Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Acumatica
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Acumatica delivers a set of cloud-based business software applications with dashboards, reporting tools, integrated document management, centralized security, and customization tools.
$1,000
per year
BlueCherry
Score 5.7 out of 10
N/A
CGS’s BlueCherry Enterprise Suite has the built-in capacity to address the fundamental needs of all core management, planning, design and product development, sourcing, manufacturing, logistics and sales functions. With end-to-end capabilities, the BlueCherry Enterprise Suite enables consumer lifestyle products companies to manage critical business transactions and concept-to-consumer processes to improve speed to market, gain greater process visibility and control, increase productivity…N/A
Pricing
AcumaticaBlueCherry
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AcumaticaBlueCherry
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPricing is always consumption-based with no five-year lock-ins or termination penalties. The Acumatica ERP pricing structure allows adding casual users, suppliers, and customers without paying for additional licenses. The cost is based on the features and resources utilized, not on the number of users who access the system. An Acumatica partner works with users to understand specific requirements, determine the proper resources and modules for the company, and presents a price for the license.
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Features
AcumaticaBlueCherry
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.5
59 Ratings
17% above category average
BlueCherry
-
Ratings
Pay calculation7.851 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration7.136 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct deposit files7.748 Ratings00 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.4
167 Ratings
13% above category average
BlueCherry
-
Ratings
API for custom integration8.5155 Ratings00 Ratings
Plug-ins8.3151 Ratings00 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.5
206 Ratings
6% above category average
BlueCherry
-
Ratings
Single sign-on capability8.7167 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-based user permissions8.3203 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.3
212 Ratings
17% above category average
BlueCherry
-
Ratings
Dashboards8.4200 Ratings00 Ratings
Standard reports8.0209 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom reports8.4204 Ratings00 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.8
437 Ratings
15% above category average
BlueCherry
-
Ratings
Accounts payable8.7425 Ratings00 Ratings
Accounts receivable8.5333 Ratings00 Ratings
Global Financial Support8.0117 Ratings00 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers8.4168 Ratings00 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations8.6318 Ratings00 Ratings
Configurable Accounting8.5194 Ratings00 Ratings
Standardized Processes8.6209 Ratings00 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.5
265 Ratings
9% above category average
BlueCherry
-
Ratings
Inventory tracking8.3261 Ratings00 Ratings
Automatic reordering7.6110 Ratings00 Ratings
Location management8.5144 Ratings00 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.8
273 Ratings
13% above category average
BlueCherry
-
Ratings
Pricing8.2239 Ratings00 Ratings
Order entry8.7245 Ratings00 Ratings
Credit card processing8.4168 Ratings00 Ratings
Cost of goods sold8.2228 Ratings00 Ratings
Order Orchestration7.9110 Ratings00 Ratings
Subledger and Financial Process
Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.8
306 Ratings
17% above category average
BlueCherry
-
Ratings
Billing Management8.5175 Ratings00 Ratings
Cash and Asset Management8.5281 Ratings00 Ratings
Travel & Expense Management7.8126 Ratings00 Ratings
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting8.7131 Ratings00 Ratings
Period Close8.7185 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Financial Management
Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
9.9
4 Ratings
26% above category average
BlueCherry
-
Ratings
Budgeting and Forecasting9.64 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Costing9.93 Ratings00 Ratings
Cost Capture9.93 Ratings00 Ratings
Capital Project Management10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer Contract Compliance10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Revenue Recognition9.93 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Execution Management
Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.1
91 Ratings
18% above category average
BlueCherry
-
Ratings
Project Planning and Scheduling8.184 Ratings00 Ratings
Task Insight for Project Managers8.481 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Mobile Functionality8.169 Ratings00 Ratings
Definable Resource Pools7.945 Ratings00 Ratings
Grants Management
Comparison of Grants Management features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.2
32 Ratings
11% above category average
BlueCherry
-
Ratings
Award Lifecycle Management8.632 Ratings00 Ratings
Procurement
Comparison of Procurement features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
7.7
171 Ratings
12% above category average
BlueCherry
-
Ratings
Bids Analyzed and Compared8.449 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract Authoring8.732 Ratings00 Ratings
