Acumatica vs. Workday Adaptive Planning

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
Workday Adaptive Planning
Score 7.7 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Workday Adaptive Planning(formerly Adaptive Insights) is a financial planning and reporting tool. It includes automated budgeting and forecasting, financial reporting, and other active planning capabilities, including integrations with third-party products like Salesforce.N/A
Pricing
AcumaticaWorkday Adaptive Planning
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AcumaticaWorkday Adaptive Planning
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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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AcumaticaWorkday Adaptive Planning
Features
AcumaticaWorkday Adaptive Planning
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.3
113 Ratings
12% above category average
Workday Adaptive Planning
-
Ratings
Pay calculation7.399 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration7.076 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct deposit files7.499 Ratings00 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.3
318 Ratings
10% above category average
Workday Adaptive Planning
-
Ratings
API for custom integration8.3299 Ratings00 Ratings
Plug-ins8.3272 Ratings00 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.3
393 Ratings
1% below category average
Workday Adaptive Planning
-
Ratings
Single sign-on capability8.6324 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-based user permissions8.1386 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.1
401 Ratings
9% above category average
Workday Adaptive Planning
-
Ratings
Dashboards8.2376 Ratings00 Ratings
Standard reports7.9394 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom reports8.2384 Ratings00 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.7
666 Ratings
13% above category average
Workday Adaptive Planning
-
Ratings
Accounts payable8.5646 Ratings00 Ratings
Accounts receivable8.4536 Ratings00 Ratings
Global Financial Support7.9234 Ratings00 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers8.1325 Ratings00 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations8.2510 Ratings00 Ratings
Configurable Accounting8.2367 Ratings00 Ratings
Standardized Processes8.4408 Ratings00 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.3
422 Ratings
4% above category average
Workday Adaptive Planning
-
Ratings
Inventory tracking8.2414 Ratings00 Ratings
Automatic reordering7.5210 Ratings00 Ratings
Location management8.1278 Ratings00 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.6
431 Ratings
8% above category average
Workday Adaptive Planning
-
Ratings
Pricing8.0372 Ratings00 Ratings
Order entry8.4385 Ratings00 Ratings
Credit card processing7.8266 Ratings00 Ratings
Cost of goods sold8.1358 Ratings00 Ratings
Order Orchestration7.8200 Ratings00 Ratings
Subledger and Financial Process
Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.7
500 Ratings
15% above category average
Workday Adaptive Planning
-
Ratings
Billing Management8.1339 Ratings00 Ratings
Cash and Asset Management8.1449 Ratings00 Ratings
Travel & Expense Management7.6242 Ratings00 Ratings
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting7.9258 Ratings00 Ratings
Period Close8.6365 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Financial Management
Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
9.9
4 Ratings
27% above category average
Workday Adaptive Planning
-
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
7.9
176 Ratings
12% above category average
Workday Adaptive Planning
-
Ratings
Project Planning and Scheduling7.6158 Ratings00 Ratings
Task Insight for Project Managers7.8155 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Mobile Functionality7.7134 Ratings00 Ratings
Definable Resource Pools7.892 Ratings00 Ratings
Grants Management
Comparison of Grants Management features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.0
73 Ratings
9% above category average
Workday Adaptive Planning
-
Ratings
Award Lifecycle Management7.973 Ratings00 Ratings
Procurement
Comparison of Procurement features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
7.5
257 Ratings
7% above category average
Workday Adaptive Planning
-
Ratings
Bids Analyzed and Compared7.8100 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract Authoring7.776 Ratings00 Ratings
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated8.1211 Ratings00 Ratings
Supplier Management8.0147 Ratings00 Ratings
