Switching from Sage 300 CRE to Sage Intacct Construction
Moving from Sage 300 CRE to Sage Intacct Construction gives you real-time visibility, automation and scalability—essential for modern construction finance.
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Moving from Sage 300 CRE to Sage Intacct Construction gives you real-time visibility, automation and scalability—essential for modern construction finance.
Sage 300 CRE has long supported the construction industry due to its capabilities. However, it lacks the flexibility and scalability that modern firms need to stay competitive. Cloud solutions like Sage Intacct Construction remove these barriers with secure access anywhere, seamless integration and automation. Discover why making the move to the cloud is a smart step for forward-thinking companies.
No servers, no stress.
There's no reliance on on-premise servers or infrastructure, no need to maintain networks or IT staff and no issues when remotely accessing the system with hardware that might cause issues.
Updates without the headaches
Year-end updates and version control issues are a concern that is nonexistent when your entire team is working off a web-based version of your financials.
Turn days of work into hours
Automate repetitive processes to speed up month-end closes, eliminate manual entry and reduce errors.
Sage Intacct Construction not only improves workflows. It transforms them. Take advantage of faster month-end closes, smarter insights and integrations that keep your business ahead of the competition.
Feature | Impact |
Automated AP/AR | 40% efficiency gains |
Month-end close | 25-50% faster |
Integration options | 10x more than Sage 300 CRE |
Entity consolidation | Effortless multi-entity management |
Reporting | Instant access, no manual syncs |
Explore the key differences between Sage 300 CRE and Sage Intacct Construction, and uncover powerful features you might be missing.
| Feature | Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate | Sage Intacct Construction |
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| Payroll | Payroll application offered as standard module |
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| Third-party applications | Limited alliance integrations | 200+ Sage Intacct Marketplace Partners |
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| Job cost reporting | Library of existing reports and queries available | Interactive dashboards, standard reports, with powerful customization |
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| Subcontractor compliance | Feature set to record subcontractor agreements, subcontractor change orders, manage lien waivers, certificates of insurance and retention |
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| Retention tracking | Standard | Standard with increased workflow flexibility |
| AIA billing | Standard | AIA billing templates |
Before purchasing new accounting software, you want to feel confident in your investment. Here’s a list of commonly asked questions.
Check our our Sage 300 CRE vs. Sage Intacct construction comparison chart
At Baker Tilly, our Sage Intacct specialists will cover everything you need to get your team set up for success with your new financial system. With our proven methodology and repeatable process, you can be up and running between three and six months.
Sage Intacct is recognized as for financial leadership. It is the only preferred provider of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the world’s largest membership association for CPAs which sets the standard for the accounting profession. We are the only vendor to have earned this endorsement.
Construction companies are increasingly choosing cloud solutions, which are quite mature and offer superior features to on-premises solutions. In addition, cloud solutions offer an enhanced user experience, intuitive reporting and analytics, streamlined integration and access from anywhere on any device with just an Internet connection.
Sage has invested heavily in Sage Intacct as part of its “Sage Business Cloud” initiative. Their acquisition of Intacct in August 2017 was a central part of their strategy for growing business.
For Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate (CRE), enhancements to future releases will be limited to minor feature improvements, bug fixes, compatibility with the latest Microsoft platform, Pervasive SQL software and integrations with third-party alliance solutions.
There are no plans to re-architect Sage 300 CRE as a true cloud product.
When you compare Sage 300 CRE vs. Sage Intacct Construction, you'll see that Sage Intacct has many of the same features as Sage 300 CRE along with additional capabilities like
Sage Intacct is ideal for many companies and certainly worth the exploration. This doesn’t mean that you have to migrate immediately, but it’s always strategic to understand your options, especially if one of more of the following is true of your organization
Our clients have consistently seen significant benefits in three areas
The benefits of online financial software can transform your business. Sage Intacct offers a lower cost of ownership than legacy on-premises solutions. Sage Intacct delivers world-class security backups and disaster recovery, protecting your financial data at a much higher level and at a lower cost than if you did it yourself.
Sage Intacct also delivers automatic quarterly software updates — no business disruption, no costly hardware upgrades and no additional service costs for your organization. You’ll always be on the latest release of the software.
We understand that moving to a news solution is a lot of work. Baker Tilly is uniquely positioned to provide a smooth migration from Sage 300 CRE to Sage Intacct.
Baker Tilly has converted many Sage 300 CRE clients to Sage Intacct through our proven customer success plan which includes implementation, data migration and training resulting in a successful project.
Baker Tilly has done many 300 CRE data migrations to Sage Intacct for our customers. Historical data migration usually consists of two years of data.
Some Sage 300 CRE alliance solutions such as hh2, Procore and TimberScan are also compatible with Sage Intacct through the APIs.
Because Sage Intacct is purpose-built for the construction industry, it’s possible that “out-of-the-box” capabilities may negate the dependency of particular add-ons like MyAssistant and Office Connector.
Yes! Sage and Baker Tilly want to make sure you have the best solution and technology platform to operate your construction business effectively and profitably. There are customer loyalty incentives that reward your existing relationship with us.
