ABB Ability Solution Suite vs. NetSuite ERP

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
NetSuite ERP
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
NetSuite is a suite of ERP and accounting modules which is sold in various editions aimed at different size customers. The multi-country, multi-currency version is an additional module called OneWorld. Netsuite is a SaaS system and is not offered in an on-premise edition.N/A
Pricing
ABB Ability Solution SuiteNetSuite ERP
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ABB Ability Solution SuiteNetSuite ERP
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsUsers subscribe to NetSuite for an annual license fee. The license is made up of three main components: core platform, optional modules and the number of users. There is also a one-time implementation fee for initial setup. New modules and users and can be added as a business grows.
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Community Pulse
ABB Ability Solution SuiteNetSuite ERP
Features
ABB Ability Solution SuiteNetSuite ERP
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
ABB Ability Solution Suite
10.0
1 Ratings
29% above category average
NetSuite ERP
9.2
74 Ratings
21% above category average
API for custom integration10.01 Ratings9.264 Ratings
Plug-ins10.01 Ratings9.947 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
ABB Ability Solution Suite
10.0
1 Ratings
18% above category average
NetSuite ERP
9.7
81 Ratings
15% above category average
Single sign-on capability10.01 Ratings9.762 Ratings
Role-based user permissions10.01 Ratings9.880 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
NetSuite ERP
9.1
48 Ratings
14% above category average
Inventory tracking10.01 Ratings10.047 Ratings
Location management10.01 Ratings9.635 Ratings
Automatic reordering00 Ratings8.928 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
ABB Ability Solution Suite
10.0
1 Ratings
25% above category average
NetSuite ERP
9.4
251 Ratings
18% above category average
Pricing10.01 Ratings9.953 Ratings
Order entry10.01 Ratings7.9247 Ratings
Cost of goods sold10.01 Ratings9.548 Ratings
Credit card processing00 Ratings8.937 Ratings
Order Orchestration00 Ratings9.921 Ratings
Project Execution Management
Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Product A and Product B
ABB Ability Solution Suite
10.0
1 Ratings
35% above category average
NetSuite ERP
4.1
17 Ratings
53% below category average
Project Planning and Scheduling10.01 Ratings8.914 Ratings
Task Insight for Project Managers10.01 Ratings3.311 Ratings
Project Mobile Functionality10.01 Ratings3.010 Ratings
Definable Resource Pools10.01 Ratings3.68 Ratings
Manufacturing
Comparison of Manufacturing features of Product A and Product B
ABB Ability Solution Suite
10.0
1 Ratings
29% above category average
NetSuite ERP
9.4
16 Ratings
23% above category average
Production Process Design10.01 Ratings8.912 Ratings
Production Management10.01 Ratings8.914 Ratings
Configuration Management10.01 Ratings9.910 Ratings
Work Execution10.01 Ratings9.912 Ratings
Manufacturing Costs10.01 Ratings8.914 Ratings
Supply Chain
Comparison of Supply Chain features of Product A and Product B
ABB Ability Solution Suite
10.0
1 Ratings
33% above category average
NetSuite ERP
8.4
166 Ratings
16% above category average
Forecasting10.01 Ratings8.817 Ratings
Inventory Planning10.01 Ratings7.7163 Ratings
Performance Monitoring10.01 Ratings8.914 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
NetSuite ERP
3.9
13 Ratings
60% below category average
Proposal Management10.01 Ratings2.610 Ratings
Product Master Data Management10.01 Ratings3.29 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
ABB Ability Solution Suite
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
1.1
15 Ratings
148% below category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings1.013 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings1.010 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings1.39 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
ABB Ability Solution Suite
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
9.9
72 Ratings
30% above category average
Dashboards00 Ratings9.971 Ratings
Standard reports00 Ratings9.970 Ratings
Custom reports00 Ratings9.970 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
NetSuite ERP
7.9
312 Ratings
3% above category average
Accounts payable00 Ratings8.3306 Ratings
Accounts receivable00 Ratings8.4282 Ratings
Global Financial Support00 Ratings9.926 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers00 Ratings9.928 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations00 Ratings9.341 Ratings
Configurable Accounting00 Ratings9.935 Ratings
