Exact Online vs Sage X3

Exact Online is a cloud-delivered package for accounting and business operations, with accounting and CRM included across its products. Online accounting provides bank feeds and invoicing, while Time & Billing includes time tracking, invoicing, and CRM. Industry solutions are available for manufacturing, wholesale, and professional services. Wholesale offerings list order, relation, and stock management; a listed manufacturing plan includes calculation, planning, and production. The service also includes inventory and order management, and users can work together online. The accountancy solution supports administration management with clients. Exact says around 675,000 companies use Exact Online and that 2,000 specialists are ready to help. Packages are priced monthly and exclude VAT; payments, including extensions, are made by direct debit. The pricing note says From £25/mo, while the listed Accountancy Professional plan costs £91 a month. There is no free plan, and the free trial's duration and feature limits are unstated.

Sage X3 is an ERP for product-centric organisations, bringing finance, supply chain and manufacturing into one system. It supports discrete, process and mixed-mode manufacturing, with controls for lots, batches and recalls. Finance, inventory, supply chain and production management provide real-time insight across sites and teams. For international operations, X3 supports multiple countries, currencies and legislations, including financial consolidation across entities and locations. Sage Copilot adds conversational interaction and real-time alerts, and can automate tasks such as invoice handling and data capture. Low-code tools let organisations configure workflows, screens and business rules; APIs and integration services allow further extensions. Listed add-ons include Avalara AvaTax, Sage Network, SPS Commerce, Sage Enterprise Intelligence and Datalinx Warehouse Manager for Sage X3. Sage positions the product for growing, midsized businesses, particularly in manufacturing, distribution and other product-heavy operations. It is a paid cloud deployment, with pricing on request, and listed platforms include Android, iOS, web, Windows, API and self-hosted.