Sage Intacct vs. QuickBooks Desktop Pro

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Sage Intacct
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Sage Intacct is a cloud ERP system targeted at high-growth small and medium-sized businesses. Intacct includes applications for core financials and accounting, purchasing, order management, and financial reporting and business intelligence. It also integrates with 3rd party software like Salesforce.N/A
QuickBooks Desktop Pro
Score 7.8 out of 10
N/A
Quickbooks Desktop Pro is accounting software from Intuit, Inc. It includes core accounting features, plus analytics and exportable reports. It is offered in on-premise and SaaS forms.N/A
Pricing
Sage IntacctQuickBooks Desktop Pro
Editions & Modules
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Pricing Offerings
Sage IntacctQuickBooks Desktop Pro
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Sage IntacctQuickBooks Desktop Pro
Considered Both Products
Sage Intacct
Chose Sage Intacct
I have used some other Oracle products, I just can't remember which ones. I have used all of these products in different capacities. The Oracle products I used were used a long time ago, before cloud based accounting was a thing. So, those systems were more dated and required …
Chose Sage Intacct
BlackLine can't support on financial activities like Sage Intacct does.
Quickbooks doesn't provide the features like multi-entity & doesn't have many features which Sage Intacct has
NetSuite: Complex to implement & higher price model
Chose Sage Intacct
One of the multi-entity solution's most significant weaknesses is its inability to handle revaluations of foreign currency accounts. It needs to be manually worked out and posted, which is standard functionality in entry-level systems like Xero/Quickbooks. It has added more …
Chose Sage Intacct
Sage Intacct is user-friendly and configurable. It is reasonably priced for a medium-sized organization that requires a system that requires more complex software than a basic accounting package.
Chose Sage Intacct
Sage Intacct has benefits like having access to all entities at once instead of constantly logging in and out. It is also cloud-based, and multiple users can be logged in and work simultaneously. Real-time insights across multiple entities and importing multiple bills via CSV …
Chose Sage Intacct
I did not personally have a say in switching systems/ software's, however I have been able to more effectively communicate updates that would improve our experience with Sage Intacct and feel that changes like that wouldn't be possible in QuickBooks. We could no longer …
Chose Sage Intacct
Netsuite is not beginner friendly, Quickbooks desktop is outdated and QuickBooks Online has technical issues which would take time to be resolved. Overall Sage is easier to use and easily understandable. Help Page in the UI has most things covered to have the seamless experience
Chose Sage Intacct
We were all used to QuickBooks so this was a huge departure for us. Sage Intacct won for future-proofing our organization.
Chose Sage Intacct
Quickbooks could never stack up against Sage Intacct, they're not even on the same page for what Sage Intacct offers and what Quickbooks offers. Granted, Quickbooks is a great program for simpler companies and users, but for what we need and use it for, there's no comparison …
Chose Sage Intacct
Sage Intacct is more affordable compared to SAP. In terms of ease of use, we can compare it to quickbooks.
Chose Sage Intacct
Sage Intacct performs well compared to other products that I have used. It is more robust than QuickBooks and much more user friendly than Open Systems. It performs very similarly to NetSuite with it's features and reporting. None of the other products I have used at the time …
Chose Sage Intacct
I believe the company chose Sage Intacct because it was the best option at the time and would provide all the features needed to run a regional charter school program across multiple school locations. It also was compatible with Bill.com.
Chose Sage Intacct
We chose Sage Intacct for the multi-entity capability and the enhanced reporting.
Chose Sage Intacct
Sage Intacct has more capabilities.
Chose Sage Intacct
I prefer intacct to any version of quickbooks because it simplifies every process and helps to avoid mistakes. QBO has lots of features that are confusing and requires skills that don't come naturally to accountants. QBD is better, but it still can't pull reports according to …
Chose Sage Intacct
Sage Intacct is more powerful than QuickBooks.
Chose Sage Intacct
Sage Intacct has much more to offer than QuickBooks. Sage Intacct's budgeting and planning features, in addition to Fixed Assets and Inventory Control are game changers.
