Sage Intacct and NetSuite are both robust accounting and financial management systems that will scale with you as you grow. To help you make the right decision for your organisation, we’ve created a handy list of tips to help you navigate the NetSuite sales process.
Tip 1: Ask for live demonstrations – nothing beats seeing live product demonstrations when you’re making a critical purchase decision. High-level YouTube videos don’t let you drill down or ask important questions.
Tip 2: Keep detailed notes of all your sales interactions –ask NetSuite to record all your meetings. If you can’t record them, designate a skilled notetaker to record dates, times, attendees and verbatim notes as much as possible.
Tip 3: Unearth hidden clauses – some licensing terms (such as those in the SSA) are hard to find. Be prepared to go above and beyond your normal due diligence to avoid unpleasant surprises
Tip 4: Drill into NetSuite’s pricing policies – understand how price increases are triggered so you won’t be shocked by potential 2x or 3x price increases
Tip 5: Understand your financing agreement – if your contract gets assigned to a third-party bank, they’ll expect you to pay, even if your implementation never goes live
Tip 6: Review your Statement of Work (SOW) in detail – confirm exactly what will be implemented, in what timeframe, and who is responsible for each task. Keep an eye out for functionality that is missing from the SOW and therefore excluded from the initial implementation.
Oracle (NetSuite’s parent) has a formidable legal team and resolving disputes with NetSuite can be a daunting and expensive uphill battle. So confirm any verbal commitments in writing and document, document, document!
Sage Intacct’s cloud-based system ended up as a clear choice over Oracle NetSuite because of its impressive multi-entity and multi-currency capabilities, as well as the great experience we had with the Sage Intacct team, who listened to our needs and delivered.
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