Head to head
NetSuite vs Sage Intacct
Both products assessed against the same checklist, with ratings drawn from 237 verified reviews.
Sage Intacct
Accounting Software
4.3
96 verified reviews
Custom pricing
quoted on request
- Rating gap
- 0.5
- Reviews behind this
- 237
- Priced on scope
- Quoted
- Features they share
- 3
Side by side
How they compare
Ratings computed from published reviews, and the specifications that change what a product costs to run. The washed column is the higher rated of the two.
| Compared on | Oracle NetSuite | Higher rated overall |
|---|---|---|
| What reviewers say | ||
| Overall rating | 3.8 | 4.3, higher |
| Ease of use | 3.4 | 4.1, higher |
| Value for money | 3.8 | 4.2, higher |
| Customer service | 3.6 | 4.0, higher |
| Functionality | 3.9 | 4.1, higher |
| Verified reviews | 141 | 96 |
| What it costs | ||
| Starting price | Custom pricingquoted on request | Custom pricingquoted on request |
| VAT basis | Excl VAT | Excl VAT |
| Free trial | No | No |
| Free plan | No | No |
| Published plans | 1 | 1 |
| Vendor and support | ||
| Vendor | Oracle NetSuite | Sage Group plc |
| Founded | 1998 | 1999 |
| Support channels | Partner network, Telephone, Email, SuiteAnswers knowledge base | Partner network, Telephone, Email, Dedicated success manager |
| Integrations listed | 6 | 7 |
| Local bank feeds | 0 | 1 |
The local yardstick
South African compliance
Amber marks a gap rather than a feature. This is usually where the decision is actually made.
NetSuite
- VAT configured at 15% by the implementation partner
- IFRS and IFRS 15 revenue recognition
- Strong audit trail and segregation of duties
- Data hosted outside South Africa
Sage Intacct
- VAT configured at 15% by the implementation partner
- IFRS and IFRS for SMEs reporting
- SOX style audit controls
- POPIA operator agreement
- No direct SARS eFiling transfer
What they cost
Pricing, compared properly
Check the VAT basis on each. Vendors are not consistent, and the difference is 15%.
NetSuite
Listed excluding VAT
- Quoted
Quoted
Annual contract quoted in US dollars on modules and user count. Negotiate multi year terms with capped renewal increases before signing.
Sage Intacct
Listed excluding VAT
- Quoted
Quoted
Quoted on scope. Budget for licence plus implementation, and expect implementation to be the larger number in year one.
Capability
The full feature matrix
Every feature either product offers, and whether the other one has it.
| Compared on | Oracle NetSuite | Higher rated overall |
|---|---|---|
| 21 features across both products | ||
| Audit trail and controls | Included | Not included |
| Budgeting and planning | Not included | Included |
| Core financials | Not included | Included |
| Dashboards and board reporting | Not included | Included |
| Dimensional accounting | Not included | Included |
| Fixed assets | Not included | Included |
| General ledger and financials | Included | Not included |
| Inter company eliminations | Not included | Included |
| Inventory and warehouse management | Included | Not included |
| Multi currency and multi jurisdiction | Included | Not included |
| Multi entity and multi currency consolidation | Not included | Included |
| Multi subsidiary consolidation | Included | Not included |
| Open API | Included | Included |
| Order and billing management | Included | Not included |
| Procurement | Included | Not included |
| Project accounting | Included | Included |
| Revenue recognition | Included | Included |
| Role based access controls | Not included | Included |
| Spend management | Not included | Included |
| SuiteAnalytics reporting | Included | Not included |
| SuiteCloud customisation platform | Included | Not included |
Our verdict
Which one you should buy
We name a winner. Listing differences and leaving the decision to the reader is not a verdict.
We have not written a full verdict for this pairing yet, so here is the position from the data.
Sage Intacct holds the higher rating at 4.3 against 3.8, from 96 reviews against 141. Reviewers rate it 4.1 for ease of use and 4.2 for value for money, against 3.4 and 3.8.
Read the compliance comparison below before deciding on the rating alone. A product that scores well overall can still be missing the one statutory output your business cannot do without.
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