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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    CloudBlue PSA

    Score9.2 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    CloudBlue PSA (formerly HarmonyPSA) provides full visibility of projects, customers and profitability in a single pane of glass, along with automation of sales, finance and operational processes. Ingram Micro acquired Harmony Business Systems and HarmonyPSA in April 2021.

    $65

    per month (billed annually)

    Kantata PSA

    Score9 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Kantata Cloud (formerly Mavenlink + Kimble) provides project management and collaboration software for small to mid-sized professional services companies. Features include resource management, project dependencies, time and expense tracking, file sharing, versatile user permissions, private messaging, planning and reporting.N/A

    Workday Professional Services Automation

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AWorkday Professional Services Automation automates the Opportunity to Cash process, connecting HCM and ERP data to match the right talent to projects, reducing manual errors and revenue leakage.N/A
    Pricing
    CloudBlue PSAKantata PSAWorkday Professional Services Automation
    Editions & Modules
    Annual SaaS
    $65.00
    per month (billed annually)
    Monthly SaaS
    Contact Sales
    Annual On-Premise
    Contact Sales
    Premier
    Contact Sales Team
    per month per seat
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales Team
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CloudBlue PSAKantata PSAWorkday Professional Services Automation
    Free Trial
    NoNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequiredNo setup fee
    Additional Details
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    Community Pulse
    CloudBlue PSAKantata PSAWorkday Professional Services Automation
    Considered Multiple Products
    Ingram Micro
    No answer on this topic
    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    No answer on this topic
    Workday
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    94%
    Would buy again
    17 Answers
    96%
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    23 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    15 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    16 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    24 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    12 Answers
    91%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Workday Professional Services Automation
    Score8.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    CloudBlue PSAKantata PSAWorkday Professional Services Automation
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (50 ratings)
    8.1
    (24 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    -
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    Usability
    -
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    8.0
    (8 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    -
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    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Performance
    -
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    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    -
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    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
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    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Online Training
    -
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    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Implementation Rating
    -
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    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
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    Configurability
    -
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    8.2
    (1 ratings)
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    Ease of integration
    -
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    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Product Scalability
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    9.0
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    Vendor post-sale
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    9.0
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    User Testimonials
    CloudBlue PSAKantata PSAWorkday Professional Services Automation
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Ingram Micro
    For organizations with 10+ employees, I think it is suitable. Smaller shops might find it overly complex.
    Incentivized
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    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    It is appropriate and even exceeds expectations 90% of the time. It makes project tracking very easy and visually accessible for most cases. The only occasion where Mavenlink came slightly short was for a special project that required more interaction options among project members. I am certain there are ways to work around that issue, but we did not find them.
    Incentivized
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    Workday
    If you are a company with very little administrative or IT staff that can be dedicated to run, train, and launch - this is the perfect tool for you because it requires very little on the set up end and training. It looks like a social network so a platform many are already used to seeing. Its definitely a very powerful product with an easy interface, providing a stellar customer experience
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Ingram Micro
    • The help desk ticket system is robust and modern.
    • Billing & invoicing from Harmony meets all our needs and is easy to use.
    • Project management and scheduling features help us stay organized and on schedule.
    Incentivized
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    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    • With Mavenlink when starting to assign tasks to people, set deadlines and milestones, and add files to our projects we can look at it all from a variety of perspectives, including a task tracker view and a Gantt chart view
    • Through Mavenlink each project also includes an activity stream where we can view all project details as they come up, as well as an activity feed for all the projects it is linked to.
    Incentivized
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    Workday
    • Very fast authentication
    • Page uploads are reliably compete with pre filled and carried forward data elements.
    • Easy to employees to navigate from one app to the other so they can be efficient in achieving success an ls completing imp tasks.
    • Screen organization and menu choices flow intuitively and the processing behind the scenes follows the logic users expect.
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    Cons
    Ingram Micro
    • Training resources are still a work in progress.
    • As a software engineer, I'd like to see a more extensive API
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    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    • The Gantt chart does not allow for baselines to be stored
    • There is no means to upload an excel task tracker and build a plan using an upload
    • The schedule does not allow for planning of holidays
    • The status report functionality needs to be improved
    Incentivized
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    Workday
    • Would like to be able to use it for clocking in and out
    • The dashboard user interface could be improved to include more pertinent information
    • Would be nice to hide features that we use other applications for (i.e. org chart, pay, expenses)
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Ingram Micro
    No answers on this topic
    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    Although the company I currently work for does not use the product I have recommended that we do switch to Mavenlink. We will be opening some new sites internationally this year and I can see that Mavenlink would be a great product for us to use
