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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

    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AThe SAP BPC software is designed to help users plan and achieve a faster, more accurate close. The SAP BPC software aims to help users spend more time growing their business and less time closing books. The vendor’s value proposition is that their software delivers planning, budgeting, forecasting, and financial consolidation capabilities in a single application. This, in turn, enables them to easily adjust plans and forecasts, speed up budget and closing cycles, and ensure compliance with…N/A
    Pricing
    Sage IntacctSAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Sage IntacctSAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsMust contact sales team for pricing.—
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    Community Pulse
    Sage IntacctSAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Considered Both Products
    Sage
    Chose Sage Intacct
    cheaper and more streamlines in many areas
    Incentivized
    Chose Sage Intacct
    BPC is more robust and supportive of a larger organization, while QuickBooks is very easy to use and adaptable but does not contain the features or controls necessary for a public company.
    Incentivized
    SAP
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    1040 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    849 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    1059 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    525 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    596 Answers
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    Features
    Sage IntacctSAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Sage Intacct and SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Feature
    Sage Intacct
    7.0
    358 Ratings
    8% below category average
    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    -
    Ratings
    Pay calculation7.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration6.45 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct deposit files7.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management6.94 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reimbursement management7.5358 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Sage Intacct and SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Feature
    Sage Intacct
    7.6
    868 Ratings
    0% above category average
    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    -
    Ratings
    API for custom integration7.8815 Ratings00 Ratings
    Plug-ins7.4657 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Sage Intacct and SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Feature
    Sage Intacct
    8.7
    1314 Ratings
    6% above category average
    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    -
    Ratings
    Single sign-on capability8.81073 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.61279 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Sage Intacct and SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Feature
    Sage Intacct
    7.8
    1407 Ratings
    0% below category average
    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards7.81266 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports8.01368 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports7.61354 Ratings00 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Sage Intacct and SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Feature
    Sage Intacct
    7.9
    1545 Ratings
    4% above category average
    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    -
    Ratings
    Accounts payable8.21435 Ratings00 Ratings
    Accounts receivable8.01260 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cash management8.01338 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bank reconciliation8.11327 Ratings00 Ratings
    Expense management7.9936 Ratings00 Ratings
    Time tracking6.9503 Ratings00 Ratings
    Fixed asset management7.3686 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-currency support7.8515 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-division support8.5843 Ratings00 Ratings
    Regulations compliance7.6513 Ratings00 Ratings
    Electronic tax filing7.7381 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self-service portal7.4644 Ratings00 Ratings
    Global Financial Support8.0376 Ratings00 Ratings
    Intercompany Accounting8.4888 Ratings00 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations8.71242 Ratings00 Ratings
    Enterprise Accounting8.1534 Ratings00 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting8.1730 Ratings00 Ratings
    Centralized Rules Framework7.9526 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standardized Processes8.3854 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of Sage Intacct and SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Feature
    Sage Intacct
    6.8
    498 Ratings
    7% below category average
    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    -
    Ratings
    Inventory tracking7.8364 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automatic reordering5.58 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location management8.5463 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manufacturing module5.25 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of Sage Intacct and SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Feature
    Sage Intacct
    7.5
    736 Ratings
    2% above category average
    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    -
    Ratings
    Pricing7.7461 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order entry8.0654 Ratings00 Ratings
    Credit card processing7.4464 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold6.314 Ratings00 Ratings
    End-to-end order visibility8.2379 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
    Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Sage Intacct and SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Feature
    Sage Intacct
    -
    Ratings
    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    7.8
    41 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Long-term financial planning00 Ratings7.535 Ratings
    Financial budgeting00 Ratings8.137 Ratings
    Forecasting00 Ratings7.840 Ratings
    Scenario modeling00 Ratings7.336 Ratings
    Management reporting00 Ratings8.140 Ratings
    Consolidation and Close
    Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Sage Intacct and SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Feature
    Sage Intacct
    -
    Ratings
    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    7.3
    40 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Financial data consolidation00 Ratings8.436 Ratings
    Journal entries and reports00 Ratings7.330 Ratings
    Multi-currency management00 Ratings6.928 Ratings
    Intercompany Eliminations00 Ratings6.930 Ratings
    Minority Ownership00 Ratings7.020 Ratings
    Local and consolidated reporting00 Ratings6.433 Ratings
    Detailed Audit Trails00 Ratings8.227 Ratings
    Financial Reporting and Compliance
    Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Sage Intacct and SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Feature
    Sage Intacct
    -
    Ratings
    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    7.3
    40 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Financial Statement Reporting00 Ratings8.035 Ratings
    Management Reporting00 Ratings7.240 Ratings
    Excel-based Reporting00 Ratings7.539 Ratings
    Automated board and financial reporting00 Ratings6.430 Ratings
    Analytics and Reporting
    Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Sage Intacct and SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Feature
