Sage Group

Sage 500

5.1 /10

What is Sage 500?

Sage 500 ERP provides distribution and supply chain management that helps you minimize carrying costs while ensuring sufficient product availability. Automated supply chain and warehouse management processes integrate solidly with demand forecasting to maximize inventory control and profits. Sage 500 delivers a strong suite of tightly integrated, GAAP-compliant accounting and financial modules, easily customizable to the way you do business. Sage 500 ERP provides distribution and supply chain management that helps you minimize carrying costs while ensuring sufficient product availability.

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Sage 500 Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.

71 Likeliness to Recommend

59 Plan to Renew

60 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+24 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Sage 500?

41% Negative

40% Neutral

19% Positive

Pros

Trustworthy
Respectful
Fair
Efficient Service

Cons

Slower Product Innovation
Commodity Features
Less Effective Service

Feature Ratings

Average 71

Cost Revenue Tracking

Project Accounting

Reconciliation

Accounts Payable Purchase Orders

General Ledger Chart of Accounts

Accounts Receivable Invoicing

Dashboards, Analytics and Reporting

Integration APIs

Budgeting Forecasting

Cash Flow Management

Expense Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 63

Breadth of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Vendor Support

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Sage 500 Reviews

Melanie V.

Role: Finance
Industry: Construction
Involvement: Initial Implementation

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2023

Pricey and difficult to implement.

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Sage 500 from other similar products?

The committments and ability to run finanacials for all companies

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I don;t have one.

What do you dislike most about this product?

How hard it was to set up and all the extra money paid to get it done.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Make sure you understand how it works and get help with set up

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Cons

Commodity Features
Less Effective Service
Less Caring

Yasir L.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Manufacturing
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2023

Great system with some flaws

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Sage 500 from other similar products?

Report building was easy. The reports out of the box worked well, but we were able to build reports to pull specific information.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It is easy to view project costs and other expenses.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing is being updated. Very strange terminology and transaction paths. AP especially.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It is good for stock control, for project management and for the creation of purchase orders.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing
Fair

Sage 500

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Sage 500 Ratings

71 Likeliness to Recommend

59 Plan to Renew

60 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+24 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Sage 500?

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Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Cost Revenue Tracking The process of recording, classifying, analyzing, summarizing, and allocating costs associated with a process

Project Accounting Ability to track, report and analyse financial results and implications at an individual project level

Reconciliation Functionality that ensures that two sets of records (usually the balances of two accounts) are in agreement.

Accounts Payable Purchase Orders Record of debts owing for an organization. Sometimes includes a purchase order capability

General Ledger Chart of Accounts The general ledger contains the organization’s accounts for recording assets, liabilities, revenue, and expenses.

Accounts Receivable Invoicing Record of claims for payment for goods or services provided. Usually includes a customer invoicing capability

Dashboards, Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting, forecasting & easy data extraction for data analysis.

Integration APIs Ability of the software to interface with legacy and other third party applications.

Budgeting Forecasting Functionality allowing users to create and maintain budgets and develop forecasts, “what-if” scenarios, etc

Cash Flow Management Includes income and expense tracking, as well as cash flow monitoring.

Expense Management Includes all aspects of expense forms design, completion, submission, limits and compliance, and reporting.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Sage 500 Reviews

Melanie V.

Pricey and difficult to implement.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Yasir L.

Great system with some flaws

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Feature Ratings

Cost Revenue Tracking

Project Accounting

Reconciliation

Accounts Payable Purchase Orders

General Ledger Chart of Accounts

Accounts Receivable Invoicing

Dashboards, Analytics and Reporting

Integration APIs

Budgeting Forecasting

Cash Flow Management

Expense Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Breadth of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Vendor Support

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization