Sage Intacct vs. QuickBooks Online

Sage Intacct

QuickBooks Online

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Sage Intacct	Score8.6 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 Online	Score8.3 out of 10	N/A	QuickBooks Online is a SaaS version of the QuickBooks product. It contains all of the features found in the local version. Higher-priced plans include greater automation, payment management, inventory and time tracking, and analytics features.	$38 per month

Pricing

Sage Intacct

QuickBooks Online

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Simple Start: $38
per month
Essentials: $75
per month
Plus: $115
per month
Advanced: $275
per month

Pricing Offerings
Sage Intacct	QuickBooks Online
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes	Yes

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Sage Intacct	QuickBooks Online
Considered Both Products	Sage Verified User Chose Sage Intacct I think Sage Intacct is perfect for a medium sized business. It is more robust than QuickBooks Online, which is great for small businesses. It is less complicated and more user friendly than both PeopleSoft and NetSuite, which are better suited to large organizations. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Sage Intacct QuickBooks Online ultimately was not able to keep up with our business in the long term. We needed a solution that understood construction accounting specifically because it has unique features. Also, other construction accounting users recommended Sage Intacct to us. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Sage Intacct I have only used QuickBooks Online as my accounting software before switching over to Sage. Sage has everything QuickBooks has and then a lot more. It is way easier to make changes to our site. It is also a lot more user-friendly. It is way more accessible. Overall, I would use … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Sage Intacct Netsuite is not beginner friendly, Quickbooks desktop is outdated and QuickBooks Online has technical issues which would take time to be resolved.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 Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Sage Intacct We still use BILL and Expensify to sync into Sage Intacct. The other accounting systems were not as strong on the multi-entity consolidation setup so Sage Intacct had made it easier for us overall, in terms of processes, closing schedule, and management. Incentivized Helpful? Pankaj Prashad Assistant Manager F &A in Finance and Accounting at Escalon Business Services LLC (Accounting, 501-1000 employees) Chose Sage Intacct I have used all these software. as discussed earlier Sage Intacct helps us in Inventory management. which is not good in our previous accounting software so we moved to Sage Intacct from that one. Some of the above mentioned software is not good for large scale businesses. I … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Sage Intacct Sage Intacct stacks up against quickbooks desktop in functionality. I was more used to quickbooks and their functions were good for accounts payable, but bad for me for accounts receivable when compared to Sage Intacct. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Sage Intacct Sage is head and shoulders above any Quickbooks iteration and comparable to NetSuite. The differences are likely personal preference between Sage Intacct and NetSuite, my leaning is toward NetSuite but largely due to how comfortable I was with their system. Our business used … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Sage Intacct Sage Intacct was selected for its advanced financial management capabilities, scalability for growth, user-friendly interface, and real-time reporting. Unlike competitors like QuickBooks and FreshBooks, it effectively handles multi-entity consolidations and also integrates well … Incentivized Helpful? Jake Dalton, CPA Controller in Finance and Accounting at GTM Builders, Inc. (Construction, 11-50 employees) Chose Sage Intacct Quickbooks Desktop works for project reporting but doesn't handle consolidation accounting. NetSuite was very close to Sage Intacct, but it didn't handle intercompany accounting as natively as Sage Intacct. For example, Sage Intacct can handle the intercompany part of a … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Sage Intacct Quickbooks is obviously simpler to use and has a lot more editing capability on the fly with reports and invoices. As it is such a widely used product, there are more answers available online. Sage has a more robust customization ability with report building and can … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Sage Intacct Many systems are either underpowered for what you need (QBO and FreshBooks) or way to much for a mid-market enterprise such as netsuite or oracle. Sage Intacct fits nicely in the middle, providing what you need as you grow. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Sage Intacct Intacct is a good middle ground between NetSuite and Quickbooks Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Sage Intacct Sage Intacct is better than Xero, Quickbooks, and SAP. While Netsuite has more customization options it is harder to learn quickly. For large teams Sage Intacct is the way to go. NetSuite is great but without a coach to walk the team through where to go and how to setup it can … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Sage Intacct Sage Intacct stacks up against other products like Sage Intacct quite well, our company was between Sage Intacct and another product. We have used and evaluated was quick books online. I personally like Sage Intacct better than Quickbooks from my experience with the two, and I … Incentivized Helpful? Carter Mize Assistant Controller in Finance and Accounting at Northbow Partners (Real Estate, 1-10 employees) Chose Sage Intacct Sage Intacct provides way more transparency Incentivized Helpful? Kodanda Raman Senior Manager O2C in Finance and Accounting at Consero (Accounting, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Sage Intacct This is one of cost effective and having almost all the features required by small & Mid size companies. We can customize our accounting requirement based on business requirements Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Sage Intacct Sage Intacct offers more advanced features like the contracts module. Incentivized Helpful? Michelle Hull construction coordinator at DLP Capital (Banking, 51-200 employees) Chose Sage Intacct I have never used anything other than Quickbooks Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Sage Intacct Consolidation and custom report feature was not available on QBO. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Sage Intacct Sage intacct is a much more robost system than Sage 50 cloud accounting. Sage Intacct also offers the benefit of having a web based system over a desktop application like sage 50. Incentivized Helpful? Matt Milligan Controller in Finance and Accounting at Gresham Partners (Investment Management, 51-200 employees) Chose Sage Intacct Sage Intacct is just a much more robust system. It is difficult to compare the two because they are so different. Dimensioning is not something Quick Books online is capable of doing. They are also not able to synch their system with only systems. It is just a much more … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User 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. Incentivized Helpful?	Intuit Verified User Chose QuickBooks Online I think QuickBooks Online is better than Xero. However I think is is lower then NetSuite and Sage Intacct. The system isself is great because it's cloud based so it can be accessed readily. However, in my opinion, it's not built for companies that are growing or expect to grow. … Incentivized Helpful? Serguei Bykov Accounting Manager in Finance and Accounting at ManyChat Inc. (Computer Software, 51-200 employees) Chose QuickBooks Online Other software packages such as NetSuite and Intacct I used in the past are more robust in terms of supporting a bigger organization, but at my current company we selected QuickBooks Online as our ERP because it is a perfect fit for the size of the company and our operations as … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose QuickBooks Online We use Sage Intacct for all the other companies that we provide accounting and IT services for. It is fairly convenient because we can use a single log-on and book intercompany transactions. It has more functions and the layout is more sophisticated which in our case, is not … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose QuickBooks Online Sage Intacct is very difficult to use and the inter-face is decades behind QB online. The ease to which one can find and manage information on QB online versus Sage Intacct is remarkable. QB Online is made for people who actually manage and facilitate financial information. I … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose QuickBooks Online Reporting is more diverse and ability to add multiple dimensions Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose QuickBooks Online FreshBooks is trying to do more bookkeeping and accounting, but QuickBooks Online greatly surpasses in terms of functionality and integrations. FreshBooks can easily manage invoices and very basic reporting. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose QuickBooks Online It is a platform that we consider to be mid-range. Where we are below cost and functionality relative to the more robust players like a SAP Business One, but still powerful enough for a medium or large size operation. In addition to being one of the few global solutions that … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose QuickBooks Online QuickBooks pales in comparison to netsuite. Netsuite is a fully functional cloud based ERP system that is a mid tier solution for companies that have outgrown small business solutions. It was intuitive and allowed for full cycle accounting, procurement processing with … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose QuickBooks Online Zuora was not as user-friendly as QB Online and the pricing was fair for what we needed it for. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose QuickBooks Online Quickbooks Online made more sense for our clients who had smaller businesses and required more hands-on accounting help. The ability to access this cloud-based accounting software from our office and respond to needs quickly was a huge benefit and advantage over Quickbooks … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose QuickBooks Online Most of the systems I have used are larger accounting applications that are not as comparable to Quickbooks. As I have demoed another competitor, I keep coming back around to using Quickbooks Online because it is usually the cheapest option with the most useful information … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose QuickBooks Online User-friendly and low cost for small size organizations. Incentivized Helpful?
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Features

