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Solution ID:
200427112332475
Last Modified Date:
Fri Nov 06 09:51:47 UTC 2026
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Sage 200 - Product Comparison
Description
Cause
Resolution
Product Comparison
General
Feature Sage 50 Sage 200 Standard Sage 200 Education Sage 200 Professional Sage 200 Professional Partner Cloud
Invoicing ✔ ✔ ✔
(Free text invoicing available with Financials suite. Stock and free text invoicing available with Commercials suite)
CRM ✘ ✘ ✘ ✔ ✘
Business Intelligence ✘ ✘ ✘ ✔ ✘
Manufacturing ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘4 ✘
Project Accounting ✔ ✘ ✘ ✔ ✔
Bill of Materials ✔ - Simple ✔ - Advanced
Web, Timesheets and Expenses ✘ ✘ ✘ ✔ ✔
Customisation - 3rd party add ons ✔ - 3rd party only ✘ ✘ ✔ ✔
API ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Excel Reporting Integrated reporting using Sage reports. Report on comprehensive data and perform more detailed analysis within the familiar format of Microsoft Excel.
Multi-company Consolidation
1 - Multi-company is only supported in base currency
2 - Multi-company is supported across multi currencies		 ✔1 ✔1 ✔1 ✔2 ✔2
Management Reporting Transactional management reports also available for Profit and Loss, Trial Balance and Balance Sheet. Profit and Loss, Trial Balance and Balance Sheet reporting based on financial periods.
Making Tax Digital Ready ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
GDPR Reports ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Price and Discount Management Customer and supplier pricing, % discount, value and quantity discounts (limited to 10). Customer and supplier pricing, customer % discount, value and quantity discounts (unlimited), discount on product groups. Limited Price Bands.
Sage 50 Payroll Integration ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Process Receipt Currency Invoice currency Any currency
Number of Analysis Codes 3 per record type 20 (modular) 20 (modular)
Outlook 365 - Contacts app3 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Document Storage Store documents to One Drive Store documents to One Drive or Dropbox

3 Retired from 2024 R2 Release
4 Module removed in 2025 R2 release, support ended 31st December 2025

Nominal Ledger
Feature Sage 50 Sage 200 Standard Sage 200 Education Sage 200 Professional Sage 200 Professional Partner Cloud
Nominal Structure Single (departments only) Hierarchical - Cost Centres and Departments Hierarchical - Cost Centres and Departments. Improved VAT 126 report (Education variant only) Hierarchical - Cost Centres and Departments
Full Closed Period Accounting Lock date only ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Number of Accounting Periods 12 (fixed-calendar monthly) Fixed, 12 (based on date) Up to 20 (based on date)
User Definable Open Periods ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Group and Memo Nominal Code Types ✘ ✘ ✘ ✔ ✔
Budget v Actual Reporting ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Invoice Payments ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Bank Feeds ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Bank Feed Rules ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Pegg1 ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘

1Retired from 1st July 2020


Purchase Ledger
Feature Sage 50 Sage 200 Standard Sage 200 Education Sage 200 Professional Sage 200 Professional Partner Cloud
Generate Payments Suggested Payments based on invoice value and creditor criteria or priority supplier. Suggested Payments. Multiple payment groups. Outstanding invoices (based on criteria). Fixed number of payment groups. Suggested Payments. Multiple payment groups. Outstanding invoices (based on criteria). Unlimited payment groups.
Definable Ageing Periods ✔ (days or months)
Number of Contacts Unlimited
Attach/Scan Documents to Purchase Invoices and Credit Notes ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Purchase Invoice Authorisation ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Sales Ledger
Feature Sage 50 Sage 200 Standard Sage 200 Education Sage 200 Professional Sage 200 Professional Partner Cloud
Number of Contacts Unlimited
Definable Ageing Periods ✔ (days or months)

Stock
Feature Sage 50 Sage 200 Standard Sage 200 Education Sage 200 Professional Sage 200 Professional Partner Cloud
Stock Requirements Standard stock allocation, re-order levels and quantities. Complex - e.g. allocation rules, stock write off categories and analysis, cyclical stock takes.
Multi-location Stock ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Multiple Stock Bins ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Stock - Integration with Nominal Ledger ✘ ✘ ✘ ✔ ✔
Stock - Cost of Sales Postings ✘ ✘ ✘ ✔ ✔
Landed Costs ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Batch/Serial Number Traceability ✘ ✘ ✘ ✔ ✔
Multiple Suppliers per Stock Item ✘ ✘ ✘ ✔ ✔
Units of Measure ✔ ✔ ✔ Complex Complex

Sales Order Processing
Feature Sage 50 Sage 200 Standard Sage 200 Education Sage 200 Professional Sage 200 Professional Partner Cloud
Sales Order Processing Requirements Create orders, allocate stock, update stock levels, despatch in several stages and create despatch notes. Complex - e.g. Cancelled Order Line History, Allocate by Order Priority, Requested and Promised Delivery Dates.
Cross Selling Items ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Preferred Items ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Alternative Items ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Sales Returns ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Pro Formas ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Quotes ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Purchase Order Processing
Feature Sage 50 Sage 200 Standard Sage 200 Education Sage 200 Professional Sage 200 Professional Partner Cloud
Purchase Order Processing Requirements Create purchase orders, stock updated when goods received, deliver goods in several stages and print Goods Received Notes. Complex Purchase Order requirements - e.g. Back to back ordering, cancelled order line history, rules-based batch purchase order generation.
Purchase Returns ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Remote Purchase Order Authorisation ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Purchase Order Authorisation Notifications ✘ ✘ ✘ ✔ ✔
Purchase Requisitions ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Purchase Requisitions Remote Authorisation ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Software Support
Sage 50 Accounts Sage 200 Standard Online Sage 200 Education Sage 200 Professional Sage 200 Professional Partner Cloud
Supported by Sage (for customers with Sagecover) or Sage Business Partners Supported by Sage and Sage Business Partners Supported by Sage Business Partners only

 

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