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Sage 500 Reviews & Ratings 2024

Overview

What is Sage 500?

Sage 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.

Endless Capability Thwarted by Lack of User Interface

Rating: 2 out of 10

March 18, 2020

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Sage 500 is being used by my organization in all departments. From field report entries to subcontractor management, to accounting. We utilize this program for all of our cons...

J. Mickey Merguerian

Manager - Finance and Accounting

Project Controls Manager

Restani Construction Corp

2 years of experience

Long time devotee of Sage 500

Rating: 8 out of 10

March 23, 2016

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Sage 500 ERP is used throughout our organization for core accounting functions (Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Cash Management and General Ledger), distribution (Inven...

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Consultant

11 years of experience

Sage 500 ERP

Rating: 7 out of 10

August 19, 2015

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We currently use Sage 500 in purchasing and in the finance/accounting department.

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Manager

6 years of experience

Love the software, hate the upgrade price.

Rating: 7 out of 10

June 4, 2014

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We have 3 users on the system with the general ledger, inventory, purchasing, payables, receivables, projects and cash management being used. We use the Sage 500 because of th...

Lisa Kuta

Account Manager - Finance and Accounting

Accounting/Software Administrator

Garneau Industries Ltd

8 years of experience

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Endless Capability Thwarted by Lack of User Interface

Rating: 2 out of 10

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March 18, 2020

J. Mickey Merguerian

Project Controls Manager

Restani Construction Corp (Civil Engineering, 501-1000 employees)

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Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Sage 500 is being used by my organization in all departments. From field report entries to subcontractor management, to accounting. We utilize this program for all of our construction needs. All purchases and employees are being accounted for on this program. I personally utilize their change order management/change request management. It's being used on each project and from headquarters as well.

Pros and Cons

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.

Likelihood to Recommend

Sage is wonderful for payroll and employee management. Although it has the capabilities to be a one-stop-shop program, it seriously lacks the interface necessary for wide use. I've had to consult Sage professionals on numerous occasions to explain and walk me through the program as there are so many redundancies. This program has wonderful potential, but they need to update the software and user interface before I can recommend it to any colleague.

Sage 500 Feature Ratings

General Ledger and Configurable Accounting (6)

60%

6.0

Accounts payable: 70%
7.0
Accounts receivable: 70%
7.0
Global Financial Support: 20%
2.0
Journals and Reconciliations: 60%
6.0
Configurable Accounting: 80%
8.0
Standardized Processes: 60%
6.0

Subledger and Financial Process (5)

58%

5.8

Billing Management: 80%
8.0
Cash and Asset Management: 60%
6.0
Travel & Expense Management: 80%
8.0
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting: 20%
2.0
Period Close: 50%
5.0

Inventory Management (3)

66.66666666666667%

6.7

Inventory tracking: 90%
9.0
Automatic reordering: 30%
3.0
Location management: 80%
8.0

Order Management

N/A

Payroll Management (3)

80%

8.0

Pay calculation: 90%
9.0
Benefit plan administration: 60%
6.0
Direct deposit files: 90%
9.0

Reporting & Analytics (3)

83.33333333333334%

8.3

Dashboards: 80%
8.0
Standard reports: 70%
7.0
Custom reports: 100%
10.0

Customization (2)

45%

4.5

API for custom integration: 70%
7.0
Plug-ins: 20%
2.0

Security (2)

50%

5.0

Role-based user permissions: 80%
8.0
Single sign-on capability: 20%
2.0

Grants Management (1)

60%

6.0

Award Lifecycle Management: 60%
6.0

Project Financial Management (6)

65%

6.5

Budgeting and Forecasting: 10%
1.0
Project Costing: 30%
3.0
Cost Capture: 80%
8.0
Capital Project Management: 90%
9.0
Customer Contract Compliance: 90%
9.0
Project Revenue Recognition: 90%
9.0

Project Execution Management (2)

60%

6.0

Task Insight for Project Managers: 70%
7.0
Project Mobile Functionality: 50%
5.0

Procurement (4)

75%

7.5

Contract Authoring: 80%
8.0
Contract Repository: 100%
10.0
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated: 80%
8.0
Supplier Management: 40%
4.0

Risk Management (4)

42.5%

4.3

Risk Repository: 30%
3.0
Control Management: 70%
7.0
Control Efficiency Assessments: 40%
4.0
Remediation and Certification: 30%
3.0

Logistics

N/A

Manufacturing

N/A

Supply Chain (3)

13.333333333333332%

1.3

Forecasting: 10%
1.0
Inventory Planning: 20%
2.0
Performance Monitoring: 10%
1.0

Product Lifecycle Management (2)

55%

5.5

Proposal Management: 70%
7.0
Product Master Data Management: 40%
4.0

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.

