Sage 50cloud Accounting vs. SilkRoad Recruiting

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Sage 50cloud Accounting
Score 7.7 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Sage 50cloud Accounting (formerly Sage 50 Accounting) is accounting software designed for small businesses. Sage 50cloud Accounting (formerly Sage 50, and formerly Peachtree) lets businesses invoice customers, pay bills, manage inventory, control costs, and pay employees. The solution includes high-level dashboards and in-depth reports.
$299
per year
SilkRoad Recruiting
Score 7.9 out of 10
N/A
SilkRoad offers OpenHire, a recruiting and ATS system. It offers recruiting access through social media channels, data security, and EEO compliance for mid-sized to large businesses. It is a component of SilkRoad’s Lifesuite product line.N/A
Pricing
Sage 50cloud AccountingSilkRoad Recruiting
Editions & Modules
Sage 50 Pro Accounting
$299
per year
Sage 50 Premium Accounting
$449
per year
Sage 50 Quantum Accounting 3 User
Starting at $1,499
per year
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Sage 50cloud AccountingSilkRoad Recruiting
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsAnnual traditional plan with license, monthly, and annual subscription plans available.
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Top Pros
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Features
Sage 50cloud AccountingSilkRoad Recruiting
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Sage 50cloud Accounting
9.0
14 Ratings
18% above category average
SilkRoad Recruiting
-
Ratings
Pay calculation9.014 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration9.011 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct deposit files9.011 Ratings00 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management9.013 Ratings00 Ratings
Reimbursement management9.013 Ratings00 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Sage 50cloud Accounting
9.0
10 Ratings
24% above category average
SilkRoad Recruiting
-
Ratings
API for custom integration9.08 Ratings00 Ratings
Plug-ins9.09 Ratings00 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Sage 50cloud Accounting
9.0
19 Ratings
14% above category average
SilkRoad Recruiting
-
Ratings
Single sign-on capability9.017 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-based user permissions9.017 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Sage 50cloud Accounting
9.0
21 Ratings
17% above category average
SilkRoad Recruiting
-
Ratings
Dashboards9.020 Ratings00 Ratings
Standard reports9.021 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom reports9.020 Ratings00 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
Sage 50cloud Accounting
8.7
24 Ratings
16% above category average
SilkRoad Recruiting
-
Ratings
Accounts payable9.023 Ratings00 Ratings
Accounts receivable9.022 Ratings00 Ratings
Cash management9.022 Ratings00 Ratings
Bank reconciliation9.022 Ratings00 Ratings
Expense management9.022 Ratings00 Ratings
Time tracking9.012 Ratings00 Ratings
Fixed asset management9.013 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-currency support8.910 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-division support9.010 Ratings00 Ratings
Regulations compliance9.09 Ratings00 Ratings
Electronic tax filing9.08 Ratings00 Ratings
Self-service portal9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Global Financial Support9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers7.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Intercompany Accounting9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Localizations7.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations9.011 Ratings00 Ratings
Enterprise Accounting9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Configurable Accounting9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Centralized Rules Framework7.44 Ratings00 Ratings
Standardized Processes9.09 Ratings00 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
Sage 50cloud Accounting
9.0
16 Ratings
25% above category average
SilkRoad Recruiting
-
Ratings
Inventory tracking9.016 Ratings00 Ratings
Automatic reordering9.010 Ratings00 Ratings
Location management9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Manufacturing module9.08 Ratings00 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
Sage 50cloud Accounting
8.4
17 Ratings
12% above category average
SilkRoad Recruiting
-
Ratings
Pricing9.014 Ratings00 Ratings
Order entry9.016 Ratings00 Ratings
Credit card processing9.011 Ratings00 Ratings
Cost of goods sold9.015 Ratings00 Ratings
Order Orchestration7.85 Ratings00 Ratings
End-to-end order visibility7.45 Ratings00 Ratings
Order exception Resolution7.85 Ratings00 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Sage 50cloud Accounting
-
Ratings
SilkRoad Recruiting
6.8
14 Ratings
16% below category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings7.214 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings8.714 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings7.812 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings7.813 Ratings
Customized Application Form00 Ratings5.212 Ratings
