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Financial Edge

Overview

Recent Reviews

Do Not Recommend

1 out of 10
January 05, 2023
I use Financial Edge daily. As the Accounts Manager, I create invoices, manage monthly recurring statements, processing reimbursements, …
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Popular Features

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  • Bank reconciliation (10)
    1.0
    10%
  • Role-based user permissions (9)
    1.0
    10%
  • Dashboards (9)
    1.0
    10%
  • Standard reports (9)
    1.0
    10%
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Product Demos

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Features

Payroll Management

Provides for pay calculation and benefit plan administration, in addition to managing direct deposit, salary revisions and payroll tracking.

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Avg 7.5

Customization

This addresses a company’s ability to configure the software to fit its specific use case and workflow.

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Avg 7.1

Security

This component helps a company minimize the security risks by controlling access to the software and its data, and encouraging best practices among users.

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Avg 8.0

Reporting & Analytics

Users can report on and analyze usage, performance, ROI, and/or other metrics of success.

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Avg 7.6

General Ledger and Configurable Accounting

Financial management solution, including capabilities for general ledger and configurable accounting

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Avg 7.4

Inventory Management

The ability to track and manage the flow of goods or materials into and out of an inventory.

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Avg 7.0

Order Management

The ability to process orders, and track them from quote to cash.

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Avg 7.4
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Product Details

What is Financial Edge?

