Acumatica in Construction Applications
January 09, 2024

Acumatica in Construction Applications

J. Thomas Elliott, CHC | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Construction

Modules Used

  • FInancial Management Suite
  • Project Accounting Suite

Overall Satisfaction with Acumatica

We use Acumatica for all project accounting, contracts, and change order management. I appreciate that the changes are live and immediate, and can be accessed from anywhere. My problems come about when training new employees and the amount of strokes and clicks needed to accomplish one task, there is a large margin for error.
  • Communicate between project team and accounting
  • Monthly projections and adjustments
  • Change order and contract templates
  • Ability to use loaded labor rates versus non-burdened rates
  • Having to update revenue and costs every time is redundant
  • A few too many clicks and steps to a process
  • Monthly owner billing is standardized
  • Employees can work from home and multiple jobsites
Acumatica is used for corporate and all construction jobsite accounting. We also use it to write contracts and change orders between subcontractors and owners/developers.
Procore has all other project management abilities but not accounting. CMiC is very similar to Acumatica but even less user friendly, as it was still DOS based last time I used it. Prolog was still in development when I used it last, most of it's functions worked well but it didn't communicate well with our corporate accounting.

Do you think Acumatica delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Acumatica's feature set?

Yes

Did Acumatica live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Acumatica go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy Acumatica again?

Yes

This feels like it was addressed previously, but the system is beneficial for creating change orders, contracts, and monthly projections. Labor projections aren't realistic because burdened labor rates can't be used as it conflicts with our accounting.

Acumatica Feature Ratings

Accounts payable
8
Accounts receivable
8
Global Financial Support
8
Primary and Secondary Ledgers
8
Journals and Reconciliations
8
Configurable Accounting
7
Standardized Processes
2
Billing Management
6
Cash and Asset Management
8
Travel & Expense Management
8
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting
8
Period Close
8
Credit card processing
2
Pay calculation
7
Benefit plan administration
8
Direct deposit files
7
Dashboards
6
Standard reports
8
Custom reports
8
Role-based user permissions
9
Single sign-on capability
8
Project Planning and Scheduling
7
Task Insight for Project Managers
7
Project Mobile Functionality
8
Definable Resource Pools
6
Not Rated