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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    EPAY Systems

    Score9 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    EPAY Systems, a PrismHR Company, is a SaaS provider of human capital management technology and services designed to help medium to large businesses better manage their workforce. Their solutions include recruiting and applicant tracking, new hire onboarding, benefits administration, HR management, time tracking, workforce management, payroll processing, tax management, performance management, ACA reporting, and COBRA administration.N/A

    AccountEdge

    Score8 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    AccountEdge is a small business accounting software for Mac and Windows users. AccountEdge allows business owners to organize, process, and report on their financial information. Its features include accounting, integrated payroll, sales and purchases, contact management, inventory, and time billing. It was acquired by Priority Software in January 2018 to expand that company's small business portfolio.

    $20

    per month

    Pricing
    EPAY SystemsAccountEdge
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    AccountEdge Pro
    $20
    per month
    AccountEdge Network Edition
    $30
    per month
    AccountEdge Hosted
    $50
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    EPAY SystemsAccountEdge
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    EPAY SystemsAccountEdge
    Considered Both Products
    EPAY Systems
    No answer on this topic
    Priority Software
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    83%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    80%
    Delivers good value for the price
    4 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    83%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    80%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    4 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    4 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    EPAY SystemsAccountEdge
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of EPAY Systems and AccountEdge
    Feature
    EPAY Systems
    -
    Ratings
    AccountEdge
    6.6
    6 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Pay calculation00 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Direct deposit files00 Ratings5.04 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings6.05 Ratings
    Reimbursement management00 Ratings4.03 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of EPAY Systems and AccountEdge
    Feature
    EPAY Systems
    -
    Ratings
    AccountEdge
    9.0
    7 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of EPAY Systems and AccountEdge
    Feature
    EPAY Systems
    -
    Ratings
    AccountEdge
    9.0
    7 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of EPAY Systems and AccountEdge
    Feature
    EPAY Systems
    -
    Ratings
    AccountEdge
    7.2
    8 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Accounts payable00 Ratings9.08 Ratings
    Accounts receivable00 Ratings9.08 Ratings
    Cash management00 Ratings8.12 Ratings
    Bank reconciliation00 Ratings6.08 Ratings
    Expense management00 Ratings6.06 Ratings
    Time tracking00 Ratings6.04 Ratings
    Multi-currency support00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Multi-division support00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Regulations compliance00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Electronic tax filing00 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    Self-service portal00 Ratings2.71 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of EPAY Systems and AccountEdge
    Feature
    EPAY Systems
    -
    Ratings
    AccountEdge
    8.0
    6 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Inventory tracking00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Automatic reordering00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Location management00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Manufacturing module00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of EPAY Systems and AccountEdge
    Feature
    EPAY Systems
    -
    Ratings
    AccountEdge
    8.0
    7 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Pricing00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Order entry00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Credit card processing00 Ratings6.05 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold00 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of EPAY Systems and AccountEdge
    Feature
    EPAY Systems
    -
    Ratings
    AccountEdge
    5.0
    3 Ratings
    41% below category average
    Plug-ins00 Ratings5.03 Ratings
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    Harri
    Score6 out of 10
    MYOB
    Score8.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Enterprise eTIME, by ADP (discontinued)
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    Microsoft Dynamics GP
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    User Ratings
    EPAY SystemsAccountEdge
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.4
    (6 ratings)
    6.0
    (18 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.8
    (10 ratings)
    Usability
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    EPAY SystemsAccountEdge
    Likelihood to Recommend
    EPAY Systems
    I am able to track which of my clients have paid their invoices and which have not. The number of days that the EPAY invoice is outstanding is easily accessible. The date the original invoice was sent is displayed. The initial form to complete in order to send the EPAY is so simple a caveman can do it. Just need the client's name, email, and the amount of the invoice. The automated follow-up emails to the clients who have not paid are helpful.
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    Priority Software
    If you are handling a large client list, and are selling services, it is dead easy. If you are managing/selling a physical inventory, it seems like it has great options to do that quite well (disclaimer, I do not use those functions, but I have paid attention as that functionality was built into the software). If you want to link your bank account to a bookkeeping platform, this is not the software for you (at least so far).
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    Pros
    EPAY Systems
    • EPAY team is responsive to our needs. Excellent team who understands our challenges and helps us come up with solutions.
    • System functionality is configurable so that we minimize custom programming.
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    Priority Software
    • AccountEdge has a robust report menu that allows a user to slice and dice data for analysis. Report on projects for the life of the project across fiscal years. Report on different departments with segregated income statements.
    • For users who want to run payroll in house that is easily done through the payroll module. Print physical checks or direct deposit to employee's account, process payroll taxes and file year end W2s.
    • My personal favorites are time billing and retainers. As a service based business I can at my fingertips review how much money a client has on deposit with me and how much of that will be billed out at the end of the month. The integration with AccountEdge Mobile rounds it all out with being able to log my time on-site.
