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Tungsten AP Essentials vs. Tungsten TotalAgility

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Tungsten AP Essentials

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/ATungsten AP Essentials (formerly Kofax AP Essentials, or ReadSoft) is an accounts payable solution that automates the capture and validation of invoices from any source, in any format.N/A

    Tungsten TotalAgility

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/ATungsten TotalAgility brings cognitive capture capabilities to the hands of business analysts and non-technical users to solve content-centric challenges, including classification and extraction from financial documents, contracts, forms and other information-intensive documents.N/A
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    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
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    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Features
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    Payment Management
    Comparison of Payment Management features of Tungsten AP Essentials and Tungsten TotalAgility
    Feature
    Tungsten AP Essentials
    8.4
    1 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Tungsten TotalAgility
    -
    Ratings
    Customizable Approval Policies8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Financial Document Management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payment Status Tracking8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payment Audit Trail10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Duplicate Bill Detection8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Advanced OCR9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Electronic Funds Transfer8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Accounts Payable
    Comparison of Accounts Payable features of Tungsten AP Essentials and Tungsten TotalAgility
    Feature
    Tungsten AP Essentials
    8.3
    1 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Tungsten TotalAgility
    -
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    Automated Accounts Payable Processes9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Vendor Management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Tax Form Preparation8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Small Businesses
    BILL
    Score8.2 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Stampli
    Score8.4 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    Yooz
    Score8.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Tungsten AP EssentialsTungsten TotalAgility
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    We are using Tungsten with the former Readsoft OCR Products and Ebydos webcycles. All incoming paper-based invoices, delivery documents, advices, etc. will be scanned and digitized incl. OCR by Tungsten. They are highly integrated in SAP processes and own developments. Tungsten Ebydos Webcycle is used for approval workflows for deviations in orders, PO volume, pricing, etc. This is also fully integrated in SAP workflows, incl. own developments.
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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    The platform is an excellent solution for companies looking for a workflow automation system that can be used across departments and its return on investment becomes apparent once it is introduced in production for a business. Its ability to route work tasks dynamically between employees and outside parties, implement SLAs, and get information to a back-end source is excellent.
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    Pros
    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    • Excellent scanning and OCR.
    • Highly configurable workflows.
    • Audit proven transparency in SAP Systems.
    • Scalable and flexible solution.
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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    • Ease of use. The drag and drop configuration to create the processes makes the product easy to use and configure. Most of the icons are intuitive on what they are and how to use them. The use of the colored icons for each value also helps to know that that value is looking for.
    • Forms. The capture forms are easy to create and maintain. A new field can be added to the Extraction group and then the capture form is regenerated and that field is automatically added to the form with all the proper attributes. If an additional check box or field is added to the form, that field stays when regenerated. This differs from KTA 6.0.
    • Kofax has done pretty well integrating all the pieces of Kofax into one product. KC (Kofax Capture), KIC (Kofax Import Connector), KTM (Kofax Transformation Module with OCR), and workflow are all combined into KTA (Kofax Total Agility). This lets all of these features work together in one product. Kofax does keep adding more to the functions that maybe were left out original version. This makes Kofax Total Agility a robust product.
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    Cons
    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    • OCR recognition issues.
    • Interface Issues/sometimes slow interfaces.
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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    • Exception management within the platform can certainly be improved upon. If a job is suspended for any particular issue integrations can be put in place to attempt to handle them but it is kludgy and does not always work as anticipated.
    • The administration interface is based on Microsoft Silverlight which limits it to certain versions of Internet Explorer and the interface has seen better days. Their other application, Kofax Kapow, has a much more mature and intuitive interface. This supposedly is being replaced in the next major iteration but I have doubts it will be successfully done.
    • The product is expensive. It is also the Cadillac of workflow platforms with document transformation built in. In many cases the product can do what you want it to do but there may be other more cost effective platforms.
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    Usability
    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    Industry-leading OCR and workflows, highly integrated into SAP Systems.
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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
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    Alternatives Considered
    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    Industry-leading OCR Products (Readsoft) and Webcycles (Ebydos). Very flexible, scalable, and highly integrated with SAP processes and own developments.
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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    Kofax TotalAgility is a beast of a package that gives you a thousand ways to tackle a problem, but it may not be the best platform for your needs. It is more of an enterprise platform that integrates well with other systems with moderate development time. Other packages may be cheaper, easier, and faster to implement depending on needs.
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    Return on Investment
    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    • Not yet, but replaces highly manual efforts.
    • Brings good productivities in AP processing.
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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    • Kofax TotalAgility is very expensive. Some customers have reported that using the KTA workflow has increased productivity and has a good ROI overall. The customers have not shared true numbers for me to give details.
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