Accounting & Finance · head to head
ADP vs Sage Intacct

Sage Intacct
Payroll & Benefits
Best-in-class cloud financial management software
- From
- $29/month
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: ADP no pricing is published; every quote is custom and driven by employee count and which services are taken; Sage Intacct listed on UK G-Cloud at £10,775 per instance per year for Sage Intacct Financial Management & Reporting, via reseller X3 Consulting Ltd
- They diverge on capability: ADP covers Payroll, Sage Intacct covers General ledger.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which ADP and Sage Intacct actually diverge.
| Attribute | ADP | Sage Intacct |
|---|---|---|
| Platforms | Web, Ios, Android | Web, Api |
| Category | Accounting & Finance | Payroll & Benefits |
| Founded | 1949 | 1981 |
Identical on both: starting price ($29/month), pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in ADP
- Payroll
- Tax services
- HR management
- Time & attendance
- Benefits administration
- QuickBooks
- Sage
- Oracle
Only in Sage Intacct
- General ledger
- Accounts payable
- Accounts receivable
- Cash management
- Multi-entity consolidation
- Salesforce
- ADP
- Expensify
Both cover
- Web support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
ADP
- Payroll processing and tax filingnot Sage Intacct
- HR administration and employee recordsnot Sage Intacct
- Time and attendance trackingnot Sage Intacct
- Benefits administrationnot Sage Intacct
- Talent management on the mid-market and enterprise productsnot Sage Intacct
Sage Intacct
- Financial reportingnot ADP
- Multi-entity managementnot ADP
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
ADP
- No pricing is published; every quote is custom and driven by employee count and which services are taken
- Split into three separate products by company size, RUN for 1 to 49 employees, Workforce Now for 50 and above, and Lyric HCM for enterprise, so growing across a threshold means changing product rather than plan
Sage Intacct
- Listed on UK G-Cloud at £10,775 per instance per year for Sage Intacct Financial Management & Reporting, via reseller X3 Consulting Ltd
Pricing, plan by plan
ADP
$29/month- Essential$79/month
- Payroll
- Tax filing
- Direct deposit
- Enhanced$139/month
- HR tools
- Background checks
- Job posting
Sage Intacct
$29/month- Core$400/month
- Core financials
- Reporting
- Cash management
Which should you pick?
Choose Sage Intacct if
- You need general ledger.
- You work on Web, Api.
- You also want accounts payable.
Questions people ask
- Is ADP or Sage Intacct better?
- Neither clearly leads. ADP starts at $29/month and Sage Intacct at $29/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, ADP or Sage Intacct?
- ADP starts at $29/month and Sage Intacct at $29/month.
- Does ADP or Sage Intacct run on more platforms?
- ADP runs on Web, Ios, Android. Sage Intacct runs on Web, Api.
- What is ADP best used for?
- ADP is most often used for payroll processing and tax filing, hr administration and employee records, time and attendance tracking, benefits administration. Of those, payroll processing and tax filing and hr administration and employee records are not what Sage Intacct is typically brought in for.
- What can ADP do that Sage Intacct cannot?
- ADP covers Payroll, Tax services, HR management, Time & attendance. Sage Intacct covers General ledger, Accounts payable, Accounts receivable, Cash management. Both handle Web support.
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