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.
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QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise
Score 8.2 out of 10
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QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise is a widely-used accounting package designed for small to mid-sized businesses. It is the top of the QuickBooks line. Pricing starts at $3,000 for five users, and goes up depending on the number of additional users. They also offer an Advanced Inventory module for $999 / year.
For starters, it is cloud-based, which makes it extremely accessible. Automated processes are very intuitive to operate and very automatic, which leaves no room for errors. Second, Intacct processes information a whole lot quicker and is more automated than Quickbooks.
Sage Intacct is better than Xero, Quickbooks, and SAP. While Netsuite has more customization options it is harder to learn quickly. For large teams Sage Intacct is the way to go. NetSuite is great but without a coach to walk the team through where to go and how to setup it can …
Netsuite is not beginner friendly, Quickbooks desktop is outdated and QuickBooks Online has technical issues which would take time to be resolved. Overall Sage is easier to use and easily understandable. Help Page in the UI has most things covered to have the seamless experience
Quickbooks desktop is great for start up organizations. In my opinion, it lacks a lot of features and has a lot of instances where only one user can access a certain area at a time. Sage Intacct allows multiple users to be do similar functions at the same time. Quickbooks did …
Sage Intacct act as a ERP where we can manage all the things like accounting to vendor management easily here in Sage Intacct there are lot of Module where as per the organization need we need to install an implement in organization level.
this site is good for smaller business but when scaling up, the amount of time that QuickBooks takes to format and input numbers was the reason to switch over to a new site.
Sage Intacct performs well compared to other products that I have used. It is more robust than QuickBooks and much more user friendly than Open Systems. It performs very similarly to NetSuite with it's features and reporting. None of the other products I have used at the time …
I believe the company chose Sage Intacct because it was the best option at the time and would provide all the features needed to run a regional charter school program across multiple school locations. It also was compatible with Bill.com.
QB is not an accounting software, it is more for bookkeeping purposes. Sage is all encompassing and allows us to consolidate much more easily and efficiently.
When comparing QB Desktop Enterprise to Sage I typically use the analogy that Quickbooks is bookkeeping - Sage is accounting. I would say that Sage definitely demands a more in-depth knowledge of accounting to be properly set up and utilized, while Quickbooks is much more …
I enjoy the speed that Sage operates at, diving into the books is a breeze and it is easy to track items across multiple transactions. I prefer the collections reporting in quickbooks because it makes it easier to track multiple accounts, drill down on balances, and customize …
Selecting Sage was not my choice and is the system that is being used at my job. It is a lot more detail orientated which is great, however, I do find Quickbooks reporting to be a lot more straightforward and user-friendly.
Intacct was way overkill and too expensive for what we wanted - especially because ServiceTrade runs the operations side of the business. We just needed the core accounting from QB.
Quickbooks Desktop Enterprise is much better than either Intacct or NetSuite. The only issue is the lack of Multi-entity support with QB; if you don't need that, stick with Quickbooks.
We have selected this product as it is affordoable in terms of pricing and features too. Our clients is geeting lots of benefits by using this product. By using QuickBooks desktop client also manage the information realted to financials and also get the clear picture for the …
QuickBooks is more popular and widely used, it's easier to find potential employees that already have experience with it. Sage is more professional it feels.
All competitors do invoice and a/p. Many of the listed competitors do better asset tracking and inventory. The larger packages get too complex too quickly and become an administrative burden as well as an implementation burden. QuickBooks is easier to set up the COA and …
We need to have a simple interface to keep track of business expenses, and this QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise is very easy to use and user-friendly. Easy to track all your records and reconcile the data. It does a great job of creating and paying the bills and deposits. …
QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise is widely used by our client and they prefer to use it instead of Online. And it also gives lots of flexibility compared with Online.
Enterprise seems to me to be losing its relavance. The company does not seem to be interested in enhancing the product and is focusing more on their online offerings and platforms. Compared to other software available, I would be hard pressed to choose Enterprise.
I've used Intacct before. It's a very efficient accounting software. But it's a bit pricey and its more convenient for bigger more complex entities. We chose QuickBooks because it's appropriate for a small to mid firm that is not very complex and that only needs straight …
QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise and Sage Intacct are both accounting platforms with ERP capabilities, such as order management and purchasing. QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise is an on-premise accounting solution, while Sage Intacct is a cloud-based platform.
