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    Sage Intacct

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ASage 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

    Microsoft Dynamics GP

    Score5.4 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Dynamics GP is an ERP software with accounting capabilities. It includes various packs for customizability and features tailored to specific industries’ needs. GP is offered as a perpetual license or subscription.N/A
    Pricing
    Sage IntacctMicrosoft Dynamics GP
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    Sage IntacctMicrosoft Dynamics GP
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsMust contact sales team for pricing.—
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    Community Pulse
    Sage IntacctMicrosoft Dynamics GP
    Considered Both Products
    Sage
    Chose Sage Intacct
    Sage Intacct and Microsoft Dynamics GP are both accounting systems for small to mid-sized companies. I would say Microsoft Dynamics GP is a more robust system that can support a larger company and the Sage Intacct is a less involved system most suited for a company on the …
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    Chose Sage Intacct
    Microsoft Dynamics GP and SL are both very antiquated systems. They are rigid and do not offer much customization. Quickbooks is affordable but lacks in its reporting functionalities for a mid-sized business. Xero is a decent system but is not as powerful as Sage Intacct.
    Incentivized
    Chose Sage Intacct
    Intacct is MUCH better than QuickBooks at handling complicated transactions and providing customized reporting. (QuickBooks was very good at doing lots of stuff well right out of the box, but did not handle multi-entity transactions or multi-user functionality well.) It has …
    Incentivized
    Chose Sage Intacct
    I like Sage Intacct the most out of all of the accounting software I've worked with. Great Plains was a nightmare. Oracle was a the least user friendly system I've ever used. I spent countless hours on calls with reps that were outside contractors that had no idea how our …
    Incentivized
    Chose Sage Intacct
    MS GP was no longer supported, so we switched to Intacct. QuickBooks wasn't nearly as robust, and we were enticed by both the peer organizations that use Intacct and the ability to make the system work for us in ways MS financial software had historically not.
    Incentivized
    Chose Sage Intacct
    I hated Great Plains - it did not have integrated financial reporting. It also reminded me of accounting software for a manufacturing plant. As a nonprofit, it had way too much "stuff" that was not relevant to nonprofit accounting. I never could understand why it had completely …
    Incentivized
    Chose Sage Intacct
    Sage intact is miles ahead of GP. I think the biggest difference is the ability to customize it to a high level, and it is also much more modern. We particularly like the ability to copy journal entries, which has proven helpful in training new employees. We also like the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Sage Intacct
    Sage Intacct is far superior accounting software.
    Incentivized
    Chose Sage Intacct
    Sage Intacct is superior for full-cycle accounting and reporting. It is the most user friendly accounting software I have used and is a powerful tool for accounting and reporting.
    Incentivized
    Chose Sage Intacct
    Sage is far superior. Integrations take so much less time.
    Incentivized
    Chose Sage Intacct
    For our small company, it was mainly about price. However, a cloud based service was also necessary for worldwide ease of use and live data.
    Incentivized
    Chose Sage Intacct
    Much better at handling imports/exports.

    Better pre-set reports.
    Incentivized
    Chose Sage Intacct
    Sage Intacct has more out-of-the-box in Core versus add-ons.
    Incentivized
    Chose Sage Intacct
    Intacct won because it had the capability to use multiple books without much thought. Our organization needs both a cash and accrual set of books and Intacct supported that out of the box. No other system did.
    Incentivized
    Chose Sage Intacct
    I didn't help select Sage Intacct. Dynamics GP was more user friendly. The reports were easier to use with filtering and formatting. The amount of time changing reports to a new year is horrible. Editing and formatting reports is horrible in Sage.
    Incentivized
    Chose Sage Intacct
    Old vs new.
    Incentivized
    Chose Sage Intacct
    Out of all the above and against Sage, Sage is by far my favorite. It was easy to learn as it was quite intuitive like QB Online, but it also had depth with its capabilities of allowing to be more than just a GL system and more an enterprise system if needed, or at the least …
    Incentivized
    Chose Sage Intacct
    The Microsoft products seem to be stuck in the last century. Intacct's GUI is cleaner, more intuitive for the non-accounting user, and allows for more reporting customization.
