ERP Comparison

Epicor Kinetic vs. Sage X3

At a glance

Best for

Best for discrete and make-to-order manufacturers that want ERP, production and supply chain on one cloud platform.

Small and mid-sized
Enterprise

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	Epicor Kinetic	Sage X3
Starting price	Price on request Epicor does not publish a price list. A Kinetic system is configured from a platform core (Operations or Financials), a cloud package (Select, Signature or Enterprise) and a number of concurrent user licences.	Not stated
Free trial	Demo on request	Not stated
API	Yes, service-based interfaces	Yes, a REST Web API based on SData 2.0 plus SOAP web services
Hosting	SaaS on Microsoft Azure; on-premises and hybrid until the final on-premises release 2028.1, with Active Support through 31 December 2029	On-premise or Sage X3 Online in the cloud
Project costing	Yes, Project Management with work breakdown structures, estimation, scheduling and costing, and revenue recognition by percentage of completion, cost-to-cost or units of delivery	Yes, via the Project management (PJM) module, with generated budget lines, cost types and project progress follow-up
Invoicing	Yes, accounts receivable plus project billing that invoices by progress, milestones or user-defined stages	Yes, via Financials, covering invoicing, payment processing and tax compliance
Digital receipt capture	AP invoice recognition for supplier invoices, and the Time and Expense Management mobile apps take expenses with photo attachments	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, built-in queries, live dashboards and reports that drill down to transactions, Epicor Data Analytics, and financial planning with machine-learning budgeting	Yes, financial reporting plus a configurable CFO dashboard
Time tracking	Yes, Time and Expense Management, including mobile apps for entering time and expenses with approvals, licensed separately	Yes, time entry in the Project management module
Integrations and API	Yes, service-based interfaces built on the same services the application runs on, plus Epicor Automation Studio, powered by Workato, for integrations and automation	Yes, a REST Web API based on SData 2.0 and SOAP web services
AI features	stated Yes	No
Deployment	Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based, On-premise	Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based, On-premise
Support	Not stated	Community forum
Onboarding	Video tutorials	Documentation and knowledge base
Company size	Small and mid-sized, Enterprise	Not stated
Integrations	more entries Microsoft Project, Microsoft Teams, Workato, Sovos	Salesforce, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft 365

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The short version

Key Differences

Hosting Epicor Kinetic SaaS on Microsoft Azure; on-premises and hybrid until the final on-premises release 2028.1, with Active Support through 31 December 2029 Sage X3 On-premise or Sage X3 Online in the cloud
AI features Epicor Kinetic Yes Sage X3 No
API Epicor Kinetic Yes, service-based interfaces Sage X3 Yes, a REST Web API based on SData 2.0 plus SOAP web services
Project costing Epicor Kinetic Yes, Project Management with work breakdown structures, estimation, scheduling and costing, and revenue recognition by percentage of completion, cost-to-cost or units of delivery Sage X3 Yes, via the Project management (PJM) module, with generated budget lines, cost types and project progress follow-up
Invoicing Epicor Kinetic Yes, accounts receivable plus project billing that invoices by progress, milestones or user-defined stages Sage X3 Yes, via Financials, covering invoicing, payment processing and tax compliance

Every line is one datapoint from the table above, picked automatically. Nothing here is written text.

The trade-offs

Strengths and Limitations

Epicor Kinetic

Strengths

Built for discrete, make-to-order and process manufacturing
Industry bundles for advanced manufacturing, supply chain, global finance and metal fabrication
Concurrent user licences, not tied to a named user or device
Cloud packages with a historic 99.98% SLA and in-region disaster recovery

Limitations

No published pricing
On-premises installations get their last feature release in 2028
Positioned for manufacturers rather than services or pure distribution businesses

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

Epicor Kinetic

Price on Request

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Sage X3

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What users say

Review Scores · opens after launch

Epicor Kinetic

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Sage X3

Ease of use: Not rated yet
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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

Epicor Kinetic https://www.epicor.com/en-us/products/enterprise-resource-planning-erp/kinetic/ · 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.