QuickBooks Online Advanced vs. Sage 500 ERP

QuickBooks Online Advanced

Sage 500 ERP

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
QuickBooks Online Advanced	Score 8.6 out of 10	N/A	QuickBooks Online Advanced is a SaaS-based accounting software designed to scale with growing businesses. It includes the functionalities of QuickBooks Online, as well as more robust business analytics, customization, and resource management.	N/A
Sage 500	Score 9.0 out of 10	N/A	Sage 500 ERP includes accounting and finance, distribution and supply chain, and manufacturing operations support modules. The latest Sage 500 release includes accounts payable enhancements, credit card processing, and general updates, as well as updates to the solution's modules.	N/A

Pricing

QuickBooks Online Advanced

Sage 500 ERP

Editions & Modules

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
QuickBooks Online Advanced	Sage 500
Free Trial
Yes	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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Community Pulse
	QuickBooks Online Advanced	Sage 500 ERP
Considered Both Products	QuickBooks Online Advanced TK Tonya Kenyon Bookkeeper Chose QuickBooks Online Advanced It is the easiest to work with than the others we have dealt with. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose QuickBooks Online Advanced QuickBooks Desktop is no longer being sold in the US, so we had to switch to the online version of the program. It is not a fully fleshed-out all-in-one solution offering everything the desktop version did. That being said, the desktop enterprise was overkill for many people. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose QuickBooks Online Advanced QuickBooks Online Advanced isn’t as robust as Netsuite or Sage, but it is generally a great choice for most businesses. This software will meet or exceed the needs of most companies, and should be the first part of your accounting software decision. I would even reach out to a … Incentivized Helpful? MJ Magda Jaworska Manager Chose QuickBooks Online Advanced QuickBooks Online Advanced is our first choice, we love using this software, it does everything we need and also it is a great choice for great majority of our clients. It also evolves and the new features are always great. Xero, for example, does not listen to user feedback … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose QuickBooks Online Advanced Our company currently uses both of these platforms. In my opinion, QuickBooks Online Advanced has more capabilities than Xero, but Xero is more aesthetically pleasing. The biggest difference is the QuickBooks Online Advanced payroll processing and payroll tax filings. With … Incentivized Helpful? MC Melissa Cartee Principal Chose QuickBooks Online Advanced There is literally no comparison - Wave is a "cute little" accounting software system that does a nice job tracking someone's checking account and basic household expenses, but if you are a serious business, you certainly need a comprehensive software package like QuickBooks … Incentivized Helpful? Lisa A Lewis Owner Chose QuickBooks Online Advanced Similar in structure but Xero reporting is better. Considering a shift to Xero in the near future if the many issues with QuickBooks Online Advanced are not resolved quickly. Incentivized Helpful? CB Cherish Bossom AP & AR Specialist Chose QuickBooks Online Advanced Again, I was hired after QuickBooks Online Advanced was selected and implemented so I cannot answer to how the software stacks up to the choices that were explored when the company started over 7 years ago. I know we are looking for other options now that might have more … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose QuickBooks Online Advanced Quickbooks online advanced 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 than the QuickBooks Online Advanced. For example, the implementation for … Incentivized Helpful? Solomon E, CIA, CPA, JM, BA Accounting Chose QuickBooks Online Advanced The product I used clearly appears struggling to catch up but doesn't seem an easy task for them. This other product was not able to finalize some of the modules into the web-base (NXT) system. Intuit already has multiple products (payments, tax filing, payroll, etc) that … Incentivized Helpful? Joyce J Moore, MBA Senior Bookkeeper Chose QuickBooks Online Advanced I have not evaluated any yet. I have used QuickBooks since 2008 and I used Sage in the corporate environment before using QuickBooks. Honestly, I can't remember it because it was early 2000's. I thought about evaluating and looking because of the issues I've had with … Incentivized Helpful? BJ BAJANEE Jaglall Administrative Coordinator Chose QuickBooks Online Advanced Quickbooks is more user friendly and easier to use and train another staff as compare to other programs Incentivized Helpful? JO Janet Osborne DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS Chose QuickBooks Online Advanced We chose to upgrade for the BackUp / Restore feature Incentivized Helpful? LF Louie Fernandez CFO (Chief Financial Officer) Chose QuickBooks Online Advanced bottom of the pile Incentivized Helpful? Jennifer Waggoner President Chose QuickBooks Online Advanced Quickbooks has made their other products frustrating to use by eliminating features. Their feature bundling is annoying, confusing, and frustrating. Quickbooks Online Advanced or Pro or whatever their next marketing/sales idea fills me with dread. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose QuickBooks Online Advanced I enjoy QBO Advanced more than Desktop mainly because of the flexibility QBO Advanced offers over QB Desktop. Its also more up to date, and as newer and newer programs and features are created QBO Advanced, always stays ontop of those improvements. It is also extremely helpful … Incentivized Helpful? CS Christen Smith Senior Bookkeeper Chose QuickBooks Online Advanced We have used QBs Enterprise Desktop and found it to be cumbersome and not as user friendly. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose QuickBooks Online Advanced I have no used any other accounting software. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose QuickBooks Online Advanced Microsoft Dynamics is very difficult to use in comparison to QuickBooks. The transaction level visibility is poor and the reporting capabilities are subpar. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose QuickBooks Online Advanced I personally just didn't like the look of freshbooks or how it was set up at all. Incentivized Helpful? DJ Daniel Jaworski Certified Public Accountant Chose QuickBooks Online Advanced QuickBooks Online Advanced is on par with Xero, and both are market leaders in the Online Bookkeeping solutions. Multi-dimensional reporting is better than Xero but Xero has better WorkPapers, Hubdoc app and allows for online filing of accounts to Companies House and to HMRC. … Incentivized Helpful? Steffen Jäschke Projektspezialist bei Steffen Jäschke EinzUnt Physik, Berechnungen Chose QuickBooks Online Advanced Accounting, bank management, and expense management are long-time normed and standardized processes. So we did expect very little difference, and very little effort to swap between these software suites. We were surprised that there are much more differences. These deviations … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose QuickBooks Online Advanced QuickBooks Desktop provides slightly more features and functionality, at the cost of disk space and the lack of cloud access. We chose the Online version of this software as the accounting and finance staff travel frequently and may access information remotely. QuickBooks … Incentivized Helpful? Jeff Dillingham, RE Broker CEO Chose QuickBooks Online Advanced None honestly. Been a QB user with other companies for around 20 years. Incentivized Helpful? JH James Hargis Director of Business and Continuity Chose QuickBooks Online Advanced Freshbooks served its purpose when our company was smaller, however, it did not offer the full range of benefits that QBO has offered us. The ability to assign user roles have unlimited user accounts, a dedicated helpline, online access to trainings, and the ability to create … Incentivized Helpful?	Sage 500 John Wilhite General Accountant Chose Sage 500 Quickbooks is more user friendly and intuitive but can be clunky when dealing hard chunks of data. Morever, I did not operate a cloud based solution like Intacct and this is key in my report. Incentivized Helpful? J. Mickey Merguerian Project Controls Manager Chose Sage 500 Sage is by far the worst program I have ever used in the construction industry. It has the capability to be a wonderful program for an entire organization but it severely lacks user interface. For instance, Their field reports section has a character limit. That's … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Sage 500 500 seems much smoother at handling some of the basic accounting tasks, for example both issuing and later reconciling checks in Dynamics AX seems a little tedious. Incentivized Helpful? Lisa Kuta Accounting/Software Administrator Chose Sage 500 The functionality and ease of the software is what we love but we remain on the 7.05 because the price to upgrade is too high. Incentivized Helpful?

