#1 most frequent
United States of America
92.8%526 installations of 567
What is Vista?
Viewpoint’s Vista is a construction accounting software. Vista’s core accounting features include accounts receivable and payable, general ledger, payroll and time management, and cash management. It also provides tools for document management, including document templates and reporting.
Categories & Use Cases
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Screenshot of Job Cost Accounting
Top Performing Features
Project Costing
Standardize, track, and control costs at all project phases
Category average: 7.8
Cost Capture
Capture costs including those for procurement, financials or time and labor, including from external systems
Category average: 7.9
Role-based user permissions
Permissions to perform actions or access or modify data are assigned to roles, which are then assigned to users, reducing complexity of administration.
Category average: 8
Areas for Improvement
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated
Create touchless purchases using purchase orders generated automatically per rules from approved requisitions
Category average: 7.7
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting
Control spending at any budget level or time interval
Category average: 7.2
Travel & Expense Management
Enter expenses from mobile devices, integrate credit card and travel booking, configure policy enforcement
Category average: 7.2
Who Buys & Uses Viewpoint Vista
#2 most frequent
Canada
4.1%23 installations of 567
#3 most frequent
Australia
1.2%7 installations of 567
Review of Vista
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use for all Financial aspects. AP/AR/JC/WIP/Financials/GL and Project Management Forecasting. We also do in house payroll.
Pros
- Payroll
- Forecasting
- Financials
Cons
- Reports and being able to edit
- Releases updates, test more before keep releasing updates
- AR - Cleaning up balances
Return on Investment
- Forecasting - Has reduced and cut out spreadsheets
- More accurate/timely profit margins on our jobs
- Budgeting and Forecasting all in the system and feeds into WIP report vs manual
Usability
Alternatives Considered
ALTO eProcure
Other Software Used
Spreadsheet Server
Implementation Team is most Critical.
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Vista as our construction company's ERP. Vista helps us with job costs and compares current and past jobs. It also allows us to manage our material and aggregate sales and inventory. We still have some fine-tuning to do with the software, but it has functioned as expected.
Pros
- Gives us real time inventory updates when used properly.
- Allows for integration between other software's.
- Good customer support.
Cons
- Their payroll module is terribly slow and very clunky.
- Job costing parameters are very strict and limited.
- Each module interface has too many forms and screens.
- There is too much flexibility regarding where to put information into the system. There isn't one place to do anything, which creates confusion for staff.
Return on Investment
- So far it has made our data input take longer than previous ERP.
- No change to productivity within the company.
- So far it has cost more than it has saved.
Other Software Used
B2W Estimate, TValue, Google Drive
Vista Reports: Functional and Robust!
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Vista by Viewpoint is being used across our
entire company. Our accounting department uses it for accounts payable,
accounts receivable, payroll, financials. Our contracts department uses it for vendor
master records and audits of master file agreements and individual contracts. Our
purchasing department uses it for the purchase orders. Our human resource
department uses it for safety training tracking, onboarding, employment
history, salary history, employee turnover analytics, benefit selection history,
vacation scheduling and tracking (in conjunction with our payroll department) and general record keeping. Maintenace uses it for master
equipment file, equipment maintenance history, preventative maintenance
scheduling, parts and component orders, and work orders. Fleet operations use it for milage tracking, fleet management
and asset tracking. Equipment services use if for fleet maintenance management
and general maintenance tracking. Operations use it for job costing,
project management, and projections.
Pros
- Lots of useful reports out of the box.
- Ease of use and navigation.
- Ease to modify existing reports to fit your needs.
- Very easy to customize
Cons
- Support can take some time to get back with you, but they are currently working on that.
- The knowledge base is a real mess, unorganized, and it's sometimes hard to find the answers you are looking for.
Return on Investment
- Gaining the ability to manipulate reports in-house has saved us a great deal of money.
Other Software Used
HCSS, Spreadsheet Server, SAP Crystal
Usability
Vista Is Great!
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Vista mainly for accounting, our whole organization inputs data but the accounting department are the #1 users in our company. It keeps our project managers on-time and on-budget for our projects by displaying any issues before they become huge problems. Reports and dashboards keep us office folks up-to-date on what's happening in the field.
Pros
- Fully customizable, it can do anything you want and be tailored to your business.
- Real-time data.
- Detailed data, you can see where every penny is going.
Cons
- Takes a lot of time and effort to set up to get running.
- Online answers can be a little difficult to find for the average user.
- The non-computer person will need a LOT of training to use Vista.
- There are quite a few bugs we run into but they are generally fixed on following releases.
Return on Investment
- Monthly WIP meetings with Vista reporting have been a lifesaver for our company, we know immediately if something on a project needs to be fixed.
- Time-saving imports have let us use that time somewhere more productive.
- With custom reporting that we can do ourselves, audits are not a huge deal anymore.
Alternatives Considered
Procore
Other Software Used
SAP Crystal, Microsoft 365 Business, Procore
Vista by Viewpoint Makes All the Difference
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Vista by Viewpoint handles our Payroll, Accounting (AP, AR), Equipment Management and Project Management needs. It's a fully-functioning ERP software that handles every basic construction need as well as many complex construction needs. It can be fully utilized or utilized by just a few of your departments. Since I'm on the accounting side, we use it for our AP entries, Bank Recs, Journal Entries, Pay Apps, Cash Receipts, and more.
Pros
- AP Reviewer Approvals
- Intercompany Journal Transactions
- Cash Management Bank Reconciliations
- Pay Apps
- Hundreds of reports
- Equipment Management usage
- Job Costing from several different sub-ledgers (AP, Subcontracts, Equipment Management)
Cons
- Equipment Maintenance Scheduling
- Make Project Management more user-friendly
- Financial reporting within the software
Return on Investment
- Increased Accounting Efficiency and Productivity (Maintained # of team members while increasing revenue by 50%)
- Increased Accuracy
- Increased Visibility for Project Managers needing to review costs on their time
Other Software Used
ADP Workforce Now, Levelset, Asset Panda, SAP Concur
