OSAS is no longer relevant in the world of accounting software.
March 30, 2017
OSAS is no longer relevant in the world of accounting software.
Score 1 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with OSAS
OSAS is being used solely in the finance department. It is used to generate AP checks and to record all financials including AR and bank reconciliation. Only 2 employees access it, myself and our purchasing agent.
- No confusing reporting.
- Easy to follow interface.
- Simplified experience.
- Not user-friendly or intuitive in the least. Even with the instruction manual, it's like part of it is missing or you are expected to know certain items before even looking.
- Reporting is very basic and impossible to customize on the user's end. You must have tech support build them for you. Also, no cross fiscal year reporting.
- Can't cut only one check if you have other invoices already entered in the batch.
- The chart of account codes are not independent. You must build your whole GL for each fund source or program, which leaves you with an unwieldy chart of accounts.
- We have to do so much tracking of expenses by hand, that using OSAS doesn't save us any money in that respect.
- I believe my predecessor used OSAS for over 15 years so she obviously felt comfortable with it. I can make do with it and at least track my bottom line.
- No real reporting other than basic balance sheets.
- CYMA
If you've used CYMA, you'll be familiar with the way OSAS builds the GL, however CYMA is light years ahead of OSAS. If you've used anything like Abila MIP, you'll understand the comparison when I say "Abila is like using power tools to build your bookcase, CYMA is like using a hand saw and hammer, and OSAS is using a chisel to carve one out of wood." They all will get the job done and at the end of the day, you have a book case. But depending on which tools you use will either be ready for a library or a couple of small tomes. I didn't select OSAS, and never would it have been given consideration to be used as my accounting software.