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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Deltek Costpoint

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/ADeltek Costpoint is an ERP soluftion designed for government contractors built around project management and accounting capabilities.N/A

    Epicor Kinetic

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AEpicor Kinetic is a customizable, scalable, product-centric cloud ERP designed specifically for manufacturers.N/A
    Pricing
    Deltek CostpointEpicor Kinetic
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Deltek CostpointEpicor Kinetic
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Deltek CostpointEpicor Kinetic
    Considered Both Products
    Deltek Inc.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    92%
    Would buy again
    169 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    126 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    162 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    77%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    67 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    70%
    Implementation went as expected
    93 Answers
    Features
    Deltek CostpointEpicor Kinetic
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Deltek Costpoint and Epicor Kinetic
    Feature
    Deltek Costpoint
    9.8
    6 Ratings
    26% above category average
    Epicor Kinetic
    7.9
    52 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Pay calculation10.04 Ratings8.250 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration10.03 Ratings8.129 Ratings
    Direct deposit files10.04 Ratings7.537 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Deltek Costpoint and Epicor Kinetic
    Feature
    Deltek Costpoint
    8.0
    4 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Epicor Kinetic
    8.0
    151 Ratings
    6% above category average
    API for custom integration8.04 Ratings8.3145 Ratings
    Plug-ins8.04 Ratings7.7120 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Deltek Costpoint and Epicor Kinetic
    Feature
    Deltek Costpoint
    9.7
    9 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Epicor Kinetic
    8.4
    177 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Single sign-on capability9.68 Ratings8.8149 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions9.88 Ratings8.1174 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Deltek Costpoint and Epicor Kinetic
    Feature
    Deltek Costpoint
    9.0
    10 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Epicor Kinetic
    7.6
    186 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Dashboards10.06 Ratings7.2178 Ratings
    Standard reports9.09 Ratings7.4183 Ratings
    Custom reports8.010 Ratings8.1174 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Deltek Costpoint and Epicor Kinetic
    Feature
    Deltek Costpoint
    8.5
    10 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Epicor Kinetic
    7.3
    199 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Accounts payable6.59 Ratings8.7189 Ratings
    Accounts receivable9.47 Ratings8.6184 Ratings
    Global Financial Support7.45 Ratings7.8103 Ratings
    Primary and Secondary Ledgers8.35 Ratings8.2126 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations8.57 Ratings7.6151 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting7.88 Ratings8.1136 Ratings
    Standardized Processes9.58 Ratings8.0159 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of Deltek Costpoint and Epicor Kinetic
    Feature
    Deltek Costpoint
    9.0
    2 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Epicor Kinetic
    8.4
    186 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Inventory tracking10.02 Ratings8.0185 Ratings
    Automatic reordering7.02 Ratings7.9111 Ratings
    Location management9.02 Ratings7.7145 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of Deltek Costpoint and Epicor Kinetic
    Feature
    Deltek Costpoint
    9.6
    3 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Epicor Kinetic
    8.3
    189 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Pricing10.03 Ratings8.4176 Ratings
    Order entry10.03 Ratings8.3187 Ratings
    Credit card processing7.52 Ratings7.688 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold10.03 Ratings8.1165 Ratings
    Order Orchestration10.03 Ratings7.8119 Ratings
    Subledger and Financial Process
    Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Deltek Costpoint and Epicor Kinetic
    Feature
    Deltek Costpoint
    8.7
    10 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Epicor Kinetic
    8.5
    161 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Billing Management9.37 Ratings7.8142 Ratings
    Cash and Asset Management9.06 Ratings7.7137 Ratings
    Travel & Expense Management8.67 Ratings7.580 Ratings
    Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting7.87 Ratings7.981 Ratings
    Period Close7.87 Ratings8.2144 Ratings
    Project Financial Management
    Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Deltek Costpoint and Epicor Kinetic
    Feature
    Deltek Costpoint
    10.0
    4 Ratings
    28% above category average
    Epicor Kinetic
    9.2
    19 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Budgeting and Forecasting10.04 Ratings9.015 Ratings
    Project Costing10.04 Ratings8.016 Ratings
    Cost Capture10.03 Ratings10.017 Ratings
    Capital Project Management10.02 Ratings9.011 Ratings
    Customer Contract Compliance10.02 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Project Revenue Recognition10.04 Ratings9.012 Ratings
    Project Execution Management
    Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Deltek Costpoint and Epicor Kinetic
    Feature
    Deltek Costpoint
    9.7
    5 Ratings
    31% above category average
    Epicor Kinetic
    7.7
    74 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Project Planning and Scheduling8.44 Ratings7.767 Ratings
    Task Insight for Project Managers9.65 Ratings7.154 Ratings
    Project Mobile Functionality8.03 Ratings7.244 Ratings
    Definable Resource Pools8.84 Ratings7.051 Ratings
    Grants Management
    Comparison of Grants Management features of Deltek Costpoint and Epicor Kinetic
    Feature
    Deltek Costpoint
    8.5
    5 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Epicor Kinetic
    7.9
    33 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Award Lifecycle Management4.05 Ratings8.529 Ratings
    Procurement
