

Intercompany Accounting

Journals and Reconciliations

Enterprise Accounting

Configurable Accounting

Standardized Processes

Sage 500

SAP ERP

Inventory tracking

Automatic reordering

Location management

Manufacturing module

Sage 500

SAP ERP

Pricing

Order entry

Credit card processing

Cost of goods sold

Sage 500

SAP ERP

Automated Invoice Processing

Shared Services Payments

Billings Management

Customer Receipt Applications

Revenue Recognition

Cash Management

Asset Management

Travel & Expense Management

Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting

Period Close

Transactions Tax

Subledger Reconciliations

3rd Party Accounting Systems

Sage 500

SAP ERP

Budgeting and Forecasting

Project Costing

Cost Capture

Capital Project Management

Customer Invoicing

Customer Contract Compliance

Project Revenue Recognition

Project Financial Performance Analysis

Project Financials Dashboard

Real-time Financial Reporting

Sage 500

SAP ERP

Project Manager Dashboard

Resource Manager Dashboard

Task Insight for Project Managers

Project Manager Mobile Functionality

Team Member Task Collaboration

Team Member Mobile Functionality

Project Candidate Search

Project Candidate Comparison and Analysis

Real-Time Project Reporting

Absence Management

Product Lifecycle Management

Sage 500

SAP ERP

Award Lifecycle Management

Spending Control

Indirect Cost Management

Billing

Sage 500

SAP ERP

Sourcing Team Collaboration

Sourcing Analysis

Catalog Shopping E-Commerce for Employees

Contract Authoring

Contract Compliance Management

Contract History

Contract Renewal Automation

Contract Repository

Contract Standardization and Enforcement

Electronic Signatures

Invoice Automated Matching

Purchasing Risk and Compliance Management

Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated

Spend Compliance Management

Supplier Assessment

Supplier Communication and Collaboration

Supplier Management

Sage 500

SAP ERP

Risk Repository

Control Management

Control Mapping

Control Efficiency Assessments

Automated Control Assessments

Assessment Capture

Automatic Notification

Remediation and Certification

Sage 500

SAP ERP

Forecasting

Inventory Planning

Performance Monitoring

Sage 500

SAP ERP

Ideation Management

Requirements Management

Proposal Management

Innovation Portfolio Management

Product Master Data Management

Project Portfolio Management

Pros

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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J. Mickey Merguerian

Project Controls Manager

Restani Construction CorpCivil Engineering, 501-1000 employees

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Organizational resource management and integration of different departments with each other as a software automation
We have Access to all insights and analytics data from anywhere
It doesn't matter how big your organization is, it supports everything from small companies to giant high-tech organizations, and they all have access to data at very high speeds.
If you use the web and cloud version, the initial costs will be greatly reduced and even a small start-up small company can enjoy the benefits of SAP ERP.

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Ali Kazempour

Information Technology Adviser

AZEREX LLC.Information Technology & Services, 1-10 employees

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Cons

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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Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

Consumer Goods Company, 51-200 employees

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SAP sometimes gets slow whenever most of the people in the company simultaneously use it
Hopefully they would extend background job processing to all tables in SAP since it sometimes goes time out whenever extracting large historical data (ex. 5 years expense data)

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Brandon Macapelit, CISA

IT Auditor

Unilab IncPharmaceuticals, 1001-5000 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Sage 500 6.3

Based on 2 answers

It's too pricey for our size of company.

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Lisa Kuta

Accounting/Software Administrator

Garneau Industries LtdOil & Energy, 51-200 employees

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SAP ERP 8.6

Based on 4 answers

The cost of SAP as an ERP is quite high and the switching costs associated with ERP systems are even higher. That being said moving from one ERP to another only happens once in a great while for large organizations. Those switching costs include retraining, IT hardware requirements, outside consultants and more

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Todd Bellamy

Systems Analyst

MATECH Solutions (Machining Technologies, Inc.)Food Production, 10,001+ employees

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Usability

No score

No answers yet

No answers on this topic

SAP ERP 9.4

Based on 6 answers

SAP ERP is highly efficient with handling both large and complex organizations and it has the ability to handle different departments within the company and the data security is fool proof. It also automatically enables the data to be available between different modules such as SD and MM or HCM or IM and QM so users do not have to use multiple applications to run their everyday business.

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Harminder Chahal

Sr. SAP Systems Analyst

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyEducation Management, 10,001+ employees

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Support Rating

No score

No answers yet

No answers on this topic

SAP ERP 9.0

Based on 6 answers

Well, I've had several scenarios where it was evident that they simply buy time. At the same time, their Product Support and Implementation teams are most likely not in sync. What's said by a member of implementation may not hold good when you refer the same thing with a member of the support team.

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Verified User

Team Lead in Information Technology

Utilities Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Online Training

Sage 500 6.0

Based on 1 answer

The online training courses are not up to date. We experienced technical issues with two of the classes.

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Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

Consumer Goods Company, 51-200 employees

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No score

No answers yet

No answers on this topic

Implementation Rating

Sage 500 8.0

Based on 1 answer

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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Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

Consumer Goods Company, 51-200 employees

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SAP ERP 3.0

Based on 1 answer

No answer on this topic is available.

Alternatives Considered

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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Verified User

Consultant in Information Technology

Information Technology and Services Company, 51-200 employees

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SAP is totally integrated as are many of its greatest competitors, but the level of detail in the integration between modules puts SAP heads and shoulders above all others. Granted, the SAP implementation can be much more difficult to perform, but in the long run, the amount of effort you put in will result in excellent usability. After using Oracle's E-Business Suite for over 20 years, we did a due diligence search that lasted over 18 months before making a decision to go with SAP. This was a result of our Oracle system being made "un-upgradeable" due to a custom module that Oracle Consulting actually built for us. We were stuck in an old version of their database that would not work upon patching to the next version.

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John Mota

IT Manager

PrecixAutomotive, 201-500 employees

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Return on Investment

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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J. Mickey Merguerian

Project Controls Manager

Restani Construction CorpCivil Engineering, 501-1000 employees

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SAP has helped in transparency across different business unit and single financial view of the company that previously did not exist.
The cost of supporting the solution is slightly higher than the previous ERP and the consulting solutions cost more.
Overall SAP has brought in positive ROI and uniform business practices across the organization

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Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

Food Production Company, 1001-5000 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

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Rating Summary

Sage 500

SAP ERP

Sage 500

SAP ERP

Sage 500

SAP ERP

Sage 500

SAP ERP

Sage 500

SAP ERP

Sage 500

SAP ERP

Sage 500

SAP ERP