Head to head
Sage 50cloud Pastel vs Sage 200 Evolution
Both products assessed against the same checklist, with ratings drawn from 615 verified reviews.
Sage 50cloud Pastel
Accounting Software
3.9
331 verified reviews
R520
per month, from, excl VAT
Sage 200 Evolution
ERP Software
4.0
284 verified reviews
Custom pricing
quoted on request
- Rating gap
- 0.1
- Reviews behind this
- 615
- Priced on scope
- Quoted
- Features they share
- 5
Side by side
How they compare
Ratings computed from published reviews, and the specifications that change what a product costs to run. The washed column is the higher rated of the two.
| Compared on | Sage Group plc | Higher rated overall |
|---|---|---|
| What reviewers say | ||
| Overall rating | 3.9 | 4.0, higher |
| Ease of use | 3.8, higher | 3.6 |
| Value for money | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| Customer service | 3.8 | 3.8 |
| Functionality | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| Verified reviews | 331 | 284 |
| What it costs | ||
| Starting price | R520per month, from | Custom pricingquoted on request |
| VAT basis | Excl VAT | Excl VAT |
| Free trial | Yes | No |
| Free plan | No | No |
| Published plans | 2 | 1 |
| Vendor and support | ||
| Vendor | Sage Group plc | Sage Group plc |
| Founded | 1989 | 2002 |
| Support channels | Telephone, Email, Partner network, Knowledge base | Partner network, Telephone, Email, On site training |
| Integrations listed | 6 | 7 |
| Local bank feeds | 5 | 5 |
The local yardstick
South African compliance
Amber marks a gap rather than a feature. This is usually where the decision is actually made.
Sage 50cloud Pastel
- VAT201 at 15%
- Zero rated and exempt supply handling
- IT14SD supporting schedules
- Annual statutory update releases
- Data held on premises, POPIA responsibility sits with you
Sage 200 Evolution
- VAT201 at 15%
- IT14SD supporting schedules
- Zero rated and exempt supply handling
- Annual statutory update releases
- On premises deployment keeps data in South Africa
What they cost
Pricing, compared properly
Check the VAT basis on each. Vendors are not consistent, and the difference is 15%.
Sage 50cloud Pastel
Listed excluding VAT
- R520/mo
Pastel PartnerPopular
1 user, additional seats charged separately
- R780/mo
Pastel Partner Advantage
1 user, additional seats charged separately
Sold as an annual licence with a monthly payment option. Prices exclude VAT and additional user seats are charged separately.
Sage 200 Evolution
Listed excluding VAT
- Quoted
Quoted
Licensed per module and per user through a Sage partner. Implementation usually exceeds the first year licence cost, so budget the total rather than the licence.
Capability
The full feature matrix
Every feature either product offers, and whether the other one has it.
| Compared on | Sage Group plc | Higher rated overall |
|---|---|---|
| 22 features across both products | ||
| Bill of materials | Included | Not included |
| Bill of materials and manufacturing | Not included | Included |
| Branch accounting | Not included | Included |
| Business intelligence | Not included | Included |
| Cloud backup and offsite storage | Included | Not included |
| Debtors and creditors management | Not included | Included |
| Fixed asset register | Included | Not included |
| Fixed assets | Not included | Included |
| Full general ledger | Included | Not included |
| Full general ledger and financials | Not included | Included |
| Job costing | Included | Included |
| Landed cost tracking | Included | Included |
| Multi company | Included | Not included |
| Multi company and consolidation | Not included | Included |
| Multi currency | Included | Not included |
| Multi warehouse inventory | Included | Included |
| Point of sale | Not included | Included |
| Point of sale add on | Included | Not included |
| Procurement and purchase requisitions | Not included | Included |
| Report writer | Included | Not included |
| Serial and lot tracking | Included | Included |
| VAT201 and SARS reporting | Included | Included |
Our verdict
Which one you should buy
We name a winner. Listing differences and leaving the decision to the reader is not a verdict.
We have not written a full verdict for this pairing yet, so here is the position from the data.
Sage 200 Evolution holds the higher rating at 4.0 against 3.9, from 284 reviews against 331. Reviewers rate it 3.6 for ease of use and 3.9 for value for money, against 3.8 and 3.9.
Read the compliance comparison below before deciding on the rating alone. A product that scores well overall can still be missing the one statutory output your business cannot do without.
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