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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    QuickBooks Desktop for Mac

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AQuickbooks Desktop for Mac is an accounting software designed for Mac users. It is designed to integrate with Apple iCloud. It provides core accounting features in line with the rest of the Quickbooks Desktop product line.N/A
    Pricing
    Sage IntacctQuickBooks Desktop for Mac
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    Sage IntacctQuickBooks Desktop for Mac
    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 IntacctQuickBooks Desktop for Mac
    Considered Both Products
    Sage
    Chose Sage Intacct
    We selected the Sage Intacct Package due to the overall sales points by the VAR that this would improve our project costing and meet our payroll type needs. The last selling point was the ability to have a VAR within the state who could be in person for meetings with us and …
    Incentivized
    Chose Sage Intacct
    The compatibility for Integration with other popular software programs makes Sage Intacct the obvious choice for our multi-entity organization.
    Incentivized
    Chose Sage Intacct
    QuickBooks was clunky and crashed all of the time. We had to transfer over to a system that was more reliable and web-based!
    Incentivized
    Intuit
    Chose QuickBooks Desktop for Mac
    We just switched to Sage Intacct over from QuickBooks because we outgrew it.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    1038 Answers
    80%
    Would buy again
    4 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    848 Answers
    80%
    Delivers good value for the price
    4 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    1057 Answers
    80%
    Happy with the feature set
    4 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    524 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    81%
    Implementation went as expected
    595 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Sage IntacctQuickBooks Desktop for Mac
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Sage Intacct and QuickBooks Desktop for Mac
    Feature
    Sage Intacct
    7.0
    358 Ratings
    8% below category average
    QuickBooks Desktop for Mac
    8.9
    13 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Pay calculation7.05 Ratings8.411 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration6.45 Ratings7.98 Ratings
    Direct deposit files7.14 Ratings10.010 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management6.94 Ratings8.47 Ratings
    Reimbursement management7.5358 Ratings10.09 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Sage Intacct and QuickBooks Desktop for Mac
    Feature
    Sage Intacct
    7.6
    867 Ratings
    0% above category average
    QuickBooks Desktop for Mac
    7.5
    12 Ratings
    1% below category average
    API for custom integration7.9815 Ratings7.08 Ratings
    Plug-ins7.4656 Ratings8.011 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Sage Intacct and QuickBooks Desktop for Mac
    Feature
    Sage Intacct
    8.7
    1313 Ratings
    6% above category average
    QuickBooks Desktop for Mac
    10.0
    22 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Single sign-on capability8.81072 Ratings10.022 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.61278 Ratings10.019 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Sage Intacct and QuickBooks Desktop for Mac
    Feature
    Sage Intacct
    7.8
    1406 Ratings
    0% below category average
    QuickBooks Desktop for Mac
    6.7
    24 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Dashboards7.81266 Ratings5.121 Ratings
    Standard reports8.01367 Ratings7.924 Ratings
    Custom reports7.61353 Ratings7.024 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Sage Intacct and QuickBooks Desktop for Mac
    Feature
    Sage Intacct
    8.0
    1544 Ratings
    5% above category average
    QuickBooks Desktop for Mac
    7.6
    26 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Accounts payable8.31434 Ratings8.126 Ratings
    Accounts receivable8.11259 Ratings7.625 Ratings
    Cash management8.01337 Ratings5.520 Ratings
    Bank reconciliation8.11326 Ratings9.526 Ratings
    Expense management7.9936 Ratings8.622 Ratings
    Time tracking6.9503 Ratings7.514 Ratings
    Fixed asset management7.4685 Ratings7.016 Ratings
    Multi-currency support7.8515 Ratings5.011 Ratings
    Multi-division support8.5843 Ratings6.012 Ratings
    Regulations compliance7.6513 Ratings10.011 Ratings
    Electronic tax filing7.7381 Ratings10.017 Ratings
    Self-service portal7.4644 Ratings7.615 Ratings
    Global Financial Support8.0376 Ratings5.08 Ratings
    Intercompany Accounting8.4887 Ratings8.116 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations8.71241 Ratings9.519 Ratings
    Enterprise Accounting8.1534 Ratings8.67 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting8.2729 Ratings6.511 Ratings
    Centralized Rules Framework7.9526 Ratings6.511 Ratings
    Standardized Processes8.3854 Ratings6.915 Ratings
    Primary and Secondary Ledgers00 Ratings8.615 Ratings
    Localizations00 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of Sage Intacct and QuickBooks Desktop for Mac
    Feature
    Sage Intacct
    6.7
    498 Ratings
    8% below category average
    QuickBooks Desktop for Mac
    7.4
    17 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Inventory tracking7.8364 Ratings9.516 Ratings
    Automatic reordering5.58 Ratings6.512 Ratings
    Location management8.5463 Ratings6.911 Ratings
    Manufacturing module5.25 Ratings6.510 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of Sage Intacct and QuickBooks Desktop for Mac
    Feature
    Sage Intacct
    7.5
    736 Ratings
    2% above category average
    QuickBooks Desktop for Mac
    9.1
    20 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Pricing7.7461 Ratings9.019 Ratings
    Order entry8.0654 Ratings9.518 Ratings
    Credit card processing7.5464 Ratings9.119 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold6.314 Ratings9.118 Ratings
    End-to-end order visibility8.2379 Ratings9.19 Ratings
    Order Orchestration00 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    Order exception Resolution00 Ratings9.18 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Sage IntacctQuickBooks Desktop for Mac
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (1593 ratings)
    8.1
    (34 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    5.3
    (85 ratings)
    8.0
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
    4.8
    (140 ratings)
    6.1
    (8 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (14 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (15 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    2.5
