Accounting Seed vs FinancialForce Accounting | TrustRadius

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Score 9.2 out of 10

Based on 18 reviews and ratings

Score 9 out of 10

Based on 16 reviews and ratings

Feature Rating Comparison

Accounting Seed

FinancialForce Accounting

Pay calculation

Benefit plan administration

Direct deposit files

Salary revision and increment management

Reimbursement management

Accounting Seed

FinancialForce Accounting

API for custom integration

Plug-ins

Accounting Seed

FinancialForce Accounting

Single sign-on capability

Role-based user permissions

Accounting Seed

FinancialForce Accounting

Dashboards

Standard reports

Custom reports

Accounting Seed

FinancialForce Accounting

Accounts payable

Accounts receivable

Cash management

Bank reconciliation

Expense management

Time tracking

Fixed asset management

Multi-currency support

Multi-division support

Regulations compliance

Electronic tax filing

Self-service portal

Global Financial Support

Primary and Secondary Ledgers

Intercompany Accounting

Localizations

Journals and Reconciliations

Enterprise Accounting

Configurable Accounting

Centralized Rules Framework

Standardized Processes

Accounting Seed

FinancialForce Accounting

Inventory tracking

Automatic reordering

Location management

Manufacturing module

Accounting Seed

FinancialForce Accounting

Pricing

Order entry

Credit card processing

Cost of goods sold

Order Orchestration

End-to-end order visibility

Order exception Resolution

Pros

Fully integrated into SalesForce so financial information is linked to all aspects of the organization.
Customer service is excellent and with timely and helpful solutions.
Upgrades are announced well ahead of pushing them out. Accounting Seed handles all the effort. When upgraded, you are assured there are no problems with it continuing to work with your other applications in SalesForce
Being built on the Force.com platform, many applications are available to add to the Accounting Seed application to expand its abilities.
Customization is simple and integrates across all aspects of SalesForce.

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Rickey Funderburk

COO (Chief Operating Officer)

Baptist Global ResponseNon-profit Organization Management, 11-50 employees

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User interface is more modern and user-friendly than other software
Dashboards allow for good visual interpretation
Reports are able to be customized to better fit users' needs

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Verified User

Director in Finance and Accounting

Telecommunications Company, 51-200 employees

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Cons

Custom reporting seems cumbersome, but it could just be that we need better instructions, more examples, maybe some more canned reports. My company needs the ability to compare multiple years, and more than one budget in a report - we start with an approved board budget and then we reproject each quarter.
Non profits need to print financials by restriction level - this has also been very awkward - all the data is there but I have to piece it together in an excel spreadsheet every time I want it.
In general, the materials needed for non profits is not as accessible as it could be.

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General Manager

Trinity RepPerforming Arts, 51-200 employees

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Since SalesForce was not made with accounting in mind, building FinancialForce as a module on top of SalesForce gives problems because the overarching architect of SalesForce cannot facilitate all the accounting requirements.
The FinancialForce integration team was not very good, and did not help us set up our FinancialForce very well. Their customer support is also lacking and takes a long time to respond and troubleshoot our problems.
FinancialForce doesn't actually build financial statement reports. We were only able to run a trial balance, and we had to build the statements ourselves in Excel.

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Verified User

Professional in Finance and Accounting

Computer Software Company, 51-200 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

No score

No answers yet

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FinancialForce Accounting 10.0

Based on 1 answer

The company has now converted its legacy, "home grown" operations system and built it on the force.com platform, and the integration between it and FinancialForce is deeply entrenched. No other application would be able to replicate this functionality, and the company will be able to scale and leverage the force.com platform as it grows.

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CAO (Chief Administrative Officer)

RSI ReloTransportation/Trucking/Railroad, 11-50 employees

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Usability

Accounting Seed 9.0

Based on 2 answers

While it takes time for new users to fully benefit and understand Accounting Seed, the user interface is amazing. It is relatively easy to use

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Verified User

Account Manager in Sales

Real Estate Company, 11-50 employees

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FinancialForce Accounting 10.0

Based on 1 answer

Change management is always an issue, but the evidence of the application's usability is that both long-time employees (used to the legacy systems for many years) and newer employees have been able to learn the system and improve their business processes.

