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What is NetSuite ERP?

NetSuite is a suite of ERP and accounting modules which is sold in various editions aimed at different size customers. The multi-country, multi-currency version is an additional module called OneWorld. Netsuite is a SaaS system and is not offered in…

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What is NetSuite ERP?

NetSuite is a suite of ERP and accounting modules which is sold in various editions aimed at different size customers. The multi-country, multi-currency version is an additional module called OneWorld. Netsuite is a SaaS system and is not offered in an on-premise edition.

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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.

1.1
Avg 7.1

Customization

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

9.2
Avg 7.4

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.

9.6
Avg 8.0

Reporting & Analytics

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

9.8
Avg 7.0

General Ledger and Configurable Accounting

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

7.8
Avg 7.6

Inventory Management

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

9
Avg 7.8

Order Management

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

9.3
Avg 7.7

Subledger and Financial Process

Revenue management solution including capabilities for subledgers and financial processes

7.8
Avg 7.4

Project Financial Management

Project financial management solution including capabilities for project budgeting, cost control, billing and contract management.

6.6
Avg 7.6

Project Execution Management

Project execution management solution including capabilities for project scheduling, resource management, and team member task management.

4.1
Avg 6.8

Grants Management

Grants management solution for higher education, public sector, or non-profits with capabilities for managing financial awards for program and project funding

3.1
Avg 7.4

Procurement

Procurement management solution with capabilities for sourcing, contracting, procure-to-pay and supplier management

3.3
Avg 6.9

Risk Management

Risk management solution with capabilities for managing controls, assessing control effectiveness, certifying controls, and addressing deficiencies

3.1
Avg 6.5

Logistics

Logistics solution with capabilities for transportation planning, transportation execution, trade compliance, customs management, warehouse management and warehouse workforce management.

3.1
Avg 6.7

Manufacturing

Manufacturing solution for managing manufacturing processes and costs.

9.3
Avg 7.4

Supply Chain

Supply Chain Planning solution with capabilities for planning, performance monitoring, change responses and execution.

8.2
Avg 7.1

Product Lifecycle Management

Product Lifecycle Management solution with capabilities for innovation management, product development

3.9
Avg 7.2
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Product Details

What is NetSuite ERP?

As a cloud ERP solution, NetSuite is presented as the first and last business management solution a business could ever need.
NetSuite provides a suite of cloud-based applications, which includes financials / Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), HR, professional services automation, and omnichannel commerce, used by more than 38,000 customers in 219 countries.

NetSuite ERP Features

General Ledger and Configurable Accounting Features

  • Supported: Accounts payable
  • Supported: Accounts receivable

Subledger and Financial Process Features

  • Supported: Billing Management

Order Management Features

  • Supported: Order entry

Project Financial Management Features

  • Supported: Capital Project Management

Supply Chain Features

  • Supported: Inventory Planning

NetSuite ERP Screenshots

Screenshot of one view into the most critical business processes.Screenshot of Netsuite's mobile-friendly design

NetSuite ERP Technical Details

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

Frequently Asked Questions

NetSuite is a suite of ERP and accounting modules which is sold in various editions aimed at different size customers. The multi-country, multi-currency version is an additional module called OneWorld. Netsuite is a SaaS system and is not offered in an on-premise edition.

Sage 100, Microsoft Dynamics GP, and Odoo are common alternatives for NetSuite ERP.

Reviewers rate Inventory tracking and Plug-ins and Primary and Secondary Ledgers highest, with a score of 9.9.

The most common users of NetSuite ERP are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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NetSuite top choice for me!

