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Employment Hero vs Sage Intacct

Employment Hero logo

Employment Hero

Software

Australian HR, payroll and recruitment platform for employment management

From
On request
Rated
-
Sage Intacct logo

Sage Intacct

Software

Best-in-class cloud financial management software

From
$29/month
Rated
-

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Employment Hero hR Essentials at AUD 10/employee/month requires a minimum of 10 users, so it cannot be bought for a team smaller than that even if actual headcount is lower; 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

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Employment Hero and Sage Intacct actually diverge.

Attributes where Employment Hero and Sage Intacct differ
AttributeEmployment HeroSage Intacct
Starting priceOn request$29/month
PlatformsWebWeb, Api
FoundedUnknown1981

Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).

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 Employment Hero

Nothing recorded that Sage Intacct does not also cover.

Only in Sage Intacct

  • General ledger
  • Accounts payable
  • Accounts receivable
  • Cash management
  • Multi-entity consolidation
  • Salesforce
  • ADP
  • Expensify

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Employment Hero

No use cases recorded yet. See the Employment Hero review.

Sage Intacct

  • Financial reportingnot Employment Hero
  • Multi-entity managementnot Employment Hero

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Employment Hero

  • HR Essentials at AUD 10/employee/month requires a minimum of 10 users, so it cannot be bought for a team smaller than that even if actual headcount is lower
  • Core features like payroll, chat and rostering are unbundled add-ons billed separately per employee, for example Managed Payroll costs an extra AUD 20/employee/month with a AUD 400 monthly minimum

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

Employment Hero

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Employment Hero review.

Sage Intacct

$29/month
  • Core$400/month
    • Core financials
    • Reporting
    • Cash management

Which should you pick?

Choose Employment Hero if

Nothing in the data separates Employment Hero from Sage Intacct on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

Choose Sage Intacct if

  • You need general ledger.
  • You work on Web, Api.
  • You also want accounts payable.

Questions people ask

Is Employment Hero or Sage Intacct better?
Neither clearly leads. Employment Hero starts at On request and Sage Intacct at $29/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Employment Hero or Sage Intacct?
Employment Hero starts at On request and Sage Intacct at $29/month.
Does Employment Hero or Sage Intacct run on more platforms?
Employment Hero runs on Web. Sage Intacct runs on Web, Api.
What can Employment Hero do that Sage Intacct cannot?
Sage Intacct covers General ledger, Accounts payable, Accounts receivable, Cash management.

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