Sparkrock
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What is Sparkrock?
Sparkrock’s cloud-enabled solution helps organizations manage their finance and accounting, human resources and payroll, human services case management, and donor and fundraising activities.
According to the vendor, key benefits and features include:
- Finance Management with capabilities to help organizations increase...
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- $50,000 per installationRequired
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What is Sparkrock?
Sparkrock’s cloud-enabled solution helps organizations manage their finance and accounting, human resources and payroll, human services case management, and donor and fundraising activities.
According to the vendor, key benefits and features include:
- Finance Management with capabilities to help organizations increase transparency and reduce risk.
- Workforce Management to help front-line employees deliver services to clients, with tools that help them to be more productive on the go and help manage them more effectively.
- Case Management so organizations get the critical information needed to ensure the quality of care and program delivery.
- Donor Management to provide a complete view of all donor activities, helping to build relationships with donors, and improve fundraising effectiveness.
Sparkrock partners with Microsoft Dynamics to build a solution with vertical-specific functionality based on over a decade’s worth of experience working in the nonprofit sector. Additionally, the vendor says this means users get a solution that has cutting-edge technology and unique capabilities that are meaningful to them and their organization.
Sparkrock Features
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting Features
- Supported: Accounts payable
- Supported: Accounts receivable
- Supported: Global Financial Support
- Supported: Primary and Secondary Ledgers
- Supported: Journals and Reconciliations
- Supported: Configurable Accounting
- Supported: Standardized Processes
Subledger and Financial Process Features
- Supported: Billing Management
- Supported: Revenue Recognition
- Supported: Cash and Asset Management
- Supported: Travel & Expense Management
- Supported: Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting
- Supported: Period Close
Inventory Management Features
- Supported: Inventory tracking
- Supported: Automatic reordering
- Supported: Location management
Payroll Management Features
- Supported: Pay calculation
- Supported: Benefit plan administration
- Supported: Direct deposit files
Reporting & Analytics Features
- Supported: Dashboards
- Supported: Standard reports
- Supported: Custom reports
Customization Features
- Supported: API for custom integration
- Supported: Plug-ins
Security Features
- Supported: Role-based user permissions
- Supported: Single sign-on capability
- Supported: Multi-factor authentication
- Supported: User-level audit trail
Grants Management Features
- Supported: Award Lifecycle Management
- Supported: Spending Control
- Supported: Indirect Cost Management
Project Financial Management Features
- Supported: Budgeting and Forecasting
- Supported: Project Costing
- Supported: Cost Capture
- Supported: Capital Project Management
- Supported: Customer Contract Compliance
- Supported: Project Revenue Recognition
Procurement Features
- Supported: Bids Analyzed and Compared
- Supported: Catalog Shopping E-Commerce for Employees
- Supported: Contract Authoring
- Supported: Contract Repository
- Supported: Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated
- Supported: Supplier Management
- Supported: Contract Renewal Automation
Supply Chain Features
- Supported: Forecasting
- Supported: Inventory Planning
- Supported: Performance Monitoring
Additional Features
- Supported: Flexible architecture with multiple integrations
- Supported: Microsoft-based tool
- Supported: Secure Mobile Access
- Supported: Volunteer Management
- Supported: Grant Management
- Supported: Applicant Tracking
- Supported: Donor Management
- Supported: Fund Accounting
- Supported: Employee Scheduling
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Sparkrock Integrations
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Word
- Office365
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Sparkrock Technical Details
Deployment Types | On-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
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Operating Systems | Windows |
Mobile Application | Apple iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Blackberry, Mobile Web |
Supported Countries | Canada, United States |
Supported Languages | English, French |
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Sparkrock Customer Size Distribution
Consumers | 0% |
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Small Businesses (1-50 employees) | 0% |
Mid-Size Companies (51-500 employees) | 90% |
Enterprises (more than 500 employees) | 10% |
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All in one with Sparkrock
- It contains all the complete accounting management to keep up-to-date payments with debtors and suppliers. I can have all the information in the system and make payments through the same means.
- It allows us to issue customized invoices quickly and recurring billing is very agile as well.
- Payroll is handled perfectly with the software, as we also manage the employee management and hiring process there.
- The problem with a cloud-based program is that it is impossible to work it without a connection or bad internet connection, which is a big limitation.
- Not all the functions are used and there are so many that can become overwhelming at the beginning of the use of the software.
- They could have configured in a more organic or friendly way the main panel so that it would be a much more navigable experience for the page.
The Solution of the Future!
- Altus Dynamics is very customer focused! Altus Alliance is just one example!
- Offers an integrated product which meets the needs of the users!
- Continuously invests in the product to make each release better than the last!
- Building in additional training support for end users as part of an implementation or upgrade.
- Sharing of best practices amongst like minded organizations and creating system and or reporting standardizations where possible.
- It would be great to see a "cashless schools" module as part of the product which integrates into the financial system!
Awesome (Altus) Dynamics
- Customization
- Ease of use
- Great customer service
Dynamics CRM Helps Connect our Dots
- Data collection - the system is robust and we can tailor it to collect the information we need.
- Easily configurable - the system is easy to configure to meet our specific business needs.
- Reporting and data extraction - the system allows for easy access to information that helps inform business decisions.
- Learning curve can be a challenge for some, but by having dedicated support channels to help users find the answers to questions they need, users can adapt to the processes quickly.
- While reporting is a positive, the sheer robustness of the system can be overwhelming for some. Understanding how to extract the exact data they want can be challenging at times.
- The system is huge. There is so much to learn that getting users to focus on the basics first can be a challenge. That said, we'd rather have a system that includes many areas of functionality that we can grow into than feel limited by lack of system potential.
NAV Payroll
- It is easy to gather information for reports.
- It is fast to find information that is needed.
- It has diminished manual entry for payroll.
- The scheduling module is missing a few key parts that would enhance our employee's use of the system.
- Payroll is not yet stable and there is difficulty posting payroll.
- Some of the pay controls do not work to the ability that we would like them to.
Altus
- Data is easily exported to Excel which allows for easy manipulation and reporting options.
- There are many filtering options to provide specific data.
- Some functionality is difficult to find within the program.
- When there are data issues/errors, the program doesn't tell you what the error/issue is. You need to go through everything to find it.
Great Support
- Dimension combinations allow us to report on expenses in various ways.
- The support from Altus Dynamics is superb. They truly understand our business processes and help mold the software solution around that.
- The migration to the Altus Dynamics ERP is one of the smoothest deployments of my career.
- Custom development/reports are difficult to do on our own, however Altus Dynamics is open to assisting with that.
Altus K-12 review
- Organization of data from an accounting perspective. It is logical and easy to use.
- Linking of data between modules - accounting and purchasing. Very easy to get the whole story when looking up a vendor.
- Reporting - the canned reports do not meet our needs.
- Budgeting module - needs improvement and updating.
Altus Dynamics is dynamic!
- Integrates finance with payroll. Many solutions still run these as separate functions and this was one of the deciding factors for King's when purchasing Microsoft NAV in 2005.
- Altus has added an employee web app that seamlessly connects the outside 'users' to the information they require.
- HR position management has taken the many details of an employee in this environment and allowed each position to be tracked individually.
- Many of the improvements are being met with each upgrade. Altus Dynamics has an idea portal that customers can add ideas to and vote on other customer ideas. This means that most issues that come up are resolved with each new upgrade.