

Joined on 03-20-2007
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My organization is currently looking at converting from Filemaker Pro 6 to either Blackbaud or Sage 100. We are leaning to towards Sage as it seems much more user friendly. Both systems seem to address all our needs. Any reccommendations?


Joined on 03-15-2002
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Did you pick a product? We are looking at Sage 100 and am seeking feedback.


Joined on 03-20-2007
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99% sure we are going with Sage.
I am also using Filemaker Pro! and would love to hear from others using it. After using a complex, custom-built database at my previous job, this seems much easier to learn and enter data. But pulling data and doing queries seems cumbersome. I haven't actually started doing that yet and am dreading it. Any other experiences with that?


Joined on 03-20-2007
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We have decided to convert to Sage 100 & are in the middle of the process right now.


Joined on 01-15-2008
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I selected SAGE 5.0 for my former organization over Blackbaud for ease of use. Also, the agency didn't have the time and money resources to properly use Blackbaud.
They remain very happy with it. One snag I encountered was with list conversion. I had purchased Sage thru a vendor who was also supply support. After nine months, the problem that had plagued us was completely remedied by someone who really knew what to do. We purchased the compatible financial management software. A recommendation is make sure the bookkeeper sets up the account codes with someone who knows how to utilize the softwares. Otherwise, you could get a system that won't interlink.