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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Negotiatus

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ANegotiatus is purchasing software from the company of the same name in New York, that aims to transform the way business administrators and users place orders, control spend, and submit payment across their vendors. The platform is built for the entire purchasing process, and is designed to provide a consistent experience from sourcing through payment across every vendor and website.N/A

    SlickPie (discontinued)

    Score9 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    SlickPie was free online accounting software designed for small businesses, offering online invoicing and billing, multicurrency, financial reporting, bank reconciliation, automatic payment reminders, and source document upload. SlickPie provided an automated data entry tool that let people use their phone cameras to convert the information from receipts and bill to digital data. It also enabled users to set up recurring invoices to…

    $0

    per account

    ZipBooks

    Score7 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.

    $15

    per month

    Pricing
    NegotiatusSlickPie (discontinued)ZipBooks
    Editions & Modules
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    Starter
    $0
    per account
    ZipBooks Starter
    $0
    ZipBooks Smarter
    $15
    ZipBooks Sophisticated
    $35
    ZipBooks Accountant
    Custom
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    NegotiatusSlickPie (discontinued)ZipBooks
    Free Trial
    NoYesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    NegotiatusSlickPie (discontinued)ZipBooks
    Considered Multiple Products
    Negotiatus
    No answer on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Chose SlickPie (discontinued)
    It is easier to use and it is free for freelancers or small organizations. It is the best application to start and those who don't want to invest money in handling accounting and printings things. it supports mobile platforms like android and iPhone, clouds and saas so it helps …
    Incentivized
    ZipBooks
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    NegotiatusSlickPie (discontinued)ZipBooks
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Negotiatus and SlickPie (discontinued) and ZipBooks
    Feature
    Negotiatus
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    Ratings
    SlickPie (discontinued)
    9.0
    2 Ratings
    17% above category average
    ZipBooks
    9.1
    2 Ratings
    18% above category average
    API for custom integration00 Ratings8.02 Ratings9.12 Ratings
    Plug-ins00 Ratings10.01 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Negotiatus and SlickPie (discontinued) and ZipBooks
    Feature
    Negotiatus
    -
    Ratings
    SlickPie (discontinued)
    8.5
    2 Ratings
    4% above category average
    ZipBooks
    9.5
    5 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings9.02 Ratings9.74 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.01 Ratings9.34 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Negotiatus and SlickPie (discontinued) and ZipBooks
    Feature
    Negotiatus
    -
    Ratings
    SlickPie (discontinued)
    8.5
    2 Ratings
    8% above category average
    ZipBooks
    10.0
    6 Ratings
    24% above category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings9.01 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings8.02 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Negotiatus and SlickPie (discontinued) and ZipBooks
    Feature
    Negotiatus
    -
    Ratings
    SlickPie (discontinued)
    8.5
    2 Ratings
    11% above category average
    ZipBooks
    8.8
    6 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Accounts payable00 Ratings7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Accounts receivable00 Ratings8.02 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Cash management00 Ratings9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bank reconciliation00 Ratings9.02 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Expense management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Multi-currency support00 Ratings9.01 Ratings9.12 Ratings
    Multi-division support00 Ratings8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Electronic tax filing00 Ratings9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Time tracking00 Ratings00 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of Negotiatus and SlickPie (discontinued) and ZipBooks
    Feature
    Negotiatus
    -
    Ratings
    SlickPie (discontinued)
    8.3
    2 Ratings
    12% above category average
    ZipBooks
    9.2
    6 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Pricing00 Ratings8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order entry00 Ratings8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Credit card processing00 Ratings9.02 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold00 Ratings00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
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    Score4.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Expensify
    Score9 out of 10
    MYOB
    Score8.3 out of 10
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    Score8.3 out of 10
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    Score8.3 out of 10
    Microsoft Dynamics GP
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    Score5.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    NegotiatusSlickPie (discontinued)ZipBooks
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    NegotiatusSlickPie (discontinued)ZipBooks
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Negotiatus
    Negotiatus is well suited for multi-location--many locations doing the same thing, such as a franchise model. However, if you really want to have tight control on costing, the reporting is not robust enough that, with scale, it would make more sense to bring this in house and create your own vendor relationships
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    In my opinion, SlickPie is best suited for small business owners and freelancers, especially service-based ones. If that's your case, then it's a no-brainer. However, if you are a bigger enterprise or if you are not a service-based business, then it might not be the best choice for you. Still, the software is free to use, so you might just give it a try anyway.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Negotiatus
    • Consolidated invoicing--Negotiatus consolidates all invoices into one monthly invoice for us to pay by the 15th of the subsequent month.
    • General ledger mapping--products on the platform can be mapped to one or more entities or cost centers through a monthly consolidated file, which has great value when it comes to process efficiency.
    • Ease of use--the platform is fairly easy for both users and administrators. With many locations that are geographically dispersed, it allows us to manage purchasing without an excess training need.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • It is free for freelancers or small business
    • Easy to use its dashboard
    • It save too much time for handeling Account related things.
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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
    Negotiatus
    • Communicating Savings: Negotiatus sells itself on its vendor network--the ability to search for the best possible price according to what is available. However, it is challenging to tell what that savings would have been (e.g., WB Mason vs. Amazon).
    • Speed of Resolution: it sometimes takes a few months to come to a resolution when it comes to analysis/reporting. As they do not have great reporting around savings, we often ask for them to provide some periodic analysis. The account manager will put in the request, but it may not get completed or be up to the appropriate standard due to lack of understanding of the requirements.
    • Cancelled Orders: at some points early on (2+ years ago), many of the orders were cancelled and we were left scrambling to replace them. That has gotten much better.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Some more invoice templates would be nice.
    • Some more charts would be good too.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Negotiatus
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    It saved me and me lots of time. it is free for smaller organizations or freelancers. it has Android, iPhone and iPad support. It has many features for Account management related tools and features. we can upload documents, print as per requirements. it has other features like Billing & invoicing, contact database, cash Management which can help in many ways.
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    ZipBooks
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    Support Rating
    Negotiatus
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    It is a time saver for Account related things and it has a Billing & invoicing feature which helps us to generate bills and prints directly or share online. It has a very well designed dashboard where we can do our daily work. and it is free for freelancers and small companies so need to worry about money
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    ZipBooks
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    Alternatives Considered
    Negotiatus
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    Discontinued Products
    Before shifting to SlickPie I was using QBO, so I guess I'll list it as a competitor. However, since SlickPie offers me 80-90% of QBO's features for free I can't really say QBO is a relevant contender.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Negotiatus
    • Positive efficiencies (major positive)
    • Negative monthly costs per location
    • Positive control
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • It saves me around $500 in accounting software subscription per year.
    • It saves me around 4-5 hours a week in manual data entry (thanks to MagicBot).
    • It reduced the average time customers take to pay for my invoices.
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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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    ScreenShots

    SlickPie (discontinued) Screenshots

    Screenshot of DashboardScreenshot of Bank ReconciliationScreenshot of Add New InvoiceScreenshot of Bank AccountsScreenshot of InventoryScreenshot of Balance Sheet

    ZipBooks Screenshots

    Screenshot of ZipBooks DashboardScreenshot of ZipBooks TransactionsScreenshot of ZipBooks InvoicingScreenshot of ZipBooks Accountant Messaging