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What is Viewpoint Spectrum?

Viewpoint Spectrum is a cloud-based construction ERP suite with project management, accounting, resource management, and reporting and analytics. Key features include workflow automation and collaboration tools, document imaging and sharing, cost estimating tools, and RFI management tools.

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Viewpoint Spectrum Review

1 out of 10
March 16, 2023
We signed a contract to move our company to Viewpoint Spectrum software from Quickbooks and it was a disaster. The software: in my opinion …
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Popular Features

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  • Role-based user permissions (27)
    7.9
    79%
  • Dashboards (29)
    6.9
    69%
  • Standard reports (30)
    6.4
    64%
  • Custom reports (28)
    6.0
    60%

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What is Viewpoint Spectrum?

Viewpoint Spectrum is a cloud-based construction ERP suite with project management, accounting, resource management, and reporting and analytics. Key features include workflow automation and collaboration tools, document imaging and sharing, cost estimating tools, and RFI management tools.

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  • No setup fee

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  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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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.

4.9
Avg 7.2

Customization

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

6.1
Avg 7.3

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.

8.2
Avg 8.1

Reporting & Analytics

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

5.1
Avg 7.0

General Ledger and Configurable Accounting

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

7.6
Avg 7.6

Inventory Management

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

6.1
Avg 7.9

Order Management

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

8.6
Avg 7.8

Subledger and Financial Process

Revenue management solution including capabilities for subledgers and financial processes

7.6
Avg 7.4

Project Execution Management

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

6.8
Avg 6.8

Procurement

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

6.9
Avg 7.0
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Product Details

What is Viewpoint Spectrum?

Web-based construction ERP solution with tools for accounting, project management, equipment and materials management, service management, document control, HR and payroll, inventory, and reporting. Spectrum allows contractors to work in real-time, no matter where work takes them. With interactive dashboards and responsive information, users access detailed data when they need it, with no complex menus to master, and applications that provide organizational intelligence. Built to facilitate employee engagement and collaboration, Spectrum provides organizations with an integrated payroll and onboarding experience, helping contractors meet seasonal and project hiring demands while improving back office efficiency.

Viewpoint Spectrum 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: Cash and Asset Management
  • Supported: Period Close

Inventory Management Features

  • Supported: Inventory tracking
  • Supported: Location management

Order Management Features

  • Supported: Pricing
  • Supported: Order entry
  • Supported: Cost of goods sold

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

Security Features

  • Supported: Role-based user permissions
  • Supported: Single sign-on capability
  • Supported: Multi-factor authentication
  • Supported: User-level audit trail

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

Project Execution Management Features

  • Supported: Task Insight for Project Managers
  • Supported: Project Mobile Functionality
  • Supported: Definable Resource Pools

Procurement Features

  • Supported: Bids Analyzed and Compared
  • Supported: Contract Authoring
  • Supported: Contract Repository
  • Supported: Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated
  • Supported: Supplier Management

Additional Features

  • Supported: Purchase Orders
  • Supported: Work Order/Service Tech
  • Supported: Business Intelligence
  • Supported: Cash Management
  • Supported: Document Management
  • Supported: Job Costing
  • Supported: Jobsite Reports
  • Supported: RFI Tools
  • Supported: As-built drawings
  • Supported: Submittal design and management
  • Supported: Specifications
  • Supported: Plan markups & sharing
  • Supported: Photo documentation
  • Supported: Document sharing
  • Supported: Collaboration & approvals
  • Supported: Mobile App
  • Supported: Meeting Minutes
  • Supported: Change Orders
  • Supported: Support for external payroll vendors
  • Supported: Compliance data

Viewpoint Spectrum Video

Western Allied Mechanical Talks About Using Spectrum by Viewpoint

Viewpoint Spectrum Technical Details

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Viewpoint Spectrum is a cloud-based construction ERP suite with project management, accounting, resource management, and reporting and analytics. Key features include workflow automation and collaboration tools, document imaging and sharing, cost estimating tools, and RFI management tools.

Procore, Acumatica, and Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate are common alternatives for Viewpoint Spectrum.

Reviewers rate Cost of goods sold highest, with a score of 8.9.

