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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Deltek Vision (legacy product)

    Score7.3 out of 10
    N/ADeltek Vision is enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for project based companies. It is a legacy product, and has been superseded by Deltek Vantagepoint.N/A

    QuickBooks Desktop Pro

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/AQuickbooks Desktop Pro is accounting software from Intuit, Inc. It includes core accounting features, plus analytics and exportable reports. It is offered in on-premise and SaaS forms.N/A
    Pricing
    Deltek Vision (legacy product)QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Deltek Vision (legacy product)QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Deltek Vision (legacy product)QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
    Chose Deltek Vision (legacy product)
    I've used QuickBooks Online and other QuickBooks products but they were not for the same purposes as my experience with Deltek. I also was not part of the team that selected Deltek as that was prior to my arrival at my firm.
    Incentivized
    Intuit
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    88%
    Would buy again
    29 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    28 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    32 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    20 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    25 Answers
    Features
    Deltek Vision (legacy product)QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Deltek Vision (legacy product) and QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    Feature
    Deltek Vision (legacy product)
    7.0
    16 Ratings
    7% below category average
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    6.6
    69 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Pay calculation6.914 Ratings6.364 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration7.09 Ratings6.338 Ratings
    Direct deposit files7.213 Ratings6.656 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings6.352 Ratings
    Reimbursement management00 Ratings7.754 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Deltek Vision (legacy product) and QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    Feature
    Deltek Vision (legacy product)
    7.5
    12 Ratings
    1% below category average
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    5.7
    43 Ratings
    28% below category average
    API for custom integration8.011 Ratings6.535 Ratings
    Plug-ins7.08 Ratings5.039 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Deltek Vision (legacy product) and QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    Feature
    Deltek Vision (legacy product)
    8.0
    24 Ratings
    5% below category average
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    8.5
    101 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Single sign-on capability8.018 Ratings8.482 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.023 Ratings8.695 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Deltek Vision (legacy product) and QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    Feature
    Deltek Vision (legacy product)
    6.0
    29 Ratings
    23% below category average
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    8.5
    117 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Dashboards5.027 Ratings8.4100 Ratings
    Standard reports6.029 Ratings8.9117 Ratings
    Custom reports7.029 Ratings8.1114 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Deltek Vision (legacy product) and QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    Feature
    Deltek Vision (legacy product)
    7.6
    29 Ratings
    2% below category average
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    7.5
    124 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Accounts payable9.025 Ratings9.3119 Ratings
    Accounts receivable7.024 Ratings9.2121 Ratings
    Global Financial Support8.07 Ratings4.217 Ratings
    Primary and Secondary Ledgers8.014 Ratings7.240 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations8.015 Ratings8.876 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting8.012 Ratings7.647 Ratings
    Standardized Processes8.016 Ratings8.555 Ratings
    Cash management00 Ratings9.2107 Ratings
    Bank reconciliation00 Ratings9.7119 Ratings
    Expense management00 Ratings9.4108 Ratings
    Time tracking00 Ratings7.451 Ratings
    Fixed asset management00 Ratings5.669 Ratings
    Multi-currency support00 Ratings6.931 Ratings
    Multi-division support00 Ratings8.958 Ratings
    Regulations compliance00 Ratings8.342 Ratings
    Electronic tax filing00 Ratings8.355 Ratings
    Self-service portal00 Ratings5.941 Ratings
    Intercompany Accounting00 Ratings7.943 Ratings
    Localizations00 Ratings4.219 Ratings
    Enterprise Accounting00 Ratings6.838 Ratings
    Centralized Rules Framework00 Ratings5.427 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of Deltek Vision (legacy product) and QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    Feature
    Deltek Vision (legacy product)
    5.4
    2 Ratings
    39% below category average
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    5.8
    59 Ratings
    23% below category average
    Inventory tracking6.52 Ratings6.056 Ratings
    Automatic reordering3.01 Ratings6.035 Ratings
    Location management6.12 Ratings6.032 Ratings
    Manufacturing module00 Ratings5.218 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of Deltek Vision (legacy product) and QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    Feature
    Deltek Vision (legacy product)
    7.9
    4 Ratings
    1% below category average
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    6.8
    77 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Pricing7.04 Ratings7.555 Ratings
    Order entry7.02 Ratings8.555 Ratings
    Credit card processing8.01 Ratings7.251 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold9.03 Ratings8.063 Ratings
    Order Orchestration8.02 Ratings5.220 Ratings
    End-to-end order visibility00 Ratings6.123 Ratings
    Order exception Resolution00 Ratings5.218 Ratings
    Subledger and Financial Process
    Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Deltek Vision (legacy product) and QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    Feature
    Deltek Vision (legacy product)
    7.1
    17 Ratings
    6% below category average
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    -
    Ratings
