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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Acumatica

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AAcumatica 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

    e-automate

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AECI Software Solutions offers e-automate, an ERP for office technology companies to automate business workflows and increase contract profitability.N/A
    Pricing
    Acumaticae-automate
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Acumaticae-automate
    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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    Community Pulse
    Acumaticae-automate
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    99%
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    Happy with the feature set
    96%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    90%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    85%
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    Features
    Acumaticae-automate
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Acumatica and e-automate
    Feature
    Acumatica
    8.6
    170 Ratings
    14% above category average
    e-automate
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    Ratings
    Pay calculation7.7151 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration7.5119 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct deposit files7.7146 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Acumatica and e-automate
    Feature
    Acumatica
    8.4
    500 Ratings
    11% above category average
    e-automate
    -
    Ratings
    API for custom integration8.3471 Ratings00 Ratings
    Plug-ins8.4424 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Acumatica and e-automate
    Feature
    Acumatica
    8.2
    613 Ratings
    2% below category average
    e-automate
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    Ratings
    Single sign-on capability8.6506 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions7.8603 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Acumatica and e-automate
    Feature
    Acumatica
    7.4
    632 Ratings
    2% below category average
    e-automate
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards7.6600 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports7.0620 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports7.6608 Ratings00 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Acumatica and e-automate
    Feature
    Acumatica
    8.7
    913 Ratings
    12% above category average
    e-automate
    -
    Ratings
    Accounts payable8.5880 Ratings00 Ratings
    Accounts receivable8.4767 Ratings00 Ratings
    Global Financial Support7.8351 Ratings00 Ratings
    Primary and Secondary Ledgers8.3499 Ratings00 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations8.3724 Ratings00 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting8.2573 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standardized Processes8.3621 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of Acumatica and e-automate
    Feature
    Acumatica
    8.1
    609 Ratings
    2% above category average
    e-automate
    -
    Ratings
    Inventory tracking8.0595 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automatic reordering7.2311 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location management7.8425 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of Acumatica and e-automate
    Feature
    Acumatica
    8.5
    619 Ratings
    7% above category average
    e-automate
    -
    Ratings
    Pricing7.8526 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order entry8.3557 Ratings00 Ratings
    Credit card processing7.8376 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold7.9516 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order Orchestration7.6308 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subledger and Financial Process
    Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Acumatica and e-automate
    Feature
    Acumatica
    8.6
    724 Ratings
    13% above category average
    e-automate
    -
    Ratings
    Billing Management8.2533 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cash and Asset Management8.0651 Ratings00 Ratings
    Travel & Expense Management7.1384 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting7.6397 Ratings00 Ratings
    Period Close8.4575 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Financial Management
    Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Acumatica and e-automate
    Feature
    Acumatica
    9.9
    4 Ratings
    27% above category average
    e-automate
    -
    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 Acumatica and e-automate
    Feature
    Acumatica
    7.6
    276 Ratings
    8% above category average
    e-automate
    -
    Ratings
    Project Planning and Scheduling7.4249 Ratings00 Ratings
    Task Insight for Project Managers7.2246 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Mobile Functionality7.0219 Ratings00 Ratings
    Definable Resource Pools6.7153 Ratings00 Ratings
    Grants Management
    Comparison of Grants Management features of Acumatica and e-automate
    Feature
    Acumatica
    7.9
    115 Ratings
    6% above category average
    e-automate
    -
    Ratings
    Award Lifecycle Management7.7115 Ratings00 Ratings
    Procurement
    Comparison of Procurement features of Acumatica and e-automate
    Feature
    Acumatica
    7.3
    356 Ratings
    3% above category average
    e-automate
    -
    Ratings
    Bids Analyzed and Compared7.3153 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract Authoring7.0123 Ratings00 Ratings
    Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated7.7291 Ratings00 Ratings
    Supplier Management7.8232 Ratings00 Ratings
    Risk Management
    Comparison of Risk Management features of Acumatica and e-automate
    Feature
    Acumatica
    7.6
    177 Ratings
    12% above category average
    e-automate
    -
    Ratings
    Risk Repository7.5131 Ratings00 Ratings
    Control Management7.6157 Ratings00 Ratings
    Control Efficiency Assessments7.8139 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue Detection7.5143 Ratings00 Ratings
    Remediation and Certification7.7116 Ratings00 Ratings
    Logistics
    Comparison of Logistics features of Acumatica and e-automate
    Feature
    Acumatica
    8.5
    219 Ratings
    19% above category average
    e-automate
    -
    Ratings
    Transportation Planning and Optimization7.0160 Ratings00 Ratings
    Transportation Execution Management7.2150 Ratings00 Ratings