    Incentivized
    Chose Sage Intacct
    Intacct offers immensely better integrations than many competitors, and their modules interact seamlessly with each other. The time savings and visibility that Intacct offers surpasses many other systems. The user interface and customer support are entirely unmatched by any …
    Incentivized
    Chose Sage Intacct
    GP is much more rigid in what it can do, but can do more. I didn't choose intacct.
    Incentivized
    Chose Sage Intacct
    • Innovation.
    • Ease of use.
    • Robust rev rec.
    Incentivized
    Chose Sage Intacct
    Sage Intacct is generations beyond MS Dynamics GP in both capability and ease of use. I would never go back.
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    Microsoft
    Chose Microsoft Dynamics GP
    The only product with have shopped was Sage Intacct. It is somewhat unfair to compare the two solutions, because Sage Intacct is a cloud-based solution. That said, Intacct appears to advertise better reporting/business intelligence capabilities. MS Dynamics GP should be aware …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    1044 Answers
    33%
    Would buy again
    2 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    852 Answers
    83%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    1062 Answers
    83%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    525 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    597 Answers
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    Features
    Sage IntacctMicrosoft Dynamics GP
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Sage Intacct and Microsoft Dynamics GP
    Feature
    Sage Intacct
    7.0
    359 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Microsoft Dynamics GP
    6.4
    20 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Pay calculation7.05 Ratings6.219 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration6.45 Ratings5.815 Ratings
    Direct deposit files7.14 Ratings7.518 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management6.94 Ratings6.517 Ratings
    Reimbursement management7.5359 Ratings6.016 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Sage Intacct and Microsoft Dynamics GP
    Feature
    Sage Intacct
    7.6
    870 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Microsoft Dynamics GP
    4.3
    27 Ratings
    55% below category average
    API for custom integration7.8817 Ratings2.526 Ratings
    Plug-ins7.4659 Ratings6.021 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Sage Intacct and Microsoft Dynamics GP
    Feature
    Sage Intacct
    8.7
    1317 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Microsoft Dynamics GP
    6.8
    40 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Single sign-on capability8.81075 Ratings5.532 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.61282 Ratings8.140 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Sage Intacct and Microsoft Dynamics GP
    Feature
    Sage Intacct
    7.8
    1410 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Microsoft Dynamics GP
    5.3
    41 Ratings
    38% below category average
    Dashboards7.81269 Ratings3.429 Ratings
    Standard reports8.01371 Ratings6.139 Ratings
    Custom reports7.61357 Ratings6.439 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Sage Intacct and Microsoft Dynamics GP
    Feature
    Sage Intacct
    7.9
    1549 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Microsoft Dynamics GP
    4.9
    48 Ratings
    44% below category average
    Accounts payable8.21439 Ratings6.245 Ratings
    Accounts receivable8.01263 Ratings5.736 Ratings
    Cash management8.01341 Ratings6.236 Ratings
    Bank reconciliation8.11330 Ratings5.541 Ratings
    Expense management7.9940 Ratings4.431 Ratings
    Time tracking6.9505 Ratings8.014 Ratings
    Fixed asset management7.3687 Ratings4.328 Ratings
    Multi-currency support7.8517 Ratings2.619 Ratings
    Multi-division support8.5846 Ratings3.026 Ratings
    Regulations compliance7.6515 Ratings3.214 Ratings
    Electronic tax filing7.7383 Ratings9.012 Ratings
    Self-service portal7.4645 Ratings7.012 Ratings
    Global Financial Support8.0377 Ratings6.07 Ratings
    Intercompany Accounting8.4892 Ratings3.618 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations8.71246 Ratings4.526 Ratings
    Enterprise Accounting8.1535 Ratings2.616 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting8.1732 Ratings3.517 Ratings
    Centralized Rules Framework7.9527 Ratings3.214 Ratings
    Standardized Processes8.3856 Ratings6.119 Ratings
    Primary and Secondary Ledgers00 Ratings4.721 Ratings
    Localizations00 Ratings4.513 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of Sage Intacct and Microsoft Dynamics GP
    Feature
    Sage Intacct
    6.8
    499 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Microsoft Dynamics GP
    4.2
    26 Ratings
    54% below category average
