Microsoft Dynamics GP is an ERP software with accounting capabilities. It includes various packs for customizability and features tailored to specific industries’ needs. GP is offered as a perpetual license or subscription.
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Sage Accounting
Score 9.1 out of 10
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Sage Accounting is online accounting software made to simplify life for small business owners, entrepreneurs, and freelancers by providing the functions needed to take care of daily business to-dos.
Users can create and send professional quotes and invoices, track income and expenses and know where the business' financials stand. Every Sage Business Cloud Accounting subscription includes unlimited access to support as well as automatic backups and product updates.
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Pricing
Microsoft Dynamics GP
Sage Accounting
Editions & Modules
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Pricing Offerings
Microsoft Dynamics GP
Sage Accounting
Free Trial
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Yes
Free/Freemium Version
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No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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No
Entry-level Setup Fee
No setup fee
No setup fee
Additional Details
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Versions and pricing listed are for CA products. Versions available and pricing may vary by country.
* 2 months free to start, or free for 1 month to try, then $19/$43/$62 +tax/mo (tier depending). Offer valid for new customers only on monthly subscriptions of Sage Business Cloud Accounting. After the promotional period, the monthly subscription rate will renew at the then current rate. May not be combined with any other offers or discounts. To ensure continuous service the subscription plan is an automatically renewing plan. Subsequent months will automatically be billed to the same credit card each month on the anniversary date of purchase. Plans can be terminated at any time prior to the renewal data and not charged for renewal.
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Microsoft Dynamics GP
Sage Accounting
Features
Microsoft Dynamics GP
Sage Accounting
Payroll Management
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Microsoft Dynamics GP
6.6
Ratings
16% below category average
Sage Accounting
9.3
Ratings
18% above category average
Pay calculation
6.00 Ratings
10.00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration
7.00 Ratings
9.30 Ratings
Direct deposit files
7.00 Ratings
8.80 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management
7.00 Ratings
9.40 Ratings
Reimbursement management
6.00 Ratings
9.10 Ratings
Customization
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Microsoft Dynamics GP
7.0
Ratings
9% below category average
Sage Accounting
8.6
Ratings
12% above category average
API for custom integration
7.00 Ratings
9.10 Ratings
Plug-ins
7.00 Ratings
8.00 Ratings
Security
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Microsoft Dynamics GP
6.5
Ratings
25% below category average
Sage Accounting
9.7
Ratings
15% above category average
Single sign-on capability
6.00 Ratings
9.90 Ratings
Role-based user permissions
7.00 Ratings
9.50 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics GP
6.7
Ratings
16% below category average
Sage Accounting
9.3
Ratings
16% above category average
Dashboards
7.00 Ratings
8.30 Ratings
Standard reports
7.00 Ratings
9.80 Ratings
Custom reports
6.00 Ratings
9.70 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics GP
6.7
Ratings
15% below category average
Sage Accounting
9.1
Ratings
16% above category average
Accounts payable
6.00 Ratings
9.80 Ratings
Accounts receivable
7.00 Ratings
9.90 Ratings
Cash management
6.00 Ratings
9.80 Ratings
Bank reconciliation
6.00 Ratings
9.50 Ratings
Expense management
7.00 Ratings
9.90 Ratings
Time tracking
7.00 Ratings
6.60 Ratings
Fixed asset management
6.00 Ratings
8.40 Ratings
Multi-currency support
8.00 Ratings
10.00 Ratings
Multi-division support
7.00 Ratings
9.90 Ratings
Regulations compliance
6.00 Ratings
9.50 Ratings
Electronic tax filing
7.00 Ratings
9.70 Ratings
Self-service portal
7.00 Ratings
10.00 Ratings
Global Financial Support
6.00 Ratings
9.30 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers
7.00 Ratings
9.50 Ratings
Intercompany Accounting
6.00 Ratings
8.10 Ratings
Localizations
8.00 Ratings
8.40 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations
7.00 Ratings
9.00 Ratings
Enterprise Accounting
6.00 Ratings
6.90 Ratings
Configurable Accounting
7.00 Ratings
9.30 Ratings
Centralized Rules Framework
6.00 Ratings
8.90 Ratings
Standardized Processes
7.00 Ratings
9.50 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics GP
6.8
Ratings
8% below category average
Sage Accounting
6.9
Ratings
6% below category average
Inventory tracking
7.00 Ratings
6.70 Ratings
Automatic reordering
6.00 Ratings
8.30 Ratings
Location management
8.00 Ratings
5.70 Ratings
Manufacturing module
6.00 Ratings
7.00 Ratings
Order Management
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It does accounting really well, it does payroll not so well. I say this because when you get into states that have complicated payroll laws like California, overtime calculations are hard to setup and get right. Same goes for other states when they do out of the normal pay structure like piece rate pay. It does HR, A/P and A/R really well and we have had no issues on that side; just payroll when it comes to certain states and how we do anything that is not salary or hourly.
My experience comes from the integration and development level, and Sage Accounting has been overall great to work with. The tools provided and support offered have been extremely useful for our implementations, and they continue to update and improve at a quick pace. Any issues we've encountered with integrations have either been resolved by Sage Accounting through updates, or different methods brought to us from support to handle those issues from a different angle.
Able to be extended into multiple areas of your business
One feature we have been using for a few years is EFT for payables - it has significantly reduced the time spent paying vendors and reduced our check printing and mailing costs. It is very easy to setup and use.
Bank integration - being able to extract banking transaction into Sage Accounting.