Risk Management
Comparison of Risk Management features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
7.9
110 Ratings
17% above category average
Workday Adaptive Planning
-
Ratings
Risk Repository8.178 Ratings00 Ratings
Control Management7.998 Ratings00 Ratings
Control Efficiency Assessments8.183 Ratings00 Ratings
Issue Detection7.785 Ratings00 Ratings
Remediation and Certification7.669 Ratings00 Ratings
Logistics
Comparison of Logistics features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.7
136 Ratings
24% above category average
Workday Adaptive Planning
-
Ratings
Transportation Planning and Optimization7.3102 Ratings00 Ratings
Transportation Execution Management7.699 Ratings00 Ratings
Trade and Customs Management7.576 Ratings00 Ratings
Fulfillment Management8.0109 Ratings00 Ratings
Warehouse Workforce Management7.6105 Ratings00 Ratings
Manufacturing
Comparison of Manufacturing features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.8
155 Ratings
17% above category average
Workday Adaptive Planning
-
Ratings
Production Process Design7.7130 Ratings00 Ratings
Production Management8.0143 Ratings00 Ratings
Configuration Management8.0128 Ratings00 Ratings
Work Execution8.1120 Ratings00 Ratings
Manufacturing Costs8.2137 Ratings00 Ratings
Supply Chain
Comparison of Supply Chain features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.2
183 Ratings
12% above category average
Workday Adaptive Planning
-
Ratings
Forecasting7.6153 Ratings00 Ratings
Inventory Planning7.7172 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Monitoring7.7151 Ratings00 Ratings
Product Lifecycle Management
Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
8.4
105 Ratings
15% above category average
Workday Adaptive Planning
-
Ratings
Proposal Management7.889 Ratings00 Ratings
Product Master Data Management7.7100 Ratings00 Ratings
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
-
Ratings
Workday Adaptive Planning
9.3
1 Ratings
21% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Customizable dashboards00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
-
Ratings
Workday Adaptive Planning
8.0
1 Ratings
1% below category average
Drill-down analysis00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Formatting capabilities00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
-
Ratings
Workday Adaptive Planning
8.0
1 Ratings
2% below category average
Publish to PDF00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
-
Ratings
Workday Adaptive Planning
7.7
1 Ratings
1% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
-
Ratings
Workday Adaptive Planning
9.0
1 Ratings
5% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
-
Ratings
Workday Adaptive Planning
8.5
1 Ratings
9% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
-
Ratings
Workday Adaptive Planning
8.8
189 Ratings
7% above category average
Long-term financial planning00 Ratings8.7175 Ratings
Financial budgeting00 Ratings9.4186 Ratings
Forecasting00 Ratings8.7181 Ratings
Scenario modeling00 Ratings8.2171 Ratings
Management reporting00 Ratings9.2186 Ratings
Consolidation and Close
Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
-
Ratings
Workday Adaptive Planning
6.9
154 Ratings
13% below category average
Financial data consolidation00 Ratings6.2116 Ratings
Journal entries and reports00 Ratings7.177 Ratings
Multi-currency management00 Ratings6.388 Ratings
Intercompany Eliminations00 Ratings6.169 Ratings
Minority Ownership00 Ratings5.340 Ratings
Local and consolidated reporting00 Ratings9.3102 Ratings
Detailed Audit Trails00 Ratings8.0129 Ratings
Financial Reporting and Compliance
Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
-
Ratings
Workday Adaptive Planning
8.1
177 Ratings
1% above category average
Financial Statement Reporting00 Ratings8.3156 Ratings
Management Reporting00 Ratings8.8172 Ratings
Excel-based Reporting00 Ratings8.2171 Ratings
Automated board and financial reporting00 Ratings8.9148 Ratings
XBRL support for regulatory filing00 Ratings6.029 Ratings
Analytics and Reporting
Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
-
Ratings
Workday Adaptive Planning
8.2
146 Ratings
2% above category average
Personalized dashboards00 Ratings8.0128 Ratings
Color-coded scorecards00 Ratings8.6107 Ratings
KPIs00 Ratings8.6119 Ratings
Cost and profitability analysis00 Ratings7.8121 Ratings
Key Performance Indicator setting00 Ratings8.7103 Ratings
Benchmarking with external data00 Ratings7.571 Ratings
Integration
Comparison of Integration features of Product A and Product B
