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  • 1.  Sage Budgeting and Planning discontinued

    Posted 10-16-2020 14:47
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    Wouldn't you know it! I finally come across a Sage 100 user that is a good fit for SB&P, and I discover that Sage is officially discontinuing it Sept 30 2021. I found the announcement dated 9/10/20 in the Partner Hub. I don't recall seeing an email or hearing about it in a meeting. 

    It's not a big loss, but annoying. 

    I'll see how Centage is doing with their product. Any other suggestions?

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    Jerry Norman
    VP, 90 Minds
    Smartbridge Partners
    512.419.1444 x112
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  • 2.  RE: Sage Budgeting and Planning discontinued

    Posted 10-16-2020 15:37
    Sage Partner Hub is actually kept relatively up-to-date and like you say they had notice of this maybe a month or two ago?

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    Wayne Schulz - Schulz Consulting - 860-516-8990
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  • 3.  RE: Sage Budgeting and Planning discontinued

    Posted 10-16-2020 16:41
    The notice is dated 9/10/20. I found it trying to find the datasheet, running a search.

    I just now checked, and it is in the News section of the Hub. I should check this frequently --- however, ALL of the listings - except this one - in News also passed through my email as notices from Sage, which I religiously monitor.

    This retirement announcement was listed (buried) in the biweekly Partner Hub News Flash, so technically I missed it.

    I think the take away from this is: Sage good news is always in email announcements and the Hub. When they want to release bad news, we must find it on the Hub. I will scan that place more regularly going forward.

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    Jerry Norman
    VP, 90 Minds
    Smartbridge Partners
    512.419.1444 x112
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  • 4.  RE: Sage Budgeting and Planning discontinued

    Posted 10-16-2020 16:50
    @Jerry Norman, going back about 6 years, I sold Sage B&P to a large customer and it basically flamed out, so then I sold them Centage. It was pricey but MUCH easier for the users to configure and use. ​They were my only sale of either product, so I remember nothing other than this one tidbit.

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    Karen O'Lane
    Accounting Systems, Inc. (ASI)
    Fresno CA
    803.252.6154 x242
    559.577.4142
    90 Minds Treasurer
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  • 5.  RE: Sage Budgeting and Planning discontinued

    Posted 10-16-2020 16:54
    I just spoke with Doug Leasure yesterday. He does consulting for Sage B&P. He told me about the end of life and he is not happy. I have a customer who just said on 9/30 that they were ready to implement it - even though they have not downloaded it or anything. Doug and I are having a conversation with the customer next week.

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    Therese Logeais, Technology Integrators
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  • 6.  RE: Sage Budgeting and Planning discontinued

    Posted 10-16-2020 17:20
    I feel your customer's pain. 

    Truth be told, I was uncomfortable getting behind SB&P because of its reputation for being complicated. BUT our customer ($20m annual turnover) is having a completely unsatisfactory experience with Prophix, which they bought primarily for budgeting and planning. The appeal of SB&P is that the software was essentially free, so with some modest implementation they could easily determine if it could replace Prophix. That very-low cost POC phase was essential.

    I contacted Concur. Very helpful. They have a reference customer in the same business located nearby. Prophix's 3-yr TCO is north of $200k. Concur's will be ~1/3 of that, and the renewal date is 6 months out. So, if we can work out a decent POC cost to reduce the decision risk, this is quite viable. 
     
    My customer is smaller than the typical Prophix customer, so their price is high to my customer, but acceptable to a larger firm. It also means that Centage's price is likely typical for this size firm. A $20m prospect looking into budgeting and planning needs to figure out if they save $2k-$3k/month through using a tool that helps aggressively enforce budget expectations monthly.

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    Jerry Norman
    VP, 90 Minds
    Smartbridge Partners
    512.419.1444 x112
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