Sage MAS 90 ERP and Sage MAS 200 ERP Reviews and Ratings

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Application: Accounting
Industry:Business, E-Commerce, Non-Profit, Distribution
DB: MS-SQL, Proprietary
Desktop OS: 2000, XP, Vista
Server OS: 2000, XP
Pricing: $3,000-$30,000
Version: 4.1

Applications Reviewed : General Ledger, Accounts Receivables, Accounts Payables, Invoicing, Inventory Management, Purchase Orders, Payroll, Job Cost, Fixed Assets, Financial Reporting, Vendor Master File, Payment Selection, Check Printing, Setup, Transaction Processing and Key Technical Features.

Performance Ratings for 1500 Features: Account types, Effective Dates for Accounts, Account Number Capacity, Account numbers, Account Number Validation, Advanced Budgeting Features, Accounts Payable, Vendor Master File, General features, Vendor Purchasing Defaults, Vendor Payment defaults, Default Accounts, 1099 Information, Vendor History

Executive Summary
Sage MAS 90’s strength is the wholesale distribution marketplace.  Sage MAS 90 remains a strong competitor due to its ease-of-use. The software has matured and minor problems that may have existed with printing or stability in the first Windows release are long gone. Sage MAS 90 is easiest to operate on a Windows 2000 or Windows 2003 network, although support for Novell is provided by Sage.

In today’s competitive accounting software market, the 70,000+ users of Sage MAS 90 give strong assurance that this is a package that will be well supported and maintained. The product also boasts a large number of Master Developers who create enhancements for the product. For companies interested in e-commerce, the eBusiness Manager module has been designed as more of an “out-of-the-box” solution for simple setup and maintenance – with the Sage assurance that “No expensive Web Consultants will be needed.”

Different Versions of Sage MAS 90 / 200 Available

There are several versions of Sage MAS 90 that are available. Each version contains the same program functionality, however it is fine tuned or packaged for different situations. If you start with an entry level version of Sage MAS 90 you will be able to automatically convert your data to other versions.

Sage MAS 90 – Operates as a standalone or on Novell / Windows 2000/2003 networks.  This is the flagship product aimed at companies with fewer than 15 concurrent network users or light data volume.

Sage MAS 200– This is the Client/Server version of Sage MAS 90 (formerly called Sage MAS 90 CS). The software is the same but it operates exclusively on a Windows NT/2000/2003 servers and offloads a significant portion of the file access to the server. If you will have many simultaneous users performing data entry, Sage MAS 200 is the answer. The setup is simple and the features are exactly the same as Sage  MAS 90.

Sage MAS 200 SQL – This is the SQL version of Sage MAS 90. Again, it offers identical features and functionality as the core Sage MAS 90 program. It is based on the SQL architecture for those organizations who demand an SQL database structure. Surprisingly, the Sage MAS 200 Client Server version is the faster of the two flavors. The SQL version of Sage MAS 200 is on a different upgrade schedule than the core Sage MAS 200 product, therefore enhancements are being released more gradually.

Sage MAS 90 SMALL BUSINESS or Sage MAS 90 PEACHTREE EDITION or Sage MAS 90 QUICKBOOKS EDITION – These versions are price reduced versions of Sage MAS 90 The features and functionality are identical to regular Sage MAS 90 (with the exception of Small Business which is limited to a maximum of 2 concurrent users). The Peachtree and QuickBooks versions of Sage MAS 90 are a marketing tool to attract users who are outgrowing those respective products. It is sometimes offered at a discount to registered users. The features and functionalities of both these versions are identical to the regular Sage MAS 90 program.

Scalability

Sage MAS 90 is built using Providex which is a Windows Business Basic programming language. In practice the system scales quite readily up to perhaps 30 or 40 concurrent users (which is heavily dependent on the type of data entry each is doing.). The latest version 4.0 of Sage MAS 90 is expected to improve multi-user performance. The use of the Sage MAS 200 Client Server version should be strongly investigated by anyone anticipating heavy data entry as the small additional price for the Client Server version is more than justified by the additional processing speed.

Users outgrowing any of the Sage MAS 90 flavors will have an upgrade path to the Sage MAS 500 which is a fully SQL based system marketed to larger companies. Sage MAS 500 does NOT share the same user interface as Sage MAS 90 – it is an entirely different program.

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