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    Aptean Intuitive ERP

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AAptean Intuitive ERP is an enterprise resource planning solution. It is built specifically for manufacturers who build products in regulated industries, such as aviation, electronics, and medical devices. It includes features such as product configuration, component serial number traceability, and engineering change management.N/A

    Ridder iQ

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/ARidder iQ is a manufacturing ERP, from ECI Software Solutions. Ridder iQ includes customer relationship management functionality that is fully integrated, and includes an integration with Outlook for email.N/A
    Pricing
    Aptean Intuitive ERPRidder iQ
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    Aptean Intuitive ERPRidder iQ
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Aptean Intuitive ERPRidder iQ
    Considered Both Products
    Aptean
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    ECI Software Solutions
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    83%
    Would buy again
    20 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    19 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    79%
    Happy with the feature set
    19 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    82%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    9 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    69%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    Features
    Aptean Intuitive ERPRidder iQ
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Aptean Intuitive ERP and Ridder iQ
    Feature
    Aptean Intuitive ERP
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Ridder iQ
    6.0
    18 Ratings
    23% below category average
    API for custom integration8.01 Ratings6.217 Ratings
    Plug-ins00 Ratings5.915 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Aptean Intuitive ERP and Ridder iQ
    Feature
    Aptean Intuitive ERP
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Ridder iQ
    7.9
    20 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Single sign-on capability8.02 Ratings7.717 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.02 Ratings8.019 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Aptean Intuitive ERP and Ridder iQ
    Feature
    Aptean Intuitive ERP
    6.0
    2 Ratings
    23% below category average
    Ridder iQ
    7.3
    19 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Dashboards4.01 Ratings7.017 Ratings
    Standard reports7.02 Ratings6.318 Ratings
    Custom reports7.02 Ratings8.418 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Aptean Intuitive ERP and Ridder iQ
    Feature
    Aptean Intuitive ERP
    4.9
    2 Ratings
    45% below category average
    Ridder iQ
    6.5
    18 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Accounts payable6.02 Ratings6.818 Ratings
    Accounts receivable6.02 Ratings6.918 Ratings
    Global Financial Support5.01 Ratings5.912 Ratings
    Primary and Secondary Ledgers6.01 Ratings6.311 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations6.01 Ratings6.714 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting7.01 Ratings6.414 Ratings
    Standardized Processes6.01 Ratings6.314 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of Aptean Intuitive ERP and Ridder iQ
    Feature
    Aptean Intuitive ERP
    6.7
    2 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Ridder iQ
    6.3
    16 Ratings
    24% below category average
    Inventory tracking7.02 Ratings6.416 Ratings
    Automatic reordering6.01 Ratings7.114 Ratings
    Location management7.01 Ratings5.513 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of Aptean Intuitive ERP and Ridder iQ
    Feature
    Aptean Intuitive ERP
    6.0
    2 Ratings
    28% below category average
    Ridder iQ
    7.6
    20 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Pricing6.02 Ratings7.820 Ratings
    Order entry6.02 Ratings7.719 Ratings
    Credit card processing7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold7.02 Ratings7.320 Ratings
    Order Orchestration6.01 Ratings7.518 Ratings
    Subledger and Financial Process
    Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Aptean Intuitive ERP and Ridder iQ
    Feature
    Aptean Intuitive ERP
    6.0
    1 Ratings
    23% below category average
    Ridder iQ
    5.7
    16 Ratings
    28% below category average
    Billing Management7.01 Ratings7.416 Ratings
    Cash and Asset Management7.01 Ratings6.114 Ratings
    Period Close6.01 Ratings5.614 Ratings
    Travel & Expense Management00 Ratings4.88 Ratings
    Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting00 Ratings4.712 Ratings
    Project Financial Management
    Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Aptean Intuitive ERP and Ridder iQ
    Feature
    Aptean Intuitive ERP
    4.4
    1 Ratings
    53% below category average
    Ridder iQ
    -
    Ratings
    Budgeting and Forecasting6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Costing5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost Capture5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Capital Project Management3.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Procurement
    Comparison of Procurement features of Aptean Intuitive ERP and Ridder iQ
    Feature
    Aptean Intuitive ERP
    5.8
    1 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Ridder iQ
    5.2
    16 Ratings
    31% below category average
    Bids Analyzed and Compared6.01 Ratings4.910 Ratings
    Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated7.01 Ratings6.010 Ratings
    Supplier Management5.01 Ratings5.916 Ratings
    Contract Authoring00 Ratings5.18 Ratings
    Contract Repository00 Ratings4.17 Ratings
    Manufacturing
    Comparison of Manufacturing features of Aptean Intuitive ERP and Ridder iQ
    Feature
    Aptean Intuitive ERP
    6.6
    1 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Ridder iQ
    7.5
    19 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Production Process Design6.01 Ratings7.916 Ratings
    Production Management7.01 Ratings7.317 Ratings
    Work Execution7.01 Ratings7.417 Ratings
    Manufacturing Costs7.01 Ratings7.217 Ratings
    Configuration Management00 Ratings7.717 Ratings
    Supply Chain
    Comparison of Supply Chain features of Aptean Intuitive ERP and Ridder iQ
    Feature
    Aptean Intuitive ERP
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Ridder iQ
    6.2
    16 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Forecasting7.01 Ratings6.213 Ratings
    Inventory Planning7.01 Ratings6.516 Ratings
    Performance Monitoring7.01 Ratings5.915 Ratings
    Project Execution Management
    Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Aptean Intuitive ERP and Ridder iQ
    Feature
    Aptean Intuitive ERP
    -
    Ratings
    Ridder iQ
    5.4
    13 Ratings
    27% below category average
    Project Planning and Scheduling00 Ratings5.013 Ratings
    Task Insight for Project Managers00 Ratings6.012 Ratings
    Definable Resource Pools00 Ratings5.312 Ratings
    Risk Management
    Comparison of Risk Management features of Aptean Intuitive ERP and Ridder iQ
    Feature
    Aptean Intuitive ERP
    -
    Ratings
    Ridder iQ
    4.8
    7 Ratings
    34% below category average
    Risk Repository00 Ratings4.55 Ratings
    Control Management00 Ratings5.35 Ratings
    Control Efficiency Assessments00 Ratings4.84 Ratings
    Issue Detection00 Ratings4.87 Ratings
    Logistics
    Comparison of Logistics features of Aptean Intuitive ERP and Ridder iQ
    Feature
    Aptean Intuitive ERP
    -
    Ratings
    Ridder iQ
    6.3
    13 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Transportation Execution Management00 Ratings6.412 Ratings
    Trade and Customs Management00 Ratings6.212 Ratings
    Product Lifecycle Management
    Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Aptean Intuitive ERP and Ridder iQ
    Feature
    Aptean Intuitive ERP
    -
    Ratings
    Ridder iQ
    6.2
    11 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Proposal Management00 Ratings5.810 Ratings
    Product Master Data Management00 Ratings6.511 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Aptean Intuitive ERPRidder iQ
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.1
    (24 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (8 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Aptean Intuitive ERPRidder iQ
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Aptean
    If you have a programmer and are willing to let them learn the system and want software to function the way you run your business this may work well. If you do not have a programmer on staff and are willing to change your business to match the software but think in the future you may wish to modify your ERP software this may work out well. If you want something you can modify quickly this is not a good choice. If you do not wish to modify the code nor your business practices an evaluation would be required. It does allow substantial modifications, but there are areas it may not fit with your business so well. It is possible that Intuitive may happen to make the options you require available in the future.
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    ECI Software Solutions
    The best in the complete production process. It provides the correct info in a very usable way. It is pretty good in sales, but the lack of discounts for sales goods and sales production is not ideal. On the other hand, ECI provides an excellent service for looking for custom solutions where we need them. Dutch Translation: De beste in het complete productieproces. Het biedt de juiste informatie op een zeer bruikbare manier. Het is redelijk goed in de verkoop, maar het gebrek aan kortingen op verkoopartikelen en verkoopproductie is niet ideaal. Aan de andere kant biedt ECI een uitstekende service bij het zoeken naar maatwerkoplossingen waar we die nodig hebben. This review was originally written in English and has been translated into Dutch using a third-party translation tool. While we strive for accuracy, some nuances or meanings may not be perfectly captured.
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    Pros
    Aptean
    • Easy to Use
    • Low Maintenance
    • Flexible and modifiable
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    ECI Software Solutions
    • Customization of layouts
    • Reporting module, create Custom Reports for all use cases and if needed relation specific
    • Item factor conversion for purchase/sales/WIP using Weight and Length in all directions
    • Aanpassing van lay-outs
    • Rapportagemodule, maak aangepaste rapporten voor alle use cases en indien nodig relatiespecifieke rapporten
    • Conversie van artikelfactoren voor aankoop/verkoop/WIP met gebruik van gewicht en lengte in alle richtingen
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    Cons
    Aptean
    • Documentation. The design of en extensible system works well once you figure it out. Some things can be tricky and time consuming.
