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Accounting Comparison

Compare our accounting products to see which software is best suited to your business, with our handy accounting product comparison.

Base Product Information and Features

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Product Description
Sage Accounting Standard
Zoho Books
Sage 50cloud Pastel Start
Sage 50cloud Pastel Core
Sage 50cloud Pastel Plus
Sage 200 Evolution
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
Sage Intacct
Product Page
Sage Accounting
-
Sage 50cloud Pastel
Sage 50cloud Pastel
Sage 50cloud Pastel
Sage 200 Evolution
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
Sage Intacct
Pricing From (VAT excl)
R435/month
Quote on Request
R1375/month
R1915/month
R2715/month
Quote on Request
Quote on Request
Quote on Request
Database Manager
Online
Online
Pervasive
Pervasive
Pervasive
MS SQL
Online
Online
Product Type
Cloud
Cloud
Desktop
Desktop
Desktop
Desktop
Cloud
Cloud
Number of Users
Unlimited
0
Up to 15
0
2
4
5
1
1 - 300+
1
Unlimited
1
Unlimited
1
Number of Companies
Unlimited
0
Up to 8
1
2
4
5
1
Unlimited
0
Unlimited
Unlimited
0
Number of Financial Years
Unlimited
Unlimited
2
2
2
2
2
2
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
User Defined Fields
✓
✓
7
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
General Ledger
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
Segmented GL Accounts
✗
✓
✗
✗
✓
✓
✓
✓
4
Cash Books
Unlimited
Yes
30
30
30
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Customers
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
Quotations
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
Invoices
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
Suppliers
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
Purchase Orders
✓
✓
7
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
Inventory
✓
✓
7
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
3
Segmented Inventory Items
✗
✓
8
✗
✗
✗
✓
✓
✗
Import Cost Allocations
✓
✓
3
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
Projects
✓
✓
7
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
3
Report Writer
✓
✓
7
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
Stationery Customisation
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓

◊ Can be cloud-hosted with VirtuoCloud
□ Can be cloud-hosted with Evolution Anywhere or VirtuoCloud
º Cost involved per number of user/company
¹ Additional Users & Companies can be purchased in increments according to your needs
² 5 years transactions are stored, but only 2 years are available for processing and for standard reports, available through the View menu
³ Purchase as an add-on module or 3rd party integration software
4 Dimension Tags available on processing
5 Assemblies only
6 Can be accessed on any internet-enabled mobile device with a browser. Might not be screen compatible.
† Purchase as a stand-alone module.
‡ Only part of Microsoft Business Central Premium Licence (not Standard Licence)
⁷ Only part of Zoho Books Professional and upwards
⁸ Only Part of Zoho Books Elite onwards

Additional Functionality

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Product Description
Sage Accounting Standard
Zoho Books
Sage 50cloud Pastel Start
Sage 50cloud Pastel Core
Sage 50cloud Pastel Plus
Sage 200 Evolution
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
Sage Intacct
Multi-Currency
✓
3
✓
7
✗
✓
3
✓
3
✓
3
✓
✓
GL Manager
✗
✗
✗
✓
3
✓
3
✗
Journals
Journals
Intelligence Reporting
✓
3
✓
7
✗
✓
✓
✓
3
✓
✓
3
Receipting
✗
✓
7
✗
✓
3
✓
3
✗
✓
✗
Time & Billing
✓
3
✓
7
✗
✓
3
✓
3
✗
Time Sheets
Time Sheets
3
Point of Sale
✓
3
✓
3
✗
✓
3
✓
3
✓
3
✗
✓
3
Debtors Manager
✓
3
✓
7
✗
✓
3
✓
3
✓
3
✓
✗
Bank Manager
✓
✓
✗
✓
✓
✓
3
✓
✓
Serial Number Tracking
✗
✓
8
✗
✓
3
✓
3
✓
3
✓
✓
3
Multi-Store
✗
✓
8
✗
✓
3
✓
3
✓
3
✓
✓
3
Job Costing
✗
✓
3
✗
✗
✗
✓
3
✓
✓
3
Bills of Material
✗
✓
3
✗
✓
3
✓
3
✓
3
✓
✓
5
Services Manager
✗
✗
✗
✗
✗
✓
3
✓
‡
✗
Manufacturing
✗
✗
✗
✗
✗
✓
3
✓
‡
✓
3
Mobile App
✓
✓
✗
✗
✗
✗
✓
✓
6
Lot Tracking
✗
✓
3
✗
✗
✗
✓
3
✓
✓
3
Fixed Assets
✗
✓
7
✗
✓
3†
✓
3†
✓
3†
✓
✓
3
Payroll
✓
†
✗
✗
✓
†
✓
†
✓
†
✗
✗
Sage CRM Standard
✗
✗
✗
✗
✗
✓
3†
n/a
n/a
Sage CRM Premium
✗
✗
✗
✗
✗
✓
3†
n/a
n/a
CRM included
✗
✗
✗
✗
✗
✗
✓
✗
Pricing Matrix (Discount Matrix & Volume Discounts)
✗
✓
8
✗
✓
✓
✓
3
✓
✓
Customer Account Consolidations
✗
✗
✗
✗
✗
✓
3
✓
✓
Credit Risk Management
✗
✗
✗
✗
✗
✓
3
✓
✗
Scheduled Invoicing
✗
✓
7
✗
✓
✓
✓
3
✓
✓
Annuity Billing
✗
✓
7
✗
✗
✗
✓
3
✓
3
✓
Customer Zone
✗
✓
✗
✓
✓
✗
✗
✗
Retail Point of Sale
✗
✗
✗
✗
✗
✓
3
✗
✓
3
Branch Accounting
✗
✗
✗
✗
✗
✓
3
✓
✓
Project Tracker
✓
✓
✗
✓
3
✓
3
✗
✓
✓
3
Procurement
✗
✓
7
✗
✗
✗
✓
3
✓
✓
Municipal Billing
✗
✗
✗
✗
✗
✓
3
✗
✗
Voucher Management
✗
✗
✗
✗
✗
✓
3
✗
✗
Delivery Management
✗
✗
✗
✗
✗
✓
3
✓
✓
Information Alerts
✗
✓
7
✗
✗
✗
✓
✓
✓

◊ Can be cloud-hosted with VirtuoCloud
□ Can be cloud-hosted with Evolution Anywhere or VirtuoCloud
º Cost involved per number of user/company
¹ Additional Users & Companies can be purchased in increments according to your needs
² 5 years transactions are stored, but only 2 years are available for processing and for standard reports, available through the View menu
³ Purchase as an add-on module or 3rd party integration software
4 Dimension Tags available on processing
5 Assemblies only
6 Can be accessed on any internet-enabled mobile device with a browser. Might not be screen compatible.
† Purchase as a stand-alone module.
‡ Only part of Microsoft Business Central Premium Licence (not Standard Licence)
⁷ Only part of Zoho Books Professional and upwards
⁸ Only Part of Zoho Books Elite onwards