Deltek Ajera vs. Wolters Kluwer Vero

For small to medium engineering and architecture firms, Ajera appears to be the right size. Beyond the engineering software, Deltek Ajera has all the features a small to medium firm will need for smooth operation. AR, AP, Payroll, reporting, project management are all in one package. We chose to self-host because the licensing was more cost effective for us, but cloud hosting is also available.

Incentivized

For everyday bookkeeping and tax keeping, it is well suited and very easy to customize to your personal needs. I really enjoyed the AP functions, some of which I had not had the pleasure to use in other ERPs, like keeping track of payments and as well as being able to create both automatically and manually, payment services.

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• Widgets are the best feature of Ajera. Designers can make tiny reports for the entire company, or for one or two individuals. These little reports are the first things that the employee sees when they log in. Viewers of the reports are able to filter, sort, group, print or export the widget without impacting the other users. Deltek has been releasing new features that allow the editing of data in widgets. You can now create new projects or edit timesheets from the widgets.
• Credit card importing and credit card reconciliation in Ajera has greatly decreased time spent by administration. You can import credit card transactions from your credit cards. It saves on data entry, and it is easy to see what receipts you are missing when you get the statement.
• Mobile timesheets and expense reports help engineers or other users enter their time and expenses as they are on the go. They can take pictures or receipts or submit their timesheet from home.
• The Project Command Center is a one stop fountain of information. Everything the project manager wants to know about a project can be found here. You can also add custom fields that allow you to tract addition information.

• Tax Book Maintenance
• Easy, automated accounting processes
• Ability to toggle between several key areas within the company

Incentivized

• Would be nice if the reports would have more creativity with the ability to add more charts and graphics.
• The user interface for time sheets could be more user-friendly.
• The user interface for expense sheets could be more user-friendly.

Incentivized

• Provide with the option to create a manual backup.
• Improve overall help center.
• Provide an online chat service for clients.

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The previous systems were essentially timesheet systems only with very basic accounting. It's mostly the accounting subsystem that made us select Ajera.

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Wolters Kluwer is definitely more user-friendly however, it does not have the option to work on the cloud (at least in my case) and cannot handle vast volumes of data as well as Sage Intacct.

Incentivized

• Made accounting and payroll's jobs harder.
• Improved visibility on project cost management and profit.

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