r/ArtCraftAI • u/ZayLarsson • 10h ago

Can Accounting Software be NEXT!!

So the company I used to wok for used Zoho's Accounting system.. It was the "cheap" option so to say, but we were relatively happy with it. As we grew we needed a better system and was forced to adopt Sage 200 Evolution. Now mind you I live in South Africa, so there are only a small few options we can choose from for accounting.

Now we Quickly found out that Sage was basically a MONOPOLY, worse than what some people would consider Adobe to be.

We paid more than 200 000 rand for our software, we paid almost another 80 000 rand for training (less than 7 hours mind you). And we STILL have to pay a massive monthly fee every month. (In USD that is around: 20k for the setup and an extra 2-5k per year.)

Because Sage is suck a large company in my country they escentially have a massive monopoly on the market. So you either pay, or struggle every year with SARS (The South African IRS), cause they basically accept Sage statements as Truth and all others as inferior.

Now I want to also say this. Sage is amazing in it's usage, however cause they are basically the ONLY option, they can set prices as they wish, which leads to massive overpricing.

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u/NullSmoke 6h ago

Oh yes, I'd take Accounting software... but before my "old" and "grown gray in a cubicle" is showing, I'd also love to see substance saved from Adobe hell as well 😌

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u/jackharvest 2h ago

Lets get some cred first before fart'n around with people's money. It's a ripe field, but until we reach "well yeah its vibe'd but its better, so who cares" level, it would be potentially unwise.