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Sage 500 ERP vs. Zoho One

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Sage 500
Score 9.0 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
Zoho One
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
Zoho One is a suite product from Zoho Corporation, that combines their sales and marketing application, and also gives organizations a comprehensive set of tools to organize finances, track payables, and manage bills and expenses.
$444
per year per employee (Must purchase license for ALL employees)
Pricing
Sage 500 ERPZoho One
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
All Employee Pricing
$444
per year per employee (Must purchase license for ALL employees)
Flexible User Pricing
$1080
per year Licenses for any no. of users
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Sage 500Zoho One
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details—Month-to-month plans available.
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Sage 500 ERPZoho One
Considered Both Products
Sage 500
John Wilhite | TrustRadius Reviewer
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.
J. Mickey Merguerian | TrustRadius Reviewer
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 …
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.
Lisa Kuta | TrustRadius Reviewer
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.
Zoho One
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Zoho One
Once again I think that Zoho One does above almost everyone because of its ease of use easy integration and again the money savings at the long run is what really sells us on this plus I think that live customer service is one of the best in the industry. I only use others if …
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Zoho One
All the similar products I mentioned are available in One ssubscription of Zoho One.
Chose Zoho One
The primary reason we switched from Daylite is when we started using Virtual Assistants and wanted a cloud based alternative which Daylite didn't provide. We left MYOB when I think it stopped supporting Apple computers. We left AccountEdge when it stopped supporting payroll tax …
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Zoho One
ZOHO was cost-friendly compared to the above tools. This is the biggest pro ZOHO has. Using the above tools requires a manager who works and sets everything up in one place so that others can easily access the data, but in ZOHO, it is very easy to segregate data and use it …
Greg Rellaford | TrustRadius Reviewer
Greg Rellaford
Business Retention Associate
Chose Zoho One
I wasn’t part of the decision-making process, but I will say that coming into using Zoho One, I was really skeptical. Based on my use of it about 10 years ago, but I have seen massive improvement. It is really quite functional and allows us to do a lot of different things that …
DP
David Plaunty
Service Manager
Chose Zoho One
Zoho One is the upgraded version of CRM Plus, with added features and apps.
I can't recommend it enough.
Ismail Ahmed-Ortiz | TrustRadius Reviewer
Ismail Ahmed-Ortiz
CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
Chose Zoho One
5 years ago, we decided to use Odoo. At that time, the enterprise version of Odoo was not competitive enough for a small company with minor integration needs when it comes to the pricing per user.

Nowadays, pricing is almost equal. The effort of integration processes with Odoo …
Shaun Williams | TrustRadius Reviewer
Shaun Williams
CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
Chose Zoho One
During the Demo, Zoho One performed well; however, post-implementation - the product has fallen short on all fronts.
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Zoho One
There is nothing quite close to what Zoho offers with Zoho One in terms of breadth and depth of applications integrated together as a single product.
Also, you get to manage a single license and user management on Zoho One, whereas you would need to work with multiple vendors …
Features
Sage 500 ERPZoho One
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Sage 500 ERP
7.0
Ratings
2% below category average
Zoho One
-
Ratings
Pay calculation9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration6.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct deposit files7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Sage 500 ERP
8.5
Ratings
11% above category average
Zoho One
9.7
Ratings
24% above category average
API for custom integration9.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Plug-ins8.00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Sage 500 ERP
8.5
Ratings
4% above category average
Zoho One
9.0
Ratings
10% above category average
Single sign-on capability7.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Role-based user permissions10.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Sage 500 ERP
8.0
Ratings
10% above category average
Zoho One
9.0
Ratings
22% above category average
Dashboards6.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Standard reports8.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Custom reports10.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
Sage 500 ERP
8.0
Ratings
4% above category average
Zoho One
8.0
Ratings
4% above category average
Accounts payable10.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Accounts receivable10.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Global Financial Support10.00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Configurable Accounting10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Standardized Processes10.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
Sage 500 ERP
8.0
Ratings
1% above category average
Zoho One
10.0
Ratings
23% above category average
Inventory tracking6.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Automatic reordering10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Location management10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
Sage 500 ERP
8.8
Ratings
11% above category average
Zoho One
9.1
Ratings
15% above category average
Pricing8.00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Order entry9.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Credit card processing9.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Cost of goods sold10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Order Orchestration8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Subledger and Financial Process
Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Product A and Product B
Sage 500 ERP
5.9
Ratings
24% below category average
Zoho One
9.3
Ratings
22% above category average
Billing Management10.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Cash and Asset Management8.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Travel & Expense Management8.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting2.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Period Close8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Financial Management
Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Product A and Product B
Sage 500 ERP
6.9
Ratings
10% below category average
Zoho One
-
Ratings
Budgeting and Forecasting1.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Costing3.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Cost Capture8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Capital Project Management9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer Contract Compliance9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Revenue Recognition9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Execution Management
Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Product A and Product B
Sage 500 ERP
4.5
Ratings
41% below category average
Zoho One
10.0
Ratings
37% above category average
Task Insight for Project Managers7.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Project Mobile Functionality5.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Planning and Scheduling00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Grants Management
