Deltek WorkBook vs. EPM Live

My recommendation very much depends on who the colleague is. I would recommend WorkBook if it is an accountant, project manager or someone similar, and if the setup is done within WorkBook and passwords, etc. are being used within WorkBook only. I would tell IT Managers to avoid the application and think twice in terms of access management etc.

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I think EPM Live might be the right solution for a much smaller company, who does mainly business to business material sales. As a software company with a ramped subscription model and heavy use of Salesforce, it was not well suited to our business.

• Workbook handles all processes in a consultancy company
• Workflow options on all thinkable processes
• Support global growth and intercompany management
• Strong planning tool
• Able to manage multiple clients to one project
• Advanced template set-up
• The communication module, so all relevant information is available on the projects
• Flexible planning and project management

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• Fantastic project management features
• Cost and Resource management features more than paid for the software
• Social Collaboration tools improve communication between departments

• The integrations on IT level are not great and should be improved.
• Change of IP's that's used for logins are being changed without reporting it to super users.

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• This is a solid product. I do not have any suggested changes based on our experience. Cannot understand why there are any negative reviews here. The reviewer(s) must not have given the product a fair chance.

The product is just not fitting our needs so we are looking at other alternatives. The system has gone down 3 times in the last 6 months and was down for at least half a day, timesheets have duplicate tasks, and it takes too long to save and submit. When trying to process updates it randomly changes our dates so we have to go back and fix them, sometimes tasks are lost and the system is just very confusing and hard to manipulate

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Gets the job done, just not the sexiest.

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Great implementation support, but haven't had many questions since.

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We get support when needed.

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Timelog, e-conomic project module and podio

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EPM was easier to use, with better and simpler UI. The product was also a great combination of price and functionality compared to other tools

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• WorkBook is one of the cheaper solutions on the market, which, in the long term, gives a great ROI.
• We have spent a lot of time on support which is a negative impact.

Incentivized

• We had to pay EPM for a solution that was, for our business, unusable
• We gained much needed experience in working with third party software vendors