Standardized Processes00 Ratings9.937 Ratings
Subledger and Financial Process
Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Product A and Product B
ABB Ability Solution Suite
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
7.9
248 Ratings
6% above category average
Billing Management00 Ratings8.5237 Ratings
Cash and Asset Management00 Ratings9.927 Ratings
Travel & Expense Management00 Ratings9.831 Ratings
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting00 Ratings8.927 Ratings
Period Close00 Ratings9.935 Ratings
Project Financial Management
Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Product A and Product B
ABB Ability Solution Suite
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
6.6
32 Ratings
14% below category average
Budgeting and Forecasting00 Ratings6.026 Ratings
Project Costing00 Ratings6.023 Ratings
Cost Capture00 Ratings6.022 Ratings
Capital Project Management00 Ratings4.014 Ratings
Customer Contract Compliance00 Ratings9.913 Ratings
Project Revenue Recognition00 Ratings6.922 Ratings
Grants Management
Comparison of Grants Management features of Product A and Product B
ABB Ability Solution Suite
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
3.1
12 Ratings
81% below category average
Award Lifecycle Management00 Ratings3.57 Ratings
Procurement
Comparison of Procurement features of Product A and Product B
ABB Ability Solution Suite
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
3.3
19 Ratings
72% below category average
Bids Analyzed and Compared00 Ratings3.58 Ratings
Contract Authoring00 Ratings1.910 Ratings
Contract Repository00 Ratings3.58 Ratings
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated00 Ratings3.613 Ratings
Supplier Management00 Ratings9.913 Ratings
Risk Management
Comparison of Risk Management features of Product A and Product B
ABB Ability Solution Suite
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
3.1
11 Ratings
72% below category average
Risk Repository00 Ratings3.58 Ratings
Control Management00 Ratings1.911 Ratings
Control Efficiency Assessments00 Ratings3.57 Ratings
Issue Detection00 Ratings3.58 Ratings
Remediation and Certification00 Ratings3.58 Ratings
Logistics
Comparison of Logistics features of Product A and Product B
ABB Ability Solution Suite
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
3.1
17 Ratings
76% below category average
Transportation Planning and Optimization00 Ratings2.89 Ratings
Transportation Execution Management00 Ratings2.88 Ratings
Trade and Customs Management00 Ratings2.88 Ratings
Fulfillment Management00 Ratings9.914 Ratings
Warehouse Workforce Management00 Ratings2.511 Ratings
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User Ratings
ABB Ability Solution SuiteNetSuite ERP
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.4
(410 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(50 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
7.9
(272 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(16 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(15 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
6.2
(217 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(2 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
6.4
(10 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
5.4
(17 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(5 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(3 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(8 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
4.8
(2 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
ABB Ability Solution SuiteNetSuite ERP
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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NetSuite
Best suited for mid-market to lower scale enterprises (under 2,000 employees) especially if migrating from Quickbooks or another fragmented small business system. Also, multi-entity and global operational businesses are very well suited as there is robust functionality around multi-subsidiary, multi-currency and multi-tax controls. Finally, businesses with inventory & supply chain heavy businesses would find the functionality very useful as the system allows warehouse management, lot/batch tracking, fulfillment, etc. Not well suited for startups (a lot of functionality not needed) or very small businesses (under $3mm in revenues). Overkill in complexity and cost and implementation leg-work is necessary relative to the underlying operations of the business. Also, companies with a heavy manufacturing business (shop floor execution) lacks depth with true manufacturing ERPs like Epicor, Infor, etc. and companies expecting consumer grade UX feels like the interface isn't modern or very intuitive right out of the box.