Features

QuickBooks Online Advanced

Sage 500 ERP

Customization

Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
	QuickBooks Online Advanced 9.0 Ratings 16% above category average	Sage 500 ERP 8.5 Ratings 11% above category average
API for custom integration	8.20 Ratings	9.00 Ratings
Plug-ins	9.90 Ratings	8.00 Ratings

Security

Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
	QuickBooks Online Advanced 9.1 Ratings 9% above category average	Sage 500 ERP 8.5 Ratings 4% above category average
Single sign-on capability	9.30 Ratings	7.00 Ratings
Role-based user permissions	9.00 Ratings	10.00 Ratings

Reporting & Analytics

Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
	QuickBooks Online Advanced 8.4 Ratings 6% above category average	Sage 500 ERP 8.0 Ratings 10% above category average
Dashboards	8.80 Ratings	6.00 Ratings
Standard reports	8.80 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Custom reports	7.70 Ratings	10.00 Ratings

General Ledger and Configurable Accounting

Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
	QuickBooks Online Advanced 9.3 Ratings 18% above category average	Sage 500 ERP 8.0 Ratings 4% above category average
Accounts payable	9.40 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Accounts receivable	9.70 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Cash management	9.10 Ratings	00 Ratings
Bank reconciliation	9.50 Ratings	00 Ratings
Expense management	9.70 Ratings	00 Ratings
Time tracking	9.70 Ratings	00 Ratings
Multi-currency support	9.70 Ratings	00 Ratings
Multi-division support	7.50 Ratings	00 Ratings
Regulations compliance	9.20 Ratings	00 Ratings
Electronic tax filing	9.50 Ratings	00 Ratings
Self-service portal	9.80 Ratings	00 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers	9.90 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Intercompany Accounting	7.40 Ratings	00 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations	9.60 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Enterprise Accounting	8.50 Ratings	00 Ratings
Configurable Accounting	9.80 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Centralized Rules Framework	9.50 Ratings	00 Ratings
Standardized Processes	9.10 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Global Financial Support	00 Ratings	10.00 Ratings

