IFS Cloud vs. IFS Field Service Management

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IFS Cloud
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
IFS is a low-code / no-code approach to IFS solution suite, supporting various industries including aerospace & defense, construction, energy & utilities, and manufacturing with ERP, EAM and field service management functionality. IFS Cloud can be run as a service from IFS, or in a location of choice including on-premise as a containerized application.N/A
IFS Field Service Management
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
IFS Field Service Management (formerly Metrix) is the field service management application from Industrial and Financial Systems (IFS). It is built around features such as a contact center, dynamic scheduling, and service contract management.N/A
Pricing
IFS CloudIFS Field Service Management
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IFS CloudIFS Field Service Management
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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IFS CloudIFS Field Service Management
Features
IFS CloudIFS Field Service Management
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
7.9
2 Ratings
7% above category average
IFS Field Service Management
-
Ratings
Pay calculation8.42 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration7.92 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct deposit files7.92 Ratings00 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
9.3
2 Ratings
21% above category average
IFS Field Service Management
-
Ratings
API for custom integration9.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Plug-ins9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
9.3
2 Ratings
11% above category average
IFS Field Service Management
-
Ratings
Single sign-on capability9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-based user permissions9.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
9.7
2 Ratings
27% above category average
IFS Field Service Management
-
Ratings
Dashboards9.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Standard reports9.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom reports10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
9.0
2 Ratings
16% above category average
IFS Field Service Management
-
Ratings
Accounts payable9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Accounts receivable9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Global Financial Support9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Configurable Accounting8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Standardized Processes9.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
9.9
2 Ratings
22% above category average
IFS Field Service Management
-
Ratings
Inventory tracking9.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Automatic reordering10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Location management10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
9.3
2 Ratings
16% above category average
IFS Field Service Management
-
Ratings
Pricing9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Order entry10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Credit card processing8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Cost of goods sold9.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Order Orchestration8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Subledger and Financial Process
Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
8.9
2 Ratings
18% above category average
IFS Field Service Management
-
Ratings
Billing Management8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Cash and Asset Management9.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Travel & Expense Management9.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Period Close9.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Financial Management
Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
8.8
2 Ratings
15% above category average
IFS Field Service Management
-
Ratings
Budgeting and Forecasting9.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Costing9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Cost Capture8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Capital Project Management9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer Contract Compliance9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Revenue Recognition9.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Execution Management
Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
9.3
2 Ratings
29% above category average
IFS Field Service Management
-
Ratings
Project Planning and Scheduling9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Task Insight for Project Managers9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Mobile Functionality10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Definable Resource Pools10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Grants Management
Comparison of Grants Management features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
8.8
2 Ratings
18% above category average
IFS Field Service Management
-
Ratings
Award Lifecycle Management9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Procurement
Comparison of Procurement features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
9.4
2 Ratings
29% above category average
IFS Field Service Management
-
Ratings
Bids Analyzed and Compared8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract Authoring9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract Repository10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated9.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Supplier Management9.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Risk Management
Comparison of Risk Management features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
10.0
1 Ratings
40% above category average
IFS Field Service Management
-
Ratings
Risk Repository10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Control Management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Control Efficiency Assessments10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Issue Detection10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Remediation and Certification10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Logistics
Comparison of Logistics features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
8.9
2 Ratings
26% above category average
IFS Field Service Management
-
Ratings
Transportation Planning and Optimization9.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Transportation Execution Management8.42 Ratings00 Ratings
Trade and Customs Management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Fulfillment Management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Warehouse Workforce Management9.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Manufacturing
Comparison of Manufacturing features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
9.7
2 Ratings
27% above category average
IFS Field Service Management
-
Ratings
Production Process Design9.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Production Management9.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Configuration Management10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Work Execution9.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Manufacturing Costs10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Supply Chain
Comparison of Supply Chain features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
9.4
2 Ratings
26% above category average
IFS Field Service Management
-
Ratings
Forecasting9.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Inventory Planning10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Monitoring9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Product Lifecycle Management
Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
9.6
1 Ratings
28% above category average
IFS Field Service Management
-
Ratings
Proposal Management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Product Master Data Management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
IFS CloudIFS Field Service Management
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(2 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
9.5
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.5
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
IFS CloudIFS Field Service Management
Likelihood to Recommend
IFS
The IFS Cloud has well suited to keeping track from beginning to end and engages from the internal team to the external team very well. It takes everything with them and helps them to grow at a wide pace. It creates a systematic workflow process which helps in achieving the goal more fast and friendly environment
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IFS
IFS Field Service Management is well suited for ad-hoc reporting and querying of your dataset(s). It also is great for inventory management, processing orders, and handling EDI transaction sets to third party partners and suppliers.
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Pros
IFS
  • Integration with other third-party application is easy and reliable
  • Product documentation is easy to follow for the new users
  • Web-based product
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IFS
  • Order Placement - IFS makes placing orders quite easy. From the simple interface down to selecting inventory, the experience is simple and clean
  • Reporting - Querying database records is straightforward and easy to do. Queries can then be drilled down to individual records or exported to excel for further manipulation and analysis.
  • Customer Creation - Creating new customers and managing and maintaining existing records is a simple and easily repeatable exercise
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Cons
IFS
  • Rich look of user experience of the web-based interface
  • Some areas like HR and Payroll are not fully-suited within the solution
  • Error and issue handling/debugging is difficult
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IFS
  • Field Customization - Adding fields or inputs to particular entities is not very easy. In a world of point and click development, IFS is behind the curve
  • Order Automation - for bulk order placement it would be nice to have an easy mechanism to upload orders via an Excel or csv template. We've written some custom programs to perform this, but a more user friendly, "out of box" solution would be welcomed.
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Usability
IFS
I will give a full rating to this software as it has helped me in achieving the Goal faster than expected and has created a systematic work flow that helps us to increase our work productivity and have track of each and every section. It has one product that changes your organization's environment better to perfect.
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IFS
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Support Rating
IFS
The overall support is perfect and efficient.
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IFS
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Alternatives Considered
IFS
User documentation of IFS Cloud is very well organized, and easy to follow. So, the time taken for the key business users to be trained is comparatively less. The integration with other well-suited third-party applications for HR and Payroll has been standardized and easy to setup, because of the REST APIs.
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IFS
I was not part of the software selection process and cannot provide insight into any of the alternatives in this arena at this time.
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Return on Investment
IFS
  • Reduced the time taken for the users to prepare and generate reports since most are automatic with IFS Cloud
  • Increased the reliability and visibility of the inventory of the products from procurement of raw materials through the manufacturing of final product to delivering to customer's place
  • Took a considerable time configuring the roles and access of the users while implementation
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IFS
  • Positive - streamlined order processing has allowed our business to scale without requiring additional bodies for that specific need.
  • Positive - Reporting has allowed valuable insight into historic business trends which has allowed us to be proactive instead of reactive in many areas.
  • Negative - Customizations have proved costly and cumbersome when upgrading to the next version of the software.
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