Sage ERP alternative
Miridia, the supply chain automation platform, runs your inventory, purchasing, production and planning in the browser, with AI agents that watch the operation and workflows that you describe in plain English. Sage keeps the general ledger, VAT and statutory reporting, and Miridia connects to it.
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The short answer
Sage 200 Evolution is a Windows desktop application that runs on your network or on a hosted server, and its stock, lot, serial, bill of material and manufacturing functions are each an add-on module. Miridia runs in the browser at every site, with those functions in one data model, and every user has the current version without an install.
Miridia also does the work that a desktop ERP leaves to people. AI Autopilot agents check orders, deliveries and stock on a schedule, Miridia Flows turns a rule that you type in plain English into a workflow, and Miridia Planner turns a forecast into purchase orders. The Starter plan is US$165, €155, £145, or R2,970 a month, and most companies go live in weeks.
Miridia does not replace the finance side of Sage. Your accountant keeps the general ledger, VAT and statutory reporting in Sage. Sage stays the better choice when you want one vendor and one database for finance and operations, or when you run Sage X3 for process manufacturing across many countries.
Sage 200 Evolution is the business management system of many South African companies, and Sage X3 is the Sage ERP for midsized manufacturers and distributors. Both are mature, and an honest comparison starts with what they do well.
Miridia matches the operational modules of a Sage ERP for stock at each location and in each bin, purchase orders with goods received notes, transfers between sites, bills of material, work orders, lot and serial tracking, and price lists. These are the places where a modern platform goes further.
Sage 200 Evolution is a Windows desktop application that runs on your network or on a hosted server. Miridia runs in the browser for every user at every site, with no server to maintain, and each user has the current version without an install.
AI Autopilot agents check orders, deliveries and stock on a schedule, and put each problem they find into an inbox before a customer calls. The Ask Your Data chat answers questions about your own records in every plan. Sage states that Evolution is not designed to work with Sage Copilot.
Type "Alert me when my margin on any product drops below 40%", and Miridia Flows builds the workflow for you to check and switch on. Every plan includes the full REST API, so a connection to another system needs no SDK licence.
In Sage 200 Evolution, multi-warehousing, lot tracking, serial numbers, bills of material and manufacturing are each an add-on module. In Miridia, locations, lots, serials, BOMs and work orders are part of the core platform, in one data model.
For Sage 200 Evolution, forecasting is a separate product, Sage Inventory Advisor. Miridia Planner tests each SKU against its own history, measures forecast value added at each layer, and turns the plan into reorder points, MRP and draft purchase orders in the same system. Planner is priced separately.
Miridia connects to Shopify, Takealot and your other channels, and orders from each land in one order book with stock reserved at the serving location. Evolution reaches an online store through third-party connectors built on its SDK.
A Sage ERP is the better choice in these cases.
If one of these is true for you, tell us on the first call. We prefer that you learn it now, and not in the third month.
Sage does not publish a price for Sage 200 Evolution or Sage X3. Both are sold through business partners on a quote. We show the most recent figures that we could find, with their dates, so read them as a guide and not as a quote.
| Item | Sage ERP | Miridia |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | Evolution: R2,588 a month for 5 users on the core modules, from a Sage partner in 2021. X3: US$200 to US$500 for each named user a month, a third-party estimate. | Starter, US$165, €155, £145, or R2,970 a month for 10 team members. Yearly billing saves 10%. |
| Operational modules | Evolution: multi-warehousing, lot tracking, serial numbers, bills of material and manufacturing are add-on modules. | Locations, lots, serials, bills of material and work orders are included |
| Demand forecasting | Evolution: Sage Inventory Advisor, a separate product. X3: forecasting and demand planning in the product. | Miridia Planner, priced separately |
| Deployment | Evolution: Windows desktop, on your network or a hosted server. X3: cloud, private cloud or on-premises. | Cloud for every plan. Self-hosted on Enterprise. |
| Implementation | Through a Sage business partner. X3: 6 to 12 months and US$75,000 to US$750,000 in services, a third-party estimate. | Most companies go live in weeks. A proposal only when custom work is needed. |
| General ledger | Included | Not included. Miridia connects to Sage or your other accounting package. |
The Evolution figure is from ERP Experts, a Sage partner, for new customers from October 2021 (erpexperts.co.za). Sage moved new Evolution customers to a monthly subscription at that time. Ask your partner for a current quote.
The X3 licence and implementation figures are estimates from ERP Research, updated in July 2026. Sage says that a standard, simpler X3 deployment can go live in as little as 50 working days.
The Miridia prices are on the pricing page. The advanced modules, Planner and AI Autopilot among them, are priced separately on either plan.
Source: erpresearch.com, checked on 26 October 2026. Miridia prices: the pricing page.
You do not move your ledger. Sage keeps the finance, and the operational work moves to Miridia one area at a time.
On a discovery call we list your warehouses, bills of material, Sage modules and channels, and we agree which work moves to Miridia and which stays in Sage.
Export your inventory items, stock on hand for each warehouse, bills of material, suppliers, customers and open purchase orders, with your sales history for the forecast.
We import your records and your history, and we connect Miridia to your Sage ledger. Sage Accounting connects directly, and the team connects Sage 200 Evolution and Sage X3 through consulting services.
Run both systems while your team checks the numbers, and switch on the day of a stock take. Then you can stop the Sage operational add-ons that you no longer use.
Read the documentation before you start: The quickstart, The connectors, The inventory guide.
Miridia replaces the operational modules of a Sage ERP: inventory, purchasing, transfers, bills of material, work orders, lot and serial tracking, and demand planning. It does not replace the general ledger, VAT, statutory reporting or payroll. Sage keeps those, and Miridia connects to it.
Miridia runs in the browser, so there is no Windows server to maintain and no version to install. AI Autopilot agents watch orders, deliveries and stock, and the Ask Your Data chat answers questions about your records. A workflow starts from a rule that you type in plain English, and every plan includes the full REST API. Stock, production and planning share one data model instead of a set of add-on modules.
Yes. Miridia is not a general ledger. Sage Accounting connects directly, and the team connects Sage 200 Evolution and Sage X3 through consulting services. Your accountant keeps working in Sage.
Yes. Bills of material carry versions, scrap factors and dated costs, and work orders post components out and finished goods in, valued at weighted average cost. They are part of the core platform, not add-on modules. With Miridia Planner, the forecast drives MRP.
Yes, in the core platform. Each lot has a lot number, an expiry date, its own movement history and file attachments such as certificates of analysis. Serial numbers link each unit that you make to its lot, its work order and its shipment.
Most companies go live on Miridia in weeks, not months, because the ledger does not move. The time depends on the number of warehouses, bills of material and channels. We give you a plan after the discovery call.
Yes. The Starter plan is R2,970 a month in South Africa, £145 in the UK, €155 in the euro countries, and US$165 in other markets. Yearly billing saves 10%.
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