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CAO (Chief Administrative Officer)

RSI ReloTransportation/Trucking/Railroad, 11-50 employees

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Reliability and Availability

No score

No answers yet

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FinancialForce Accounting 10.0

Based on 2 answers

Unless the internet is completely unavailable - which has not happened yet - the application is always accessible. Since FinancialForce is built on the force.com platform, it's uptime is tied to Salesforce security and system performance standards

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CAO (Chief Administrative Officer)

RSI ReloTransportation/Trucking/Railroad, 11-50 employees

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Performance

No score

No answers yet

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FinancialForce Accounting 9.0

Based on 2 answers

If Visualforce pages are enabled, they sometimes slow down the load time.

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CAO (Chief Administrative Officer)

RSI ReloTransportation/Trucking/Railroad, 11-50 employees

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Support Rating

Accounting Seed 9.5

Based on 2 answers

We seldom have had to use their support but when we have, they have been responsive and actually were able to answer our questions in a simple, nontech language. You don't have to be a programmer to talk to them!

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Rickey Funderburk

COO (Chief Operating Officer)

Baptist Global ResponseNon-profit Organization Management, 11-50 employees

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FinancialForce Accounting 10.0

Based on 2 answers

The response time for FinancialForce is exemplary. Immediate acknowledgement of the support request by automatically logging a case/ticket on the provider side, then less than 24-hour follow up by a support team member with specific questions, information or resolution for the issue.

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CAO (Chief Administrative Officer)

RSI ReloTransportation/Trucking/Railroad, 11-50 employees

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Online Training

No score

No answers yet

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FinancialForce Accounting 10.0

Based on 1 answer

Through its Xtra login website available to its customers, FinancialForce offers a complete set of online, video tutorials, training and documentation. Each tutorial is "bite-sized", meaning it imparts instructional, step-by-step information in 2-3 minute narrated videos. For a particular cycle or process, like invoices to payments for example, each tutorial builds on the last so that the user can get a complete picture of the steps and process in less than 10 minutes.

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CAO (Chief Administrative Officer)

RSI ReloTransportation/Trucking/Railroad, 11-50 employees

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Implementation Rating

No score

No answers yet

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FinancialForce Accounting 10.0

Based on 2 answers

The company decided to run parallel for three months in order to soften the impact of the change from the legacy "system" - which users had been interfacing with for over a decade - to FinancialForce. While not recommended, this did provide time for the in-house "super user" team of 2 people to become completely familiar with the application, and thus provide hands-on training and be a resource for the users who would be processing the daily accounting transactions.

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CAO (Chief Administrative Officer)

RSI ReloTransportation/Trucking/Railroad, 11-50 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Honestly, Accounting Seed was the only one I focused on when looking to switch from our existing program. It showed in the partner app store and stated it was created native to SalesForce. As I read through it's capabilities, cost, etc., I knew it was the right choice.

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Accounting Manager

Telecom Infrastructure CorpElectrical & Electronic Manufacturing, 11-50 employees

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Compared to other accounting software FinancialForce Accounting has its good and bad aspects but overall it is a good option. Reporting directly from FinancialForce Accounting can be difficult to do, but standard accounting tasks are straightforward and not time-consuming to complete in FinacialForce Accounting. In addition, it has a few very useful tools and capabilities, such as the multi-currency multi-location capabilities, that are difficult to match

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Verified User

Manager in Finance and Accounting

Accounting Company, 10,001+ employees

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Return on Investment

Makes operations a lot easier having everything in Salesforce.

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President

HostfullyHospitality, 11-50 employees

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Beneficial to easily be able to track impact of fluctuating currencies.
Integration with Salesforce.com reduced/elimintated manual entry which saves various colleagues time.
Increased visibility over the entire sales cycle because of the integration between Salesforce.com & FinancialForce Accounting.

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Verified User

Employee in Finance and Accounting

Construction Company, 51-200 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Rating Summary

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