Cetec ERP vs Exact Online

Likelihood to Recommend

For our business, Cetec ERP works very well because of all the capabilities it has with traceability, restrictions, and access, and having the data live for any user to see at the same time. The way the system is set up for order processing is more strict which is better for us since it helps with accuracy and traceability. For the production side, since our company is not a manufacturing site, it can be a little overwhelming since there are a lot of fields/data that we do not use, simply because it does not apply to us. Other than that module being a little too advanced for our company, all of the features included "out of the box" are well worth the affordable price that they have for this ERP system.

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Alan Galvan

Supply Chain Manager

Neurovision Medical Products, Inc.Medical Device, 11-50 employees

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If you are a big company and have an active accountant then this system can be for you, it has many options but you need dedication. But the price starts from €39 and then you are not there...Most of the time you need other options to make it complete. Like ERP functions + €199~ want to book hours? +€129. And this is all per month... It goes up so fast that it's not interesting for small companies. When there are better options on the market that are even free...

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Mike Koolwijk

Marketin Automation and SEO Specialist

Klantenfabriek.nlMarketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Cetec ERP

Exact Online

Single sign-on capability

Role-based user permissions

Cetec ERP

Exact Online

Dashboards

Standard reports

Custom reports

Cetec ERP

Exact Online

Accounts payable

Accounts receivable

Journals and Reconciliations

Standardized Processes

Global Financial Support

Primary and Secondary Ledgers

Intercompany Accounting

Localizations

Enterprise Accounting

Configurable Accounting

Centralized Rules Framework

Cetec ERP

Exact Online

Inventory tracking

Location management

Manufacturing module

Cetec ERP

Exact Online

Pricing

Order entry

Credit card processing

Cost of goods sold

Order Orchestration

End-to-end order visibility

Cetec ERP

Exact Online

Shared Services Payments

Billings Management

Transactions Tax

Automated Invoice Processing

Customer Receipt Applications

Cash Management

Asset Management

Period Close

Subledger Reconciliations

3rd Party Accounting Systems

Cetec ERP

Exact Online

Customer Invoicing

Real-time Financial Reporting

Budgeting and Forecasting

Project Costing

Cost Capture

Capital Project Management

Customer Contract Compliance

Project Revenue Recognition

Project Financials Dashboard

Cetec ERP

Exact Online

Supply Chain Business Flows

Production Management

Configuration Management

Work Definition

Work Execution

Advanced Fulfillment

Cetec ERP

Exact Online

Forecasting

Inventory Planning

Multi-tier Supply Chain Planning

Performance Monitoring

Cetec ERP

Exact Online

API for custom integration

Plug-ins

Pros

Training and Implementation.
Support is great.

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Verified User

Vice-President in Other

Industrial Automation Company, 11-50 employees

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Complete pack with many options, use it as CRM, ERP or simply for your bookings.
Many connections with external programs, webshops, etc.
Automatic backups.

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Mike Koolwijk

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Klantenfabriek.nlMarketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees

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Cons

Role Descriptions: There are default roles that Cetec ERP has already created for you. However, these roles are not detailed as to what access each role has and it makes it difficult to assign these default roles.
Reporting: While Cetec ERP's default reports are detailed, there is only minimal customization of reports allowed out of the box. They do have an add-on available for purchase where you can freely customize reports, but our company isn't at that point to purchase this add-on as we only need a small bit of customization beyond what comes out of the box.

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Alan Galvan

Supply Chain Manager

Neurovision Medical Products, Inc.Medical Device, 11-50 employees

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Support... It's bad, and when you want to stop or step back it's near impossible.
Price, they tend to increase it without warning, and with all the extras it goes up fast.
If you wanna spend all your time in accounting buy Exact... It can be complex and many handlings needs to be done.

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Mike Koolwijk

Marketin Automation and SEO Specialist

Klantenfabriek.nlMarketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees

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Alternatives Considered

We had been a customer of Cetec on their Legacy system for 20+ years and were always satisfied with their product and support.

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Verified User

Vice-President in Other

Industrial Automation Company, 11-50 employees

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I would not select Exact Online, but I can direct you to better options. Due to the high price, getting behind the competition and support I would suggest options like Zoho Books for you bookings, or CyberStockroom as ERP. And here in the Netherlands e-boekhouden.nl is a real nice, cheap, and fast working booking platform for the smaller companies.

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Mike Koolwijk

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Klantenfabriek.nlMarketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees

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Return on Investment

Accuracy: Now that we can restrict access to approved users, our accuracy of inventory has improved.
Financial Cleanup: Importing financials that were not yet balanced from previous system caused a ripple and we now have to clean up in this new system.

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Alan Galvan

Supply Chain Manager

Neurovision Medical Products, Inc.Medical Device, 11-50 employees

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Negative: High costs and implement time turned 1 client in to the negative, and after 2 years of use wants to stop.
Positive: Once an ERP connection is running you can automate a lot in the process.

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Mike Koolwijk

Marketin Automation and SEO Specialist

Klantenfabriek.nlMarketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Rating Summary

Cetec ERP

Exact Online