TrustRadius: an HG Insights company

Save this comparison

Save this comparison

Add Product

Recommended Comparisons

    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Acumatica

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AAcumatica delivers a set of cloud-based business software applications with dashboards, reporting tools, integrated document management, centralized security, and customization tools.

    $1,000

    per year

    Certinia ERP Cloud

    Score5.5 out of 10
    N/ACertinia ERP Cloud automates financial management on the Salesforce platform. The customer-centric ERP software includes a general ledger, automated billing processes, and financial intelligence.N/A
    Pricing
    AcumaticaCertinia ERP Cloud
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AcumaticaCertinia ERP Cloud
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPricing is always consumption-based with no five-year lock-ins or termination penalties. The Acumatica ERP pricing structure allows adding casual users, suppliers, and customers without paying for additional licenses. The cost is based on the features and resources utilized, not on the number of users who access the system. An Acumatica partner works with users to understand specific requirements, determine the proper resources and modules for the company, and presents a price for the license.—
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    AcumaticaCertinia ERP Cloud
    Considered Both Products
    Acumatica
    No answer on this topic
    Certinia
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    725 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    648 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    714 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    475 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    70%
    Implementation went as expected
    418 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    AcumaticaCertinia ERP Cloud
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Acumatica and Certinia ERP Cloud
    Feature
    Acumatica
    7.1
    108 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Certinia ERP Cloud
    8.4
    2 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Pay calculation5.294 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration4.671 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Direct deposit files5.894 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Acumatica and Certinia ERP Cloud
    Feature
    Acumatica
    8.0
    312 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Certinia ERP Cloud
    8.4
    4 Ratings
    10% above category average
    API for custom integration8.1293 Ratings8.84 Ratings
    Plug-ins8.0266 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Acumatica and Certinia ERP Cloud
    Feature
    Acumatica
    8.1
    386 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Certinia ERP Cloud
    8.4
    5 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Single sign-on capability8.5318 Ratings8.65 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions7.8379 Ratings8.15 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Acumatica and Certinia ERP Cloud
    Feature
    Acumatica
    7.7
    394 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Certinia ERP Cloud
    7.9
    5 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Dashboards7.9369 Ratings8.45 Ratings
    Standard reports7.2387 Ratings6.55 Ratings
    Custom reports7.8377 Ratings8.85 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Acumatica and Certinia ERP Cloud
    Feature
    Acumatica
    8.6
    659 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Certinia ERP Cloud
    7.9
    6 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Accounts payable8.4639 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Accounts receivable8.5529 Ratings7.14 Ratings
    Global Financial Support7.7230 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Primary and Secondary Ledgers8.0318 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations8.2503 Ratings6.33 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting7.9360 Ratings7.43 Ratings
    Standardized Processes8.4401 Ratings8.73 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of Acumatica and Certinia ERP Cloud
    Feature
    Acumatica
    8.1
    415 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Certinia ERP Cloud
    10.0
    3 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Inventory tracking8.1407 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Automatic reordering7.2204 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Location management7.7271 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of Acumatica and Certinia ERP Cloud
    Feature
    Acumatica
    8.3
    424 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Certinia ERP Cloud
    8.1
    2 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Pricing7.5365 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Order entry8.1378 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Credit card processing7.5259 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold7.4353 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Order Orchestration7.5194 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subledger and Financial Process
    Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Acumatica and Certinia ERP Cloud
    Feature
    Acumatica
    8.6
    493 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Certinia ERP Cloud
    8.7
    1 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Billing Management7.8332 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cash and Asset Management8.0443 Ratings00 Ratings
    Travel & Expense Management7.4238 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting7.7253 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Period Close8.5358 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Financial Management
    Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Acumatica and Certinia ERP Cloud
    Feature
    Acumatica
    9.9
    4 Ratings
    26% above category average
    Certinia ERP Cloud
    9.3
    1 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Budgeting and Forecasting9.64 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Project Costing9.93 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Cost Capture9.93 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Capital Project Management10.02 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Customer Contract Compliance10.02 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Project Revenue Recognition9.93 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Project Execution Management
    Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Acumatica and Certinia ERP Cloud
    Feature
    Acumatica
    7.3
    172 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Certinia ERP Cloud
    8.2
    1 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Project Planning and Scheduling5.7154 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Task Insight for Project Managers6.5151 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Project Mobile Functionality6.6130 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Definable Resource Pools6.688 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Grants Management
    Comparison of Grants Management features of Acumatica and Certinia ERP Cloud
    Feature
    Acumatica
    7.8
