Case Study: Patreon halves monthly close and improves forecasting to manage rapid growth with Sage Intacct

Patreon signs up for the long term with Sage Intacct

Patreon, a fast-growing membership platform that helps creators get paid, outgrew QuickBooks as its finances became more complex. The finance team spent a full day each month manually entering payroll, relied on extensive spreadsheets to track allocations, and faced lengthy month-end closes and time-consuming preparation for financial reviews.

Patreon migrated to Sage Intacct and added AppComputing BudgetEngine plus integrations with tools like Bill.com, Tallie, ADP, and Wells Fargo to automate reconciliations, payroll uploads, and reporting. The new dashboards and models improved forecasting and scenario planning, cut the monthly close to four days, eliminated a day of manual data entry each month, and delivered enough efficiency gains that the software paid for itself in under three months.

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Alan Federman

Head of Finance