Accounting Seed vs Infor VISUAL

Likelihood to Recommend

Accounting Seed is a great solution for businesses looking for reliable accounting software. It offers all the features needed and works as expected. In addition, it is not as pricey as many competitors and therefore a great choice. I would recommend it for both startups and established businesses.

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Verified User

Account Manager in Sales

Real Estate Company, 11-50 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

Pay calculation

Benefit plan administration

Direct deposit files

Salary revision and increment management

Reimbursement management

Accounting Seed

Infor VISUAL

API for custom integration

Plug-ins

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

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

Infor VISUAL

Inventory tracking

Automatic reordering

Location management

Manufacturing module

Accounting Seed

Infor VISUAL

Pricing

Order entry

Credit card processing

Cost of goods sold

Order Orchestration

End-to-end order visibility

Order exception Resolution

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

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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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

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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Gayle Ulrich

General Manager

Trinity RepPerforming Arts, 51-200 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

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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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Manager in Human Resources

Plastics Company, 501-1000 employees

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Usability

Accounting Seed 9.0

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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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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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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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Infor VISUAL 2.0

Based on 1 answer

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Implementation Rating

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Infor VISUAL 2.0

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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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Manager in Human Resources

Plastics Company, 501-1000 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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Pamela White

Accounting Manager

Telecom Infrastructure CorpElectrical & Electronic Manufacturing, 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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