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    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

    Wave Accounting

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AWave Accounting is a free, cloud-based accounting platform exclusively for small businesses. It supports double-entry bookkeeping and permits unlimited user access, invoicing, and expense management. Wave Accounting integrates with Wave's invoicing, receipt scanning, payment processing and payroll apps.

    $16

    per month

    Pricing
    AcumaticaWave Accounting
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Starter
    $0
    Pro
    $16
    per month
    Pro - billed annually
    $170
    per year
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AcumaticaWave Accounting
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    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.—
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    Community Pulse
    AcumaticaWave Accounting
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    Acumatica
    No answer on this topic
    Wave
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    725 Answers
    57%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    648 Answers
    71%
    Delivers good value for the price
    10 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    714 Answers
    71%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    475 Answers
    58%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    70%
    Implementation went as expected
    418 Answers
    79%
    Implementation went as expected
    11 Answers
    Features
    AcumaticaWave Accounting
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Acumatica and Wave Accounting
    Feature
    Acumatica
    7.1
    108 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Wave Accounting
    6.2
    24 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Pay calculation5.294 Ratings7.123 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration4.671 Ratings7.54 Ratings
    Direct deposit files5.894 Ratings1.220 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings7.712 Ratings
    Reimbursement management00 Ratings7.48 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Acumatica and Wave Accounting
    Feature
    Acumatica
    8.0
    312 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Wave Accounting
    8.5
    13 Ratings
    11% above category average
    API for custom integration8.1293 Ratings9.99 Ratings
    Plug-ins8.0266 Ratings7.011 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Acumatica and Wave Accounting
    Feature
    Acumatica
    8.1
    386 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Wave Accounting
    6.4
    45 Ratings
    26% below category average
    Single sign-on capability8.5318 Ratings6.432 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions7.8379 Ratings6.436 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Acumatica and Wave Accounting
    Feature
    Acumatica
    7.7
    394 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Wave Accounting
    6.3
    72 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Dashboards7.9369 Ratings6.070 Ratings
    Standard reports7.2387 Ratings8.069 Ratings
    Custom reports7.8377 Ratings5.036 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Acumatica and Wave Accounting
    Feature
    Acumatica
    8.6
    659 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Wave Accounting
    7.0
    75 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Accounts payable8.4639 Ratings7.158 Ratings
    Accounts receivable8.5529 Ratings7.169 Ratings
    Global Financial Support7.7230 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Primary and Secondary Ledgers8.0318 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations8.2503 Ratings8.530 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting7.9360 Ratings5.017 Ratings
    Standardized Processes8.4401 Ratings7.019 Ratings
    Cash management00 Ratings8.561 Ratings
    Bank reconciliation00 Ratings8.565 Ratings
    Expense management00 Ratings7.563 Ratings
    Time tracking00 Ratings9.811 Ratings
    Fixed asset management00 Ratings9.812 Ratings
    Multi-currency support00 Ratings10.019 Ratings
    Multi-division support00 Ratings7.19 Ratings
    Regulations compliance00 Ratings5.016 Ratings
    Electronic tax filing00 Ratings5.914 Ratings
    Self-service portal00 Ratings8.040 Ratings
    Intercompany Accounting00 Ratings4.05 Ratings
    Localizations00 Ratings5.23 Ratings
    Enterprise Accounting00 Ratings4.07 Ratings
    Centralized Rules Framework00 Ratings1.03 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of Acumatica and Wave Accounting
    Feature
    Acumatica
    8.1
    415 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Wave Accounting
    8.1
    11 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Inventory tracking8.1407 Ratings5.68 Ratings
    Automatic reordering7.2204 Ratings9.95 Ratings
    Location management7.7271 Ratings8.12 Ratings
    Manufacturing module00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of Acumatica and Wave Accounting
    Feature
    Acumatica
    8.3
    424 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Wave Accounting
    7.6
    52 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Pricing7.5365 Ratings9.926 Ratings
    Order entry8.1378 Ratings10.018 Ratings
    Credit card processing7.5259 Ratings2.345 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold7.4353 Ratings10.033 Ratings
    Order Orchestration7.5194 Ratings5.85 Ratings
    End-to-end order visibility00 Ratings8.24 Ratings
    Order exception Resolution00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Subledger and Financial Process
    Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Acumatica and Wave Accounting
    Feature
    Acumatica
    8.6
    493 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Wave Accounting
    -
    Ratings
    Billing Management7.8332 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cash and Asset Management8.0443 Ratings00 Ratings
    Travel & Expense Management7.4238 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting7.7253 Ratings00 Ratings
    Period Close8.5358 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Financial Management
    Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Acumatica and Wave Accounting
    Feature
    Acumatica
    9.9
    4 Ratings
    26% above category average
    Wave Accounting
    -
    Ratings
    Budgeting and Forecasting9.64 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Costing9.93 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost Capture9.93 Ratings00 Ratings
    Capital Project Management10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer Contract Compliance10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Revenue Recognition9.93 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Execution Management
    Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Acumatica and Wave Accounting
    Feature
    Acumatica
    7.3
    172 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Wave Accounting
    -
    Ratings
    Project Planning and Scheduling5.7154 Ratings00 Ratings
    Task Insight for Project Managers6.5151 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Mobile Functionality6.6130 Ratings00 Ratings
    Definable Resource Pools6.688 Ratings00 Ratings
    Grants Management
    Comparison of Grants Management features of Acumatica and Wave Accounting
    Feature
    Acumatica
    7.8
    68 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Wave Accounting
    -
    Ratings
    Award Lifecycle Management7.268 Ratings00 Ratings
    Procurement
    Comparison of Procurement features of Acumatica and Wave Accounting
    Feature
    Acumatica
    7.1
    253 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Wave Accounting
    -
    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 Wave Accounting
    Feature
    Acumatica
    6.8
    106 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Wave Accounting
    -
    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 Wave Accounting
    Feature
    Acumatica
    8.5
    131 Ratings