Comparison of Grants Management features of Product A and Product B
Sage 500 ERP
7.5
Ratings
2% above category average
Zoho One
-
Ratings
Award Lifecycle Management6.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Procurement
Comparison of Procurement features of Product A and Product B
Sage 500 ERP
6.0
Ratings
14% below category average
Zoho One
10.0
Ratings
36% above category average
Contract Authoring8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract Repository10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Supplier Management4.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Bids Analyzed and Compared00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Risk Management
Comparison of Risk Management features of Product A and Product B
Sage 500 ERP
4.3
Ratings
41% below category average
Zoho One
10.0
Ratings
42% above category average
Risk Repository3.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Control Management7.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Control Efficiency Assessments4.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Remediation and Certification3.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Supply Chain
Comparison of Supply Chain features of Product A and Product B
Sage 500 ERP
1.3
Ratings
138% below category average
Zoho One
8.0
Ratings
12% above category average
Forecasting1.00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Inventory Planning2.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Monitoring1.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Product Lifecycle Management
Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Product A and Product B
Sage 500 ERP
5.3
Ratings
29% below category average
Zoho One
-
Ratings
Proposal Management7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Product Master Data Management4.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Logistics
Comparison of Logistics features of Product A and Product B
Sage 500 ERP
-
Ratings
Zoho One
10.0
Ratings
40% above category average
Fulfillment Management00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
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Small Businesses
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Score 8.9 out of 10
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Score 8.6 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
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Score 8.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
Sage 500 ERPZoho One
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
6.3
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(0 ratings)
9.5
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
5.5
(0 ratings)
Online Training
6.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Sage 500 ERPZoho One
Likelihood to Recommend
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.
J. Mickey Merguerian | TrustRadius Reviewer
J. Mickey Merguerian
Project Controls Manager
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Zoho One helps me to create and document each of my closures by creating deals. Zoho One helps me to generate reports, which helps me to track my contact. Zoho One helps me on creating tasks and reminds me to get it done on time. Zoho One keeps each steps and actions I took from lead to a deal.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Pros
  • Payables and receivables handled beautifully
  • Projects has the reporting capabilities we need
  • Cash management is easy to do
Lisa Kuta | TrustRadius Reviewer
Lisa Kuta
Accounting/Software Administrator
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  • Customized dashboards
  • Easy to see the kpis for different aspects of my business
  • And offers a consolidation of CRM campaign and other applications without having to use other technologies from other companies so it's great to consulate consolidated
  • The analytics is great what else
  • Collaboration tools are excellent
Verified User
Anonymous
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Cons
  • 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.
Verified User
Anonymous
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  • In my opinion, SUPPORT IS AWFUL!!!
  • If you want to get in touch with a support representative, your best bet is to call the sales number and demand to speak with an agent.
  • Each of the tools operates in a silo, from a support perspective. Some applications, like books, have chat-based support and others require an e-mail.
  • In my experience, expect any e-mail to the main support e-mail to go unanswered.
  • The first year of support was great, but after we renewed for the second year, it has become terrible.
Shaun Williams | TrustRadius Reviewer
Shaun Williams
CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
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Likelihood to Renew
We will renew our investment in Sage 500, mostly because the competition is very expensive and are bloated with options that are not needed.
Verified User
Anonymous
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No answers on this topic
Usability
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.
John Wilhite | TrustRadius Reviewer
John Wilhite
General Accountant
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ZOHO is very easy to use. All you need to do is follow the steps and features aligned in it. ZOHO doesn't need complex coding or training; anyone can easily access and use it. You may feel a bit of difficulty initially, but show me an easy tool when you are using it for the first time.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Support Rating
No answers on this topic
Support is great as a customer, as a partner I get moved to that team more often and find issues in the support being provided. It also appears that the support agents do not take into account all the information provided and default back to the "step 1 of the playbook" instead of taking into account the business reason the support is being requested and understanding the steps already taken.
AC
Alex Campo
Customer Care Manager
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Online Training
The online training courses are not up to date. We experienced technical issues with two of the classes.
Verified User
Anonymous
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No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
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.
Verified User
Anonymous
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No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
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.
Verified User
Anonymous
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The primary reason we switched from Daylite is when we started using Virtual Assistants and wanted a cloud based alternative which Daylite didn't provide. We left MYOB when I think it stopped supporting Apple computers. We left AccountEdge when it stopped supporting payroll tax tables for Apple computers. Thankfully, each time we left one software company we were led to Zoho and have remained ever since.
Stephen Lalla | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Return on Investment
  • Efficiency - enhanced automation
  • Cost reduction - simple workspace is enough
John Wilhite | TrustRadius Reviewer
John Wilhite
General Accountant
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  • Projects is a lifeline for the onboarding team, as it does the major heavy lifting in onboarding project management
  • Data flow between apps is a must have for contextual information to pass on between teams
  • In terms of ROI, it happens much quicker compared to having multiple apps to do the job, as Zoho One is a lot cheaper than having many tools.
Verified User
Anonymous
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