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My main use case for Sage Intacct is working for a nonprofit organization in the US, and in my daily work, I record all the entries, data, all the accounting tools, and make financial reports from Sage Intacct and take various reports from that.

A quick specific example of how I use Sage Intacct for my nonprofit organization is that I regularly handle monthly entries for insurance, taxes, and more. Moreover, I post the invoices and make those payments from Sage Intacct and record those particular entries.

The main usage of Sage Intacct is for journal entries, such as for taxes, insurance, and daily invoice processing for vendor day-to-day transactions. We render a service, so for that, I just have to book an entry in which I'll attach the invoice and process the payment from Sage Intacct.

The best features Sage Intacct offers include the ability to edit journal entries, attach more than one attachment right there, and have specific fields for marking the transaction such as a description, notes, dates, and GL account numbers where we code that. This feature really helps me out in my daily work.

This has made my workflow easier and more accurate because when I receive an invoice and I'm confused about the nature of the expense, Sage Intacct helps me choose a listed GL code easily. Additionally, for the transaction date, Sage Intacct doesn't allow me to take a different date from the invoice since I'll attach the invoice. This helps with the accuracy of the amount of the invoice. Another example is that during bank reconciliation, Sage Intacct already helps me mark items that are already posted in the bank or which are in the bank statement, which makes me feel better when I go for reconciliation.

Sage Intacct helps me mark the exact date and amount for particular transactions, same in the bank statement, and this feature is really appreciable in Sage Intacct.

Sage Intacct has positively impacted my organization by providing the opportunity to delete or edit any incorrect journal entry at the same time or in the prior or post-period after posting that particular entry. We also have the ability to apply money to grants in Sage Intacct, and if we post a wrong amount or dates, it gives an option to correct it, which is a great help in accounting.

As far as I'm using Sage Intacct, I haven't experienced significant challenges, but the page expires really fast if I have idle time or am working on something else while finding an amount or looking at an invoice. This feature might be helpful if they correct it.

In the interface for bank reconciliation, there are so many options on the upper side, such as ending balances and periods, closing and GL balances, which are all summed up in the same place. If we could separate them with a highlighted column for the same amounts, that would be more helpful.

I have been using Sage Intacct for two years.

I have never experienced any downtime or technical issues with Sage Intacct.

I wouldn't say that we transferred from another solution to Sage Intacct, but due to business requirements and technology, I was using some in-house software for accounting, and after discovering Sage Intacct, it has been really helpful compared to the past.

I have seen a return on investment primarily in time savings, as I'm not sure about the money part. Sage Intacct is user-friendly, meaning all the employees working on Sage Intacct are recording everything needed for our daily work, and from my personal experience, I find Sage Intacct better than other software.

Before choosing Sage Intacct, I evaluated options such as SAP, Xero, and QuickBooks, as we were using several in-house software, but I found that Sage has additional features that made it more user-friendly in comparison, and the management voted for Sage based on employee feedback.

My advice to others looking into using Sage Intacct is that if you haven't tried it, you should do so once, and you will feel the difference compared to the earlier software or solutions you are using right now. I would rate this product an eight out of ten.

My main use case for Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Cloud includes financial planning and budgeting, and financial close and consolidation. Essentially, everything from building annual budgets and rolling forecasts through to closing the books at month-end and producing consolidated financial statements across our entities.

The best features Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Cloud offers are the planning and forecasting capabilities, which are really strong. Being able to run multiple scenarios side by side and see the impact on the P&L in real time is something we couldn't do before. The financial close module is also excellent. It's dramatically reduced the time we spend on month-end. The fact that it's cloud-based means our teams across different locations can all work in the same platform simultaneously, which was significant for us.

Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Cloud has positively impacted our organization by dropping month-end close time from about 12 days down to seven. That's a huge deal for a finance team. Those five days add up over a year. We also cut the time spent on budgeting by around 40% because the driver-based planning means we're not redoing the work.

Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Cloud could be improved as the user interface is functional, but it can feel clunky, especially for finance users who aren't super technical.

Cost is another improvement needed for Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Cloud.

We've been using Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Cloud for just over three years. We migrated from an on-prem solution and moved everything to the cloud around that time.

Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Cloud is generally very stable. Being on Oracle's cloud means uptime is good. We've had maybe one or two brief outages in three years, nothing that caused serious disruption.

Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Cloud scales well. We've added entities and users over time without any real issues. Oracle's cloud infrastructure handles the scalability side, so we don't have to worry about that ourselves.

The customer support for Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Cloud has been somewhat inconsistent. For critical issues, the response is reasonably fast. However, for more complex configuration questions, we often get passed around before finding someone who really understands the product deeply.

Previously, we used a different solution, Hyperion on-premises, which is actually also Oracle, the legacy version. We outgrew it and the maintenance overhead was becoming unsustainable. Moving to the cloud version gave us the upgrade path we needed without having to manage the infrastructure ourselves.

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Cloud is that it's not cheap. The licensing is subscription-based and scales with the number of users and modules needed. On top of that, the implementation cost was significant.

My advice to others looking into using Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Cloud is to invest properly in the implementation. Don't try to cut corners on the consulting side because you'll pay for it later. Also, get your data governance sorted before going live. The quality of what you get out is entirely dependent on the quality of what goes in.

I've seen a return on investment with Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Cloud. The time savings on month-end close and budgeting alone have effectively given us back the equivalent of at least one full-time headcount across the team.

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Cloud is that it's not cheap. The licensing is subscription-based and scales with the number of users and modules needed. On top of that, the implementation cost was significant.

Before choosing Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Cloud, we evaluated other options. We looked seriously at Anaplan and Adaptive Insights, which is now Workday Adaptive Planning. Anaplan was really impressive and very flexible, but it was the most expensive option and felt more suited to larger enterprises.

My advice to others looking into using Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Cloud is to invest properly in the implementation. Don't try to cut corners on the consulting side because you'll pay for it later. Also, get your data governance sorted before going live. The quality of what you get out is entirely dependent on the quality of what goes in.

Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Cloud is a serious enterprise platform that requires serious commitment to get the most out of it. If you go in with that mindset and resource it properly, it's genuinely transformative for a finance function. I rated this review a 7.