9 Spokes vs Global Software

Likelihood to Recommend

Good for letting your investors, employees and others know at a glance how your company is doing. The interface is clean and organized well. I just wish more of the app's functionality was available for testing and implementation. "Coming soon" is not really encouraging when we already have been waiting for a year or more.

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Any company that would like to have financial documents that update automatically, this is the software for you. You do not have to know any special coding to make things work, their wizards do all the work. While some of the licenses may be a little pricey, the money saved on not needing the additional overhead to help program queries can help offset this.

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Feature Rating Comparison

9 Spokes

9.0

Global Software

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Customizable dashboards

9.0

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9 Spokes

7.0

Global Software

9.0

Drill-down analysis

7.0

8.0

Formatting capabilities

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10.0

9 Spokes

10.0

Global Software

—

Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)

10.0

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9 Spokes

9.0

Global Software

9.5

Multi-User Support (named login)

9.0

Single Sign-On (SSO)

—

10.0

9 Spokes

8.0

Global Software

—

Responsive Design for Web Access

6.0

—

Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile

10.0

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9 Spokes

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Global Software

10.0

Publish to PDF

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10.0

Pros

Grouping several apps in one place for easy viewing.
Clean dashboard interface that looks uncluttered when viewing several apps at once.
Setting up the apps is a breeze when the platform supports them.

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Installation of this product was very easy.
Support usually responds within 24 hours.
Having the ability to have your GL based spreadsheets automatically update makes all the difference. No sync issues to worry about.

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Cons

Integration with apps that are listed. Some of them are not supported yet and it seems the wait is taking longer than I'd like.
iPhone support. It would be nice to have this in the app store. Not available as of 04/25/2018.

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If you use different GL for similar line items on your balance sheets, the software does not handle that out of the box, but there are some workarounds with Vlookups that can be used.

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Support

9 Spokes 5.0

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Support was helpful in the beginning but no longer needed because I didn't use the software as much. The experience that I did have with support was very friendly but not enough to give a good review. If the support team was called for initial setup, video chat or messenger app was used.

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Alternatives Considered

I actually chose QuickBooks (currently using) and Method (used for a month) before deciding that 9 Spokes is just good for looking at a few apps in one place. I'll keep checking back with them to see if they have improved. I wouldn't be surprised if 9 Spokes improves their product within the next 6-12 months.

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We are currently transitioning from Vista's Financial Manager to Global Software's Spreadsheet Server. The ease of setting up forms with Spreadsheet Server wins hands down. You do not have to dig 3 layers down to make a change. If you can use Excel, you can pretty much use this program to create your accounting forms. They give you several templates, and they are easy to modify to anything you might need.

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9 Spokes vs Global Software

9 Spokes

Global Software

Feature Rating Comparison

BI Standard Reporting

Customizable dashboards

Ad-hoc Reporting

Drill-down analysis

Formatting capabilities

Data Discovery and Visualization

Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)

Access Control and Security

Multi-User Support (named login)

Single Sign-On (SSO)

Mobile Capabilities

Responsive Design for Web Access

Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile

Report Output and Scheduling

Publish to PDF

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Cons

Support

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

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