Infor Distribution SX.e vs. Sage 500 ERP

Infor Distribution SX.e

Sage 500 ERP

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Infor Distribution SX.e	Score 10.0 out of 10	N/A	Infor's Distribution SX.e ERP solution helps all types of distributors increase productivity and adapt quickly to an evolving market. Providing broad visibility across the entire organization, this solution delivers control in managing thousands of transactions, suppliers, and customers while simultaneously tracking millions of inventory items.	N/A
Sage 500	Score 8.9 out of 10	N/A	Sage 500 ERP includes accounting and finance, distribution and supply chain, and manufacturing operations support modules. The latest Sage 500 release includes accounts payable enhancements, credit card processing, and general updates, as well as updates to the solution's modules.	N/A

Pricing

Infor Distribution SX.e

Sage 500 ERP

Editions & Modules

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Infor Distribution SX.e	Sage 500
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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Community Pulse
	Infor Distribution SX.e	Sage 500 ERP
Considered Both Products	Infor Distribution SX.e Lance Melnik IT Manager Chose Infor Distribution SX.e SXe fit our distribution model and it allowed us to customize it to our specific needs that were not available in the other solutions. The 3rd party integration was also a nice benefit as we use multiple solutions that were not part of the SXe Suite. Incentivized Helpful?	Sage 500 John Wilhite General Accountant Chose Sage 500 Quickbooks is more user friendly and intuitive but can be clunky when dealing hard chunks of data. Morever, I did not operate a cloud based solution like Intacct and this is key in my report. Incentivized Helpful? J. Mickey Merguerian Project Controls Manager Chose Sage 500 Sage is by far the worst program I have ever used in the construction industry. It has the capability to be a wonderful program for an entire organization but it severely lacks user interface. For instance, Their field reports section has a character limit. That's … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Sage 500 500 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 Helpful? Lisa Kuta Accounting/Software Administrator Chose Sage 500 The functionality and ease of the software is what we love but we remain on the 7.05 because the price to upgrade is too high. Incentivized Helpful?

Features

Infor Distribution SX.e

Sage 500 ERP

Customization

Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
	Infor Distribution SX.e 10.0 Ratings 27% above category average	Sage 500 ERP 8.5 Ratings 11% above category average
API for custom integration	10.00 Ratings	9.00 Ratings
Plug-ins	10.00 Ratings	8.00 Ratings

Security

Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
	Infor Distribution SX.e 10.0 Ratings 20% above category average	Sage 500 ERP 8.5 Ratings 4% above category average
Role-based user permissions	10.00 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Single sign-on capability	00 Ratings	7.00 Ratings

Reporting & Analytics

Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
	Infor Distribution SX.e 10.0 Ratings 32% above category average	Sage 500 ERP 8.0 Ratings 10% above category average
Standard reports	10.00 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Custom reports	10.00 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Dashboards	00 Ratings	6.00 Ratings

General Ledger and Configurable Accounting

Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
	Infor Distribution SX.e 10.0 Ratings 26% above category average	Sage 500 ERP 8.0 Ratings 4% above category average
Accounts payable	10.00 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Accounts receivable	10.00 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers	10.00 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations	10.00 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Configurable Accounting	10.00 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Standardized Processes	10.00 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Global Financial Support	00 Ratings	10.00 Ratings

Inventory Management

Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
	Infor Distribution SX.e 10.0 Ratings 23% above category average	Sage 500 ERP 8.0 Ratings 1% above category average
Inventory tracking	10.00 Ratings	6.00 Ratings
Automatic reordering	10.00 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Location management	10.00 Ratings	10.00 Ratings

Order Management

Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
	Infor Distribution SX.e 9.7 Ratings 21% above category average	Sage 500 ERP 8.8 Ratings 11% above category average
Pricing	9.00 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Order entry	10.00 Ratings	9.00 Ratings
Credit card processing	9.00 Ratings	9.00 Ratings
Cost of goods sold	10.00 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Order Orchestration	10.00 Ratings	8.00 Ratings

Subledger and Financial Process

Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Product A and Product B
	Infor Distribution SX.e 10.0 Ratings 29% above category average	Sage 500 ERP 5.9 Ratings 24% below category average
Billing Management	10.00 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Cash and Asset Management	10.00 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Travel & Expense Management	10.00 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting	10.00 Ratings	2.00 Ratings
Period Close	10.00 Ratings	8.00 Ratings

Project Financial Management

Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Product A and Product B
	Infor Distribution SX.e 9.1 Ratings 18% above category average	Sage 500 ERP 6.9 Ratings 10% below category average
Budgeting and Forecasting	9.00 Ratings	1.00 Ratings
Project Costing	9.00 Ratings	3.00 Ratings
Cost Capture	9.00 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Capital Project Management	9.00 Ratings	9.00 Ratings
Customer Contract Compliance	9.00 Ratings	9.00 Ratings
Project Revenue Recognition	9.00 Ratings	9.00 Ratings

Grants Management

Comparison of Grants Management features of Product A and Product B
	Infor Distribution SX.e 9.0 Ratings 19% above category average	Sage 500 ERP 7.5 Ratings 1% above category average
Award Lifecycle Management	9.00 Ratings	6.00 Ratings

