Summary
The table below explains the various functions that are available in Sage 200 Standard / Sage for Education and Sage 200 Professional as well as any restrictions or differences for that feature where necessary.
Resolution
Product Comparison
General
Feature | Sage 200 Standard | Sage for Education | Sage 200 Professional |
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Invoicing | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ (Free text invoicing available with Financials suite. Stock and free text invoicing available with Commercials suite) |
CRM | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ |
Business Intelligence | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ |
Manufacturing | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ |
Project Accounting | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ |
Bill of Materials | ✔ - Simple | ✔ - Advanced | |
Web, Timesheets and Expenses | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ |
Customisation - 3rd party add ons | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ |
API | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Excel Reporting | 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 | ✔2 |
Management Reporting | 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, customer % discount, value and quantity discounts (unlimited), discount on product groups. Limited Price Bands. | ||
Sage 50 Payroll Integration | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Process Receipt Currency | Any currency | ||
Number of Analysis Codes | 5 (modular) | 20 (modular) | |
Outlook 365 - Contacts app | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Document Storage | Store documents to One Drive or Dropbox |
Nominal Ledger
Feature | Sage 200 Standard | Sage for Education | Sage 200 Professional |
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Nominal Structure | 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 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Number of Accounting Periods | 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 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Purchase Ledger
Feature | Sage 200 Standard | Sage for Education | Sage 200 Professional |
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Generate Payments | 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 200 Standard | Sage for Education | Sage 200 Professional |
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Number of Contacts | Unlimited | ||
Definable Ageing Periods | ✔ (days or months) |
Stock
Feature | Sage 200 Standard | Sage for Education | Sage 200 Professional |
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Stock Requirements | 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 |
Sales Order Processing
Feature | Sage 200 Standard | Sage for Education | Sage 200 Professional |
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Sales Order Processing Requirements | 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 200 Standard | Sage for Education | Sage 200 Professional |
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Purchase Order Processing Requirements | 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 200 Standard Online | Sage for Education | Sage 200 Professional |
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Supported by Sage and Sage Business Partners | Supported by Sage Business Partners only |
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