Most finance leaders we talk to aren’t really asking, “Which ERP is better?” They’re asking, “Which ERP is right for where we are today and where we’re headed?” 

At ADSS Global, we work with companies running both Sage 300 and Sage Intacct, so we see the truth behind the marketing. Both are great systems — they just solve different problems. 

The Architectural Divide 

Think of Sage 300 as a high-performance machine you can tune yourself — powerful, reliable, but garage-based. 

Sage Intacct is a Tesla: cloud-born, self-updating, and designed for remote control. 

Intacct’s AI engine processes over 24 million invoices a year and trains tens of thousands of models daily. Its dimensional reporting lets you pivot on any business driver — customer, project, region — without Excel. 

Sage 300 still wins for those who need deep customization, local data control, and the ability to own their infrastructure. 

Why Some Move and Some Stay 

We’ve noticed three types of ERP change stories: 

• Growth: You’ve outgrown QuickBooks and need multi-entity consolidation. 

• Acquisition: You’re standardizing systems across a parent group. 

• Preference: Someone at the top wants “the cloud.” 

That last one is the dangerous one — because preference without process leads to painful migrations. The best reason to change is measurable value, not brand status. 

The Migration Reality 

Moving to Intacct isn’t a lift-and-shift. It’s a re-engineering of how your finance team works. 

Charts of accounts become dimensions. Batch processing becomes continuous close. Reports turn into live dashboards. 

That’s why successful projects start with process mapping and change management, not just data migration. 

How to Think About Fit 

If your team needs customization and you prefer to control your own servers, Sage 300 is still a fantastic tool. 

If you want to scale without IT overhead and gain real-time visibility across entities, Intacct will save you time and headspace. 

At the end of the day, the question isn’t “cloud or on-prem,” it’s “What business outcome are we actually after?” 

Better insight? Faster close? Simpler audits? That’s the conversation worth having. 

Final Thought 

The status-quo tax is real — it’s the hidden cost of manual work, Excel reconciliations, and missed insights. But that doesn’t mean every organization should rush to the cloud. It means every organization should pause and evaluate objectively. 

That’s what we help clients do every day — decide whether to optimize Sage 300 or migrate to Sage Intacct with confidence and clarity.