Procurement

Comparison of Procurement features of Product A and Product B
	Infor Distribution SX.e 8.6 Ratings 21% above category average	Sage 500 ERP 6.0 Ratings 14% below category average
Bids Analyzed and Compared	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated	8.00 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Contract Authoring	00 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Contract Repository	00 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Supplier Management	00 Ratings	4.00 Ratings

Logistics

Comparison of Logistics features of Product A and Product B
	Infor Distribution SX.e 9.2 Ratings 32% above category average	Sage 500 ERP - Ratings
Transportation Planning and Optimization	9.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Transportation Execution Management	9.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Trade and Customs Management	9.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Fulfillment Management	9.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Warehouse Workforce Management	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings

Supply Chain

Comparison of Supply Chain features of Product A and Product B
	Infor Distribution SX.e 8.5 Ratings 18% above category average	Sage 500 ERP 1.3 Ratings 138% below category average
Forecasting	8.00 Ratings	1.00 Ratings
Inventory Planning	9.00 Ratings	2.00 Ratings
Performance Monitoring	9.00 Ratings	1.00 Ratings

Product Lifecycle Management

Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Product A and Product B
	Infor Distribution SX.e 9.0 Ratings 23% above category average	Sage 500 ERP 5.3 Ratings 29% below category average
Proposal Management	9.00 Ratings	7.00 Ratings
Product Master Data Management	9.00 Ratings	4.00 Ratings

Payroll Management

Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
	Infor Distribution SX.e - Ratings	Sage 500 ERP 7.0 Ratings 2% below category average
Pay calculation	00 Ratings	9.00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration	00 Ratings	6.00 Ratings
Direct deposit files	00 Ratings	7.00 Ratings

Project Execution Management

Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Product A and Product B
	Infor Distribution SX.e - Ratings	Sage 500 ERP 4.5 Ratings 41% below category average
Task Insight for Project Managers	00 Ratings	7.00 Ratings
Project Mobile Functionality	00 Ratings	5.00 Ratings

Risk Management

Comparison of Risk Management features of Product A and Product B
	Infor Distribution SX.e 10.0 Ratings 42% above category average	Sage 500 ERP 4.3 Ratings 41% below category average
Risk Repository	00 Ratings	3.00 Ratings
Control Management	00 Ratings	7.00 Ratings
Control Efficiency Assessments	00 Ratings	4.00 Ratings
Remediation and Certification	00 Ratings	3.00 Ratings

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User Ratings
	Infor Distribution SX.e	Sage 500 ERP
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	6.3 (0 ratings)
Usability	9.0 (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	6.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Online Training	- (0 ratings)	6.0 (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	- (0 ratings)	8.0 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Infor Distribution SX.e	Sage 500 ERP
Likelihood to Recommend	Overall management of companies operations including sales, inventory control, warehousing, accounting (ar, ap, and gl). We are able to take a customers order, provide information if the product is in stock, send the order to the warehouse, pick the order, deliver the order using our custom routing program built inside SX.e, invoice the order upon receiving shipping feedback, and then collecting payment within SX.e. We also use SX.e for our purchasing of products from our vendors, tracking the products, entering the products into inventory, and then updating each location with the current inventory. We also are able to track pricing and vendor rebates as well as special price adjustments within SX.e. Incentivized Lance Melnik IT Manager Read full review	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 J. Mickey Merguerian Project Controls Manager Read full review
Pros	Integrates with supported 3rd party solutions Very customizeable Robust Incentivized Lance Melnik IT Manager Read full review	Payables and receivables handled beautifully Projects has the reporting capabilities we need Cash management is easy to do Incentivized Lisa Kuta Accounting/Software Administrator Read full review
Cons	User Interface customizability Q&D programming Database management Incentivized Lance Melnik IT Manager Read full review	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 Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	No answers on this topic	We will renew our investment in Sage 500, mostly because the competition is very expensive and are bloated with options that are not needed. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Usability	It is very customizable and has lots of scalabilities. However, it can get out of control if not contained with proper business process control. Incentivized Lance Melnik IT Manager Read full review	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 John Wilhite General Accountant Read full review
Support Rating	We use a Channel Partner and don't interact with Infor directly for support. Incentivized Lance Melnik IT Manager Read full review	No answers on this topic
Online Training	No answers on this topic	The online training courses are not up to date. We experienced technical issues with two of the classes. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Implementation Rating	No answers on this topic	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. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	SXe fit our distribution model and it allowed us to customize it to our specific needs that were not available in the other solutions. The 3rd party integration was also a nice benefit as we use multiple solutions that were not part of the SXe Suite. Incentivized Lance Melnik IT Manager Read full review	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 Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	Ability to stay on top of Inventory as not to carry too much overhead Keep Inventory set to FIFO Manage deliveries to keep cost per stops to a minimum Incentivized Lance Melnik IT Manager Read full review	Efficiency - enhanced automation Cost reduction - simple workspace is enough Incentivized John Wilhite General Accountant Read full review
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