# Stiffer Competition on the Low End

- URL: https://dynamicaccounting.net/stiffer-competition-on-the-low-end/
- Date: 2006-01-23
- Topics: Microsoft & the GP Ecosystem
- Type: link to an external article
- Source: http://www.marketwired.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=107090

Competition on the low end of accounting software is heating up. Microsoft’s new boxed small business software is being discounted to better take on Quickbooks and now [Sage](http://www.marketwired.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=107090) has entered the fray. This is kind of strange since Sage’s Peachtree product is a verrrrry distant #2 to Quickbooks.

Sage has a huge line of accounting products purchased over the years but after replacing a number of them with Great Plains, it became apparent that Sage has next to no upgrade strategy among the products. Every growth step for their existing base becomes a point of attack by a competitor, rather than a smooth upgrade to the next product.

Microsofts recent entry into this space is Great Plains based and looks alot like GP with alot more bells and whistles for inexperienced accountants.