Chargebee vs. Sage Intacct

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Chargebee
Score 7.9 out of 10
N/A
ChargeBee is an all in one subscription billing solution designed to handle all the complexity of recurring billing. The product integrates with a range of other SaaS applications including SalesForce, accounting, and order fulfillment systems. Some key features include: Managed Subscription Billing, Flexible Billing Support and Automated Notifications.
$599
per month for up to USD 100K of billing per month; 0.75% on billing thereafter
Sage Intacct
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
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
Pricing
ChargebeeSage Intacct
Editions & Modules
Scale
$599
per month for up to USD 100K of billing per month; 0.75% on billing thereafter
Enterprise
Contact sales team
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ChargebeeSage Intacct
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsNo transaction based fees. No setup cost.Must contact sales team for pricing.
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Community Pulse
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Features
ChargebeeSage Intacct
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Chargebee
-
Ratings
Sage Intacct
7.0
Ratings
10% below category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings6.40 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings7.10 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings6.90 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Chargebee
-
Ratings
Sage Intacct
7.9
Ratings
3% above category average
API for custom integration00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Plug-ins00 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Chargebee
-
Ratings
Sage Intacct
8.8
Ratings
5% above category average
Single sign-on capability00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Chargebee
-
Ratings
Sage Intacct
7.9
Ratings
0% above category average
Dashboards00 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Standard reports00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Custom reports00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
Chargebee
-
Ratings
Sage Intacct
8.1
Ratings
4% above category average
Accounts payable00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Accounts receivable00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Cash management00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Bank reconciliation00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Expense management00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Time tracking00 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Fixed asset management00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Multi-currency support00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Multi-division support00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Regulations compliance00 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Electronic tax filing00 Ratings7.20 Ratings
Self-service portal00 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Global Financial Support00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Intercompany Accounting00 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations00 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Enterprise Accounting00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Configurable Accounting00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Centralized Rules Framework00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Standardized Processes00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
Chargebee
-
Ratings
Sage Intacct
6.6
Ratings
11% below category average
Inventory tracking00 Ratings7.60 Ratings
Automatic reordering00 Ratings5.50 Ratings
Location management00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Manufacturing module00 Ratings5.20 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
Chargebee
-
Ratings
Sage Intacct
7.7
Ratings
0% below category average
Pricing00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Order entry00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Credit card processing00 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Cost of goods sold00 Ratings6.30 Ratings
End-to-end order visibility00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
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Score 7.9 out of 10
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Score 8.9 out of 10
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Sage Intacct
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Score 8.6 out of 10
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User Ratings
ChargebeeSage Intacct
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(0 ratings)
8.6
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.9
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
7.2
(0 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(0 ratings)
8.8
(0 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(0 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
2.0
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(0 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
7.1
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.3
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
ChargebeeSage Intacct
Likelihood to Recommend
Chargebee is also one of the best platform in order to provide proper billing management to the customers by providing their configuration needs to be corrected in order to deploy and made the connection relevant to the specific position which is one of the best usecase.It also provides support in order to rectifying issues.
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It is well-suited for nonprofit accounting with its ability to track expenses and revenues by both department and funding source. It is easy to set up vendors and customers for invoices and bill payments. It is less appropriate for proper budget management and purchasing with multiple approvers, particularly when edits are required.
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Pros
  • Reliable: We've had virtually no issues since launch.
  • Care about customers: Chargebee's account managers/support team have always been very helpful/responsive.
  • Feature-rich: Chargebee has a ton of features that help us do what we want and they are consistently adding new features every quarter.
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  • Custom, real-time financial reporting. I am able to streamline my reporting to pull in various account groups and calculations which save me time from having to do it in Excel.
  • Out of the box standard reports for clients who don't require as custom of reporting or even as a great starting point to build out reports.
  • Integrations with other platforms, such as Airbase, various banks, Rippling, etc.
  • The dashboard module is extremely helpful in my monthly review of various entities.
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Cons
  • [I feel] customer service never actually fixes any problems. They make you gather information they easily could, write up a big report of the problem, and then tell you why it's not working (usually not even correct). [In my experience] they never actually solve a problem. Not to mention, [in my experience] you can never speak with anyone immediately and coms turnaround is usually over 24 hours.
  • So far, I can not get my customers to checkout online, even after hiring professional developers to help.
  • [I believe] QBO sync is a mess.
  • My account is set up to send payment tokens to Authorize.Net, and no matter how much I disable every possible security feature, I still have 100's of declined cards, that work perfectly well.
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  • Downloading bill register reports for all the entities at the top level would be helpful.
  • An increase in the Time frame of the Auto-Log out feature for security will be helpful.
  • I think there is some room in the automation part that can be improved.
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Likelihood to Renew
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Sage Intacct continues to well-satisfy our needs and is an easy-to-use product. Service reliability has been excellent. The ability to integrate Sage Intacct with best-in-class companion products that handle expense reporting, budgeting, etc... makes Sage Intacct an excellent value. We continue to be extremely well-satisfied with the results and performance of our experience using Sage Intacct.
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Usability
It's very easy to use once you know what you're doing. I found it very straight forward once I got the hang of things and was able to create plans easily for my business. I was also able to just charge my clients right away easily. Refunding was also easy when needed.
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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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Reliability and Availability
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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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Performance
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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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Support Rating
Chargebee is simple to use, and we have had little need for support.
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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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In-Person Training
No answers on this topic
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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Online Training
No answers on this topic
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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Implementation Rating
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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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Alternatives Considered
Chargebee is a class apart from Zoho Books - better in all aspects - better interface, more functionalities, integrations that actually work, responsive support, customisable automated reporting, more customizability. The only difference is pricing - Zoho comes at about 10% of what Chargebee costs. So for startups looking to graduate from Google Sheets and on a budget - Zoho will serve your purposes - but eventually will have to move to something like a Chargebee.
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As a CPA in public accounting, I was exposed to many systems. I was in on the ground floor with the implementation of NetSuite for a client; it was clunky, the reporting was ugly, and it wasn’t user friendly. Sage Intacct is a great option for mid-size organizations who have outgrown Quickbooks.
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Scalability
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There is so much that we have yet to learn with and about Sage Intacct, I am excited for the future.
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Return on Investment
  • Chargebee has allowed us to focus on the most important part of our business: the product, instead of cumbersome development to manage subscriptions. The time ROI that it saved allowing us to get our product to market was invaluable.
  • Chargebee also made sense financially. Paying the subscription was far cheaper than developing something similar (or even far inferior) ourselves
  • Overall it's saved us quite a bit of time, money, and allows employees to easily manage subscriptions which is extremely important to us.
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  • Sage Intacct has made a very positive impact to our business objectives; it has provided strong ROI through automation features that reduce manual data input and associated risk of error, enhancing accuracy and operational efficiency.
  • It empowers us to make data-driven decisions that further refine our strategic plan by bettering the process of financial close with real-time and detailed reporting.
  • This also extends to multi-entity management, which eased consolidation and thus supported growth and scaling. This feature-rich software finally serves to drive productivity further and facilitate resource usage.
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ScreenShots

Chargebee Screenshots

Screenshot of Chargebee's metrics and reportingScreenshot of the Recurring Business Command CentreScreenshot of customer subscription nanagement organized onto a single page, where users can change plans, edit card details, add add-ons, apply credits, apply ad hoc charges and delay billing dateScreenshot of the customizable hosted checkout page

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