Aptean Intuitive ERP vs. Aptean Made2Manage ERP

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Aptean Intuitive ERP
Score 6.9 out of 10
N/A
Aptean Intuitive ERP is an enterprise resource planning solution. It is built specifically for manufacturers who build products in regulated industries, such as aviation, electronics, and medical devices. It includes features such as product configuration, component serial number traceability, and engineering change management.N/A
Aptean Made2Manage ERP
Score 4.8 out of 10
N/A
Aptean Made2Manage ERP is an enterprise resource planning software solution. It is built specifically for small and mid-sized manufacturers. It includes dynamic, to-order environments such as make-to-order, engineer-to-order, assemble-to-order, and mixed mode operations.N/A
Pricing
Aptean Intuitive ERPAptean Made2Manage ERP
Editions & Modules
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Pricing Offerings
Aptean Intuitive ERPAptean Made2Manage ERP
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Aptean Intuitive ERPAptean Made2Manage ERP
Top Pros
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Features
Aptean Intuitive ERPAptean Made2Manage ERP
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Aptean Intuitive ERP
8.0
1 Ratings
10% above category average
Aptean Made2Manage ERP
1.0
2 Ratings
152% below category average
API for custom integration8.01 Ratings1.02 Ratings
Plug-ins00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Aptean Intuitive ERP
8.0
2 Ratings
2% below category average
Aptean Made2Manage ERP
3.5
4 Ratings
80% below category average
Single sign-on capability8.02 Ratings5.03 Ratings
Role-based user permissions8.02 Ratings2.04 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Aptean Intuitive ERP
6.0
2 Ratings
15% below category average
Aptean Made2Manage ERP
2.7
4 Ratings
88% below category average
Dashboards4.01 Ratings2.04 Ratings
Standard reports7.02 Ratings3.04 Ratings
Custom reports7.02 Ratings3.04 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
Aptean Intuitive ERP
4.9
2 Ratings
43% below category average
Aptean Made2Manage ERP
4.9
5 Ratings
43% below category average
Accounts payable6.02 Ratings6.05 Ratings
Accounts receivable6.02 Ratings5.05 Ratings
Global Financial Support5.01 Ratings5.02 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers6.01 Ratings5.03 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations6.01 Ratings5.03 Ratings
Configurable Accounting7.01 Ratings3.03 Ratings
Standardized Processes6.01 Ratings6.03 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
Aptean Intuitive ERP
6.7
2 Ratings
16% below category average
Aptean Made2Manage ERP
1.8
4 Ratings
125% below category average
Inventory tracking7.02 Ratings1.04 Ratings
Automatic reordering6.01 Ratings2.01 Ratings
Location management7.01 Ratings2.03 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
Aptean Intuitive ERP
6.0
2 Ratings
26% below category average
Aptean Made2Manage ERP
2.9
5 Ratings
91% below category average
Pricing6.02 Ratings4.05 Ratings
Order entry6.02 Ratings4.04 Ratings
Credit card processing7.01 Ratings2.02 Ratings
Cost of goods sold7.02 Ratings4.04 Ratings
Order Orchestration6.01 Ratings2.01 Ratings
Subledger and Financial Process
Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Product A and Product B
Aptean Intuitive ERP
6.0
1 Ratings
21% below category average
Aptean Made2Manage ERP
5.3
3 Ratings
33% below category average
Billing Management7.01 Ratings6.03 Ratings
Cash and Asset Management7.01 Ratings5.03 Ratings
Period Close6.01 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Travel & Expense Management00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
Project Financial Management
Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Product A and Product B
Aptean Intuitive ERP
4.4
1 Ratings
53% below category average
Aptean Made2Manage ERP
3.3
2 Ratings
79% below category average
Budgeting and Forecasting6.01 Ratings3.02 Ratings
Project Costing5.01 Ratings3.02 Ratings
Cost Capture5.01 Ratings3.02 Ratings
Capital Project Management3.01 Ratings3.02 Ratings
Customer Contract Compliance00 Ratings4.01 Ratings
Project Revenue Recognition00 Ratings3.02 Ratings
Procurement
Comparison of Procurement features of Product A and Product B
Aptean Intuitive ERP
5.8
1 Ratings
18% below category average
Aptean Made2Manage ERP
2.9
2 Ratings
82% below category average
Bids Analyzed and Compared6.01 Ratings4.02 Ratings
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated7.01 Ratings5.02 Ratings
Supplier Management5.01 Ratings1.01 Ratings
Manufacturing
Comparison of Manufacturing features of Product A and Product B
Aptean Intuitive ERP
6.6
1 Ratings
13% below category average
Aptean Made2Manage ERP
2.6
2 Ratings
97% below category average
Production Process Design6.01 Ratings2.01 Ratings
Production Management7.01 Ratings4.02 Ratings
Work Execution7.01 Ratings3.02 Ratings
Manufacturing Costs7.01 Ratings4.02 Ratings
Configuration Management00 Ratings2.02 Ratings
Supply Chain
Comparison of Supply Chain features of Product A and Product B
Aptean Intuitive ERP
7.0
1 Ratings
3% below category average
Aptean Made2Manage ERP
2.0
3 Ratings
113% below category average
Forecasting7.01 Ratings1.02 Ratings
Inventory Planning7.01 Ratings2.03 Ratings
Performance Monitoring7.01 Ratings2.02 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Aptean Intuitive ERP
-
Ratings
Aptean Made2Manage ERP
1.0
2 Ratings
151% below category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings1.02 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings1.02 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings1.02 Ratings
Project Execution Management
Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Product A and Product B
Aptean Intuitive ERP
-
Ratings
Aptean Made2Manage ERP
1.8
1 Ratings
117% below category average
Project Planning and Scheduling00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
Grants Management
Comparison of Grants Management features of Product A and Product B
Aptean Intuitive ERP
-
Ratings
Aptean Made2Manage ERP
2.3
1 Ratings
107% below category average
Award Lifecycle Management00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
Risk Management
Comparison of Risk Management features of Product A and Product B
Aptean Intuitive ERP
-
Ratings
Aptean Made2Manage ERP
2.6
1 Ratings
86% below category average
Risk Repository00 Ratings3.01 Ratings
Control Management00 Ratings4.01 Ratings
Control Efficiency Assessments00 Ratings3.01 Ratings
Issue Detection00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
Logistics
Comparison of Logistics features of Product A and Product B
Aptean Intuitive ERP
-
Ratings
Aptean Made2Manage ERP
3.4
2 Ratings
67% below category average
Transportation Planning and Optimization00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Transportation Execution Management00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Fulfillment Management00 Ratings3.02 Ratings