Chose Sage Intacct
Sage Intacct is far more robust and offers so many more options. My favorite thing about Sage Intacct is the financial reporting capabilities and the ability to make your own reporting. It is easy to learn and quick to set up new reports. There are many reports available but …
Chose Sage Intacct
Sage Intacct has a much greater ease of use than their competitors.
Chose Sage Intacct
Able to multi entity, creat dimensions and customize reports along with restricting users access.
Chose Sage Intacct
Sage Intacct was a solution for our growing company.
Chose Sage Intacct
Sage Intacct is much more scalable.
QuickBooks Desktop Pro
Chose QuickBooks Desktop Pro
Other than industry specific software, we don't see any major desk top competitors. Online is different - that is still being sorted out. QuickBooks is much cheaper than Intacct.
Chose QuickBooks Desktop Pro

I received QuickBooks Pro as part of my franchise start-up. It was not a critical element for the operations of the business. I had come across Intacct through the AICPA, and noticed their affiliation. I am separately working with a new business start-up, and like the fact that …

Chose QuickBooks Desktop Pro
QuickBooks Pro is much more user friendly and easy to navigate. The organization of QuickBooks Pro is easy to get used to and things are where you would expect them to be located. The home screen on QuickBooks Pro is convenient and easy to customize. The help menu on QuickBooks …
Features
Sage IntacctQuickBooks Desktop Pro
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Sage Intacct
7.0
Ratings
10% below category average
QuickBooks Desktop Pro
9.3
Ratings
18% above category average
Pay calculation7.00 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Benefit plan administration6.40 Ratings9.80 Ratings
Direct deposit files7.10 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management6.90 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Reimbursement management7.80 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Sage Intacct
7.9
Ratings
3% above category average
QuickBooks Desktop Pro
7.9
Ratings
3% above category average
API for custom integration8.10 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Plug-ins7.80 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Sage Intacct
8.8
Ratings
5% above category average
QuickBooks Desktop Pro
10.0
Ratings
18% above category average
Single sign-on capability8.80 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Role-based user permissions8.70 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Sage Intacct
7.9
Ratings
0% above category average
QuickBooks Desktop Pro
10.0
Ratings
24% above category average
Dashboards7.70 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Standard reports8.10 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Custom reports8.10 Ratings10.00 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
Sage Intacct
8.1
Ratings
4% above category average
QuickBooks Desktop Pro
9.5
Ratings
20% above category average
Accounts payable8.50 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Accounts receivable8.30 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Cash management8.10 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Bank reconciliation7.90 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Expense management8.20 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Time tracking7.80 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Fixed asset management8.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Multi-currency support8.30 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Multi-division support8.80 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Regulations compliance7.80 Ratings7.20 Ratings
Electronic tax filing7.20 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Self-service portal7.50 Ratings9.70 Ratings
Global Financial Support8.10 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Intercompany Accounting8.70 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations8.70 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Enterprise Accounting8.30 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Configurable Accounting8.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Centralized Rules Framework8.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Standardized Processes8.30 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Localizations00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
Sage Intacct
6.6
Ratings
11% below category average
QuickBooks Desktop Pro
6.7
Ratings
9% below category average
Inventory tracking7.50 Ratings6.40 Ratings
Automatic reordering5.50 Ratings6.10 Ratings
Location management8.30 Ratings6.20 Ratings
Manufacturing module5.20 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
Sage Intacct
7.7
Ratings
0% below category average
QuickBooks Desktop Pro
8.3
Ratings
7% above category average
Pricing8.10 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Order entry8.20 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Credit card processing7.70 Ratings7.10 Ratings
Cost of goods sold6.30 Ratings10.00 Ratings
End-to-end order visibility8.10 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Order Orchestration00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Order exception Resolution00 Ratings3.20 Ratings
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Score 8.9 out of 10
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Score 8.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
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Score 8.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
Sage IntacctQuickBooks Desktop Pro
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
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9.9
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Likelihood to Renew
9.9
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10.0
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Usability
8.0
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10.0
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Availability
7.2
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8.3
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Performance
7.0
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Support Rating
8.8
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1.2
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In-Person Training
8.2
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10.0
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Online Training
2.0
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-
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Implementation Rating
8.8
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9.0
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Configurability
7.1
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-
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Ease of integration
10.0
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-
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Product Scalability
7.3
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8.0
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Vendor post-sale
7.0
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-
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Vendor pre-sale
8.3
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User Testimonials
Sage IntacctQuickBooks Desktop Pro
Likelihood to Recommend
It is well-suited for nonprofit accounting with its ability to track expenses and revenues by both department and funding source. It is easy to set up vendors and customers for invoices and bill payments. It is less appropriate for proper budget management and purchasing with multiple approvers, particularly when edits are required.
