Sage 100

We are very happy to announce that the [2016 releases of Sage 100](https://support.na.sage.com/selfservice/viewdocument.do?noCount=true&externalId=69766&sliceId=1&cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&isLoadPublishedVer=&docTypeID=DT_DOWNLOAD_1&ViewedDocsListHelper=com.kanisa.apps.common.BaseViewedDocsListHelperImpl) and Sage 300 are now available! The customer-driven enhancements included in these new releases are especially exciting, and we are confident the increased value proposition will resonate with your customers. In addition to the improvements to our existing Sage 100 and 300 products, we are simultaneously launching Sage 100c and Sage 300c, new premium offerings. As announced at Sage Summit, the launch of Sage 100c and Sage 300c marks the beginning of our journey toward modernizing our product portfolio in North Americaproviding new and existing customers with the deep-product capabilities they expect from Sagewith the added benefits of modern enhancements, such as improved user interface, mobile access, and more. Furthermore, we are also launching our three new Sage Business Care plans, including a new Platinum premium plan and added value through the inclusion of add-on solutions such as Sage CRM and Sage Intelligenceas well as discounts on services such as Sage Payment Solutions, Sage Time, and Sage Payroll Services. Sales and marketing resources, including product brief and messaging guides, what's new and enhancements documents, partner training webcast decks and recordings, and more are available now in the Sage 100 Playbook and Sage 300 Playbook on Sage Sell. Communications Product release notices will be sent to partners tonight and tomorrow, November 4 and 5, 2015. The Sage 300 partner notice will be sent tonight, November 4, and will include the new required expiry date of April 30, 2017, which will need to be entered along with the license information. The partner notice for Sage 100 2016 will be sent November 5 and will include the new product key required for Payroll that must be entered when installing the product. Customers will receive product release notices tomorrow night, November 5, 2015. The Sage 100 2016 release notice for customers with Payroll will include the new product key required during installation. Sage 100 customers without Payroll will not be sent the product key details. The Sage 300 2016 release notice for customers will include the new expiry date, as well.

Direct download link: http://cdn.dlm.na.sage.com/sage100/8829/sage1002016.exe

interesting - none of the documentation on the actual dvd - meaning all the pdfs - have no reference to 100c Did I download the right version? :)

The SageCRM 7.3 for 2016 link seems to be broken, and I don't see any 100c download. Is it the same installer just different keys? Does that mean we can't have a 100 and a 100c on the same machine?

I'm curious, how many of you lead with the Sage 100 On-Premises Subscription over the past couple of years? I lead with it on every sale, and we picked up some customers that would have never purchased Sage 100 due to the old ""barrier to entry"" pricing. I always provided the customer with the Perpetual Licensing pricing as an option, and I always pointed out the 48 month breakeven point. I believe the Activation Fee per User would have prevented a few of those sales. And, what is up with adding another layer of business care? I cannot complete my Acumatica training fast enough...ugh!

From this point forward I think the pricing will be Sage 100c. Until it changes. With the next regime. Just. Like. EES.....

@PhilMcIntosh - I contacted Sage and this is their response.... With that here is what I do know. The code base between 100 and 100c is the same. We simply have logic to read your key and if you are not entitled to 100c set your launcher and UI to classic and then disable the fields. I have heard that you, partners, will only get one key which is for 100c.

I hope everyone is keeping the history of keys for their customers and themselves...

Notice to partners - Your Sage 100 key will expire every year! FYI - your partner renewal fee also doubled. :)

So, basically, customers have been spending over % per year on an ever increasing base price. This means statistically they are rebuying Sage100/MAS90 every 4-5 years. And in the last 10years, there has been very little material improvement other than some spit & polish and a few purchased features thrown in. Now after you've been loyally paying maintenance since say 1995, you are not entitled to the next significant R&D investment (the new UI) even though you funded it and then some. You will be getting no enhancements other than major bug & security fixes, but you'll still be asked to pay 20% per year. However, we'll happily charge you even more to 'upgrade' to 100c, and sign, in the fine print, that your software will stop working if you don't pay far more than the 20+% per year for another stream of tiny improvements which 100 won't see. This is the biggest whore and customer abuse I've EVER seen in this industry. Customers are MORONS for paying maintenance for this product and this company. I'm so glad I stopped focusing on it 5+ years ago. Nobody is perfect, but this is outright scumbaggery.