Consulting and Upgrades
Are you looking for brochures, what’s new guides, enhancement summaries, and other printed publications describing the Sage MAS 90 and MAS 200 products?
Sage have compiled a nice listing of all their printed media — which now is available for download as PDF files for easier (and faster) viewing as well as the ability to share with friends (they make great Christmas gifts too!).
Visit Sage’s MAS 90 and MAS 200 Brochure and Whitepaper site
Sage today released information on a new program that allows you to spread the purchase price of your new Sage ERP MAS 90, MAS 200 and Accpac over a 3 to 5 year term.
Both software product and accompanying maintenance can be included in the payments which can be made either quarterly or monthly by ACH draft or credit card.
No longer will you have to deal with bank or leasing company financing to purchase a new ERP system. Discuss these new payment options with your favorite Sage Business Partner.
Full details of the announcement:
Hot off the presses are the following pricing promotions in effect through 6/30/2009. These MAS 90 and MAS 200 specials apply only against product (no discounts are taken off maintenance) and may generally not be combined with other offers.
When looking at any accounting software don’t be fooled into thinking that initial purchase price should be your main consideration. You should be thinking about whether the software will meet your need, if the consultant has adequately assessed your need, and if all the add-ons they’re recommending have been thoroughly researched.
We see an increasing number of companies buying software because of some fancy quarter end sale/promotion or price cut.
That’s fine if you know exactly what your doing. But many times neither the customer or the consultant know (and shouldn’t at least the consultant have an idea?)…
Do your research and talk to users of the software you are considering purchasing. If you’re unable to find people to speak with — that’s your cue to reconsider what you are buying.
For a reduced fee the online accounting vendor Netsuite is hoping to lure Sage users to their system (Observation: My hunch is if you said that you were a user of Great Plains, SAP, QuickBooks Enterprise or pencil and paper that you’d get the same deal).
This price chopping reflects perhaps on the lack of innovation confidence in the product.
Just as rock bands release “greatest hits” albums when they’ve got nothing new to offer – software companies roll out “50% off” bargains when they have nothing more attractive (new features) to offer.
They are a lot easier to get into – than out of
With one particular price chopping offer, there is a bundle of 100 hours to convert data. If it take 100 hours to get your data into a new system – just think of how much fun it will be to get it out should you decide to leave.
All support is not created equally
Have you ever gotten frustrated dealing with an overseas call center? If you’ve never had to deal with language (dialect/accent) issues – then get ready because in exchange for a relatively tiny up-front discount consider that you may have just signed up for a long distance support relationship.
If you don’t believe me on this one – just think about the accounting software you’re using now and why you are reviewing discounted software offers online. If you’re like most people your biggest mistake wasn’t the software — rather it was the PEOPLE who SOLD it to you. Select the wrong people to deal with and you’re doomed to failure.
The wrong people? These are easy to recognize because they’re quick to quote you a price on a new product sale. Yet they take forever to solve a problem.
A low initial purchase price is a sucker bet that only fools fall for
I see this all the time. Companies buy software based on some great discount that’s offered TODAY — not taking into account that the product may not work as well as the salesperson demoed it, the recurring annual maintenance (over which they have zero control) may not be as cheap in year two as in discounted year one.
Guess what happens when you stop paying maintenance on a hosted solution? The lights go out – just like when you stop paying your electric bill.
I’ve saved what I think is the most compelling argument against a drastic move to a discounted online offer for last.
Guess what happens if you decide you don’t want to pay any more software maintenance to a vendor who is hosting all of your data online?
Does your login to the hosted site continue to work?
Think about it – when you have a solution securely loaded on your network – you can generally continue to legally use that software even if you decide to stop paying maintenance (I’m not recommending this mind you – just pointing out a loophole that many users freely exploit).
Switch to Netsuite and try it for a year or two. Then stop paying maintenance. There won’t be any free 100 hour assistance to get your data out — and let me know if that login to YOUR DATA still continues to work.
Promotions are always applied to the product portion of any software costs and not against the recurring software maintenance.
In order to participate in these promotions (and to purchase any new modules or product licenses), a current Sage Basic Software Maintenance Plan is required.
I’ve included a complete listing of all promotions as distributed by Sage Software earlier this month.
Some of the more noteworthy promotions are:
New purchasers of Sage MAS 90 or MAS 200 should look no farther than the Extended Enterprise Suite. This bundle includes:
We are seeing extremely aggressive upgrade pricing for existing users of Sage MAS 90 and 200 that starts at about $500 per user (minimum 5 users) to upgrade from standard MAS 90 to EES (Extended Enterprise Suite). In most instances you should strongly consider EES even if all you need is an extra module or two.
Sage Software is currently running a promotion with EES that gives you 2 extra users for every 5 you purchase.
Below is the official promotional sheet distributed this quarter that goes into greater detail about the savings that are being offered.
Sage MAS90 and MAS200 Winter 2009 Pricing Promotions
