Likelihood to Recommend If you are a big company and have an active accountant then this system can be for you, it has many options but you need dedication. But the price starts from €39 and then you are not there...Most of the time you need other options to make it complete. Like ERP functions + €199~ want to book hours? +€129. And this is all per month... It goes up so fast that it's not interesting for small companies. When there are better options on the market that are even free...
Read full review I struggle to identify a scenario where VISUAL is an appropriate solution. We used VISUAL because it was a legacy system and the cost/complexity of changeover seemed daunting. The user interface is poor as is the interconnectedness of the various screens and menus. This might be an acceptable piece of software for a continuous manufacturing environment with little variation of basic design, but we have had to write multiple add-on macros in order to get VISUAL to work effectively for us.
Read full review Pros Complete pack with many options, use it as CRM, ERP or simply for your bookings. Many connections with external programs, webshops, etc. Automatic backups. Read full review Infor Visual has a standard way of addressing business operations: sales orders, invoicing, reporting. It is easy to train operators used to using a manual or other ERP system. Material control is easy for production runs, R&D material lists and repairs. The process of receiving, issuing and returning material to inventory is facilitated by standard interfaces that are easily learned by material control operators. Engineering changes to bills of material are facilitated by the "engineering Master" flexible editing capability. The version control for the BOM's can be as detailed or vague as the process designed dictates. One item of a BOM or the entire BOM can be changed quickly and approved for production that day. Read full review Cons Support... It's bad, and when you want to stop or step back it's near impossible. Price, they tend to increase it without warning, and with all the extras it goes up fast. If you wanna spend all your time in accounting buy Exact... It can be complex and many handlings needs to be done. Read full review VTA has been extremely unreliable. I would not recommend it. It is not customizable at all. There is no logical way to handle shift differentials which is a huge issue with a company that runs 24/7. If you do not have a schedule set up, they cannot clock in. This poses a problem for anyone that gets called in on a shift they don't normally work on. Read full review Likelihood to Renew Good Technical and Customer Support during and after implementation tasks. Good Project Plan and Management support for implementation and post implementation. Financial functionality could be more comprehensive particularly with Budgeting and Cash Management. Inventory Management capability was adequate but could be more comprehensive as well. "Out of the Box" functionality was adequate but requested add-ons and enhancements seemed to be a bit pricey.
Read full review Usability Because of use cases and easy implementation and the vertical and horizontal scaling.
Read full review Support Rating As we have seen the live environment and the use cases where we implement.
Read full review Implementation Rating Could have used more hands-on approach. There are multiple webinars and information sessions but until you actually use the system, these are not very helpful.
Read full review Alternatives Considered I would not select Exact Online, but I can direct you to better options. Due to the high price, getting behind the competition and support I would suggest options like
Zoho Books for you bookings, or
CyberStockroom as ERP. And here in the Netherlands e-boekhouden.nl is a real nice, cheap, and fast working booking platform for the smaller companies.
Read full review We unfortunately did not evaluate any other ERP software. VISUAL was a legacy system and we determined that changing systems would be too difficult, and not cost effective. We reached out to our local VISUAL rep who knew how the software functioned, but not how to apply it more appropriately to our business model, so we continued on with what we had rather than looking elsewhere.
Read full review Return on Investment Negative: High costs and implement time turned 1 client in to the negative, and after 2 years of use wants to stop. Positive: Once an ERP connection is running you can automate a lot in the process. Read full review I cannot comment on business impact. Read full review ScreenShots