Abila - Great FInancial Software for medium to large non profits
Updated January 09, 2018
Abila - Great FInancial Software for medium to large non profits
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Abila MIP Fund Accounting
MIP Fund Accounting is utilized for all our electronic accounting needs - general ledger, payroll, and reports to board and management.
Pros
- Ability to produce reports to management and funding agencies
- The audit trails are fantastic
- User Friendly
- Ease in navigating through modules
Cons
- Ability to exclude inactive, discontinued, terminated, etc., vendor and payroll accounts when looking up accounts
- "Select All" option when transferring from payroll to general ledger
- Expanding fields available for filtering when generating reports in payroll
- Clean CPA audits
- Excellent financial reviews from funders
- Creation of reports required by potential sources of funds results in increased funding
Before MIP I used a system designed for a "for profit" company. We had much difficulty adapting it to the level of detail we must report out to funders. Doing the IRS 990 was a major headache. When we started to search for non-profit software MIP Fund Accounting stood heads above the others offering similar software.
MIP Fund Accounting Feature Ratings
Using Abila MIP Fund Accounting
1 - The support person has been using MIP Funding Accounting since 2002. That person was trained by a MIP business partner and has attended MIP annual training sessions.
- Payroll
- Reporting
- Financial Management
- Create reports to drop directly into our annual report
- Provide all necessary schedules to do annual 990
- Preparing annual audited financial statement worksheets
- human resources
- benefit tracking
3 - Accounting
Payroll
Human Resources
Payroll
Human Resources
Evaluating Abila MIP and Competitors
Yes - Dos based system back in 2002- do not remember the name
- Price
- Product Usability
- Product Reputation
- Third-party Reviews
Usability was most important because of the monthly reporting requirements of the agency. Price - because the limited budget of a non profit.
Do not believe I would change.
Abila MIP Implementation
- Professional services company
The name has changed since 2002. It's now Kerr Consulting - a business partner of MIP. The professional assigned to the agency - Ronnie Hopkins has been our "go to " person since 2002.
Yes - We started with the basic - general ledger and payroll and eventually moved to the EFT module, HR Module and EWS module.
Change management was minimal
- Employee attitude to change
- purchasing necessary hardware to meet specifications
- cost
Abila MIP Support
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
Quick Resolution Good followup Knowledgeable team Problems get solved Kept well informed No escalation required Support understands my problem Support cares about my success | None |
No - Cannot afford premium support. Would rather apply budget to training staff and relying of support as a backup.
It was before they perfected upgrades. I was having a SQL Server issue. I allowed the tech support person to control my computer and my issues were resolved. I thought I would be late running payroll, which caused much anxiety for me. I was amazed at how quickly the issue could be resolved.
Using Abila MIP
- Data Input
- Reporting
- Electronic Fund Transfer
- Using budget worksheet
- Selecting items when transferring payroll to general ledger
- Correcting payroll distribution errors
Yes, but I don't use it
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
Like to use Quick to learn Convenient Feel confident using Familiar | Requires technical support |
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