Sage 100 Contractor

Sage 100 Contractor (historically known as Master Builder before being acquired by the massive global software titan Sage) is a colossal, deeply historic, and globally ubiquitous platform. It is the absolute, unquestioned transition point for contractors who have finally outgrown QuickBooks. When a contractor hits $5M-$10M in revenue and QuickBooks starts failing under the complexity, they move to Sage 100 Contractor. The absolute core differentiator of Sage 100 Contractor is its "Construction-Specific Ledger and Executive Dashboard." Unlike QuickBooks (which is generic), Sage 100 is hard-coded for construction. Its general ledger natively understands subcontracts, retentions (holding back 10% of a payment), and bonding reports. Its 'Executive Dashboard' provides the owner with a single, highly visual screen showing exactly which jobs are bleeding cash today. Because it offers a perfect middle-ground—significantly more powerful than QuickBooks but less agonizingly complex than massive ERPs like Foundation—it is the multi-million dollar engine powering thousands of mid-sized commercial and residential contractors globally.