Rating: 10 out of 10
October 18, 2023
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
NetSuite ERP
7 years of experience
All accounting processes.
  • Financial Reporting
  • Transaction audit log
  • Banking integration ease
I have used NS in manufacturing and subscription based companies. Manufacturing use is a bit more difficult when dealing with shop floor control and WIP but I would still recommend.
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting (2)
80%
8.0
Accounts payable
80%
8.0
Accounts receivable
80%
8.0
Subledger and Financial Process (1)
70%
7.0
Billing Management
70%
7.0
Inventory Management
N/A
N/A
Order Management
N/A
N/A
Payroll Management
N/A
N/A
Reporting & Analytics
N/A
N/A
Customization
N/A
N/A
Security
N/A
N/A
Grants Management
N/A
N/A
Project Financial Management
N/A
N/A
Project Execution Management
N/A
N/A
Procurement
N/A
N/A
Risk Management
N/A
N/A
Logistics
N/A
N/A
Manufacturing
N/A
N/A
Supply Chain (1)
N/A
N/A
Inventory Planning
N/A
N/A
Product Lifecycle Management
N/A
N/A
  • Too early to tell in current business
I would always pick NS over all other ERPs used
Very user friendly and intuitive
We have BPM as a NS support partner and they are not very knowledgeable in SuiteBilling.
25
Accounting and C Suite
1
Super user of 5 years
  • Subscription based billing
  • Financial reporting for PE
  • Cap spend tracking
  • Human Resources
  • Expense reporting
The ease of use and integration is incomparable
Yes
Peoplesoft, horrible and not user friendly
  • Cloud Solutions
  • Scalability
  • Integration with Other Systems
  • Ease of Use
Ease of use for a startup was important
Pick a different implementation partner
  • Third-party professional services
BPM
No
Change management was minimal
It wasn’t a huge issue
  • BPM’s lack of knowledge in SuiteBilling
  • BPM’s lack of support
Would have picked a stronger implementation team
  • Online Training
More so due to our lack of time to participate
Just right
No - we have not done any customization to the interface
No - we have not done any custom code
Not through NS
Yes
Yes
We have not used NS support from Oracle
  • Accounts payable
  • Accounts receivable
  • Financial teporting
  • Saved search writing
  • Report writing
Yes, but I don't use it
Easy to integrate
No issues to date
AP and billing has been slow
  • Salesforce
Not complete
  • Salesforce
Yes
  • File import/export
Don’t hear from her
Yes
No downtime
No
No

Experienced Administrator cuts right to the point

Rating: 7 out of 10
October 17, 2023
RW
Vetted Review
Verified User
NetSuite ERP
7 years of experience
To manage our financials and produce numbers so that we can file with the SEC
  • Revenue Recognition
  • Scale
  • Cloud Reliability
Companies under approximately 5,000 employees, it can handle pretty much everything you need out of the box. Any company over 5,000 that still plans on using many best-in-class solutions instead of the many out of the box NetSuite solutions. Additionally, if a company is not ready to move to the cloud.
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting (2)
50%
5.0
Accounts payable
50%
5.0
Accounts receivable
50%
5.0
Subledger and Financial Process (1)
90%
9.0
Billing Management
90%
9.0
Inventory Management
N/A
N/A
Order Management (1)
90%
9.0
Order entry
90%
9.0
Payroll Management
N/A
N/A
Reporting & Analytics
N/A
N/A
Customization
N/A
N/A
Security
N/A
N/A
Grants Management
N/A
N/A
Project Financial Management
N/A
N/A
Project Execution Management
N/A
N/A
Procurement
N/A
N/A
Risk Management
N/A
N/A
Logistics
N/A
N/A
Manufacturing
N/A
N/A
Supply Chain (1)
70%
7.0
Inventory Planning
70%
7.0
Product Lifecycle Management
N/A
N/A
  • Financial Close Process
  • Public reporting to the SEC
  • Subsidiary management
NetSuite is a best in class cloud base ERP solution for small to medium size companies. Cracks start to show in the software as business leaders have tried to add new features to make it a 360 solution. New features such as SuiteHR are often half-baked and seem to be used more in sales and media to prop up the stock price of Oracle (especially before acquisition)
Best in class could based ERP solution for small to medium size companies
Customer support tries to very helpful. However, quality of support has gone down since the acquisition and implementation of ACS as more and more customers are being pushed to this subscription support service
150
Finance and accounting teams
2
Problem solvers who are willing to dive in, troubleshoot, and continue to learn
  • GL Accounting
  • GL Reporting
  • Expense Tracking
  • Uploading GL through web services
  • Asset Management
  • Analytics
I've done a reimplementaiton of Oracle EBS, and as NetSuite knows, the cost to switch to a new ERP is crazy big, especially for a public company. Also, no need currently to change
Not Sure
  • Scalability
  • Integration with Other Systems
  • Ease of Use
Reliability, and ease of use
We wouldn't
  • Don't know
I was not part of the implementation, but do not agree with some of the subsidiary structure that was decided upon
  • No Training
I had prior training and experience before joining my company. Having a sandbox environment to mess up in is key
With SuiteBundles, SuiteScript, Workflows, and Web Services, configuration is basically limitless
Get a good 3rd party implementation partner and also bring on other users with netsuite experience as they have gone through the ups and downs of the system
No - we have not done any customization to the interface
Some - we have added small pieces of custom code
Pretty easy to do. Features that were requested by the finance and accounting teams
SuiteBundles and Workflows are clutch
Yes, to get better and more timely support
Yes
It remained open for about 4 years before finally getting resolved. I do not know if NetSuite considers that timely or not. (Hint, I laughed and don't think reporting bugs is that great of an option if you want a timely resolution)
Yes, when I showed up to SuiteWorld after being one of the first customers to implement ASC 606 and when asking direct questions in meetings, I was given multiple phone numbers of people so I wouldn't keep asking questions
  • Saved Searches
  • User Management
  • Installing SuiteBUndles
  • Web Services
  • Analytics
  • Integration troubleshooting
Yes, but I don't use it
Best in class cloud based ERP for small to medium size companies
Uptime is super reliable as evidence by the trust site
Only complex reports take a long time to run, and often the solution is to run in the background and have it emailed to you
Suitebundles, or 3rd party integration tool. Overall, integration was pretty easy to achieve
  • Kyriba
  • Concur
Concur does. Kyriba has a suitebundle as well
  • Single Signon
  • API (e.g. SOAP or REST)
  • AppExchange or similar marketplace
Some integrations that use SuiteBundle take all of the guesswork out of the actual integration
Trust 1st party suitebundles, and if they don't offer their own bundle, then that should be considered a red flag
I was not a part of the sales process. Since moving to Oracle though, pricing and room to maneuver with the pricing has changed (harder)
Once you land a deal, any vendor then wants to expand. However, they also know that it's hard to leave so they keep that in mind during renewal time
Have to have another option to negotiate against
Yes
Yes. NetSuite has the upgrade down, and no issues
No
No

