Foundation Software Construction Accounting vs. ZipBooks

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Foundation Software Construction Accounting
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Foundation Software headquartered in Strongsville, Ohio offers their construction accounting and payroll software. The vendor states that their job costing construction accounting software is designed to be easy to use and provides the accounting and management tools needed to run a successful construction business.N/A
ZipBooks
Score 7.8 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
ZipBooks is an accounting software solution for small business owners and accountants. Users can track expenses, manage their team, send recurring invoices and manage projects.
$0
Pricing
Foundation Software Construction AccountingZipBooks
Editions & Modules
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ZipBooks Starter
$0
ZipBooks Smarter
$15
ZipBooks Sophisticated
$35
ZipBooks Accountant
Custom
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Foundation Software Construction AccountingZipBooks
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Foundation Software Construction AccountingZipBooks
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Features
Foundation Software Construction AccountingZipBooks
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Foundation Software Construction Accounting
10.0
1 Ratings
25% above category average
ZipBooks
-
Ratings
Employment history10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Foundation Software Construction Accounting
10.0
1 Ratings
28% above category average
ZipBooks
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Off-cycle/On-Demand payment10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct deposit files10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Foundation Software Construction Accounting
10.0
1 Ratings
20% above category average
ZipBooks
10.0
6 Ratings
27% above category average
Dashboards10.01 Ratings10.06 Ratings
Standard reports10.01 Ratings10.06 Ratings
Custom reports10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Data exportability10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Construction Project & Field Management
Comparison of Construction Project & Field Management features of Product A and Product B
Foundation Software Construction Accounting
10.0
1 Ratings
30% above category average
ZipBooks
-
Ratings
Photo documentation10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Document sharing10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Foundation Software Construction Accounting
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ZipBooks
9.1
2 Ratings
25% above category average
API for custom integration00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
Plug-ins00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Foundation Software Construction Accounting
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Ratings
ZipBooks
9.5
5 Ratings
19% above category average
Single sign-on capability00 Ratings9.74 Ratings
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings9.34 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
Foundation Software Construction Accounting
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Ratings
ZipBooks
8.8
6 Ratings
17% above category average
Accounts receivable00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
Bank reconciliation00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Expense management00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
Time tracking00 Ratings9.06 Ratings
Multi-currency support00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
Foundation Software Construction Accounting
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Ratings
ZipBooks
9.2
6 Ratings
21% above category average
Credit card processing00 Ratings10.06 Ratings
Cost of goods sold00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
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User Ratings
Foundation Software Construction AccountingZipBooks
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(2 ratings)
9.0
(6 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Foundation Software Construction AccountingZipBooks
Likelihood to Recommend
Foundation Software
Does not have employee facing portal where employee can update info. Does not have part to do onboarding, hr, etc. Payroll is wonderful and more efficient. Pulling reports is amazingly easy. Building reports is easy
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ZipBooks
ZipBooks is really strong for small businesses (and non-profits like the ones I help manage). It may not yet be ready to handle medium or large businesses given the deep, niche functionality that is sometimes required in those cases.
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Pros
Foundation Software
  • Time saver.
  • Web-based.
  • Work from anywhere.
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ZipBooks
  • Invoicing is particularly easy-to-use, quick, clean and beautiful. GREAT for branding.
  • The time tracker was unexpected, but very useful and integrates well with the invoicing. Leads to quick invoicing every time.
  • Customer support is phenomenal -- the support staff is friendly and helpful.
  • Although they are a new company, they are definitely on the right track!
  • I recommend this software to clients, colleagues, and friends alike, mostly for it quick and beautiful invoicing.
  • They do what they can to live up to their name! It doesn't take very long to get set up, or very long to create a complete invoice and send it to the right person.
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Cons
Foundation Software
  • Certified payroll reports.
  • Non-customized reports.
  • Security.
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ZipBooks
  • There is some difficulty with a need to learn the use of the menus, they are not open and click, at the moment, the user needs to open the menu then using the pad keys scroll down and use enter to select from the drop-down menu. A mouse does not work.
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Usability
Foundation Software
It was decent to implement. It's been pretty easy at training others. Really easy to connect to their computers
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ZipBooks
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Support Rating
Foundation Software
Support is usually pretty great. Most of the time return calls to tickets logged are fairly quick. Most everyone is knowledgeable and helpful
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ZipBooks
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Foundation Software
Personally,
I did not have a hand in deciding the software, but for our company is has not
led to increased productivity or made things easier. It has been more difficult
for payroll to be inputted correctly and the payroll reports for certified
payroll often come out incorrect and we need to manually figure out how to correct
the issues and get them in correctly
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ZipBooks
I've primarily compared ZipBooks vs. Quickbooks because I've used Quickbooks at larger companies before. ZipBooks was the right fit for a smaller organization because it still had all the core features of Quickbooks but at a dramatically lower price that fits the budget.
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Return on Investment
Foundation Software
  • Double input for payroll.
  • Certified payroll reports lacking.
  • Takes more time.
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ZipBooks
  • ZipBooks is entirely affordable, and with my current $15/mo payments, I get ROI pretty quickly.
  • Invoices are simple and easy to make, while staying beautiful and functional at the same time. This saves me TIME, which means that I don't need to spend 15-20 minutes fiddling with the software to make it do what I want it to do. It just works. And that means, I can spend more time doing client work, and managing projects and sales.
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