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Last updated March 13th, 2026

# Page 5 - Reviews of Sage Construction Suite

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Brittany N.  
Accounts Receivables  
Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Good software but would like to make some changes"

August 13, 2021

4.0

We use Sage for billing out contract for long term electrical work projects and for quick electrical repairs. I personally do not have much to compare it to as the only other system I have used it Sage 50.

Pros

I like how we can use this software for both residential one time work orders and jobs that last consecutive months.

Cons

I dislike that when you search for a part you cannot search it by a key word in the name of the part. For example if part is named 4' risers yellow, I can only find the item by searching "4", I cannot find it by searching "risers". Alerts sometime seem to not work. I know my co workers mentioned that to me and since I have been shy of using them.

Switched from

[QuickBooks Enterprise](https://www.capterra.com/p/174984/QuickBooks-Enterprise/)

I am not sure.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Bookkeeper  
Management Consulting  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Very overwhelming product with not a lot of support"

June 24, 2018

3.0

Pros

I love how it is an all in one product with options to add to it for your business needs. Ease of invoicing clients and keeping up with clients balances and pending orders. Clients like that they can receive invoices and account statuses via email.

Cons

The main thing as a bookkeeping is that reconciliation is a very long process and there is no way of locking the books so changes can't be made by others. The inventory system is very overwhelming when updating levels after doing inventory counts. I never had great success with support and when I did get some help it was someone who wasn't very educated in the matter or Couldn't help me. Entering charges from bank statements is a long process and not always easy to use. But overall if your main need is invoicing and creating quotes for clients this is the software for you.

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AM

Andy M.  
Executive Vice-President  
Construction  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "10 years behind"

May 17, 2021

3.0

The software is long overdue for an overhaul, but it works.

Pros

Stability. Continued support. Customization to meet needs of construction accounting. Reliable. It just works 99.9% of the time.

Cons

Sage has done nothing to improve the product in the past 20 years. It is basically the same interface. The addition of desktop app was an attempt to bring a modern feel to Sage, but it is basically the same program. Upgrading the software costs me a full day of downtime to upgrade server and all of our workstations every year. Surely, there could be a better way to upgrade. Project management is light years behind other PM solutions out there.

Reason for choosing Sage Construction Suite

n/a. We have recently chosen to move to RedTeam for our project management solution. I'm hoping Sage will increase their coordination with RedTeam so we can use their interface to do more workflow.

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Response from Sage

June 1, 2021

Thank you for sharing your thoughts on Sage products and services. We strive to deliver the best experience possible for Sage customers. We would welcome the opportunity to connect with you to better understand how we can exceed your expectations in the future.

VR

Verified Reviewer  
Cloud Engineer  
Accounting  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Best accounts management system for Construction and real estate companies"

February 7, 2023

5.0

Pros

Easy of use . Not required any expertise to use this program. We can make functions,modules using crystal reports program. Very easy to build new modules. Maintaing inventory, job postings , invoice design and printing, batch management becomes easy .

Cons

If it has any API to intigration with SIMEM plant, Marcantonin Plant data bases that will be of great feature .

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DP

Diane P.  
VP Operations  
Construction  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "ten plus years"

March 16, 2021

5.0

Overall it was a good purchase. We do not use it for estimating. Kuesel utilizes the payables, receivables, payroll, equipment, and job cost.

Pros

As a construction company, we needed job cost to be detailed. We were originally with QuickBooks. This software definitely gave us the detail to figure out where our cost was going per project. I also like the feature that it records every transaction, so there is no guessing if someone changed the data.

Cons

I still struggle with tech support. I do not understand the Sage City, nor the Knowledge base.

Reason for choosing Sage Construction Suite

Timberline was used more so for estimating, and Kuesel needed more for the accounting side. At that time, Timberline did not have a software that was compatible with accounting.

Switched from

[QuickBooks Desktop](https://www.capterra.com/p/212058/QuickBooks-Desktop-Pro/)

to get more detail for jobcosting

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Response from Sage

May 3, 2021

Thank you for your feedback! We appreciate your business and look forward to helping drive your continued success in construction and real estate.

James H.  
IT Manager / Web Development Manager  
Oil & Energy  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Good but seeking for more"

January 8, 2019

4.0

Pros

There is a lot of flexibility with this product, but in many cases it requires a Sage Expert or extensive training. With this product our company managed Industrial Construction Projects of various sizes and cost and utilized different project costing. Overall our experience was good.

