CarData Consultants vs Xero

Likelihood to Recommend

CarData is well suited for outside sales reps. It really has not been less appropriate at any time. It has helped me manage my time so that I am not spending a bunch of time writing down all of my miles, therefore I can concentrate on the important aspect of my job.

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Christine Fanelli

Senior Account Executive

Waste ManagementEnvironmental Services, 10,001+ employees

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Xero is well suited for small companies/organizations that don't have very large transaction volumes and whose accounting is fairly simple and straightforward. It's also suited for entities that only require some basic/intermediate reporting needs. Xero is less appropriate for companies/organizations that require more advanced reports, have large transaction volumes, or if there are many accounting/finance professionals who will be using the platform at any given time.

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Verified User

Administrator in Finance and Accounting

Non-profit Organization Management Company, 11-50 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

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Xero

Pay calculation

Benefit plan administration

Direct deposit files

Salary revision and increment management

Reimbursement management

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Xero

API for custom integration

Plug-ins

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Xero

Single sign-on capability

Role-based user permissions

CarData Consultants

Xero

Dashboards

Standard reports

Custom reports

CarData Consultants

Xero

Accounts payable

Accounts receivable

Cash management

Bank reconciliation

Expense management

Time tracking

Fixed asset management

Multi-currency support

Multi-division support

Regulations compliance

Electronic tax filing

Self-service portal

Global Financial Support

Primary and Secondary Ledgers

Intercompany Accounting

Localizations

Journals and Reconciliations

Enterprise Accounting

Configurable Accounting

Centralized Rules Framework

Standardized Processes

CarData Consultants

Xero

Inventory tracking

Automatic reordering

Location management

Manufacturing module

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Xero

Pricing

Order entry

Credit card processing

Cost of goods sold

Order Orchestration

End-to-end order visibility

Order exception Resolution

Pros

Accurate measurements of travel
Saves time
Easy to use

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Christine Fanelli

Senior Account Executive

Waste ManagementEnvironmental Services, 10,001+ employees

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Sales invoices - can be customized, default due dates set up and reminders sent to facilitate payment
Integrates well with other applications (Dext/Receiptbank) - makes expense reconciliation very efficient and accurate.
Excellent reports - can be customized and valuable for simple or detailed reporting and analysis
Easy to use for those with no accounting background (also suitable for those with advanced accounting knowledge)

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Nicola (Nicki) Morris

CEO | Management Consultant

The Neoteric GroupManagement Consulting, 1-10 employees

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Cons

Once the next month starts it is hard to go back and disposition travel

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Christine Fanelli

Senior Account Executive

Waste ManagementEnvironmental Services, 10,001+ employees

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Overall it is a great platform and quite comprehensive for US based users.
However, if we focus on multinational companies that want to integrate the information of different companies in several countries within the same solution, we find the need to carry out reports outside the platform to provide the accounting structure and compliance necessary in countries outside the US.

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Verified User

Manager in Professional Services

Accounting Company, 51-200 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

No score

No answers yet

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Xero 2.3

Based on 26 answers

In addition to the matters covered in this review, my reason for renewing this product is that Xero's functionality and the constant updates that the company provides, makes the software even more business friendly. The software therefore builds a brand loyalty among customers.

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Sarang Mandke

Consultant - Cloud accounting integration, Real Time Accounting

FuturebooksAccounting, 1-10 employees

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Usability

No score

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Xero 8.9

Based on 45 answers

Xero has a very clean design and a pleasant, easy-to-navigate GUI. It was immediately understandable how to reconcile book charges without a tutorial. Creating and sending invoices are fairly straight forward; and financial reports are easily customizable. Xero also has a support database that gives quick solutions to most issues.

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Verified User

Executive in Corporate

Biotechnology Company, 1-10 employees

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Reliability and Availability

No score

No answers yet

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Xero 9.0

Based on 10 answers

We have been actively using and 100% Xero based for our ecommerce accounting practice for over 4 years. There has on been one real outage for more than 5 minutes. Xero was open and transparent about the outage, what they were doing to resolve the issue, and provided 15 minute updates. Showing how they care about their customers and partners. Plus, showing that their customers care too, were understanding, and went surfing or in our case took a nap. Couldn't run our business without Xero as a partner.

