Consulting and Upgrades
Here’s the latest list pricing that we have for F9 v4.x to 5.x for Sage 100 ERP.
Please verify these with your Sage business partner. If you are an existing user of F9 for Sage and are not presently on maintenance you may have to provide your licensing information to Infor in order to qualify for upgrade pricing.
Here’s a quick rundown of the cost that Infor charges for maintenance and support for F9 for Sage ERP MAS 90 and MAS 200.
For the initial user license of F9 pay $ 300/yr
Each 5 user block (above initial user) pay $ 240/yr
Each 1 user (above initial user) pay $ 60/yr
Here’s a copy of What’s Included With Infor F9 for MAS90 and MAS 200 Support
I’ve yet to try this — however after inquiring of Sage how we should go about obtaining registration keys for F9 – here’s what I found. I’ll be calling Monday and if the procedure has changed I’ll update in the comments.
As you probably know F9 is no longer being sold directly via Sage. The cutoff date for customers to have been billed for F9 renewal maintenance through Sage was October 1, 2010. If you renewed maintenance with Sage AFTER that date AND you own F9 – you now have to contact Infor (publisher) directly for maintenance and unlocking codes.
This pricing includes both upgrades and customer support (phone, enhancements, license reset).
These instructions should work for business partners only – end users should contact their partner as I do not think Infor handles this directly to end users.
The customer’s F9 serial number can be looked up online in the Sage Customer system (at least as of 3/11 I can see my customer’s F9 Serial Number).
Strip away the WWXCLF9 from the beginning of the serial number — this gives you the # that Infor supposedly needs for registration.
Call Infor – 604 682-4570 & provide them with this serial number.
The contacts I have at Infor:
To join up (partner program)
Leticia Valladares – leticia.valladares@infor.com – 604.699.3351
To renew maintenance or purchase (sales)
Armando Luna – armando.luna@infor.com – 1.604.699.3317
If you are simply looking to re-register a product then you can access the following link:
You may have heard that F9 is now being marketed and sold (both new and maintenance renewals) directly by the software publisher, Infor, as opposed to the prior relationship where Sage handled all the ordering and maintenance invoicing.
Customers who have F9 installed may receive an email from Info prompting you to register your copy of F9 with them. From what we know the customer list of prior purchasers of F9 was not transferred to Infor when this relationship change happened.
If you’re using F9 you’ll be able to contact your Sage Business Partner directly (provided they’ve opted to resell F9 through Info) or you can use the link below to register your copy of F9.
Sage just released a pretty helpful chart which shows the main differences between some of the most popular Business Intelligence products that companies have been using with MAS 90 and MAS 200.
As you may know Sage is preparing to release a new universal Business Intelligence product which will be used on the Sage MAS 90 and MAS 200 product line.
Their current release plans indicate that this will ship in Summer 2010 as outlined in a recent announcement:
Sage MAS Intelligence will soon be introduced as the ideal FRx replacement product for Sage MAS ERP. On target to be released this summer, Sage MAS Intelligence offers powerful and easy to use graphical financial reporting capabilities to access business-critical information, and makes complex reporting easy using a new report designer. Going beyond General Ledger reporting needs, Sage MAS Intelligence will provide Business Intelligence across the entire Sage MAS ERP system, including CRM and Abra.
The products compared are:
Sage MAS Intelligence (Sage’s NEW offering scheduled for Summmer 2010)
Sage MAS 90 and 200 Business Insights Dashboard
Sage MAS 90 and 200 Business Insights Reporter
FRX
BizNet
Crystal Reports
F9
The comparisons provide for ranking a wide range of features under the categories of Data Access, Report Security, Report Delivery and Distribution, Reporting Capabilities, Sorting, Aggregation and Drill Down, Database Support Provided, Operating Systems Support and MS Office Version Support.
SageMAS Intelligence Comparison- FRX, Biznet, Alchemex, Crystal, F9