The Apideck Field Guide to the Sage Portfolio (A Global Glossary)

In this series, we've explored the "why" behind Sage's complex, fragmented ecosystem. We've shown how 40 years of M&A created a federation of products, and how the "Sage" your customer uses depends on their region, business size, and even the decade they bought their software.

This post is the "what." It's the definitive decoder ring.

We've built this field guide to be an indispensable resource for product managers, engineers, and partnership leaders. Use it to instantly identify the Sage product you're facing, understand its technology, and assess its integration potential.

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🌎 The Global Portfolio

Products that are region-agnostic or being expanded globally.

Sage Intacct

• What It Is: Sage's flagship cloud-native financial management platform for the mid-market.
• Target Market: Mid-Market, Upper SMB.
• Geography: Primarily US, with active expansion into the UK, Australia, South Africa, and Canada.
• Origin: Acquired Intacct Corp. in 2017 for $850M.
• Architecture: Cloud-Native (SaaS).
• API Status: Excellent (REST/XML). A mature, powerful, and well-documented API. Note: Requires a paid Web Services Developer Subscription to use.
• Apideck Status: Available on our Unified Accounting API.

Sage Business Cloud Accounting

• What It Is: A cloud-native accounting platform for small businesses, competing with Xero and QuickBooks Online.
• Target Market: Small Business, Sole Trader.
• Geography: Global (primarily in the Anglosphere: UK, US, Canada, etc.).
• Origin: Formerly known as Sage One.
• Architecture: Cloud-Native (SaaS).
• API Status: Good (REST). A modern, straightforward, and free-to-use REST API with OAuth 2.0.
• Apideck Status: Available on our Unified Accounting API.

Sage HR

• What It Is: A cloud-native, core HR solution for small to mid-sized businesses.
• Target Market: SMB.
• Geography: Global.
• Origin: Formerly known as CakeHR.
• Architecture: Cloud-Native (SaaS).
• API Status: Good (REST). A simple, modern REST API that uses an API key for authentication.
• Apideck Status: Available on our Unified HRIS & ATS APIs.

Sage People

• What It Is: A comprehensive, cloud-native Human Capital Management (HCM) solution.
• Target Market: Mid-Market.
• Geography: Global.
• Origin: Acquired Fairsail in 2017; it is built entirely on the Salesforce platform.
• Architecture: Cloud-Native (SaaS).
• API Status: Excellent (Salesforce API). All integration is done via the standard Salesforce REST and SOAP APIs, subject to Salesforce's limits and data model.
• Apideck Status: Contact us for integration details.

Sage X3

• What It Is: A powerful and highly customizable ERP for complex business processes, particularly manufacturing and distribution.
• Target Market: Enterprise, Upper Mid-Market.
• Geography: Global.
• Origin: A long-standing in-house Sage product.
• Architecture: Hybrid (Can be deployed On-premise, Hosted, or in the Cloud).
• API Status: Excellent (GraphQL/SOAP). A single global codebase with modern GraphQL and legacy SOAP API options.
• Apideck Status: Contact us for integration details.

Sage 300

• What It Is: A mid-market ERP with strong multi-currency and international capabilities.
• Target Market: Mid-Market SMB.
• Geography: Global.
• Origin: Formerly known as Accpac.
• Architecture: On-Premise / Hosted.
• API Status: Legacy (OData). Integration is via an OData v4 Web API that uses Basic Authentication. It is not a modern REST API.
• Apideck Status: Contact us for integration details.

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🇪🇺 The Pan-European Portfolio

The new strategic cloud products for mainland Europe.

Sage Active

• What It Is: Sage's new strategic, API-first cloud platform for the European SMB market.
• Target Market: Small Business.
• Geography: France, Germany, Spain.
• Origin: A new, in-house product launched in 2023.
• Architecture: Cloud-Native (SaaS).
• API Status: Excellent (GraphQL). This platform is API-first and built on a modern GraphQL API.
• Apideck Status: Contact us for integration details.

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🇺🇸🇨🇦 The North American Portfolio (US & Canada)

Sage 50 US

• What It Is: The primary legacy desktop accounting solution for US small businesses.
• Target Market: Small Business.
• Geography: US.
• Origin: Acquired Peachtree Software in 1999.
• Architecture: Desktop (Cloud-Connected).
• API Status: None (Local SDK only). There is no official web API. Integration requires a local agent using the COM-based SDO (Sage Data Objects).
• Apideck Status: Contact us for integration details.

Sage 50 Canada

• What It Is: The primary legacy desktop accounting solution for Canadian small businesses.
• Target Market: Small Business.
• Geography: Canada.
• Origin: Formerly known as Simply Accounting.
• Architecture: Desktop (Cloud-Connected).
• API Status: None (Local SDK only). There is no official web API. It is a completely separate codebase from the US and UK versions.
• Apideck Status: Contact us for integration details.

