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Access Handisoft vs. Canopy Practice Management

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    Access Handisoft

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AAccess Handisoft is a suite of solutions for accountants and advisors who want to optimise their practice. It is based on technology acquired with Sage Australia (Sage HandiSoft).N/A

    Canopy Practice Management

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/ACanopy Practice Management is designed to help accounting firms keep all parties on the same page. It includes essential tools for enabling communication between clients and your team.N/A
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    Access HandisoftCanopy Practice Management
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    Pricing Offerings
    Access HandisoftCanopy Practice Management
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Access HandisoftCanopy Practice Management
    Considered Both Products
    The Access Group
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    71%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    86%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    80%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    User Ratings
    Access HandisoftCanopy Practice Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (13 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Access HandisoftCanopy Practice Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    The Access Group
    The software is great and does what we need for our day-to-day accounting, but when it comes to our in-house IT, we seem to have issues with our internal server complementing our ability to work outside of the office on the software. Data has been lost, work time wasted twice.
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    Canopy
    If you want to have an all in one solution for managing you clients (from sales lead to loyal client) this is the answer. We rarely have to use other systems to take a client from a lead to completing their taxes or representation case. It's also given us the freedom to switch our business model to focus on value added pricing and shift to be an advisory focused firm. If you want to pump out hundreds of returns and don't care about managing your clients on a long term basis because you're a quantity over quality shop, you may not find value in the software.
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    Pros
    The Access Group
    • Productivity
    • Dashboard/reporting
    • Ease of use
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    Canopy
    • As TheCPATaxProblemSolver, Canopy is a great timesaver in helping me complete IRS Offer In Compromises. An Offer in Compromise (OIC) is an IRS program that allows taxpayers to settle their liabilities for less than the full amount owed.
    • I use analytics contained in the state-of-the-art Canopy tax resolution software to calculate smart recommendations based on each unique case to arrive at the best solution and prepare successful cases.
    • Canopy tax has an all in one practice management software. It features Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Document Management, Workflow Management, as well as Billing and Invoicing
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    Cons
    The Access Group
    • Inventory building
    • Reboot necessity
    • Internet Lag
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    Canopy
    • Connectivity with Outlook for email tracking - the connection is sometimes lost and there is no notification. You just look for your email trail and there is nothing.
    • Electronic signatures for multiple contacts on one document with some fields being optional would be a great help.
    • Being able to see contact transcripts in the client record view versus just the transcript screen would be more efficient.
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    Support Rating
    The Access Group
    No answers on this topic
    Canopy
    We had to contact the company many times because of the problems we were encountering. They were not helpful in any way
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    Alternatives Considered
    The Access Group
    Because we work with a CPA as our Finance Manager, it is best to have the ability to track our workflow and progress, as well as our own Due Date Tracking in order to remind him. They use QuickBooks to document their business, but using Access allows us to easily manage our number to send to them for general use.
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    Canopy
    Canopy works efficiently for all the companies, more so the CPA firms and other programs have no such advancement. The existence of an individualized client portal from Canopy is a remarkable step. Canopy records the due dates for a project and checks them when they are near or notifies the user.
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    Return on Investment
    The Access Group
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    Canopy
    • We have eliminated our admin position as our tasks are more streamlined.
    • We can support a year-round client demand breaking the season-to-season cash cycle.
    • We're looking to become 100% remote/virtual helping clients all over the country/world within the next 12 months due to this cloud solution.
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