Braintree, a PayPal service vs. Sage Intacct

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Braintree, a PayPal service
Score 6.1 out of 10
N/A
Braintree, a Paypal service and subsidiary, is a billing platform which stores credit card data directly from the merchant’s systems on secure servers, and it allows for cards to be recharged or refunded . Braintree also supports international payments. Pricing is 2.9% plus a 30c transaction fee.N/A
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
Pricing
Braintree, a PayPal serviceSage Intacct
Editions & Modules
Standard Pricing
2.9% +$0.30
per transaction
Custom Pricing
Contact for quote
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Braintree, a PayPal serviceSage Intacct
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsMust contact sales team for pricing.
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Braintree, a PayPal service

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Sage Intacct
Chose Sage Intacct
We left Financial Force for Sage Intacct, which is in every way superior for our needs.
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Braintree, a PayPal serviceSage Intacct
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
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Ratings
Sage Intacct
7.1
334 Ratings
5% below category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings7.05 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings6.45 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings7.14 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings6.94 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings8.0334 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Braintree, a PayPal service
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Ratings
Sage Intacct
7.9
752 Ratings
5% above category average
API for custom integration00 Ratings8.1709 Ratings
Plug-ins00 Ratings7.8571 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
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Ratings
Sage Intacct
8.8
1158 Ratings
7% above category average
Single sign-on capability00 Ratings8.8950 Ratings
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.71124 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
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Ratings
Sage Intacct
8.1
1242 Ratings
4% above category average
Dashboards00 Ratings7.91113 Ratings
Standard reports00 Ratings8.21209 Ratings
Custom reports00 Ratings8.11191 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
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Ratings
Sage Intacct
8.3
1363 Ratings
8% above category average
Accounts payable00 Ratings8.51262 Ratings
Accounts receivable00 Ratings8.31107 Ratings
Cash management00 Ratings8.31175 Ratings
Bank reconciliation00 Ratings8.21165 Ratings
Expense management00 Ratings8.2834 Ratings
Time tracking00 Ratings7.9463 Ratings
Fixed asset management00 Ratings8.0602 Ratings
Multi-currency support00 Ratings8.5463 Ratings
Multi-division support00 Ratings8.6750 Ratings
Regulations compliance00 Ratings8.2451 Ratings
Electronic tax filing00 Ratings7.9335 Ratings
Self-service portal00 Ratings7.8557 Ratings
Global Financial Support00 Ratings8.1339 Ratings
Intercompany Accounting00 Ratings8.6788 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations00 Ratings8.71080 Ratings
Enterprise Accounting00 Ratings8.3462 Ratings
Configurable Accounting00 Ratings8.3626 Ratings
Centralized Rules Framework00 Ratings8.1453 Ratings
Standardized Processes00 Ratings8.4733 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
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Ratings
Sage Intacct
6.7
439 Ratings
8% below category average
Inventory tracking00 Ratings7.7332 Ratings
Automatic reordering00 Ratings5.58 Ratings
Location management00 Ratings8.3410 Ratings
Manufacturing module00 Ratings5.25 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
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Ratings
Sage Intacct
7.7
649 Ratings
0% above category average
Pricing00 Ratings8.0416 Ratings
Order entry00 Ratings8.2577 Ratings
Credit card processing00 Ratings7.9416 Ratings
Cost of goods sold00 Ratings6.314 Ratings
End-to-end order visibility00 Ratings8.2336 Ratings
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Stripe Payments
Stripe Payments
Score 8.6 out of 10
Dext Prepare (with Receipt Bank)
Dext Prepare (with Receipt Bank)
Score 9.6 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies

No answers on this topic

Zoho Books
Zoho Books
Score 8.9 out of 10
Enterprises

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Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP
Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP
Score 6.8 out of 10
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User Ratings
Braintree, a PayPal serviceSage Intacct
Likelihood to Recommend
1.0
(15 ratings)
8.5
(1419 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.5
(82 ratings)
Usability
5.0
(3 ratings)
7.2
(140 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
7.4
(13 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(14 ratings)
Support Rating
1.6
(5 ratings)
6.9
(128 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(6 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
2.0
(13 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
6.8
(21 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
7.2
(12 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(308 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
7.4
(11 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(10 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(10 ratings)
User Testimonials
Braintree, a PayPal serviceSage Intacct
Likelihood to Recommend
PayPal
Braintree is a lower cost alternative to many of the options business owners have through their bank. However, they will need to be techy or be working with a developer to set up. The setup and backend isn't as user friendly as alternatives. Braintree is a great option if you'll need to manually type in credit card details. Banks will sometimes charge a lot more for that option. The manual option is nice if your clients aren't as tech savvy and prefer to pay over the phone than to pay on your website.
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Sage
In my experience, Sage Intacct is perfect for clients with complex financial accounting needs, such as a company with multiple entities or large-scale operations. In my experience, individual short term rental owners who have one property and simple accounting needs typically benefit more from a smaller scale accounting platform, such as Quickbooks.
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Pros
PayPal
  • Braintree has excellent integration with the BigCommerce platform. The switch of our previous payment processing gateway to Braintree was very easy and only required a few clicks.
  • Tying into Braintree's BigCommerce integration, for company's like ours that are on the BigCommerce enterprise plan, Braintree's rates for BigCommerce enterprise customers are extremely competitive and saved us money.
  • Braintree has a pretty easy to use portal that can be accessed through the same login we use for PayPal which we are using in conjunction with Braintree with ease.
  • I've only had to call Braintree twice and my customer service issues were handled extremely quickly and easily.
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Sage
  • Automates routine tasks while quickly consolidating data, thus speeding up the month-end closing process with greater accuracy.
  • Generates customizable reports in real-time, thereby enabling data-driven decisions across various departments.
  • Effortlessly managing the finances between multiple entities in different currencies, with simple consolidation and compliance.
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Cons
PayPal
  • Not a very good subscription management platform for a Saas business, but they make up for it on the API with others that are
  • Doesn't have a lot of additional features, but that's what you'd expect out of a payment processor
  • Very expensive per transaction, but the reality is that any processor who helps early stage companies accept online payments are expensive.
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Sage
  • 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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Likelihood to Renew
PayPal
There's a huge cost in migrating payment providers, and we're very happy with Braintree so far.
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Sage
Sage Intacct is continuously evolving and increasing it's functionalities. I am excited to attend conferences to learn what is in the roadmap for future releases. Additionally, using Sage Intacct allows me grow as a professional, I am really enjoy the knowledge that I have within the product to be able to share my experiences.
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Usability
PayPal
As a product, functionality has been fine for us. In our experience, some issues during On Boarding but because we had a dedicated Account Manager assigned to us, these issues were dealt with. Now we are a customer, it feels like they have stopped caring about us or aren't interested in working with us to resolve any issues we have.
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Sage
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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Reliability and Availability
PayPal
No answers on this topic
Sage
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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Performance
PayPal
No answers on this topic
Sage
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
PayPal
Their support is a joke. There's nothing "supportive" about them. Every time I call in with an issue no one has an answer or even a recommendation. I am put on hold and no one ever comes back. It's time to find another processor.
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Sage
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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In-Person Training
PayPal
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Sage
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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Online Training
PayPal
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Sage
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
PayPal
It is simple for a developer to do.
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Sage
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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Alternatives Considered
PayPal
Braintree is better at handling international payments and supporting a variety of payment methods that can all be configured from the same dashboard. Braintree supports PayPal, Venmo, Apple Pay, Google Pay, etc. in addition to simply credit cards like Stripe. Braintree has a vault of existing user payment methods so the user doesn't have to re-enter their information each time.
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Sage
Sage Intacct is an upgrade from Sage 50 in most areas. Sage 50 became quite slow and crashed quite often, whereas Sage Intacct is much quicker. However, now we have thousands of transactions the imports have started to take a while. For example AR receipts imports can take up to 15 minutes if they are a couple thousand lines, but still quicker than Sage 50.
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Scalability
PayPal
No answers on this topic
Sage
You can do a lot with this system and integrate it with a lot of your additional systems you use daily.
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Return on Investment
PayPal
  • Simplified billing so we spend less time on it
  • Saved $20 a month or more when compared to alternatives that have a monthly charge.
  • It gives peace of mind because we know that any service we use in the future will likely integrate with Braintree
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Sage
  • The availability of data in real-time has helped with better decision making
  • Instead of dealing with paper invoices, we can get department head approvals electronically
  • We were able to get rid of an on-site server for the old accounting system - glad to be in the cloud
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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