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Sage Intacct Essentials with Ai

Essential accounting capability, redefined for growing businesses

Level-up your accounting tools with cloud-native automation, deeper reporting, and control — all for a simple monthly price.

Growing businesses choose Sage Intacct Essentials

Numbers you can trust

Unlock powerful insights with real-time, customisable dashboards that provide an accurate view of business performance.

Time back on your side

Automate your day-to-day with configurable workflows and streamlined invoicing to free up time for strategic decision making.

Freedom to grow faster

Grow into new markets with a finance system that adapts to your business through automation — supporting your next move without adding complexity.

Essential features for smarter finance

Tell the story that drives decisions

Forget integrations or pre-defined dashboards. With native, data-rich reporting and customisable dashboards, visualise your data to make smarter and faster decisions.

  • Visualise live data without the need to export or integrate spreadsheets.
  • Share easy-access reports across your business without manual data manipulation.

Budgeting & planning

Stop updating spreadsheets in the evenings and weekends, risking errors and version control issues. Instead, integrate planning and budgeting into your financial system for real-time, accurate tracking.

  • Bring budget holders into the approval process.
  • Import existing spreadsheets to seamlessly integrate your financial plans.
  • Adjust budgets easily with revisions and forecasts as things change.
  • Monitor budgets by department, project, or nominal code for a full view of performance.

The power of the cloud

Work from anywhere and access complete financial data on demand. Cut downtime and maintenance costs with a modern and secure, cloud-native solution built on industry-leading AWS servers.

  • Protect data with built-in security like single sign-on and multi-factor authentication.
  • Access your financials anytime, anywhere, from any device.
  • Four automatic updates per year with a roadmap of continuous product development–no downtime, no extra cost.

AI-powered accounting

Free your team from manual work, replace complex spreadsheets, and take control of invoicing, with smart workflows and AI functionality that adapts to your business.

  • Automate manual tasks to focus on bigger priorities.
  • Replace complex spreadsheets with streamlined workflows.
  • Automate invoices with a system that learns over time.

Discover everything Sage Intacct Essentials can do

Take control, automate manual work, and gain deeper business insights — all without the cost or complexity of enterprise software.

See how it all comes together in the Sage Intacct Essentials brochure.

Choose the best Sage Intacct plan for your business

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Whether you're moving on from starter tools or managing complex operations, Sage Intacct has a plan to help you automate with confidence, gain real-time insight, and grow your business.

Sage Intacct Essentials

Cloud-native accounting for growing businesses. Automate manual tasks, gain real-time reporting, and stay in control — all for a simple monthly price.
From £1,000 a month
  • Intuitive dashboards and built-in reporting
  • Digital audit trails for confidence and compliance
  • AI-powered invoice processing with anomaly detection
  • Track budgets by department, project, or grant
  • Access your financials anywhere, anytime
  • Up to 4 entities
  • Up to 5 business users

Sage Intacct

Advanced, flexible finance management for complex operations. Automate at scale, customise workflows, and gain deeper insights — built for businesses that demand control and clarity across every entity.
Price on request

Everything in Sage Intacct Essentials plus…

  • Connect operational and financial data with an open API
  • Customisable revenue recognition
  • Manage your entire asset lifecycle in one system
  • Fully automate allocations for speed and accuracy
  • Global consolidations and tax legislation compliance
  • Project costing, time and expenses, and billing in one workflow
  • Unlimited entities

Essential capabilities

Don’t settle for integrations or costly bolt-ons – invest in your long-term growth ambitions with high performance accounting software.

Streamlined workflows

Say goodbye to restrictions of pre-built workflows and welcome smooth operating automation, to save you time and effort. Simple to set up and simpler to run.

Automated consolidations

AP automation allows invoices to be automatically uploaded and processed, reducing manual effort. AI streamlines invoice processing, learning from previous entries to improve accuracy over time.

Data your way

Don’t duplicate effort and leave room for human, spreadsheet-lead errors. Customisable reports and dashboards allows you to visualise data the way you and your stakeholders need.

Essential tools, tailored to your industry

From non-profits to healthcare, Sage Intacct Essentials gives you the control, speed, and flexibility to meet your industry’s unique demands.

Everything you need to move faster, work smarter, and plan ahead starts here

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Sage Intacct Essentials FAQs

Yes, Sage Intacct Essentials is available with simple, transparent monthly pricing, making powerful AI-driven accounting accessible for scaling businesses that are undergoing, or have recently experienced, rapid business growth.

There are no additional implementation costs so you can get started faster, with fewer barriers to accessing powerful cloud accounting.

Sage Intacct Essentials is built for growing businesses that have outgrown off-the-shelf solutions like Sage 50 or Sage Accounting. It offers customisation, deeper financial insights, multi-entity management, and automated workflows to help you scale with confidence.

Common reasons include the need for real-time financial insights, managing multiple entities, integrating with other systems, improving financial controls, or customising and automating key processes.

If you move to Sage Intacct Essentials, we’ll work closely with you to transfer two years of summary data from your Sage 50 account.

You’ll also receive a read-only licence, so you can continue to access your full historical records whenever you need them.

Sage Intacct Essentials is ideal for scaling or mid-sized organisations, typically with 20+ employees and annual revenue over £2 million, that need more than basic accounting tools.

Sage Intacct Essentials is built for a faster, more cost-effective path to cloud financials, with the option to setup in just a few weeks (depending on your circumstances). Best of all, there’s no extra charge for implementation.

Does your business need more than the essentials?

When your business needs go beyond Essentials, Sage Intacct’s advanced solution delivers the tools, integrations, and customisation to manage complex financial operations at scale.

With Sage Intacct Essentials, you get more than just great software

All Sage customers are part of the Sage community. As a Sage member, you can enjoy benefits, connect with experts and industry peers, and get insights that help you and your business.

Award-winning support

Experts on hand helping you get the most out of your software so you can be more productive.

Member Masterclass

Dip into talks and articles from the world's leading experts to help with business challenges, like using innovation to create impact.

Community Hub

A trusted space where Sage users connect, collaborate, and grow. Share your insights, find solutions, stay up to date, and get the most out of Sage. 

Business advice

Access a wealth of practical advice on a range of business topics.

Learning

Master the full power of your software with comprehensive learning resources.

Software certification

Take courses, earn certifications and stand out from the crowd.

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