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Sage 50 vs Tripletex

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Sage 50

Accounting & Finance

Powerful desktop accounting for small businesses

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Tripletex

Accounting & Finance

Norwegian cloud accounting and ERP system for bookkeeping, invoicing and payroll

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Sage 50 sage 50 tiers as captured in 2022: Pro Accounting $595/year for 1 user, Premium Accounting $970/year for 1-5 users with multi-company support, Quantum Accounting $1,610/year for larger teams; Tripletex every tier from Basis (from 199 kr/mnd) up to Komplett (from 649 kr/mnd) only includes 500 bilag (vouchers) per year before overage fees apply (NOK)

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Sage 50 and Tripletex actually diverge.

Attributes where Sage 50 and Tripletex differ
AttributeSage 50Tripletex
Starting price$29/monthOn request
PlatformsWindowsWeb
Founded1981Unknown

Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Accounting & Finance).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Sage 50

  • General ledger
  • Invoicing
  • Inventory management
  • Job costing
  • Budgeting
  • Microsoft 365
  • Salesforce
  • Local encryption

Only in Tripletex

Nothing recorded that Sage 50 does not also cover.

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Sage 50

  • Desktop accountingnot Tripletex
  • Job costingnot Tripletex
  • Inventory trackingnot Tripletex

Tripletex

No use cases recorded yet. See the Tripletex review.

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Sage 50

  • Sage 50 tiers as captured in 2022: Pro Accounting $595/year for 1 user, Premium Accounting $970/year for 1-5 users with multi-company support, Quantum Accounting $1,610/year for larger teams

Tripletex

  • Every tier from Basis (from 199 kr/mnd) up to Komplett (from 649 kr/mnd) only includes 500 bilag (vouchers) per year before overage fees apply (NOK)
  • Payroll functionality is not included in the base tiers and is billed separately at 65 kr per payroll user per month, with only 1 payroll user included even on Pro and Komplett (NOK)

Pricing, plan by plan

Sage 50

$29/month
  • Pro Accounting$50/month
    • Core accounting
    • 1 user
    • Basic reports
  • Premium Accounting$85/month
    • 5 users
    • Job costing
    • Inventory

Tripletex

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Tripletex review.

Which should you pick?

Choose Sage 50 if

  • You need general ledger.
  • You work on Windows.
  • You also want invoicing.
Sage 50 review

Choose Tripletex if

Nothing in the data separates Tripletex from Sage 50 on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

Tripletex review

Questions people ask

Is Sage 50 or Tripletex better?
Neither clearly leads. Sage 50 starts at $29/month and Tripletex at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Sage 50 or Tripletex?
Sage 50 starts at $29/month and Tripletex at On request.
Does Sage 50 or Tripletex run on more platforms?
Sage 50 runs on Windows. Tripletex runs on Web.
What is Sage 50 best used for?
Sage 50 is most often used for desktop accounting, job costing, inventory tracking. Of those, desktop accounting and job costing are not what Tripletex is typically brought in for.
What can Sage 50 do that Tripletex cannot?
Sage 50 covers General ledger, Invoicing, Inventory management, Job costing.
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