The most common users of Viewpoint Spectrum are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Attribute Ratings

Reviews

(1-4 of 4)
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Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We are an electrical contractor that use Spectrum for all of our business needs from AP, AR, to Payroll, Project Management and Work Orders. We use ADP as our payroll provider for documents like W2 and filing our taxes. We have not made the jump yet to get ADP to calculate our taxes yet but something we are looking into.
  • Helps us track job related cost and billings
  • handles accounts payable in accurate formate
  • works well with security management
  • Reporting of finanicals
  • Better integration with outside software to help with reporting payroll and other areas of the business
  • quicker processing of internal reports and being able to create ad hoc reports without using crystal reports.
This is suited for a smaller company that is just getting off the ground. We have issue with locking and blocking all the time with that amount of users we have.
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting (7)
57.142857142857146%
5.7
Accounts payable
70%
7.0
Accounts receivable
50%
5.0
Global Financial Support
40%
4.0
Primary and Secondary Ledgers
70%
7.0
Journals and Reconciliations
70%
7.0
Configurable Accounting
50%
5.0
Standardized Processes
50%
5.0
Subledger and Financial Process (3)
36.666666666666664%
3.7
Billing Management
40%
4.0
Cash and Asset Management
20%
2.0
Period Close
50%
5.0
Inventory Management
N/A
N/A
Order Management
N/A
N/A
Payroll Management (3)
40%
4.0
Pay calculation
30%
3.0
Benefit plan administration
30%
3.0
Direct deposit files
60%
6.0
Reporting & Analytics (3)
16.666666666666668%
1.7
Dashboards
20%
2.0
Standard reports
20%
2.0
Custom reports
10%
1.0
Customization (1)
20%
2.0
API for custom integration
20%
2.0
Security (2)
65%
6.5
Role-based user permissions
50%
5.0
Single sign-on capability
80%
8.0
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
  • seems limited in the abilities to help specialty contractor in the unique areas we work in.
  • we are able to accurately report our financials using exports of data to Prophix to help track information
It is not the most easy system to learn when first starting out but once you get into the system you are able to find things easier. I think it could be more defined in certain areas and the fact that some areas are in different modules. IE Change Order REquest in the AR module but it is closer to the job cost relate activity.
We are not apart of the TC One yet but it seems like there is still a lot room to improve based on what we have seen. There needs to be more focus on integrating all apps to talk to each other with everything that the apps do.
Spectrum seems to be a better option for now since current leadership is comfortable with the financial aspect that Spectrum bring but some in the leadership team are not happy with the other offers that Trimble has.
I am not sure if we do have this feature.
Yes
Things are 90% of the time resolved in a timely manner. sometime our more difficult tickets take longer but that is expected.
I cannot at the moment.
the first touch with the client take longer than expected with more sensitive items and when we call the person that answers is not able to help us with basic issues we are facing.
February 08, 2023