    Sage Intacct
    -
    Ratings
    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    5.6
    36 Ratings
    30% below category average
    Personalized dashboards00 Ratings5.024 Ratings
    Color-coded scorecards00 Ratings6.922 Ratings
    KPIs00 Ratings3.031 Ratings
    Cost and profitability analysis00 Ratings7.628 Ratings
    Key Performance Indicator setting00 Ratings4.024 Ratings
    Benchmarking with external data00 Ratings7.018 Ratings
    Integration
    Comparison of Integration features of Sage Intacct and SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Feature
    Sage Intacct
    -
    Ratings
    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    6.4
    39 Ratings
    23% below category average
    Flat file integration00 Ratings6.935 Ratings
    Excel data integration00 Ratings6.937 Ratings
    Direct links to 3rd-party data sources00 Ratings5.425 Ratings
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    Score4.2 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    MYOB
    Score8.3 out of 10
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    Score8.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Microsoft Dynamics GP
    Score5.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Sage IntacctSAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (1594 ratings)
    7.4
    (41 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    5.2
    (85 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    4.7
    (140 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (14 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (15 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    2.4
    (129 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.2
    (6 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    1.0
    (14 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    1.0
    (22 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    3.0
    (13 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    CPA Rating
    7.8
    (26 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    6.3
    (311 ratings)
    6.7
    (39 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    2.0
    (12 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    1.0
    (11 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    1.0
    (11 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Sage IntacctSAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    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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    SAP
    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation) overall is a good package and has helped improve our reporting a lot whilst also making it more efficient due to the reliability of data input / output. There are limitations like graphs being so limited in functionality and reports failing when too much data being processed however i would recommend to others.
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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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    SAP
    • SAP BPC is real time data. You can send information into the system and see it reflected in your reports immediately. Other systems may require a manual push into a reporting system.
    • SAP BPC is a shared reporting tool, so multiple users can be working in a model/environment at the same time, real time. This is especially helpful if your workbooks incorporated multiple processes requiring multiple users to get into the same model.
    • SAP BPC is a powerful tool designed to help all facets of the company, from cash flow to capital expenditures to headcount management to financial planning to consolidation.
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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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    SAP
    • SAP should focus on delivering one single product for planning, consolidation and budgeting needs rather than providing a large list of options to choose from.
    • The product is not very user-friendly compared to other cloud competitors. There is a heavy dependency on IT teams.
    • SAP BPC should come up a pure cloud option.
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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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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    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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    SAP
    Unlike other SAP traditional products, SAP BPC was meant to be simple and familiar to financial users
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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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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    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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    SAP
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    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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    SAP
    We need a big support team with various skillset like BPC, ABAP, BW, HANA, FICO etc
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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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    SAP
    SAP BPC training content and trainers are very good. The training is structured and provides a very good understanding of the product features and functionalities. I attended 6 separate training sessions of week-long or more. I had very good experience in all the sessions. The training is organized very well.
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    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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    SAP
    SAP Training contents are very good, informative and exhaustive.
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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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    SAP
    The implementation was carried out in two phases spread over a period of 4 years with 2 upgrades in between. We also had multiple upgrades to HANA.
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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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    SAP
    With Hyperion we struggled as it didn’t have integrated planning and consolidation, whereas BPC does have it. BPC is easier for reporting as it is Excel-based. Also BPC has prepackaged business process flows that helped a lot. Hyperion on the other hand has a faster response time for user queries or report generation.
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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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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    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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    SAP
    • When originally implemented (as the predecessor product Outlooksoft) BPC took ASU from trying to budget and forecast for a 2B enterprise out of spreadsheets and into a far more consolidated tool. It has saved us considerable time over the years and paid for itself several times over.
    • BPC also allows us to present our budget in multiple different views to support management, board and departmental reporting.
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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

    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation) Screenshots

    Screenshot of SAP BPC Home ScreenScreenshot of SAP BPC Web ClientScreenshot of SAP BPC DashboardScreenshot of SAP BPC Web Report