Accounting Power vs. Araize FastFund Online

Retail, professional services, non-manufacturing, or non-inventory-based clients are a great fit.

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I have found FastFund to be a flexible yet easy-to-use accounting and donor support software. Of course, it does not have all the power of something like SalesForce, but then again, I don't need that and my more technically challenged users would be overwhelmed with something like that. FastFund allows us to track donor support, issue receipts for tax purposes, and even record notes of interactions with donors. We create mailing lists and can easily allocate donations to the specific project as designated by the donor. We use FastFund for our accounting software. We pay bills, make deposits, cut checks, and allocate expenses to the appropriate projects. We also use the newest module of FastFund which is the Payroll module. I am not involved with using that module, but I do know that it is great to have everything in one package.

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• Simple layout
• Logical menu and format
• Flexibility in designing reports
• Department/location accounting

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• Cloud-based so all our employees have access to it from their various remote locations.
• Fund-based accounting.
• Ongoing training on updates and improvements and tech support responses are quick and useful.

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• CPA firm's client interface for delivery of bills to pay
• Better ACH payment options for bill payment
• Additional layer of department/location allocation
• Invoicing option in mobile app

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• Initial use of the new payroll features had several hiccups that had to be addressed.

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I do not see a good alternative in the market

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We are satisfied with the software and on-going costs. Moving to something else would be an investment and cost that would be difficult to justify given our satisfaction with FastFund.

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It provides everything one needs for accounting services and then some at a price point that makes it very affordable.

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I find FastFund to be easy to use and, for the most part, intuitive in its user interface and options. Sometimes new features are added or updates are made which causes some changes. Araize is good at holding short webinars to introduce these.

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Needs some work. Support staff seem to be computer people, not accountants or users of the system. Their answers sometimes seem short and computer-based. Not answered in a way that says, "I have thought through this and here is what I see to do."

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I have always had my questions and issues responded to very quickly and addressed in a timely fashion. Araize is good at notifying us when the support desk will be closed for company holidays and the like. They are responsive to suggestions for new features and in helping when we have questions.

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Seek out others who have done it and learn from them.

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I find Accounting Power to have more flexibility, power, and reporting capability than QuickBooks Online with a simpler interface.

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Araize FastFund was already implemented when I joined the organization so I cannot comment on how it compares to other products or why it was selected.

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• Allowed for standardized processes
• Improved efficiency in disbursement processing
• Bank feed is easily broken
• ACH payment options are not well established

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• Our main users are in three different physical locations and Araize FastFund has allowed each user to easily have access to what they need.

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