Acumatica
-
Ratings
Workday Adaptive Planning
8.6
167 Ratings
4% above category average
Flat file integration00 Ratings8.8130 Ratings
Excel data integration00 Ratings8.6160 Ratings
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources00 Ratings8.4120 Ratings
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User Ratings
AcumaticaWorkday Adaptive Planning
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
(749 ratings)
8.6
(218 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.2
(65 ratings)
7.6
(43 ratings)
Usability
8.4
(37 ratings)
8.5
(124 ratings)
Availability
8.7
(5 ratings)
7.3
(11 ratings)
Performance
8.2
(4 ratings)
9.1
(5 ratings)
Support Rating
7.2
(29 ratings)
8.2
(33 ratings)
In-Person Training
5.7
(5 ratings)
8.2
(2 ratings)
Online Training
7.8
(4 ratings)
7.3
(9 ratings)
Implementation Rating
6.3
(20 ratings)
8.8
(27 ratings)
Configurability
6.6
(3 ratings)
8.2
(5 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
6.6
(4 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
6.1
(2 ratings)
7.4
(8 ratings)
Product Scalability
7.5
(5 ratings)
8.3
(12 ratings)
Professional Services
9.1
(3 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
4.9
(5 ratings)
8.2
(4 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
6.0
(4 ratings)
6.4
(4 ratings)
User Testimonials
AcumaticaWorkday Adaptive Planning
Likelihood to Recommend
Acumatica
I would love to recommend it to my friends and colleagues. They have a dedicated storage manager along with some really good cloud capabilities, which helps get the work done efficiently and professionally. We have been using it since 2022, and they are great in this segment.
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Workday
In a previous company, I was hired based on my experience with Workday Adaptive Planning. After being hired and reviewing the company, I quickly determined they were not large of enough of a company to need the program. Instead, we made better Excel budget templates, utilized OneDrive and created a better experience without the cost. Left the job after 9 months because I worked my way out of the position. My next role I looked for bigger companies and had better success with implementation.
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Pros
Acumatica
  • We just went live about two weeks ago, so we are here at Acumatica Summit to see everything it's capable of. One of the things it is capable of is the dashboards and the integration with some of these third-party people to ensure we can get the data we need when we need it, so we're looking forward to getting all that live for us.
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Workday
  • It helps create dynamic plans for finances, operations and various functional units in an organization all under one platform
  • It helps in scenario modeling to help analyze various business events and report by any number of business dimensions including channel, customer or product
  • It can be integrated with any system including ERP, BI or CRM
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Cons
Acumatica
  • There are a few spots where there is a list of data that we need a total for and we have to extract to Excel to get a total. It would be helpful to see a sum right in Acumatica.
  • For the first time today I had an interesting glitch - my entire bank reconciliation unchecked the "reconciled" column and needed to be redone for the month. Funky little glitches happen from time to time
  • Pivot tables don't seem to update as expected by using filters
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Workday
  • Web reports and sheets are not great for in-depth reporting, and require the use of the OfficeConnect for Excel plugin and, therefore, the use of Excel for extensive reporting capabilities.
  • It has limited formula functionality in some instances, requiring again the use of OfficeConnect for Excel for extensive calculations.
  • I would like to see new planning sheet types or upgrades to existing sheet types; functionality has been the same for over 10 years.
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Likelihood to Renew
Acumatica
I gave this 10 rating because Acumatica ERP is the backbone of the organization, next to the IT Team. We use this software for many different parts of our business. For example our Retail service stations that utilize the inventory, billing, and financials. Our Distribution company that uses it for Field services, CRM, Sales, Accounts and Financial consolidation of all company financials.
