Sage 300

Score6.8 out of 10

82 Reviews and Ratings

What is Sage 300?

Sage 300 (formerly Sage 300 ERP) is a business management solution that includes strong accounting and financials, as well as multi-currency and multi-language capabilities. Built on accounting best practices, users will be able to track, control, and plan the financial health of their business.

Categories & Use Cases

Accounting

Role-based user permissions
Permissions to perform actions or access or modify data are assigned to roles, which are then assigned to users, reducing complexity of administration.
Category average: 8.5
Accounts payable
This includes the automation and tracking of payment to vendors and suppliers, with features such as payment scheduling, check printing, open purchase order alerts, document management, direct ACH bill payment, and vendor records.
Category average: 8.4
Accounts receivable
This includes the management and automation of invoices and collections, with features like statements, invoices, receipts, payment reminders, customer records, auto billing, and refund checks.
Category average: 8.3

Order Orchestration
Define and execute order fulfillment processes for products as well as services on the same order.
Category average: 7.1
End-to-end order visibility
Get updates on orders, inventory, shipments, planned supply, and invoices, and improve the quality of decisions through in-context analytics
Category average: 7.9
Order exception Resolution
Monitor fulfillment tasks and resolve issues, view and evaluate varios options via what-if analysis and define and enforce change order rules
Category average: 7.2

Verified User

Manager in Finance and Accounting (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use it for First Nations Indigenous clients across Canada. This helps maintains program fund surplus balances and the ability to build out projects for more complex reporting needs

Pros

Fund Reporting
Payroll processing
Project set up
Importing different types of data types

Cons

Faster processing features for adjustments
Ability to edit transactions posted if period is open
Feed bank feeds
Bank rec glitches with system balances and scrolling down is quiet slow

Return on Investment

It helps us support a large portion of our clients

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Sage Intacct, QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise, QuickBooks Desktop Premier, QuickBooks Desktop Pro, Sage 500 ERP, Sage 50cloud Accounting, Xero and Adagio Operational Suite

Other Software Used

Sage Intacct, Sage 50cloud Accounting

Mohamed Salem, CFA View profile

Director of FP&A in Finance and Accounting at World Education Services (201-500 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It's our accounting system for book keeping. It's not useful for financial reporting. We have about 18 users using it, between people who enter data and people who are a view only users.

Pros

General ledger
Trial balance

Cons

Old system, better to upgrade

Return on Investment

We have been using it for 20 years, so the ROI is pretty good

Alternatives Considered

QuickBooks Online, Vena and Sage Intacct

Other Software Used

Vena

Mona Edwards

Healthcare Administrator in Corporate at Central Florida Healthcare (201-500 employees employees)

Pros

Reduces Errors
Faster Productivity
Reports
Managing Money

Cons

More training
Slacking a little on Reports
Cost

Return on Investment

User Friendly
Great comparison of the budgets in every area
Good Security Features

Alternatives Considered

Kareo Practice Management, Kareo Medical Billing, Practice Fusion and athenaCollector

Other Software Used

athenaCollector, Dentrix

Usability

iain Stephen View profile

Information Systems Manager in Information Technology at Manitoulin-Sudbury District Services Board (201-500 employees employees)

Pros

Payroll is strong - very happy with integration with our scheduling software for EMS as well as the salaried employees.
The reporting, though sometimes cumbersome to set up - is strong once it is in place.
The G/L is accessible by all upper management - and used to see how close to the budget each area is.

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...

Return on Investment

Hard to say - Accpac (in one form or another) is all we have ever used, thus there is no real comparison to make to show impact vs another application.
Sage 300 ERP is the backbone of our organization - efficiently dealing with payroll and budgets in excess of 30 million dollars per year.

Other Software Used

Microsoft Office 365, Slack, Adobe Acrobat DC, Adobe Illustrator CC, Yardi Property Management

Peter Wong, CPA, CGA View profile

VP Finance in Finance and Accounting at Agilec (51-200 employees employees)

Pros

Generally very user-friendly.
Good reports in AP and AR.
Adequate financial reporting.

Cons

Basic functionality in AP. Can not add second default GL account code in vendor setup.
AR invoicing is limited to field size in the description. Clients have asked for more details in certain cases.
Context help is not very detailed.