    68 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Certinia ERP Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Award Lifecycle Management7.268 Ratings00 Ratings
    Procurement
    Comparison of Procurement features of Acumatica and Certinia ERP Cloud
    Feature
    Acumatica
    7.1
    253 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Certinia ERP Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Bids Analyzed and Compared7.096 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract Authoring6.572 Ratings00 Ratings
    Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated7.6207 Ratings00 Ratings
    Supplier Management7.1143 Ratings00 Ratings
    Risk Management
    Comparison of Risk Management features of Acumatica and Certinia ERP Cloud
    Feature
    Acumatica
    6.8
    106 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Certinia ERP Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Risk Repository6.974 Ratings00 Ratings
    Control Management7.194 Ratings00 Ratings
    Control Efficiency Assessments7.279 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue Detection6.681 Ratings00 Ratings
    Remediation and Certification6.365 Ratings00 Ratings
    Logistics
    Comparison of Logistics features of Acumatica and Certinia ERP Cloud
    Feature
    Acumatica
    8.5
    131 Ratings
    24% above category average
    Certinia ERP Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Transportation Planning and Optimization7.097 Ratings00 Ratings
    Transportation Execution Management7.794 Ratings00 Ratings
    Trade and Customs Management6.371 Ratings00 Ratings
    Fulfillment Management7.6104 Ratings00 Ratings
    Warehouse Workforce Management6.7100 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manufacturing
    Comparison of Manufacturing features of Acumatica and Certinia ERP Cloud
    Feature
    Acumatica
    8.6
    150 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Certinia ERP Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Production Process Design7.1126 Ratings00 Ratings
    Production Management8.0138 Ratings00 Ratings
    Configuration Management7.4124 Ratings00 Ratings
    Work Execution7.4116 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manufacturing Costs8.2132 Ratings00 Ratings
    Supply Chain
    Comparison of Supply Chain features of Acumatica and Certinia ERP Cloud
    Feature
    Acumatica
    7.7
    177 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Certinia ERP Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Forecasting6.7148 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inventory Planning6.8166 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance Monitoring7.4145 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product Lifecycle Management
    Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Acumatica and Certinia ERP Cloud
    Feature
    Acumatica
    8.2
    100 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Certinia ERP Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Proposal Management6.884 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product Master Data Management7.295 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    AcumaticaCertinia ERP Cloud
    Small Businesses
    Zoho One
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Zoho One
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Zoho One
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Zoho One
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued)
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued)
    Score9.1 out of 10
    All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
    User Ratings
    AcumaticaCertinia ERP Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (744 ratings)
    6.0
    (8 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.4
    (61 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    7.9
    (35 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    8.5
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    7.4
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.2
    (27 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    7.1
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.4
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    6.8
    (17 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    6.5
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    5.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.3
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    5.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.4
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AcumaticaCertinia ERP Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Acumatica
    I would love to recommend it to my friends and colleagues. They have a dedicated storage manager along with some really good cloud capabilities, which helps get the work done efficiently and professionally. We have been using it since 2022, and they are great in this segment.
    Read full review
    Certinia
    For accounting systems, users and/or evaluators often want to see some type of matrix or "heads up" comparisons of specific features and functionality of a system in key areas such as: 1) General Ledger 2) Order to Cash cycle 3) Purchase to Pay cycle 4) Cash management 5) Inventory and/or Cost Accounting (Projects/Jobs, etc) 6) Revenue Recognition 7) Fixed Assets management 8) Budgets 9) Tax 10) Reports and Analysis It would be great if this kind of matrix existed to be filled in by reviewers so that others could benefit from their perspectives about the applications and how they address or handle the specific features/functionality. With respect to FinancialForce, the company has found that nearly all the key features it needed were available from the application.
    Read full review
    Pros
    Acumatica
    • We just went live about two weeks ago, so we are here at Acumatica Summit to see everything it's capable of. One of the things it is capable of is the dashboards and the integration with some of these third-party people to ensure we can get the data we need when we need it, so we're looking forward to getting all that live for us.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Certinia
    • User interface is more modern and user-friendly than other software
    • Dashboards allow for good visual interpretation
    • Reports are able to be customized to better fit users' needs
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Cons
    Acumatica
    • There are a few spots where there is a list of data that we need a total for and we have to extract to Excel to get a total. It would be helpful to see a sum right in Acumatica.
    • For the first time today I had an interesting glitch - my entire bank reconciliation unchecked the "reconciled" column and needed to be redone for the month. Funky little glitches happen from time to time
    • Pivot tables don't seem to update as expected by using filters
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Certinia
    • Since SalesForce was not made with accounting in mind, building FinancialForce as a module on top of SalesForce gives problems because the overarching architect of SalesForce cannot facilitate all the accounting requirements.
    • The FinancialForce integration team was not very good, and did not help us set up our FinancialForce very well. Their customer support is also lacking and takes a long time to respond and troubleshoot our problems.
    • FinancialForce doesn't actually build financial statement reports. We were only able to run a trial balance, and we had to build the statements ourselves in Excel.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Likelihood to Renew
