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IBM Maximo vs Sage Intacct comparison

 

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

IBM Maximo
Ranking in Billing Software
4th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
23
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) (1st)
Sage Intacct
Ranking in Billing Software
5th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.8
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
Financial Performance and Strategy Management (1st), Cloud ERP (6th), Subscription Management Software (4th), Financial Close Software (4th), Accounts Payable Automation Software (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Billing Software category, the mindshare of IBM Maximo is 6.4%, down from 13.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Sage Intacct is 1.3%. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Jose Pedro Muñoz - PeerSpot reviewer
A very strong and powerful tool in the market preferred by a variety of industries
I rate the technical support a seven out of ten. Three levels of support in IBM. The first one is a fixed level, while levels two and three are very good. Here, level one is not very good, as it takes time to go from level one to level two and from level two to level three. So, level one is of low capacity.
MichaelFox - PeerSpot reviewer
Fast, accurate, and extremely scalable
The most valuable feature is that it is a cloud-based system so I can access it from anywhere, with any browser, on any device. It's the only major accounting ERP system on the market that was designed specifically for the cloud, the other ones were adapted to the cloud. Intacct was always designed with the cloud in mind, and it shows. Additionally, its multi-entity design is elegant, intuitive, and easy to master. Transacting and reporting across all entities from a single log-in is fantastic The user interface is sleek and consistent throughout the software, enabling users to adapt quickly and to work efficiently. The financial report writer is comprehensive and designed to enhance the user experience. I eliminated all of my Excel-based financial reports. The sub-ledgers are well designed and provide the user with tools and functions that improve efficiency.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The large range of configurability of the product is great, since everyone has a different way of doing things."
"It is configurable, where you can add extra fields to screens and to the database."
"IBM Maximo is a very strong and powerful tool in the market…Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"Has a powerful audit combination that helps achieve high accuracy."
"IBM Maximo is the best software for assets management."
"It can be particularly useful for power line operations, enabling linemen in the field to gather information and send it across the country as well as different parts of the world."
"Work order management and scalability enables the businesses' needs to be met."
"The Preventive Maintenance feature, especially in its inspection routines and KPI abilities, is valuable."
"It's a powerhouse and it delivers. It has really great audit trails in it, which add so much value that the other systems don't have."
"It's a top-tier upgrade for the finance department and does extend into full ERP."
"The solution helps us create entity models for each acquisition as we acquire companies.."
"The most significant advantage of this solution is its pure cloud-based nature."
"Its custom reports feature is also noteworthy, as it provides flexibility for users to create their reports, tailored to their specific areas of expertise."
"The product is easy to use."
"Sage Intacct, a full-fledged ERP, can handle complexity that smaller accounting software cannot handle."
"We also use some of the other Sage solutions and for the most part, everything was integrated in the manner that I found beneficial."
 

Cons

"​Maximo is a big system, so the initial setup is complex."
"Although you can create notifications with Maximo, the configuration and options could be improved."
"The initial setup was complex, because it is a complex product."
"The pricing model of the solution has room for improvement as well as the after-sales support."
"The standard reports that shipped with the package need to be enriched with more advanced reports, especially for the Inventory Management sections."
"Areas for improvement include: an enhanced Service Catalog on Mobile; Agent intelligence; better dashboards for KPIs."
"Initial setup is a longer process because Maximo is bigger and has more processes."
"The solution is not stable. We can have one day when it is stable and another day it is not. Sometimes it crashes or becomes very slow, and there are times we are not even able to download all the databases. Without the database, we cannot work on that application. These are the small glitches, and stability issues we are facing."
"The inventory module is quite tricky to use."
"Their training is the biggest room for improvement, and their documentation can get very confusing."
"We have had some pharma manufacturers use Intacct at a very early stage and move to other ERP packages to maintain manufacturing controls and documentation needed for FDA-regulated entities."
"In the next release, I would like to see greater integration with the RPA software that's been created."
"While we can create, post, and manage general entries, we face a limitation in allocating multiple JL accounts."
"The area where I would like to see significant improvement is in stock management."
"There's a little bit of room for improvement in the way that accounts payable approval workflows are set up. They could be a little more powerful than they are."
"It would be good if the training were perfect for all controllers, to teach them the basic tools and how to use everything in Sage Intacct."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"​Explore internal processes in order to evaluate the correct number of users in each Maximo module, then evaluate the different offers of pricing and licensing.​"
"You pay for what you get. There are lots of options depending on how you would like to implement Maximo."
"Where available, concurrent licenses can be more cost efficient and provide more flexibility."
"I do not know about the price of the solution. However, this has been an expensive project overall."
"IBM has changed the licensing policy. As I understand now, they are going from a complex way of licensing to a more simple way of licensing."
"The concurrent user license is much more effective in management and cost-wise, as it is more suitable for maintenance management."
"On a scale from one to ten, where one is low and ten is high, I rate the pricing a nine. The price is very high."
"Explore the possibility of using DB2. You will avoid the cost of SQL Server or Oracle licenses."
"Sage is on the higher end of pricing."
"It's reasonably priced, offering fixed pricing, which is quite fair."
"Compared to other ERP systems on the market, it offers competitive and reasonable pricing."
"The price is comparable to other companies which offer similar products."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
29%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Energy/Utilities Company
9%
Government
9%
Educational Organization
53%
Computer Software Company
12%
Construction Company
4%
University
3%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about IBM Maximo?
It can be particularly useful for power line operations, enabling linemen in the field to gather information and send it across the country as well as different parts of the world.
What needs improvement with IBM Maximo?
Though I liked it a lot, I think it was lagging a lot. It was very slow due to the lagging issues. So that was kind of frustrating, considering how slow it was while functioning. The aforementioned...
What is your primary use case for IBM Maximo?
It can be particularly useful for power line operations, enabling linemen in the field to gather information and send it across the country as well as different parts of the world. With IBM Maximo,...
What do you like most about Sage Intacct?
Sage Intacct, a full-fledged ERP, can handle complexity that smaller accounting software cannot handle.
What needs improvement with Sage Intacct?
Their training is the biggest room for improvement, and their documentation can get very confusing. It's not as clear-cut or easy to follow as it could be.
What is your primary use case for Sage Intacct?
We used the solution for a nonprofit, which was a pretty robust implementation there. Nonprofits are unique compared to for-profit companies. They have their own accounting needs, so the stage is u...
 

Comparisons

 

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Sample Customers

Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V., DTE Energy, Swedish Match, Projetech, Fingrid, East Coast
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