    Billing Management7.015 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cash and Asset Management6.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Travel & Expense Management8.015 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting4.013 Ratings00 Ratings
    Period Close8.014 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Financial Management
    Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Deltek Vision (legacy product) and QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    Feature
    Deltek Vision (legacy product)
    7.7
    13 Ratings
    2% above category average
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    -
    Ratings
    Budgeting and Forecasting8.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Costing8.013 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost Capture8.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Capital Project Management8.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer Contract Compliance7.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Revenue Recognition7.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Execution Management
    Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Deltek Vision (legacy product) and QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    Feature
    Deltek Vision (legacy product)
    7.0
    12 Ratings
    1% below category average
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    -
    Ratings
    Project Planning and Scheduling8.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Task Insight for Project Managers8.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Mobile Functionality8.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Definable Resource Pools8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Grants Management
    Comparison of Grants Management features of Deltek Vision (legacy product) and QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    Feature
    Deltek Vision (legacy product)
    8.0
    7 Ratings
    7% above category average
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    -
    Ratings
    Award Lifecycle Management8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Procurement
    Comparison of Procurement features of Deltek Vision (legacy product) and QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    Feature
    Deltek Vision (legacy product)
    8.5
    3 Ratings
    18% above category average
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    -
    Ratings
    Bids Analyzed and Compared10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract Authoring7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract Repository8.21 Ratings00 Ratings
    Risk Management
    Comparison of Risk Management features of Deltek Vision (legacy product) and QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    Feature
    Deltek Vision (legacy product)
    6.6
    2 Ratings
    2% below category average
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    -
    Ratings
    Risk Repository6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Control Management6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Control Efficiency Assessments7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Logistics
    Comparison of Logistics features of Deltek Vision (legacy product) and QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    Feature
    Deltek Vision (legacy product)
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    25% above category average
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    -
    Ratings
    Fulfillment Management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product Lifecycle Management
    Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Deltek Vision (legacy product) and QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    Feature
    Deltek Vision (legacy product)
    6.2
    6 Ratings
    17% below category average
    QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    -
    Ratings
    Proposal Management7.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product Master Data Management4.51 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Deltek Vision (legacy product)QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (31 ratings)
    8.5
    (135 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (19 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (42 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.3
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    1.2
    (29 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    CPA Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (22 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Deltek Vision (legacy product)QuickBooks Desktop Pro
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    It is very well suited for Project Accounting - we have thousands of Project codes in the system. I wish it were easier to make changes to data already entered. You have to jump through hoops to make any changes or corrections and timing is everything.
    Incentivized
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    Intuit
    For a small business, QuickBooks Desktop Pro is great! For a larger, more complex business, another system may be more beneficial. We actually run multiple businesses on QuickBooks Desktop Pro, but all are very small. The help feature is sometimes so beneficial, and sometimes it seems like you just can't get the right answer and need to find a workaround - but this is usually for more complex issues.
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • Deltek is a very integrated system for accounting purposes. It stores documents as support for postings (e.g. AP invoices) so you can easily access the source information.
    • Time tracking for our consultants is a must and Deltek has a good platform for tracking time and for accounting for time.
    • Deltek has the ability to run almost any kind of report that you could possibly think of! There are fields for almost everything and if there aren't specific fields you can add them.
    Incentivized
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    Intuit
    • It is easy to manage and adjust inventory on hand.
    • It is easy to make reports and customize them to your needs.
    • We also use it to pay our employees directly.
    • It is easy to make year-to-year comparisons to see where we can make improvements and the current financial situation.
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    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • Deltek Vision's use of the desktop browser interfaces could use some major upgrades. It's not very user-friendly. When a field is left blank it would prevent the user from saving the timesheet but would not clearly inform the user where the error has occurred.