Cons

Needs a nicer UI/UX for the consumer, the next generation of user is accustom to ease of use and a clean UI/UX. Give the consumer more control, create a solution that allows us the ability to manage our data, our way. Salesforce has a great solution for this, although not directly related their model for consumer control and product support is one of the best I have ever seen/used.

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AC

Anita C.  
Accountant  
Construction  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Great project managing software"

October 27, 2023

4.0

Pros

Having the ability to manage a project from start to finish is possible.

Cons

Sage is very particular about the manner in which you enter information. It often is not as user friendly as programs I have used in the past. Correcting information/entries can be difficult.

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RH

Ray H.  
VP of Preconstruction  
Construction  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "My Timberline Accessment"

March 18, 2021

4.0

It saves overall time in lieu of using an excel estimate.

Pros

I've used it in the past when it was simply Timberline (both DOS and Windows versions) with other companies. It is easy to use

Cons

Don't care much for the yearly cost as it seems excessive. Would like to see in lieu of monthly free webinars that cater more for new or potential buyers, webinars for how to utilize the software to its maximum potential.

Reason for choosing Sage Construction Suite

Used it in the past and was comfortable with it. Less of a learning curve.

Switched from

[Microsoft Excel](https://www.capterra.com/p/176574/Excel/)

Needed something to minimize our overall production of estimates.

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Response from Sage

May 3, 2021

Thank you for your feedback! We appreciate your business and look forward to helping drive your continued success in construction and real estate.

VL

Valerie L.  
  
Construction  
Used the software for:

### "Stay away!"

September 25, 2014

1.5

Pros

The Project Management portion works fairly well. The reports are very clunky and hard to work with, but it's possible to get the info you need.

Cons

The accounting side of this software is horrible! Did you know that you can have a negative debit and negative credit? That's just part of the nightmare. If you want to see all entries going through both AP and AR, they only show up as summary entries. There is no detail as to vendor, invoice # or anything other than the date and amount. It groups AP entries together into batches depending on how you post. If you post 10 invoices in one AP session, it will group all 10 invoice amounts into one lump sum in the AP gl. Even if you go through the tedious process of posting everything individually, you'll still only have an amount to look at. There is no journal like in QuickBooks and Simply Accounting, so there's no possible way to see what was posted during any given timeframe. Nothing is intuitive and everything takes longer than it should. God forbid you need to reverse something. We always had to call the support line to get help, as it was not easy. Sometimes it glitches and values don't get posted from one module into another. Again, you have to stay on your toes to try and avoid this from happening. Phone support is expensive, and good luck trying to do anything without it. I have now switched back to Quickbooks and export my job costs over once per month into the Job Costs module. We spent a lot to switch to this software (including training), so that decision was not made lightly. It was a bit of a pain, but way less painful than having to stress everyday about how to find something, how to reverse something, or how to figure out where something was posted. I'm very technically advanced and I managed, but it wasn't easy. Accounting isn't difficult, and Sage 300 seems to go out of it's way to over complicate the simplest things. Payroll in Quickbooks takes me 30 minutes. Payroll in Sage 300 took me 3 hours. The software is like playing a computer game on a PS4 and then playing on an Atari, seriously!

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IB

Ivan B.  
Senior Design-Build Manager  
Construction  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "End User"

May 17, 2021

4.0

Estimating spreadsheet is flexible, easy, and visually understandable. WBS is the best tool to organize an estimate based on project specific design, owner's needs, and estimator's methods.

Pros

Take off items and assemblies Detail Window Totals Window Easy to manipulate the estimate WBS organization Alternate option pricing

Cons

Subcontractor Grid is a mess Job Cost interphase is a mess Alternate calculation on Indirect costs need to be fixed

Alternatives considered

[PlanSwift](https://www.capterra.com/p/70808/PlanSwift/)

Reason for choosing Sage Construction Suite

Elimination of human errors on formulas Interphase with Job Cost CSI master database organization

Switched from

[Microsoft Excel](https://www.capterra.com/p/176574/Excel/)

Formula human errors Lack of structure

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Response from Sage

June 1, 2021

Thank you for your feedback! We appreciate your business and look forward to helping drive your continued success in construction and real estate.