Allocation rules - transactions are auto-allocated once allocation rules have been set up. This is a great time-saver.
Flexibility - the ability to view transactions, click on them to the allocation point and rectifying if required saves having to create journals, and therefore time. General ledgers therefore stay cleaner and more user-friendly.
Having an integration between Project Accounting and Field Service would be amazing! There are so many companies that have service technicians that perform work on a customer's contract but also have a need for project accounting functionality within that customer's contract. Right now those modules are separate so you either need to use one or duplicate some efforts if you need to use both.
Microsoft Dynamics GP could do a better job documenting their new enhancements to the product. They realize great enhancements but the documentation about them, or new products, is lacking so it is difficult as a consultant to know everything a new feature can do for me and my customers.
They could enhance their forecasting capabilities with a new forecasting tool within Management Reporter.
I find it difficult to record journals in cloud accounting. Maybe I just don’t have the knowledge.
It’s important to export all unrecorded sync bank transactions to Excel to send to clients to explain the payment receipts before being posted. This function is not available on the cloud and makes life harder, having to call out the transactions to clients over the phone.
Due the economic challenges that Puerto Rico is having, the company has had to merge some companies in order to be more efficient. It has been easy in GP to process those merges, even thought we had to spend days to accomplish that the process was smooth and accurate. In addition we were able to streamline the purchasing and sales process and the organization is confident to keep renewing GP for the future versions.
I could not live without Sage Accounting, it has become an integral part of my everyday. The more I have used Sage Accounting the more I have fallen in love with it. I am excited to be part of this ever-evolving accounting system that has grown from strength to strength, making life easier is something Sage does so well.
Overall usability of the older model is not quite so user friendly for the basic bookeeper, but at an accountants level we can generate all the necessary reports and create Sales Orders, Purchase orders and invoices - though it is a bit redundant to enter the sales and purchase orders separately instead of being able to convert a sales order directly to a puchase order by applying a price book like the newer versions can.
I was new to accounts and am constantly doing more through Sage than we have ever done in the company. Our accounts software has taken the stress out of many aspects of accounting. Highlights would be statement runs, purchase automation, and quick and professional remittance advice.
Sage has been always available when I want it. If there is any maintenance work to be done by the Sage team, you are told well in advance. Maintenance is generally carried out late at night or before the day begins for most of us. It continues to be the most reliable software I use.
Performance is top notch, if it is not, it is probably your wi-fi connection. It has happened that pages load slowly because of an error on Sage side but almost never. Overall reports load fine, the site is fast, navigation is fine. I have a client that has so many invoices, it is slow or gets stuck when you try to load a report for a whole year but it is just too many invoices, it makes sense. Just take 2 report for 6 months and combine them, its not an issue for me. I am happy with Sage Accounting's performance.
Sage Accounting are easy to contact and have knowledgeable and helpful staff. Whenever I've encountered a problem I've always been able to get assistance and guidance and it feels like the person at the end of the phone/screen knows the product well.
Staff are always friendly, and patient, always work at a speed that suits you. You are never rushed, and In only a short time they seem to be able to help you make great strides. It has been a pleasure not a chore, learning how SAGE Accounting works and benefits me and the company.
I find the online training was very informative and they answered all my questions. I am also certified in Sage One and provided online training in the program which I have set up several people on and they love how it keeps them organized.
Basically the challenge with this implementation was the Business Portal, too many errors and even the aplication is up and running the users are still having issues. We will start planning the migraton to GP 2015 soon.
The clients' business owner worked with Sage on implementation before I began working for them. After consultation with them it is clear the process was quickly performed and without complication. The key takeaway was that Sage is seen as a partner to the business. That said, it was always necessary to engage with an accountant such as myself to extract the best out of the software.
Because GP doesn't do CRM we have looked at D365 Customer Engagement for our field service, and F&O as a replacement. Vaporware, no direct upgrade path, and if you want to continue with GP for your back office and just use Field Service it's an insanely complex integration import/export. D365 F&O is a huge implementation cost, and without a direct migration path every bit of data has to be custom imported. There really is no straightforward way to stack up GP against these programs currently. Again, the future of GP is in some doubt.
We’ve also used and evaluated QuickBooks Online, Xero, and FreshBooks. Each has its strengths, QuickBooks is feature-rich for North American tax workflows, Xero has strong multi-currency and reporting options, and FreshBooks is very simple and user-friendly for invoicing, but we found Sage Accounting strikes the best balance between ease of use, cloud collaboration, and reporting for our client-focused workflows
You can use Sage in your company for various aspects/positions such as bookkeepers, invoicing clerks, accountant, purchasing etc. Everyone can have their own user login and permissions can be set that specific people can do specific jobs without being able to access other peoples progress or accounts of the company.
If implemented properly, the product can save many hours of data entry time - specifically by setting up integrations of large data sets.
Many times the underlying business process must be adjusted to accommodate software limitations. By being flexible, a company can leverage their users' skills in combination with GP to make data entry faster and more efficient. I have seen many companies eliminate the need for data entry personnel as well as reallocate employee hours to more skilled positions such as reporting and analytics.
Poor implementations, on the other hand, can cause employees to hate their jobs and the software. This isn't specific to GP but to the software industry in general.
It accommodates enormous amounts of data, and it is compatible with almost any laptop or desktop machine.
It works for almost any accounting issue, from normal daily receipting to month-end reconciliations, balance sheets, and payroll to maintaining and keeping a safe soft record of transactions and audit checks.