    • Deltek Vision should provide a simple method to print summaries like have its own built-in pdf export program instead of relying on a 3rd party program like Adobe.
    Incentivized
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    Intuit
    • QuickBooks Desktop Pro has been around for a few years and after an update[,] they force you to look at the changes/updates before you can use [them] after updating.
    • QuickBooks Desktop Pro does not have 2FA.
    • QuickBooks Desktop Pro should offer a way to store backups to a personal cloud without having to map a local network drive.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
    Because we are looking to upgrade to the next software level of Deltek.
    Incentivized
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    Intuit
    I'd love to keep using it, and do intend to - though we've not been pleased with price increases over the past several years. In fact, we used to subscribe to the payroll service, but QuickBooks priced themselves out of reach for us, so we discontinued that. Currently, pricing would be the primary reason for NOT renewing, if we didn't.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    It's on the verge of being awesome. Right now it's a matter of money -- if you have the money to hire consultants round the clock, yeah this is awesome.
    Incentivized
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    Intuit
    The set up was quite easy. I took some online training causes, and figured our the rest pretty quickly. The only issue I had during the implementation process was it was very hard to change some of the GL Account name to reflect the needs of a non-profit organization, such as Net Assets. At the end I had to scratch what I did, and used the existing formats that the third-party bookkeeping firm shared. Everything else is simple and easy to manage and implement.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Intuit
    I haven't experienced a time when QuickBooks Pro was unavailable when I needed it in the entire 20 years of using the software
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    99% of the customer service specialists and technicians that I've encountered are quite awesome!
    Incentivized
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    Intuit
    They are awful. Intuit doesn't spend real money on support. They appear to have typically said, first-level script readers who are sending messages to the senior people for anything even a little bit difficult. Many of them don't speak particularly good English. Considering that they recently doubled (or, if you are paying annually, tripled) their pricing, and touted as one of the benefits that it includes [..] support, it's a real ripoff. However, we have to use the product because it is ubiquitous. I look forward to the day a competitor comes up with something good enough, which has excellent support, that matches all the features QuickBooks Desktop Pro currently has [...] or at least gives us a way to have all the functionality we currently have without excessive sacrifice [...] so that we can switch. I was very satisfied with QuickBooks for many years. This latest [rise] in price, and their sheer gall at touting the benefit of the 100 to 200% increase as being [the] inclusion of support, is what turned me so far against them.
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    In-Person Training
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Intuit
    Best thing I ever did was to attend a two day training seminar on QuickBooks, I learned an immense amount in a short time with hands on training by experts. I strongly recommend such training for anyone using any part of the software. It will pay for itself in the first month.
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    Implementation Rating
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Intuit
    We implemented the software ourselves. The training we received on the software was done by taking a community course teaching us how to use QuickBooks. It allowed me to get started with some basics of how to use the program and have not needed much assistance since completing the course work.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    We have used Deltek Vision and previous versions (names) of the product since the early 1990's. We are engaged in the system and are committed to the continued use of the product. I have long supported the value added to our company and benefits realized by our users.
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    Intuit
    We tried switching from QuickBooks Desktop Pro to QuickBooks Online, but there were a lot of issues and bugs so we ultimately decided to stay with Desktop Pro. Unfortunately, we are losing a lot of Online Banking capabilities on 5/31 as we have an older version of QB, but we plan to stick with Desktop Pro. In terms of invoicing, SaaSOptics beats QuickBooks in almost all aspects as it's all automated and takes seconds to create and send invoices. However, SaaSOptics is not really a full ERP program so it wouldn't serve us as a main bookkeeping software like QB.
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • We went from using a DOS-based accounting system that all the management had to go to Accounting for a weekly printout of status reports, and there wasn't much visibility into the network. Deltek Vision gave our PMs and management information at their fingertips, without having to wait on someone else to get the info.
    • A lot of quality control was handled outside of an electronic system through Microsoft Excel forms. With Deltek Vision's user-defined functions, we were able to bring those functions into a system that could then be reported on, send automatic reminders, and create dashboards. This has been hugely beneficial in not losing sight of action items etc.
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    Intuit
    • Training time is low compared to other accounting packages
    • It was difficult to adapt to DCAA requirements, [which] required [the] hiring of [a] special consultant for that
    • QuickBooks Desktop Pro is a standard for small companies and makes it easy to hire bookkeepers
    Incentivized
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