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    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ATagetik is a corporate performance management solution that unifies budgeting, financial planning, consolidation and management reporting. Tagetik is offered as SaaS, on a private cloud, or on-premise, and can migrate between deployments as needed.N/A

    Wave Accounting

    Score7.3 out of 10
    N/AWave Accounting is a free, cloud-based accounting platform exclusively for small businesses. It supports double-entry bookkeeping and permits unlimited user access, invoicing, and expense management. Wave Accounting integrates with Wave's invoicing, receipt scanning, payment processing and payroll apps.

    $16

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    Wolters Kluwer CCH® TagetikWave Accounting
    Editions & Modules
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    Starter
    $0
    Pro
    $16
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    Pro - billed annually
    $170
    per year
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    Wolters Kluwer CCH® TagetikWave Accounting
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    18 Answers
    53%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    67%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    18 Answers
    67%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    54%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    91%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
    73%
    Implementation went as expected
    11 Answers
    Features
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® TagetikWave Accounting
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik and Wave Accounting
    Feature
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    8.1
    10 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Wave Accounting
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    Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports8.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards8.58 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik and Wave Accounting
    Feature
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    7.4
    24 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Wave Accounting
    -
    Ratings
    Drill-down analysis6.623 Ratings00 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities7.123 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages7.17 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration8.716 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik and Wave Accounting
    Feature
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    9.4
    15 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Wave Accounting
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    Publish to Web9.910 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.913 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Versioning7.712 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling9.911 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik and Wave Accounting
    Feature
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    8.5
    8 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Wave Accounting
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    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik and Wave Accounting
    Feature
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    9.8
    23 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Wave Accounting
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)9.923 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model9.922 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.923 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control9.94 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)9.216 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik and Wave Accounting
    Feature
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    6.1
    9 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Wave Accounting
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    Responsive Design for Web Access5.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile7.16 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
    Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik and Wave Accounting
    Feature
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    8.4
    49 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Wave Accounting
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    Ratings
    Long-term financial planning8.235 Ratings00 Ratings
    Financial budgeting8.143 Ratings00 Ratings
    Forecasting8.240 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scenario modeling8.634 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management reporting9.046 Ratings00 Ratings
    Consolidation and Close
    Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik and Wave Accounting
    Feature
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    8.8
    46 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Wave Accounting
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    Financial data consolidation8.940 Ratings00 Ratings
    Journal entries and reports8.337 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-currency management8.334 Ratings00 Ratings
    Intercompany Eliminations9.337 Ratings00 Ratings
    Minority Ownership8.630 Ratings00 Ratings
    Local and consolidated reporting9.944 Ratings00 Ratings
    Detailed Audit Trails8.236 Ratings00 Ratings
    Financial Reporting and Compliance
    Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik and Wave Accounting
    Feature
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    9.0
    50 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Wave Accounting
    -
    Ratings
    Financial Statement Reporting9.042 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management Reporting8.947 Ratings00 Ratings
    Excel-based Reporting8.150 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated board and financial reporting9.035 Ratings00 Ratings
    XBRL support for regulatory filing9.920 Ratings00 Ratings
    Analytics and Reporting
    Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik and Wave Accounting
    Feature
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    8.2
    31 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Wave Accounting
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    Personalized dashboards8.426 Ratings00 Ratings
    Color-coded scorecards8.020 Ratings00 Ratings
    KPIs8.624 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost and profitability analysis8.322 Ratings00 Ratings
    Key Performance Indicator setting8.022 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benchmarking with external data8.014 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration
    Comparison of Integration features of Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik and Wave Accounting
    Feature
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    9.2
    47 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Wave Accounting
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    Flat file integration9.339 Ratings00 Ratings
    Excel data integration9.145 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct links to 3rd-party data sources9.131 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik and Wave Accounting
    Feature
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    -
    Ratings
    Wave Accounting
    6.2
    24 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Pay calculation00 Ratings7.123 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration00 Ratings7.54 Ratings
    Direct deposit files00 Ratings1.220 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings7.712 Ratings
    Reimbursement management00 Ratings7.48 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik and Wave Accounting
