Enterprise Resource Planning
Enterprise Resource Planning · Capability

The wider Sage stable

Sage Intacct for cloud financials, Sage Evolution for mid-market operations, Sage X3 for larger and multi-site enterprises — implemented and supported by certified Sage consultants who pick the edition that fits, not the one on special.

Sage's mid-market and enterprise products aren't interchangeable, and treating them as such is how organisations end up over- or under-specced. Sage Intacct is a cloud-native financial management platform built for service-led organisations — professional services, NGOs, financial services — where deep multi-entity consolidation and financial reporting matter more than manufacturing or distribution operations; it typically implements faster than a full operational ERP because its scope is deliberately financial-first. Sage X3, by contrast, is built for organisations running actual production, inventory and distribution complexity, on-premise or cloud-hosted, and costs and implements accordingly — it's a longer, more involved project because it's solving a bigger problem.

Sage Evolution sits below both, aimed at mid-market operations that need solid accounting and inventory control without the complexity or cost of a full-scale ERP rollout. Picking between them is a scoping exercise, not a preference: a services organisation forced into X3's manufacturing depth is paying for capability it will never use, and a distributor with real production complexity will outgrow Evolution quickly. Our consultants are certified across the stable specifically so that recommendation isn't shaped by which product happens to be on promotion that quarter.

The actual products

Sage Intacct

Cloud-native financial management for service-led organisations — deep multi-entity consolidation, faster to implement than a full operational ERP.

Sage Evolution

Mid-market accounting and inventory control without full-scale ERP cost or complexity.

Sage X3

For real manufacturing, inventory and distribution complexity, on-premise or cloud-hosted — a longer, bigger project by design.

Part of Enterprise Resource Planning

We implement ERP end to end — process design, configuration, data migration, go-live and the support that follows — across Acumatica, the Sage range (Sage 300 ERP, Sage Intacct, Sage Evolution, Sage X3) and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, matched to your size and sector. The goal is not software installed; it is month-end that closes on time, numbers leadership can trust, and operations captured once instead of three times.

Also part of Enterprise Resource Planning
Questions we hear about Enterprise Resource Planning
How much does an ERP system cost in Botswana?

No honest partner quotes a figure before scoping, because the cost is three things: software licensing, implementation services and ongoing support. The drivers are user and transaction volume, which modules you switch on, how much data migrates, and what integrates. Licensing models differ too — Sage 300 ERP, Intacct and Business Central price per user, while Acumatica prices on consumption with unlimited users, which suits businesses with many casual users. We scope first, then quote.

How long does an ERP implementation take?

A focused financials-only implementation runs six to twelve weeks; a typical mid-market project across finance, inventory and operations runs three to nine months. The single biggest schedule risk is the quality of your existing data — which is why our method reconciles migrated data early, not at go-live.

Should we choose cloud or on-premise ERP?

Cloud gives you predictable monthly cost, vendor-managed updates and access from anywhere; on-premise gives you capital ownership and full control. In Botswana two more factors matter: connectivity resilience and where your data lives under the Data Protection Act. We implement both, and can host locally on Replic8 Cloud or on Microsoft Azure — so the answer follows your situation, not our stock.

We run Sage Pastel or Sage 200 Evolution — what is the upgrade path?

Sage's own direction is Sage Intacct for cloud financials and Sage X3 for complex manufacturing and distribution. An upgrade is not starting over: master records and opening balances migrate, and transaction history is kept in a read-only archive. A typical Evolution-to-Intacct move lands in two to four months depending on data quality and integrations.

Sage 300 ERP or Acumatica — which is right for us?

We implement and support both, so this is a fit question, not a sales pitch. Sage 300 ERP is a mature multi-entity, multi-currency workhorse with a large Botswana installed base; Acumatica is cloud-native with unlimited-user licensing, mobile access and an open API. The right answer comes from a structured demo against your own processes — which is exactly how we run selection.

Platforms: Acumatica · Sage 300 ERP · Sage Intacct · Sage Evolution · Sage X3 · Dynamics 365 Business Central · 4asset & 4verify