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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    SAP Business One

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ASAP Business One is an integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution for small and medium-sized businesses, The product encompasses functionality around sales, customer relationships, inventory, operations, financials and human resources.

    $99

    per month

    Viewpoint Spectrum

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AViewpoint Spectrum is a cloud-based construction ERP suite with project management, accounting, resource management, and reporting and analytics. Key features include workflow automation and collaboration tools, document imaging and sharing, cost estimating tools, and RFI management tools.N/A
    Pricing
    SAP Business OneViewpoint Spectrum
    Editions & Modules
    Limited
    $99.00
    per month
    Starter
    $110.00
    per month
    Pro
    $132.00
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SAP Business OneViewpoint Spectrum
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsProspective buyers may contact vendor directly for a price quote.
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    Community Pulse
    SAP Business OneViewpoint Spectrum
    Considered Both Products
    SAP
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    92%
    Would buy again
    11 Answers
    77%
    Would buy again
    24 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
    10 Answers
    75%
    Delivers good value for the price
    18 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    12 Answers
    81%
    Happy with the feature set
    25 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    90%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    9 Answers
    64%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    9 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    8 Answers
    50%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
    Features
    SAP Business OneViewpoint Spectrum
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of SAP Business One and Viewpoint Spectrum
    Feature
    SAP Business One
    9.9
    12 Ratings
    27% above category average
    Viewpoint Spectrum
    5.0
    22 Ratings
    40% below category average
    Pay calculation10.011 Ratings7.722 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration10.09 Ratings7.016 Ratings
    Direct deposit files9.510 Ratings8.219 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of SAP Business One and Viewpoint Spectrum
    Feature
    SAP Business One
    9.9
    40 Ratings
    27% above category average
    Viewpoint Spectrum
    5.3
    9 Ratings
    35% below category average
    API for custom integration9.738 Ratings5.39 Ratings
    Plug-ins10.037 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of SAP Business One and Viewpoint Spectrum
    Feature
    SAP Business One
    9.9
    44 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Viewpoint Spectrum
    8.3
    27 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Single sign-on capability9.736 Ratings9.622 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions10.043 Ratings7.027 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of SAP Business One and Viewpoint Spectrum
    Feature
    SAP Business One
    9.0
    45 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Viewpoint Spectrum
    3.6
    30 Ratings
    71% below category average
    Dashboards8.940 Ratings7.829 Ratings
    Standard reports9.345 Ratings3.330 Ratings
    Custom reports8.941 Ratings2.428 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of SAP Business One and Viewpoint Spectrum
    Feature
    SAP Business One
    5.9
    46 Ratings
    27% below category average
    Viewpoint Spectrum
    8.9
    28 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Accounts payable9.746 Ratings8.027 Ratings
    Accounts receivable10.045 Ratings8.025 Ratings
    Global Financial Support9.928 Ratings9.38 Ratings
    Primary and Secondary Ledgers8.831 Ratings9.419 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations9.638 Ratings8.722 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting9.436 Ratings9.219 Ratings
    Standardized Processes9.641 Ratings9.423 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of SAP Business One and Viewpoint Spectrum
    Feature
    SAP Business One
    9.4
    45 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Viewpoint Spectrum
    6.2
    17 Ratings
    25% below category average
    Inventory tracking9.745 Ratings5.117 Ratings
    Automatic reordering9.931 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Location management10.041 Ratings7.56 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of SAP Business One and Viewpoint Spectrum
    Feature
    SAP Business One
    8.1
    43 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Viewpoint Spectrum
    7.8
    15 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Pricing9.941 Ratings7.212 Ratings
    Order entry9.943 Ratings7.213 Ratings
    Credit card processing9.724 Ratings8.84 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold9.742 Ratings8.111 Ratings
    Order Orchestration10.033 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subledger and Financial Process
    Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of SAP Business One and Viewpoint Spectrum
    Feature
    SAP Business One
    7.4
    39 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Viewpoint Spectrum
    8.1
    27 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Billing Management9.734 Ratings9.623 Ratings
    Cash and Asset Management10.030 Ratings8.022 Ratings
    Travel & Expense Management9.823 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting9.928 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Period Close9.535 Ratings8.823 Ratings
    Project Financial Management
    Comparison of Project Financial Management features of SAP Business One and Viewpoint Spectrum
    Feature
    SAP Business One
    7.0
    19 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Viewpoint Spectrum
    -
    Ratings
    Budgeting and Forecasting7.017 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Costing7.016 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost Capture7.016 Ratings00 Ratings
