Side-by-side entry
Foundation vs Sage 300 CRE
Two columns from the same ledger: verified contractor reports where they exist, penciled estimates from cited public sources where they don't. Never mixed.
Job-cost accounting and payroll for commercial contractors, priced by seats and modules.
Seat-plus-module pricing typically reported at $500–$2,500/month for mid-size firms; no published price list.
$6,000–$30,000 / yr
Source: MarginLock — Foundation vs Sage 100 comparison (retrieved 2026-07-23) ↗No public figure on the books for Sage 300 CRE.
Construction and real estate accounting for larger contractors and developers.
A user on Sage's own community forum, discussing the forced move off the traditional Silver perpetual-license service plan, reported being offered a 10% discount for switching to the subscription ('Gold Plus') plan in year one, but that year two would land roughly 15% higher than their current Silver-plan price.
Source: Sage Community Hub — "Switching from traditional service plan to subscription" thread (retrieved 2026-10-05) ↗In a Sage 300 CRE community forum complaint thread about the product lacking real updates, a user reported that annual support/maintenance costs have risen to 22% of license cost.
Source: Sage Community Hub — "Sage 300 CRE - Lack of Any Real Updates or Enhancements" thread (retrieved 2026-10-05) ↗At a glance
| Foundation | Sage 300 CRE | |
|---|---|---|
| Verified entries | None yet | None yet |
| Researched range | $6,000–$30,000/yr | — |
| Cited sources | 1 | 2 |
Researched ranges come from cited public sources · verified figures only from license-checked contractors
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