Firm profile
Accenture
Accenture was named in 20 of the 48 managed IT service providers and Salesforce and CRM implementation partners and fractional CFO and outsourced accounting firms and NetSuite and ERP implementation partners questions measured by The Shortlist Report, appearing in 1333 of the 3891 AI responses sampled across those questions (34.3%).
Accenture is strongest on “Which Salesforce partners specialize in particular industries?”, where it was named in 150 of 200 responses (75.0%), placing it in tier 1 of that report.
What Accenture is surfaced for in managed IT service providers
Based on the measured answers, Accenture is most likely to be surfaced when buyers ask about “Who are the best IT outsourcing firms for mid-market and enterprise companies?”, “What are the best managed IT service providers?” and “Which managed service providers are strongest with Microsoft 365 and Azure?”.
How the answers describe the firmProvides managed IT, cloud, cybersecurity, and digital transformation services to large enterprises.
In this sample, Accenture was named on 5 of the 14 managed IT service providers ranking questions measured. These are the buyer questions where it appeared most often:
- MSP midmarket and enterprise — named in 129 of 202 responses (63.9%), tier 1.
- Managed it service providers — named in 158 of 250 responses (63.2%), tier 1.
- MSP cloud microsoft AWS — named in 72 of 210 responses (34.3%), tier 2.
This describes when the firm is surfaced, not whether it is the right firm to hire. The sample measures recommendation visibility, not client outcomes.
What Accenture is surfaced for in Salesforce and CRM implementation partners
Based on the measured answers, Accenture is most likely to be surfaced when buyers ask about “Which Salesforce partners specialize in particular industries?”, “Who implements Salesforce Service Cloud and support operations?” and “Which partners integrate Salesforce with other systems?”.
How the answers describe the firmDelivers large-scale global CRM transformations with Salesforce, data, AI, and integration capabilities for Fortune 500 companies.
In this sample, Accenture was named on 10 of the 10 Salesforce and CRM implementation partners ranking questions measured. These are the buyer questions where it appeared most often:
- Salesforce partners by industry — named in 150 of 200 responses (75.0%), tier 1.
- Salesforce service cloud partners — named in 92 of 175 responses (52.6%), tier 1.
- Salesforce integration specialists — named in 87 of 200 responses (43.5%), tier 1.
This describes when the firm is surfaced, not whether it is the right firm to hire. The sample measures recommendation visibility, not client outcomes.
What Accenture is surfaced for in fractional CFO and outsourced accounting firms
Based on the measured answers, Accenture is most likely to be surfaced when buyers ask about “Which firms provide outsourced controller services?”.
How the answers describe the firmDelivers global finance transformation, outsourced accounting operations, and shared services for large enterprises.
In this sample, Accenture was named on 1 of the 12 fractional CFO and outsourced accounting firms ranking questions measured. These are the buyer questions where it appeared most often:
- Outsourced controller bookkeeping — named in 32 of 210 responses (15.2%), tier 2.
This describes when the firm is surfaced, not whether it is the right firm to hire. The sample measures recommendation visibility, not client outcomes.
What Accenture is surfaced for in NetSuite and ERP implementation partners
Based on the measured answers, Accenture is most likely to be surfaced when buyers ask about “What are the best NetSuite implementation partners?”, “Which ERP partners fit our company size?” and “Who builds ERP integrations and customisations?”.
How the answers describe the firmHandles large-scale SAP, Oracle and Dynamics transformations, complex integrations and Salesforce implementations for enterprises.
In this sample, Accenture was named on 4 of the 8 NetSuite and ERP implementation partners ranking questions measured. These are the buyer questions where it appeared most often:
- Netsuite partners — named in 107 of 175 responses (61.1%), tier 3.
- ERP midmarket and enterprise — named in 73 of 175 responses (41.7%), tier 1.
- ERP integrations and custom build — named in 60 of 175 responses (34.3%), tier 1.