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Workday
For one we're in way too deep to not move forward with Adaptive. We're integrated with Workday, we do a ton of reporting with Adaptive, and it's working very well for planning and forecasting. No reason to look back or change course.
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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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Workday
Workday Adaptive Planning has detailed online help with both articles and videos that are comprehensive. It has a lot of similarities to Excel, which most finance people are already familiar with, plus the user interface is intuitive and easy to pick up. The online support team is quick to respond and very knowledgeable.
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Reliability and Availability
Acumatica
It's always available.
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Workday
There haven't been any lately. The only one issue I can think of is when there was an update in Adaptive that altered our reports. Before I realized there was an issue, Adaptive reached out to let me know, so that it could be fixed.
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Performance
Acumatica
there have been some performance issues
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Workday
All aspects of Adaptive Insights perform well. One area that I wish was quicker was integration. When importing data from Intacct our accounting ERP platform, it can sometimes take 4 hours for the import to process. The earlier imports are done, the quicker they complete. My estimate for a quick upload is about two hours.
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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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Workday
Whenever we have had any questions, issues, or concerns, the support has been quick and thorough. [This] allow[s] us to be able to fully resolve any issues, or be connected with the right group quickly to attain the result we were after; be it from simple formatting to adding new detailed reporting.
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In-Person Training
Acumatica
It was on General Inquiries and it's just a complex topic.
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Workday
This was extremely helpful so that they could walk you through the model and teach you more about the complexity of various areas. It is most helpful when it is specific to your organization's model. The larger in-person trainings were helpful but they tended to be more generic and entry level. The trainings that are more tailored to your specific needs are the most helpful.
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Online Training
Acumatica
Most of the trainers are amazing, but there were a couple who simply read the training guide
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Workday
They often times tended to be way too generic or entry level. They would also become sales pitches to upgrade or get new Adaptive Planning products. The questions in the training would be very niche and specific to other organizations. They were rarely helpful to the group at large.
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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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Workday
Trust the expertise of very strong 3rd party implementers. Having deployed Adaptive at a separate company before, I thought I knew it all (hubris, I know). Fortunately, I began to (very quickly) trust the judgment of our Carlson implementation team, and they provided invaluable insights and best-in-class processes that have benefitted me and my team greatly.
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Alternatives Considered
Acumatica
Acumatica's sales process was much better than that of NetSuites. The NetAtWork team spent much more time with us and showed us how Acumatica really could do everything that we needed it to do, with examples using our data.
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Workday
Workday became our choice because it is fully web-based and easily integrates with other systems. The learning curve for Workday was shorter than that of Dynamics. The reporting tools in Workday are more user-friendly than that of Dynamics. However Workday did not have Check Printing tools which are available in Dynamics. The organization started a project to digitize all financial transactions so it was not a priority feature. When it comes to scaling up the functionalities of Workday it was much easier than Dynamics.
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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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Workday
Good read only seat access
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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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Workday
We went from 2 users to 70+ users over a 2 year period of time. The application scaled wonderfully. 65 of those users were non-finance users so they were able to quickly learn the software and prepare budgets quickly and efficiently. That is the power of Adaptive and its ability to scale
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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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Workday
This is now available in house at Workday which is convenient.
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Return on Investment
Acumatica
  • We were able to work in one system with customizations we needed in inventory and add all our grants in the same system
  • Direct mail invoices was moved to an automated PO system saving time and allowing better financial tracking
  • The grant module can be cumbersome requiring flip flopping to program partners etc during set up
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Workday
  • It's facilitated a better financial literacy and management by the non-financial managers in the company, giving them a much better ability to see what they're spending, control it, and plan better in the future.
  • It's hard to quantify the ease of model and version management, but we could never do what we're doing now with our current staff. It would take a small army to replicate anything close to what Adaptive pulls off using Excel, if it's even possible.
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Acumatica Screenshots

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Workday Adaptive Planning Screenshots

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