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Vista Is Great!
Updated February 27, 2024

Vista Is Great!

Lauren Hughes | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Viewpoint Vista

We use Vista mainly for accounting, our whole organization inputs data but the accounting department are the #1 users in our company. It keeps our project managers on-time and on-budget for our projects by displaying any issues before they become huge problems. Reports and dashboards keep us office folks up-to-date on what's happening in the field.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Monthly WIP meetings with Vista reporting have been a lifesaver for our company, we know immediately if something on a project needs to be fixed.
  • Time-saving imports have let us use that time somewhere more productive.
  • With custom reporting that we can do ourselves, audits are not a huge deal anymore.
Procore is not a construction accounting software, Vista takes care of that, but Vista is not a software to be used in the field. Procore has an easy-to-use mobile app for site pictures and daily reports, a good connection between the two software would be so great, they both have amazing capabilities but both are totally different.

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

Vista is not appropriate for field crew, they will not be able to input their own timecards but if you have a payroll person it's great! It's difficult to use in the field with poor internet connections but our office uses it every day all-day. This is THE accounting solution for your construction business, there really are no other comparisons, just don't expect anyone to be able to jump in and work right away.

Using Viewpoint Vista

17 - Mostly accounts payable/receivable but our project managers/engineers use it to track project financials. Obviously IT for project and employee setup and the CFO uses it a lot as well for reporting.
2 - Two people that have been with the company for 5+ years. Our Controller and IT work in Vista a lot. They are expected to train new users and answer questions about the software, or open a ticket when they do not have the answer. They are expected to keep updated SOPs based on Vista.
  • Accounts Payable
  • Project Management
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Compliance
  • Personalized payment applications for each owner
  • With our SOPs we are able to get new employees trained and working within Vista very quickly
  • Customized and automated compliance needs for each owner
  • If we can get our Estimating department to use Vista, we would have more visibility into the estimating portion of a project.
  • Set up a PO approval workflow
  • Asset tag and track tools and equipment
  • Time entry directly into Vista instead of HR manually inputting time for field employees each week.
It is extremely customizable and tracks so many complicated costs very well, more-so than other construction software programs out there that we've used in the past. It is also not an easy program to use for those even slightly not comfortable with a computer. The help sections/knowledge base could be better organized and updated more. It is a very powerful software program for our business and we rely on it hugely to see how our projects are running in real-time.

Vista Support

Support is always kind and answering tickets and questions as fast as they can, I feel they truly want to see a resolution to your problem. They are well-trained and know what they are talking about in construction and software. Love meeting them in-person at conferences, they are very available to answer any questions.