Alternatives Considered

Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate, Sage 300cloud (formerly Sage 300 ERP), Sage 500 ERP, Procore, HCSS and OnBase by Hyland

Sage is by far the worst program I have ever used in the construction industry. It has the capability to be a wonderful program for an entire organization but it severely lacks user interface. For instance, Their field reports section has a character limit. That's ridiculous. If I'm entering a quantity that represents hundreds of thousands of dollars, and I'm forced to explain the application for payment, I cannot be given a character limit. I put equations and measurements in these descriptions. In addition, when nit comes to change order management, It's as if they've intertwined so many different modules that it becomes impossible to actually manage them all and interact with them. This program is not good if you're planning on running a construction company or project. Especially as a general contractor.

Other Software Used

HCSS, Procore, OnBase by Hyland, Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, Oracle JD Edwards World

Long time devotee of Sage 500

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

March 23, 2016

Verified User

Vetted Review

Reseller

11 years of experience

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Sage 500 ERP is used throughout our organization for core accounting functions (Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Cash Management and General Ledger), distribution (Inventory, Purchasing and Sales) and Project Accounting. Sage 500 ERP provides quick and easy access to actionable data through standard reports and inquiries. The system is easy to use, with most tasks having drill-into, drill-down or drill-around to related tasks and data.

Pros and Cons

Multi-Company processing, including intercompany transactions within Accounts Payable, Purchasing and General Ledger.
Handles Multi-Currency transactions with ease.
Handles multiple business entities (warehouses, divisions, regions, locations, departments, etc.) with reporting at each level.
Inquiry screens (called Business Insights Explore/Analyzer tasks) are easy to personalize by the user, showing the data you want, in the order you want, with sorting, filtering and aggregation (Count, Average, sub-total, etc.) as you need. And all of the data from these tasks can be explorted to Excel if additional "slicing-and-dicing" is needed.
MANY options for importing data into the system, and the Customizer module allows you to personalize screens by adding/hiding fields, renaming fields, etc.

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.

Sage 500 Feature Ratings

General Ledger and Configurable Accounting (2)

90%

9.0

Accounts payable: 90%
9.0
Accounts receivable: 90%
9.0

Subledger and Financial Process

N/A

Inventory Management (3)

90%

9.0

Inventory tracking: 90%
9.0
Automatic reordering: 90%
9.0
Location management: 90%
9.0

Order Management (4)

90%

9.0

Pricing: 90%
9.0
Order entry: 90%
9.0
Credit card processing: 90%
9.0
Cost of goods sold: 90%
9.0

Payroll Management

N/A

Reporting & Analytics (3)

96.66666666666666%

9.7

Dashboards: 100%
10.0
Standard reports: 90%
9.0
Custom reports: 100%
10.0

Customization (2)

90%

9.0

API for custom integration: 90%
9.0
Plug-ins: 90%
9.0

Security (2)

90%

9.0

Role-based user permissions: 90%
9.0
Single sign-on capability: 90%
9.0

Grants Management

N/A

Project Financial Management

N/A

Project Execution Management

N/A

Procurement

N/A

Risk Management

N/A

Logistics

N/A

Manufacturing

N/A

Supply Chain

N/A

Product Lifecycle Management

N/A

Return on Investment

ROI is fairly quick to recoup.

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft Dynamics AX

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.

Other Software Used

Sage 100 ERP, Sage ERP X3

Sage 500 ERP

Rating: 7 out of 10

Incentivized

August 19, 2015

Verified User

Vetted Review

Verified User

6 years of experience

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We currently use Sage 500 in purchasing and in the finance/accounting department.

Pros and Cons

Accounting uses the application for tracking all financial transactions and how it affects our general ledger. This is one of the strengths of the package.
Purchasing uses the software to create, issue and track purchase orders. Another area of strength of the application.
We will start using the tool to keep track of inventory quantities. i have used Sage 500 in a prior firm for this purpose and, I believe, it does an excellent job of this also.

Likelihood to Recommend

What specific functions would be done or would the ERP responsibility. The biggest mistake is to try to use the software to do things that it was not designed to do.

Return on Investment

I have been involved in two conversions to Sage 500. One went very well, because the companies processed were very specific and detailed. The second did not go very well but this is not because of the software. There were too many things that they wanted to use the software for and it was not designed to handle that particular function.
Employee efficiency has increased by using the application. Information is at the employees fingertip, so whenever an employee needs an answer, the information is readily available in the application views.

Likelihood to Renew

We will renew our investment in Sage 500, mostly because the competition is very expensive and are bloated with options that are not needed.

Implementation Rating

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.

Online Training

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

Love the software, hate the upgrade price.

Rating: 7 out of 10

Incentivized

June 04, 2014

Lisa Kuta

Accounting/Software Administrator

Garneau Industries Ltd (Oil & Energy, 51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

Verified User

8 years of experience

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have 3 users on the system with the general ledger, inventory, purchasing, payables, receivables, projects and cash management being used. We use the Sage 500 because of the ease of projects as well as the reporting capabilities it has. We have also customized reports with Crystal reports to get the reports we need for our end users.