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Likelihood to Recommend
Accelo
Accelo is a system that can do it all. It's extremely sophisticated. Depending on the sophistication of your organization, or specifically the abilities of the people you put in charge of the implementation, it can almost be too sophisticated. It all just depends on your situation. The more you use it, the more data you give it, the more you'll be able to see and do. It's incredibly powerful. But it's definitely not a tool that would be appropriate for smaller boutique type organizations that have only basic needs.
COO (Chief Operating Officer)
19 IDEASMarketing & Advertising, 11-50 employees
Deltek Ajera
For small to medium engineering and architecture firms, Ajera appears to be the right size. Beyond the engineering software, Deltek Ajera has all the features a small to medium firm will need for smooth operation. AR, AP, Payroll, reporting, project management are all in one package. We chose to self-host because the licensing was more cost effective for us, but cloud hosting is also available.

Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Civil Engineering Company, 1-10 employeesFeature Rating Comparison
Project Management
Accelo
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Deltek Ajera
6.0
Task Management
Accelo
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Deltek Ajera
8.6
Resource Management
Accelo
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Deltek Ajera
8.6
Gantt Charts
Accelo
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Deltek Ajera
6.0
Scheduling
Accelo
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Deltek Ajera
7.0
Workflow Automation
Accelo
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Deltek Ajera
5.7
Team Collaboration
Accelo
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Deltek Ajera
5.0
Support for Agile Methodology
Accelo
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Deltek Ajera
4.0
Support for Waterfall Methodology
Accelo
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Deltek Ajera
4.0
Document Management
Accelo
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Deltek Ajera
6.0
Email integration
Accelo
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Deltek Ajera
4.5
Mobile Access
Accelo
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Deltek Ajera
6.0
Timesheet Tracking
Accelo
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Deltek Ajera
5.2
Change request and Case Management
Accelo
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Deltek Ajera
6.0
Budget and Expense Management
Accelo
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Deltek Ajera
7.1
Professional Services Automation
Accelo
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Deltek Ajera
6.8
Quotes/estimates
Accelo
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Deltek Ajera
7.0
Invoicing
Accelo
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Deltek Ajera
5.9
Project & financial reporting
Accelo
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Deltek Ajera
7.7
Integration with accounting software
Accelo
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Deltek Ajera
6.5
Pros
Accelo
- Timing Client Work: You are able to better manage your time on your clients.
- Housing Client Info in one Area: You can view all you need for any given client in one area.

Verified User
Manager in Marketing
Marketing and Advertising Company, 1-10 employeesDeltek Ajera
- Widgets are the best feature of Ajera. Designers can make tiny reports for the entire company, or for one or two individuals. These little reports are the first things that the employee sees when they log in. Viewers of the reports are able to filter, sort, group, print or export the widget without impacting the other users. Deltek has been releasing new features that allow the editing of data in widgets. You can now create new projects or edit timesheets from the widgets.
- Credit card importing and credit card reconciliation in Ajera has greatly decreased time spent by administration. You can import credit card transactions from your credit cards. It saves on data entry, and it is easy to see what receipts you are missing when you get the statement.
- Mobile timesheets and expense reports help engineers or other users enter their time and expenses as they are on the go. They can take pictures or receipts or submit their timesheet from home.
- The Project Command Center is a one stop fountain of information. Everything the project manager wants to know about a project can be found here. You can also add custom fields that allow you to tract addition information.

Verified User
Administrator in Corporate
Civil Engineering Company, 51-200 employeesCons
Accelo
- Cumbersome processes - feels like tasks take longer than they should.
- We gave up on the Projects module, it was rather unintuitive. Switched to JIRA, which integrates with the Support module of Accelo.
- Each email address requires a new contact. If one person uses multiple email addresses to contact you, that info will have to be spread across multiple contacts.
President
Strider Inc.Marketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees
Deltek Ajera
- Would be nice if the reports would have more creativity with the ability to add more charts and graphics.
- The user interface for time sheets could be more user-friendly.
- The user interface for expense sheets could be more user-friendly.

Verified User
Employee in Marketing
Environmental Services Company, 11-50 employeesLikelihood to Renew
Accelo
Accelo 9.0
Based on 1 answer
Looking forward to seeing more refinement of features provided and upcoming features promised :)
Managing Director
Bos Web SystemsInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees
Deltek Ajera
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Accelo
Accelo 7.4
Based on 4 answers
From the beginning the Accelo team has been very invested in ensuring our success and overall happiness with the platform. The initial implementation specialists and trainers did a fairly good job of learning our company and needs, and tried to tailor the trainings accordingly. However, once we made the formal switch to the platform, meaning we no longer were using our legacy systems, we found that we had a lot of questions....and a lot of ideas and recommendations. The support team is extremely responsive and seemingly happy to receive our continual feedback. And if we encounter an issue that seems to be a system issue, they work diligently to fix it (we've actually had an engineer join a call with us to learn of the issue - and subsequently fix it)
COO (Chief Operating Officer)
19 IDEASMarketing & Advertising, 11-50 employees
Deltek Ajera
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Accelo
We used Workfront prior to using Accelo, mainly for project management and retainer management. There is no comparison between the two as Accelo blows it away.
Vice President of Business Strategy
WSOLInternet, 11-50 employees
Deltek Ajera
The previous systems were essentially timesheet systems only with very basic accounting. It's mostly the accounting subsystem that made us select Ajera.

Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Civil Engineering Company, 1-10 employeesReturn on Investment
Accelo
- Helps with tracking prospects through the sales/marketing funnel
- Has led some employees to stop using the tool and going back to spreadsheets. When trying to attach targets to tags you need to do so individually and if you upload a large list you need to do this manually, one by one, and requires a lot of time. So people have gone back to spreadsheets where they could simply just cut and paste new people in.

Verified User
Professional in Marketing
Computer & Network Security Company, 51-200 employeesDeltek Ajera
- Made accounting and payroll's jobs harder.
- Improved visibility on project cost management and profit.
Payroll Manager
BSIInformation Services, 1001-5000 employees
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Pricing Details
Accelo
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
Optional
* Per Installation
Accelo Editions & Modules
Edition
Projects (Per Month on Annual Contract) | $391 |
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Sales (Per Month on Annual Contract) | $391 |
Retainers (Per Month on Annual Contract) | $391 |
Service (Per Month on Annual Contract) | $391 |
ServOps (Per Month on Annual Contract) | $791 |
- per user
Additional Pricing Details
ServOps is the all-in-one solution which includes Projects, Retainers, Sales and Service together.Deltek Ajera
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Deltek Ajera Editions & Modules
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