    Capital Project Management7.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer Contract Compliance7.014 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Revenue Recognition6.116 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Execution Management
    Comparison of Project Execution Management features of SAP Business One and Viewpoint Spectrum
    Feature
    SAP Business One
    9.1
    17 Ratings
    25% above category average
    Viewpoint Spectrum
    6.7
    7 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Project Planning and Scheduling9.916 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Task Insight for Project Managers9.913 Ratings7.16 Ratings
    Project Mobile Functionality9.612 Ratings7.36 Ratings
    Definable Resource Pools9.810 Ratings7.24 Ratings
    Grants Management
    Comparison of Grants Management features of SAP Business One and Viewpoint Spectrum
    Feature
    SAP Business One
    8.4
    16 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Viewpoint Spectrum
    -
    Ratings
    Award Lifecycle Management10.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Procurement
    Comparison of Procurement features of SAP Business One and Viewpoint Spectrum
    Feature
    SAP Business One
    8.5
    19 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Viewpoint Spectrum
    7.8
    5 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Bids Analyzed and Compared9.912 Ratings8.83 Ratings
    Contract Authoring10.013 Ratings8.12 Ratings
    Contract Repository9.211 Ratings8.12 Ratings
    Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated9.615 Ratings6.84 Ratings
    Supplier Management9.614 Ratings7.33 Ratings
    Risk Management
    Comparison of Risk Management features of SAP Business One and Viewpoint Spectrum
    Feature
    SAP Business One
    8.6
    11 Ratings
    24% above category average
    Viewpoint Spectrum
    -
    Ratings
    Risk Repository9.59 Ratings00 Ratings
    Control Management9.110 Ratings00 Ratings
    Control Efficiency Assessments9.19 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue Detection9.110 Ratings00 Ratings
    Remediation and Certification10.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Logistics
    Comparison of Logistics features of SAP Business One and Viewpoint Spectrum
    Feature
    SAP Business One
    8.1
    25 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Viewpoint Spectrum
    -
    Ratings
    Transportation Planning and Optimization9.817 Ratings00 Ratings
    Transportation Execution Management9.515 Ratings00 Ratings
    Trade and Customs Management9.615 Ratings00 Ratings
    Fulfillment Management9.718 Ratings00 Ratings
    Warehouse Workforce Management9.816 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manufacturing
    Comparison of Manufacturing features of SAP Business One and Viewpoint Spectrum
    Feature
    SAP Business One
    9.2
    21 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Viewpoint Spectrum
    -
    Ratings
    Production Process Design9.719 Ratings00 Ratings
    Production Management10.019 Ratings00 Ratings
    Configuration Management9.715 Ratings00 Ratings
    Work Execution9.717 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manufacturing Costs9.817 Ratings00 Ratings
    Supply Chain
    Comparison of Supply Chain features of SAP Business One and Viewpoint Spectrum
    Feature
    SAP Business One
    8.0
    27 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Viewpoint Spectrum
    -
    Ratings
    Forecasting8.625 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inventory Planning8.227 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance Monitoring8.121 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product Lifecycle Management
    Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of SAP Business One and Viewpoint Spectrum
    Feature
    SAP Business One
    9.6
    19 Ratings
    26% above category average
    Viewpoint Spectrum
    -
    Ratings
    Proposal Management8.015 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product Master Data Management9.317 Ratings00 Ratings
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    SAP Business OneViewpoint Spectrum
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    Zoho One
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    Score9.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Zoho One
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    Score9.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued)
    Score4.8 out of 10
    Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued)
    Score4.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    SAP Business OneViewpoint Spectrum
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (51 ratings)
    7.2
    (69 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    4.6
    (9 ratings)
    9.1
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (15 ratings)
    8.7
    (30 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (11 ratings)
    6.4
    (29 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    7.7
    (2 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    4.5
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    2.8
    (24 ratings)
    8.9
    (4 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.6
    (20 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.6
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SAP Business OneViewpoint Spectrum
    Likelihood to Recommend
    SAP
    SAP Business One would be more useful if it contained tools to acommodate the growing need of online sales. A more complete shipping module which handles tracking numbers with the common couriers would be great. A built in warehouse management system would be great designed to be used with barcode scanners
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    Trimble Viewpoint
    The Installation team is amazing. They provide clear guidance at the beginning of the process regarding what is expected and what needs to be done. The implementation manager follows up monthly with you to make sure you are on track and if you need additional help. They are very helpful and responsive in resolving issues.