    Feature
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    -
    Ratings
    Wave Accounting
    8.5
    13 Ratings
    12% above category average
    API for custom integration00 Ratings9.99 Ratings
    Plug-ins00 Ratings7.011 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik and Wave Accounting
    Feature
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    -
    Ratings
    Wave Accounting
    6.4
    45 Ratings
    24% below category average
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings6.432 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings6.436 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik and Wave Accounting
    Feature
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    -
    Ratings
    Wave Accounting
    9.5
    73 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings9.471 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings9.770 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings9.337 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik and Wave Accounting
    Feature
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
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    Ratings
    Wave Accounting
    7.4
    76 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Accounts payable00 Ratings9.659 Ratings
    Accounts receivable00 Ratings9.670 Ratings
    Cash management00 Ratings9.862 Ratings
    Bank reconciliation00 Ratings8.565 Ratings
    Expense management00 Ratings9.664 Ratings
    Time tracking00 Ratings9.811 Ratings
    Fixed asset management00 Ratings9.812 Ratings
    Multi-currency support00 Ratings10.019 Ratings
    Multi-division support00 Ratings7.19 Ratings
    Regulations compliance00 Ratings5.016 Ratings
    Electronic tax filing00 Ratings5.914 Ratings
    Self-service portal00 Ratings8.040 Ratings
    Global Financial Support00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Primary and Secondary Ledgers00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Intercompany Accounting00 Ratings4.05 Ratings
    Localizations00 Ratings5.23 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations00 Ratings8.530 Ratings
    Enterprise Accounting00 Ratings4.07 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting00 Ratings5.017 Ratings
    Centralized Rules Framework00 Ratings1.03 Ratings
    Standardized Processes00 Ratings7.019 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik and Wave Accounting
    Feature
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
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    Ratings
    Wave Accounting
    8.1
    11 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Inventory tracking00 Ratings5.68 Ratings
    Automatic reordering00 Ratings9.95 Ratings
    Location management00 Ratings8.12 Ratings
    Manufacturing module00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik and Wave Accounting
    Feature
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    -
    Ratings
    Wave Accounting
    7.6
    53 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Pricing00 Ratings9.926 Ratings
    Order entry00 Ratings10.018 Ratings
    Credit card processing00 Ratings2.345 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold00 Ratings10.034 Ratings
    Order Orchestration00 Ratings5.85 Ratings
    End-to-end order visibility00 Ratings8.24 Ratings
    Order exception Resolution00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
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    IBM Planning Analytics
    Score8.5 out of 10
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    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    Score7.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® TagetikWave Accounting
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (50 ratings)
    9.4
    (82 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (11 ratings)
    7.8
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (18 ratings)
    9.8
    (17 ratings)
    Availability
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    6.7
    (4 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    2.9
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (6 ratings)
    2.1
    (12 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    4.7
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    5.5
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    CPA Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (8 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    3.0
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® TagetikWave Accounting
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Wolters Kluwer
    Scenarios where CCH Tagetik is suitable is when a company have large amounts of data and want to transform, consolidate, store and produce reporting in different year, period etc with complex calculations and allocation. Tagetik is the tool for you in this case and it's very flexible in terms of creating your own business rule, calculation and reporting options with a user friendly interface. I have not thought about scenarios where it is not appropriate to use tagetik yet as the tool covers small and large business financial needs
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    Wave
    Wave Accounting was used for a small practice without a lot of the accounting considerations a large company would have. For the price, you really can't beat what Wave offers out of the box. All of the basic tools for things like invoicing and expenses are all easy to use. End of year accounting is easy with exports of data.
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    Pros
    Wolters Kluwer
    • Processes are clearly described in CCH Tagetik ; users can easily find where they are and which action they have to make
    • Interaction with Excel is really fluid ; the Excel add-in is easy to deploy and to updgrade, in the hand of users. It is reliable provided the internet connection is fast.
    • Managing hierachies is obvious in CCH Tagetik. Hierarchies are fundamental for a good reporting ; CCH Tagetik has obviously a deep experience of this feature.
    • SaaS : our experience with CCH Tagetik is of only 1 year, but it technically performs well, the system is reponsive, no shut-down, and updates (every quarter) do not disturb production.
    • AIH seems to be able to manage very large quantity of data, and to provide advanced analysis functionalities. We did not have time to explore them.
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    Wave
    • Reconciliation is very difficult with multiple Wave transactions that need to be deleted or merged before it can be matched to a bank transaction.
    • Payroll worked fine for us but took several days to get it set up. We have switched to another bookkeeping system and another payroll system. Canceling with Wave took several days and they charge $6 for something even though the month was paid for in advance.
    • Credit card processing is nice and worked fine for us.
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    Cons
    Wolters Kluwer
    • Online help and manual is a bonus but could be improved e.g. the clarity of English explanations.
    • Improved Excel compatibility e.g. formula driven reporting and dash boarding.
    • Mobile phone connectivity e.g. launching a consolidation from a Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik app.
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    Wave
    • I know that credit card processing is a way for Wave to make money, but I really wish they offered ACH payment on Invoices.
    • I do cash-based accounting, which means I have to make little journal entries at the start and end of each year to get my books to balance because Wave wants to do everything differently. This should just be a setting to flip, whether you want cash-based or accrual-based.