    Inventory tracking7.8365 Ratings5.524 Ratings
    Automatic reordering5.58 Ratings1.013 Ratings
    Location management8.5464 Ratings4.018 Ratings
    Manufacturing module5.25 Ratings3.415 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of Sage Intacct and Microsoft Dynamics GP
    Feature
    Sage Intacct
    7.5
    738 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Microsoft Dynamics GP
    3.5
    25 Ratings
    71% below category average
    Pricing7.7461 Ratings3.718 Ratings
    Order entry8.0656 Ratings3.721 Ratings
    Credit card processing7.4466 Ratings1.012 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold6.314 Ratings4.925 Ratings
    End-to-end order visibility8.2380 Ratings3.312 Ratings
    Order Orchestration00 Ratings4.99 Ratings
    Order exception Resolution00 Ratings3.37 Ratings
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    Small Businesses
    QuickBooks Self-Employed (discontinued)
    Score4.1 out of 10
    QuickBooks Self-Employed (discontinued)
    Score4.1 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    MYOB
    Score8.3 out of 10
    MYOB
    Score8.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Microsoft Dynamics GP
    Score5.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Sage IntacctMicrosoft Dynamics GP
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (1598 ratings)
    4.0
    (54 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    5.2
    (85 ratings)
    9.9
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    4.7
    (140 ratings)
    5.4
    (10 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (14 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (15 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    2.4
    (129 ratings)
    7.0
    (5 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.2
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    1.0
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    1.0
    (22 ratings)
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    3.0
    (13 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    CPA Rating
    7.8
    (26 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    6.2
    (311 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    2.0
    (12 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    1.0
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    1.0
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Sage IntacctMicrosoft Dynamics GP
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Sage
    It depends on the scale and nature of the organisation, but for a business like ours, i.e. a medium sized business with several entities operating in more than one location with different currencies, I think it is a very good fit. It is relatively easy to get to grips with and provides a good level of functionality.
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    Microsoft
    Microsoft Dynamics GP is well-suited for our environment, as we pay a diverse group of employees, including on-the-road drivers, shop employees (some in other locations), and office employees. It easily tracks time off, taxes, pay, etc. The reporting allows us to verify with our drivers how they are paid each week, whether it be through mileage or stop-offs.
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    Pros
    Sage
    • Excellent roll-up reporting of various categories of expenses across multiple depts. Data is not siloed when we want to find all revenue sources across business entities, for example, or even down to details such as what is spent on "discretionary" expense elements.
    • Coding nomenclature is flexible and makes sense across business areas. Again, this allows for both more effective capture of data and with reporting slices and iterations.
    • Sage Intacct's open architecture (availability of APIs and already existing hooks) has made integration with other system tool-sets easier than we would ever have thought.
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    Microsoft
    • Great Plains started as back office/accounting, and that is still it's strong suit.
    • SQL and the GP programming language, Dexterity, provide a robust, scalable, and stable platform with well documented maintenance and repair procedures. Relatively easy to manage, tune, and support.
    • Microsoft support for GP verges on "particularly well". Doesn't quite get there but good enough once you know what you're doing
    • Strong partner network, including the GP User Group (GPUG)
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    Cons
    Sage
    • The budgeting module is archaic. It needs to have more application features, including tracking changes made throughout the year.
    • The creation of reports is complicated and lacks sufficient filtering options during the process.
    • The Purchasing module should be more flexible, allowing users to add change orders to an existing PO rather than creating a new one.
