Accounting Seed vs OSAS

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I honestly think that it's extremely outdated and don't understand why anyone would still use it. Especially in a non-profit setting. In our field we have to be able to track revenue and expenses by funds, and with the way those funding streams tend to cross an agency or company's fiscal year, the fact that it is virtually impossible to pull the information in that manner restricts a finance department more than anything.

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Jessica Leffler

Program Manager of Accounting

Clay County Public Health CenterHospital & Health Care, 51-200 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Accounting Seed

OSAS

API for custom integration

Accounting Seed

OSAS

Single sign-on capability

Role-based user permissions

Accounting Seed

OSAS

Dashboards

Standard reports

Custom reports

Accounting Seed

OSAS

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

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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No confusing reporting.
Easy to follow interface.
Simplified experience.

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Jessica Leffler

Program Manager of Accounting

Clay County Public Health CenterHospital & Health Care, 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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Not user-friendly or intuitive in the least. Even with the instruction manual, it's like part of it is missing or you are expected to know certain items before even looking.
Reporting is very basic and impossible to customize on the user's end. You must have tech support build them for you. Also, no cross fiscal year reporting.
Can't cut only one check if you have other invoices already entered in the batch.
The chart of account codes are not independent. You must build your whole GL for each fund source or program, which leaves you with an unwieldy chart of accounts.

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Jessica Leffler

Program Manager of Accounting

Clay County Public Health CenterHospital & Health Care, 51-200 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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If you've used CYMA, you'll be familiar with the way OSAS builds the GL, however CYMA is light years ahead of OSAS. If you've used anything like Abila MIP, you'll understand the comparison when I say "Abila is like using power tools to build your bookcase, CYMA is like using a hand saw and hammer, and OSAS is using a chisel to carve one out of wood." They all will get the job done and at the end of the day, you have a book case. But depending on which tools you use will either be ready for a library or a couple of small tomes. I didn't select OSAS, and never would it have been given consideration to be used as my accounting software

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Jessica Leffler

Program Manager of Accounting

Clay County Public Health CenterHospital & Health Care, 51-200 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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We have to do so much tracking of expenses by hand, that using OSAS doesn't save us any money in that respect.
I believe my predecessor used OSAS for over 15 years so she obviously felt comfortable with it. I can make do with it and at least track my bottom line.
No real reporting other than basic balance sheets.

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Jessica Leffler

Program Manager of Accounting

Clay County Public Health CenterHospital & Health Care, 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

OSAS

Accounting Seed

OSAS

Likelihood to Recommend

Accounting Seed

OSAS

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

Pros

Accounting Seed

OSAS

Cons

Accounting Seed

OSAS

Alternatives Considered

Accounting Seed

OSAS

Return on Investment

Accounting Seed

OSAS

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Accounting Seed

OSAS

Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Rating Summary

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