ABB Ability Solution Suite vs. Acumatica

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ABB Ability Solution Suite
Score 9.9 out of 10
N/A
The ABB Ability Solution Suite is an enterprise ERP product suite designed for asset-intensive industries like power generation and water management.N/A
Acumatica
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Acumatica delivers a set of cloud-based business software applications with dashboards, reporting tools, integrated document management, centralized security, and customization tools.
$1,000
per year
Pricing
ABB Ability Solution SuiteAcumatica
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ABB Ability Solution SuiteAcumatica
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPricing is always consumption-based with no five-year lock-ins or termination penalties. The Acumatica ERP pricing structure allows adding casual users, suppliers, and customers without paying for additional licenses. The cost is based on the features and resources utilized, not on the number of users who access the system. An Acumatica partner works with users to understand specific requirements, determine the proper resources and modules for the company, and presents a price for the license.
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Community Pulse
ABB Ability Solution SuiteAcumatica
Features
ABB Ability Solution SuiteAcumatica
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
ABB Ability Solution Suite
10.0
1 Ratings
28% above category average
Acumatica
8.3
318 Ratings
10% above category average
API for custom integration10.01 Ratings8.3299 Ratings
Plug-ins10.01 Ratings8.3272 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
ABB Ability Solution Suite
10.0
1 Ratings
17% above category average
Acumatica
8.3
393 Ratings
1% below category average
Single sign-on capability10.01 Ratings8.6324 Ratings
Role-based user permissions10.01 Ratings8.1386 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
ABB Ability Solution Suite
10.0
1 Ratings
23% above category average
Acumatica
8.3
422 Ratings
4% above category average
Inventory tracking10.01 Ratings8.2414 Ratings
Location management10.01 Ratings8.1278 Ratings
Automatic reordering00 Ratings7.5210 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
ABB Ability Solution Suite
10.0
1 Ratings
23% above category average
Acumatica
8.6
431 Ratings
8% above category average
Pricing10.01 Ratings8.0372 Ratings
Order entry10.01 Ratings8.4385 Ratings
Cost of goods sold10.01 Ratings8.1358 Ratings
Credit card processing00 Ratings7.8266 Ratings
Order Orchestration00 Ratings7.8200 Ratings
Project Execution Management
Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Product A and Product B
ABB Ability Solution Suite
10.0
1 Ratings
36% above category average
Acumatica
7.9
176 Ratings
12% above category average
Project Planning and Scheduling10.01 Ratings7.6158 Ratings
Task Insight for Project Managers10.01 Ratings7.8155 Ratings
Project Mobile Functionality10.01 Ratings7.7134 Ratings
Definable Resource Pools10.01 Ratings7.892 Ratings
Manufacturing
Comparison of Manufacturing features of Product A and Product B
ABB Ability Solution Suite
10.0
1 Ratings
30% above category average
Acumatica
8.8
155 Ratings
17% above category average
Production Process Design10.01 Ratings7.7130 Ratings
Production Management10.01 Ratings8.0143 Ratings
Configuration Management10.01 Ratings8.0128 Ratings
Work Execution10.01 Ratings8.1120 Ratings
Manufacturing Costs10.01 Ratings8.2137 Ratings
Supply Chain
Comparison of Supply Chain features of Product A and Product B
ABB Ability Solution Suite
10.0
1 Ratings
31% above category average
Acumatica
8.2
183 Ratings
12% above category average
Forecasting10.01 Ratings7.6153 Ratings
Inventory Planning10.01 Ratings7.7172 Ratings
Performance Monitoring10.01 Ratings7.7151 Ratings
Product Lifecycle Management
Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Product A and Product B
ABB Ability Solution Suite
10.0
1 Ratings
32% above category average
Acumatica
8.4
105 Ratings
15% above category average
Proposal Management10.01 Ratings7.889 Ratings
Product Master Data Management10.01 Ratings7.7100 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
ABB Ability Solution Suite
-
Ratings
Acumatica
8.3
113 Ratings
12% above category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings7.399 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings7.076 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings7.499 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
ABB Ability Solution Suite
-
Ratings
Acumatica
8.1
401 Ratings
9% above category average
Dashboards00 Ratings8.2376 Ratings
Standard reports00 Ratings7.9394 Ratings
Custom reports00 Ratings8.2384 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
ABB Ability Solution Suite
-
Ratings
Acumatica
8.7
666 Ratings
13% above category average
Accounts payable00 Ratings8.5646 Ratings
Accounts receivable00 Ratings8.4536 Ratings