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    Pros
    SAP
    • SAP Business One is more suitable for small and medium scale enterprises
    • SAP Business One is : analytics, mobile technologies, cloud technologies
    • SAP Business One has exceptional performance in handling business functions such as purchasing and operations and customer relationship management
    • An important key features of SAP Business One is Reporting and Analytics.
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    Trimble Viewpoint
    • Job Costing - Viewpoint Spectrum handles job costing per project, per work order, per site, and gives us an up to date analysis of the project.
    • HR - helps to keep all of the training certifications and HR incidents in a consistent and manageable order for all Managers to use.
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    Cons
    SAP
    • Following a bench mark process - this seems contradicting to flexibility however we have wished we could follow more of an industry benchmark. Our challenge as a small company has been knowing how to properly use the system. We have discovered that we have set up the system wrong based and are using it improperly which has cause a lot work to correct.
    • Better live reporting options - current we are on prem SQL. Yes SAP is moving to HANA however smaller companies like ourselves are not ready for that. We need to be able to maintain our existing SQL DB. We also have a demand for live BI Reporting. It has been difficult to do this with our current set up.
    • Error handling - have found it very difficult to troubleshoot. Errors are not always clear and answers are hard to find.
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    Trimble Viewpoint
    • Support isn't readily available. You can submit a ticket and wait days before it's picked up. Even critical issues (system outages) can wait an hour or two before someone responds.
    • Large companies will feel limited. This product wasn't designed to handle large amounts of data, and performance seems to slow when there are more than 80 concurrent users.
    • The new developments are limited. HR Management is less robust than a third-party product specializing in HR Management. Viewpoint Analytics is nowhere near as robust as Power BI or Tableau.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    SAP
    As I said before, it is a first level tool, well developed, and with very strong development support, although the learning curve, its implementation, the cost-benefit ratio, the price and the user experience is not the most suitable for small and medium-sized companies. It is a company with extensive experience, market positioning, technical support and expanded use
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    Trimble Viewpoint
    The product is working for us and the cost to implement a new system does not warrant the expense.
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    Usability
    SAP
    I would like to give 8 out of 10 rating for SAP Business One because SAP Business One is a good choice for the mostly used business management solutions for the small and medium-sized companies. SAP Business One can help in optimizing the existing business process and enables streamline business processes for the daily activities for all users across the entire organization. The importance realization of SAP Business One implementation is based on the selection of the good reputation partner and its approach for the entire implementation. SAP Business One is a user-friendly and easy to use Enterprise system that the organization can benefit its features and functionalities by utilizing it.
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    Trimble Viewpoint
    There's a little bit of a learning curve, but once you've been working in the system for a while, it becomes second nature. I would say that out of all of the other software that I've personally used, Spectrum has been the easiest one to pick up and learn quickly
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    Reliability and Availability
    SAP
    The SAP Business One software is up and running every time
    you need it as it was planned. In more than 6 years that we have been
    using the product, it has never been unavailable and if it ever was, it was because of a planned maintenance window scheduled in the company.
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    Trimble Viewpoint
    I've never seen Spectrum down
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    Performance
    SAP
    SAP Business One performance depends mostly on the speed of your internal servers, should you have the solution on premise as we do. Sometimes the system tends to be a little slower for some users when others are executing really big reports of performing some batch loads, but generally, the performance is acceptable to all the users.
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    Trimble Viewpoint
    For the most part the product is very reliable. Since we are hosted we sometimes have connectivity issues but I would say that is more our ISP than Spectrum.