Sage Intacct

QuickBooks Online

Comparison of Payroll Management features of Sage Intacct and QuickBooks Online
Feature	Sage Intacct 7.0 335 Ratings	QuickBooks Online 8.5 81 Ratings
Pay calculation	7.05 Ratings	7.872 Ratings
Benefit plan administration	6.45 Ratings	7.033 Ratings
Direct deposit files	7.14 Ratings	9.067 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management	6.94 Ratings	9.046 Ratings
Reimbursement management	7.8335 Ratings	9.548 Ratings

Comparison of Customization features of Sage Intacct and QuickBooks Online
Feature	Sage Intacct 7.9 753 Ratings	QuickBooks Online 8.3 71 Ratings
API for custom integration	8.1710 Ratings	8.757 Ratings
Plug-ins	7.8572 Ratings	8.058 Ratings

Comparison of Security features of Sage Intacct and QuickBooks Online
Feature	Sage Intacct 8.8 1159 Ratings	QuickBooks Online 9.7 112 Ratings
Single sign-on capability	8.8951 Ratings	9.684 Ratings
Role-based user permissions	8.71125 Ratings	9.7106 Ratings

Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Sage Intacct and QuickBooks Online
Feature	Sage Intacct 7.9 1243 Ratings	QuickBooks Online 8.1 136 Ratings
Dashboards	7.71114 Ratings	8.6128 Ratings
Standard reports	8.01210 Ratings	8.2132 Ratings
Custom reports	8.11192 Ratings	7.5120 Ratings

Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Sage Intacct and QuickBooks Online
Feature	Sage Intacct 8.1 1365 Ratings	QuickBooks Online 8.5 147 Ratings
Accounts payable	8.51264 Ratings	9.1125 Ratings
Accounts receivable	8.31109 Ratings	9.4135 Ratings
Cash management	8.11177 Ratings	8.7123 Ratings
Bank reconciliation	7.91167 Ratings	9.1141 Ratings
Expense management	8.2836 Ratings	8.7125 Ratings
Time tracking	7.8465 Ratings	6.957 Ratings
Fixed asset management	8.0604 Ratings	8.155 Ratings
Multi-currency support	8.3465 Ratings	7.024 Ratings
Multi-division support	8.8752 Ratings	9.245 Ratings
Regulations compliance	7.8453 Ratings	9.241 Ratings
Electronic tax filing	7.2336 Ratings	9.368 Ratings
Self-service portal	7.5559 Ratings	8.869 Ratings
Global Financial Support	8.1341 Ratings	8.118 Ratings
Intercompany Accounting	8.7790 Ratings	8.731 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations	8.71082 Ratings	9.376 Ratings
Enterprise Accounting	8.3463 Ratings	8.127 Ratings
Configurable Accounting	8.0627 Ratings	7.740 Ratings
Centralized Rules Framework	8.0454 Ratings	8.426 Ratings
Standardized Processes	8.3734 Ratings	8.552 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers	00 Ratings	8.737 Ratings
Localizations	00 Ratings	8.123 Ratings

Comparison of Inventory Management features of Sage Intacct and QuickBooks Online
Feature	Sage Intacct 6.6 440 Ratings	QuickBooks Online 7.5 49 Ratings
Inventory tracking	7.5333 Ratings	8.046 Ratings
Automatic reordering	5.58 Ratings	7.023 Ratings
Location management	8.3411 Ratings	8.123 Ratings
Manufacturing module	5.25 Ratings	7.018 Ratings

Comparison of Order Management features of Sage Intacct and QuickBooks Online
Feature	Sage Intacct 7.7 650 Ratings	QuickBooks Online 8.4 90 Ratings
Pricing	8.1417 Ratings	8.056 Ratings
Order entry	8.2578 Ratings	8.054 Ratings
Credit card processing	7.7417 Ratings	8.666 Ratings
Cost of goods sold	6.314 Ratings	9.370 Ratings
End-to-end order visibility	8.1337 Ratings	9.021 Ratings
Order Orchestration	00 Ratings	8.022 Ratings
Order exception Resolution	00 Ratings	8.019 Ratings

User Ratings
	Sage Intacct	QuickBooks Online
Likelihood to Recommend	8.6 (1419 ratings)	8.8 (165 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	9.9 (82 ratings)	1.9 (24 ratings)
Usability	8.0 (140 ratings)	8.8 (80 ratings)
Availability	7.2 (13 ratings)	2.0 (5 ratings)
Performance	7.0 (14 ratings)	1.0 (4 ratings)
Support Rating	8.8 (128 ratings)	1.1 (68 ratings)
In-Person Training	8.2 (6 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Online Training	2.0 (13 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	8.8 (21 ratings)	3.0 (6 ratings)
Configurability	7.1 (12 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
CPA Rating	7.8 (26 ratings)	7.4 (18 ratings)
Ease of integration	10.0 (309 ratings)	1.3 (2 ratings)
Product Scalability	7.3 (11 ratings)	1.0 (2 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	7.0 (10 ratings)	1.0 (2 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	8.3 (10 ratings)	1.0 (2 ratings)

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