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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IFS Cloud

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AIFS 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

    Simpro

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/ASimpro, headquartered in Brisbane, provides business management software for the trades and services industry. The solution combines field service management with asset tracking and maintenance, project management features with resource scheduling, and invoicing. For enterprises, Simpro helps manage business complexity such as franchises, multiple companies or multiple locations with a tailored Simpro framework that aims to handle complexity while maintaining the simplicity of working with one…N/A
    Pricing
    IFS CloudSimpro
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IFS CloudSimpro
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Simpro uses quote-based pricing tailored to each business and its requirements. A personalized demo and consultation are available. Simpro does not offer a self-service free trial or free version. Pricing varies based on the selected platform capabilities, add-ons, onboarding, training, and professional services.
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    Community Pulse
    IFS CloudSimpro
    Considered Both Products
    IFS
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    Simpro Software
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    86%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    80%
    Delivers good value for the price
    4 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
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    Implementation went as expected
    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    4 Answers
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    IFS CloudSimpro
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of IFS Cloud and Simpro
    Feature
    IFS Cloud
    6.3
    4 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Simpro
    -
    Ratings
    Pay calculation5.74 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration5.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct deposit files5.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of IFS Cloud and Simpro
    Feature
    IFS Cloud
    8.1
    5 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Simpro
    -
    Ratings
    API for custom integration8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Plug-ins8.15 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of IFS Cloud and Simpro
    Feature
    IFS Cloud
    8.5
    5 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Simpro
    -
    Ratings
    Single sign-on capability8.75 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.45 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of IFS Cloud and Simpro
    Feature
    IFS Cloud
    8.2
    5 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Simpro
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards8.45 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports8.15 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports8.15 Ratings00 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of IFS Cloud and Simpro
    Feature
    IFS Cloud
    8.7
    5 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Simpro
    -
    Ratings
    Accounts payable9.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Accounts receivable8.94 Ratings00 Ratings
    Global Financial Support8.65 Ratings00 Ratings
    Primary and Secondary Ledgers9.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations7.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standardized Processes8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of IFS Cloud and Simpro
    Feature
    IFS Cloud
    8.7
    5 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Simpro
    -
    Ratings
    Inventory tracking8.35 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automatic reordering8.35 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location management8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of IFS Cloud and Simpro
    Feature
    IFS Cloud
    8.1
    5 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Simpro
    -
    Ratings
    Pricing8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order entry8.45 Ratings00 Ratings
    Credit card processing5.74 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold7.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order Orchestration7.64 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subledger and Financial Process
    Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of IFS Cloud and Simpro
    Feature
    IFS Cloud
    8.3
    4 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Simpro
    -
    Ratings
    Billing Management6.64 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cash and Asset Management7.64 Ratings00 Ratings
    Travel & Expense Management7.64 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Period Close8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Financial Management
    Comparison of Project Financial Management features of IFS Cloud and Simpro
    Feature
    IFS Cloud
    8.8
    2 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Simpro
    -
    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 IFS Cloud and Simpro
    Feature
    IFS Cloud
    8.9
    5 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Simpro
    -
    Ratings
    Project Planning and Scheduling8.45 Ratings00 Ratings
    Task Insight for Project Managers8.45 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Mobile Functionality8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Definable Resource Pools7.74 Ratings00 Ratings
    Grants Management
    Comparison of Grants Management features of IFS Cloud and Simpro
    Feature
    IFS Cloud
    8.9
    4 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Simpro
    -
    Ratings
    Award Lifecycle Management9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Procurement
    Comparison of Procurement features of IFS Cloud and Simpro
    Feature
    IFS Cloud
    8.9
    5 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Simpro
    -
    Ratings
    Bids Analyzed and Compared8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract Authoring8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract Repository6.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated8.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Supplier Management8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Risk Management
    Comparison of Risk Management features of IFS Cloud and Simpro
    Feature
    IFS Cloud
    8.5
    4 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Simpro