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User Ratings
Aptean Intuitive ERPAptean Made2Manage ERP
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(2 ratings)
3.0
(5 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
3.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
3.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Aptean Intuitive ERPAptean Made2Manage ERP
Likelihood to Recommend
Aptean
If you have a programmer and are willing to let them learn the system and want software to function the way you run your business this may work well. If you do not have a programmer on staff and are willing to change your business to match the software but think in the future you may wish to modify your ERP software this may work out well. If you want something you can modify quickly this is not a good choice. If you do not wish to modify the code nor your business practices an evaluation would be required. It does allow substantial modifications, but there are areas it may not fit with your business so well. It is possible that Intuitive may happen to make the options you require available in the future.
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Aptean
For parts sales, M2M is not a good program. There are too many glitches that happen between the sales order process and the shipping process. At the same time, we have to work with outside vendors to make certain functions work in the program. Or it has to work outside the program and communicate back to the main software. Way too clunky.
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Pros
Aptean
  • Easy to Use
  • Low Maintenance
  • Flexible and modifiable
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Aptean
  • Made2Manage has been consistent since I began supporting it in terms of data input and the user interface.
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Cons
Aptean
  • Documentation. The design of en extensible system works well once you figure it out. Some things can be tricky and time consuming.
  • They provide no support for customizations. I can understand not wanting to help write specific custom code, but they refuse to even tell anyone what a method on a base class does unless you pay them $200 an hour.
  • Their proprietary design can cause modifications to take longer. If you use one of their forms you can not load it, you must call their launch function and put you code in the "Execute" method. If they were more standardized the documentation issue would not be so bad.
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Aptean
  • The management interface for users is not straightforward.
  • Managing permissions for users is difficult outside of copying permissions.
  • It still has lots of issues that can cause significant downtime.
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Likelihood to Renew
Aptean
We have a lot invested in this from user education to customizations. It would be hard to justify the cost for changing.
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Aptean
I am not in the decision making group any more for this product. When I was, I along with many other managers, voted to go with a competitive product software vs re-subscribing to Aptean for this product. We were convinced by certain parties at our work that the new product was head and shoulders above the old product. While they freshened up a few things and there was an increase in some functionality areas, it was still tired.
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Usability
Aptean
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Aptean
This software is not user-friendly nor easy to train on. I train people for various departments and had argued for the company to go with another company. I was not alone. When the time came for us to do an upgrade (necessitated by the advent of Windows 10 compatibility issues), a number of managers at our organization wanted to seek out other vendors due to the difficulty in training people to use the software. Then have to deal with so many of the user issues and lack of functionality created by the need for using an outside software programmer to bring in software that interpreted what M2M was doing and then translate it back into the program so that we had an end-user solution. This software should be robust enough to do it all. It is not. I hate to be so negative about it but anyone that has spent as many years using this software as I have should find something good to say about the platform and I struggle to do that. I had asked for the warranty section that would tie into the return authorization process. I was told it would happen. It didn't. Bad karma.
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Support Rating
Aptean
No answers on this topic
Aptean
I go back to the warranty segment of the program to help track expenses that were generated by returns and zero-dollar sales orders to resolve customer issues. I feel like I was lied to by the company. They said they would have it in there on the new release. They told the purchasing manager it would be on the new release. The purchasing manager assured me it would be on there. They even showed 'warranty loading' on the screen when you signed in. However, there was no additional component of the return material authorization process for warranty adaptation. I even challenged our upload team about it and they had no answer. It does a few functions well but in my personal experience, buy something else.
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Implementation Rating
Aptean
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Aptean
The actual implementation was no worse or better than other software updates. There were days of pain and additional training helped overcome a lot of the learning curve associated with that. However, that training came from our own internal staff vs anyone from Aptean.
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Alternatives Considered
Aptean
We select Aptean 19 years ago, most of the other SMB packages back then no longer exist. While we have discussed whether to consider other ERP systems here an there over the years we have always come back to the fact that our existing ERP system is well established and easy enough to maintain, and is cost effective
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Aptean
They worked in a similar manner. I was not an admin when I used Oracle though.
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Return on Investment
Aptean
  • Runs well without a ton of support
  • One server license required for site, can run several businesses
  • Concurrent licensing keeps costs down for global business
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Aptean
  • I came on board after M2M was implemented so I'm not sure how it has changed from previous software. However, I do know it has the ability to grow with the company.
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