Daily User

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Daily operations for accounting and project management. All data in one location.
  • AP Invoice Approval Process
  • Job Cost Tracking
  • Equipment Revenue Billings
  • Financial reports
  • Simpler process for revising a subcontract
  • Ability to remove a PO revision
Accounting areas work well in connection with job costing. Job management tasks could be simpler. Hate Crystal Reports. Need to easily be able to customize all reports more like QuickBooks. More drill down capibilities.
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting (7)
47.142857142857146%
4.7
Accounts payable
90%
9.0
Accounts receivable
90%
9.0
Global Financial Support
N/A
N/A
Primary and Secondary Ledgers
30%
3.0
Journals and Reconciliations
50%
5.0
Configurable Accounting
10%
1.0
Standardized Processes
60%
6.0
Subledger and Financial Process (3)
70%
7.0
Billing Management
70%
7.0
Cash and Asset Management
70%
7.0
Period Close
70%
7.0
Inventory Management
N/A
N/A
Order Management
N/A
N/A
Payroll Management (3)
70%
7.0
Pay calculation
70%
7.0
Benefit plan administration
70%
7.0
Direct deposit files
70%
7.0
Reporting & Analytics (3)
23.333333333333336%
2.3
Dashboards
20%
2.0
Standard reports
40%
4.0
Custom reports
10%
1.0
Customization (1)
10%
1.0
API for custom integration
10%
1.0
Security (2)
80%
8.0
Role-based user permissions
80%
8.0
Single sign-on capability
80%
8.0
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
  • Increased efficiency
  • Increased Productivity
  • Reduced Risk
If you are in it on a daily bases it's great. For our project management team it seems more cumbersome. Biggest compliant is it takes too many clicks to get anything done.
Yes. We have more consistency and process in place to make us more productive.
Viewpoint Spectrum is much more construction based.
40
Accounting, Project Management, Field Management
1
I'm it!! I implemented and trained on the software.
  • Accounting
  • Project Management
  • Fleet Tracking and Repairs
Fairly user friendly
Yes
Quickbooks
  • Product Features
Combined accounting and project management
Contact more people who were currently using the software
  • Third-party professional services
OnPoint
Yes
Can't remember
Change management was minimal
  • Lack of specific training
Lack of specific training
Yes
No
Takes too long to get a response and resolution.
  • AP
  • AR
  • Job Projections
  • Fixed Assets
No
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I use Spectrum across all departments. We currently are using accounting, job cost, service contracts, work orders, and field tech. We wanted a solution that handles all our needs without having to buy a third-party bolt. We like that everyone has the ability to use the system that relates to their department, and we are able to lock them out of sensitive areas.
  • Job Cost
  • All in one product
  • Info-Link
  • Better dashboards
  • Better documentation
  • Better Customer Service
We wanted an accounting system and a service system wrapped into one system. Viewpoint offered that solution. It provides the ability to store documents in the system, allowing less paper in the office.
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting (7)
72.85714285714286%
7.3
Accounts payable
80%
8.0
Accounts receivable
80%
8.0
Global Financial Support
50%
5.0
Primary and Secondary Ledgers
70%
7.0
Journals and Reconciliations
70%
7.0
Configurable Accounting
80%
8.0
Standardized Processes
80%
8.0
Subledger and Financial Process (5)
72%
7.2
Billing Management
70%
7.0
Cash and Asset Management
70%
7.0
Travel & Expense Management
70%
7.0
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting
70%
7.0
Period Close
80%
8.0
Inventory Management (3)
56.66666666666667%
5.7
Inventory tracking
50%
5.0
Automatic reordering
60%
6.0
Location management
60%
6.0
Order Management (5)
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
Payroll Management (3)
80%
8.0
Pay calculation
80%
8.0
Benefit plan administration
80%
8.0
Direct deposit files
80%
8.0
Reporting & Analytics (3)
66.66666666666667%
6.7
Dashboards
50%
5.0
Standard reports
80%
8.0
Custom reports
70%
7.0
Customization (2)
N/A
N/A
API for custom integration
N/A
N/A
Plug-ins
N/A
N/A
Security (2)
95%
9.5
Role-based user permissions
90%
9.0
Single sign-on capability
100%
10.0
Grants Management (1)
N/A
N/A
Award Lifecycle Management
N/A
N/A
Project Financial Management
N/A
N/A
Project Execution Management (4)
55%
5.5
Project Planning and Scheduling
50%
5.0
Task Insight for Project Managers
50%
5.0
Project Mobile Functionality
70%
7.0
Definable Resource Pools
50%
5.0
Procurement (5)
N/A
N/A
Bids Analyzed and Compared
N/A
N/A
Contract Authoring
N/A
N/A
Contract Repository
N/A
N/A
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated
N/A
N/A
Supplier Management
N/A
N/A
Risk Management (5)
N/A
N/A
Risk Repository
N/A
N/A
Control Management
N/A
N/A
Control Efficiency Assessments
N/A
N/A
Issue Detection
N/A
N/A
Remediation and Certification
N/A
N/A
Logistics (5)
N/A
N/A
Transportation Planning and Optimization
N/A
N/A
Transportation Execution Management
N/A
N/A
Trade and Customs Management
N/A
N/A
Fulfillment Management
N/A
N/A
Warehouse Workforce Management
N/A
N/A
Manufacturing (5)
N/A
N/A
Production Process Design
N/A
N/A
Production Management
N/A
N/A
Configuration Management
N/A
N/A
Work Execution
N/A
N/A
Manufacturing Costs
N/A
N/A
Supply Chain (3)
N/A
N/A
Forecasting
N/A
N/A
Inventory Planning
N/A
N/A
Performance Monitoring
N/A
N/A
Product Lifecycle Management (2)
N/A
N/A
Proposal Management
N/A
N/A
Product Master Data Management
N/A
N/A
  • Customer Service Issues are a negative
  • Job Cost Analysis Screen is positive
  • Easy to drill down into a job
We selected Viewpoint Spectrum because it allowed us to run our construction and projects department along with our service department all in one application. We are into year five with Viewpoint Spectrum and are still very pleased with our decision.
