Acumatica vs Sage 100
Verified ratings, feature by feature comparison and real pricing. Everything a North American business needs to pick between these two.
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Ratings
Every score, at a glance
Verified user ratings across every dimension. Acumatica against Sage 100, nothing weighted.
Dimensions won
50Acumatica 5, Sage 100 0
Acumatica vs Sage 100, across 5 rating dimensions
Widest rating gap
+1.1
Acumatica leads on customer service
Verified reviews
457
228 for Acumatica, 229 for Sage 100
Acumatica228 verified reviews
Sage 100229 verified reviews
Ratings by dimension
- Acumatica
- Sage 100
Share of verified reviews
Which product reviewers actually write about.
- Acumatica228
- Sage 100229
Cost to get started
Cheapest paid plan, shown per month.
At least one of these is quoted rather than published, so compare the ratings above and get a real number from each vendor.
Head to head
Where each one wins
Row by row, with the stronger score highlighted. Straight from verified reviews.
| Acumatica | Sage 100 | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 4.1 | 3.5 |
| Reviews | 228 | 229 |
| Ease of use | 3.4 | 2.6 |
| Value for money | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| Customer service | 3.9 | 2.8 |
| Functionality | 4.6 | 3.9 |
| Starting price | Custom pricing | Custom pricing |
| Free trial | No | No |
| Free version | No | No |
Features
Feature by feature, checked off
Everything each product ships, side by side. No marketing gloss.
| Feature | Acumatica | Sage 100 |
|---|---|---|
| Unlimited user licensing with no per seat fee | ||
| Industry editions for distribution, manufacturing and construction | ||
| AIA billing and retainage in Construction Edition | ||
| Bills of material and production orders | ||
| Landed cost and multi warehouse inventory | ||
| Multi entity and multi currency consolidation | ||
| Full REST API | ||
| Customization that survives version upgrades | ||
| Genuine mobile access for field staff | ||
| Cloud, private cloud or on premise deployment | ||
| Financial management and general ledger | ||
| Bills of material | ||
| Work order processing | ||
| Lot and serial traceability | ||
| Multi warehouse inventory | ||
| Landed cost tracking | ||
| Sales order processing | ||
| Purchasing and receiving | ||
| US sales tax across jurisdictions | ||
| 1099 handling | ||
| Modular licensing |
Pricing
Both price lists, side by side
Every plan from both vendors, side by side, priced in US dollars.
Acumatica plans
Custom quote
Priced on consumed resources and licensed applications, quoted through a partner. Users are unlimited.
Custom
quoted by the vendor
- Unlimited users at no per seat cost
- Priced on transaction volume
- Applications licensed individually
- Cloud, private cloud or on premise
- Implementation quoted separately
- No published list price
Pricing is quoted
Acumatica does not publish a list price, so the only real number is the one they quote you. Ask for the implementation cost in writing at the same time.
Sage 100 plans
Sage 100
Licensed by module and user. Quoted through a Sage partner.
Custom
quoted by the vendor
- Financial management
- Inventory and purchasing
- Sales order processing
- Modular licensing
- On premise or hosted
Sage 100 with Manufacturing
Adds the production modules. Quoted through a partner.
Custom
quoted by the vendor
- Everything in Sage 100
- Bills of material
- Work order processing
- Lot and serial traceability
- Production planning
Pricing is quoted
Sage does not publish a list price, so the only real number is the one they quote you. Ask for the implementation cost in writing at the same time.
Verdict
Our verdict
Sage 100 has two decades of manufacturing depth behind it and a licensing model that charges per user, which punishes a company that wants every supervisor and shift lead logged in. Acumatica charges nothing per seat and everything on the resources you consume, so a business with many light users and modest transaction volume comes out ahead, while one with few users and huge transaction volume can find the model works against it. Both outcomes depend heavily on the implementation partner you pick, which is true of this entire tier of software and worth saying plainly. Model your own user count against your transaction volume before assuming either pricing model is the cheaper one for your business specifically.
Written from the reviews on both products. No vendor saw this before publication.