    -
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    Risk Repository8.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Control Management8.44 Ratings00 Ratings
    Control Efficiency Assessments7.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue Detection7.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Remediation and Certification5.84 Ratings00 Ratings
    Logistics
    Comparison of Logistics features of IFS Cloud and Simpro
    Feature
    IFS Cloud
    7.8
    4 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Simpro
    -
    Ratings
    Transportation Planning and Optimization6.64 Ratings00 Ratings
    Transportation Execution Management6.64 Ratings00 Ratings
    Trade and Customs Management6.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Fulfillment Management5.63 Ratings00 Ratings
    Warehouse Workforce Management7.64 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manufacturing
    Comparison of Manufacturing features of IFS Cloud and Simpro
    Feature
    IFS Cloud
    8.8
    4 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Simpro
    -
    Ratings
    Production Process Design8.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Production Management8.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Configuration Management8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Work Execution7.64 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manufacturing Costs8.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Supply Chain
    Comparison of Supply Chain features of IFS Cloud and Simpro
    Feature
    IFS Cloud
    7.6
    4 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Simpro
    -
    Ratings
    Forecasting7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inventory Planning7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance Monitoring7.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product Lifecycle Management
    Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of IFS Cloud and Simpro
    Feature
    IFS Cloud
    8.9
    4 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Simpro
    -
    Ratings
    Proposal Management7.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product Master Data Management8.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    IFS CloudSimpro
    Small Businesses
    Zoho One
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Kickserv
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Zoho One
    Score9.2 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Enterprises
    Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued)
    Score4.8 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
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    User Ratings
    IFS CloudSimpro
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (5 ratings)
    8.0
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IFS CloudSimpro
    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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    Simpro Software
    Simpro is well suited for job and team management, tracking inventory and the workflow is very logical. The mobile app for our field technicians works very well to clock on and off and then being in a position to report to a customer based on factual information has made invoicing a breeze! Reporting can be a bit frustrating especially on materials used on different cost centre numbers as you can only specify a job number, but not a cost centre number.
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    Pros
    IFS
    • Store data from different domains
    • Integrates efficiently with other systems
    • Easy to migrate data from different systems. Provides good API Documentation.
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    Simpro Software
    • Billing: straight from a closed, complete job. Carries overall equipment, hours, takes one click to bill.
    • simPRO retains notes on all emails; notes can be entered by anyone to track communication with clients.
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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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    Simpro Software
    • Ability to create leave forms for the employees (to my best knowledge, this doesn't exist).
    • Ability to color code jobs, quotes by criticality.
    • Assign status to equipment (e.g. "ordered"; "arrived").
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    Usability
    IFS
    The overall functionality, the feature set that the IFS Cloud offeres is really good (even though it has some flaws / cons), which reduces the time / administrative effort in managing multiple systems to achieve the same goal / to store the required data.
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    Simpro Software
    As mentioned before, materials reporting could use some work as one cannot report by cost centre number, only by job number. It makes it difficult with large jobs with multiple cost centre numbers to easily extract information for reporting. Other than that the system is user friendly and easy to understand.
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    Support Rating
    IFS
    The overall support is perfect and efficient.
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    Simpro Software
    It is a great option for solar project management. It needs some improvements for real-time one-page reports, inventory management, scheduling and custom views. I believe these will come because they listen to their customers. I would also like to see some better training and not be expected to pay out of pocket for it.
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    Alternatives Considered
    IFS
    IFS Cloud is an upgrade of IFS Applications. IFS Applications solution is under extended support and would eventually be replaced by cloud solution in coming years.
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    Simpro Software
    monday.com was easier to set up and you can create boards with loads of subtasks which helps manage a project. Also, the ability to integrate with google was much better as we could link it to the calendar and also store documents that the engineers could see easier onsite. Overall we could make monday.com work better for our business based on how we are set up but simPRO will be great for other businesses with more specific needs.
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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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    Simpro Software
    • Increased team collaboration.
    • Increased inventory awareness.
    • Decreased down time between jobs.
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