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    AspenOne SCM

    Score4 out of 10
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    Ottimate

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AOttimate is an automated accounts payable platform.N/A
    Pricing
    AspenOne SCMOttimate
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AspenOne SCMOttimate
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    AspenOne SCMOttimate
    Payment Management
    Comparison of Payment Management features of AspenOne Supply Chain Management and Ottimate
    Feature
    AspenOne Supply Chain Management
    -
    Ratings
    Ottimate
    1.5
    2 Ratings
    134% below category average
    Customizable Approval Policies00 Ratings1.62 Ratings
    Financial Document Management00 Ratings1.02 Ratings
    Payment Status Tracking00 Ratings1.52 Ratings
    Payment Audit Trail00 Ratings1.72 Ratings
    Duplicate Bill Detection00 Ratings1.62 Ratings
    Advanced OCR00 Ratings1.72 Ratings
    Electronic Funds Transfer00 Ratings1.62 Ratings
    Accounts Payable
    Comparison of Accounts Payable features of AspenOne Supply Chain Management and Ottimate
    Feature
    AspenOne Supply Chain Management
    -
    Ratings
    Ottimate
    1.4
    2 Ratings
    135% below category average
    Automated Accounts Payable Processes00 Ratings1.62 Ratings
    Vendor Management00 Ratings1.52 Ratings
    Tax Form Preparation00 Ratings1.12 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    AspenOne SCMOttimate
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    Tipalti
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    Stampli
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Yooz
    Score8.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    AspenOne SCMOttimate
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    5.5
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AspenOne SCMOttimate
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Aspen Technology
    Good for large organizations but can be used across various industries from manufacturing to even medical. Also very Citrix publishing friendly to allow multiple users located anywhere to use AspenOne Supply Chain Management across the organization while consolidating their data in a centralized secure place. This ability to consolidate and centralize applications and data within the same facility makes migration, high availability in DR scenario easier to configure as well.
    Incentivized
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    Ottimate
    It is well targeted at restaurants and similar service organizations with complex COGS. It dovetails well with complementary systems like FinTech payments. It wasn't designed by accountants, so there is a bit of roughness. Reporting is very limited: would like to see some SQL / build your own report functionality. Lookups are reasonably robust (filter for amount, time, vendor, etc). It is occasionally unstable but recovers gracefully. From our use case, it would be preferable to have the user approving the invoice ALSO have the ability to attach documents. This is left to the payment approver, who in our case is the "check signer".
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    Pros
    Aspen Technology
    • Provides a wealth of data and information interpreted across management and supply chain team located at various offices and plants globally
    • Implementation was with relative ease with small dedicated team. Implementation time was also quick from launch to go-live in three business quarters.
    • Excellent technical support from AspenOne and their tier support is knowledgeable on the product.
    • Good bug fixes and quick support along with predictable update release schedule.
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    Ottimate
    • OCR
    • Workflow
    • Support
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Aspen Technology
    • While AspenOne Supply Chain Management generate a wealth of data and information, the ability to organize and create reports can be time consuming as well as steep learning curve.
    • While incremental updates are predictable, AspenOne major version updates can be difficult to implement with wide user impact causing more downtime than we prefer.
    • Report merge and legacy version conversion tools can be made easier to use with more GUI (graphical user interface) options and less command base as well as status progress graphic and confirmation of completion would be very helpful.
    Incentivized
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    Ottimate
    • Provide better analytics in terms of cost increases per item.
    • Provide the ability to create recipes and forward price increases to those recipes for accurate food cost projections.
    • Free Bill Pay
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    Support Rating
    Aspen Technology
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    Ottimate
    They have a dedicated support person for each customer who actually knows the product.
    Turnaround is usually within an hour or faster.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Aspen Technology
    AspenOne Supply Chain Management was a cheaper alternative to SAP HANA and while as not feature-ful and not as easy to integrate with SAP data, the interface was easy enough to configure without the need for HANA. It was also easier and quicker to deploy and implement which alleviated our business pain point. It's like an old saying the best software is the one you can use, now! Our management and supply chain team members have been happy with the product and very few complaints arise from the production usage or performance.
    Incentivized
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    Ottimate
    We used DocuWare first; great experience; however, it was not made specifically for restaurant clients like Plate IQ is. Plate IQ does a much better job of recognizing common items, and they've continued to add a function that is important for restaurant owners. Restaurant 365, we felt, was trying to be a complete package of accounting/AP/AR/inventory. After looking at each piece, we didn't feel that each of them was as strong as the other.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Aspen Technology
    • We needed AspenOne Supply Chain Management quickly back in 2013 since our biggest pain point was tracking movement of products and ability for multiple departments and locations to access the information to complete their responsibilities within the organization. Was able to successfully implement in three quarters for go-live.
    • Since our initiation implementation our two major version upgrades did not go as smooth as we would like causing downtime of user access and the system does not have flexibility to run previous version while upgrading to new version. Upgrade path needs to improve to minimize downtime.
    • The business reported quick ROI of better than expected results and the software paid for itself in under three years which beats projection.
    • Centralized implementation makes disaster recovery (DR) configuration easier to manage.
    Incentivized
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    Ottimate
    • In my opinion, it has had zero impact on ROI now that we are paying for an additional year.
    • Another negative is that we've spent a lot of time discussing this issue with Plate IQ, to no avail. They feel it's appropriate to charge a company for an entire year of service even though said company emailed to cancel prior to the end of the first year of service.
    • We also wasted a lot of time onboarding this company only to find out that the software left a lot to be desired.
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