Sage X3 vs NetSuite
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. Sage X3 against NetSuite, nothing weighted.
Dimensions won
05Sage X3 0, NetSuite 5
Sage X3 vs NetSuite, across 5 rating dimensions
Widest rating gap
+0.6
NetSuite leads on overall
Verified reviews
259
201 for Sage X3, 58 for NetSuite
Sage X3201 verified reviews
NetSuite58 verified reviews
Ratings by dimension
- Sage X3
- NetSuite
Share of verified reviews
Which product reviewers actually write about.
- Sage X3201
- NetSuite58
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.
| Sage X3 | NetSuite | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| Reviews | 201 | 58 |
| Ease of use | 2.3 | 2.8 |
| Value for money | 2.6 | 2.7 |
| Customer service | 3.0 | 3.6 |
| Functionality | 4.1 | 4.6 |
| 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 | Sage X3 | NetSuite |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Full general ledger and financials | ||
| Multi subsidiary consolidation | ||
| Multi currency | ||
| Inventory and warehouse management | ||
| Order and billing management | ||
| Procurement | ||
| Revenue recognition | ||
| Project accounting | ||
| Demand planning | ||
| SuiteAnalytics reporting | ||
| SuiteScript customization | ||
| Role based dashboards |
Pricing
Both price lists, side by side
Every plan from both vendors, side by side, priced in US dollars.
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.
NetSuite plans
Pricing is quoted
Oracle 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 X3 exists for one specific and demanding customer: a regulated process manufacturer, typically food, chemical or pharmaceutical, where a recall has to be traced forward and backward across plants in minutes rather than days. NetSuite is the better general purpose choice for a discrete manufacturer or a services business that does not have formulas, potency or yield to manage. Every discrete ERP, NetSuite included, asks a process manufacturer to fake a recipe as a bill of materials, and that fake breaks the first time a batch comes in under strength. If your product has a formula rather than a parts list, X3 is worth the year long implementation. If it does not, NetSuite gets you there faster and for less.
Written from the reviews on both products. No vendor saw this before publication.