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Chantelle Ismail

General Manager · Table Bay Consulting Holdings

11 June 2026

Financial Services · 11–50 employees South Africa Used for Less than 6 months

Grew from 5 users to 22 without changing systems

Happy with it overall, our partner relationship makes the difference. Customisations serve us well but each upgrade tests every one of them. VAT and SARS alignment is native, not an afterthought like the imports.

Pros

Strong job costing and BOM functionality

Cons

Needs proper server infrastructure

Andre Gumede

IT Manager · Vereeniging Agri Holdings

11 June 2026

Agriculture · 201–500 employees South Africa Used for 6–12 months

Too much consulting money to keep it running

The product may be fine, our implementation certainly was not. The go live slipped twice and the fixes came out of our budget, not theirs.

Pros

Procurement approval workflows

Cons

Upgrades broke customisations repeatedly

Fatima Brown

Warehouse Manager

7 June 2026

Healthcare · 201–500 employees South Africa Used for 2+ years

Our accountant in Boksburg recommended it, good call

Being able to pull anything out of SQL means no report is impossible. Branch accounting keeps each depot honest while head office sees everything. Sage Intelligence gives the exco their monthly pack straight from the ledger.

Pros

POS option feeding the same ledger; huge business partner network countrywide

Nonhlanhla Fourie

CFO · Sandton Hardware

5 June 2026

Retail · 51–200 employees South Africa Used for 6–12 months

Solid choice for our Randburg business

Job costing changed how we price contracts, we finally see true margin per job. Approval workflows in procurement stopped orders nobody authorised.

Cons

Consulting costs are part of ownership

Pieter September

Group Accountant

4 June 2026

Retail · 500+ employees South Africa Used for 2+ years

Decent fit for a 750 person company

A capable ERP that gives back exactly what you put into the implementation. You need a proper server and IT discipline, this is not plug and play. User security is granular down to the field level where we need it.

Pros

POS option feeding the same ledger; sQL Server foundation, no data black box

Simphiwe Jacobs

Financial Manager · Protea Consulting

29 May 2026

Financial Services South Africa Used for 1–2 years

Grew from 5 users to 20 without changing systems

Our reseller in Cape Town knows our setup personally, that relationship is gold. Our auditors connect their tools directly and the audit got shorter. Serial number tracking sorted our warranty claims process completely. Serious software that rewards a serious implementation.

Pros

One ledger across every module

Cons

Performance tuning needed as data grows

Deon Kruger

Financial Manager · Garden Route Consulting Works

13 May 2026

Financial Services South Africa Used for 1–2 years

Bill of materials costing we can actually trust

Job costing changed how we price contracts, we finally see true margin per job. Credit control workflows chase debtors before humans remember to.

Imraan Van Wyk

Supply Chain Manager

4 May 2026

Mining · 11–50 employees South Africa Used for 1–2 years

Runs our 22 user operation end to end

The procurement module ended the era of surprise supplier invoices. Serious software that rewards a serious implementation.

Pros

Granular user security

Cons

Custom reports need SQL skills or partner hours

Jerome Johnson

Warehouse Manager · Baobab Brokers

18 April 2026

Financial Services · 201–500 employees South Africa Used for 1–2 years

Runs our 260 user operation end to end

Good system, but understand you are buying a project not a product. The screens work but graduates raised on cloud software find them foreign. Approval workflows in procurement stopped orders nobody authorised.

Pros

Huge business partner network countrywide

Cons

Performance tuning needed as data grows

Nomsa Khan

Supply Chain Manager · Rustenburg Farming Solutions

10 April 2026

Agriculture · 11–50 employees South Africa Used for 6–12 months

Doing okay for our 45 person setup

A capable ERP that gives back exactly what you put into the implementation. Report writing beyond the standard set means paying your partner or learning SQL. User security is granular down to the field level where we need it.

Pros

Granular user security; huge business partner network countrywide

Sanele Fortuin

Operations Director · Marula Couriers Works

3 April 2026

Logistics · 201–500 employees South Africa Used for 6–12 months

Serving our Kimberley operation well

Job costing changed how we price contracts, we finally see true margin per job. VAT and SARS alignment is native, not an afterthought like the imports. It is the system our business grew up on and grew into.