    Comparison of Procurement features of Deltek Costpoint and Epicor Kinetic
    Feature
    Deltek Costpoint
    8.3
    4 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Epicor Kinetic
    8.0
    138 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Bids Analyzed and Compared5.03 Ratings7.559 Ratings
    Contract Authoring5.03 Ratings7.456 Ratings
    Contract Repository5.03 Ratings7.758 Ratings
    Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated10.02 Ratings7.696 Ratings
    Supplier Management7.03 Ratings7.6130 Ratings
    Risk Management
    Comparison of Risk Management features of Deltek Costpoint and Epicor Kinetic
    Feature
    Deltek Costpoint
    7.0
    2 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Epicor Kinetic
    7.8
    49 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Risk Repository8.12 Ratings8.139 Ratings
    Control Management7.12 Ratings7.744 Ratings
    Control Efficiency Assessments7.01 Ratings7.440 Ratings
    Issue Detection6.01 Ratings8.545 Ratings
    Remediation and Certification6.01 Ratings7.739 Ratings
    Logistics
    Comparison of Logistics features of Deltek Costpoint and Epicor Kinetic
    Feature
    Deltek Costpoint
    7.9
    3 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Epicor Kinetic
    7.6
    103 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Transportation Planning and Optimization8.02 Ratings7.971 Ratings
    Transportation Execution Management9.03 Ratings7.965 Ratings
    Trade and Customs Management5.01 Ratings7.556 Ratings
    Fulfillment Management8.03 Ratings8.086 Ratings
    Warehouse Workforce Management8.02 Ratings7.973 Ratings
    Manufacturing
    Comparison of Manufacturing features of Deltek Costpoint and Epicor Kinetic
    Feature
    Deltek Costpoint
    8.0
    3 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Epicor Kinetic
    7.9
    148 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Production Process Design8.03 Ratings7.9119 Ratings
    Production Management8.03 Ratings8.2139 Ratings
    Configuration Management8.03 Ratings7.6106 Ratings
    Work Execution8.03 Ratings7.6109 Ratings
    Manufacturing Costs8.02 Ratings7.7132 Ratings
    Supply Chain
    Comparison of Supply Chain features of Deltek Costpoint and Epicor Kinetic
    Feature
    Deltek Costpoint
    4.3
    4 Ratings
    52% below category average
    Epicor Kinetic
    8.1
    134 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Forecasting3.04 Ratings7.1107 Ratings
    Inventory Planning2.04 Ratings7.7131 Ratings
    Performance Monitoring4.04 Ratings7.8104 Ratings
    Product Lifecycle Management
    Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Deltek Costpoint and Epicor Kinetic
    Feature
    Deltek Costpoint
    7.9
    3 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Epicor Kinetic
    7.9
    67 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Proposal Management7.03 Ratings8.254 Ratings
    Product Master Data Management8.03 Ratings8.063 Ratings
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    Zoho One
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    Score9.1 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Zoho One
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Zoho One
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued)
    Score4.8 out of 10
    Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued)
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    User Ratings
    Deltek CostpointEpicor Kinetic
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (13 ratings)
    8.1
    (222 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.8
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.1
    (182 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (15 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.6
    (14 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Deltek CostpointEpicor Kinetic
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Deltek Inc.
    Deltek Costpoint is the most frustrating and clunkiest software I've ever used, and I've been using software for 30 years. The interface appears to have been developed before the internet and HTML and does not appear to use any modern widgets made for HTML. Every button click or menu selection requires a pause while something else loads. Our employees waste much time trying to figure out (what should be) simple tasks, and I've spoken with nobody in our company that likes the software. We've had trainings on Costpoint, but people still have issues constantly.
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    Epicor Software
    I think it depends on the industry and complexity of the company. In our situation, we primarily use Epicor for financials, in a relatively simple manner. I don't think that Epicor is the most intuitive or simple to set up for our situation. I think Epicor is better suited for its target industry of manufacturing, where building out the multiple layers let's Epicor's strengths come to bear.
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    Pros
    Deltek Inc.
    • I love how you can cut a check and it opens a PDF version so it can be saved for retention at a later date if needed.
    • I love how you can research vendor history different ways. It allows you to input a range or just enter one at a time.
    • I also love that there are tons of reports that can be run to help with any projects.
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    Epicor Software
    • MRP Processing, PO Suggestion processing and maintaining Inventory/Accounting cost consistency.
    • Freighting with speed and precision allows us to ship on time with over 10 shipping stations they all run seamlessly.
    • Using ECM, we've streamlined our AP Invoicing process and increased our teams throughput at least 2x with more speed projected.
    • Using Co-Parts with Advanced Production, we've increased inventory accuracy and accounting for parts cost in a more transparent way.
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    Cons
    Deltek Inc.
    • Customer Care - this is probably the one area that needs the most work.
    • Quality Control Testing - if this area had a higher level of detail prior to releasing updates, it might mitigate the number of patches required for customers.
    • Cloud Based Product doesn't work for every customer. Get multiple references before considering moving to the cloud offering.
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    Epicor Software