Global Financial Support00 Ratings7.9234 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers00 Ratings8.1325 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations00 Ratings8.2510 Ratings
Configurable Accounting00 Ratings8.2367 Ratings
Standardized Processes00 Ratings8.4408 Ratings
Subledger and Financial Process
Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Product A and Product B
ABB Ability Solution Suite
-
Ratings
Acumatica
8.7
500 Ratings
15% above category average
Billing Management00 Ratings8.1339 Ratings
Cash and Asset Management00 Ratings8.1449 Ratings
Travel & Expense Management00 Ratings7.6242 Ratings
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting00 Ratings7.9258 Ratings
Period Close00 Ratings8.6365 Ratings
Project Financial Management
Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Product A and Product B
ABB Ability Solution Suite
-
Ratings
Acumatica
9.9
4 Ratings
27% above category average
Budgeting and Forecasting00 Ratings9.64 Ratings
Project Costing00 Ratings9.93 Ratings
Cost Capture00 Ratings9.93 Ratings
Capital Project Management00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Customer Contract Compliance00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Project Revenue Recognition00 Ratings9.93 Ratings
Grants Management
Comparison of Grants Management features of Product A and Product B
ABB Ability Solution Suite
-
Ratings
Acumatica
8.0
73 Ratings
9% above category average
Award Lifecycle Management00 Ratings7.973 Ratings
Procurement
Comparison of Procurement features of Product A and Product B
ABB Ability Solution Suite
-
Ratings
Acumatica
7.5
257 Ratings
7% above category average
Bids Analyzed and Compared00 Ratings7.8100 Ratings
Contract Authoring00 Ratings7.776 Ratings
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated00 Ratings8.1211 Ratings
Supplier Management00 Ratings8.0147 Ratings
Risk Management
Comparison of Risk Management features of Product A and Product B
ABB Ability Solution Suite
-
Ratings
Acumatica
7.9
110 Ratings
17% above category average
Risk Repository00 Ratings8.178 Ratings
Control Management00 Ratings7.998 Ratings
Control Efficiency Assessments00 Ratings8.183 Ratings
Issue Detection00 Ratings7.785 Ratings
Remediation and Certification00 Ratings7.669 Ratings
Logistics
Comparison of Logistics features of Product A and Product B
ABB Ability Solution Suite
-
Ratings
Acumatica
8.7
136 Ratings
24% above category average
Transportation Planning and Optimization00 Ratings7.3102 Ratings
Transportation Execution Management00 Ratings7.699 Ratings
Trade and Customs Management00 Ratings7.576 Ratings
Fulfillment Management00 Ratings8.0109 Ratings
Warehouse Workforce Management00 Ratings7.6105 Ratings
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User Ratings
ABB Ability Solution SuiteAcumatica
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.9
(749 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.2
(65 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.4
(37 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(5 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(4 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
7.2
(29 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
5.7
(5 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.8
(4 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
6.3
(20 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
6.6
(3 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
6.6
(4 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
6.1
(2 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
7.5
(5 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(3 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
4.9
(5 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
6.0
(4 ratings)
User Testimonials
ABB Ability Solution SuiteAcumatica
Likelihood to Recommend
ABB Ventyx
Of course this is the one of the best solution available in the market at present. When you have Multiple system in a plant then you need a powerful tool for Computation which Ability does it smoothly.
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Acumatica
I would love to recommend it to my friends and colleagues. They have a dedicated storage manager along with some really good cloud capabilities, which helps get the work done efficiently and professionally. We have been using it since 2022, and they are great in this segment.
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Pros
ABB Ventyx
  • Computation of data.
  • Presentation to right person.
  • Ability to perform critical task and sending to users.
  • Multiple control system connectivity.
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Acumatica
  • We just went live about two weeks ago, so we are here at Acumatica Summit to see everything it's capable of. One of the things it is capable of is the dashboards and the integration with some of these third-party people to ensure we can get the data we need when we need it, so we're looking forward to getting all that live for us.
