Sage Pastel Xpress Advantage is an affordable accounting solution for smaller businesses, or for larger businesses with basic accounting needs. This intuitive, user friendly accounting solution enables you to manage numbers with ease and confidence.

Sage Pastel Xpress Advantage bundle includes the following add on modules:
Sage Intelligence (BIC)
Bank Statement Manager (BSM)
Business Care Licence (BCL)

Sage Pastel Xpress Advantage automation of common business processes makes the product easy to learn and easy to use. As your business grows upgrade and access greater functionality at the click of a button without having to transfer data.

Sage Pastel Xpress Advantage is an affordable accounting solution for smaller businesses, or for larger businesses with basic accounting needs. This intuitive, user friendly accounting solution enables you to manage numbers with ease and confidence.

• Sage Pastel Express Advantage Product Brochure (Please link Brochure Download)
• Sage Pastel Express Advantage System Requirements (Please link Brochure Download)

Key Features

Smart and intuitive accounting software 

We’ve developed our software with your specific business environment in mind. Our software comes with a single user and unlimited company licence with the ability to purchase up to 2 additional user licences. You’ll be able to store 5 years of transactional data while being able to process the current financial year as well as one back. You can create a maximum of 30 cash books and the inclusion of a General Ledger goes without saying. You can also feel confident that your accounting software will always be SARS compliant.

Unlimited expert software support 

We appreciate that in order for your company to run smoothly, you’ll need software maintenance and support. We’ve got real people waiting on the line to help you. Unlimited telephonic support, free software upgrades, access to the exclusive Sage Pastel Customer Zone and discounted training are just some of the benefits and it’s all included in your annual licence fee agreement.

Say goodbye to manual bank reconciliations 

We know that reconciling your bank account can take hours, if not days to complete. We can help by making your bank recons a breeze with Sage Pastel Bank Manager. It simplifies things by automating the whole process, saving you loads of time.

Business reporting at a click of a button 

Creating the perfect report can be very time-consuming. Sage Pastel Intelligence Reporting (BIC) automates you reporting process so that you can focus on actually analysing the information to make informed decisions with confidence. Use the standard report templates or design your own report templates in Microsoft Excel and update them straight from your Sage Pastel software.

Sage Pastel Mobility 

Empower and mobilize your workforce to generate sales from invoices using our new mobile app. With full search functionality and the ability to lookup your customers based on location. You will be able find your customers and conduct business on the road.

My Customer’s Zone 

Allow your customers to self service on the My Customer’s Zone. Your customer will have a unique portal for them to view their statements and invoices as well as pay their invoices on this secure portal allowing you, the Pastel customer, to get paid faster.

Microsoft Office 365 Integration* 

View at-a-glance customer or supplier specific information without having to switch between your Sage software and Microsoft Outlook. Cloud Backup integrates directly into your Sage software, enabling you to schedule automatic backups of your data to OneDrive.

* Integration with Microsoft Office 365 Business Premium only.

Forms Assistant 

Creating professional looking documents and statements is a breeze with our new Forms Assistant feature. Use the Forms Assistant to enhance the look and feel of your printed or e-mailed documents and statements. All this in a few easy steps:

• Choose a colour template
• Insert your company logo
• Finalise your selection

*Users can be purchased in increments according to your needs.  Additional users can be purchased.

Sage Pastel Xpress Advantage Multi Company is the same as Sage Partner Advantage in that it comes with the full AR, AP, General Ledger and Inventory module but excludes the following 4 main functions:

1) No Report Writer but all the other reports are available including : Sage Intelligence (SI) Excel Reporting

2) No recurring Batches but you can import your recurring batches in each month

3) Maximum of 2 extra users (3 users in total) *additional users require additional Pervasive user licenses

4) Apart from the listed add-on modules below, there are no other add on Modules. You will need to upgrade to Sage Pastel Partner to take receive the benefits of the extra modules.

Sage Pastel Xpress Advantage Add-on Modules

• Bank Statement Manager (BSM) – (Link to Add On Module)
• Debtors Manager  – (Link to Add On Module)
• Point of Sale – (Link to Add On Module)
• Sage Intelligence (SI) standard – (Link to Add On Module)
• Sage Intelligence Advanced – (Link to Add On Module)

Sage Pastel Xpress Multi Company is an excellent value for money package and definitely worth purchasing as a starter small business package, from which you can simply upgrade to Sage Pastel Advantage as and when required at a reduced fee

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Sage Pastel Point of Sale (POS): An affordable, simple and secure payment handing retail solution for small and medium businesses

A powerful and secure retail solution suitable for small and medium sized retail businesses.

Powerful, yet easy to set-up and operate, Sage Pastel POS is keyboard friendly for fast processing. Simple screens and large display areas make this cashier-based system ideal for any till point. Sage Pastel POS interfaces with most popular barcode scanners, cash drawers and pole displays. Once installed and set up, tellers can be trained and working in record time.

Sage Pastel’s Point of Sale security features helps prevent potential theft

Since Sage Pastel’s POS system is fully integrated, POS makes use of the security controls within Sage Pastel Accounting, as well as allow you to assign access per user in POS.

Sage Pastel Point of Sale Back Office and Reporting features

POS integrates seamlessly with Sage Pastel Xpress or Sage Pastel Partner, therefore all the stock reports that you have become accustomed to using, are available for reporting POS transactions. Additional back office functionality includes supplier processing, account payments, viewing customer age analyses and statements. Using Sage Pastel’s advanced stock control and price matrix; you are able to determine pricing per customer, volume based discounts and special prices.

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The Debtors Manager Module helps you to optimise your collections process, and generate up to date and accurate cash flow forecasts from your debtor’s book.

Get serious about getting paid with Sage Pastel Debtors Manager Software

• Keep track of all calls made to customers and the promises they make.
• Instantly link your notes and the Age Analysis balances in a single report.
• Create daily call back reminders and action lists for easy follow-up.
• Track all outstanding invoices, For every outstanding invoice you will know:
  • Why it is outstanding
  • When it will be paid
  • What has been done to collect it, and what actions you should take?
• Select from a menu of up-to-date and accurate cash flow reports.
• Drill down and get reconciliation’s of invoices outstanding per aging category per customer.
• Email clear and concise payment reminders for every single overdue invoice per customer.
• Track movement in balances per customer and per aging category with the Age Analysis Movement Report.