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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.

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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.

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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.

8.2
Avg 7.1

Customization

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

7.5
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.

8.4
Avg 8.0

Reporting & Analytics

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

8.1
Avg 7.0

General Ledger and Configurable Accounting

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

8
Avg 7.6

Inventory Management

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

7.5
Avg 7.8

Order Management

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

7.6
Avg 7.7

Subledger and Financial Process

Revenue management solution including capabilities for subledgers and financial processes

7.6
Avg 7.4

Project Financial Management

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

8
Avg 7.6

Project Execution Management

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

6.7
Avg 6.8

Procurement

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

7.4
Avg 6.9

Supply Chain

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

7.7
Avg 7.0
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Product Details

What is Vista?

Vista by Viewpoint is a construction accounting and ERP software that is designed to help contractors manage all areas of their business. According to the vendor, Vista enables the centralization of information with visibility, providing secure, fully-interactive data across the organization. From pre-construction through project closeout, Vista’s project management provides project insight, backed by up-to-date data and workflows. With job costing, service, equipment, HR and Payroll management placed at the user's fingertips, Vista shows whether or not a project is on track or behind, and makes users aware of potential issues as work occurs rather than weeks or even months later. The solution helps manage subcontractors, mitigate risks and complete projects on-time and on-budget.

Vista Features

General Ledger and Configurable Accounting Features

  • Supported: Accounts payable
  • Supported: Accounts receivable
  • Supported: Journals and Reconciliations
  • Supported: Configurable Accounting
  • Supported: Standardized Processes

Subledger and Financial Process Features

  • Supported: Billing Management
  • 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

Order Management Features

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

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: 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

Procurement Features

  • Supported: Contract Authoring
  • Supported: Contract Repository
  • Supported: Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated
  • Supported: Supplier Management

Supply Chain Features

  • Supported: Inventory Planning

Additional Features

  • Supported: Takeoff Tools
  • Supported: Cost databases
  • Supported: Bid Creation
  • Supported: Job Costing
  • Supported: Cost Calculator
  • Supported: Plan distribution & viewing
  • Supported: Issue tracking & Punchlists
  • Supported: Jobsite Reporting
  • Supported: RFI Tools
  • Supported: As-Built Drawings
  • Supported: Submittal Design and Management
  • Supported: Specifications
  • Supported: Plan Markups and 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

Vista Screenshots

Screenshot of Job Cost AccountingScreenshot of Equipment ManagementScreenshot of Service ManagementScreenshot of Service Management Dispatch Board

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Vista Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
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Frequently Asked Questions

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.

Procore, Sage 300, and Acumatica are common alternatives for Vista.

Reviewers rate Pay calculation and Direct deposit files highest, with a score of 8.6.

The most common users of Vista are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews From Top Reviewers

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Implementation Team is most Critical.

Rating: 7 out of 10
March 25, 2024
  • 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.

Vista Reports: Functional and Robust!

Rating: 8 out of 10
March 04, 2024
AG
Vetted Review
Verified User
Viewpoint Vista
4 years of experience
  • 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.

Vista Is Great!

Rating: 9 out of 10
February 27, 2024
LH
Vetted Review
Verified User
Viewpoint Vista
4 years of experience
  • 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.

Viewpoint Vista Improves the connection between the Accounting and Project Management

Rating: 9 out of 10
March 20, 2024
Vetted Review
Verified User
Viewpoint Vista
1 year of experience
  • Organization of Information
  • Communication or connection between departments
  • Helps Simplify Project Management Issues
Cons
  • System is so large and detailed that there are multiple ways of doing things. Being trained and setup using that one method would be very helpful.
  • Some functions do not have a very detailed help section.
  • There is some large confusion with interfacing and initializing. These steps may need to be trained on more heavily.

Vista by Viewpoint Makes All the Difference

Rating: 10 out of 10
November 03, 2023
BS
Vetted Review
Verified User
Viewpoint Vista
12 years of experience
  • 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
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