Exceptional, highly-extensible product.

Rating: 10 out of 10
July 21, 2015
RG
Vetted Review
Verified User
NetSuite ERP
6 years of experience
We used NetSuite for sales rep quoting, order entry, maintenance renewals, customer service, accounting and finance.
  • It is exceptional at quoting, ordering, invoicing, revenue recognition, install base, renewals, purchasing, vendor billing, general ledger and financial reporting. Furthermore it is extensible, in that you can use java scripting and/or custom objects to manage requirements that are unique to your business. It has robust and flexible customer and item management capabilities.
  • NetSuite is an intuitive business application that support best practice business processes. When implemented and managed properly, it can handle the great majority of business processes in a scalable, open and secure environment.
  • The NetSuite platform also has an open API that enables integration with Salesforce. This requires a very clear integration methodology though. The methodology we used placed resulted in lower complexity and reliable uptime. Additionally, it had proper internal controls.
I enjoyed my experience as a NetSuite customer so much so that I started my own services company. We are focused on Salesforce and NetSuite. We are a NetSuite Solution Provider - reseller, new implementations and optimizations for existing NetSuite customers. We are focused on the software and light manufacturing/distribution verticals. All of our NetSuite customers have been very happy with the results. http://www.saascg.com/our-clients/
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting (2)
100%
10.0
Accounts payable
100%
10.0
Accounts receivable
100%
10.0
Subledger and Financial Process
N/A
N/A
Inventory Management (3)
N/A
N/A
Inventory tracking
N/A
N/A
Automatic reordering
N/A
N/A
Location management
N/A
N/A
Order Management (4)
100%
10.0
Pricing
100%
10.0
Order entry
100%
10.0
Credit card processing
100%
10.0
Cost of goods sold
100%
10.0
Payroll Management (3)
N/A
N/A
Pay calculation
N/A
N/A
Benefit plan administration
N/A
N/A
Direct deposit files
N/A
N/A
Reporting & Analytics (3)
100%
10.0
Dashboards
100%
10.0
Standard reports
100%
10.0
Custom reports
100%
10.0
Customization (2)
100%
10.0
API for custom integration
100%
10.0
Plug-ins
100%
10.0
Security (2)
100%
10.0
Role-based user permissions
100%
10.0
Single sign-on capability
100%
10.0
Grants Management
N/A
N/A
Project Financial Management
N/A
N/A
Project Execution Management
N/A
N/A
Procurement
N/A
N/A
Risk Management
N/A
N/A
Logistics
N/A
N/A
Manufacturing
N/A
N/A
Supply Chain
N/A
N/A
Product Lifecycle Management
N/A
N/A
  • This is tough to quantify, as our business was growing rapidly, so it was almost impossible to attribute specific numbers to NetSuite only. But, I estimate that we cut administrative costs by ~ 30% with simplified billing, licensing and install base management. We dramatically improved renewals cash flow by automating the process via NetSuite.
  • We were up and running on the NetSuite GL in 1 month. We went live on Customer Support by the end of month 3. We fully implemented NetSuite with full integration to Salesforce within 5 months. We acquired 2 companies and opened up an office in Cork, Ireland in this same time period.
  • Oracle eBusiness Suite,QuickBooks Online,QuickBooks Pro
NetSuite architecture is far superior to any of these. Technically and business process wise. Robust revenue recognition, multi-company, multi-currency. Scales to meet entire business requirements.
100
Sales (for actuals and compensation) Marketing (for promotion analysis and actuals by product) Accounting Product Management (for unit and $ analysis and item management) Customer Service and Support
3
One business applications manager. One technical NS administrator. One integration expert.
  • Quote to Cash, including revenue recognition
  • Procure to Pay
  • GL to Financial Statements
  • Operational reporting and analysis
It works well and it scales.
QuickBooks
  • Vendor implemented
  • Implemented in-house
