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Function Point Productivity Software

Function Point Productivity Software

Overview

What is Function Point Productivity Software?

Function Point is a project management software built specifically for ad agencies, design studios, and marketing departments.

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FunctionPoint has been widely adopted by organizations seeking to improve resource allocation and project management across departments. …
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Popular Features

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  • Task Management (6)
    8.8
    88%
  • Gantt Charts (6)
    8.8
    88%
  • Scheduling (6)
    8.8
    88%
  • Workflow Automation (6)
    8.0
    80%
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Pricing

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Agency (30-49)

$46

Cloud
per month per user

Studio (10-29)

$48

Cloud
per month per user

Boutique (5-9)

$52

Cloud
per month per user

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visithttp://www.functionpoint.com/pricing

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $46 per month per user
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Features

Project Management

Project management software provides capabilities to streamline management of complex projects through task management, team collaboration and workflow automation

7.9
Avg 7.5

Professional Services Automation

Features that support professional services organizations

9
Avg 7.4
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Product Details

What is Function Point Productivity Software?

Function Point Productivity Software Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

Function Point is a project management software built specifically for ad agencies, design studios, and marketing departments.

Function Point Productivity Software starts at $46.

Reviewers rate Quotes/estimates and Invoicing highest, with a score of 9.6.

The most common users of Function Point Productivity Software are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Community Insights

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FunctionPoint has been widely adopted by organizations seeking to improve resource allocation and project management across departments. Users have reported that the software has increased clarity and efficiency by providing clear project paths and enabling cross-department collaboration. Project managers utilize FunctionPoint to schedule and manage projects effectively, while creatives rely on it for project management and time tracking.

One key feature of FunctionPoint that has garnered positive feedback is its ability to track expenses and integrate with QuickBooks Desktop and Online. This integration has proven valuable to accounting managers, as it streamlines the month-end process by allowing them to easily enter all fees, estimates, and track project spending. Additionally, agencies have found value in using FunctionPoint for internal task management for clients, accurate project estimating, budget tracking, and managing billable time. Through its comprehensive features, FunctionPoint eliminates errors and ensures that no task or detail is missed during the job closing process.

Sales teams also benefit from FunctionPoint as they use it to create statements of work for clients. In fact, every employee in an organization can leverage the software to track time accurately and bill clients appropriately. By bridging the gaps between sales and execution of work, FunctionPoint contributes to seamless workflow management within organizations. Its advanced analysis abilities have been particularly commended by users who highlight that these capabilities were lacking in previous solutions.

Overall, FunctionPoint is used for various purposes such as project management, time tracking, estimating projects, and integrated billing with QuickBooks. Its diverse features and user-friendly interface offer a comprehensive solution for organizations looking to optimize their resource utilization and streamline their project workflows.

Comprehensive Project Management: Users have expressed that Function Point serves as a comprehensive tool for managing various aspects of marketing and advertising projects. It effectively handles project scheduling, profitability projections, workflow clarity, job expense tracking, and simplified timekeeping.

Valuable Insights and Data: Reviewers have found the insights and data provided by Function Point to be valuable for making informed decisions. The software offers actionable information that can guide users in their decision-making processes.

Exceptional Customer Support: Many users have praised the exceptional customer support offered by Function Point. They describe the support agents as some of the best they have ever worked with, noting their willingness to assist in implementing the software and their patience in explaining new concepts.

Inaccurate Reports: Many users have found that Function Point often provides inaccurate reports due to bad calculations, making it difficult to rely on the data for decision-making. This issue has been raised by several reviewers consistently.

Outdated Interface and Code Base: The interface of Function Point is considered outdated by users, and they also perceive the code base as old-fashioned. This sentiment has been echoed in multiple user reviews.

Lack of Integrated Features: Users have expressed frustration with the lack of integrated features in Function Point, particularly in terms of employee management and CRM functionality. They feel that these features are not up to par with stand-alone systems like Salesforce or Hubspot CRM. Multiple users have highlighted this limitation as a major drawback.

Based on user reviews, common recommendations for Function Point include evaluating your needs, investing in training and user adoption, and improving the interface and user experience. Evaluating requirements before using Function Point is recommended, along with researching and watching webinars to determine suitability for digital agencies, marketing firms, and advertising agencies. Investing in training helps mitigate the learning curve, while user adoption and buy-in from all users are important. Removing breadcrumbs and adding icons to a sidebar would improve the interface, making reading and navigation easier. These recommendations are based on feedback from Function Point users in digital agencies, marketing firms, or advertising agencies.