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated8.2141 Ratings00 Ratings
Supplier Management8.174 Ratings00 Ratings
Risk Management
Comparison of Risk Management features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.7
50 Ratings
30% above category average
BlueCherry
-
Ratings
Risk Repository8.638 Ratings00 Ratings
Control Management8.642 Ratings00 Ratings
Control Efficiency Assessments8.739 Ratings00 Ratings
Issue Detection8.741 Ratings00 Ratings
Remediation and Certification8.633 Ratings00 Ratings
Logistics
Comparison of Logistics features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.7
70 Ratings
27% above category average
BlueCherry
-
Ratings
Transportation Planning and Optimization7.251 Ratings00 Ratings
Transportation Execution Management7.948 Ratings00 Ratings
Trade and Customs Management7.339 Ratings00 Ratings
Fulfillment Management8.255 Ratings00 Ratings
Warehouse Workforce Management7.751 Ratings00 Ratings
Manufacturing
Comparison of Manufacturing features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.9
77 Ratings
19% above category average
BlueCherry
-
Ratings
Production Process Design7.963 Ratings00 Ratings
Production Management8.170 Ratings00 Ratings
Configuration Management8.365 Ratings00 Ratings
Work Execution8.556 Ratings00 Ratings
Manufacturing Costs7.967 Ratings00 Ratings
Supply Chain
Comparison of Supply Chain features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.3
90 Ratings
17% above category average
BlueCherry
-
Ratings
Forecasting7.577 Ratings00 Ratings
Inventory Planning7.883 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Monitoring7.873 Ratings00 Ratings
Product Lifecycle Management
Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.7
51 Ratings
20% above category average
BlueCherry
-
Ratings
Proposal Management8.742 Ratings00 Ratings
Product Master Data Management8.349 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
AcumaticaBlueCherry
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
(484 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.8
(27 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
7.7
(20 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
8.7
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.7
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.0
(15 ratings)
6.0
(1 ratings)
In-Person Training
7.8
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
9.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.2
(9 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
8.2
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
7.3
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.2
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
9.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
AcumaticaBlueCherry
Likelihood to Recommend
Acumatica
If they were looking for a little more sophistication out of the box from QuickBooks and we're not gonna do a lot of customizations at all that I think your system is fine if you're gonna customize it to operate in your unique environment, I think your system due to the upgrade process is highly complex to maintain long-term.
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CGS
Blue Cherry is competitively priced to compete with other solutions. It is well suited where a good training system is in place in the business and where at least a small IT team is present. I also would recommend on-prem installations as opposed to cloud-based as I have heard negative feedback about the cloud-based product. Blue Cherry may be more appropriate for companies that either are still developing their processes and can be tweaked to fit within the Blue Cherry ecosystem, or in larger companies where they can afford potentially substantial costs to customize Blue Cherry to their needs or desires.
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Pros
Acumatica
  • We're excited on how it links everything together. So our current system, we have a hard time, if we're in a service ticket, being able to easily go back to an old service ticket of that customer and it's so many clicks away. And with the side panels we're very eager to be able to in the same screen click and have the information that we need.
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CGS
  • Manage production orders which is the primary portion of the business.
  • Manage Sales Orders including allocation based on rules so we can manage order fulfilment successfully.
  • Manage Designs and promotion to Styles which works so much smoother when integrated in the same base software.
  • Manage Invoicing and credit memos and be able to report on NSR and total sales, units moved, etc.
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Cons
Acumatica
  • Manufacturing suite. You have all the time. So for the Manufacturing edition, you're able to have negative issues that are unlimited and are not balanced into a job that needs to be improved. The mobile app itself for warehouse picking and management sets the default item to one. This is not how most warehouses that I've ever worked at operate. Bomb hierarchy and respectful of child elements. These are nitty gritty elements, but these are kind of down-and-dirty items that need to improve. But overall it's pretty good.
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CGS
  • Blue Cherry being so robust can be quite a bit to manage and really requires good training of users.