This describes when the firm is surfaced, not whether it is the right firm to hire. The sample measures recommendation visibility, not client outcomes.
Every question in managed IT service providers
Accenture was named on 5 of these 14 ranking questions. The rest are questions buyers ask that it did not come up for — with whoever did.
Who leads managed IT service providers overall: Accenture tops 2 of 14 · Arctic Wolf tops 1 of 14 · Buchanan Technologies tops 1 of 14 · Dataprise tops 1 of 14 · Framework IT tops 1 of 14 · Integris tops 1 of 14. See all reports.
Every question in Salesforce and CRM implementation partners
Accenture was named on 10 of these 10 ranking questions. The rest are questions buyers ask that it did not come up for — with whoever did.
Who leads Salesforce and CRM implementation partners overall: Accenture tops 3 of 10 · Slalom tops 3 of 10 · Coalescence tops 1 of 10 · Colby's Data Movers tops 1 of 10 · JPW Consulting tops 1 of 10 · Systep tops 1 of 10. See all reports.
Every question in fractional CFO and outsourced accounting firms
Accenture was named on 1 of these 12 ranking questions. The rest are questions buyers ask that it did not come up for — with whoever did.
Who leads fractional CFO and outsourced accounting firms overall: Pilot tops 3 of 12 · Armanino tops 1 of 12 · BPM tops 1 of 12 · Burkland Associates tops 1 of 12 · InterimCFO tops 1 of 12 · PwC tops 1 of 12. See all reports.
Every question in NetSuite and ERP implementation partners
Accenture was named on 4 of these 8 ranking questions. The rest are questions buyers ask that it did not come up for — with whoever did.
| Question | Leader | Accenture |
|---|---|---|
| What are the best NetSuite implementation partners?175 answers | Deloitte94% | 61% · tier 3 |
| Who helps choose between ERP systems?175 answers | Panorama Consulting Group58% | — |
| Who migrates a company off QuickBooks onto a real ERP?175 answers | ScaleNorth17% | — |
| Which partners implement ERP for inventory-heavy businesses?175 answers | Anchor Group30% | — |
| Who builds ERP integrations and customisations?175 answers | Accenture34% | 34% · tier 1 |
| Who supports an ERP after go-live?175 answers | RSM33% | 19% · tier 2 |
| Our ERP project failed. Who can rescue it?175 answers | Ultra Consultants17% | — |
| Which ERP partners fit our company size?175 answers | Deloitte42% | 42% · tier 1 |
| How much does a NetSuite implementation cost?pricing · 175 answers | what firms charge | — |
Who leads NetSuite and ERP implementation partners overall: Deloitte tops 2 of 8 · Accenture tops 1 of 8 · Anchor Group tops 1 of 8 · Panorama Consulting Group tops 1 of 8 · RSM tops 1 of 8 · ScaleNorth tops 1 of 8. See all reports.
Where Accenture was named
What Accenture gets named for
Across the 48 managed IT service providers and Salesforce and CRM implementation partners and fractional CFO and outsourced accounting firms and NetSuite and ERP implementation partners questions measured, Accenture is named most often on “Which Salesforce partners specialize in particular industries?” — it appears in 150 of the 200 ChatGPT responses to that question, or 75.0% of them. Its next strongest question is “Who are the best IT outsourcing firms for mid-market and enterprise companies?”, where it appears in 129 of 202 responses (63.9%).
Accenture clears the reporting threshold on 20 of the 48 questions. The spread matters as much as the peak: a firm named across several different questions is one an assistant reaches for generally, where a firm named on one is attached to a single specialism.
What Accenture’s tier placings mean
On “Which Salesforce partners specialize in particular industries?”, Accenture sits in tier 1 of 7, named in 150 of 200 responses (75.0%). It holds tier 1 alone: no other firm on this question was named often enough to be grouped with it, so on this question the sample does put one firm clearly ahead. 11 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate Accenture from them.