    Acumatica
    I gave this 10 rating because Acumatica ERP is the backbone of the organization, next to the IT Team. We use this software for many different parts of our business. For example our Retail service stations that utilize the inventory, billing, and financials. Our Distribution company that uses it for Field services, CRM, Sales, Accounts and Financial consolidation of all company financials.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Certinia
    The company has now converted its legacy, "home grown" operations system and built it on the force.com platform, and the integration between it and FinancialForce is deeply entrenched. No other application would be able to replicate this functionality, and the company will be able to scale and leverage the force.com platform as it grows.
    Read full review
    Usability
    Acumatica
    I give it an 8 because it is very intuitive and easy to use for day to day work. I find it more difficult to create general inquiries and financial statements than it seems that it should be. It's not very intuitive in those areas.
    Read full review
    Certinia
    Change management is always an issue, but the evidence of the application's usability is that both long-time employees (used to the legacy systems for many years) and newer employees have been able to learn the system and improve their business processes.
    Read full review
    Reliability and Availability
    Acumatica
    It's always available.
    Read full review
    Certinia
    Unless the internet is completely unavailable - which has not happened yet - the application is always accessible. Since FinancialForce is built on the force.com platform, it's uptime is tied to Salesforce security and system performance standards
    Read full review
    Performance
    Acumatica
    there have been some performance issues
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Certinia
    If Visualforce pages are enabled, they sometimes slow down the load time.
    Read full review
    Support Rating
    Acumatica
    We used Acumatica Support directly for the first year or so. Overall it's pretty good, but sometimes the support staff wasn't educated on the customizations we had, nor was I as the Customer as I couldn't remember which things were customized and which things were out of the box, so when there was an error, there were some misunderstandings.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Certinia
    The response time for FinancialForce is exemplary. Immediate acknowledgement of the support request by automatically logging a case/ticket on the provider side, then less than 24-hour follow up by a support team member with specific questions, information or resolution for the issue.
    Read full review
    In-Person Training
    Acumatica
    It was on General Inquiries and it's just a complex topic.
    Read full review
    Certinia
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Acumatica
    Most of the trainers are amazing, but there were a couple who simply read the training guide
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Certinia
    Through its Xtra login website available to its customers, FinancialForce offers a complete set of online, video tutorials, training and documentation. Each tutorial is "bite-sized", meaning it imparts instructional, step-by-step information in 2-3 minute narrated videos. For a particular cycle or process, like invoices to payments for example, each tutorial builds on the last so that the user can get a complete picture of the steps and process in less than 10 minutes.
    Read full review
    Implementation Rating
    Acumatica
    I'd say the partner selection is critically important. I think the software is very easy to implement. It's very customizable to your business. Finding a partner that will work with you to understand your business and your needs is the critical piece to make sure that the system goes along with it.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Certinia
    The company decided to run parallel for three months in order to soften the impact of the change from the legacy "system" - which users had been interfacing with for over a decade - to FinancialForce. While not recommended, this did provide time for the in-house "super user" team of 2 people to become completely familiar with the application, and thus provide hands-on training and be a resource for the users who would be processing the daily accounting transactions.
    Read full review
    Alternatives Considered
    Acumatica
    Acumatica's sales process was much better than that of NetSuites. The NetAtWork team spent much more time with us and showed us how Acumatica really could do everything that we needed it to do, with examples using our data.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Certinia
    FinancialForce Subscription & Usage Billing has more features, more useability, and manages higher numbers of customers. The systems I have used in the past are easier to navigate but couldn't handle this number of customers.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Acumatica
    No, annual invoices are fine. I do like that unlimited users are included.
    Read full review
    Certinia
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Acumatica
    From my understanding, the P.O. module is not very robust, at least the last time I inquired about it. At the time, it had a one-to-one match, with one invoice for one P.O. and that isn't practical for many businesses. I don't believe it would be an easy system to use for sending out invoices, if we had thousands of retail utility customers. We do a small number of invoices because we sell wholesale power, not retail, so we only Invoice the municipality. Not each utility customer.
    Read full review
    Certinia
    No answers on this topic
    Professional Services
    Acumatica
    They are very responsive and knowledgeable about the product. If the rep doesn't have the ability to solve the issue, they quickly get someone else involved to assist us.
    Read full review
    Certinia
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Acumatica
    • We were able to work in one system with customizations we needed in inventory and add all our grants in the same system
    • Direct mail invoices was moved to an automated PO system saving time and allowing better financial tracking
    • The grant module can be cumbersome requiring flip flopping to program partners etc during set up
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Certinia
    • Beneficial to easily be able to track impact of fluctuating currencies.
    • Integration with Salesforce.com reduced/elimintated manual entry which saves various colleagues time.
    • Increased visibility over the entire sales cycle because of the integration between Salesforce.com & FinancialForce Accounting.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    ScreenShots

    Acumatica Screenshots

    Screenshot of Acumatica Cloud ERP - Field Service DashboardScreenshot of Acumatica Cloud ERP - Manufacturing - Production Manager DashboardScreenshot of Acumatica Cloud ERP - Distribution - Warehouse Operations DashboardsScreenshot of Acumatica Cloud ERP - Construction - Job Cost Accounting DashboardScreenshot of Acumatica Cloud ERP - Retail Edition DashboardsScreenshot of Acumatica Cloud ERP - Professional Services - Financial Management Dashboard