The comparison that matters is who does the work.
NetSuite, SAP, Intacct, QuickBooks — good systems, honestly built, operated entirely by your team. Aleq operates the books itself, inside limits you set. Feature lists won't settle that difference. Thirty read-only minutes will.
The honest asymmetry: these products are proven at thousands of companies. Aleq is new. We don't ask you to weigh our claims against their track records — we ask for thirty read-only minutes on your real books, where the only thing that counts is whether it ties out. Everything on this page is a claim. The scenario packs and a live close are the proof.
They store the books. Aleq operates them.
Their column is real — capable tools your team runs. That's the whole difference: with Aleq, the running is the product.
We'll tell you when not to buy us.
Each of these is the right call for somebody. If one of these is you, you already know where to land.
NetSuite
legacy ERP- You want the broadest possible ERP — and you have the budget and consulting bench to configure and run it yourself
- You need heavy modules beyond accounting — inventory, procurement, order-to-cash — and staff to operate them
- You'd rather own a configurable system than hire an operator to do the work
SAP
enterprise backbone- You're a global enterprise that needs one system spanning supply chain, manufacturing, and HR
- You have a standing systems-integration partner and a multi-year implementation budget
- Breadth across the whole company matters more to you than getting the finance work done
Sage Intacct
mid-market system- You want a proven mid-market ledger and a large accountant network to lean on
- Your priority is dimensional reporting you configure and maintain in-house
- You'd rather run the close with your own team than have it run for you
QuickBooks
SMB bookkeeping- You're a small business that just needs to record transactions cheaply
- Your bookkeeper already lives in QuickBooks and the volume is low
- You don't need the work done yet — you need somewhere to type it
Everyone else — teams that want the work done, not just recorded — that's Aleq.
Settle it on your books.
Bring an unsigned month. We close it live, read-only — and you grade the result against the system you run today.