MB

Michelle B.  
Office Manager  
Construction  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Sage 100 review"

March 16, 2021

4.0

Overall, we have become more acquainted with the software which has lessoned the frustration. That and having a great IT rep to help us through issues is a tremendous +

Pros

Our company was with American Contractors prior to SAGE. There are some areas that are an improvement over AC. With the help of our Sage IT, \[SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN\], we were able to work through the initial frustration of a new system. \[SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN\] is a tremendous asset to us!

Cons

Not as user friendly as we hoped for. We have worked now with Sage since 2019 so things are easier. Originally, we thought it was an older platform and that is why some actions were outdated and still are. For instance, coding material sent to jobs through payroll. Not an option to code to the job at time of entry. We have to print the report, and do a general journal to apply.

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Response from Sage

May 3, 2021

Thank you for your feedback! We appreciate your business and look forward to helping drive your continued success in construction and real estate.

PT

Peter T.  
President  
Construction  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Custom Home GC Review"

August 13, 2021

4.0

I have been using the product (in various forms) for 20 years and still recommend it to colleagues.

Pros

robust accounting and payroll. Good job costing.

Cons

We have always had difficulty with 3rd party integration like H2H not working as well ask promised. I don't like that that SAGE moved away from developing their own modules and rely on 3rd party sometimes not reliable. Even SAGE Estimating has sync issues at times. SAGE seems more about sales than service at times.

Reason for choosing Sage Construction Suite

most like the robust program we previously used.

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Brittany Y.  
Payroll Manager  
Construction  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Sage 100 for Payroll"

December 16, 2019

4.0

Overall this is a great program for payroll; coworkers have expressed it's simplicity in the A/R and A/P fields as well.

Pros

I use this payroll for 2 companies to process payroll for construction. The employee setup module is very straight forward and gives you may options for customized tracking (for PTO/Sick time). Daily entry for payroll is easy, the payroll and posting processes work well and the available certified payroll reports are clear and concise.

Cons

This software does not export well to excel; so if you use Excel to process data/create custom reports/run pivot tables, there is a lot of clean up involved before you can make the data Sage exports clean enough to use.

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AW

ALAN W.  
Controller  
Construction  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Controller"

March 16, 2021

4.0

The owner/ management likes the various reports I am able to produce from the system. Overall, we are pleased with the Sage product.

Pros

all the accounting applications are integrated making it easy to run reports and pull information from the data.

Cons

Recently have noticed a decline in customer service. It appears it has been outsourced. The telephone connections are poor and it is often difficult to understand their English. Oftentimes they are not able to answer the call and you get put back into the queue which is frustrating. About a year-ago we purchased the Sage Service Operations for workers in the field to submit their hours. We had higher expectations from the software but it has not been as smooth as we were told. Running reports from it is difficult, the workers in the field are not pleased with it and the back office having to spend a lot of time correcting mistakes because the software is not user-friendly.

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Response from Sage

May 3, 2021

Thank you for your feedback! We appreciate your business and look forward to helping drive your continued success in construction and real estate.

EE

Elaine E.  
Office Manager  
Construction  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Sage 100 Contractor"

May 18, 2021

4.0

Very good.

Pros

It has more detail than our previous software. I really like the drill-down capability.

Cons

I would like to be able to work with someone at Sage to improve their Progress Billing fields. It is good for a basic set-up, but many of the Contractors that we bill have custom forms, requiring more fields that require the use of the Custom Fields tables. Good that the fields are there, bad in that they do not appear on the screen while billing. Makes the progress billing seem clunky. Also, would like more flexibility in the report writing (such as Outer Join, Left Join, Right Join).

Reason for choosing Sage Construction Suite

Cost was moderate compared to the higher end construction software.

Switched from

[Adagio Financial Suite](https://www.capterra.com/p/1107/Adagio-Financial-Suite/)

We needed more flexibility in our software.

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Response from Sage

June 1, 2021

Thank you for your feedback! We appreciate your business and look forward to helping drive your continued success in construction and real estate.