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    Support Rating
    SAP
    I rate my experience with SAP Business One's support team as excellent (10). They are easy to contact and effortless to work with on any issue or concern. I like the support SAP provides for any of their products. SAP has a great backing and I would recommend them to any of my colleagues.
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    Trimble Viewpoint
    The support has recently changed. Last year, you could call in and get an immediate response. Now that doesn't seem possible unless you have an urgent situation with access to the software, payroll or payables. I have found that using chat or e-mail works nicely for the most part, but sometimes I feel it would be easier if someone from support would jump on our site and take a first-hand look rather than going back and forth
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    In-Person Training
    SAP
    The training I get was a consultant level training, so it's basically a 6 weeks training covering every aspect and every module of the system. It covered most common use cases and exercise training so you can get along with the software, as well as examples so there culd be a better understanding.
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    Trimble Viewpoint
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    SAP
    Over the past two years SAP has added a great deal of new SAP Business One on-line training for version 9.0 and 9.1. Most of the training is very strong, but some is difficult to understand and follow. Additionally, SAP still has a few holes in their on-line training around Production, Bill-of-Materials, MRP and Service.
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    Trimble Viewpoint
    Our trainer was excellent and navigated the time zone differences expertly. She gave us test assignments to complete and was available for questions at any time.
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    Implementation Rating
    SAP
    These implementations are not easy. Even a standard implementation can be difficult. With a never-been-done-before implementation, the implementation team and the user team need to be thorough with planning, make a decision on key points, and stick to them before any design happens. Our biggest challenge was not from StellarOne, rather it was from the mid-implementation decisions from our internal team. StellarOne did a great job warning us, implementing our decision, and then helping us adjust our SAP to handle the new direction we took.
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    Trimble Viewpoint
    My only insight would be to take time in your implementation and training process; ours was six weeks from start to finish.
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    Alternatives Considered
    SAP
    SAP provides the most robust solution, with modules available for all department managers and even options for customization according to the company's special needs. We especially used the Crystal reports options to provide reports for each module. Overall, even if it's not the least expensive option, it has the best value for money.
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    Trimble Viewpoint
    I have previously used Sage Masterbuilder, another construction industry software. This has been a number of years ago. The company I am working for already had Spectrum and have been using it for as long as it has been around when it was known as Forefront. Based on conversations I've had with the personnel that were here at the time of purchase, Spectrum clicked off all the boxes they were looking for.
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    Scalability
    SAP
    For most small businesses, the only way you outgrow SAP Business One is if the nature of your business changes radically. Going from 1 to 50 users is quite easy with SAP B1. Going beyond 50 may require moving to the Hana SAP B1 platform to maintain or improve performance, but the path is there.
    Add-ons to SAP B1 can also be added as specific needs are encountered that are not closely met by the standard product. These may be required early in the product life because of the nature of your business, or as you expand the use of SAP B1.
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    Trimble Viewpoint
    You can grant user specific access which is nice. Project managers do not need all the same modules as Accounting. But Accounting does need access to PM modules as well
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    Return on Investment
    SAP
    • Employee efficiency has definitely increased with SAP Business One. This is attributed in a lot of ways to information visibility. Our employees are able to gather the data they need, quickly, and effectively.
    • Identifying inconsistencies in pricing has also been accomplished through use of reporting off individual tables. Previously, we weren't able to access our data in such a way as to enable us to write custom reports in-house.
    • We have also benefited greatly from having a single source of all business information. We utilize SAP Business One exclusively in-house. All documentation is attached to specific orders and Business Partners, as well as serialized equipment that has been sold.
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    Trimble Viewpoint
    • [In my opinion,] it takes at LEAST twice as long to do our jobs now.
    • [I feel like] we are paranoid about something not being printed correctly because of [what I believe are] buggy text fields.
    • [In my experience,] we still have to refer to a physical file cabinet with paper, even though a main point of switching was to go paperless.
    • [In our experience,] screens can now be "locked", so we can't see something if our coworker is also looking at it.
    • [I believe that] the financial hit our company took from this switch was astronomical. [In my opinion:] Beware!
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