ProShop ERP vs. Sage 500 ERP

For the most part I love everything about this system. The one thing that's a little confusing about it is the Carts system for creating purchase orders and batching them together. Seems to be a few extra steps to accomplish work that has essentially already been done. Other than that though, I love this system and highly recommend it!

Sage is wonderful for payroll and employee management. Although it has the capabilities to be a one-stop-shop program, it seriously lacks the interface necessary for wide use. I've had to consult Sage professionals on numerous occasions to explain and walk me through the program as there are so many redundancies. This program has wonderful potential, but they need to update the software and user interface before I can recommend it to any colleague.

Incentivized

• Estimating
• Time Tracking
• Documentation
• Tracking Profitability

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• Payables and receivables handled beautifully
• Projects has the reporting capabilities we need
• Cash management is easy to do

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• While support staff will be quick to help very advanced features still don't have all the documentation needed at times to solve problems on our own.
• Elements of the interface are could be polished for a more appealing aesthetic.

• The application is very functional, but the interface is a little "stale" compared to more modern applications.
• The underlying client software is written in an old version of Microsoft Visual Basic. I suppose SOME DAY, Microsoft will be discontinuing, although Microsoft has its own ERP software written in that same code.

Incentivized

They continue to make the most affordable and complete ERP on the market for our company size and industry

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We will renew our investment in Sage 500, mostly because the competition is very expensive and are bloated with options that are not needed.

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It was built by people who ran a job shop and it shows

I have been using Intacct for almost 10 years in 2 different companies and I just simply love it. I tried SAP (GUI) and Netsuite and they dont come close to what Ive seen.

Incentivized

Amazing support. Weather small bugs a large feature requests. ProShop's team is always there willing to help assist with any problems.

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The online training courses are not up to date. We experienced technical issues with two of the classes.

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Keep your database and application in different servers.
Install Microsoft Office on your application server so you can use some of the data analysis tools in Sage.

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We had a custom-built Microsoft Access program before. While it did keep track of some information without a lifetime of development we could not expect it to do what ProShop does for us.

500 seems much smoother at handling some of the basic accounting tasks, for example both issuing and later reconciling checks in Dynamics AX seems a little tedious.

Incentivized

• ProShop has kept us organized reducing costs in expediting fees.
• ProShop has allowed us to stay one step ahead of the job to ensure on-time delivery.

• Efficiency - enhanced automation
• Cost reduction - simple workspace is enough

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