Sage Pastel My Business - Suitable for start-up and small businesses

BASE		Invoicing	My Business	Xpress	Partner	Evolution
	Database Manager - Pervasive	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
	Database Manager - Microsoft SQL	MS SQL Express	MS SQL Express	No	No	Yes
	Number of users	Single	Single	1 - 3	1 - 20	Multi-User, 1 - 1000+ users
	Number of companies	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
	Number of Financial Years	Unlimited	Unlimited	2	2	5
	User Defined Fields	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
	General Ledger	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Segmented GL Accounts	No	No	No	No	Yes
	Cash Books	None	Unlimited	6	30	Unlimited
	Customers	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Quotations	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Invoices	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Suppliers	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Purchase Orders	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Inventory	Yes ***	Yes	Yes	Yes *	Yes
	Segmented Inventory Items	No	No	No	No	Yes
	Import Cost Allocations	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
	Project Tracking / Cost Centres	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
	Report Writer	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
	Stationery Customisation	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
ADD ON MODULES*	Multi-Currency	No	No	No	Yes *	Yes *
	Business Intelligence Centre	No	No	Yes*	Yes *	Yes *
	Receipting (Cash & Bank Manager)	No	No	No	Yes *	No
	Time & Billing	No	No	No	Yes *	No
	Point-of-Sale	No	No	Yes *	Yes *	Yes *
	Serial Number Tracking	No	No	No	Yes *	Yes *
	Multi-Store	No	No	No	Yes *	Yes *
	Job Costing	No	No	No	No	Yes *
	Bill of Material	No	No	No	Yes *	Yes *
	Manufacturing	No	No	No	No	Yes *
	Mobile	No	No	No	No	Yes *
	Lot Tracking	No	No	No	No	Yes *
	Fixed Assets	No	No	Yes *°	Yes *°	Yes *°
	Payroll	No	No	Yes *°	Yes *°	Yes *°
	ACT!	No	No	No	Yes *	No
	Resolve Basic (Contact Management)	No	No	No	Yes *	Yes *
	Resolve Premium (Contact Management)	No	No	No	Yes *	Yes *°
	Sales Force Automation	No	No	No	No	Yes *°
	Pricing Matrix (Disc. Matrix & Vol. Disc.)	No	No	No	Yes	Yes *
	Customer Acc. Consolidations	No	No	No	No	Yes *
	Customer Credit Risk Management	No	No	No	No	Yes *
	Annuity Billing	No	No	No	No	Yes *
	eBusiness & eBilling	No	No	No	Yes	Yes *

*Purchase as an add on module
°Purchase as a stand-alone module
** No year end procedures necessary, therefore no limit on Financial Years
*** Can Sell items but does not control costs or quantities