Resume Management00 Ratings7.014 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings7.213 Ratings
Candidate Search00 Ratings8.714 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings8.014 Ratings
Collaboration00 Ratings8.014 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation00 Ratings7.310 Ratings
Email Templates00 Ratings5.714 Ratings
User Permissions00 Ratings3.714 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings4.714 Ratings
Reporting00 Ratings4.714 Ratings
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User Ratings
Sage 50cloud AccountingSilkRoad Recruiting
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(34 ratings)
6.2
(30 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.6
(12 ratings)
5.0
(12 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(8 ratings)
6.0
(3 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(7 ratings)
5.0
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.0
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Sage 50cloud AccountingSilkRoad Recruiting
Likelihood to Recommend
Sage
Sage is great for portability and exchange with external accountants as it is widely used and people will be able to read your data in. It's a very good and complete solution for a little business where one person can handle all of the accounting. I doubt that it scales well to large companies with several in-house accountants working at the same time.
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SilkRoad
I think OpenHire is best for a small company (max about 2500 employees). The more employees you have the more HR people you should have and this can get expensive. I know most larger companies are using more advanced systems as well (Workday). During the selection process be sure to determine how many OpenHire users you would need. Ask whether your managers will be willing to work in the system as well or whether HR would have to own the entire process. If you are EEOC compliant, make sure you ask about diversity posting, APP tracking of applicants, and reporting needs. If you require an onboarding tool, SilkRoad offers RedCarpet. I found it to be very complex and hiring managers refused to use it. If you require an onboarding tool, definitely look into it. The demo may look great but there were a lot of implementation steps done to make it work and it just didn't fit our company culture. So make sure it fits yours.
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Pros
Sage
  • It has the capability of "Single Click" processes that allows you to turn Quotes into orders, instant invoicing and track A/R in the Order Screen
  • I can email Sales Orders directly to my Customer and also remind them of past due from a single screen. I can track Project, Closeouts, Over Seas order by setting up Jobs and clicking the job name in Order Entry.
  • You can use recurring entries and copy and paste on the P&L, using masking for department reporting and budgeting
  • You can use the BI feature and export into Excel in Pivot format and utilize Timeline and Slicer to see the company overall performance by months, day or years
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SilkRoad
  • The ease of use when it comes to create requisitions from a hiring managers side of things is definitely a positive. It's very much user intuitive and the specifications can be completely customized as to what a company would like to appear within said requisition.
  • Candidate correspondence is an absolute breeze as you can custom load templates into the system that can be edited at any time through an administrator in your company instead of having to go through a technical support team on the other side of things.
  • Overall, it's a pretty no muss no fuss system to use as there's not a great layer of complication about it and like most things, spaced practice and consistent exposure to it tend to iron out those rough edges. From an administration standpoint, adding in locations and hiring managers is incredibly simplistic along with reporting functionality.
  • Candidate folders have come a long way in the system and are much more user friendly at this point than when I began using the system some four years ago. It's very easy to shift candidate profiles between folders and edit on the fly.
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Cons
Sage
  • Sage 50 could use some improvement in the Invoicing Module to allow for more flexibility in the design of the Invoice fields. The report customization tools could use some upgrading for easier use.
  • Fixed assets management module needs to be included with unlimited number of fixed assets.
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SilkRoad
  • OpenHire's user roles can create issues depending on how your company's hiring process flows. For example, at one company, the hiring managers were extremely involved in screening candidates yet the system seems very geared towards use of centralized recruiters who distribute candidates. The lack of ability to customize roles and security to match our managers' needs created additional burden on HR as well as frustration from hiring managers.
