Sage Construction Suite

Pros: I have used SAGE products in the past. There have been some improvements over the years that make the software more user friendly. Note that I am a casual user that uses the base accounting of the program

Cons: My work is for First Nations that have a Limited Partnership Corporate setup. I find the linked accounts for taxation are not applicable for Tax-free First Nations applications and it is awkward to amend linked accounts to better streamline accounting for First Nations the are tax exempt.

Pros: Easy to use. Non techy senior is able to use the parts of Sage that are needed for our business without issue

Cons: Cost seems high. Some parts of the app don't apply to our needs so I have not fully utilized everything.

Pros: It is a very robust suite of accounting software. It is easy to troubleshoot issues and apply fixes.

Cons: There is always a fix to correct an entry but myassistant has been awesome with the higher level of support issues.

Pros: Works for what we need. Easy to run reports and simply to use. Able to drop reports into excel to use the numbers that I need for report.

Cons: can only go back one year for payroll reports. Hard at beginning of year and if need to what did prior year closeouts.

Pros: That I have figured it out, mostly. It took many years but I can do just the basics now, thank goodness.

Cons: So expensive! Gone from 300 to 900 in 10 years. Clunky. Not intuitive. Easy to make errors that aren’t flagged.

Pros: Value for Money, Customer Support very helpful, Access to Information, Information Access, Reporting,

Cons: Not that easy to understand, Likely there is a very good support system, still would do it again in future

Pros: Sage Construction Suite excels in job costing and financial tracking. The ability to drill down into costs by job, phase, and cost code provides strong visibility into project performance. Reporting features, especially WIP reports, are detailed and useful for forecasting and decision-making. The integration between accounting, payroll, and project modules helps streamline workflows and reduces duplicate data entry.

Cons: There is a noticeable learning curve during onboarding, particularly for teams without prior Sage experience. Custom reports and configurations can require additional support or technical knowledge.

Pros: I like that the functions are easy to use and understand. It has also made it easier for us to control our business costs.

Cons: There is nothing specific that I disliked about this program. Sometimes it works slowly, but other than that it has been great.

Pros: Ease of use. Easy to understand, estimate reporting and creation can easily be done. Contacting customer support is easy as well.

Cons: Some features aren’t available online vs the desktop app. Hopefully that changes in the coming future.

Pros: the stuff you didnt change, when something works stick with it, change for the sake of change is not a benefit

Cons: you changed items and how the items updating of cost works, ive used timberline estimating since 1999 and now I have to figure out how to use items again

Pros: C'est intuitif et facile à utiliser. Les différents menus me permettent de faire toutes les tâches dont j'ai besoin au quotidien.

Cons: Il pourrait y avoir un meilleur aspect visuel plus actuel. Il n'y a pas eu beaucoup d'améliorations visuelles durant les dernières années. Aussi, pour les petites entreprises, le prix est quand même élevé, surtout lorsqu'on n'a pas nécessairement besoin de toutes les fonctionnalités.

Pros: Sage Construction Suite works really well on how it connects the financial side of construction business on what is happening on the job site. Instead of juggling separate systems, everything is tracked inside one system

Cons: I wish sage would update the interface as the current interface feels dated and clunky compared to newer systems. It can take time to learn as it as a large number of features and is fairly complex

Pros: There really isn't anything in particular that I like most about it. I'm used to it by now, so I understand how it works and that's really the most I can tell you.

Cons: It's not as user friendly as they make it out to be. If you need something specific, you need to have an outside agency do it for you, which costs money. With today's economy, you'd think they would make something a bit easier on the wallet, but that's not the case. They make you believe that what you need is included, but if you need something like estimating, that's not included in the base program. Despite needing an estimating module for construction, that's an extra. If you do serviceable work, that's an extra module added. I call Sage a money pit, because that's exactly what it is.

Pros: The ease in accessing needed information and overall use of the program. Thankfully I have not had to use customer support but I'm confident that when/if I ever do, it will be a painless experience.

Cons: I honestly can't think of any cons at the moment. Everything seems to run smoothly for me and eases my daily workload.

Pros: There are many features for a business to explore and apply. If you have used Sage before you will be able to figure it out.

Cons: If an employee doesn't have experience it will take a long time to learn and become familiar with all the experiences.

Pros: The tracking of each individual job is outstanding. Customer service is always very good and helpful.

Cons: After inputting it is not easy to fix an error. Everything is so difficult to change or adjust after enter. Need to make more user friendly.

Pros: Sage has many default reports which makes it easy to grab what you need and start analyzing. Since it is downloaded on my desktop, I love not needing internet to login and get to work.

Cons: I wish it was easier to customize reports. For example, I need to pull the top 5 vendors every year for our IRS return, the current options don't make it easy to pull aggregate data by vendor for a certain period.

Pros: Ease of use and access of information and information access. Easy to enter AP invoices and AR invoices.

Cons: When we sales tax it does not work well with Avalara. Cannot figure how to get this done correctly.

Pros: I find Sage easy to learn and use. Estimates can be as detailed as needed and transferring information to job costing is invaluable

Cons: All Reports are not customizable and don't always meet our specific business needs The interface between estimating and job costing is a little cumbersome

Pros: I liked how well everything is integrated. Having accounting, project costing, and job management in one system makes it easier to keep track of projects without jumping between tools. The reporting is solid and gives useful visibility into costs and job profitability, and it scales well as projects get more complex. Once it’s set up properly, it’s a reliable platform for managing construction operations day to day.

Cons: The biggest downside is the learning curve. It’s not very intuitive at first, and new users usually need training before they can work efficiently. Setup and customization can also be time‑consuming. The interface feels a bit dated compared to newer platforms, and performance can slow down when working with large datasets or complex reports. Cost can be a factor as well, especially for smaller teams that won’t use all the features.

Pros: I’ve had a solid experience using this platform overall, with a few standout strengths, the pricing feels fair for the range of features offered. Customer support has been responsive and helpful whenever issues come up.

Cons: The app can be difficult for new users to navigate so definitely a learning curve and some training needed.

Pros: The internal integrations between PM and accounting and payroll work really well. Handling COs and progress bills is super easy. There's great accounting features - being able to lock periods is wonderful, and having a period option instead of just a date option (as in Sage 50) is amazing. Customizing reports is great. It's very NOT user-friendly, but if you can figure it out it's great, and you don't need any 3rd party to make it work.

Cons: As per usual Sage, almost NOTHING integrates with it. I have literally one option for payables approvals and importing and it costs as much as the annual on Sage itself. For the amount of money it costs leaves a lot to be desired. I can't even import a .csv without some sort of 3rd party something that I can't even be bothered to look into because there's no way any additional costs will be worth it. My "business partner" is fairly terrible and Sage won't let me deal with someone else. Getting support for Sage is awful. I have to go through the chat every single time, then escalate it, then wait for a callback. I have Sage 100 Contractor Canada, and Sage Paperless, but apparently they're two different companies and two entirely different support channels. But I can't get support directly from Paperless, I have to go through Sage who has no idea how to troubleshoot anything about Paperless. Nightmare.