Sage 300
Sage 300 is the name for the mid market Sage ERP line of enterprise management and accounting applications, primarily serving small and medium-sized businesses. Since 2004, Sage 300 is developed by Sage. In 2012, Sage renamed ACCPAC to Sage 300.
Features
Sage 300 is a Windows based range of ERP software, running on Microsoft SQL. This can run under a Windows environment and has an option of being hosted by Sage.Sage 300 is a modula system with the follow core suites of modules. The full list of modules developed in the Sage 300 API is also available
Financials suite
- General ledger
- Bank services
- Tax services
- Accounts payable
- Accounts receivable
- Multi-company
Operations suite
- Inventory control
- Purchase orders
- order entry
Payroll
- US and Canadian payroll
Core options
- Multi-currency
- Project and job costing
- Transaction analysis and optional fields
History
The original product, EasyBusiness Systems, was developed for the CP/M operating system in 1976 by the Basic Software Group and distributed by Information Unlimited Software. This was ported to MS-DOS and the IBM-PC in 1983.Computer Associates acquired Information Unlimited Software in 1983 and ran it as an independent business unit. Easy Business Systems added payroll processing in 1984 and supported multiuser networking at this time. In 1987, it implemented a multi-window interface to allow moving between different modules. Easy Business Systems was renamed Accpac Plus in 1987 with the release of version 5. Accpac became popular in Canada with support of Canadian public accounting firms that would sell and support the software. The name Accpac is an acronym for 'A Complete and Comprehensive Program for Accounting Control'.
The first Windows version, CA-accpac/2000, popularly known as ACCPAC for Windows, was developed in the early 1990s and released in October 1994. The Windows version marked the move to client/server and was developed with all new code developed in COBOL with Computer Associates development tools.
In October 1996 ACCPAC for Windows 2.0 was released. In August 2001, the company presented ACCPAC Advantage Series 5.0, its first web-based version.
Sage 300 initially ran on Btrieve Databases and then supported a variety of database backends. Since Sage 300 2016 only the MS SQL database is supported.
Sage Software acquired Accpac from Computer Associates in 2004. Sage named it Sage Accpac ERP in 2006, then Sage ERP Accpac in 2009. Sage dropped the Accpac name in 2012 when it was renamed to Sage 300 ERP.
Branding, editions and versions
| Branding | Edition | Internal Version | Owner | Year | Databases |
| Sage 300 2020 | Standard/Advanced/Premium | 6.7 | Sage Group | 2019 | MS SQL |
| Sage 300 2019 | Standard/Advanced/Premium | 6.6 | Sage Group | 2018 | MS SQL |
| Sage 300 2018 | Standard/Advanced/Premium | 6.5 | Sage Group | 2017 | MS SQL |
| Sage 300 2017 | Standard/Advanced/Premium | 6.4 | Sage Group | 2016 | MS SQL |
| Sage 300 2016 | Standard/Advanced/Premium | 6.3 | Sage Group | 2015 | MS SQL |
| Sage 300 2014 | Standard/Advanced/Premium | 6.2 | Sage Group | 2013 | Pervasive PSQL, MS SQL, Oracle |
| Sage 300 ERP 2012 | Standard/Advanced/Premium | 6.1 | Sage Group | 2012 | Pervasive PSQL, MS SQL, Oracle |
| Sage ERP Accpac 6.0 | 100/200/500 | 6.0 | Sage Group | 2010 | Pervasive PSQL, MS SQL, Oracle |
| Sage Accpac ERP 5.6 | 100/200/500 | 5.6 | Sage Group | 2009 | Pervasive.SQL, MS SQL, Oracle |
| Sage Accpac ERP 5.5 | 100/200/500 | 5.5 | Sage Group | 2008 | Pervasive.SQL, MS SQL, IBM DB2, Oracle |
| Sage Accpac ERP 5.4 | 100/200/500 | 5.4 | Sage Group | 2006 | Pervasive.SQL, MS SQL, IBM DB2, Oracle |
| Sage Accpac ERP 5.3 | 100/200/500 | 5.3 | Sage Group | 2004 | Pervasive.SQL, MS SQL, IBM DB2, Oracle |
| Accpac Advantage Series 5.3 | Small Business/Corporate/Enterprise | 5.3 | Accpac International | 2004 | |
| Accpac Advantage Series 5.2 | Small Business/Corporate/Enterprise | 5.2 | Accpac International | 2003 | |
| Accpac Advantage Series 5.1 | Small Business/Corporate/Enterprise | 5.1 | Accpac International | ||
| Accpac Advantage Series 5.0 | Small Business/Corporate/Enterprise | 5.0 | Accpac International | 2001 | |
| Accpac Corporate Series 4.2 | Discovery/Small Business/Corporate/Director/Executive | 4.2 | Accpac International | 2000 | Pervasive.SQL, MS SQL |
| Accpac Corporate Series 4.1 | Discovery/Small Business/Corporate/Director/Executive | 4.1 | Accpac International | 1999 | Pervasive.SQL, MS SQL |
| Accpac Corporate Series 4.0 | Discovery/Small Business/Corporate/Director/Executive | 4.0 | Accpac International | ||
| Accpac for Windows 3.0 | Discovery/Small Business/Corporate/Director/Executive | 3.0 | Accpac International | ||
| Accpac for Windows 2.0 | Plus | 2.0 | Accpac International | 1996 | Btrieve |
| CA-Accpac/2000 | 1.0 | Computer associates | 1994 | Btrieve 6.15 |