Sage News and Discussion

Sage has officially announced that Sage BusinessVision (kind of the Canadian equivalent of BusinessWorks) will officially reach end of life 12/31/2026 - no more updates and no more support from Sage.  Sage FAQ points users towards Sage 300 (no conversion tool provided) or Sage 50 (Canadian version, fka Simply Accounting) which can convert master files but not transactions. 

Canadian software publisher Spire Systems started as a BusinessVision partner and developed BV Essentials, which added capabilities to BusinessVision.  They created Spire  about 10 years ago following Sage's initial EOL Announcement (which was later rescinded) . Spire has complete BusinessVision conversion capabilities baked in, including historical transactions, and continues to be actively developed.

Although I don't like the "end of life" for any product, I do much appreciate it when the publisher goes on record with a formal notification and official date.  I don't work with clients that use that product personally.  Thanks for sharing, makes me wonder if there will be more "announcements" like this over the next 5 years on other products.  Hmmm..