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I am only going to recommend it because it is currently ubiquitous, and most accountants prefer it at the moment. I do not stand by the company, and will not use the product any longer than I have to. [I believe] the support is lousy, the product is overpriced, but it does the basics of what we need. I'm very happy for all those outside Intuit who make their living supporting QuickBooks Desktop Pro; third-party support is desperately needed. They also doubled their prices for software upgrades this year, and require those who don't pay double what the last upgrade cost, to subscribe every year for $200. If one does not subscribe beyond the first year, one will not be able to use the software beyond the first year. They are moving to a rental model even for those who refuse to use the LOUSY QuickBooks online. They were good company once. Now they just turn out bloatware that everyone uses, so the rest of us have to. I look forward to the day that an honest, better-priced competitor wipes the floor with Intuit.
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Pros
  • Custom, real-time financial reporting. I am able to streamline my reporting to pull in various account groups and calculations which save me time from having to do it in Excel.
  • Out of the box standard reports for clients who don't require as custom of reporting or even as a great starting point to build out reports.
  • Integrations with other platforms, such as Airbase, various banks, Rippling, etc.
  • The dashboard module is extremely helpful in my monthly review of various entities.
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  • It is easy to manage and adjust inventory on hand.
  • It is easy to make reports and customize them to your needs.
  • We also use it to pay our employees directly.
  • It is easy to make year-to-year comparisons to see where we can make improvements and the current financial situation.
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Cons
  • Downloading bill register reports for all the entities at the top level would be helpful.
  • An increase in the Time frame of the Auto-Log out feature for security will be helpful.
  • I think there is some room in the automation part that can be improved.
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  • QuickBooks Desktop Pro has been around for a few years and after an update[,] they force you to look at the changes/updates before you can use [them] after updating.
  • QuickBooks Desktop Pro does not have 2FA.
  • QuickBooks Desktop Pro should offer a way to store backups to a personal cloud without having to map a local network drive.
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Likelihood to Renew
Sage Intacct continues to well-satisfy our needs and is an easy-to-use product. Service reliability has been excellent. The ability to integrate Sage Intacct with best-in-class companion products that handle expense reporting, budgeting, etc... makes Sage Intacct an excellent value. We continue to be extremely well-satisfied with the results and performance of our experience using Sage Intacct.
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We use it with all our clients and have several QuickBooks Pro Advisors and will renew and continue to use it with our client base. It is easy to use, helps with collecting annual data and makes compiling of information for filing annual tax returns much easier. It makes our job a lot easier, than using manual records.
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Usability
The ease of use as a seasoned user is wonderful; however, new users struggle to adapt to the program efficiently. Better training videos--all in one location--would be beneficial. The use of a "sandbox" environment is a great tool for new employees or for the fiscal department to test certain journal entries or other transactions to verify accuracy of data.
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QuickBooks Desktop Pro can be daunting at first. It has the ability to do nearly everything you will ever need in accounting but that means there are a lot of features to learn. It's always best to have an experienced user to guide you with the initial setup as it can be a bit overwhelming.
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Reliability and Availability
There has only been one occurrence where Sage Intacct was not available to me, however I had already been working a number of hours trying to get a project completed. It honestly allowed me to step back and take a much needed break.
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I haven't experienced a time when QuickBooks Pro was unavailable when I needed it in the entire 20 years of using the software
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Performance
As fas as integration is concerned I don't feel this slows Sage Intacct down at all. However, sometimes I do feel it takes some larger reports more time to load due to all the detail. As well as, I "move very fast" in my motions so sometimes I double click on fuctions too quickly and the system seems to think that I have a duplicate request.