On “Who are the best IT outsourcing firms for mid-market and enterprise companies?”, Accenture sits in tier 1 of 5, named in 129 of 202 responses (63.9%). It holds tier 1 alone: no other firm on this question was named often enough to be grouped with it, so on this question the sample does put one firm clearly ahead. 11 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate Accenture from them.
On “What are the best managed IT service providers?”, Accenture sits in tier 1 of 5, named in 158 of 250 responses (63.2%). It holds tier 1 alone: no other firm on this question was named often enough to be grouped with it, so on this question the sample does put one firm clearly ahead. 14 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate Accenture from them.
On “What are the best NetSuite implementation partners?”, Accenture sits in tier 3 of 7, named in 107 of 175 responses (61.1%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 93.7% of responses against Accenture’s 61.1%. It shares tier 3 with PwC, Capgemini and IBM, which the sample cannot separate from it. 9 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate Accenture from them.
On “Who implements Salesforce Service Cloud and support operations?”, Accenture sits in tier 1 of 3, named in 92 of 175 responses (52.6%). It holds tier 1 alone: no other firm on this question was named often enough to be grouped with it, so on this question the sample does put one firm clearly ahead. 9 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate Accenture from them.
On “Which partners integrate Salesforce with other systems?”, Accenture sits in tier 1 of 3, named in 87 of 200 responses (43.5%). Tier 1 does not mean it was ranked first. It means that at 200 responses, the gap between Accenture and the most-named firm in that sample is inside the margin of error, so the two cannot be told apart. Accenture shares tier 1 with Slalom, and the order they are listed in is arbitrary. 8 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate Accenture from them.
On “Which ERP partners fit our company size?”, Accenture sits in tier 1 of 4, named in 73 of 175 responses (41.7%). Tier 1 does not mean it was ranked first. It means that at 175 responses, the gap between Accenture and the most-named firm in that sample is inside the margin of error, so the two cannot be told apart. Accenture shares tier 1 with Deloitte, and the order they are listed in is arbitrary. 8 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate Accenture from them.
On “Which managed service providers are strongest with Microsoft 365 and Azure?”, Accenture sits in tier 2 of 4, named in 72 of 210 responses (34.3%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 46.2% of responses against Accenture’s 34.3%. It shares tier 2 with SHI, which the sample cannot separate from it. 6 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate Accenture from them.
On “Who builds ERP integrations and customisations?”, Accenture sits in tier 1 of 3, named in 60 of 175 responses (34.3%). Tier 1 does not mean it was ranked first. It means that at 175 responses, the gap between Accenture and the most-named firm in that sample is inside the margin of error, so the two cannot be told apart. Accenture shares tier 1 with Deloitte, and the order they are listed in is arbitrary. 8 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate Accenture from them.
On “Which partners implement Salesforce Marketing Cloud?”, Accenture sits in tier 1 of 3, named in 54 of 175 responses (30.9%). Tier 1 does not mean it was ranked first. It means that at 175 responses, the gap between Accenture and the most-named firm in that sample is inside the margin of error, so the two cannot be told apart. Accenture shares tier 1 with Slalom and Deloitte, and the order they are listed in is arbitrary. 7 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate Accenture from them.
On “Who builds Salesforce reporting, dashboards and data governance?”, Accenture sits in tier 1 of 3, named in 51 of 175 responses (29.1%). Tier 1 does not mean it was ranked first. It means that at 175 responses, the gap between Accenture and the most-named firm in that sample is inside the margin of error, so the two cannot be told apart. Accenture shares tier 1 with Slalom and Deloitte, and the order they are listed in is arbitrary. 7 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate Accenture from them.
On “Which firms provide ongoing Salesforce managed services?”, Accenture sits in tier 3 of 3, named in 48 of 200 responses (24.0%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 48.0% of responses against Accenture’s 24.0%. It shares tier 3 with CRM Assist, Persistent, Cognizant, Deloitte, RevenuePoint and ConsultTech CRM, which the sample cannot separate from it.
