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Viewpoint Vista
Updated August 01, 2023

Viewpoint Vista

Carlin Lakey | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Modules Used

  • Viewpoint Financial Controls

Overall Satisfaction with Viewpoint Vista

We are a civil contractor doing asphalt paving, concreate paving, excavation & grading and bridge construction. Viewpoint Vista is our ERP where we process payroll, code and pay AP invoices, track project contracts and budgets and more. We also have rock quarries and asphalt plants and use Viewpoint Vista's inventory and material sales modules to track inventory and sales.
  • I love how Viewpoint Vista is easily customizable for our business needs.
  • Viewpoint Vista has a great online help and knowledge base that makes learning the system a breeze.
  • Viewpoint Vista integrates project management and accounting extremely well.
  • When updates are pushed out, it usually breaks things. I feel like updates need more testing before being implemented.
  • A lot of business processes that were being handled in Excel and now done within the system, providing users quicker more accurate ways to analyze their data.
The Viewpoint Vista implementation team is great at walking you through the entire process of setting up the software. It is a long process but that is to be expected.
n/a
Viewpoint Vista is a lot more advanced and user friendly than Timberline.

Do you think Viewpoint Vista delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Viewpoint Vista's feature set?

Yes

Did Viewpoint Vista live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Viewpoint Vista go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Viewpoint Vista again?

Yes

We are a civil contractor preforming asphalt paving, concrete paving, excavation & grading and bridge construction. We also do manufacturing of asphalt and rock crushing. We have found that Viewpoint Vista handles our contracting and manufacturing very well. We also have multiple companies within the same Vista ERP and have found the intercompany accounting works well.

Vista Feature Ratings

9.0
Accounts payable
9
Accounts receivable
9
Journals and Reconciliations
9
Configurable Accounting
9
Standardized Processes
9
9.0
Billing Management
9
Cash and Asset Management
9
Travel & Expense Management
Not Rated
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting
Not Rated
Period Close
9
9.0
Inventory tracking
9
Location management
9
7.3
Pricing
7
Order entry
7
Cost of goods sold
8
Order Orchestration
Not Rated
9.0
Pay calculation
9
Benefit plan administration
Not Rated
Direct deposit files
9
9.0
Dashboards
9
Standard reports
9
Custom reports
9
Not Rated
API for custom integration
Not Rated
9.0
Role-based user permissions
9
Single sign-on capability
9
Grants Management ()
Not Rated
Project Financial Management ()
Not Rated
Not Rated
Task Insight for Project Managers
Not Rated
Project Mobile Functionality
Not Rated
Not Rated
Contract Authoring
Not Rated
Contract Repository
Not Rated
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated
Not Rated
Supplier Management
Not Rated
Risk Management ()
Not Rated
Logistics ()
Not Rated
Manufacturing ()
Not Rated
Not Rated
Inventory Planning
Not Rated
Product Lifecycle Management ()
Not Rated

Using Viewpoint Vista

300 - Accounting - AP, AR, Payroll Job Cost Project Management Inventory Material Sales Equipment Management & Accounting Finance
3 - IT System Admin Custom Reporting Process Improvement & System Customization SQL Knowledge
  • Payroll
  • Accounts Payable
  • Job Management
  • Created a custom approval workflow for subcontracts and purchase orders
  • Power BI reporting
We will continue to use Viewpoint Vista as our ERP for many years to come.

Evaluating Vista and Competitors

Yes - Timberline - We had outgrown it and needed something more customizable.
Excel - Too much duplicate data entry and room for error.
  • Scalability
  • Integration with Other Systems
  • Ease of Use
Needed something that could grow with us and was user friendly.

Vista Implementation

Implementation staff was great to work with and walked us through the entire process.
  • Implemented in-house
  • Third-party professional services
  • TIBCO professional services
Heather LaDuke along with Viewpoint.
Yes - Discovery
Setup
Testing
Training
  • User kickback

Vista Support

They are very quick to respond and resolve issues.
ProsCons
Quick Resolution
Good followup
Knowledgeable team
Problems get solved
Kept well informed
No escalation required
Immediate help available
Support understands my problem
Support cares about my success
Quick Initial Response
None
They are always willing to walk through issues and try their best to resolve it or move it forward.

Using Vista

Very easy for new users to learn.
ProsCons
Like to use
Relatively simple
Easy to use
Technical support not required
Well integrated
Consistent
Quick to learn
Convenient
Feel confident using
Familiar
None
  • It's all integrated and easy to use.
  • Data entry in the cloud has been slower than expected.