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Reviews and Ratings

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Reviews

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William (Bill) Sanders, CPA | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Our accounting team uses Financial Edge daily. Our senior management across departments accesses reports directly on a bi-weekly basis. We import Altru general ledger entries into Financial Edge. It addresses our accounting, internal controls, and business needs.
  • Stable Platform
  • Understandable to our users
  • The dashboard is not robust.
  • The online version (FE NXT) seems to operate slow to often.
  • Financial Edge is well suited for traditional day to day accounting, accounts payable, and related needs.
  • Financial Edge dashboard does not provide a snapshot view of data that I have found are available through other platforms (like QBO).
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting (21)
65.71428571428571%
6.6
Accounts payable
80%
8.0
Accounts receivable
80%
8.0
Cash management
80%
8.0
Bank reconciliation
70%
7.0
Expense management
90%
9.0
Time tracking
80%
8.0
Fixed asset management
80%
8.0
Multi-currency support
N/A
N/A
Multi-division support
80%
8.0
Regulations compliance
80%
8.0
Electronic tax filing
N/A
N/A
Self-service portal
70%
7.0
Global Financial Support
N/A
N/A
Primary and Secondary Ledgers
80%
8.0
Intercompany Accounting
80%
8.0
Localizations
N/A
N/A
Journals and Reconciliations
80%
8.0
Enterprise Accounting
80%
8.0
Configurable Accounting
90%
9.0
Centralized Rules Framework
90%
9.0
Standardized Processes
90%
9.0
Inventory Management (4)
N/A
N/A
Inventory tracking
N/A
N/A
Automatic reordering
N/A
N/A
Location management
N/A
N/A
Manufacturing module
N/A
N/A
Order Management (7)
N/A
N/A
Pricing
N/A
N/A
Order entry
N/A
N/A
Credit card processing
N/A
N/A
Cost of goods sold
N/A
N/A
Order Orchestration
N/A
N/A
End-to-end order visibility
N/A
N/A
Order exception Resolution
N/A
N/A
Payroll Management (5)
18%
1.8
Pay calculation
N/A
N/A
Benefit plan administration
N/A
N/A
Direct deposit files
N/A
N/A
Salary revision and increment management
N/A
N/A
Reimbursement management
90%
9.0
Reporting & Analytics (3)
63.33333333333333%
6.3
Dashboards
10%
1.0
Standard reports
90%
9.0
Custom reports
90%
9.0
Customization (2)
80%
8.0
API for custom integration
80%
8.0
Plug-ins
80%
8.0
Security (2)
100%
10.0
Role-based user permissions
100%
10.0
Single sign-on capability
100%
10.0
  • Positive - Data security, system stability, and user understandably
  • Positive - Great at looking backwards (traditional CFO)
Financial Edge and Altru work well together when it comes to integration.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Financial Edge is being used by our Finance Department for all of the Financial needs. It hasn't really solved any business problems for our organization. However, It does the job of an accounting system.
  • Financial Edge does a great job at pulling up reports in the general ledger.
  • Financial Edge is great if you have simple accounting needs.
  • Financial Edge makes entering A/P fairly easy.
  • Financial Edge should not allow for there to have multiple invoices with the same invoice number
  • Financial Edge should be more user-friendly when looking for information
  • Financial Edge should allow more options for financial reporting
Financial Edge is suitable for smaller companies who have easy accounting entries. However, it does not allow there to be room for making entries customization.
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting (11)
71.81818181818181%
7.2
Accounts payable
70%
7.0
Accounts receivable
80%
8.0
Cash management
80%
8.0
Bank reconciliation
100%
10.0
Expense management
70%
7.0
Time tracking
70%
7.0
Global Financial Support
80%
8.0
Primary and Secondary Ledgers
60%
6.0
Intercompany Accounting
60%
6.0
Journals and Reconciliations
90%
9.0
Configurable Accounting
30%
3.0
Inventory Management
N/A
N/A
Order Management
N/A
N/A
Payroll Management
N/A
N/A
Reporting & Analytics (3)
56.66666666666667%
5.7
Dashboards
50%
5.0
Standard reports
40%
4.0
Custom reports
80%
8.0
Customization
N/A
N/A
Security (1)
70%
7.0
Role-based user permissions
70%
7.0
  • It saves time by making processes easy for A/P entry
  • It gives many options for customizing reporting
  • It doesn't have a user-friendly interface for simple GL reporting
I have used EMPS system, which also works the same as Financial Edge. Financial is easier for A/P entry and A/R entry. However, it isn't very user-friendly when trying to look up batches or check-runs previously made. EMPS system works better when looking for check-runs.
Sunny Reed | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Financial Edge in our business department to serve the accounting and finance needs of our organization. We utilize the General ledger, Accounts Payable, and Fixed Asset Modules. Since our organization has two entities, Financial Edge enables us to manage the finances of both business entities within one system and we are able to house reports and other information in one location. This makes it easy for us to retrieve information requested from our department and enables all users of the system to pull reports in the event someone is out of the office, making our processes more timely and efficient.
  • F-9 Reporting is a great tool. We are able to build custom financials for our Finance Committees and Board of Directors and choose how we want to present information to these parties.
  • The AP Module is easy to use and has a "common sense" format.
  • The ability to reference various dates/periods in one journal entry is awesome!
