At a glance
Vendor descriptions below reflect publicly available positioning as of the date on this page and may change. Confirm current features, editions and pricing with the vendor before deciding.
| Sage 300 CRE | Forge ERP | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Construction and real estate accounting, estimating, property and service management | ERP for project-based businesses, construction first |
| Typical buyer | Established general and specialty contractors and real estate owners, often long-tenured customers | Contractors roughly $10M–$150M; first cohort on Procore |
| Architecture | On-premises Windows product on Pervasive SQL, hosted by partners for remote access | Cloud, multi-tenant, browser-based |
| Product direction | Sage and its partners describe future work as compatibility, fixes and partner integrations, with Intacct as the migration path | Active development; beta |
| Implementation | Through Sage partners; a migration to Intacct is commonly quoted at a few months | Direct, with a written cutover plan; import with duplicate matching and full revert |
| Controls | Mature job cost, billing and reporting; approvals and audit depend on configuration and add-ons | Governed posting engine, prepare/approve/post separation, auditable history; simpler role model |
| Payroll | Native construction payroll module | Through your payroll provider; job-costed labor with burden lands in Forge |
| Procore | Integrations through partners | Planned |
| Pricing posture | Perpetual licenses with maintenance, or hosted subscriptions through partners | Tiered subscription with 14-day trial; launch pricing for the first cohort |
| Maturity | Decades in market; large installed base | Beta; no published customer results yet |
Where Sage 300 CRE is stronger
- Depth built over decades: job cost, billing, estimating integration, property management and service management
- Native construction payroll
- Familiarity: your CPA, your surety and your controller probably already know it
- A partner ecosystem for hosting, reporting and integrations
Where Forge is different
- Cloud and multi-tenant, so there is no server, no Pervasive SQL and no hosting partner to manage
- Actively developed, rather than a product whose vendor directs new investment elsewhere, with the product direction set by the contractors in the first cohort
- The ledger: every module posts through one governed engine, with prepare, approve and post as separate steps and a permanent auditable history
- Commitment control and forecast approval built in: requisitions, binding commitments, and forecasts that cannot understate them
- A direct cutover with a plan measured in weeks, without a partner engagement
- Honesty about what is not there yet: beta, Procore planned, no customer case studies
Who should choose which
Stay on Sage 300 CRE if it still does everything you need, you are comfortable on a maintained rather than developed product, and your hosting and payroll arrangements work. If you are leaving, the usual destination is Sage Intacct Construction, which keeps you in the Sage ecosystem with a partner-led migration. Choose Forge if you want a cloud system with stricter accounting controls and a faster, self-directed cutover, you run payroll in a provider, and you are comfortable being an early customer. If you are on Procore and the connector is a day-one requirement, ask us about timing before you decide.
Forge ERP covers projects, purchasing, accounts payable, billing and receivables, job cost and WIP, reporting and close. Payroll runs in your payroll provider and lands in Forge as job-costed labor with burden. Forge is in beta with a 14-day free trial.
Frequently asked
- Is Sage 300 CRE being discontinued?
- Sage has not published an end-of-life date as of the date on this page. Sage and its partners describe future Sage 300 CRE work as compatibility, fixes and partner integrations rather than new development, and recommend Sage Intacct Construction as the migration path. Confirm the current status with Sage.
- Can Forge import from Sage 300 CRE?
- Forge’s import wizard brings in trial balances, vendors, customers and employees from CSV exports with column mapping, duplicate matching and full revert. Open AR and AP items, retainage and WIP balances are entered as an opening-balance batch by job and tied out to the old system before posting. A direct Sage 300 CRE connector is not part of the current scope.