  • I experienced several problems uploading documents to accompany a candidate's offer. There was a limit on the number, size and type of attachments that could be included, and there was no alternative (as vetted with OpenHire) besides sending a separate correspondence to the candidate. I found this to appear unprofessional to the candidate as well as creating an extra step in the process for HR/recruiting.
  • The requisition process had a few issues which created inefficiencies in the process. Firstly, for times when you need to post a role confidentially outside of your standard process, there was no way to designate the req as 'confidential'. Instead, you had to use the 'executive' status which created issues (ie: inaccurate data in reporting). Secondly, OpenHire was unable to upload the company directory of emails in the requisition approver fields so rather than being able to select from a drop-down or using a 'smart' field, you had to type each approver's email out manually thus increasing the potential for error and delay in the process.
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Likelihood to Renew
Sage
I use this rating simply because I have a thriving Sage 50 consulting practice and will continue to keep my expertise in the product. I have consulted on both Sage 50 and QuickBooks for over 25 years so I have to maintain expertise in the solution as well as accounting and verticals.
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SilkRoad
It was a great solution for the company in all aspects, especially the cost. The company was not in a position to afford a solution such as Oracle PeopleSoft. The only reason we did not renew OpenHire was we got acquired by a much larger organization and started utilizing the tools that the parent company had available
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Usability
Sage
Sage delivers what it promises. The whole accounting package is user friendly and can be easily picked up by a novice. The support is second to none. They always keep us abreast of new technologies and/or changes to accounting that would impact us. The range of reports fits both small and large companies.,
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SilkRoad
It's not a bad system to use, there just seems to be so much click through to get one task achieved. Once you know all the little routes and pieces it gets easier.
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Support Rating
Sage
Although I have only needed to call tech support on three occasions through out the entire time of usage, each time my problem was quickly resolved by people who were obviously well trained and easy to understand. Sage 50 Premium Accounting is a reliable and "bug-free" product that is regularly improved upon.
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SilkRoad
The support for Silkroad is awful. I know they are working on it and it seems to be slightly better but it's still not great. I have had multiple cases I have never heard from them on, others I have had to follow-up multiple times and one that took a year
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Implementation Rating
Sage
Sage 50 is a strong accounting software package. It will work efficiently if it is installed correctly. If one puts garbage in, one will get garbage out. Also it is important to train the staff to use Sage 50 properly. It is also important to set up security for each user.
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SilkRoad
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Alternatives Considered
Sage
As we did the conversion almost 10 years ago it is hard to answer this question. At the time it was the ease of being able to produce both cash and accrual financial statements and reporting that led us to pick Sage
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SilkRoad
NeoGov is a more simple system but just being able to require specific documents has been a huge time saver for us. Other elements in NeoGov aren't as robust but still it saves me a lot of time compared to OpenHire.
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Scalability
Sage
I define scalable from two perspectives; 1) the scalability to handle more bookkeepers/accountants using the product, and 2) the scalability to handle increasing customer/vendor/employee and transactional data. Sage 50 does a good job on both fronts. From the single users operating a micro-business accounting for customer invoices and bill payments only, to the multi-staff, multi-location, multi-departmental complex transactional operation. Although Sage 50 is quite expensive for that smallest user, it is quite inexpensive for the larger business entity. So, for the new enterprise expecting rapid growth, Sage 50 is the application of choice.
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SilkRoad
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Sage
  • Sage definitely needs to do a better job with customer service. I have had to use them only a handful of times and it was not a great experience but not the worse I've seen. They didn't make us a priority and I felt that they didn't have a sense of urgency. They did address my lack of satisfaction and I can see that they are at least aware of the issues and they are trying to correct them.
  • Sage is exactly what we need in my current organization and I wouldn't change it for another system. I have used quite a few in my lifetime and I would say that it fits our needs.
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SilkRoad
  • The cost was very high
  • It made managers more involved in the process
  • It got managers involved earlier than they had been in the past
  • It forced managers to stay involved in their recruiting and not just wait for HR to hire someone
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