    • Last but not least AccountEdge Mobile in general, as the companion app for the desktop software is invaluable. My heaviest use is the spend money feature. Excellent for logging travel receipts & cash expenses while they are fresh on the brain. Really cuts back the data entry at the end of a trip and trying to recall what something may have been for.
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    Cons
    EPAY Systems
    • All-time punches are rounded to 15-minute intervals which can skew accurate break times.
    • Slow lading or occasional lags due to server overload.
    • Sync errors cause occasional overlapping punches.
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    Priority Software
    • My biggest frustration, and one that I've mentioned to Acclivity for many years, is that it only permits opening nine windows at a time (plus the home window). I hit that limit almost daily, and then I have to decide what do I close so I can complete the transaction that needed the "9th" window.
    • The Accounts section includes two quick reports, "Analyze Profit and Loss" and "Analyze Balance Sheet. These can be filtered for the current month or any prior month in the current fiscal year. And that's fine most of the year, but at the beginning of the next year, when I haven't yet started the new fiscal year, these only go to December of the prior year. The regular reports for these can select "next year;" why can't these?
    • It would be helpful if the journal entry number would have one or two additional digits available. For example, when I am entering journal entries for a client, I would like to use a number such as CPA2014001, CPA2014002, etc. to distinguish what I enter from the "automatic" entries that AccountEdge does. But that's one more digit than AccountEdge allows, so if I had over 100 adjustments, I would run out of entry numbers.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    EPAY Systems
    No answers on this topic
    Priority Software
    Without a doubt, when you need to do accounting use the program that will get the job done in the least amount of time with the least amount of errors. Once you are using a program that works you stay with it year after year and you will find yourself even excited about the updates
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    EPAY Systems
    Because I can't give it a Zero, I believe EPAY Systems is the most senseless system I have ever used. I worked on systems over 25 years ago that were better. In my opinion, there is no logic to the programming; the system is unbelievably SLOW, and there and hundreds of problems every week. And major ones that they will not or can not correct. For example, we can not file or access employee records in the system as it can take longer than 10 minutes to view or load one document for one employee - IF the system allows you to get that far, which it usually doesn't.
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    Priority Software
    The intuitive interface does all the tasks we need our accounting software to do. Some tasks are slower to process than I would like but overall very usable. Customizable forms let us choose to either go with the easy ready-made out-of-the-box options or retool them to better fit our specific needs.
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    Reliability and Availability
    EPAY Systems
    No answers on this topic
    Priority Software
    One of the finer advantages of desktop software, it's always available. AccountEdge doesn't suffer from outages or sluggish internet like web based applications do. It's always there when you power on your device!
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    Support Rating
    EPAY Systems
    I feel the support is terrible. We have an outsourced support purpose who doesn't understand the EPAY Systems or our company, [removed], will only answer the first thing mentioned even if there is an entire list. Then the answer does not solve the 1st problem on the list or any other and has no idea how to help us. We have requested a replacement and were told we would get one, then told later we would not. I believe while the support person is nice, I believe they were not trained or supported on their end, and effectiveness is probably 1% or less, takes forever, and is only on the minor issues.
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    Priority Software
    On the few occasions we have needed tech support over the years, they were responsive and worked to get to the root of the issues. However, even though Checkout POS is a separate application, it was pitched to us as a natural extension of the functionality of our AE software that would integrate seamlessly. The company's support for Checkout has been minimal at best, and now totally abandoned. That colors our view of Priority's support unfortunately. And to be honest, that's why it's a 9 instead of a 10. So to be fair, AccountEdge's support itself has been very good over the years.
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    Implementation Rating
    EPAY Systems
    No answers on this topic
    Priority Software
    unfortunately no.
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    Alternatives Considered
    EPAY Systems
    Our main reason for switching to Blueforce is
    that we found the platform to be pretty promising and interactive than other
    alternatives. With other alternatives, there was one issue or another which just
    used to not give us a very smooth and subtle experience. Thankfully, this tool
    has solved all our problems and has been a godsend gift that does its job
    quietly and lets the final results make the noise.
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    Priority Software
    For Mac enthusiasts, AccountEdge is the complete installed software solution for small to medium-sized businesses, as it has so many capabilities that QuickBooks for Mac lacks. However, it holds your hand less than QuickBooks for Mac does, so you ought to know what your are doing in keeping business books properly. If your needs are simple, QuickBooks for Mac may be a better solution. QuickBooks Online and Xero are excellent cloud accounting solutions that can be used on the Mac equally well as on Windows. QuickBooks Online offers a similar set of features as QuickBooks for Mac, with the addition of anywhere, anytime access. Xero is a great basic accounting solution in the cloud that can also be used equally well on Macs and WIndows, and offers endless customization and flexibility through its extensive third-party app integration for almost any need.
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    Return on Investment
    EPAY Systems
    • Decreased the Risk of lawsuits due to paying incorrectly
    • Allows for accurate Payroll process
    • Employees are paid correctly per the law- Employee Happiness
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    Priority Software
    • Increased employee efficiency - Time is no longer spent switching between programs because all of the information can be found in one place.
    • Customer service has also improved because employees find the program much easier to use, even at the point of sale.
    • Better record keeping - AccountEdge has a very simple invoicing application that allows us to keep track of and balance our accounts.
    Incentivized
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