    • In Application Studio, there are quite a few things that you just have to know in order to really get it to work right. Such as when you are updating a dataview you have to save them refresh and then go back to the wizard to get the added fields that you may have added from a BAQ.
    • When running MRP it has a tendency to stall or not finish on occasion. This is a problem as we do not get any PO Suggestions when this happens.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Deltek Inc.
    The cost for our size company may be to high by the time we review, because when purchasing additional licenses on two separate occasions, only 3 months apart, there was a price increase.
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    Epicor Software
    Easy to use, reliable, known product, best product configurator, Epicor continues to offer improvements every year.
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    Usability
    Deltek Inc.
    For what we mainly use Deltek for it is a great system. The cost for licenses can become an issue because as a growing company we are in need of licenses from time to time and the process is very cumbersome.
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    Epicor Software
    There is always room for improvement! I've used Great Plains ERP/MS Dynamics and Epicor my entire career. both do some things really well. Both could learn from each other. The KInetic user interface is much better than the classic windows overall. Please keep adding more functionality to the core financials!!! You need the accountants to be on your side.
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    Support Rating
    Deltek Inc.
    The software is so huge and clunky that I wouldn't know how to ask for support. Here is my example of support needed: "Hello, I'm filling out my timesheet like I have been doing every day for years, and suddenly this error message came up that says "Error: 6HX7: PLC not available". I just made that up as an example of the cryptic error messages, but what is that telling me?
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    Epicor Software
    If the answer to your problem is not readily available in an answer book, your response or solution will take months, if you get one at all. Problems need to be sent to support and duplicated by them before they try to fix it. This is extremely frustrating because you have to prove to Epicor that you are having an issue. If by some miracle you get by this barrier, your problem is submitted to development for review. You can't speak to them or communicate in any way directly. This group appears to be completely unconcerned about user issues or customer service. Our experiences have been negative across the board.
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    Implementation Rating
    Deltek Inc.
    It would be great if there were better training documents that could be downloaded without having to go through the DLZ.
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    Epicor Software
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Deltek Inc.
    • Deltek Costpoint was able to provide a few more dimensions than ADP and is better prepared for larger international integration.
    • DATABASICS can meet our dimension needs and provide the same services as Deltek Costpoint at a much lower cost.
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    Epicor Software
    Most of my histories with SAP directly. I didn't really have any negative experiences. The only thing I could say is that I always had to go to somebody else to solve the problem that I can solve first person now with Epicor Kinetic.
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    Scalability
    Deltek Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Epicor Software
    Using the word Scalability usually implies an increase of use, or adding the use of other features. Making the product put to good/proper use for small companies without the need for full-time support, whilst integrity is maintained it is an entirely different topic. In my view, the current company may have acquired a full truck with options, where initially a small pick-up may have been better suited.
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    Return on Investment
    Deltek Inc.
    • Costpoint has made it possible for our business to get our invoices paid quickly and on time
    • Costpoint has made it possible for our business to get a ISO audits cleared every year
    • Costpoint has made it possible for our business to always setup projects in a standardized manner that either meets or goes beyond the industry standards.
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    Epicor Software
    • We have increased our lead time of orders by about a week.
    • We have increased our output of product by 10% with the same amount of staff.
    • We were able to leverage Kinetic to optimize our business while moving two facilities.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Deltek Costpoint Screenshots

    Screenshot of Once a new project has been set up, you are able to link the project to the existing opportunity.Screenshot of Instead of being reactive, the solution’s workforce analytics helps users answer questions about the workforce and planning before hitting a talent shortage. It also helps individuals manage their employees efficiently by streamlining processes.Screenshot of Costpoint’s manufacturing solution links the entire manufacturing process together, automating and streamlining processes, while capturing and monitoring data down to the project level with seamless integration to the financials.Screenshot of With Costpoint’s procurement solution, users have access to real-time data to view company time spent and purchase orders. Individuals can set up dashboards to see what has been ordered, received, and posted. This enables companies to remain organized and be able to analyze information throughout the procurement process.Screenshot of Costpoint’s accounting solution enables users to view and analyze financial trends by the fiscal year through a single dashboard.Screenshot of Project Managers can look across the board at their projects to get a real-time view of all of their projects, in one comprehensive dashboard.

    Epicor Kinetic Screenshots

    Screenshot of Production ManagementScreenshot of Role-Based Analytics and Business IntelligenceScreenshot of Planning and SchedulingScreenshot of Shipping and ReceivingScreenshot of the General LedgerScreenshot of Training and Development