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Verified ratings, feature-by-feature comparison and rand pricing — everything a South African business needs to pick between these two.
The desktop accounting standard South African firms grew up on, now with cloud connected features
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Ratings
Verified user ratings across every dimension — Omni Accounts against Sage 50cloud Pastel, nothing weighted.
Dimensions won
0 – 5
Omni Accounts vs Sage 50cloud Pastel, across 5 rating dimensions
Widest rating gap
+0,4
Sage 50cloud Pastel leads on overall
Verified reviews
432
158 for Omni Accounts, 274 for Sage 50cloud Pastel
158 verified reviews
274 verified reviews
Overall
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
Who South African reviewers actually write about.
Cheapest paid plan, shown per month.
Omni Accounts
Custom pricing
Sage 50cloud Pastel
R1 375/mo
Head to head
Row by row, with the stronger score highlighted. Straight from verified reviews.
| Omni Accounts | Sage 50cloud Pastel | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 3,8 | 4,2 |
| Reviews | 158 | 274 |
| Ease of use | 3,9 | 4,1 |
| Value for money | 3,8 | 4,2 |
| Customer service | 3,9 | 4,1 |
| Functionality | 3,8 | 4,1 |
| Starting price | Custom pricing | R1 375/mo |
| Free trial | Yes | No |
Features
Everything each product ships, side by side. No marketing gloss.
| Feature | Omni Accounts | Sage 50cloud Pastel |
|---|---|---|
| General ledger and cash book | ||
| Debtors and creditors | ||
| Inventory with serial numbers | ||
| Bill of materials | ||
| Job costing | ||
| Point of sale | ||
| Branch consolidation | ||
| SARS aligned VAT returns | ||
| Report writer | ||
| Local database, works offline | ||
| Customer and supplier processing | ||
| VAT reporting at the standard 15% rate | ||
| Inventory control | ||
| Automatic bank reconciliation and bank feeds | ||
| Multiple companies on Core and Plus | ||
| Point of sale module | ||
| Serial number tracking module | ||
| Sage Intelligence reporting module | ||
| Debtors Manager module |
Pricing
Every plan from both vendors, priced as South African teams actually pay.
Feature switches quoted individually on top of entry bundles, so the system grows without edition upgrades.
Quoted
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Straight from the vendor
These are list prices in rand and vendors adjust them from time to time. Check with Omni Accounts for the figure you'll actually pay.
Two users and two companies. R16,500 when billed annually.
R1 375/mo
per month
Four users and four companies. R22,980 when billed annually.
R1 915/mo
per month
Five users and five companies. R32,580 when billed annually.
R2 715/mo
per month
Straight from the vendor
These are list prices in rand and vendors adjust them from time to time. Check with Sage for the figure you'll actually pay.
Verdict
Sage 50cloud Pastel edges this comparison on verified user ratings (4,2 vs 3,8), but the right choice depends on your workflows: Omni Accounts remains a strong pick where its strengths — Features switch on one by one as you grow and Developed in Durban since the eighties — match your priorities. Shortlist both, take the free trials where offered, and test against a real month of your own data.