For companies that have outgrown quickbooks
January 17, 2022

For companies that have outgrown quickbooks

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Sage Intacct

We utilize intacct to manage our 43 operating real estate developments and to manage our finances at the corporate and development levels. The location feature within intacct has been invaluable in our line of work, it allows us to multiple projects/costs and corporate accounting, seamlessly.
  • Location feature
  • Document management
  • Financial reporting
  • integration of waterfalls for real estate specific industry
  • With improvements, it could be one stop shop for payroll reporting
  • Good ROI for companies that have outgrown quickbooks
Yes although there is room for improvement on the following: 1. The software should make sure that the AP/AR account ledger balances always match the corresponding reports....if one is not paying attention they could get out of sync, there should be an automated safety check against this happening. 2. It would be nice to have the detailed transaction information for AP/AR items show up in the general ledgers without having to drill down into the specific invoices.
As a real estate developer we are constantly turning over projects. We may manage up to 40 projects at one time at various stages in acquisition/development/Disposition. As a result of our business model there are intercompany transactions between the developer entity and the lower tier project entities which are currently set up as locations in INtacct. The downfall is that the intercompany accounts dont automatically tie into each other because of the set up (separate locations vs. separate entities). Would be nice to have the intercompany accounts tie in even with the location feature and not just the entity feature.
The learning curve is huge. I have taken financial reporting classes and am a very savy computer focused millenial, there are items in the reporting module that i still cannot figure out. The support in the classes is very limited (they will only address highly specific questions - which sometimes you dont have because you dont understand the fundamentals). For instance, i have a balance sheet summary report that does not roll current year net income into retained earnings but a detailed balance sheet report that does. The underlying data in the report and account groupings that are used are identical in both reports.

Do you think Sage Intacct delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Sage Intacct's feature set?

Yes

Did Sage Intacct live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Sage Intacct go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Sage Intacct again?

Yes

Quickbooks is basic, intacct is more robust - fitting for companies that have outgrown the simplicity of quickbooks and that are looking for better multi-entity/location management and financial reporting.

Yardi Voyager is more expensive, has a higher learning curve and is intended for users with financial backgrounds whereas Intacct is more user friendly and roles/access can be customized depending on function.
Well suited for financial reporting

Sage Intacct Feature Ratings

Accounts payable
6
Accounts receivable
10
Cash management
10
Bank reconciliation
10
Expense management
10
Time tracking
Not Rated
Fixed asset management
Not Rated
Multi-currency support
Not Rated
Multi-division support
Not Rated
Regulations compliance
Not Rated
Self-service portal
Not Rated
Global Financial Support
Not Rated
Intercompany Accounting
5
Journals and Reconciliations
Not Rated
Enterprise Accounting
Not Rated
Configurable Accounting
10
Centralized Rules Framework
Not Rated
Standardized Processes
Not Rated
Inventory tracking
Not Rated
Location management
9
Pricing
8
Order entry
Not Rated
Credit card processing
Not Rated
End-to-end order visibility
Not Rated
Dashboards
4
Standard reports
5
Custom reports
5
Not Rated
API for custom integration
Not Rated
Plug-ins
Not Rated
Role-based user permissions
10
Single sign-on capability
10