DA

Dora A.  
Accounting Manager  
Real Estate  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Sage 300 Accounting Manager"

October 7, 2022

5.0

Pros

AP - any errors could be corrected easily, CM - easy to set up new bank accounts, GL - Financial Statement Designer is complete

Cons

AP - Waiver Releases trail could be better; GL - I would like to be able to close a month any day of the month, not only "full periods", just to be able to see the Financial Statements progress during the month. I know I can see Year to Date Ledger, but a summary will help

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KR

Ken R.  
Chief Financial Officer  
Real Estate  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Missing some basic functionality"

March 16, 2021

3.0

I don't use the construction-specific components of this software (e.g. Job Costing) and, therefore, what's left is a very basic system which omits standard functionality found in other systems. In addition to the above, we have multiple databases setup which do not talk to each other, requiring key tables like vendor lists to be maintained in multiple places. This may be the result of bad advice from our consultant, but since they're supposed to be Sage experts, I think that reflects poorly on Sage as well.

Pros

The Sage Desktop makes it easy to maneuver in the software. It's fairly easy to import and export data.

Cons

Need separate software to print checks (not native to Sage). Not able to drill-down in reports. Difficulty with handling multiple users - when one user is viewing a report on screen, other users cannot login. Future period balance sheets which cross a fiscal year are difficult to create because of how retained earnings is posted. Unable to tell the current period when entering report parameters.

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Response from Sage

May 3, 2021

Thank you for your feedback! We appreciate your business and look forward to helping drive your continued success in construction and real estate.

AP

Antoinette P.  
VP  
Construction  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "ease on getting help"

October 27, 2020

4.0

Training was great but now it is hard to find someone that will help us. \[SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN\] knew everything and wish we could call one person to help us. You lost a great person. Would be nice to call someone that knows our system and could show us the best way to get what we want. Sometimes it is just knowing where to go.

Pros

It makes payroll a lot faster We can run reports and see if the job we did where the profit and loses were so next time we bid a job we can adjust

Cons

Sage Service Operation Cant see where the guys are and if they are even working. Can't log in a new job from my phone. Need to have sage on my phone for that and that in not happening. If have a problem have to go through Chat and several people before someone will log into me computer and I can show them the problem to get it fixed.

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Response from Sage

December 15, 2020

Thank you for submitting a product review. Your feedback is invaluable to the continued improvement of products and services from Sage.

AB

Alan B.  
Controller  
Construction  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Customize to your needs."

March 16, 2021

5.0

Good once you get past the computer chat feature.

Pros

I like that I can customize impute fields and reports so I can get information the way I need it to save me time and money. I only have a couple reports that I modify outside of Sage which is do to info that I want to view in different ways. The raw data is able to be exported out of Sage to excel which makes this very easy. I love the email capability of invoice and Statements which saves a lot on postage and with the ready receipt, I can confirm customer received.

Cons

I don't like that there are areas that I can't modify reports and so I need to pay for custom reports. I also wish sales tax could be figure by job so when I enter invoices, I have more than the Vendor default option. So basically, when I enter the job on the invoice entry screen, it would pull the job tax rate.

Reason for choosing Sage Construction Suite

Corporate decision.

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Response from Sage

May 3, 2021

Thank you for your feedback! We appreciate your business and look forward to helping drive your continued success in construction and real estate.

LB

LuAnn B.  
Office Manager  
Construction  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "My Opinion"

October 28, 2020

2.0

Again if we had training we wouldn't have issues - if the person who installed program would have really listen to what we were saying about the 2 companies we have then we probably wouldn't have issues. The ap/ar/gl don't talk to each other - one will be in one spot but not the other and none of the reports tie into each other - if you print an AR of open invoices not matter which report you run they should match and they don't

Pros

If this worked as I know it can it would be an awesome program to use

Cons

This is NOT set up as it should have been, customer service/training that we should have gotten we didn't and it has been a NIGHTMARE since day one - and we are now 8 months into it and it STILL IS NOT WORKING/SET UP AS IT SHOULD AND WE GET CHARGED EVERYTIME WE CALL TO GET IT FIXED AND STILL NO TRAINING.

Reason for choosing Sage Construction Suite

Again others used it and said after the initial 3 months it was a good program - I guess they had a better sales person

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Response from Sage

January 6, 2021

Thank you for submitting a product review. Your feedback is invaluable to the continued improvement of products and services from Sage.

LL

Lucy L.  
Freelancer  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Sage 100 Contractor is a value adding 'asset'"

April 12, 2023

5.0

Real and full visibility and near real time results. Utterly refreshing and makes my job that much easier. Excellent reporting.

