Sage Intacct vs. Workday Financial Management

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Sage Intacct
Score 8.7 out of 10
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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
Workday Financial Management
Score 8.3 out of 10
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Workday Financial Management is built on a global foundation that provides organizations with the core financial management capabilities expected from a modern cloud solution. It goes well beyond just managing financial processes to achieve greater insight, improve financial consolidation and reduce time to close, instill internal control and auditability, and achieve consistency across global operations. By using an in-memory architecture and object data model,…N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Pricing Offerings
Sage IntacctWorkday Financial Management
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Sage IntacctWorkday Financial Management
Considered Both Products
Sage Intacct
Chose Sage Intacct
Sage's reports are much more customizable and useful than Workday. Intacct is also easier to navigate.
Chose Sage Intacct
Sage Intacct is highly customizable, configurable, flexible, and highly scalable making it more outstanding compared to its alternatives.
Chose Sage Intacct
It was very good. So all employees using this Sage Intacct to submit their timesheets and after submitting timesheet we can check status , it will be very good. If anyone want to check all types of leave balances once open this Sage Intacct easily they can check. I can …
Chose Sage Intacct
They seem to have similar capabilities.
Chose Sage Intacct
NetSuite's custom solution was better suited for larger, multi-entity enterprises that may need custom-built integrations but the costs associated with servicing the software and maintenance if any of those customizations broke were not worth it for us.

Workday didn't seem worth …
Workday Financial Management
Chose Workday Financial Management
Workday Financial Management provides additional capabilities like real time financial analytics creation, easy tracking of multiple projects expense and management of all project financial data from one platform. CRM features are also impressive, billing tools and the online …
Chose Workday Financial Management
Workday is far superior to UKG. UKG felt cumbersome while being used, whereas Workday felt easy and intuitive. Workday allows for an easier flow of completing numerous everyday functions. I aim to integrate it into as many of my daily work routines as I can, reducing the time …
Chose Workday Financial Management
The processing power of Workday Financial Management we much better. The other systems didn't run as fast when trying to look at the financials or running any of the various reports that we would need. It also has a cleaner view when looking at the details.
Top Pros
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Features
Sage IntacctWorkday Financial Management
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Sage Intacct
7.1
307 Ratings
5% below category average
Workday Financial Management
8.3
19 Ratings
14% above category average
Pay calculation7.05 Ratings8.519 Ratings
Benefit plan administration6.45 Ratings8.716 Ratings
Direct deposit files7.14 Ratings8.316 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management6.94 Ratings00 Ratings
Reimbursement management8.1307 Ratings00 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Sage Intacct
7.9
700 Ratings
11% above category average
Workday Financial Management
8.2
17 Ratings
12% above category average
API for custom integration8.1660 Ratings8.314 Ratings
Plug-ins7.8529 Ratings8.216 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Sage Intacct
8.7
1086 Ratings
9% above category average
Workday Financial Management
8.8
21 Ratings
8% above category average
Single sign-on capability8.8889 Ratings8.821 Ratings
Role-based user permissions8.61053 Ratings8.919 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Sage Intacct
8.1
1169 Ratings
7% above category average
Workday Financial Management
8.5
24 Ratings
20% above category average
Dashboards8.11044 Ratings8.424 Ratings
Standard reports8.21136 Ratings8.820 Ratings
Custom reports8.01121 Ratings8.418 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
Sage Intacct
8.3
1282 Ratings
11% above category average
Workday Financial Management
8.5
20 Ratings
11% above category average
Accounts payable8.41185 Ratings9.015 Ratings
Accounts receivable8.21038 Ratings9.115 Ratings
Cash management8.31101 Ratings00 Ratings
Bank reconciliation8.31093 Ratings00 Ratings
Expense management8.1783 Ratings00 Ratings
Time tracking7.9440 Ratings00 Ratings
Fixed asset management7.7564 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-currency support8.5429 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-division support8.5702 Ratings00 Ratings
Regulations compliance8.4418 Ratings00 Ratings
Electronic tax filing8.1304 Ratings00 Ratings
Self-service portal7.9513 Ratings00 Ratings
Global Financial Support8.2302 Ratings8.516 Ratings
Intercompany Accounting8.4731 Ratings00 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations8.71004 Ratings8.913 Ratings
Enterprise Accounting8.3426 Ratings00 Ratings
Configurable Accounting8.5572 Ratings8.316 Ratings
Centralized Rules Framework8.4410 Ratings00 Ratings
Standardized Processes8.4673 Ratings9.017 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers00 Ratings8.716 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
Sage Intacct
6.6
404 Ratings
6% below category average
Workday Financial Management
8.7
9 Ratings
10% above category average
Inventory tracking7.6306 Ratings9.09 Ratings
Automatic reordering5.58 Ratings8.69 Ratings
Location management8.3376 Ratings8.68 Ratings
Manufacturing module5.25 Ratings00 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
Sage Intacct
7.8
608 Ratings
5% above category average
Workday Financial Management
9.1
10 Ratings
16% above category average
Pricing8.0382 Ratings00 Ratings
Order entry8.3541 Ratings00 Ratings
Credit card processing8.0383 Ratings9.110 Ratings
Cost of goods sold6.314 Ratings00 Ratings
End-to-end order visibility8.3310 Ratings00 Ratings
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Small Businesses
QuickBooks Self-Employed
QuickBooks Self-Employed
Score 9.2 out of 10
Acumatica
Acumatica
Score 8.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Accounting Seed
Accounting Seed
Score 8.3 out of 10
Infor VISUAL
Infor VISUAL
Score 7.2 out of 10
Enterprises
Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP
Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP
Score 8.1 out of 10
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Score 7.4 out of 10
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User Ratings
Sage IntacctWorkday Financial Management
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(1338 ratings)
8.7
(24 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.4
(80 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
6.5
(138 ratings)
