Article credit: Sage
Accurately compare Sage Accounting software to assess which product best fit your business needs.
| Sage 50 Cloud | Sage 200 Evolution | |
| Database Manager | Pervasive | MS SQL |
| Number of Users | 1 – 20 | 1 – 300+ |
| Number of Companies | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Number of Financial Years | 2 | Unlimited |
| User-Defined Fields | ✔ | ✔ |
| General Ledger | ✔ | ✔ |
| Segmented GL Accounts | ❌ | ✔ |
| Cash Books | 30 | Unlimited |
| Purchase Orders | ✔ | ✔ |
| Quotations | ✔ | ✔ |
| Invoices | ✔ | ✔ |
| Customers | ✔ | ✔ |
| Suppliers | ✔ | ✔ |
| Inventory | ✔ | ✔ |
| Segmented Inventory Items | ❌ | ✔ |
| Import Cost Allocations (Landed Cost) | ✔ | ✔ |
| Projects | ✔ | ✔ |
| Report Writer | ✔ | ✔ |
| Stationery Customisation | ✔ | ✔ |
| Add-On Modules | ||
| Multi-Currency | ✔ | ✔ |
| GL Manager | ✔ | ❌ |
| Intelligence Reporting | ✔ | ✔ |
| Receipting | ✔ | ❌ |
| Time & Billing | ✔ | ❌ |
| Point of Sale | ✔ | ✔ |
| Debtors Manager | ✔ | ✔ |
| Bank Manager | ✔ | ✔ |
| Serial Number Tracking | ✔ | ✔ |
| Multi-Store | ✔ | ✔ |
| Job Costing | ❌ | ✔ |
| Bill of Materials | ✔ | ✔ |
| Manufacturing | ❌ | ✔ |
| Sage Mobile App | ✔ (2 users incl) | ✔ (5 users incl) |
| Lot Tracking | ❌ | ✔ |
| Fixed Assets | ✔ | ✔ |
| Payroll | ✔ | ✔ |
| Sage Evolution CRM (Contact Management) | ✔ | ✔ |
| Pricing Matrix (Disc. Matrix & Vol. Disc) | ✔ | ✔ |
| Customer Account Consolidations | ❌ | ✔ |
| Customer Credit Risk Management | ❌ | ✔ |
| Scheduled Invoicing | ✔ | ✔ |
| Annuity Billing | ❌ | ✔ |
| Customer Zone | ✔ | ✔ |
| Retail Point of Sale | ❌ | ✔ |
| Branch Accounting | ❌ | ✔ |
| Project Tracker | ✔ | ❌ |
| Procurement | ❌ | ✔ |
| Municipal Billing | ❌ | ✔ |
| Voucher Management | ❌ | ✔ |
| Delivery Management | ❌ | ✔ |
| Information Alerts | ❌ | ✔ |
Common reasons for Sage 50 customers to upgrade to Sage 200
- Growth
- More complex business processes
- More in depth functionality such as:
- Customisation
- Defined month end close down
- Specialism in a vertical market
- Integration with a third party solution
- More sophisticated handing of foreign transactions
- Multiple warehouses
- Batch / Serial number recording
- Management reporting
- CRM Integration
Comparisons are based on Sage 50 Accounts Professional and Sage 200
Sage 200 exceeds Sage 50 in the following specific areas
- Foreign currency:
- Spot and period exchange rates
- Exchange rate history
- Support for euro triangulation
General:
- User definable workspaces
- Accounting period definition
- Truer transaction audit trail
- Intrastat reporting preparation
Printable form creation choices - Integrated CRM
- Integrated Business Intelligence
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Kiteview Technologies (Pty) Ltd was founded in May 2010 to provide the Sage Evolution Business Management solution to the SME market. The management team of Kiteview have combined +30 years of experience in the delivery of small to mid-market Financial & Business Management solutions. This experience, combined with a sound project implementation methodology has helped in Kiteview’s growth, becoming a Platinum status partner for SAGE Pastel within just 1 year.
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