QuickBooks generally caters to the SMB market, and the Desktop Enterprise offering serves the largest companies within that segment, particularly those that require some light ERP capabilities like inventory management. In contrast, Sage Intacct is designed for when businesses need a more scalable and customizable accounting system. Its user base is more centered around larger midsize companies and small enterprises.
Features
QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise and Sage Intacct both provide strong features that differentiate their ideal customers.
QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise stands out among users for its native payroll system, which streamlines one of the more routine and otherwise time-intensive financial processes. It also has excellent out of the box reports. These simple reports make the platform accessible and easy to learn even for new or inexperienced users.
In contrast, Sage Intacct excels in the customization and expanded capabilities that larger organizations require. In particular, Intacct allows users an exceptional level of customizability in how their deployment and reporting is structured. This allows uses to tailor their reporting and data slicing to the business’s specific needs. The high level of customization, as well as robust 3rd part integrations, all facilitate significant scalability on the platform.
Limitations
While both products have standout features, QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise and Sage Intacct also have some limitations worth considering.
QuickBooks’s ERP capabilities, such as inventory management, are less robust than some users need. This issue becomes more pronounced as businesses grow and scale up while using the software. The customizable reporting has also been glitchy or error-prone for some users. Limited user management and administration capabilities have also hampered some teams as they add members and administrators.
Sage Intacct’s strength in customization also makes the platform more intimidating for newer users. There are fewer effective out of the box reporting options, and all the customization also entails a more substantial learning curve. Some significant functionalities, like budgeting, are also positioned as add-ons, and cost extra on top of the base subscription.
Pricing
QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise has 3 packages, each of which are sold either as a local license or through a cloud-based subscription. The Silver plan, at $1091.70/yr for local or $134/month for the hosted version, offers the core software, customer support, online backup storage, automatic upgrades, and reporting. The Platinum package, at $1746/yr for the local version or $189.80/month for the hosted version, adds on Inventory management, pricing, and bundled payroll. The Diamond package, at $3442.88/yr for the local version and $311.91/month for the hosted version, adds timesheets and a CRM connector.
Sage Intacct’s pricing varies with each customer. Concrete pricing numbers are available by quote from the vendor.
Features
Sage Intacct
QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Sage Intacct
7.1
306 Ratings
5% below category average
QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise
7.9
108 Ratings
6% above category average
Pay calculation
7.05 Ratings
8.7104 Ratings
Benefit plan administration
6.45 Ratings
7.861 Ratings
Direct deposit files
7.14 Ratings
8.090 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management
6.94 Ratings
7.782 Ratings
Reimbursement management
8.1306 Ratings
7.583 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Sage Intacct
7.9
699 Ratings
11% above category average
QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise
7.5
74 Ratings
6% above category average
API for custom integration
8.1659 Ratings
7.857 Ratings
Plug-ins
7.8528 Ratings
7.168 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Sage Intacct
8.7
1085 Ratings
9% above category average
QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise
8.3
156 Ratings
4% above category average
Single sign-on capability
8.8888 Ratings
8.3118 Ratings
Role-based user permissions
8.61052 Ratings
8.2154 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Sage Intacct
8.1
1168 Ratings
7% above category average
QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise
8.3
173 Ratings
9% above category average
Dashboards
8.11043 Ratings
8.4148 Ratings
Standard reports
8.21135 Ratings
8.6171 Ratings
Custom reports
8.01120 Ratings
8.1166 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
Sage Intacct
8.3
1281 Ratings
11% above category average
QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise
8.1
177 Ratings
9% above category average
Accounts payable
8.41184 Ratings
8.8170 Ratings
Accounts receivable
8.21037 Ratings
8.9169 Ratings
Cash management
8.31100 Ratings
8.4155 Ratings
Bank reconciliation
8.31092 Ratings
9.0168 Ratings
Expense management
8.1782 Ratings
8.3155 Ratings
Time tracking
7.9439 Ratings
6.577 Ratings
Fixed asset management
7.7563 Ratings
8.1115 Ratings
Multi-currency support
8.4428 Ratings
7.757 Ratings
Multi-division support
8.5701 Ratings
8.093 Ratings
Regulations compliance
8.4417 Ratings
8.265 Ratings
Electronic tax filing
8.1303 Ratings
8.187 Ratings
Self-service portal
7.9512 Ratings
6.667 Ratings
Global Financial Support
8.2301 Ratings
6.432 Ratings
Intercompany Accounting
8.4730 Ratings