9.5
(5 ratings)
Availability
7.6
(13 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
7.5
(14 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
5.9
(127 ratings)
9.7
(5 ratings)
In-Person Training
8.3
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
2.2
(13 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
6.5
(20 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
7.0
(12 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
7.3
(308 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
7.7
(11 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
7.5
(10 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.4
(10 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Sage IntacctWorkday Financial Management
Likelihood to Recommend
Sage
Sage Intacct is well suited for most accounting needs, specifically journal entries, accounts payable/receivable processes and cash management. Intacct is also useful for budget planning and integration with financial actuals, as well as report writing to coincide with financial reporting processes on monthly, quarterly and annual basis. I'm not sure that Intacct has the capability to fully house a financial reporting process, but it is a great tool.
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Workday
Workday is well suited for managing employees throughout their full life cycle. It excels at housing employee data from the start of their time with the company through their departure. Workday is less suited to payroll functions, which could be more robust.
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Pros
Sage
  • Sage intacct will be useful in month end reconciliation by extracting all the required reports.
  • It is helpful for viewing of any type/particular GL codes directly in the General ledger folder
  • It will be helpful to apply the credit memos for a particular date
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Workday
  • The flexibility of going beyond handling the accounts, where we can handle cash, assets, and accounting simultaneously for the customer.
  • The single platform offers grants management where you can organize the lifecycle of the grants and synchronize it with any criteria of grant closing out scheme.
  • I personally liked Project billing with the essence of evaluating project revenue and nice reporting templates that can be shared with the customer at any stage of the project while having the flexibility of auditing the reported cost.
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Cons
Sage
  • More "in your face" notice of added features that require being added to a user profile
  • Clearer explanations of what is needed on importing sheets
  • Go back to emailing office hours recaps for people that attended or signed up to attend
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Workday
  • Some of the Workday updates last till like 10 in the morning which prevents employees to clock in and check their times and some cases their schedules
  • Workday can work on opening documents quicker instead of taking couple of minutes or notifying the user when they are ready to download
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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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Workday
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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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Workday
Workday is easy enough navigate, as long as it is properly set up. With that said, it can be put together in a modular fashion as well, allowing for a very high degree of flexibility in terms of design and process delegation. Finally, it makes consolidation achievable in times previously unthinkable.
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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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Workday
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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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Workday
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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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Workday
Our support team has been awesome. They are extremely knowledgeable and have been able to guide us through all of the challenges we have faced. Workday's community online is also extremely helpful with many trainings and help topics that can be reviewed at your convenience.
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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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Workday
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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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Workday
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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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Workday
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Alternatives Considered
Sage
Sage intacct is known for its robust financial management capabilities. It offers features like general ledger, accounts payable and recievable, project accounting, expense management and more. It is suitable for small top mid sized businesses and larger enterprises. Sage intacct is highlyscalable and can accommodate the needs of growing businesses.
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Workday
Despite Airtable also being easier to use one thing that differentiates and put forth Workday Financial Management tool above is it's key features and better suited functionality for handling confidential data. The other positive note where Workday Financial Management performs high is it key analytics tool that's easier to use and representation of information into insightful dashboards.
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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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Workday
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Return on Investment
Sage
  • Sage Intacct provides multiple modules based on business requirements and it will fulfill the client's needs as per their budget.
  • AP aging and AR aging help clients to make the decision at any time to allow reserve for doubtful debts to ensure the financials are shown with correct values.
  • Financials are published on time with minimal adjustments or corrections. This client benefits and files taxes on time.
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Workday
  • We were able to combine 4 different HR modules into one system.
  • We reduced data breach incidents by 95% after shifting to Workday. One of our legacy softwares had vulnerabilities.
  • The initial learning curve was higher than projected. We spent about a week to 10 days extra time deploying it, which affected the profit center that year.
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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