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Scott Scharf

Co-Founder

Catching CloudsAccounting, 1-10 employees

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Performance

No score

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Xero 10.0

Based on 8 answers

Pages generally load quickly, but it's a fairly common occurrence to have pages taking a bit longer than I'd like to load (as in, 4+ seconds). Occasionally I have to refresh a page to get it to work. Bank feed and integrations tend to be slow in general, but that could easily be due to API latency on the side of the other parties. Most of the time, though, the bank feeds refresh before I login so it's not a huge problem. Not necessarily good performance compared to a local app like QuickBooks desktop, but definitely good performance for a cloud application. Room for growth? yes.

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Verified User

C-Level Executive in Corporate

Information Technology and Services Company, 11-50 employees

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Support Rating

No score

No answers yet

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Xero 4.3

Based on 19 answers

Support has always been responsive and quickly resolved any questions I have. The only reason I don't give full points is because there's no way to call for immediate help. I'm fine with this because I don't need it badly enough to pay for it

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Dave Olsen

CFO

RenewableTech VenturesVenture Capital & Private Equity, 11-50 employees

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Online Training

No score

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Xero 10.0

Based on 5 answers

All of Xero's training is online and available for anyone (business owner or accountants) to learn and become experts in their system. There is a range of content from product training to real world webinars from their partners. Xero is beautiful accounting software and their training is the same.

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Scott Scharf

Co-Founder

Catching CloudsAccounting, 1-10 employees

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Implementation Rating

No score

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Xero 9.7

Based on 10 answers

If it can be done, time the implementation near a new fiscal year so you can start clean. Otherwise, you have to go back and do historical data from the beginning of the fiscal year, which can be brain draining.

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Andre Yeu

Owner / Head Trainer

When Hounds FlyConsumer Services, 1-10 employees

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Alternatives Considered

I have not used any other products and I do not see the need for our company to shop around for other products. CarData works well for me.

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Christine Fanelli

Senior Account Executive

Waste ManagementEnvironmental Services, 10,001+ employees

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For the purpose of which we use Xero, I have not used any alternative systems. However, for certain aspects of it such as expense management, we decided to go with Webexpenses to replace the expense management features of Xero. This was because Xero lacked the automation, control and visibility we needed to correctly manage our company's expenses.

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Verified User

Analyst in Finance and Accounting

Information Technology & Services Company, 51-200 employees

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Scalability

No score

No answers yet

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Xero 10.0

Based on 6 answers

Over 600 plus apps available for integration and easy to create standard charts of account and report templates to implement across multiple entities. Same pricing regardless of number of transactions or users. Real benefit is variety of integrated apps that allow you to automate processes and have functionality that 10 years ago was only available in ERP systems costing hundreds of thousands.

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Verified User

Partner in Finance and Accounting

Accounting Company, 1-10 employees

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Return on Investment

Frees up time
Manages my mileage for me
Helps me to keep track of my day

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Christine Fanelli

Senior Account Executive

Waste ManagementEnvironmental Services, 10,001+ employees

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Streamlined billing processes so I spend less time preparing invoices every month (especially with regard to time tracking)
Automated email reminders, recurring invoices & autopay reduce the amount of time spent tracking down client payments
Overall cost of the platform is less than what I was paying on our previous platform (QBO)
Fewer reporting options mean less visibility for the data I might want to track for business analysis (or requires more time to manually review it)
All digital payment methods charge a fee, which we don't pass through to customers, so we make a little less on those transactions

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Jennifer Hess

Designer, Developer & CEO

SOFO STUDIOS, LLCGraphic Design, 1-10 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

No

CarData Consultants Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Xero Editions & Modules

Edition

Early	$11¹
Growing	$32¹
Established	$62¹

per month

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Rating Summary

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Xero

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Xero

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Xero

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Xero

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Xero

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Xero

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Xero

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Xero

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