ERP Comparison

abas ERP vs. Sage X3

At a glance

Best for

Best for midsize manufacturers of 50 to 500 employees that build to order and want production, projects and financials in one system.

Small and mid-sized

Sage X3

Best for

Best for manufacturers and distributors that want finance, production and stock in one ERP with country legislation built in.

Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.

Full Comparison

Criterion	abas ERP	Sage X3
Starting price	Price on request abas does not publish a price list; the website directs interested companies to a demo tour and a contact form.	Not stated
Team size	Midmarket, positioned for companies with 50 to 500 employees	Not stated
Users	Around 4,000 customer installations and more than 120,000 users in over 25 countries	Not stated
API	Yes, a REST web interface for real-time read and write access, plus the abas Connect integration tool	Yes, a REST Web API based on SData 2.0 plus SOAP web services
Hosting	On-premise or cloud	On-premise or Sage X3 Online in the cloud
Made in	Germany	Not stated
Project costing	Yes, via abas PM with budgets, preliminary costing and project cost accounting, plus graphical project and resource planning	Yes, via the Project management (PJM) module, with generated budget lines, cost types and project progress follow-up
Invoicing	Yes, through sales and accounts receivable, with outstanding items and settlement of payments in financial accounting	Yes, via Financials, covering invoicing, payment processing and tax compliance
Digital receipt capture	Via the DMS connector, which links third-party document management systems to abas ERP	Yes, the inbound e-invoicing framework extracts attachments from emails, applies optical character recognition to PDFs and images and parses structured XML such as Facture-X or ZUGFeRD, then maps supplier, purchase order, site and amount data onto X3 records; Sage notes the standard process is not completely automated
Reporting and controlling	Yes, controlling dashboards with key performance indicators, standard reports such as profit and loss, balance sheet and outstanding items, business intelligence integration and Excel export	Yes, financial reporting plus a configurable CFO dashboard
Time tracking	Yes, plant data collection on mobile devices, recording order, material and machine data on the shop floor in real time	Yes, time entry in the Project management module
Integrations and API	Yes, a REST web interface plus the low-code abas Connect tool and DMS, MS SQL and PDM connectors in the standard scope	Yes, a REST Web API based on SData 2.0 and SOAP web services
Deployment	Cloud (SaaS), On-premise	more entries Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based, On-premise
Support	more entries Email helpdesk, Phone	Community forum
Onboarding	more entries Documentation and knowledge base, Video tutorials, Live online demos and webinars, Personal consulting, On-site training	Documentation and knowledge base
Company size	Small and mid-sized	Not stated
Integrations	more entries Microsoft SQL Server, TARGIT, PRO.FILE, keytech PLM	Salesforce, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft 365

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The short version

Key Differences

Deployment abas ERP Cloud (SaaS), On-premise Sage X3 Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based, On-premise
Hosting abas ERP On-premise or cloud Sage X3 On-premise or Sage X3 Online in the cloud
Support abas ERP Email helpdesk, Phone Sage X3 Community forum
API abas ERP Yes, a REST web interface for real-time read and write access, plus the abas Connect integration tool Sage X3 Yes, a REST Web API based on SData 2.0 plus SOAP web services
Project costing abas ERP Yes, via abas PM with budgets, preliminary costing and project cost accounting, plus graphical project and resource planning Sage X3 Yes, via the Project management (PJM) module, with generated budget lines, cost types and project progress follow-up

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The trade-offs

Strengths and Limitations

abas ERP

Strengths

Purpose-built for midsize make-to-order manufacturing
Low-code adaptation without changing the standard range of functions
REST API, abas Connect and three connectors included in the standard scope
Runs on-premise or on cloud infrastructure

Limitations

No published pricing
Narrow fit outside manufacturing
Document management comes through a connector to a third-party system

Sage X3

Strengths

Financials, manufacturing and distribution in one system
Runs on-premise or as Sage X3 Online in the cloud
REST Web API based on SData 2.0 alongside SOAP web services
Country-specific legislation guides for France, Germany, the UK, Canada and Australia among others
Project management module ties budgets, costs and time entry into the ERP flows

Limitations

Direct SQL database access and file-based integration are on-premise only
Centred on manufacturing and distribution, a narrower fit for services-only businesses
Online deployments require OAuth2 for web services, where on-premise also allows basic and certificate-based authentication

Plans

Pricing

abas ERP

Custom Not stated Not published; contact abas or a partner for a quote.

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Sage X3

Price on Request

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What users say

Review Scores · opens after launch

abas ERP

Ease of use: Not rated yet
User interface: Not rated yet
Onboarding: Not rated yet
Support and service: Not rated yet
Value for money: Not rated yet
Features: Not rated yet

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Sage X3

Ease of use: Not rated yet
User interface: Not rated yet
Onboarding: Not rated yet
Support and service: Not rated yet
Value for money: Not rated yet
Features: Not rated yet

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Where this comes from

abas ERP https://abas-erp.com · no check date recorded yet

Sage X3 https://www.sage.com/en-us/products/sage-x3/ · no check date recorded yet

This table lists factual criteria taken from information the vendors publish themselves. For how we put it together, see the methodology.