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    Microsoft
    • With respect to the allocations, once the expense is entered into the allocation account, you lose the ability to run any detail on just the total of the expense. It would be nice if you could run a trial balance on the allocation accounts the same way you can with regular accounts.
    • I've always thought security set up could be a bit simpler. It actually has gotten better through the years. Specifically, with eight separate entities, it would be nice to have a "master" setup where you could call up one group entity, assign the users rights, and then be finished. Currently, whenever I have a new user, I have to call up each individual entity and select all of the features I want the user to have. That means I have to do eight steps for each user.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    Microsoft
    Due the economic challenges that Puerto Rico is having, the company has had to merge some companies in order to be more efficient. It has been easy in GP to process those merges, even thought we had to spend days to accomplish that the process was smooth and accurate. In addition we were able to streamline the purchasing and sales process and the organization is confident to keep renewing GP for the future versions.
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    Usability
    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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    Microsoft
    Though it is a basic accounting package, I believe some users do not find the old style menus and navigation options intuitive. There is also a great lack of training resources in the market, so users have to learn the product without guidance a lot, resulting in inefficient workflows and misuse or misunderstanding of many features.
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    Reliability and Availability
    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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    Microsoft
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    Performance
    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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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    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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    Microsoft
    The rating is directed to the thrid party serive provider that we use. I do not now how good the Microsoft direct support is.
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    In-Person Training
    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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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    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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    Microsoft
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    Implementation Rating
    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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    Microsoft
    Basically the challenge with this implementation was the Business Portal, too many errors and even the aplication is up and running the users are still having issues. We will start planning the migraton to GP 2015 soon.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Sage
    We evaluated Sage Intacct alongside many other options, but Blackbaud and NetSuite were the frontrunners. They all were cloud-based and capable systems, but for our team, Sage Intacct was the clearer choice for a few reasons.
    First, usability. Our team has varying levels of accounting experience, and Sage felt more intuitive across those different levels. The others could be powerful, but it also felt like it required more technical depth to navigate day-to-day, which was a concern for a small team. Second, functionality out of the box. Sage Intacct had more of what we needed built in without requiring a significant number of add-ons, which kept the solution simpler and the pricing more predictable.
    Third, nonprofit fit. Sage Intacct is purpose-built for organizations like ours, and that showed in the functionality available and the system's overall design. And finally, our implementation partner, RSM, was well-versed in Sage Intacct and gave us confidence that we would have the right support behind us. That partnership was part of the overall value of choosing Sage.
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    Microsoft
    I come from a strong background of using SAP. SAP doesn't have the flexibility of GP, an example would be SAP doesn't allow core mods, if they catch you, you lose support. Microsoft doesn't really care about mods, but they will be quick to have the vendor you used support your issue if it is caused by those mods. With SAP your company adapts to the software, where with GP you adapt the software to you.
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    Scalability
    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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    Microsoft
    The functionality that GP and related ISV solutions offer and the ease of integration of GP to other systems makes it an extremely scalable solution
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    Return on Investment
    Sage
    • Positive - It runs better than our old software when we all work together, rather than having to sign off on each other and deal with syncing issues.
    • Negative - It's not as easy to go back to fix an amount, a date, etc. Sometimes, a very small mistake needs to be corrected by voiding and redoing the entire transaction.
    • We can successfully sync other software we use with Intacct! It reduces workload when things are automated.
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    Microsoft
    • Microsoft Dynamics GP allows my clients to move from a paper or spreadsheet based company to an integrated, electronic, streamlined business. I love being able to help clients gain efficiencies through the use of Microsoft Dynamics GP.
    • Microsoft Dynamics GP allows for better customer service because everything is at our fingertips. If someone calls questioning an invoice, we can easily look it up. If someone calls stating they paid an invoice with a certain check number, we can quickly run a query to find that particular check number to see where it was applied.
    • Having everything on a single platform provides ease of use for upgrades, backups and end user training. There is only one software to learn!
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    ScreenShots

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    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