Pros

Sage 100 C offers employment costing solutions. Following budgets vs. real expenses is crucial in the construction sector, and Sage 100 Contractor assists us (my client and i) in meeting this demand.

Cons

Data migration form the old software and Implementation was full of glitches but the client support were always available and willing to assist.

Alternatives considered

[Procore](https://www.capterra.com/p/56250/Procore/)

Reason for choosing Sage Construction Suite

The high level of product support form the service provider. In addition to wanting you to utilize their product, their customer service personnel also wants you to be successful in whatever goal you have for it.

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AL

Amelia L.  
Construction Accountant  
Real Estate  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Has great features once you learn how to use them"

March 16, 2021

4.0

I like Sage. When I started at my company I had never used it before, now I am more advanced than the rest. For construction with a larger company it makes it easy to organize information. And I REALLY like how it connects with ODBC. I have created 100+ reports in the past 5 years and they make things so much easier.

Pros

I like how it organizes invoices, how you can customize SOME field name and how you can add customized fields. It connect with ODBC to excel or access with Microsoft query. This comes with the software. And you can make so many live reports that you can refresh with a button. Also the option of make crystal reports.

Cons

Everything is additional. Crystal reports you have to purchase a license, paperless, each module, etc. This can become frustrating, especially when you have 1 license for AP and try to open it and it says "Someone else is using this". Most people that haven't used it take a long time to understand it. There is a conference but it isn't ran by Sage.

Alternatives considered

[Yardi Voyager](https://www.capterra.com/p/33832/Yardi-Voyager/)

Reason for choosing Sage Construction Suite

It has a better construction management software.

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Response from Sage

May 3, 2021

Thank you for your feedback! We appreciate your business and look forward to helping drive your continued success in construction and real estate.

BO

Bing O.  
CFO  
Commercial Real Estate  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Sage 300 V 18.4.1"

March 16, 2021

1.0

We spent $35,400 for an update for two seats March 2020. This was prior to me coming back to Templeton after 16 years in July of 2020. This was a waste of money in my opinion. I implemented this system 16 years ago and it's exactly the same other than the overlay to login to all modules at one time. It is nothing but lipstick on a pig and the worst software I have used in recent history.

Pros

Some of the financials with rolling numbers and the ability to use intercompany functions. There really isn't much I like about it though.

Cons

It's very slow and antiquated. Using modules is very old school and not being able to drill down from one module to another. The pervasive database is horrible and we need to restart the server at least once a week.

Reason for choosing Sage Construction Suite

16 years ago when it was Timberline, the VP of construction wanted it for estimating.

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Response from Sage

May 3, 2021

Thank you for sharing your thoughts on Sage products and services. We strive to deliver the best experience possible for Sage customers. We would welcome the opportunity to connect with you to better understand how we can exceed your expectations in the future.

TC

Tonya C.  
Controller  
Construction  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Good Software for the price"

March 16, 2021

3.0

I came in right after they had gone live with Sage, I see things that should have been done differently, but now it's too late.

Pros

I do like that you have more lock down control than you do with Quickbooks. I also like that there are several ways to get to something.

Cons

The reports need serious improvement, and that you can't have more than one address for a vendor. I also don't like that the attachments link can be broken so easily. We got a new server and moved everything over, but it broke the links to the attachment data. Also, we purchased Sage because we were told Procore would link to everything, well, here we are 2 years later and we still cannot push invoices from Procore to Sage 100. The ability to correct some issues are difficult if not impossible.

Switched from

[QuickBooks Online Advanced](https://www.capterra.com/p/189398/QuickBooks-Online/)

For better control and the ability to link with Procore

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Response from Sage

May 3, 2021

Thank you for your feedback! We appreciate your business and look forward to helping drive your continued success in construction and real estate.

WK

WAYNE K.  
Controller  
Construction  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Sage 300 is all you'll need"

August 13, 2021

4.0

This is a well organized company that offers so much support to function easily on our reporting needs.

Pros

I like that there's a lot of standard reports to easily access, but having the inquiry function and customization just seals the deal.

Cons

It's difficult to alter custom reports for the layman, let alone try to do your own.

Reason for choosing Sage Construction Suite

Having experience in the past and knowing that this is the largest software used by contractors locally (and nationwide).

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