Sage 200 and its add-ons, or one system: comparing Sage 200 and Odoo

For mid-sized businesses in the UK, including Northern Ireland, and Ireland.

Too deep?

The short answer

• Sage 200 is a good fit for growing small and medium businesses in the UK and Ireland.
• Odoo is a good fit for businesses that want one system in place of Sage 200 and its add-ons.
• TRC ERP sets Odoo up for your business and connects what you keep.

What Sage 200 does well

• Finance, stock and order processing in one system, with batch and serial traceability.
• Close working with Microsoft 365, including Outlook and Excel.
• Two editions: Standard in the cloud, and Professional for more customization and deployment choice.
• A large marketplace of add-ons for specialist needs.

Sources: Sage: Sage 200 (UK) opens sage.com ↗ (checked 11 October 2026).

Sage 200 and Odoo, question by question

Your question · What happens · Odoo 20 · How TRC delivers it

Finance and tax

Several companies and currencies? · Available in Odoo · Multi-company and multi-currency in one database, with intercompany rules. · Standard in Odoo · TRC configures

Reporting by department, project or region? · Available in Odoo · Analytic accounting and budgets. · Standard in Odoo · TRC configures

Stock and operations

Warehouses, purchasing and manufacturing? · Available in Odoo · Inventory, Purchase and Manufacturing, in the same database as finance. · Standard in Odoo

Point of sale, e-commerce and field service? · Available in Odoo · Standard Odoo apps, without add-ons. · Standard in Odoo

Sales and customers

CRM and quotes with live stock and prices? · Available in Odoo · CRM, Sales and price lists. · Standard in Odoo

People and scale

Payroll? · Stays, connected to Odoo · Your payroll provider posts journals into Odoo. · TRC connects

Approvals and access by role? · Available in Odoo · Approval rules and access rights. · Standard in Odoo · TRC configures

Setup and data

Where does it run? · Available in Odoo · Odoo Online, Odoo.sh or your own servers. · Standard in Odoo · TRC configures

Moving across? · TRC moves it across · A trial import you check, then the switch at a period end. · TRC builds

Where Odoo goes further

Operations and finance in one database

Stock, production and service post to finance as they happen. Standard in Odoo

Fewer add-ons

Point of sale, e-commerce, field service and helpdesk are standard apps, not partner modules. Standard in Odoo

Group structures

Multi-company, multi-currency and intercompany rules in one place. Standard in Odoo · TRC configures

How TRC handles the rest

UK CIS and VAT

Built into Odoo. TRC sets them up, including how a group with several companies connects to HMRC.

Northern Ireland

TRC sets up XI VAT for EU goods movements and trading in sterling and euro.

Ireland

TRC delivers Irish VAT and RCT filing with your accountant and Odoo's localization team.

Payroll

TRC connects your payroll provider.

Excel reporting

TRC rebuilds the reports your team uses and shows Odoo's live reporting.

Moving across

• What comes over: opening balances, customers, suppliers, products, open items, and history to a date you agree.
• How: TRC maps your Sage 200 data and runs a trial import. You check it, then the switch happens at a period end.
• What runs alongside: Anything you keep, such as payroll or a specialist system, is connected rather than replaced.

Your history comes with you and stays readable.

Who should stay on Sage 200

• Your add-ons do the job and you have no new channels or sites coming.
• Your accountant and partner run a setup you're happy with.

Questions buyers ask

We list every one in the review; most become standard Odoo.

TRC connects your payroll and sets up the RCT route.

Yes, a parallel run can be planned.

Your CORE report sets out the full cost of each option, side by side.

Why TRC

We map each add-on and bespoke report before anything moves.

An official Odoo partner, registered in the US, UK, Ireland and South Africa.

From our implementation and support experience

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Odoo applications involved

Journeys to explore

• Mid-market · Wholesale distribution A distributor with one or more warehouses, trade accounts on negotiated terms, and retail customers who set their own delivery rules.
• Mid-market · Manufacturing A manufacturer with one or more plants, planning around capacity and materials, and growing into new countries or bringing production closer to customers.
• Mid-market · Food and beverage manufacturing A food manufacturer with one or more plants, supplying supermarket chains, food service and its own brand.

Tell us how you work today and we will show you it in Odoo.

• Odoo UK fiscal localization (20.0) opens odoo.com ↗
• Checked 9 October 2026.

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