Canopy Practice Management vs. SafeSend Returns

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Canopy Practice Management
Score 7.8 out of 10
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Canopy Practice Management is designed to help accounting firms keep all parties on the same page. It includes essential tools for enabling communication between clients and your team.N/A
SafeSend Returns
Score 0.0 out of 10
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SafeSend Returns helps accounting firms digitally assemble, securely deliver, and capture e-signatures from clients for completed tax return packages. SafeSend Returns eliminates the manual, labor-intensive elements many tax departments experience producing client-ready tax returns prepared in CCH Axcess™ Tax and ProSystem fx® Tax, Thomson Reuters UltraTax CS® and GoSystem® Tax RS, and Intuit Lacerte®. Additionally, SafeSend Returns offers electronic distribution of K-1s to…N/A
Pricing
Canopy Practice ManagementSafeSend Returns
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Pricing Offerings
Canopy Practice ManagementSafeSend Returns
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$15 per delivered tax return
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User Ratings
Canopy Practice ManagementSafeSend Returns
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(13 ratings)
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Support Rating
1.0
(1 ratings)
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User Testimonials
Canopy Practice ManagementSafeSend Returns
Likelihood to Recommend
Canopy, Inc.
If you want to have an all in one solution for managing you clients (from sales lead to loyal client) this is the answer. We rarely have to use other systems to take a client from a lead to completing their taxes or representation case. It's also given us the freedom to switch our business model to focus on value added pricing and shift to be an advisory focused firm. If you want to pump out hundreds of returns and don't care about managing your clients on a long term basis because you're a quantity over quality shop, you may not find value in the software.
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SafeSend
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Pros
Canopy, Inc.
  • As TheCPATaxProblemSolver, Canopy is a great timesaver in helping me complete IRS Offer In Compromises. An Offer in Compromise (OIC) is an IRS program that allows taxpayers to settle their liabilities for less than the full amount owed.
  • I use analytics contained in the state-of-the-art Canopy tax resolution software to calculate smart recommendations based on each unique case to arrive at the best solution and prepare successful cases.
  • Canopy tax has an all in one practice management software. It features Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Document Management, Workflow Management, as well as Billing and Invoicing
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Cons
Canopy, Inc.
  • Connectivity with Outlook for email tracking - the connection is sometimes lost and there is no notification. You just look for your email trail and there is nothing.
  • Electronic signatures for multiple contacts on one document with some fields being optional would be a great help.
  • Being able to see contact transcripts in the client record view versus just the transcript screen would be more efficient.
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Support Rating
Canopy, Inc.
We had to contact the company many times because of the problems we were encountering. They were not helpful in any way
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Alternatives Considered
Canopy, Inc.
Canopy works efficiently for all the companies, more so the CPA firms and other programs have no such advancement. The existence of an individualized client portal from Canopy is a remarkable step. Canopy records the due dates for a project and checks them when they are near or notifies the user.
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Return on Investment
Canopy, Inc.
  • We have eliminated our admin position as our tasks are more streamlined.
  • We can support a year-round client demand breaking the season-to-season cash cycle.
  • We're looking to become 100% remote/virtual helping clients all over the country/world within the next 12 months due to this cloud solution.
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SafeSend
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