Superco and Sage
Sage makes finance, inventory and business management software. Superco is a Sage partner and connects Shopify stores to Sage, so that orders, stock and accounts stay in step without manual work.
The short answer
- Sage's products for Shopify brands include Sage Intacct, Sage 200, Brightpearl by Sage and Inventory Planner by Sage.
- Brightpearl and Inventory Planner have their own Shopify apps. Sage Intacct and Sage 200 connect through integration tools.
- Superco integrated Sage with Shopify for Suki Tea as part of its move from Magento.
- Sage's Shopify-facing businesses have taken part in GROW, Superco's events for ecommerce teams.
What Sage does
The Sage Group is a FTSE-listed British company that provides finance, HR and payroll software for small and mid-sized businesses and accountants. In January 2022 it bought Brightpearl, a retail operating system used by Shopify merchants, which had itself bought the forecasting tool Inventory Planner in 2021.
Sage products and Shopify
| Product | What it does | How it connects to Shopify |
|---|---|---|
| Sage Intacct | Cloud finance and accounting | Through integration tools such as Patchworks |
| Sage 200 | Business management and accounts | Through integration tools |
| Brightpearl by Sage | Orders, inventory, fulfilment and accounting for retailers | Native Shopify app |
| Inventory Planner by Sage | Demand forecasting and purchasing | Native Shopify app |
Our Sage work
Suki Tea moved from Magento to Shopify with Superco. As part of the project we integrated its Sage system with Shopify, and the store went live in time for the November sale. Read the Suki Tea case study.
Integration work with Sage follows the same pattern as our other ERP integrations: agree which system owns each piece of data, map products, customers, orders and stock, then test the sync before launch.
Which Sage product should a Shopify brand use?
It depends on what you need. Brightpearl suits retailers who want orders, stock and fulfilment in one system. Sage Intacct and Sage 200 suit businesses whose finance team already runs on them. Inventory Planner sits alongside either for forecasting.
Talk to us about Sage and Shopify
Tell us which systems you run, and we will plan how they should connect.