We used NetSuite Professional Services in a shared services model. They would meet with us and walk us through specific functionality. Then we would setup the rest of the functionality ourselves. For example, they would teach us how to enter an account in the chart of accounts, then we would enter the rest.
Executive involvement is critical. Make sure you have a good handle on the metrics you would like to ultimately manage. Work as a team to document your business requirements. Whiteboard often. Understand NetSuite's best practice capabilities. Have a central person identified to handle all report and analysis requests (ie - don't allow multiple people to create reports; have one person create reports and distribute them to decision makers via the NS dashboard or whatever form). Make sure you understand critical dates and develop the project plan accordingly.
  • Online training
  • Self-taught
It was for me, but I believe that is because I have a public accounting background with a heavy emphasis on business workflows, risks and controls. Plus, I was an Oracle Applications Sales Consultant for 8 years. But for most organizations, I would recommend training sessions by functional area. Additionally, NetSuite has excellent Help documentation.
NetSuite's SuiteCloud platform allows you to easily adapt NetSuite to meet your company's business process. You can control the information that is accessed and entered by each user of your NetSuite account. There is a simple point and click interface for configuring standard fields, forms and reports and for creating custom fields and forms, custom record types, transaction form layouts, and custom centers (role based dashboards).
No
In my opinion, the best place to go to answer your NetSuite functionality questions is their Online Help. It is excellent. For true support questions, NetSuite offers a Knowledgebase to its customers. Also, for ERP, NetSuite has licensed accountants that provide support. With any support organization, you must be thorough in describing your issue though. NetSuite has several different support levels - http://www.netsuite.com/portal/services/support_main.shtml
  • Fields and forms are easy to configure.
  • Order to Cash, including revenue recognition.
  • Multi-company, multi-currency
Yes
NetSuite's support for mobile devices—iOS, Android and Windows Phones—ensures that your business users get real-time access to the information they need.
Overall NetSuite is very intuitive. Usability is the direct product of a proper implementation - the way you configure form layouts, add fields, assign permissions and develop workflows.
NetSuite has a published 99.5% uptime guarantee.
In my experience, NetSuite's server and network performance has been good.
  • Salesforce.com
  • A custom product licensing system on SQL Server.
We initially created a custom object for quoting in Salesforce then integrated the transactional (line) item detail. This is very challenging, as you are recreating items, pricing, discounting, etc. Plus, this requires the integration to transfer all of the transactional detail leading to more inherent risk of failure. We redesigned the integration to allow Sales Reps, on an opportunity in Salesforce, to click a button to launch the Sales Rep into NetSuite where they could enter the quote in NetSuite. Order Management could then process approved quotes to Orders and eventually Invoices. We transferred Quote Header (ID, amount, expiration date) information back into Salesforce so that Sales Manager could run Opportunity and Quote reports (ex. which opps have quotes that are expired). Best of all worlds.
  • In my current role as President of SaaS Consulting Group, my team has done many integrations.
NetSuite now supports an integration with Salesforce.com.
  • File import/export
  • API (e.g. SOAP or REST)
  • Javascript widgets
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The SuiteTalk Platform provides programmatic access to your NetSuite data and business processes through an XML-based application programming interface (API). Generally speaking, the SuiteTalk Platform has the following characteristics:

  • SOAP encoded web services – the SuiteTalk Platform uses SOAP-based web services with document style, or Doc style, encoding.