Inventory Management

Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
	QuickBooks Online Advanced 9.6 Ratings 27% above category average	Sage 500 ERP 8.0 Ratings 1% above category average
Inventory tracking	9.60 Ratings	6.00 Ratings
Automatic reordering	00 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Location management	00 Ratings	10.00 Ratings

Order Management

Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
	QuickBooks Online Advanced 9.5 Ratings 21% above category average	Sage 500 ERP 8.8 Ratings 11% above category average
Pricing	9.80 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Order entry	9.90 Ratings	9.00 Ratings
Credit card processing	8.80 Ratings	9.00 Ratings
Cost of goods sold	00 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Order Orchestration	00 Ratings	8.00 Ratings

Payroll Management

Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
	QuickBooks Online Advanced - Ratings	Sage 500 ERP 7.0 Ratings 2% below category average
Pay calculation	00 Ratings	9.00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration	00 Ratings	6.00 Ratings
Direct deposit files	00 Ratings	7.00 Ratings

Subledger and Financial Process

Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Product A and Product B
	QuickBooks Online Advanced - Ratings	Sage 500 ERP 5.9 Ratings 24% below category average
Billing Management	00 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Cash and Asset Management	00 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Travel & Expense Management	00 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting	00 Ratings	2.00 Ratings
Period Close	00 Ratings	8.00 Ratings

Project Financial Management

Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Product A and Product B
	QuickBooks Online Advanced - Ratings	Sage 500 ERP 6.9 Ratings 10% below category average
Budgeting and Forecasting	00 Ratings	1.00 Ratings
Project Costing	00 Ratings	3.00 Ratings
Cost Capture	00 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Capital Project Management	00 Ratings	9.00 Ratings
Customer Contract Compliance	00 Ratings	9.00 Ratings
Project Revenue Recognition	00 Ratings	9.00 Ratings

Project Execution Management

Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Product A and Product B
	QuickBooks Online Advanced - Ratings	Sage 500 ERP 4.5 Ratings 42% below category average
Task Insight for Project Managers	00 Ratings	7.00 Ratings
Project Mobile Functionality	00 Ratings	5.00 Ratings

Grants Management

Comparison of Grants Management features of Product A and Product B
	QuickBooks Online Advanced - Ratings	Sage 500 ERP 7.5 Ratings 1% above category average
Award Lifecycle Management	00 Ratings	6.00 Ratings

Procurement

Comparison of Procurement features of Product A and Product B
	QuickBooks Online Advanced - Ratings	Sage 500 ERP 6.0 Ratings 14% below category average
Contract Authoring	00 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Contract Repository	00 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated	00 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Supplier Management	00 Ratings	4.00 Ratings

Risk Management

Comparison of Risk Management features of Product A and Product B
	QuickBooks Online Advanced - Ratings	Sage 500 ERP 4.3 Ratings 41% below category average
Risk Repository	00 Ratings	3.00 Ratings
Control Management	00 Ratings	7.00 Ratings
Control Efficiency Assessments	00 Ratings	4.00 Ratings
Remediation and Certification	00 Ratings	3.00 Ratings

Supply Chain

Comparison of Supply Chain features of Product A and Product B
	QuickBooks Online Advanced - Ratings	Sage 500 ERP 1.3 Ratings 138% below category average
Forecasting	00 Ratings	1.00 Ratings
Inventory Planning	00 Ratings	2.00 Ratings
Performance Monitoring	00 Ratings	1.00 Ratings