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Support Rating
Only a few times have we had to reach out to support, and every time we did, we received a relatively quick response and a solution was found fairly quickly. Only once was there an issue that took longer than a week to resolve, but it still did eventually get solved.
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I was a BIG fan of QuickBooks support for a very long time up until recently. The representatives were well trained and wanted to solve your problem for you, as a human, not as just a customer. In my recent experiences I feel as though that is no longer so. My last conversation was appalling. The representative only read the narrative provided over and over and would not send me on to a supervisor. Finally I hung up and called back. On this try, I was passed from department to department. I was not presented with a solution until I posted a rant on their Facebook page. It amazes me that I had to publicly complain to get results.
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In-Person Training
I have taken in person training classes at several of the annual Sage Intacct user conferences. It is very interactive and the trainers are very easy to follow and understand. They are great at getting everyone in the class involved. They also make sure everyone has learned to task before moving to a new one.
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Best thing I ever did was to attend a two day training seminar on QuickBooks, I learned an immense amount in a short time with hands on training by experts. I strongly recommend such training for anyone using any part of the software. It will pay for itself in the first month.
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Online Training
The free training is very minimal. For what we pay for the service, I would like more training. We end up training new users in-house because the provided free training is not nearly comprehensive enough. That being said, the training provided, for the material covered, was adequate and relevant for the given topics.
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Implementation Rating
I would not use a thrid party administrator to implement your system, especially if you are going to be modifying the system at all. Use Intacct implementors as they will be able to better support you on any issues that come up after you go live.
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We implemented the software ourselves. The training we received on the software was done by taking a community course teaching us how to use QuickBooks. It allowed me to get started with some basics of how to use the program and have not needed much assistance since completing the course work.
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Alternatives Considered
As a CPA in public accounting, I was exposed to many systems. I was in on the ground floor with the implementation of NetSuite for a client; it was clunky, the reporting was ugly, and it wasn’t user friendly. Sage Intacct is a great option for mid-size organizations who have outgrown Quickbooks.
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Quickbooks Desktop Pro is much simple and easier to use, so it fits better to the ticket of our small non-profit organization needs. The other options are either, or both, more pricy and complicated. For example, the implementation for QuickBooks Desktop Pro was simple enough for me to do so in-house with training courses available and phone calls to a customer service representative or implementation expert accessible.
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Scalability
There is so much that we have yet to learn with and about Sage Intacct, I am excited for the future.
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Return on Investment
  • Sage Intacct has made a very positive impact to our business objectives; it has provided strong ROI through automation features that reduce manual data input and associated risk of error, enhancing accuracy and operational efficiency.
  • It empowers us to make data-driven decisions that further refine our strategic plan by bettering the process of financial close with real-time and detailed reporting.
  • This also extends to multi-entity management, which eased consolidation and thus supported growth and scaling. This feature-rich software finally serves to drive productivity further and facilitate resource usage.
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  • Clean and accurate bookkeeping records [have] made reporting and sharing information with tax accountants a breeze.
  • Invoicing out of QB is a bit slow and time-consuming[,] unfortunately, so we were forced to choose another software to integrate.
  • A great way to have all accounting needs in one place - AP, AR, Reporting, etc.
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ScreenShots

Sage Intacct Screenshots

Screenshot of Accounts Receivable: Automate accounts receivable processes.Screenshot of Revenue Recognition: Automated and compliant revenue recognition with complete support for ASC 606 and IFRS 15.Screenshot of Real-Time Reporting: Real-time reporting with up-to-minute financials across multiple business dimensions. Show only the metrics that matter based on the user viewing the dashboard.Screenshot of the times and expense management dashboard, which is customized to reflect the user's role, displaying relevant information that aligns with their position, thereby presenting each individual with the data most pertinent to their responsibilities.Screenshot of the detailed company metrics used to forecast business growth.Screenshot of the order management workflows, which are automated to accelerate quote-to-cash sales