    • They provide no support for customizations. I can understand not wanting to help write specific custom code, but they refuse to even tell anyone what a method on a base class does unless you pay them $200 an hour.
    • Their proprietary design can cause modifications to take longer. If you use one of their forms you can not load it, you must call their launch function and put you code in the "Execute" method. If they were more standardized the documentation issue would not be so bad.
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    ECI Software Solutions
    • Ridder iQ misses graphical workflow and blocks designer
    • Adaptions to rights in iQ can be difficult and time consuming
    • Ridder iQ is unfortunately still not webbased
    • Ridder iQ is fortunately developping api endpoints but this is still not completed.
    • The no/low code functionality can be extended
    • Ridder iQ mist grafische workflow en blokkeert ontwerper
    • Aanpassingen aan rechten in iQ kunnen moeilijk en tijdrovend zijn
    • Ridder iQ is helaas nog steeds niet webgebaseerd
    • Ridder iQ is gelukkig bezig met de ontwikkeling van API-eindpunten, maar deze zijn nog niet afgerond.
    • De no/low-code functionaliteit kan worden uitgebreid
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Aptean
    We have a lot invested in this from user education to customizations. It would be hard to justify the cost for changing.
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    ECI Software Solutions
    Its nice software but it is very, very slow in webification and integration possibilities by using api's. Untill now the programm has client-server technology unfortunately. And there are far too less no code adjustments possible.
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    Usability
    Aptean
    No answers on this topic
    ECI Software Solutions
    The working environment can be perfectly designed for every user and department, which makes the user-friendliness very good. Adding columns, formatting tables can all be customized to the user. Dutch Translation: De werkomgeving is perfect in te richten voor elke gebruiker en afdeling, wat de gebruiksvriendelijkheid zeer hoog maakt. Het toevoegen van kolommen en het opmaken van tabellen is allemaal aanpasbaar aan de gebruiker.
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    Support Rating
    Aptean
    No answers on this topic
    ECI Software Solutions
    Expert level of the support engineers is adequate. However in our opinion it does take a fair amount of time to respond
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    Implementation Rating
    Aptean
    No answers on this topic
    ECI Software Solutions
    I didn't work here yet at the time of the implementation
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    Alternatives Considered
    Aptean
    We select Aptean 19 years ago, most of the other SMB packages back then no longer exist. While we have discussed whether to consider other ERP systems here an there over the years we have always come back to the fact that our existing ERP system is well established and easy enough to maintain, and is cost effective
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    ECI Software Solutions
    Ridder iQ is specialized for our business and has people who bring a lot of knowledge to the table, so Ridder iQ is far more suited than a ERP solution which is not specilized in the make-industry. Furthermore, the customizability of Ridder stands out compared to solutions like ISAH. Therefore, the choice was an easy one, because knowledge and customizability are important criteria. Dutch Translation: Ridder iQ is gespecialiseerd in onze branche en heeft mensen met veel kennis in huis. Ridder iQ is daarom veel geschikter dan een ERP-oplossing, die niet gespecialiseerd is in de maakindustrie. Bovendien onderscheidt Ridder iQ zich qua aanpasbaarheid ten opzichte van oplossingen zoals ISAH. De keuze was dan ook snel gemaakt, want kennis en aanpasbaarheid zijn belangrijke criteria.
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    Return on Investment
    Aptean
    • Runs well without a ton of support
    • One server license required for site, can run several businesses
    • Concurrent licensing keeps costs down for global business
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    ECI Software Solutions
    • The implementation process is well managed by Ridder iQ employees.
    • After going live, our main processes were just slightly affected, no significant delays occurred.
    • Het implementatieproces wordt goed begeleid door de medewerkers van Ridder iQ.
    • Nadat we live gingen, ondervonden onze belangrijkste processen slechts lichte hinder; er deden zich geen noemenswaardige vertragingen voor.
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    Ridder iQ Screenshots

    Screenshot of Ridder IQ combines the knowledge and practical experience gained since 1982 and is built on the latest software techniques such as .NET, C# and Microsoft SQL.Screenshot of Ridder IQ includes a complete CRM system with integration to Exchange and Outlook, purchase, sales, stock and time administration, as well as document management systems, integrated report designer and an authorization system.