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    Workday
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Ingram Micro
    No answers on this topic
    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    I think Kantata is one of the most robust and best project management tools out there for an organization like ours. However, some of our staff feel like it isn't as user-friendly as it could be. From a Director point of view or a Project Manager point of view, Kantata is exceptional. From the point of view of a task-doer, it could be more visually appealing. Also, the mobile version isn't great.
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    Workday
    As noted, good tools that allow faster development. Dev teams find it is easy to test things out and demo for business users
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    Reliability and Availability
    Ingram Micro
    No answers on this topic
    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    Mavenlink gives advance notice for system upgrades, and they're not during our business day. Mavenlink has always been available when we needed it.
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    Workday
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Ingram Micro
    No answers on this topic
    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    Very good integration with Google apps. Some complexity is called however in the synchronization between Google Tasks and Maven links tasks. This can sometimes lead to duplicate records in Google Tasks. It has been dissolvable that becomes cumbersome if not properly curated.
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    Workday
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Ingram Micro
    No answers on this topic
    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    Kantata support is fantastic! Any issues that arise are always handled quickly and efficiently. Granted, we haven't had many issues to report. Typically, my team tends to only reach out to support if they need assistance remembering how to do something or asking about an improvement. We had Kantata build an integration when we first started using the software, and the support team worked hard to listen and improve the integration.
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    Workday
    With workday support options, I would like to see a more immediately responsive response option. Possibly a chat or a responsive email response team would be helpful.
    Incentivized
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    In-Person Training
    Ingram Micro
    No answers on this topic
    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    We prepared questions in advance, and our trainer was an expert in what Mavenlink was and wasn't able to do. We were able to have multiple people trained at once.
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    Workday
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Ingram Micro
    No answers on this topic
    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    The training was very well-organized. We were able to send questions in advance so the instructor knew what to cover, and the brought up related topics to maximize the usefulness of what they were teaching us.
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    Workday
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Ingram Micro
    No answers on this topic
    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    Dedicate as much internal time to the implementation effort as possible, even if you're using a 3rd party or Mavenlink services. Your team knows your processes the best
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    Workday
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Ingram Micro
    Connectwise was the 600 pound gorilla with lots of features, but it was also the titantic, too big to get out of its own way. We found it too complex to use and too archaic to integrate with. As powerful as it was, it was missing a few key features that a modern PSA like CloudBlue had as a matter of course. CloudBlue feels like the new generation, and so far it's only gotten better as they grow.
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    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    We have since switched over to JIRA and let me tell you, it was probably the best decision we have made as a company. We chose Mavenlink based on promises from the sales team about future roadmap work that really never happened. We thought Mavenlink would easily integrate with our billing software but we couldn't have been more wrong. We ended up never utilizing Mavenlink invoices as they don't even allow you to fully customize your invoices that go out to clients!
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    Workday
    I was not on the selection team for Workday Profession Services Automation; it was the HR system used by our parent company. However, I have had several opportunities to work with Workday in other HR roles, and have also worked extensively with Oracle products. Workday Professional Services Automation seems more dynamic than the Oracle Suite I've utilized in the past.
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    Scalability
    Ingram Micro
    No answers on this topic
    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    It's very easy to add users and contractors into Mavenlink. There's also an option that let's you manage access for teams in multiple locations.
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    Workday
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Ingram Micro
    • It's allowed us to migrate away from home grown solutions to adhere to industry standards and better utilize our engineer's time.
    • Quoting new projects and hardware is easier to delegate and vastly more efficient than our previous methods.
    Incentivized
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    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    • Manvenlink is perfect for showing expenses and income over time and across people.
    • Manvenlink is adaptable for the integration and automation of the processes of each of our projects in order to optimize resources and improve operational performance.
    • Mavenlink allows us to determine if our projects are profitable or not, as well as save significant time by automating components such as recurring tasks and having templates, among other things.
    • Manvenlink is advantageous for our operations due to its simple portfolio management of our projects: manage several projects at once and receive a complete perspective of the development of each one at a glance.
    • Manvenlink kindly provides us with robust discussion threads, access restrictions, and built-in document management, allowing us to contextualize communications.
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    Workday
    • While I don't use the program at a high-level I can see the time-saving effectiveness for administrators.
    • By giving a self-serve interface I feel in control of my pay/benefit management.
    • Less time spent on HR administration frees up bandwidth for helping colleagues.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    CloudBlue PSA Screenshots

    Screenshot of Customised dashboard with key business metricsScreenshot of Auto generated invoicing ensures nothing gets forgottenScreenshot of Keep on top of projectsScreenshot of Fully integrated and configurable ticketingScreenshot of Conversion of leads to prospects to customers is seamless, with no re-keying

    Kantata PSA Screenshots

    Screenshot of real-time project status tracking.Screenshot of visualizations that help track resources with confidence.Screenshot of at a glance capacity and staffing monitoring.Screenshot of financials and project margin monitoring.Screenshot of revenue tracking, to scale a business with confidence.

    Workday Professional Services Automation Screenshots

    Screenshot of Workday Professional Services Automation Create QuoteScreenshot of Workday Professional Services Automation CRM DashboardScreenshot of Workday Professional Services Automation Opportunity DashboardScreenshot of Workday Professional Services Automation Services Catalog