  • Documentation is not the best due to the various possible configurations you can do with this system. It is difficult to document for all use cases.
  • Consistency throughout the product as far as language used in different screens referring to the same item, but language can be customized so it can generally be made to match as needed.
  • I think some really complete documentation on a few common use cases could be developed to help train users with properly formatted training sessions.
  • Blue Cherry Add-Ons generally feel like they have not been well tested before being released and sold to their customers. We had issue (some major where we stopped using them) with pretty much every single add-on we have purchased, from B2b eComm, Shopify connector, CSC (Collaborative Supply Chain), NuOrder connector as some major examples.
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Likelihood to Renew
Acumatica
We aren’t going to switch at this point! It’s a great system and we are looking forward to realizing the full potential of the system once we can find a VAR who has a bench that can support us.
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CGS
No answers on this topic
Usability
Acumatica
I give it an 8 because it is very intuitive and easy to use for day to day work. I find it more difficult to create general inquiries and financial statements than it seems that it should be. It's not very intuitive in those areas.
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CGS
No answers on this topic
Reliability and Availability
Acumatica
It's always available.
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CGS
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Performance
Acumatica
there have been some performance issues
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CGS
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Acumatica
We used Acumatica Support directly for the first year or so. Overall it's pretty good, but sometimes the support staff wasn't educated on the customizations we had, nor was I as the Customer as I couldn't remember which things were customized and which things were out of the box, so when there was an error, there were some misunderstandings.
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CGS
I give this rating because CGS has a 'by design' policy meaning that if the product has been functioning a specific way for some time....even if that functionality is buggy or simply incorrect...they will call that 'by design' meaning you need to have a MOD (modification) done which means you need to pay for it. They generally seem to start between $5,000 to $15,000 USD even for a simple change like the length of a field that does not match from one screen to another, or adding a simple column to a table which contains a calculated value meaning it does not need to be stored in the database.
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In-Person Training
Acumatica
It was on General Inquiries and it's just a complex topic.
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CGS
No answers on this topic
Online Training
Acumatica
They taught us the basics and we were able to be pretty self sufficient on the day-to-day operations.
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CGS
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Acumatica
I'd say the partner selection is critically important. I think the software is very easy to implement. It's very customizable to your business. Finding a partner that will work with you to understand your business and your needs is the critical piece to make sure that the system goes along with it.
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CGS
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Acumatica
Well, we decided to go with Acumatica and I believe it was a really good decision. The VAR was a big part of that as well because of their insights and knowledge, but I just felt Acumatica was the right fit for us in size and it had the capabilities we needed, but it also wasn't overkill.
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CGS
No answers on this topic
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Acumatica
No, annual invoices are fine. I do like that unlimited users are included.
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CGS
No answers on this topic
Scalability
Acumatica
From my understanding, the P.O. module is not very robust, at least the last time I inquired about it. At the time, it had a one-to-one match, with one invoice for one P.O. and that isn't practical for many businesses. I don't believe it would be an easy system to use for sending out invoices, if we had thousands of retail utility customers. We do a small number of invoices because we sell wholesale power, not retail, so we only Invoice the municipality. Not each utility customer.
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CGS
No answers on this topic
Professional Services
Acumatica
They are very responsive and knowledgeable about the product. If the rep doesn't have the ability to solve the issue, they quickly get someone else involved to assist us.
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CGS
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Acumatica
  • Positive impact. Customers had no problems getting their products during the implementation process and this location still grew 10% this year. So, it's enabled us to handle more with less steps and also with less people. Even though we didn't need to let anyone go, we were able to divert those resources to things that help generate revenue or to handle more orders.
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CGS
  • Blue Cherry has been part of helping our company to grow 600%+ over the last 10 years and is able to handle the ever-increasing slope of that upward scaling growth we continue to see.
  • Blue Cherry PLM has really helped the design team to work much better with the ERP as it is integrated.
  • Reporting and inquiries have been very important to many teams, in particular, the planning & support team to really manage large wholesale customers well.
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Acumatica Screenshots

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