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Reviews

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Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Function Point is utilized by our entire organization. It allows all departments to collaborate and traffic jobs/projects through the same system which almost completely eliminates errors, mistakes and/or items being missed during the job closing process at the end of each quarter. Previously we were using much more labor-intensive processes so this system has also greatly reduced the amount of time needed to project management and provides efficiency in that regard.
  • Project management- from project conception to completion, this is THE system to have.
  • Estimates & budgets- allows real-time insight into hours logged per job and if we are going to exceed estimated hours for each project's budget.
  • Reporting- FP offers many pre-loaded reporting functions but sometimes all of this amounts to our job summaries and not specifics.
  • Employee calendar/scheduling- FP does a lot for us and streamlines our processes but one of the main aspects it's lacking is the ability to use the system for employee management like PTO requests, Out of Office, Working Elsewhere, etc.
Well suited in:
  • Project management from estimate creation to final billing.
  • Time tracking per job.
  • Delegating tasks internally (and externally if choosing to use this feature).
  • Creative agency environments where jobs have many moving parts and employees working on.
  • Customer contact information management.
  • Internal creative collaboration (brainstorming).
  • Management oversight allowing team leads to review hours logged per employee to each job.
Project Management (13)
84.61538461538461%
8.5
Task Management
90%
9.0
Resource Management
90%
9.0
Gantt Charts
90%
9.0
Scheduling
90%
9.0
Workflow Automation
90%
9.0
Team Collaboration
90%
9.0
Support for Agile Methodology
80%
8.0
Document Management
60%
6.0
Email integration
80%
8.0
Mobile Access
70%
7.0
Timesheet Tracking
90%
9.0
Change request and Case Management
90%
9.0
Budget and Expense Management
90%
9.0
Professional Services Automation (4)
92.5%
9.3
Quotes/estimates
100%
10.0
Invoicing
100%
10.0
Project & financial reporting
90%
9.0
Integration with accounting software
80%
8.0
  • Efficiency specifically around reducing time spent on project tasks.
  • Streamlined billing/payables teams by almost totally integrating with our accounting system.
We have not looked into other productivity software platforms, we found Function Point and were sold on the capabilities and customer service aspects from their team.
  • Receive weekly emails from FP team about new features being added and webinars to review.
  • Always extremely reliable and quick to respond with answers to questions or concerns.
  • Includes function for their clients to make recommendations to their platform.
  • Allows for customization on the back end to provide the best solution/functions for each client.
Scott Millen | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 2 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Function Point was implemented in our organization as an integrated project management and financial system. Function Point integrates with QuickBooks Desktop AND Online, and our accounting manager found this very appealing. Project Managers use the system to schedule and manage projects. Creatives use it to manage projects and input time against projects. I used it to provide consolidated financial and performance information.
  • Function Point will help you manage your marketing and advertising projects, and will give you insights and data that are actionable.
  • Function Point has some of the best customer support agents I've ever worked with.
  • Function Point will work with you to implement your software, and are patient as you grasp new concepts.
  • Function Point often provided reports that were inaccurate due to bad calculations. The support team would work with us to troubleshoot these issues, but the fact remained that calculations were wrong.
  • Function Point was purchased by a new parent company that increased prices over their nearest, superior, competitor, pricing themselves out of the market.
  • Function Point's interface is dated, as is its code base.
  • New features are being implemented not as software revisions or upgrades, but as new for-pay features.
At this time I can make no recommendations for Function Point. Unless the owners invest in updating and upgrading the platform, and revisit its current pricing structure, there is no reason to choose this software. UNLESS you are dedicated to QuickBooks. Then there may be a case to use the system.
Project Management (14)
55%
5.5
Task Management
80%
8.0
Resource Management
80%
8.0
Gantt Charts
80%
8.0
Scheduling
80%
8.0
Workflow Automation
30%
3.0
Team Collaboration
30%
3.0
Support for Agile Methodology
30%
3.0
Support for Waterfall Methodology
80%
8.0
Document Management
30%
3.0
Email integration
30%
3.0
Mobile Access
30%
3.0
Timesheet Tracking
80%
8.0
Change request and Case Management
50%
5.0
Budget and Expense Management
60%
6.0
Professional Services Automation (4)
80%
8.0
Quotes/estimates
80%
8.0
Invoicing
80%
8.0
Project & financial reporting
80%
8.0
Integration with accounting software
80%
8.0
  • Function Point helped us move from separate systems into one semi-integrated system, proving that integration was efficient and important.
  • Function Point was so bug-riddled that it cost us days and weeks in lost productivity.
Function Point is a semi-integrated systems that plays well with QuickBooks as a standard. It is more difficult to implement than FreshBooks and Teamwork, but more robust and feature rich. Its interface is a decade or more behind these tools however. Function Point does much more than Basecamp, which is a simple project management tool.
The support team is one of the friendliest and most responsive I've ever worked with. They are hobbled, however, by a software implementation backlog, buggy software, and a pricing structure that will drive you away.
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