    24% above category average
    Wave Accounting
    -
    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 Wave Accounting
    Feature
    Acumatica
    8.6
    150 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Wave Accounting
    -
    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 Wave Accounting
    Feature
    Acumatica
    7.7
    177 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Wave Accounting
    -
    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 Wave Accounting
    Feature
    Acumatica
    8.2
    100 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Wave Accounting
    -
    Ratings
    Proposal Management6.884 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product Master Data Management7.295 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    AcumaticaWave Accounting
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (744 ratings)
    6.0
    (81 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.4
    (61 ratings)
    7.8
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    7.9
    (35 ratings)
    7.0
    (16 ratings)
    Availability
    8.5
    (4 ratings)
    6.7
    (4 ratings)
    Performance
    7.4
    (3 ratings)
    2.9
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.2
    (27 ratings)
    2.1
    (12 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    7.1
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.4
    (3 ratings)
    4.7
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    6.8
    (17 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    6.6
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    CPA Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (8 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    5.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.3
    (4 ratings)
    3.0
    (2 ratings)
    Professional Services
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    5.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.5
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AcumaticaWave Accounting
    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.
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    Wave
    Wave Accounting was used for a small practice without a lot of the accounting considerations a large company would have. For the price, you really can't beat what Wave offers out of the box. All of the basic tools for things like invoicing and expenses are all easy to use. End of year accounting is easy with exports of data.
    Incentivized
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    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
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    Wave
    • Reconciliation is very difficult with multiple Wave transactions that need to be deleted or merged before it can be matched to a bank transaction.
    • Payroll worked fine for us but took several days to get it set up. We have switched to another bookkeeping system and another payroll system. Canceling with Wave took several days and they charge $6 for something even though the month was paid for in advance.
    • Credit card processing is nice and worked fine for us.
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    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
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    Wave
    • I know that credit card processing is a way for Wave to make money, but I really wish they offered ACH payment on Invoices.
    • I do cash-based accounting, which means I have to make little journal entries at the start and end of each year to get my books to balance because Wave wants to do everything differently. This should just be a setting to flip, whether you want cash-based or accrual-based.
    • They use Yodlee for bank connection, which doesn't play nice with 2FA. Pretty much every time I log in I have to re-enter credentials, get a code sent to me, reauthenticate, and know that I'm going to have to do it again next week. Not really on Wave, but wish they could get it together nonetheless.
    Incentivized
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    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
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    Wave
    Easy to use for clients with no accounting background and the price is right.
    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.
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    Wave
    I am a professional bookkeeper and I have no problems using Wave and all of it's features. I can see that certain individuals who have no accounting knowledge might struggle with a few different features and entries, but that is why Wave has an emphasis in connecting users to Wave Pro's who will walk them through things
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    Reliability and Availability
    Acumatica
    It's always available.
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    Wave
    WAVE is always available when we need it ! Peter
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    Performance
    Acumatica
    there have been some performance issues
    Incentivized
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    Wave
    Wave does tend to slow down when filtering your transactions screen especially by date. This is more of an issue when trying to trouble shoot certain transactions or clean-up a set of books.
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    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
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    Wave
    I never had to call Wave Support as we barely experienced any support-related problems on our side. However, I do know a few people that complained about Wave support. It would be nice as well, though if they could have more in your face tutorials for new users or how-to videos should we struggle to do something
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    In-Person Training
    Acumatica
    It was on General Inquiries and it's just a complex topic.
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    Wave
    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
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    Wave
    easy to use and east to train on ! Our WAVE clients enjoy the ease of use
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    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
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    Wave
    No answers on this topic
    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
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    Wave
    Wave is FREE for most functions. Payment processing costs no matter where you go (as does payroll or taxes). Wave rises above tools like QuickBooks Online because they know that for our small firm, being nimble is the name of the game. We don't need exhaustive reporting and management like QB offers and we certainly don't want to pay for it
    Incentivized
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Acumatica
    No, annual invoices are fine. I do like that unlimited users are included.
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    Wave
    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.
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    Wave
    Once they out grow what is ability to move up to a more robust system?
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    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.
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    Wave
    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
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    Wave
    • Wave has been ROI positive for our company. With not having to pay for the service we can use our money for growing our business.
    • The fees on credit card transactions for invoices are reasonable especially as we don't pay a monthly subscription.
    • The invoicing feature has made our lives easier for us and our customers. The invoicing piece and AR tracking has been ROI positive as well.
    Incentivized
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    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