    • They use Yodlee for bank connection, which doesn't play nice with 2FA. Pretty much every time I log in I have to re-enter credentials, get a code sent to me, reauthenticate, and know that I'm going to have to do it again next week. Not really on Wave, but wish they could get it together nonetheless.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Wolters Kluwer
    Because in my oppinion Wolters Kluwer CCH Tagetik is one of the most usable tools for consolidation, planning (controlling) and reporting. Its usability is quite easy and innovative. I like the data entry method for the customers with its workflow and tasks, quite easy way to implement a co pilot. And i like the reporting tool, with a lot of customization opportunities.
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    Wave
    Easy to use for clients with no accounting background and the price is right.
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    Usability
    Wolters Kluwer
    Surprisingly, this platform is a powerhouse ERP system. However, given time, when more and more organization is able to identify how powerful this tool can be, CCH Tagetik is able to stand as a competitive advantage to many of the Financial industry of today. Although, it needs time to understand the logic behind how CCH Tagetik is formed and setup, once it is known to the user, it is an easy day to day operations with minimal maintenance.
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    Wave
    I am a professional bookkeeper and I have no problems using Wave and all of it's features. I can see that certain individuals who have no accounting knowledge might struggle with a few different features and entries, but that is why Wave has an emphasis in connecting users to Wave Pro's who will walk them through things
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    Reliability and Availability
    Wolters Kluwer
    CCH Tagetik has alwyas been there in case we need help. In almost 20 years of commercial relationship, I have no evidence of times in which they were not available to answer a question or to solve an issue linked to their products, timely and efficiently.
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    Wave
    WAVE is always available when we need it ! Peter
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    Performance
    Wolters Kluwer
    As you can see, speed depends on the applications but also on the hardware that runs them. As far as CCH Tagetik improved, we saw the benefit of a cloud-based solution which could solve many speed performance issues.
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    Wave
    Wave does tend to slow down when filtering your transactions screen especially by date. This is more of an issue when trying to trouble shoot certain transactions or clean-up a set of books.
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    Support Rating
    Wolters Kluwer
    I got very quick respons. After very little mail iterations, they decided to have online meeting to look together with me to the issue. They tried to solve it during the meeting. I had the impression that the customer care person really knew the system and was able to ask help from other colleagues when needed
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    Wave
    I never had to call Wave Support as we barely experienced any support-related problems on our side. However, I do know a few people that complained about Wave support. It would be nice as well, though if they could have more in your face tutorials for new users or how-to videos should we struggle to do something
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    In-Person Training
    Wolters Kluwer
    At the official deployment of the original product Controlling and Accounting teams went to Lucca and were walked through the product, Excel usage, Design, ETL run
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    Wave
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Wolters Kluwer
    several times since the deployment of the product in 2013 we got on-line training on new functions or on very specific questions/issues (e.g. ETL customisation), followed by the usage of the Learning Hub since 2025
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    Wave
    easy to use and east to train on ! Our WAVE clients enjoy the ease of use
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    Implementation Rating
    Wolters Kluwer
    we did it in a coaching model. This allowed us to have 2 key advantages: we got to know the system very well and managed to save on the implementation cost. This worked well, was maybe a bit slower since we had to do this in our spare time. Nevertheless I strongly recommand
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    Wave
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Wolters Kluwer
    I found the Excel piece of IBM Cognos TM1 to be easier to use than CCH Tagetik. It was much easier to customize the data being pulled and the feel of the reports because of that. Other than that, CCH Tagetik has been more user friendly than IBM Cognos TM1. Navigating within the application is much easier. IBM Cognos TM1 had a lot of issues with certain modules that could not be open concurrently; this would often lead to phantom data being entered in the system. I have not had these issues with CCH Tagetik.
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    Wave
    Wave is FREE for most functions. Payment processing costs no matter where you go (as does payroll or taxes). Wave rises above tools like QuickBooks Online because they know that for our small firm, being nimble is the name of the game. We don't need exhaustive reporting and management like QB offers and we certainly don't want to pay for it
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Wolters Kluwer
    A good and performing scalability both on a geographical and a legal entity scale. The link with MS Office suite allows an easy deployment of the application, especially for contributors.
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    Wave
    Once they out grow what is ability to move up to a more robust system?
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    Return on Investment
    Wolters Kluwer
    • Gave us a tool that can absolutely grow with us to help multi phase implementations.
    • A significant time savings in terms of the amount of time we used to spend running reports vs. the time we spend now. Unbelievable improvement.
    • Gives us the option to use CCH Tagetik to solve business problems that perhaps we didn't have when we implemented CCH Tagetik. It gives us options without the possibility of implementing a whole other software package.
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    Wave
    • Wave has been ROI positive for our company. With not having to pay for the service we can use our money for growing our business.
    • The fees on credit card transactions for invoices are reasonable especially as we don't pay a monthly subscription.
    • The invoicing feature has made our lives easier for us and our customers. The invoicing piece and AR tracking has been ROI positive as well.
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