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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

    M1

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/AM1, from ECI Software Solutions headquartered in Ft. Worth, is an all-in-one manufacturing ERP software solution, built for small and medium-sized discrete manufacturers.N/A
    Pricing
    Deltek CostpointM1
    Editions & Modules
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    Deltek CostpointM1
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Deltek CostpointM1
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    Deltek Inc.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    80%
    Would buy again
    24 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    87%
    Happy with the feature set
    26 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    62%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    13 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    50%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    Features
    Deltek CostpointM1
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Deltek Costpoint and M1
    Feature
    Deltek Costpoint
    9.8
    6 Ratings
    26% above category average
    M1
    6.3
    8 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Pay calculation10.04 Ratings6.58 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration10.03 Ratings4.83 Ratings
    Direct deposit files10.04 Ratings7.55 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Deltek Costpoint and M1
    Feature
    Deltek Costpoint
    8.0
    4 Ratings
    6% above category average
    M1
    7.3
    18 Ratings
    4% below category average
    API for custom integration8.04 Ratings7.415 Ratings
    Plug-ins8.04 Ratings7.111 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Deltek Costpoint and M1
    Feature
    Deltek Costpoint
    9.7
    9 Ratings
    14% above category average
    M1
    8.1
    27 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Single sign-on capability9.68 Ratings8.615 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions9.88 Ratings7.727 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Deltek Costpoint and M1
    Feature
    Deltek Costpoint
    9.0
    10 Ratings
    18% above category average
    M1
    7.2
    28 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Dashboards10.06 Ratings7.326 Ratings
    Standard reports9.09 Ratings7.228 Ratings
    Custom reports8.010 Ratings7.127 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Deltek Costpoint and M1
    Feature
    Deltek Costpoint
    8.5
    10 Ratings
    10% above category average
    M1
    7.5
    26 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Accounts payable6.59 Ratings7.825 Ratings
    Accounts receivable9.47 Ratings7.526 Ratings
    Global Financial Support7.45 Ratings7.59 Ratings
    Primary and Secondary Ledgers8.35 Ratings7.716 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations8.57 Ratings6.821 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting7.88 Ratings7.618 Ratings
    Standardized Processes9.58 Ratings7.819 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of Deltek Costpoint and M1
    Feature
    Deltek Costpoint
    9.0
    2 Ratings
    12% above category average
    M1
    8.2
    26 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Inventory tracking10.02 Ratings8.326 Ratings
    Automatic reordering7.02 Ratings8.715 Ratings
    Location management9.02 Ratings7.521 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of Deltek Costpoint and M1
    Feature
    Deltek Costpoint
    9.6
    3 Ratings
    19% above category average
    M1
    7.8
    26 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Pricing10.03 Ratings7.726 Ratings
    Order entry10.03 Ratings8.326 Ratings
    Credit card processing7.52 Ratings7.310 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold10.03 Ratings7.917 Ratings
    Order Orchestration10.03 Ratings7.913 Ratings
    Subledger and Financial Process
    Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Deltek Costpoint and M1
    Feature
    Deltek Costpoint
    8.7
    10 Ratings
    14% above category average
    M1
    7.4
    21 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Billing Management9.37 Ratings8.420 Ratings
    Cash and Asset Management9.06 Ratings8.217 Ratings
    Travel & Expense Management8.67 Ratings5.09 Ratings
    Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting7.87 Ratings7.213 Ratings
    Period Close7.87 Ratings7.921 Ratings
    Project Financial Management
    Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Deltek Costpoint and M1
    Feature
    Deltek Costpoint
    10.0
    4 Ratings
    28% above category average
    M1
    -
    Ratings
    Budgeting and Forecasting10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Costing10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost Capture10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Capital Project Management10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer Contract Compliance10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Revenue Recognition10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Execution Management
    Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Deltek Costpoint and M1
    Feature
    Deltek Costpoint
    9.7
    5 Ratings
    31% above category average
    M1
    6.3
    16 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Project Planning and Scheduling8.44 Ratings7.916 Ratings
    Task Insight for Project Managers9.65 Ratings7.810 Ratings
    Project Mobile Functionality8.03 Ratings4.67 Ratings
    Definable Resource Pools8.84 Ratings4.89 Ratings
    Grants Management
    Comparison of Grants Management features of Deltek Costpoint and M1
    Feature
    Deltek Costpoint
    8.5
    5 Ratings
    13% above category average
    M1
    2.7
    2 Ratings
    94% below category average
    Award Lifecycle Management4.05 Ratings2.72 Ratings
    Procurement
    Comparison of Procurement features of Deltek Costpoint and M1
    Feature
    Deltek Costpoint
    8.3
    4 Ratings
    16% above category average
    M1
    7.1
    18 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Bids Analyzed and Compared5.03 Ratings6.27 Ratings
    Contract Authoring5.03 Ratings7.64 Ratings
    Contract Repository5.03 Ratings6.46 Ratings
    Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated10.02 Ratings7.710 Ratings