  • In the list view of Journal Entries, it would be great if we could see the post date in addition to the date added.
  • Fixed Asset module is not set up for some unique scenarios (removing a previously "acquired asset" that was not necessarily disposed of, but place in FA in error).
  • Reporting within the FE application is not so great, so F-9 saves the day with respect to reporting.
We would like to eventually have an all-in-one solution for billing/AR. We are a membership organization and currently have to host an additional database for billing, then post those transactions to FE. For this reason, we do not feel Financial Edge is best-suited for our accounts receivable needs; as we still have to incur costs associated with hosting another database to do what we need to do. On-the-other-hand, Accounts Payable module works well for our business needs. We primarily process check payments and bank drafts and this module makes it easy to manage payments and correcting errors (i.e. deleting invoices or reprinting a check that did not print properly) is fairly simple.
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting (21)
19.047619047619047%
1.9
Accounts payable
90%
9.0
Accounts receivable
N/A
N/A
Cash management
80%
8.0
Bank reconciliation
80%
8.0
Expense management
N/A
N/A
Time tracking
N/A
N/A
Fixed asset management
70%
7.0
Multi-currency support
N/A
N/A
Multi-division support
N/A
N/A
Regulations compliance
N/A
N/A
Electronic tax filing
N/A
N/A
Self-service portal
N/A
N/A
Global Financial Support
N/A
N/A
Primary and Secondary Ledgers
N/A
N/A
Intercompany Accounting
N/A
N/A
Localizations
N/A
N/A
Journals and Reconciliations
N/A
N/A
Enterprise Accounting
N/A
N/A
Configurable Accounting
N/A
N/A
Centralized Rules Framework
N/A
N/A
Standardized Processes
80%
8.0
Inventory Management
N/A
N/A
Order Management
N/A
N/A
Payroll Management
N/A
N/A
Reporting & Analytics (3)
63.33333333333333%
6.3
Dashboards
70%
7.0
Standard reports
60%
6.0
Custom reports
60%
6.0
Customization (2)
N/A
N/A
API for custom integration
N/A
N/A
Plug-ins
N/A
N/A
Security (2)
100%
10.0
Role-based user permissions
100%
10.0
Single sign-on capability
100%
10.0
  • Financial Edge has enabled us to save time with respect to monthly reporting.
  • Financial Edge has helped us streamline some larger entries that were once a pain to enter in Fundware.
  • The F-9 plug allows us to report information in our desired format as opposed to using the reports within the FE application.
  • Overall, I would say that Financial Edge definitely saves us time on closing each month which frees us up for other projects within our department.
  • fundware
There is no comparison. Fundware was such a dated application and I couldn't believe we were using it as long as we were. Financial Edge allows us to post entries to multiple dates in a single entry and edit the post date as we go. When we used Fundware, we had to edit the business date prior to creating the entry and if we needed to post to multiple periods, we had to repeat these steps and create a new entry for each period. This alone has saved us so much time.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The modules that make up Financial Edge (General Ledger, Accounts Payable, and Student Billing) are used by finance. The Student Billing module is also used by the Registrar's Office.
  • Data entry - detailed, but straightforward.
  • Query - very powerful and easy to use.
  • Overall, the interface looks like something from the early 90s. Users tend to fight the interface until they get used to doing their particular tasks. However, once they know how to make it work in one area, the interface is very similar across the program.
Mostly I deal with student tuition tracking and reporting on donations imported from other products, such as the Blackbaud development software: The Raiser's Edge. Financial Edge is fairly good at tracking the complexities of fees and financial aid, but it can't email invoices to the parents and does not allow for payments to be processed automatically according to a payment plan.
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting (12)
25.833333333333336%
2.6
Accounts payable
N/A
N/A
Accounts receivable
N/A
N/A
Cash management
N/A
N/A
Bank reconciliation
70%
7.0
Expense management
80%
8.0
Time tracking
N/A
N/A
Fixed asset management
N/A
N/A
Multi-currency support
N/A
N/A
Multi-division support
N/A
N/A
Regulations compliance
60%
6.0
Electronic tax filing
N/A
N/A
Self-service portal
100%
10.0
Inventory Management (4)
N/A
N/A
Inventory tracking
N/A
N/A
Automatic reordering
N/A
N/A
Location management
N/A
N/A
Manufacturing module
N/A
N/A
Order Management (4)
N/A
N/A
Pricing
N/A
N/A
Order entry
N/A
N/A
Credit card processing
N/A
N/A
Cost of goods sold
N/A
N/A
Payroll Management (5)
N/A
N/A
Pay calculation
N/A
N/A
Benefit plan administration
N/A
N/A
Direct deposit files
N/A
N/A
Salary revision and increment management
N/A
N/A
Reimbursement management
N/A
N/A
Reporting & Analytics (3)
80%
8.0
Dashboards
70%
7.0
Standard reports
80%
8.0
Custom reports
90%
9.0
Customization (2)
30%
3.0
API for custom integration
N/A
N/A
Plug-ins
60%
6.0
Security (2)
45%
4.5
Role-based user permissions
90%
9.0
Single sign-on capability
N/A
N/A
  • That is difficult to answer, as the organization has used Financial Edge for a very long time. I would say the ability to add a project ID to any transaction in the GL makes it much easier to report on all revenue and expenses belonging to a single project, without having to create project-specific accounts.
We've used Financial Edge for a very long time.
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