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Sage is tradition. cashwerk is innovation.
Replace outdated structures. cashwerk brings your processes into the modern cloud world – mobile, intelligent, and networked.
In short
cashwerk is a GDPR-compliant, cloud-based German alternative to Sage 100 that unifies CRM, quotes, GoBD-ready invoicing, project management, and time tracking in one platform – for SMBs and service businesses moving from heavy on-premise software to a modern all-in-one solution.
A fair comparison names the other side's strengths first. Then you read where cashwerk works differently.
Common Challenges
Why Companies Switch
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What does it really cost?
As of September 2026: list prices from the vendors' own pricing pages. Tax treatment differs by vendor.
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Step-by-step modernization
Away from local servers
Everything you need, seamlessly integrated into one platform.
Sage 100 is a legacy on-premise ERP that has served many businesses. Modern teams increasingly prefer cloud SaaS – no servers, no installations, and always up to date.
Sage 100 runs on your own servers or in a hosted environment. That means responsibility for hardware, backups, updates, and security falls on your IT team or an external provider. For SMEs without dedicated IT resources, this burden is significant. Upgrade cycles can be disruptive; remote access often requires VPN or complex setups. As teams embrace hybrid work and expect to work from anywhere, on-premise software becomes a constraint. The cost of maintaining servers, licenses, and support adds up over time.
cashwerk is pure cloud SaaS. No servers to install, no updates to run, no VPN to configure. You access the platform from any device with a browser – PC, Mac, tablet, or smartphone. Data is stored in German high-security data centers with encryption and daily backups. Your team can start working immediately, from the office or from home. Implementation takes days, not months, and there are no upfront infrastructure costs.
The platform delivers modern business capabilities: CRM with pipeline, project management with Kanban and time tracking, and GoBD-compliant invoicing with XRechnung and ZUGFeRD. The AI assistant CASPER supports users across all modules – a capability that legacy on-premise systems cannot match. CASPER drafts emails, summarizes data, and automates routine tasks. The interface is designed for daily use, not for IT specialists.
Pricing is transparent and predictable: one price per user and month with every engine included. No server costs, no upgrade projects, no hidden maintenance fees. For a team of ten on the Elite plan (up to 40 users), that is 499 euros per month – typically less than the total cost of owning and maintaining an on-premise system. The cloud model means you always have the latest version, with new features and improvements delivered automatically.
For accounting and payroll, DATEV or Lexware remain the obvious Sage 100 alternatives. For the operational stage before that — customers, projects, time, quotes, invoices — cashwerk is the better choice, because it runs in the browser and needs no server of its own.
DATEV, Lexware, weclapp and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central are the usual alternatives to Sage 100 — all accounting-centric systems with local installation or demanding hosting. cashwerk runs as a cloud solution in the browser and covers the operational stage before that: customers, projects, time, quotes and invoices.
cashwerk prepares everything for accounting (GoBD, DATEV export). The final closing is done by the tax advisor.
No! cashwerk runs in the cloud. No maintenance, no updates, no server costs.
How cashwerk stacks up against other tools
Hosted in the EU, developed in Europe
Fully data protection compliant
Servers only in the EU
Records, audit logs and exports
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