25
Accounting, Project Management, Finance, Service
25
Computer Literate. Understand processes and are able to follow them.
  • Payroll
  • Job Cost
  • Service
  • Info-Link
  • Ability To Link to other modules
  • Sales
  • Quotes
The product is working for us and the cost to implement a new system does not warrant the expense.
Yes
We replaced StarBuilder which we had for over 15 years.
  • Product Features
  • Product Usability
It was important to us to have a single system to handle our construction and service needs.
Spend more time testing the service side of the product.
It is important to have a strong implementation partner. It made the transition from our old system to the new system easier.
  • Implemented in-house
No
Change management was a minor issue with the implementation
  • Amount of time required.
  • Picking go live date related to payroll.
  • In-Person Training
Having to speak with multiple people to get results and still not getting answers or problems solved.
No, not sure we should be required to pay for premium support.
No
No.
It is very easy to navigate from screen to screen or to drill further into the screen.
  • Job Cost
  • Running Reports
  • Inqueries
  • Inventory
  • Job Entry
  • User Defined Fields
There is still work to do on some modules.
Very little down time. They host our system.
For the most part the product is very reliable. Since we are hosted we sometimes have connectivity issues but I would say that is more our ISP than Spectrum.
Score 1 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Our whole company switched to [Viewpoint] Spectrum last November. It is used for construction service, sales, part sales, receiving, everything. We realized, unanimously, that getting [Viewpoint] Spectrum was the absolute worst decision our company has EVER made [in our opinion]. None of us know how this decision got approved. [In our experience,] this software does absolutely nothing to help us do our jobs; it only adds work. The whole point of switching was to automate things and take some of the work away. BEWARE: [in our opinion,] this software WILL NOT help you calculate anything; [in our experience,] all sell and unit prices must be entered manually. [In our opinion,] everything is MUCH more manual than it was with our "ancient" system. Also, [in my opinion,] this program is bugged to hell. When you enter a contact name on an order, it NEVER sticks [in my experience], so now we have to print every order and write the names in. Another point of getting [Viewpoint] Spectrum was so that we [could] scan images into orders, so we don't have to print anything. However, unsurprisingly, [in our experience,] this doesn't work either. So now, we have to keep hard copies in a filing cabinet as well. When I have customers in front of me, I [feel I] look stupid because a lot of times the screen bugs out, the loading circle spins indefinitely, or records are "locked" and I can't access anything [in my experience using it]. I [feel like I] can't even put into words how inconvenient this is. [I believe that] [Viewpoint] Spectrum has known about these issues, and despite how easy of a fix it is, [I feel that] they simply do not care that they are burning businesses to the ground. [In my opinion,] not a day goes by where someone doesn't cuss out the system. [I believe] everyone [at my organization] absolutely hates it, and [I think] the CEO doesn't use it and doesn't know how bad we or the company is failing because of this. I [believe and] predict that if we don't change systems soon, we are going to suffer. [Personally,] I don't understand how there are ANY good reviews of this system... [I believe] they must have been written by CEOs who don't use the system at all. [In my opinion,] STEER CLEAR, or [I believe] you will regret getting this system!!!!!!!!!!! [In my experience,] it's not easy to make the switch twice...
  • [In my opinion,] nothing.
  • [I believe it could improve] viewing records.
  • [I believe it could improve] calculating.
  • [I believe it could improve via] retaining the information I type in, instead of me having to print it and write on the paper.
  • [I believe] UI Improvements [are] needed [as I feel it is] hard to navigate.
  • [I believe it] needs a SERIOUS debugging.
[Personally,] I can't imagine a company where [Viewpoint] Spectrum would work well. [In my opinion,] it does nothing to benefit anybody. [I feel that] we took a major downgrade going with this software.
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
N/A
N/A
Subledger and Financial Process
N/A
N/A
Inventory Management
N/A
N/A
Order Management
N/A
N/A
Payroll Management (3)
6.666666666666666%
0.7
Pay calculation
10%
1.0
Benefit plan administration
N/A
N/A
Direct deposit files
10%
1.0
Reporting & Analytics (3)
10%
1.0
Dashboards
10%
1.0
Standard reports
10%
1.0
Custom reports
10%
1.0
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
N/A
N/A
Product Lifecycle Management
N/A
N/A
  • [In my opinion,] it takes at LEAST twice as long to do our jobs now.
  • [I feel like] we are paranoid about something not being printed correctly because of [what I believe are] buggy text fields.
  • [In my experience,] we still have to refer to a physical file cabinet with paper, even though a main point of switching was to go paperless.
  • [In our experience,] screens can now be "locked", so we can't see something if our coworker is also looking at it.
  • [I believe that] the financial hit our company took from this switch was astronomical. [In my opinion:] Beware!
[In my experience,] nobody has ever answered about my problems using this system. [I feel that] the fact that a year has gone by, and text that I enter in text fields still doesn't stick, is asinine.
Yes
[In my experience, I have reported bugs] almost weekly. [In my experience, I] still never got an answer once.
[In my experience,] no, [I cannot].
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