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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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NetSuite
  • It gives high flexibility to maintain different kind of financial data with ease. It also support 606 standard.
  • Customisation is a key, whereas we can do as many customisation based on our critical financial need.
  • It is cloud based and easily scalable.
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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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NetSuite
  • The area for the largest improvement needed is the implementation process. Especially when it comes down to an accounting based ERP setup rather than a CRM model. The experts should have accounting backgrounds in addition to the system knowledge for implementation.
  • There should be more training focused on the Dashboards and the maneuverability of the data focused for each graph or report within the dashboards.
  • The AP system is a little problematic with more complex company hierarchy. Due to the AP Invoice headers being driven by "main line" but the expense distribution being driven by journal entries - the AP aging is hard to verify the accuracy and can be distorted by different types of transactions.
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Likelihood to Renew
ABB Ventyx
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NetSuite
NetSuite is able to cover all of our needs, spanning multiple departments and managerial levels. We use it daily for a multitude of functions, including creating promotions, estimating inventory, pulling historical reports, forecasting sales, and more. Overall, we're very satisfied with NetSuite as an ERP solution and recommend it to medium to large businesses.
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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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NetSuite
NetSuite is a cloud tool, and is easy to implement for mid-sized organizations. It comes with standard forms/ printing layouts, and financial reporting (both summary and detailed), which are very handy for business users. In addition to these, with 99.99% service availability, NetSuite makes it one of the most reliable ERP tools available on the market.
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Reliability and Availability
ABB Ventyx
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NetSuite
It has been very reliable. I can only think of 1-2 times in 4.5 years that we have had issues getting in, and in each case were able to get back in within 1 hour. There has not been a major downtime
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Performance
ABB Ventyx
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NetSuite
Most of the time the performance is very good. Pages load in a few seconds; financial reports take less than 5 seconds; basic searches take a few seconds. But performance can be sporadic throughout the day and cause the run time to triple.
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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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NetSuite
I would like to give 8 rating for NetSuite support and reason for that is below: Whenever we faced any technical or functional issues we tried to reach out to NEtSuite support but response was not immediate. We told them about the urgency of the issue but still we were not getting response on time. Then, we have to reach out to AE to get things resolved.
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In-Person Training
ABB Ventyx
No answers on this topic
NetSuite
I had in person training for a day when first got the software. The training was good. The challenge was that there was a large gap between training and when we went live so we forgot quite a lot
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Online Training
ABB Ventyx
No answers on this topic
NetSuite
Online training is quite strong. I have used for specific pieces of functionality.However it is not sufficient in all areas.
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Implementation Rating
ABB Ventyx
No answers on this topic
NetSuite
I felt NetSuite Professional Services did an excellent job of guiding us in the implementation. I also felt our internal teams were a little resistant to the change and engagement of new software. Had we performed better engaging and buying into the new software, I would be able to rate the implementation better. Therefore, the lower number should not be viewed as a deficiency with the software or the professional services teams, but as an reminder of how important complete buy-in from the local users is.
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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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NetSuite
QuickBooks Online is, by far, a better and easier-to-use product for smaller companies. Only switch to Netsuite if you have to. We switched to NetSuite because we have numerous subsidiaries, and QuickBooks would not be able to handle the complexity.
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Scalability
ABB Ventyx
No answers on this topic
NetSuite
We have been able to scale our business 25X without any major overhaul with Netsuite. Its dashboard setup makes onboarding new employees very easy and allows data to be shared across multiple offices. Its cloud setup does not put any pressure on IT to scale servers or other infrastructure. We have been able to become much more efficient in all aspects of the business.
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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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NetSuite
  • NetSuite ERP has allowed us to see more clear details around where our business is financially which leads to smarter business decisions.
  • NetSuite ERP has freed up time that was spent on certain functions in our old accounting software, leading to more efficiency.
  • NetSuite ERP has given us more visibility across business divisions.
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