Accounting Seed vs Infor VISUAL

Likelihood to Recommend

The ability to see detail in the data is second to none. The ability to tie into the same data base as other salesforce products is huge. I do believe you need an on site expert. I have found my staff hesitant to "explore" the world outside of their routine. There are certain functions - like accounts payable - that are very similar no matter what program you buy, but it would be helpful if Accounting Seed put together some "Best Practices Procedures" for the A/P person to review and teach themselves. As the manager, it should not be up to me to have to retrain every person that steps into the position from scratch. How much nicer it would be to have something in the knowledge base or in the Accounting Home page that would direct new hires!

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Gayle Ulrich

General Manager

Trinity RepPerforming Arts, 51-200 employees

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I struggle to identify a scenario where VISUAL is an appropriate solution. We used VISUAL because it was a legacy system and the cost/complexity of changeover seemed daunting. The user interface is poor as is the interconnectedness of the various screens and menus. This might be an acceptable piece of software for a continuous manufacturing environment with little variation of basic design, but we have had to write multiple add-on macros in order to get VISUAL to work effectively for us.

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Scott Sichmeller

Vice President Of Engineering and Operations

Skidmore PumpMachinery, 11-50 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Accounting Seed

Infor VISUAL

API for custom integration

Accounting Seed

Infor VISUAL

Single sign-on capability

Role-based user permissions

Accounting Seed

Infor VISUAL

Dashboards

Standard reports

Custom reports

Accounting Seed

Infor VISUAL

Accounts payable

Accounts receivable

Cash management

Bank reconciliation

Expense management

Fixed asset management

Multi-currency support

Multi-division support

Regulations compliance

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

Infor VISUAL

Inventory tracking

Location management

Manufacturing module

Accounting Seed

Infor VISUAL

Pricing

Order entry

Cost of goods sold

End-to-end order visibility

Accounting Seed

Infor VISUAL

Period Close

Transactions Tax

Subledger Reconciliations

Accounting Seed

Infor VISUAL

Project Costing

Cost Capture

Customer Invoicing

Project Financial Performance Analysis

Real-time Financial Reporting

Accounting Seed

Infor VISUAL

Defineable Resource Pools

Accounting Seed

Infor VISUAL

Production Process Design

Production Management

Configuration Management

Work Execution

Manufacturing Costs

Accounting Seed

Infor VISUAL

Inventory Planning

Accounting Seed

Infor VISUAL

Product Master Data Management

Pros

Ability to create custom reports on the fly.
Sharing/flowing information across Salesforce project pages.
My favorite, saving tons of time by having all information in one location, not having to stop and compare Salesforce reports to a separate accounting program reports.

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Pamela White

Accounting Manager

Telecom Infrastructure CorpElectrical & Electronic Manufacturing, 11-50 employees

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Infor Visual has a standard way of addressing business operations: sales orders, invoicing, reporting. It is easy to train operators used to using a manual or other ERP system.
Material control is easy for production runs, R&D material lists and repairs. The process of receiving, issuing and returning material to inventory is facilitated by standard interfaces that are easily learned by material control operators.
Engineering changes to bills of material are facilitated by the "engineering Master" flexible editing capability. The version control for the BOM's can be as detailed or vague as the process designed dictates. One item of a BOM or the entire BOM can be changed quickly and approved for production that day.

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Dave Hail

Quality and Manufacturing Engineer

At homeElectrical/Electronic Manufacturing, 51-200 employees

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Cons

Most accounting systems have a number of canned reports included with the system. Accounting Seed has a few limited canned reports. These have grown over the past three years.
Though using the Salesforce reporting feature makes reporting easy, you are limited by what the Salesforce reporting system can do.
Budgeting is connected to project tasks rather than general ledger accounts.

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Verified User

C-Level Executive in Finance and Accounting

Non-profit Organization Management Company, 11-50 employees

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VTA has been extremely unreliable. I would not recommend it. It is not customizable at all. There is no logical way to handle shift differentials which is a huge issue with a company that runs 24/7.
If you do not have a schedule set up, they cannot clock in. This poses a problem for anyone that gets called in on a shift they don't normally work on.

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Verified User

Manager in Human Resources

Plastics Company, 501-1000 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

No score

No answers yet

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Infor VISUAL 8.0

Based on 1 answer

It is unlikely that we would spend the money and time it takes to make a switch again in the near future.

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Verified User

Manager in Human Resources

Plastics Company, 501-1000 employees

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Usability

No score

No answers yet

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Infor VISUAL 2.0

Based on 1 answer

If you are not very computer literate, this is a difficult system to learn.

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Verified User

Manager in Human Resources

Plastics Company, 501-1000 employees

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Implementation Rating

No score

No answers yet

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Infor VISUAL 2.0

Based on 1 answer

Could have used more hands-on approach. There are multiple webinars and information sessions but until you actually use the system, these are not very helpful.

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Verified User

Manager in Human Resources

Plastics Company, 501-1000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Much easier to have accounting software be native to Salesforce. That's the main reason we went with Accounting Seed and are happy to have made that decision. We also love the customization abilities - just as easy as adding any field in Salesforce.

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David Jacoby

President

HostfullyHospitality, 11-50 employees

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We unfortunately did not evaluate any other ERP software. VISUAL was a legacy system and we determined that changing systems would be too difficult, and not cost effective. We reached out to our local VISUAL rep who knew how the software functioned, but not how to apply it more appropriately to our business model, so we continued on with what we had rather than looking elsewhere.

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Scott Sichmeller

Vice President Of Engineering and Operations

Skidmore PumpMachinery, 11-50 employees

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Return on Investment

We are too soon into the process to answer this. Our year end is June 30 and our audit will take place in July and August, with completion in October. I am very happy with the program and look forward to the next year being more efficient with my time, but I cannot determine an ROI benefit at this point.

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Gayle Ulrich

General Manager

Trinity RepPerforming Arts, 51-200 employees

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I cannot comment on business impact.

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Dave Hail

Quality and Manufacturing Engineer

At homeElectrical/Electronic Manufacturing, 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

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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

Rating Summary

Accounting Seed

Infor VISUAL

Accounting Seed

Infor VISUAL

Accounting Seed

Infor VISUAL

Accounting Seed

Infor VISUAL

Accounting Seed

Infor VISUAL

Likelihood to Recommend

Accounting Seed

Infor VISUAL

Feature Rating Comparison

API for custom integration

Single sign-on capability

Role-based user permissions

Dashboards

Standard reports

Custom reports

Accounts payable

Accounts receivable

Cash management

Bank reconciliation

Expense management

Fixed asset management

Multi-currency support

Multi-division support

Regulations compliance

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

Inventory tracking

Location management

Manufacturing module

Pricing

Order entry

Cost of goods sold

End-to-end order visibility

Period Close

Transactions Tax

Subledger Reconciliations

Project Costing

Cost Capture

Customer Invoicing

Project Financial Performance Analysis

Real-time Financial Reporting

Defineable Resource Pools

Production Process Design

Production Management

Configuration Management

Work Execution

Manufacturing Costs

Inventory Planning

Product Master Data Management

Pros

Accounting Seed

Infor VISUAL

Cons

Accounting Seed

Infor VISUAL

Likelihood to Renew

Accounting Seed

Infor VISUAL

Usability

Accounting Seed

Infor VISUAL

Implementation Rating

Accounting Seed

Infor VISUAL

Alternatives Considered

Accounting Seed

Infor VISUAL

Return on Investment

Accounting Seed

Infor VISUAL

Screenshots

Accounting Seed

Infor VISUAL

Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version