Sage Pastel International

Due to growing demand, Pastel’s international division Sage Pastel was formed in the mid 1990s, in order to provide the international market, with a world-class and successful accounting product and service. Today, Sage Pastel products are actively sold in 52 countries located throughout Africa, Europe, the UK, Middle East, Australia, New Zealand and Asia. With Sage Pastel available in eight languages including English, Afrikaans, Dutch, Danish, German, Icelandic, Italian and Portuguese, businesses across the globe utilise Sage Pastel as a critical component in the running of their businesses on a daily basis.

Softline Pastel

Softline Pastel is South Africa’s leading developer of accounting, payroll and business software for the small to medium enterprise (SME) market. Founded in 1989, Softline Pastel has developed an in-depth knowledge and understanding of the industry over the past 19 years, establishing itself as the market leader and the preferred choice of South African businesses.

As a member of the Softline Group, which is owned by the UK-based Sage Group plc, Softline Pastel is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa. In addition, Pastel has over 3 500 Channel and Business Partners within South Africa and is used by over 180 000 businesses around the world. Pastel’s reputation as the trusted name in accounting and payroll software is reaffirmed by the fact that 9 out of 10 South African accountants recommend Pastel.

Pastel Payroll

Pastel Payroll, the no. 1 bestseller in tax and payroll, provides access to accurate, easy-to-use and secure payroll solutions. It integrates seamlessly with Pastel Accounting software, and ensures that businesses are kept up-to-date and comply with the latest legislative payroll requirements. With over 20 000 customers, Pastel Payroll is available for the smaller company, or is scalable up to 10 users and an unlimited number of employees for a larger company. It caters for the full spectrum of requirements, from pre-defined, standard sets of transactions for less complicated payrolls, to more powerful features and functions for payrolls with more sophisticated requirements.

Research and Development Philosophy

Sage Pastel’s philosophy has been to allow ‘business to drive technology’ by remaining cognisant of customers’ growing needs and requirements. Significant investment in research and development ensures that we are able to guide our customers through a constantly changing technology landscape. Keeping this in mind, our research and development team works closely with the Pastel, who pass on valuable feedback received from customers. This assists the research and development team in focusing on developing user-friendly, feature-rich, pragmatic software to meet the needs of our customers. A Pastel customer will always feel secure that their investment is backed by an extensive research and development programme.

The Sage Pastel Accounting product range

The Pastel product range has been developed to provide various solutions for start-up, small, medium and larger sized companies. This scalable range includes My Invoicing, My Business, Pastel Xpress Start-Up, Pastel Xpress, Pastel Partner and Pastel Evolution, and Sage Line 50.

Regardless of the product choice, Pastel ensures that every business is kept up to date with South Africa ’s accounting standards, as well as economic and legislative changes.

Pastel Training

Gain the maximum benefit from Sage Pastel’s software by taking advantage of the numerous courses provided at various Pastel Authorised Training Centres (ATCs) worldwide or directly by Sage Pastel. Sage Pastel’s ATCs provide customers with basic and advanced end-user training, ensuring businesses get the best returns from their Pastel software. Courses are available for Pastel Xpress Start-Up, Pastel Xpress, Pastel Partner and Pastel Evolution.

Beyond Accounting

Softline Pastel’s brand promise beyond accounting is in line with the business philosophy of providing more than ‘just a box of software’. Whether a business is just starting out, or an existing business is growing, Softline Pastel aims to support the growth of a company and develop an ongoing partnership with customers for the long-term.