On “Who can migrate us from another CRM to Salesforce?”, Accenture sits in tier 1 of 2, named in 44 of 200 responses (22.0%). Tier 1 does not mean it was ranked first. It means that at 200 responses, the gap between Accenture and the most-named firm in that sample is inside the margin of error, so the two cannot be told apart. Accenture shares tier 1 with Colby's Data Movers, Deloitte, Slalom and CRM Science, and the order they are listed in is arbitrary. 5 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate Accenture from them.
On “Which managed service providers are strongest on cybersecurity?”, Accenture sits in tier 4 of 4, named in 44 of 209 responses (21.1%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 46.9% of responses against Accenture’s 21.1%. It shares tier 4 with LevelBlue and NTT, which the sample cannot separate from it.
On “Who supports an ERP after go-live?”, Accenture sits in tier 2 of 2, named in 34 of 175 responses (19.4%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 33.1% of responses against Accenture’s 19.4%. It shares tier 2 with Deloitte, Protiviti, Capgemini, IBM, Myers-Holum and NTT DATA, which the sample cannot separate from it.
On “Which Salesforce partners work with small businesses?”, Accenture sits in tier 1 of 2, named in 37 of 200 responses (18.5%). Tier 1 does not mean it was ranked first. It means that at 200 responses, the gap between Accenture and the most-named firm in that sample is inside the margin of error, so the two cannot be told apart. Accenture shares tier 1 with Slalom, 360 Quantum Solutions, Systep, RSM and Atlas Consulting, and the order they are listed in is arbitrary. 4 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate Accenture from them.
On “Which firms provide outsourced controller services?”, Accenture sits in tier 2 of 2, named in 32 of 210 responses (15.2%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 27.6% of responses against Accenture’s 15.2%. It shares tier 2 with Genpact, Tristan CPA, Accountably, WNS, Auxis and Adams Brown, which the sample cannot separate from it.
On “Which companies provide outsourced IT help desk support?”, Accenture sits in tier 2 of 2, named in 25 of 210 responses (11.9%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 20.5% of responses against Accenture’s 11.9%. It shares tier 2 with Infosys and Integris, which the sample cannot separate from it.
On “Who improves Salesforce adoption and trains users?”, Accenture sits in tier 2 of 2, named in 19 of 175 responses (10.9%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 18.3% of responses against Accenture’s 10.9%. It shares tier 2 with Stony Point, Sales And Technology Consultants, Slalom, Deloitte, Newhouse Project Consulting and Prosci, which the sample cannot separate from it.
On “Our Salesforce implementation failed. Who can fix it?”, Accenture sits in tier 2 of 2, named in 17 of 200 responses (8.5%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 16.5% of responses against Accenture’s 8.5%. It shares tier 2 with ForceFolks, Third Stage Consulting, Blue Engine Salesforce Consultants, CloudMasonry, Prudent, Slalom and Blue Engine Salesforce Consulting, which the sample cannot separate from it.
Firms named alongside Accenture
When ChatGPT names Accenture, these firms most often turn up on the same questions: Deloitte (14 shared questions), IBM (12 shared questions), Capgemini (10 shared questions), Slalom (10 shared questions), Cognizant (9 shared questions), PwC (9 shared questions), NTT (5 shared questions) and RSM (5 shared questions).
That overlap is the closest thing this data holds to a shortlist: these are the firms a buyer asking the same questions is most likely to see beside Accenture. It says nothing about which of them is the better fit.
Deloitte · IBM · Capgemini · Slalom · Cognizant · PwC · NTT · RSM
What this page is, and is not
- It is a count of how often AI assistants named Accenture when asked buyer questions about managed IT service providers and Salesforce and CRM implementation partners and fractional CFO and outsourced accounting firms and NetSuite and ERP implementation partners. Nothing here is a review, a rating, or an assessment of the firm’s work.
- Accenture did not submit this listing, was not contacted about it, and cannot pay to change it, move up, or be removed.
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