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Cons
ABB Ventyx
  • May be for smaller PLCs this can't be implemented.
  • Cost may an area ABB can look in to.
  • Improvement in GUI
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Acumatica
  • There are a few spots where there is a list of data that we need a total for and we have to extract to Excel to get a total. It would be helpful to see a sum right in Acumatica.
  • For the first time today I had an interesting glitch - my entire bank reconciliation unchecked the "reconciled" column and needed to be redone for the month. Funky little glitches happen from time to time
  • Pivot tables don't seem to update as expected by using filters
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Likelihood to Renew
ABB Ventyx
No answers on this topic
Acumatica
I gave this 10 rating because Acumatica ERP is the backbone of the organization, next to the IT Team. We use this software for many different parts of our business. For example our Retail service stations that utilize the inventory, billing, and financials. Our Distribution company that uses it for Field services, CRM, Sales, Accounts and Financial consolidation of all company financials.
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Usability
ABB Ventyx
One of the best solutions in the market with a user-friendly system. This is very useful when the ABB system (Like we had 800xA) is there, new or existing; all the ABB systems can be integrated using this rather than going to a 3rd party vendor, which may have interface problems.
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Acumatica
I give it an 8 because it is very intuitive and easy to use for day to day work. I find it more difficult to create general inquiries and financial statements than it seems that it should be. It's not very intuitive in those areas.
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Reliability and Availability
ABB Ventyx
No answers on this topic
Acumatica
It's always available.
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Performance
ABB Ventyx
No answers on this topic
Acumatica
there have been some performance issues
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Support Rating
ABB Ventyx
Good support in terms of quality and promptness. When we had problems with some of the commands not getting executed, their online support also provided a good solution to solve the problem. Even mission-critical task we were able to solve during this Pandemic time. The suggestion is to go for the online support 1st in the future, followed by a visit.
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Acumatica
We used Acumatica Support directly for the first year or so. Overall it's pretty good, but sometimes the support staff wasn't educated on the customizations we had, nor was I as the Customer as I couldn't remember which things were customized and which things were out of the box, so when there was an error, there were some misunderstandings.
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In-Person Training
ABB Ventyx
No answers on this topic
Acumatica
It was on General Inquiries and it's just a complex topic.
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Online Training
ABB Ventyx
No answers on this topic
Acumatica
Most of the trainers are amazing, but there were a couple who simply read the training guide
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Implementation Rating
ABB Ventyx
No answers on this topic
Acumatica
I'd say the partner selection is critically important. I think the software is very easy to implement. It's very customizable to your business. Finding a partner that will work with you to understand your business and your needs is the critical piece to make sure that the system goes along with it.
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Alternatives Considered
ABB Ventyx
Better suited for the ABB System as Microsoft is a third party for ABB Control System.
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Acumatica
Acumatica's sales process was much better than that of NetSuites. The NetAtWork team spent much more time with us and showed us how Acumatica really could do everything that we needed it to do, with examples using our data.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
ABB Ventyx
No answers on this topic
Acumatica
No, annual invoices are fine. I do like that unlimited users are included.
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Scalability
ABB Ventyx
No answers on this topic
Acumatica
From my understanding, the P.O. module is not very robust, at least the last time I inquired about it. At the time, it had a one-to-one match, with one invoice for one P.O. and that isn't practical for many businesses. I don't believe it would be an easy system to use for sending out invoices, if we had thousands of retail utility customers. We do a small number of invoices because we sell wholesale power, not retail, so we only Invoice the municipality. Not each utility customer.
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Professional Services
ABB Ventyx
No answers on this topic
Acumatica
They are very responsive and knowledgeable about the product. If the rep doesn't have the ability to solve the issue, they quickly get someone else involved to assist us.
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Return on Investment
ABB Ventyx
  • Positive is definitely ROI since manual intervention is minimized and the process is automated.
  • Cost wise, ABB has been looked upon considering the small industry.
  • Overall, a good solution for a large companies.
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Acumatica
  • We were able to work in one system with customizations we needed in inventory and add all our grants in the same system
  • Direct mail invoices was moved to an automated PO system saving time and allowing better financial tracking
  • The grant module can be cumbersome requiring flip flopping to program partners etc during set up
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