    Trade and Customs Management6.9124 Ratings00 Ratings
    Fulfillment Management7.7176 Ratings00 Ratings
    Warehouse Workforce Management7.0168 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manufacturing
    Comparison of Manufacturing features of Acumatica and e-automate
    Feature
    Acumatica
    8.7
    238 Ratings
    15% above category average
    e-automate
    -
    Ratings
    Production Process Design7.6197 Ratings00 Ratings
    Production Management7.9222 Ratings00 Ratings
    Configuration Management7.6193 Ratings00 Ratings
    Work Execution7.5187 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manufacturing Costs8.1209 Ratings00 Ratings
    Supply Chain
    Comparison of Supply Chain features of Acumatica and e-automate
    Feature
    Acumatica
    8.1
    284 Ratings
    10% above category average
    e-automate
    -
    Ratings
    Forecasting7.4234 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inventory Planning7.6270 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance Monitoring7.4229 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product Lifecycle Management
    Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Acumatica and e-automate
    Feature
    Acumatica
    8.3
    167 Ratings
    12% above category average
    e-automate
    -
    Ratings
    Proposal Management7.3143 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product Master Data Management7.4159 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued)
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    User Ratings
    Acumaticae-automate
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (1025 ratings)
    8.2
    (55 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.5
    (112 ratings)
    8.8
    (8 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (86 ratings)
    7.7
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    8.7
    (9 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    7.4
    (8 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.7
    (59 ratings)
    6.3
    (6 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    7.0
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.8
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.0
    (35 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.5
    (9 ratings)
    2.1
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.5
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.8
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.0
    (9 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    8.4
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    6.0
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.1
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Acumaticae-automate
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Acumatica
    I think it’s a great product. I think it’s very customizable, which is a big plus.
    For manufacturing, it’s excellent because of creating the inventory, turning it into an actual product to sell, and also tracking the status of each process within that system.
    I can’t think of any areas where it’s not suited, because otherwise we would be looking for something else or making changes, and at this time, we’re just growing with the system.
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    ECI Software Solutions
    If you need a system to place and track sales quotes, sales orders, purchase orders, and service calls then E-Automate is perfect. However, if you want to be able to easily bulk upload customers and contracts or if you want to be able to quickly and easily track contract profitability, customer costs, etc, then you'll likely want/need a secondary or different system to do so.
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    Pros
    Acumatica
    • Particularly well is just the ease of it being able to be used. We're coming from Sage, that's the product that we used before. Sage was limited, five people could get into the system at a time. Acumatica is unlimited.
    • The amount of information that's so easily accessible has made us more efficient, more productive, and it just makes for an easier workday when everybody can see the same information real time.
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    ECI Software Solutions
    • Sending Invoices out to customers via email or printing.
    • Keep track of ordering and inventory.
    • Sales Tax reporting.
    • Monitoring customer payment activity/setting up and removing credit holds.
    • Calculating payments to process each cycle.
    • Excellent aging reports.
    • I like the fact that when I am looking at one item, such as an invoice, I have the capability to switch to the customer menu rather than having to exit out of invoices and then enter into customers.
    • I love the flexibility of the search menus - being able to sort on several factors at once.
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    Cons
    Acumatica
    • Acumatica's open API is very powerful but doesn't get integrated cleanly across every external system, challenge arises with integration of legacy systems
    • Some of the platform feature's requires third-party add-ons or custom developments like advance finance report & BI.
    • Sometimes it gets glitch in the system leading slower processing speed
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    ECI Software Solutions
    • Make sales invoices not require serial numbers, or be more flexible with it.
    • Make contract invoices have some sort of flexibility in terms of editing. Our end users complain that QuickBooks made it very easy to edit invoices, and in e-automate, for them, it is practically impossible. (I do personally understand why it has to be as it is myself, I'm just forwarding their observation.)
    • Make the API actually useful. I spent days looking at the functions and the functions available are not really useful.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Acumatica
    We are highly likely to renew because Acumatica has become the foundation of our ERP strategy replacing another ERP system with a more flexible, scalable platform while improving governance, planning, and operational visibility. Ongoing stabilization, roadmap investment in IBP and automation, and strong alignment across Finance and Operations give us long‑term confidence in the platform.
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    ECI Software Solutions
    Its really the only option for the industry that does enough of what we need for it to function . I'm not sure if there were better options out there if we would have to renew our subscription. With the addition of AI, hopefully something will be able to become more useful.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Acumatica