    Doc style encoding consists of message-oriented exchanges where an XML schema specified within the SOAP message defines the structure of any messages sent between two applications. RPC exchanges are NOT supported.

  • HTTPS Transport – currently the only transport supported is HTTPS as defined in the WSDL document.

Plan out your business process. Leverage each system's core process strengths (ex. NetSuite item master, quote to cash). Reduce transaction line item integration whenever possible.
Private.

Hands-down the best tool for accounting.

Rating: 8 out of 10
February 22, 2015
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
NetSuite ERP
5 years of experience
We use NetSuite primarily as a finance and accounting tool, though it is also used to track implementation launch data (we're a software company).
  • As long as they are mainly interested in ERP/accounting I highly recommend. If buying for as an accounting tool, NetSuite is excellent.
  • The integration across your primary business processes e.g. order to cash, procure to pay is strong . If you want high level or to see the details, it does so exceptionally well.
  • Revenue recognition is one of the best out there.
  • It is excellent for international. It is the cheapest way to consolidate and add companies.
  • All main and secondary records are exposed as APIs.
  • Netsuite has demonstrated a solit commitment to its platform recently, with major improvements in functionality in recent releases.
If you need an accounting tool, and are too big for Quickbooks yet too small for Oracle, NetSuite is likely an excellent choice. It's still not a one stop shop for everything, e.g. manufacturing has lots of room for expansion, as does professional services support, but core support for GL, AP, Revenue, AR, etc., processes is excellent.
  • Scalability and better control over data.
  • Reduced use of error prone Excel spreadsheets.
  • None.
175
Majority in finance and other related functions Professional services has some too Plus a few others who need access to data (e.g. client success).
1
We have a NetSuite developer, and an Admin who is expert in NetSuite. Both of them work on other applications in addition to NetSuite, in particular the Admin.
  • Bookings and revenue recognition
  • General Ledger
  • AP
  • Billing and collections
  • Bookings: built out custom records to track bookings
  • Professional services
  • Procurement
Yes
Quickbooks, we'd outgrown it.
  • Price
  • Product Features
  • Product Usability
  • Product Reputation
  • Vendor Reputation
  • Vendor implemented
  • Professional services company
We used a professional services company when we moved to OneWorld.
No
All in one go.
Change management was a minor issue with the implementation
I wasn't here for the implementation, but from what I've seen, I would rate it a 5-6. I would recommend contracting with a NetSuite partner. Data migration can be a big driver of implementation complexity.
  • Online training
  • Self-taught
Online training is quite strong. I have used for specific pieces of functionality.However it is not sufficient in all areas.
Depends. As an end user, if you're generally computer software fluent then you should be fine without training. If computer applications don't come easily, then training is highly recommended. If you're a new Admin/developer, or just generally responsible for your organization's NetSuite instance, then training is critical.
Yes
We are on a Gold premium support package. I think it’s necessary if you are of any size. I wouldn’t want to live without it.
It has gotten better in last year or two, but as an experienced NetSuite user, I know more than many of the support reps and have to escalate. You cannot directly go higher, unless you are partner who pays for partner support. I have the general complaint that they don’t always fix the things you want i.e. bug fixes etc. but I have gotten used to it. I average finding one defect every week, however they are usually small and unimportant. The pace of product development feels slow for this day and age. But as an admin, I don’t think I would want to go through more than two releases/year.
It’s largely consistent across different functions, such that if you learn one aspect, it’s relatively easy to figure out how different things work. The help documentation is quite robust. The integration between the application and help is quite effective. By contrast Concur help is poorly integrated.
Highly reliable
No issues with access at the end of the quarter.
  • Salesforce.com
  • Concur
Salesforce.com. Currently, limited integration in existence. Most data is re-entered manually. We are using Boomi for middleware, however there is a basic mismatch in data in the two systems (Netsuite, Salesforce.com). For example, the company P&G is represented in Salesforce.com as all the individual brands, but in NetSuite is billed at a single company level. There are parent/child structures in both, but we weren’t able to get them aligned. It could be more of an implementation issue with each application. Concur – All payments are made out of Concur. Bill and payment record flow into NetSuite to hit the GL. Once a day in the morning, previous days approved expenses migrated to NetSuite. My overall advice is to think through your number of end points – systems, data volume, as well as specific requirements for records. Not all Connectors are created equal. I have seen integration tools that connect to NetSuite, but don’t support the notion of add a sub i.e. not built to support OneWorld.
You can get hefty discounts at the EOQ.

