Sage 300

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Sage 300
Developer(s) Sage Group
Initial release1976;48 years ago (1976)
Stable release
Sage 300 2024.1 / 30 November 2023;11 months ago (2023-11-30) [1]
Written in C and C++
Operating system Microsoft Windows
Available in5 languages
List of languages
English, French (Canadian), Spanish, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional) [2]
Type ERP
Website www.sage.com/en-us/products/sage-300/

Sage 300 is the name for the mid-market line of enterprise management and accounting applications (formerly Sage ACCPAC), primarily serving small and medium-sized businesses. Since 2004, Sage 300 is developed by Sage. [3] In 2012, Sage renamed ACCPAC to Sage 300. [4]

Contents

Features

Sage 300 is a Windows based range of ERP software, running on Microsoft SQL. This can run under a Windows environment [5] and has an option of being hosted by Sage. Sage 300 is a modular system with the following core suite of modules. The full list of modules developed in the Sage 300 API is also available.

Financials suite

Operations suite

Payroll

Core options

It is multi-user, multi-currency, and multi-language. It is available in six languages: English, Spanish, French, Italian and Chinese (Simplified and Traditional).

History

Accpac Plus screenshot Accpac Plus screenshot.jpg
Accpac Plus screenshot

The original product, EasyBusiness Systems, was developed for the CP/M operating system [8] in 1976 by Don Thompson, Ted Comfoltey, Keith Wales, and Norm Francis of Basic Software Group [9] and distributed by Information Unlimited Software. This was ported to MS-DOS and the IBM-PC in 1983. [9] [10]

Computer Associates acquired Information Unlimited Software in 1983 [11] [12] [13] and ran it as an independent business unit. [14] [15] Easy Business Systems added payroll processing in 1984 and supported multiuser networking at this time. [16] In 1987, it implemented a multi-window interface to allow moving between different modules. [14] Easy Business Systems was renamed Accpac Plus in 1987 with the release of version 5. [17] Accpac became popular in Canada with support of Canadian public accounting firms that would sell and support the software. [15] The name Accpac is an acronym for 'A Complete and Comprehensive Program for Accounting Control'. [18]

Accpac for Windows v3 desktop Accpac for Windows v3.png
Accpac for Windows v3 desktop

The first Windows version, CA-Accpac/2000, popularly known as ACCPAC for Windows, was developed in the early 1990s and released in October 1994. [19] [20] The Windows version marked the move to client/server and was developed with all new code in COBOL with Computer Associates development tools (these components were redeveloped in 2001 in Accpac Advantage Series with a core business layer developed in C and a user interface layer developed in Visual Basic). [21] [22]

In October 1996 ACCPAC for Windows 2.0 was released. [23] In August 2001, the company presented ACCPAC Advantage Series 5.0, its first web-based version. [24] The web interface was rebuilt in Sage 300 2016 for cross browser support, running on IIS with ASP.Net, [25] a web API was added in the 2017. [26] [27]

Sage 300 web desktop Sage 300 Web.png
Sage 300 web desktop

Sage 300 initially ran on Btrieve Databases [28] and then supported a variety of database backends. [29] Since Sage 300 2016 only the MS SQL database is supported. [28]

Sage Software acquired Accpac from Computer Associates in 2004. [30] Sage renamed it Sage Accpac ERP in 2006, [31] then Sage ERP Accpac in 2009. Sage dropped the Accpac name in 2012 when it was renamed to Sage 300 ERP. [32]

Sage 300 is no longer available for purchase in the UK, but is still available in other markets around the world. [33]

Branding, editions and versions

Branding  EditionInternal Version  OwnerYearDatabases
Sage 300 2024Standard/Advanced/Premium7.1 Sage Group 2023MS SQL [34]
Sage 300 2023Standard/Advanced/Premium7.0 Sage Group 2022MS SQL [35]
Sage 300 2022Standard/Advanced/Premium6.9 Sage Group 2021MS SQL [36]
Sage 300 2021Standard/Advanced/Premium6.8 Sage Group 2020MS SQL [37]
Sage 300 2020Standard/Advanced/Premium6.7 Sage Group 2019MS SQL [38]
Sage 300 2019Standard/Advanced/Premium6.6 Sage Group 2018MS SQL [39]
Sage 300 2018Standard/Advanced/Premium6.5 Sage Group 2017MS SQL [40]
Sage 300 2017Standard/Advanced/Premium6.4 Sage Group 2016MS SQL [41]
Sage 300 2016Standard/Advanced/Premium6.3 Sage Group 2015MS SQL [42]
Sage 300 2014Standard/Advanced/Premium6.2 [43] Sage Group 2013Pervasive PSQL, MS SQL, Oracle [44]
Sage 300 ERP 2012Standard/Advanced/Premium6.1 [43] Sage Group 2012Pervasive PSQL, MS SQL, Oracle [45]
Sage ERP Accpac 6.0100/200/5006.0 [43] Sage Group  2010Pervasive PSQL, MS SQL, Oracle [46]
Sage Accpac ERP 5.6100/200/5005.6 [43] Sage Group  2009Pervasive.SQL, MS SQL, Oracle [47]
Sage Accpac ERP 5.5100/200/5005.5 [43] Sage Group 2008Pervasive.SQL, MS SQL, IBM DB2, Oracle [48]
Sage Accpac ERP 5.4100/200/5005.4 Sage Group 2006Pervasive.SQL, MS SQL, IBM DB2, Oracle [49]
Sage Accpac ERP 5.3100/200/5005.3 [50] Sage Group 2004Pervasive.SQL, MS SQL, IBM DB2, Oracle [51]
Accpac Advantage Series 5.3Small Business/Corporate/Enterprise5.3 [50]  Accpac International2004 [52]
Accpac Advantage Series 5.2Small Business/Corporate/Enterprise5.2 [53] Accpac International2003 [54]
Accpac Advantage Series 5.1Small Business/Corporate/Enterprise5.1 [55]  Accpac International
Accpac Advantage Series 5.0Small Business/Corporate/Enterprise5.0 [56]  Accpac International  2001
Accpac Corporate Series 4.2Discovery/Small Business/Corporate/Director/Executive4.2 [57]  Accpac International2000Pervasive.SQL, MS SQL [58]
Accpac Corporate Series 4.1Discovery/Small Business/Corporate/Director/Executive4.1 [59]  Accpac International1999Pervasive.SQL, MS SQL [60]
Accpac Corporate Series 4.0Discovery/Small Business/Corporate/Director/Executive4.0 [61]  Accpac InternationalBtrieve 6.15 Workstation Engine / Pervasive.SQL 7.0
Accpac for Windows 3.0Discovery/Small Business/Corporate/Director/Executive3.0 [62]  Accpac International
Accpac for Windows 2.0Plus2.0Accpac International  1996 [23] Btrieve (16 and 32 Bit) [63]
CA-Accpac/2000 1.0 Computer associates 1994 [19] Btrieve 6.15 [64]

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