    The processes are very intuitive and easy to use. Whether you are entering AP bills, timecards for payroll, or AR invoices, the processes are similar and easy to use. The drill-down capability is also a huge plus as you can easily toggle between different modules without having to leave the screen you are in and navigating through a menu to get the information you need. We found that the standard reports out of the box are lacking. Our implementation did not go so well and when we were finally ready to run financial reports, it was both disappointing and frustrating to discover that the P&L was highly summarized and to get a detailed report required having to do a lot of formatting myself. I was able to figure it out on my own, but when our financials were already delayed getting published, I did not really have the time to spend trying to figure out how to build my own P&L.
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    ECI Software Solutions
    The user interface may be slightly outdated, but it is very intuitive and easy to navigate. Once you have learned one module within the system it is very easy to apply that knowledge to any other module. It makes using the system much easier, and it makes training another person on the system quick and efficient.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Acumatica
    It's always available.
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    ECI Software Solutions
    Mostly available, sometimes down for issues but usually there when we need it
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    Performance
    Acumatica
    there have been some performance issues
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    ECI Software Solutions
    Reports are the struggle the most with the information being extracted in a way that you need to copy and paste it into a new document so some of the information is not covered
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    Support Rating
    Acumatica
    I would rate the overall support for Acumatica an 8 out of 10. The support team is generally responsive, knowledgeable, and helpful when resolving issues or answering questions. Documentation and community resources are also useful. However, response times can occasionally vary depending on the complexity of the issue or support queue, which slightly affects the overall experience.
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    ECI Software Solutions
    Sometimes when you need answers quickly, a voice on the phone is far better than having to wait for email support or a callback. I have found this to have delays and feel ECI e-automate should invest more in its support infrastructure.
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    In-Person Training
    Acumatica
    Very helpful for end users
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    ECI Software Solutions
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Acumatica
    Online training has gone away. Need to bring back the webinars. Live webinars are so benficial to training new employees.
    Incentivized
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    ECI Software Solutions
    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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    ECI Software Solutions
    I did not participate in implementation
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    Alternatives Considered
    Acumatica
    Having used Pastel for a long time in the business, it lacked certain features, or the system was not probably setup for our business needs and requirements at the time. It was also not 100% cloud based and needed to be used through remote desktop which had its limitations. Zero just had 10% of what our business needed.
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    ECI Software Solutions
    E-automate is much better at understanding the needs of the office equipment industry and provide the necessary tools. SAP Business One has limited features specific to the office equipment industry and includes things that are not useful. E-automate is also priced much better and provides the best value for your investment.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Acumatica
    No, annual invoices are fine. I do like that unlimited users are included.
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    ECI Software Solutions
    I was not involved in the sales process
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    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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    ECI Software Solutions
    Every department we have does use e-automate to some degree with most being successful.
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    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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    ECI Software Solutions
    I was not involved in the sales process
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    Return on Investment
    Acumatica
    • We are able to send automated notifications through business Events, which ensures that information travels seamlessly and without the possibility of someone forgetting an email.
    • We save time being able to read our demand and level it against our current inventory qty on hand and our supply to make better strategic decisions when purchasing.
    • Better our business and see our pitfalls that were once hidden in our factory by establishing an On-Time Delivery system within a generic inquiry that uses data that is readily available in Acumatica.
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    ECI Software Solutions
    • The e-automate will stop working if we stop paying each year. We chose not to go to the cloud and buy the software. QuickBooks and other software are a one-time fee.
    • E-automate has very few outside vendors for add-on modules.
    • The vendors that do have modules are costly.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Acumatica Screenshots

    Screenshot of Acumatica Cloud ERP - Field Service DashboardScreenshot of Acumatica Cloud ERP - Manufacturing - Production Manager DashboardScreenshot of Acumatica Cloud ERP - Distribution - Warehouse Operations DashboardsScreenshot of Acumatica Cloud ERP - Construction - Job Cost Accounting DashboardScreenshot of Acumatica Cloud ERP - Retail Edition DashboardsScreenshot of Acumatica Cloud ERP - Professional Services - Financial Management Dashboard

    e-automate Screenshots

    Screenshot of an item search, in e-automate