Cons

Custom reports need SQL skills or partner hours

Yusuf Zulu

Director · Karoo Medical

23 March 2026

Healthcare · 201–500 employees South Africa Used for 6–12 months

Exactly what our 420 person business needed

The procurement module ended the era of surprise supplier invoices. Sage Intelligence gives the exco their monthly pack straight from the ledger. Credit control workflows chase debtors before humans remember to.

Pros

Natural upgrade path from Pastel

Cons

Performance tuning needed as data grows

Simphiwe Khumalo

Operations Director

23 March 2026

Agriculture · 11–50 employees South Africa Used for 2+ years

Happy customer in Boksburg

The retail POS at the counter feeds the same ledger as everything else. Pricing matrices handle our customer specific discounts without side letters. It absorbed a 40 percent growth year without breaking stride. Would we choose it again? We did, for our second company.

Pros

Natural upgrade path from Pastel

Cons

Training costs add up per module

Nomvula Pretorius

IT Manager

20 March 2026

Healthcare · 51–200 employees South Africa Used for 2+ years

Serving our Midrand operation well

After 5 years the system still handles our growing transaction volumes fine. The SQL foundation means our BI tool reads live data straight from the source. Local product, local support, proper depth. Recommended.

Pros

Huge business partner network countrywide; handles growing transaction volumes

Cons

Consulting costs are part of ownership

Naadira Molefe

General Manager

2 March 2026

Technology · 201–500 employees Namibia Used for Less than 6 months

Doing the job for us in Pretoria

Fixed assets, job costing and CRM in the same database ended our spreadsheet farm. User security is granular down to the field level where we need it. Credit control workflows chase debtors before humans remember to.

Pros

One ledger across every module; multi warehouse and multi branch support

Emma Daniels

Financial Director · Daniels Steel Holdings

11 February 2026

Manufacturing · 51–200 employees South Africa Used for 1–2 years

Mixed feelings after 2 years

A capable ERP that gives back exactly what you put into the implementation.

Pros

Modular licensing, grow as needed; serial and lot tracking that works

Cons

Needs proper server infrastructure

Devan Le Roux

General Manager

10 February 2026

Retail · 11–50 employees South Africa Used for 2+ years

Disappointed after 3 years

The quote for licences was honest, the cost of ownership was not. Simple changes need consultant hours, nothing is ever just a setting.

Cons

Simple changes always need paid consulting

Wynand Ramjee

CFO

5 February 2026

Food & Beverage · 51–200 employees South Africa Used for 2+ years

Mostly happy in Roodepoort, a few gripes

Happy with it overall, our partner relationship makes the difference. Performance needs tuning once the database grows past a few years of history. The SQL foundation means our BI tool reads live data straight from the source.

Pros

SQL Server foundation, no data black box

Cons

Training costs add up per module

Andre Grobler

Financial Controller · Paarl Trading Holdings

9 January 2026

Retail · 51–200 employees South Africa Used for 6–12 months

Good decision for a 70 person company

Our distribution business runs 70 users across three branches on it daily. VAT and SARS alignment is native, not an afterthought like the imports.

Pros

Granular user security

Luyanda Dlamini

IT Manager · Pietermaritzburg Mining Studio

11 December 2025

Mining · 51–200 employees South Africa Used for Less than 6 months

Job costing finally shows us real margins

Job costing changed how we price contracts, we finally see true margin per job. Credit control workflows chase debtors before humans remember to. ERP without the international price tag.

Pros

One ledger across every module; pOS option feeding the same ledger

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Grew from 5 users to 22 without changing systems

Too much consulting money to keep it running

Our accountant in Boksburg recommended it, good call

Solid choice for our Randburg business

Decent fit for a 750 person company

Grew from 5 users to 20 without changing systems

Bill of materials costing we can actually trust

Runs our 22 user operation end to end

Runs our 260 user operation end to end

Doing okay for our 45 person setup

Serving our Kimberley operation well

Exactly what our 420 person business needed

Happy customer in Boksburg

Serving our Midrand operation well

Doing the job for us in Pretoria

Mixed feelings after 2 years

Disappointed after 3 years

Mostly happy in Roodepoort, a few gripes

Good decision for a 70 person company

Job costing finally shows us real margins