Acumatica vs Sage X3
Verified ratings, feature by feature comparison and real pricing. Everything a North American business needs to pick between these two.
Sage X3
Sage's heavyweight, for manufacturers who have outgrown everything else
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Ratings
Every score, at a glance
Verified user ratings across every dimension. Acumatica against Sage X3, nothing weighted.
Dimensions won
50Acumatica 5, Sage X3 0
Acumatica vs Sage X3, across 5 rating dimensions
Widest rating gap
+1.8
Acumatica leads on value for money
Verified reviews
429
228 for Acumatica, 201 for Sage X3
Acumatica228 verified reviews
Sage X3201 verified reviews
Ratings by dimension
- Acumatica
- Sage X3
Share of verified reviews
Which product reviewers actually write about.
- Acumatica228
- Sage X3201
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 X3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 4.1 | 3.3 |
| Reviews | 228 | 201 |
| Ease of use | 3.4 | 2.3 |
| Value for money | 4.4 | 2.6 |
| Customer service | 3.9 | 3.0 |
| Functionality | 4.6 | 4.1 |
| 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 X3 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Process manufacturing with formulas and recipes | ||
| Discrete manufacturing | ||
| Batch and lot traceability | ||
| Quality control workflows | ||
| Potency and yield management | ||
| Multi site operations | ||
| Multi legislation and multi currency | ||
| Supply chain and distribution | ||
| Warehouse management | ||
| Statutory reporting across countries |
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 X3 plans
Sage X3
Quoted per user and module, with implementation. Through a specialist partner.
Custom
quoted by the vendor
- Process and discrete manufacturing
- Multi site and multi legislation
- Quality control
- Batch and lot traceability
- Supply chain management
- Cloud native or on premise
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.