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Busisiwe Van der Merwe
Warehouse Manager
26 November 2025
The product may be fine, our implementation certainly was not. Training was quoted per module and the total made the CFO wince.
Pros
Developed locally with real SARS depth
Cons
Upgrades broke customisations repeatedly. Simple changes always need paid consulting
Xolani Olivier
Director · Olivier Agri Studio
8 November 2025
Fixed assets, job costing and CRM in the same database ended our spreadsheet farm. The partner channel means you are never more than a phone call from help. It is the system our business grew up on and grew into.
Zodwa Bester
Umhlanga Steel Services
4 November 2025
It scaled from our first 5 users to 350 without a replatform. Pricing matrices handle our customer specific discounts without side letters. Five years in, still the right call.
Pros
Strong job costing and BOM functionality; huge business partner network countrywide
Cons
Needs proper server infrastructure
Anri Moodley
Director · Atlas Systems
23 October 2025
Performance degraded as we grew, which is backwards for an ERP. Training was quoted per module and the total made the CFO wince.
Pros
Huge business partner network countrywide
Cons
Go live overruns came out of our pocket
Ayanda Ferreira
Supply Chain Manager · Acacia Consulting Group
22 October 2025
Month end got slower every quarter until we intervened at the database level.
Cons
Go live overruns came out of our pocket. Simple changes always need paid consulting
Simphiwe Tshabalala
Director · Bloemfontein Consulting Group
12 September 2025
Two years in and we are still paying consultants for basics. Training was quoted per module and the total made the CFO wince. Simple changes need consultant hours, nothing is ever just a setting.
Cons
Needed a DBA just to stay responsive
Marike Mnguni
IT Manager · Highveld Drilling Services
12 September 2025
We moved off Pastel Partner when we hit its limits and Evolution has carried us since. Our auditors connect their tools directly and the audit got shorter. User security is granular down to the field level where we need it.
Pros
SQL Server foundation, no data black box; huge business partner network countrywide
Cons
Interface feels dated
Gerhard Sebola
Sebola Digital and Sons
11 August 2025
Happy with it overall, our partner relationship makes the difference. You need a proper server and IT discipline, this is not plug and play. Pricing matrices handle our customer specific discounts without side letters.
Cons
Interface feels dated
Gugu Joubert
Managing Director · Golden City Freight Solutions
21 July 2025
It scaled from our first 5 users to 75 without a replatform. Approval workflows in procurement stopped orders nobody authorised. For SA mid market businesses this is the sensible ERP conversation to have.
Pros
Procurement approval workflows; granular user security
Ashwin Perumal
Managing Director
14 June 2025
Our distribution business runs 15 users across three branches on it daily. Serial number tracking sorted our warranty claims process completely.
Pros
Multi warehouse and multi branch support; granular user security
Musa Abrahams
Abrahams Trading
1 March 2025
It does what we need, though rarely in a modern looking way. Performance needs tuning once the database grows past a few years of history.
Pros
Modular licensing, grow as needed
Cons
CRM module is thin
Nonhlanhla Oosthuizen
Financial Manager · Bateleur Packaging SA
26 February 2025
As a manufacturer, the bill of materials and WIP tracking fit us exactly. Pricing matrices handle our customer specific discounts without side letters.
Cons
Upgrades test every customisation
Bradley Pillay
IT Manager
21 January 2025
Job costing changed how we price contracts, we finally see true margin per job. The modular licensing meant we bought what we needed and added later.
Cons
Performance tuning needed as data grows
Karin Botha
General Manager · Acacia Pharmacy Supplies
7 January 2025
After 2 years we know its strengths and we budget for its weaknesses. Licensing changes over the years have made cost planning harder. Every module posts to one general ledger so the numbers always agree.
Pros
Strong job costing and BOM functionality
Cons
Consulting costs are part of ownership
Shireen Abrahams
Director · Zambezi Foods Works
24 December 2024
Happy with it overall, our partner relationship makes the difference. Documentation assumes your partner fills the gaps, and they charge to.
Pros
SQL Server foundation, no data black box
Cons
Interface feels dated
Keabetswe Bezuidenhout
Managing Director · Centurion Textiles
15 December 2024
The engine is strong, the ownership costs are real. Some modules like CRM feel like an afterthought next to the financial core.
Cons
Interface feels dated
Busisiwe Mokoena
Supply Chain Manager · Mbombela Supplies and Sons
2 November 2024
The quote for licences was honest, the cost of ownership was not. We needed a DBA on retainer just to keep the system responsive.
Cons
Total cost of ownership far above the quote
Thulani Venter
Stellenbosch Medical SA
25 July 2024
Very powerful, and it makes you earn that power. Performance needs tuning once the database grows past a few years of history. Our auditors connect their tools directly and the audit got shorter.
Cons
Upgrades test every customisation
Naadira Adams
Managing Director · Baobab Distributors
9 July 2024
As a manufacturer, the bill of materials and WIP tracking fit us exactly. Credit control workflows chase debtors before humans remember to. It runs the business so we can run the business.
Pros
Natural upgrade path from Pastel
Ilse Du Plessis
Supply Chain Manager
8 July 2026
It scaled from our first 5 users to 160 without a replatform. The upgrade path from Pastel preserved our history, nothing was lost. Pricing matrices handle our customer specific discounts without side letters.
Pros
POS option feeding the same ledger
South Africa