Sage launches next-gen Sage X3: high-performance, AI powered, and continuously evolving

Sage launches next-gen Sage X3: high-performance, AI powered, and continuously evolving

Barcelona, Spain, 4 November 2025: Sage (FTSE:SGE), the leader in accounting, financial, HR, and payroll technology for small and mid-sized businesses, today unveiled the next evolution of Sage X3 at its flagship Sage Future for Partners event.

Delivered directly by Sage as a fully managed cloud service, this next-gen Sage X3, gives high-performing organisations a modern streamlined environment that simplifies upgrades without compromising the deep customisation that users depend on. It also sets the foundation for continuous, AI-driven innovation and scalable performance.

As more organisations modernise their core systems, they are seeking a balance between smart agile solutions without sacrificing control. Gartner predicts that by 2029, 50% of all cloud compute resources will be devoted to AI workloads, a dramatic jump from under 10% today. In addition, it expects that over half of organisations will use industry-specific cloud platforms to accelerate their business initiatives. These trends show how cloud technology is evolving to deliver greater intelligence, specialisation and business performance, helping companies modernise and prepare for the future.

Driving high-performance through innovation

Designed for mid-sized organisations with complex needs, it provides the same flexibility and industry-specific capabilities that Sage X3 is known for, now delivered as a continuously updated cloud service from Sage. The new Sage X3 experience is fully embedded with Sage Ai and Sage Copilot, the AI-powered assistant that supports Sage X3 users with relevant insights and practical help inside their daily workflows.

With the latest release, users gain access to new Sage Copilot capabilities, including Sales Insights, which helps uncover revenue opportunities faster, and the Sage Copilot Chat experience, allowing users to ask questions directly within their workflow. Together, these capabilities make it easier to interpret information, accelerate decision-making, and remove repetitive tasks, helping teams focus on running and growing their business.

This launch also sets the stage for Sage's upcoming AI Agents, a new generation of connected services that will work proactively across finance, compliance and operations. These agents will draw on trusted data to complete tasks, anticipate needs and keep key processes running in the background. Together, Copilot and Sage's AI Agents will help customers move beyond managing admin to a more autonomous, intelligent way of working.

"Delivering Sage X3 as a cloud solution gives customers agility and confidence," said Dan Miller, EVP, Sage. "It strips away the burden of system maintenance while preserving the powerful configurability that makes Sage X3 stand out. By combining cloud, our partners' deep industry knowledge, Copilot, and future AI Agents, we're helping businesses save time, move faster, adapt, and focus on what really drives growth."

Empowering partners to deliver greater value and innovation

For Sage partners, this evolution of Sage X3 removes hosting complexity and manual maintenance, enabling them to focus on delivering strategic value and industry-specific expertise. With Sage managing updates and version control, partners can deliver tailored solutions faster, backed by the stability of a managed service.

It also unlocks new opportunities for partners to grow through certified integrations, extensions, and value-added services that meet evolving customer needs.

"By removing the need for Customers or Business Partners to manage hosting and maintenance, the Sage X3 experience lets us focus on what really matters to customers," said Nick Tucker, Commercial Director, X3 Consulting, Sage Partner. "We can spend more time advising our customers on process improvements and integrating industry solutions, confident that Sage is managing the service behind the scenes."

Available to early adopter customers in the UK, US, and Germany initially, the new Sage X3 experience helps organisations modernise core systems and prepare for the next era of intelligent ERP. We will bring the same capabilities to France, Canada and South Africa in the next expansion.

Visit Sage X3 to find out more.

About Sage

Sage exists to knock down barriers so everyone can thrive, starting with the millions of Small and Mid Sized Businesses served by us, our partners and accountants. Customers trust our finance, HR and payroll software to make work and money flow.  By digitising business processes and relationships with customers, suppliers, employees, banks and governments, our digital network connects SMBs, removing friction and delivering insights. Knocking down barriers also means we use our time, technology and experience to tackle digital inequality, economic inequality and the climate crisis.  

Notes to editors

What benefits does Sage X3 bring?

• Fully managed cloud environment with continuous updates and security monitoring.
• Retains the flexibility, configuration, and industry specialisation that Sage X3 is known for.
• Simple and transparent pricing model that reduces total cost of ownership.
• Industry specific golden images that delivers faster time to value.
• Ready for Sage AI, Sage Copilot and future AI Agent capabilities that enhance automation and decision-making.