Meets all accounting needs. Support is poor.

Rating: 8 out of 10
December 17, 2014
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
NetSuite ERP
5 years of experience
  • Good at handling most/all accounting needs; very customizable; little or no IT support required; strong revenue recognition module; works very well if used as designed and you are careful with your customizations; lots of add-ons also available to suite specific business needs.
If you're comfortable with the cloud, it's a great product. It is very customizable, but error towards keeping your instance as vanilla as possible as over-customization can cause problems too. Does a good job with revenue recognition.
  • No internal IT support needed.
  • No additional IT hardware needed.
  • Accessible anywhere with an internet connection.
  • Pushbutton reporting.
  • Integrations can eliminate duplicate entry.
  • Automates revenue recognition and billing to some degree.
Intacct - NetSuite was more established and had broader functionality.
It works well overall and expect to continue to obtain more efficiencies and automation.
15
Accounting/Finance
1
Administrator needs a good blend of accounting expertise and comfort level with cloud based software. I'd also recommend building a relationship with a good third party support vendor that can handle the more complicated issues/changes. Most will have a stable of people well versed in different aspects of the system (financials, sales, integrations, reporting, script writing customizations, etc.). This person usually can take on more duties than just the administrator role and/or could be a controller type if they are "tech savy" enough.
  • Almost all accounting related processes and some contract management.
Quickbooks
  • Vendor implemented
  • Implemented in-house
  • Professional services company
I've worked on 4 implementations in various capacities (NetSuite led, jointly with another third party, and in-house).
As mentioned earlier, make sure your key players dedicate time to the implementation. I would also get several references from vendor on other implementations they have done.
  • Online training
  • Self-taught
Usually use pretty simplistic business cases, but instructors are able to handle more in-depth questions.
Users with a higher level of comfort working in the cloud and have used other accounting packages will do fairly well; users new to the cloud coming from desktop software systems will need more in-depth training.
Yes
This is a tough one as I don't find their support line very helpful usually, but you really need to have some level of support in case of emergency ... I haven't noticed much difference in the quality of response in different support levels in the past.
Many times my issue is not solved and/or I spend an inordinate amount of time re-explaining the issue several times and just get the help guide read back to me. There is a language barrier you have to deal with as well most of the time.
Fairly straightforward interface and can be tailored to user roles to give them only what they need to see. That said, if users are not comfortable with the cloud/internet, it may not be the best solution - all players need to understand it's an internet product and only as good as your internet connections and you will occasionally have minor issues where you may need to re-enter something because of internet quirks (this is VERY minimal in my opinion and doesn't happen any more or less often than quirks with a desktop software like Quick books).
Very good up time ... if there's ever been a problem, it's usually an internet issue on our side affecting all the company's internet (not just NetSuite). I can only remember one or two times in 5 years of using the product that might have been on NetSuite's side. That said, it's sometimes difficult to determine exactly where a problem is or what is causing speed issues that can occasionally crop up.
Seems pretty good most of the time, but have noticed occasional times where it slows down a little. Can be due to other things going on at the company and/or high volumes of transactions being run through the system.
  • Optimo event management software and Ticketmaster.
Optimo is still in-work; Ticketmaster done through imports (high volume of transactions makes this a challenge; will be looking at more automated integration at some point).
  • Ticketmaster - currently done through spreadsheet imports; will look at automating this further at some point.
Yes.
I've seen pricing for several different companies and they all seem to get pretty close to the same number for each of the modules. Ask for discounts. They will give better rates for longer terms. Make sure you really understand if you need a given module - might be best to start without it if you have any question and then see if it stops you from doing what you need to do and/or for a small amount of extra work outside of the system, you can avoid additional recurring charges (i.e., doing an allocation in a spreadsheet and then importing a resulting journal entry vs. paying for a module just for that purpose).
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