8.175 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations
8.71003 Ratings
8.9126 Ratings
Enterprise Accounting
8.3425 Ratings
8.586 Ratings
Configurable Accounting
8.5571 Ratings
8.383 Ratings
Centralized Rules Framework
8.4409 Ratings
8.150 Ratings
Standardized Processes
8.4672 Ratings
8.794 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers
00 Ratings
8.161 Ratings
Localizations
00 Ratings
8.145 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
Sage Intacct
6.6
403 Ratings
6% below category average
QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise
7.6
104 Ratings
8% above category average
Inventory tracking
7.6305 Ratings
8.1100 Ratings
Automatic reordering
5.58 Ratings
7.353 Ratings
Location management
8.2375 Ratings
8.366 Ratings
Manufacturing module
5.25 Ratings
6.850 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
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.
QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise is very flexible. When you have made a mistake, most mistakes are fixed easily. This is wonderful if you know what you are doing. If you don't know what you are doing QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise gives the user, the ability to do many things incorrectly. If you are not an accountant, you don't know you are doing it incorrectly. That can be a problem.
Several security measures and double check systems to ensure incorrect entries aren't made. This prevents accidental errors and protects the company from fraud.
Ease of overall use
Reporting can be as detailed or as general as you prefer. Each report allows you to look at the overall picture or access specific details of each aspect of the company financials.
I would like to see more ways to customize reports and have that process be more user friendly.
I would like to see the process of creating year end giving statements be made more user friendly. Since I only do it once a year, I have to figure the process out every year.
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.
We've been using QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions from when the business started, 11 years ago. I don't see us changing programs any time soon as it is working pretty well for us now. It would be extremely time consuming to start from scratch with a new accounting or inventory management program.
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.
QuickBooks provides all staff immediate access to the data in whatever form each person wants it. The balancing on entries prevents incorrect data entry on payables/receivables. Reports are easy to customize and save for future use. The records are easy to audit.
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.
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.
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.
Very rare do I call the Quickbooks Enterprise Solutions support staff and I get a customer service associate quickly. On average, my wait time is near an hour, and at times even longer. After spending the first three minutes discussing my problem, they then begin to poke and prod around, sometimes the questions continue. But 80% of the time, the problem is over their head and they have to escalate the issue. The only problem is this escalation arrives usually after spending forty-five minutes poking and proding around but learning nothing. In short, my experience is rarely all that well, let alone great
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.
It is a very easy system to learn, so with the help it was even easier. QB is a good solid system, but it lacks some of the complexity other systems have. with QB you need to get additional modules to get the same functionality that other systems offer standard
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.
easy to learn system, specially with some kind of support. Just like with any other system, things get lot easier if you have guidance to lead you in your search for answers. having said that, QB is very easy to use and very easy to teach. you wont spend much time memorizing where to click.
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.
If you're loading QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions onto a computer that you're going to directly log into, you should be able to do it yourself. If you are going to connect to a server through a network or remote connection, you should probably have a professional IT person set it up for you.
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.
We have selected this product as it is affordoable in terms of pricing and features too. Our clients is geeting lots of benefits by using this product. By using QuickBooks desktop client also manage the information realted to financials and also get the clear picture for the future by using the accounting information from this product.
It has worked for our small company in every way. We have very little issues with the software and when we have had problems, Intuit has stepped up and resolved in promptly.
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.
Good value for the price. The initial setup was quick and easy.
When properly set up and processes are followed it's decent at managing inventory which is something we had problems with. Have to have a dedicated employee to builds.
Rolling up costs in multi-level BOM's is a project each time we have to review costs, it's very time consuming to manually update all assemblies.