    Supplier Management7.03 Ratings7.518 Ratings
    Risk Management
    Comparison of Risk Management features of Deltek Costpoint and M1
    Feature
    Deltek Costpoint
    7.0
    2 Ratings
    4% above category average
    M1
    5.2
    4 Ratings
    26% below category average
    Risk Repository8.12 Ratings6.52 Ratings
    Control Management7.12 Ratings6.14 Ratings
    Control Efficiency Assessments7.01 Ratings4.94 Ratings
    Issue Detection6.01 Ratings4.13 Ratings
    Remediation and Certification6.01 Ratings4.33 Ratings
    Logistics
    Comparison of Logistics features of Deltek Costpoint and M1
    Feature
    Deltek Costpoint
    7.9
    3 Ratings
    12% above category average
    M1
    4.0
    10 Ratings
    55% below category average
    Transportation Planning and Optimization8.02 Ratings2.24 Ratings
    Transportation Execution Management9.03 Ratings2.54 Ratings
    Trade and Customs Management5.01 Ratings4.73 Ratings
    Fulfillment Management8.03 Ratings4.98 Ratings
    Warehouse Workforce Management8.02 Ratings5.58 Ratings
    Manufacturing
    Comparison of Manufacturing features of Deltek Costpoint and M1
    Feature
    Deltek Costpoint
    8.0
    3 Ratings
    7% above category average
    M1
    7.1
    27 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Production Process Design8.03 Ratings5.519 Ratings
    Production Management8.03 Ratings7.422 Ratings
    Configuration Management8.03 Ratings7.119 Ratings
    Work Execution8.03 Ratings7.720 Ratings
    Manufacturing Costs8.02 Ratings7.626 Ratings
    Supply Chain
    Comparison of Supply Chain features of Deltek Costpoint and M1
    Feature
    Deltek Costpoint
    4.3
    4 Ratings
    52% below category average
    M1
    8.1
    20 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Forecasting3.04 Ratings7.814 Ratings
    Inventory Planning2.04 Ratings7.720 Ratings
    Performance Monitoring4.04 Ratings8.715 Ratings
    Product Lifecycle Management
    Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Deltek Costpoint and M1
    Feature
    Deltek Costpoint
    7.9
    3 Ratings
    7% above category average
    M1
    5.9
    9 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Proposal Management7.03 Ratings4.96 Ratings
    Product Master Data Management8.03 Ratings7.09 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Deltek CostpointM1
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (13 ratings)
    7.7
    (30 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    6.0
    (30 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Deltek CostpointM1
    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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    ECI Software Solutions
    The M1 ERP is tailored for small to medium organizations, offering good features at least in the components utilized by my organization such as customizable workflows, user-friendly dashboards, ability to process orders, and track the entire orders lifecycle. It also has good customer interaction features in the CRM part. It provides robust data security, and offers scalable modules to grow with your business. Implementation is not challenging if you don't have so many customizations in the software.
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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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    ECI Software Solutions
    • Allows for component parts to be scheduled independently through the plant
    • Once parts are built, it is easy to duplicate/reuse parts across they quoting and ordering modules and customers
    • If used properly and consistently, M1 will provide accurate job cost analysis to determine estimating, training, efficiency and other issues.
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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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    ECI Software Solutions
    • Some of the functions are pretty detailed - and so they take a while to generate screens and pages in reports.
    • We actually use it for 2 companies we own - and it would be nice if the inter company communication was a little smoother. It's hard to share some data, and not everything is possible to be shared.
    • Customized reports need to backed up before any updates to M1 or they're lost. It seems M1 overwrites the report folders everytime you run an update - so you have to keep track of what you've changed in Crystal Reports and restore it.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    ECI Software Solutions
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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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    ECI Software Solutions
    Because it would be helpful if ECI would provide better documentation, communication and workflows to understand how each field interacts within the system and how each of those touch other areas within M1. It would also be useful if ECI would provide prescheduled training for how to customize things with M1 through Design Studio
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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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    ECI Software Solutions
    Support has been great and timely
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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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    ECI Software Solutions
    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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    ECI Software Solutions
    M1 is light years ahead in overall cost and proficiency. It allows so much more control and flexibility as compared to its competitors. When choosing M1 we went through many demos and M1 was the only ERP that met our needs and still does. We also control our own data which is a big plus for us.
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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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    ECI Software Solutions
    • Time savings having to only enter certain information once and have it follow through the entire order process from quote to cash
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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.

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