For many years, Advanced Exchequer has been a trusted financial management system for small to medium-sized organisations. It has helped countless businesses integrate their financial and operational processes, increase efficiency with automation, and gain visibility over performance.
With Exchequer now in an extended support phase, businesses face the reality that no new features will be developed, and support will be limited to essential maintenance and regulatory updates. This creates an urgent need to explore alternatives that can support growth, security, and operational efficiency. For many organisations, Sage Intacct is a natural next solution to consider — one that builds on Exchequer’s strengths while introducing the functionality, scalability, and flexibility required in modern financial management.
What Exchequer’s end of life means for users
As Exchequer moves into its end-of-life phase, businesses face potential challenges such as:
- A growing risk of security vulnerabilities
- Declining performance and reliability
- Difficulty adapting to new regulatory or market requirements
Continuing with unsupported technology can quickly hold back growth, efficiency, and financial visibility.
Sage Intacct: A natural next step
For organisations considering alternatives to Exchequer, Sage Intacct offers a natural next step. Many of the strengths that made Exchequer successful remain central to Intacct, but they’re delivered in a way that meets modern demands.
Sage Intacct is a cloud-based financial management platform designed for small and medium-sized organisations with ambitious growth plans. Recognised for its powerful reporting, automation, and scalability, Intacct enables finance teams to gain real-time visibility across their operations and make data-driven decisions with confidence. Its modular design means organisations can start with core financials and add functionality as they grow.
Unlike legacy systems, Intacct is updated regularly, integrates with a range of other business applications, and is accessible anytime, anywhere. This makes it particularly well-suited for businesses that are outgrowing the limitations of on-premise systems like Exchequer.
Continuity for Exchequer users
Exchequer was valued for its robust financial management and clear reporting. Sage Intacct builds on this foundation by offering broader functionality and deeper analysis. For example, while Exchequer enabled strong reporting, Intacct takes analysis to the next level with its multi-dimensional chart of accounts and real-time dashboards, giving finance leaders greater flexibility to slice and drill down into data across departments, projects, or entities.
Exchequer also helped reduce manual processes, saving finance teams valuable time. Sage Intacct continues this focus on efficiency, offering expanded automation across many areas— helping finance teams spend less time on administration and more time on analysis and decision-making.
For sector-specific needs, Exchequer delivered tailored functionality for industries such as charities, professional services, construction, and distribution. Sage Intacct retains this flexibility but strengthens it with continuous development, a rich ecosystem of integrations, and cloud connectivity that ensures organisations can keep pace with changing industry requirements.
Evolution for Exchequer users
Unlike Exchequer, which required on-premise or hosted deployment, Intacct is a fully cloud-based solution. This ensures finance teams can access real-time data anytime, anywhere, without the constraints of on-premise systems.
Scalability is another key difference. While Exchequer relied on add-ons for functions like multi-entity or multi-currency operations, Intacct supports these natively, making it easier for organisations to expand internationally or manage complex structures.
Functionality also goes further with Intacct. In addition to core financials, it includes additional functionality such as inventory management, project accounting, time and expense management, and more — all designed to give instant, actionable visibility into financial performance.
Futureproofing finance with Sage Intacct
The end of Exchequer signals not just the retirement of a legacy system, but the opportunity to embrace future-ready finance. Sage Intacct ensures that businesses retain the strengths of Exchequer — deep reporting, financial control, and flexibility — while gaining the efficiency, scalability, and mobility required for long-term success.
For organisations considering their next step, Sage Intacct provides both continuity and opportunity. It’s a natural successor to Exchequer and a solution that will carry businesses into the future with confidence.
As a Sage Intacct partner, we can help you assess whether Intacct is the right fit for your organisation, manage the migration process, support customisation, and provide ongoing training and support to ensure long-term success.
If you’re interested in making the switch from Advanced Exchequer to Sage Intacct, you can find out more about Sage Intacct here, or contact our team of experts on 0330 024 5447 or info@techsol.co.uk.