Sage 100 (US)

• What It Is: A legacy on-premise ERP for US mid-market SMBs, strong in distribution and manufacturing.
• Target Market: Mid-Market SMB.
• Geography: US.
• Origin: Acquired State of the Art (known as MAS 90/200) in 1998.
• Architecture: On-Premise / Hosted.
• API Status: None (Local SDK only). There is no native web API. Integration requires a local agent using the COM-based BOI (Business Object Interface).
• Apideck Status: Contact us for integration details.

Criterion

• What It Is: A modern, cloud-native Human Capital Management (HCM) platform.
• Target Market: Mid-Market.
• Geography: North America.
• Origin: Acquired Criterion Inc. in October 2025.
• Architecture: Cloud-Native (SaaS).
• API Status: Good (REST). As a modern cloud-native tech, it has a robust REST API for integration.
• Apideck Status: Contact us for integration details.

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🇬🇧🇮🇪 The UK & Ireland Portfolio

Sage 50 UK & Ireland

• What It Is: The dominant legacy desktop accounting solution for UK small businesses.
• Target Market: Small Business.
• Geography: UK & Ireland.
• Origin: Descended from Sage's original Sage Line 50.
• Architecture: Desktop (Cloud-Connected).
• API Status: None (Local SDK only). There is no official web API. Integration requires a local agent using the SDO (Sage Data Objects).
• Apideck Status: Contact us for integration details.

Sage 200 (UK)

• What It Is: The primary mid-market ERP in the UK, serving as the step-up from Sage 50.
• Target Market: Mid-Market SMB.
• Geography: UK & Ireland.
• Origin: Acquired from Multisoft / Tetra.
• Architecture: Hybrid (On-premise, Hosted, or Cloud).
• API Status: Good (REST). This product has a modern, well-supported REST API with OAuth 2.0, making it a viable cloud integration target.
• Apideck Status: Contact us for integration details.

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🇫🇷🇩🇪🇪🇸 The European "Local Champions" (France, Germany, Spain)

Sage 50 & 100 France (Ciel)

• What It Is: The legacy desktop accounting and ERP solutions for the French market.
• Target Market: Small Business (50) / Mid-Market SMB (100).
• Geography: France.
• Origin: Acquired Ciel.
• Architecture: Desktop (Cloud-Connected) / On-Premise.
• API Status: None (Proprietary SDK). There is no official web API. Sage 100 integration requires a local-only, proprietary C# library ("objets métiers"), making it inaccessible to cloud applications.
• Apideck Status: Contact us for integration details.

Sage 50 & 100 Germany

• What It Is: The distinct desktop accounting and ERP solutions for the German market.
• Target Market: Small Business (50) / Mid-Market SMB (100).
• Geography: Germany.
• Origin: Distinct German products.
• Architecture: Desktop (Cloud-Connected) (50) / On-Premise (100).
• API Status (The Exception):
  • Sage 50: None (Local SDK only).
  • Sage 100: Good (REST). This is a critical distinction. Unlike its US and French namesakes, Sage 100 Germany has a modern REST API.
• Apideck Status: Contact us for integration details.

Sage 50 Spain (Contaplus)

• What It Is: The legacy desktop accounting solution for the Spanish market.
• Target Market: Small Business.
• Geography: Spain.
• Origin: Acquired Contaplus.
• Architecture: Desktop (Cloud-Connected).
• API Status: None (Local SDK only). No official web API.
• Apideck Status: Contact us for integration details.

Sage 200 Spain (Murano)

• What It Is: The legacy on-premise ERP for the Spanish mid-market.
• Target Market: Mid-Market SMB.
• Geography: Spain.
• Origin: Locally known as Murano.
• Architecture: On-Premise / Hosted.
• API Status: None. There is no clear, public API documentation. The research indicates developer portal links are broken, suggesting no viable public integration path.
• Apideck Status: Contact us for integration details.

Sage Sales Management (ForceManager)

• What It Is: A modern, cloud-native, mobile-first CRM and sales tracking tool.
• Target Market: SMB/Mid-Market Sales Teams.
• Geography: Global (with strong roots in Spain).
• Origin: Acquired ForceManager in October 2024.
• Architecture: Cloud-Native (SaaS).
• API Status: Good (REST). As a modern cloud-native tech, it has a robust REST API for integration.
• Apideck Status: Contact us for integration details.

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You Don't Need to Memorize This Map

This ecosystem is a lot. The fragmentation is real, and it's global. The challenge for a SaaS company isn't building one "Sage integration"; it's the hidden portfolio of 10+ connectors you'd need to build and maintain to serve this market.

This is the problem Apideck's Unified APIs were built to solve. We do the hard work of navigating this map, building to the REST, XML, and GraphQL APIs, and handling the unique logic of each platform.

You build one integration to our Unified Accounting API to reach Sage Intacct and Sage Business Cloud Accounting, or one to our Unified HRIS API to reach Sage HR. We handle the fragmentation so you can focus on your product.