Product Lifecycle Management

Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Product A and Product B
	QuickBooks Online Advanced - Ratings	Sage 500 ERP 5.3 Ratings 29% below category average
Proposal Management	00 Ratings	7.00 Ratings
Product Master Data Management	00 Ratings	4.00 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	QuickBooks Online Advanced	Sage 500 ERP
Small Businesses	QuickBooks Self-Employed (discontinued) Score 8.9 out of 10	Zoho One Score 8.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	Zoho Books Score 9.0 out of 10	Infor VISUAL Score 8.0 out of 10
Enterprises	Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management Score 10.0 out of 10	24SevenOffice Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
	QuickBooks Online Advanced	Sage 500 ERP
Likelihood to Recommend	9.5 (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	9.9 (0 ratings)	6.3 (0 ratings)
Usability	9.9 (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Online Training	9.1 (0 ratings)	6.0 (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	6.4 (0 ratings)	8.0 (0 ratings)
Configurability	9.1 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	QuickBooks Online Advanced	Sage 500 ERP
Likelihood to Recommend	QuickBooks Online Advanced is best suited for small businesses who don’t have any consolidation considerations. Additionally, the software tends to struggle when there are a large number of projects. The report screens will struggle to load at times and it will be difficult to view reports. However, it does really well at creating an all-in-one solution for companies who need payroll, accounting, and tax compliance in a relatively inexpensive bundle. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Sage is wonderful for payroll and employee management. Although it has the capabilities to be a one-stop-shop program, it seriously lacks the interface necessary for wide use. I've had to consult Sage professionals on numerous occasions to explain and walk me through the program as there are so many redundancies. This program has wonderful potential, but they need to update the software and user interface before I can recommend it to any colleague. Incentivized J. Mickey Merguerian Project Controls Manager Read full review
Pros	It allows us to link to bank accounts in order to get up-to-date, real-time information, which is so important in today's lightning speed work world. The "canned" reports are excellent and allow for extreme customization also. This makes them very helpful to both me and my clients. The user interface for QuickBooks Online Advanced is easy to navigate and is intuitive for novices. The screens are well laid out and have cohesiveness on each screen to match tasks with others that match up well. Incentivized MC Melissa Cartee Principal Read full review	Payables and receivables handled beautifully Projects has the reporting capabilities we need Cash management is easy to do Incentivized Lisa Kuta Accounting/Software Administrator Read full review
Cons	Proper advice in QuickBooks Online Pro for the usage if QuickBooks Online Advanced will be more efficient. More features and space in the app for organization of the self-created workflows. The stability of QuickBooks Online Advanced can still be better. There are still file-size issues and limitations on transactions and attributes of transactions. Steffen Jäschke Projektspezialist bei Steffen Jäschke EinzUnt Physik, Berechnungen Read full review	The application is very functional, but the interface is a little "stale" compared to more modern applications. The underlying client software is written in an old version of Microsoft Visual Basic. I suppose SOME DAY, Microsoft will be discontinuing, although Microsoft has its own ERP software written in that same code. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	QuickBooks Online Advanced is very easy to use and the data is very transparent. The reporting shortfalls (not being able to report the current month and YTD results on the same report) as well as the issues with the limitations with the management reports. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	We will renew our investment in Sage 500, mostly because the competition is very expensive and are bloated with options that are not needed. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Usability	QuickBooks Online Advanced is great and effective. I use it for almost three months and it definitely does their job Incentivized Angie Zhang Read full review	I have been using Intacct for almost 10 years in 2 different companies and I just simply love it. I tried SAP (GUI) and Netsuite and they dont come close to what Ive seen. Incentivized John Wilhite General Accountant Read full review
Reliability and Availability	No issue at any time with Availability Incentivized BJ BAJANEE Jaglall Administrative Coordinator Read full review	No answers on this topic
Performance	It can be access at any time and reports is generate in less than a minute Incentivized BJ BAJANEE Jaglall Administrative Coordinator Read full review	No answers on this topic
Online Training	The online training was easy to follow and understand. The online training gave us the specific instructions to follow Incentivized Angie Zhang Read full review	The online training courses are not up to date. We experienced technical issues with two of the classes. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Implementation Rating	I dont have any Incentivized JP Jan Ponzio Accounting Manager Read full review	Keep your database and application in different servers. Install Microsoft Office on your application server so you can use some of the data analysis tools in Sage. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	QuickBooks Desktop is no longer being sold in the US, so we had to switch to the online version of the program. It is not a fully fleshed-out all-in-one solution offering everything the desktop version did. That being said, the desktop enterprise was overkill for many people. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	500 seems much smoother at handling some of the basic accounting tasks, for example both issuing and later reconciling checks in Dynamics AX seems a little tedious. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Scalability	Software is very flexible Incentivized BJ BAJANEE Jaglall Administrative Coordinator Read full review	No answers on this topic
Return on Investment	QBOA has shown my clients the increase and decrease of my monthly income activity I am able to project my income and spending more easily The P&L reports has shown me a lot and by customizing to focus on my income and expenses has allowed me to better budget Incentivized Joyce J Moore, MBA Senior Bookkeeper Read full review	Efficiency - enhanced automation Cost reduction - simple workspace is enough Incentivized John Wilhite General Accountant Read full review
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