    (129 ratings)
    7.0
    (4 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.2
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    1.0
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    1.0
    (22 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    3.0
    (13 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    CPA Rating
    7.8
    (26 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    6.3
    (311 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    2.0
    (12 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    1.0
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    1.0
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Sage IntacctQuickBooks Desktop for Mac
    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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    Intuit
    If you're a freelancer or running a very small business where you do your own bookkeeping I think this is a great option, especially if you're familiar with accounting and bookkeeping in general. If you're not so familiar with bookkeeping, I would say that the learning curve is too steep and you might want to look elsewhere for a more intuitive solution
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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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    Intuit
    • The program is very easy to learn, the interface is incredibly user-friendly and there are tons of free resources and tutorials available
    • It makes managing payroll really easy for the employee and accountant on staff. No more lost time sheets or late paychecks!
    • Managing bills and paying them has become streamlined and it's great having everything in one place so we don't lose track of things.
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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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    Intuit
    • The #1 complaint is that setting it up right is a challenge. People waste time trying to figure it out only to realize that they don't know accounting so of course they don't know how an accounting program should be set up. Like any time you are in over your head, reach out to your network and find someone who can log onto your computer and walk you through it.
    • If you need to track the cost of wages to jobs you can't do it with the online payroll, but check for yourself because it's a function that landscaping companies and construction businesses usually need, so maybe they have added it by now. That would really help!
    • It's premise-based software and that means you take on the role of hardware admin, and it's a lot of work for what is increasingly becoming a smaller gap in the functionality between QuickBooks for Mac and QuickBooks Online.
    • QuickBooks for Mac 2015 has been updated consistently over the last 3 years and continues to provide for the bookkeeping needs of small companies using Macs in their offices. However, it has limited job costing functionality. It is similar in functionality to the 2010 version of QuickBooksPro which runs on Windows.
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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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    Intuit
    I haven't spent that much time with the newer versions of QuickBooks for Mac, but I think I'm seeing it make the much-needed improvements. For example, something as simple as undoing the previous reconciliation was a terrible chore, and I'm glad that feature has been included in the newer versions of QuickBooks for Mac
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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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    Intuit
    The Mac version is OK overall. I find the Windows versions to be much more robust but Mac is quite good for Mac users. Though I think die hard Mac users should consider QuickBooks Online instead as there is a new QB for Mac app that makes using QBO much better!
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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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    Intuit
    I've been using the QuickBooks online version for a little over 6 months now (upgraded from Mac desktop) and I haven't had any access issues. There have been times when it was down for service/upgrade however there is always plenty of notification time given by the Quick Books Online Support team. These upgrade maintenance time frames are always over night hours and on the weekends so everything can be worked around very easily.
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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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    Intuit
    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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    Intuit
    Fortunately, I haven't had to reach out much for support.
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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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    Intuit
    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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    Intuit
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Intuit
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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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    Intuit
    I love using Quickbooks compared to other software we've tried. QuickBooks Online and TSheets interface. Customer service and problem resolution are generally excellent, with well-trained and proficient agents taking calls or on chat. Ease of use and accessibility via the mobile app. Great courses were available to help with learning the basics and some advanced accounting background. I love learning! Online accessibility - it can work anywhere with an internet connection. Linking to bank and credit card accounts is handy.
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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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    Intuit
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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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    Intuit
    • It has allowed us to offer multiple bookkeeping softwares for clients that do not want to change from what they have been using.
    • Payroll filing has given us ease of mind because we can physically make the filings rather than waiting on payroll software to make them for us.
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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