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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Accelo

    Score8 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Accelo provides cloud-based Professional Services Automation (PSA) software designed to unify and streamline client, project, resource, and financial management for service-based businesses. By centralizing operations into a single, intuitive platform, Accelo eliminates the need for fragmented tools, delivering a comprehensive solution that improves efficiency, transparency, and collaboration across teams. Serving industries such as consulting, engineering, architecture, IT…N/A

    Flowlu

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AFlowlu is a business operating platform from Cloud Solutions Global FZCO, based in Dubai. Designed to contain all essential tools for project, task, finance, and customer management, Flowlu provides an overview of everything that is going on in a company.

    $12

    per month per user

    Pricing
    AcceloFlowlu
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Essential
    $12
    per month per seat
    Advanced
    $22
    per month per user
    Ultimate
    Custom
    per month per seat
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AcceloFlowlu
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
    Additional Details25% discount for annual pricing.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    AcceloFlowlu
    Considered Both Products
    Accelo
    No answer on this topic
    Flowlu
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    98%
    Would buy again
    49 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    50 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    49 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    47 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    50 Answers
    Features
    AcceloFlowlu
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Accelo and Flowlu
    Feature
    Accelo
    -
    Ratings
    Flowlu
    8.3
    50 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Task Management00 Ratings8.749 Ratings
    Resource Management00 Ratings8.938 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings7.930 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings8.142 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings8.646 Ratings
    Team Collaboration00 Ratings8.648 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology00 Ratings9.042 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology00 Ratings7.721 Ratings
    Document Management00 Ratings8.244 Ratings
    Email integration00 Ratings9.043 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings7.538 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking00 Ratings7.937 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management00 Ratings7.924 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management00 Ratings8.335 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Accelo and Flowlu
    Feature
    Accelo
    -
    Ratings
    Flowlu
    8.2
    44 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Quotes/estimates00 Ratings8.036 Ratings
    Invoicing00 Ratings9.043 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting00 Ratings8.439 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software00 Ratings7.522 Ratings
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    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    AcceloFlowlu
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (8 ratings)
    6.8
    (50 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.6
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.7
    (50 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    6.1
    (50 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AcceloFlowlu
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Accelo
    Accelo is a system that can do it all. It's extremely sophisticated. Depending on the sophistication of your organization, or specifically the abilities of the people you put in charge of the implementation, it can almost be too sophisticated. It all just depends on your situation. The more you use it, the more data you give it, the more you'll be able to see and do. It's incredibly powerful. But it's definitely not a tool that would be appropriate for smaller boutique type organizations that have only basic needs.
    Incentivized
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    Flowlu
    To manage the workflows of our business, we used a number of tools before we began using Flowlu. It combines CRM, project & task management, team communication, invoicing, and account management into a single tool. We are able to save a lot of time and effort by using this all-in-one solution.
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    Pros
    Accelo
    • Timing Client Work: You are able to better manage your time on your clients.
    • Housing Client Info in one Area: You can view all you need for any given client in one area.
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    Flowlu
    • The system of adding only the features you need by installing as separated modules makes it easy to learn without being overwhelmed by the lots of features.
    • I really like its structure and clear interface. Not wasting much time by searching for the right buttons and settings. Looks like the developers use their own tool for everyday work
    • Flowlu offers a custom domain option to fully integrate fully it into our company toolbox. This helps offering a seamless experience for our clients.
    • The elaborated invoice module was the final argument for us to switch to Flowlu.
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    Cons
    Accelo
    • Accelo is excellent on the adaptation to its deep functionalities.
    • Managing multiple project is very challenging.
    • Not easy to collect multiple reports across platforms.
    Incentivized
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    Flowlu
    • Flowlu should allow user to import their own invoice into app
    • Fellow should have their own email marketing system
    • It should integrate woo-commerce, a big e-commerce platform on WordPress. This will support users will in managing and sending emails to their customers.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Accelo
    Looking forward to seeing more refinement of features provided and upcoming features promised :)
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    Flowlu
    I have found Flowlu while searching [for] a collaborative tool for a friend's non-profit organization. As I read the description and made a trial test, I fell in love with the tool. So we are definitely going to renew. Not only because the delivered solutions are great but also because Flowlu's roadmap seems very [promising].
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    Usability
    Accelo
    No answers on this topic
    Flowlu
    They have a great onboarding checklist and if you follow it you will be able to use the software. That is easy to use in my book. Flowlu has also the ability to turn on and off apps that you use or not which makes it tailored to the business needs.
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    Support Rating
    Accelo
    From the beginning the Accelo team has been very invested in ensuring our success and overall happiness with the platform. The initial implementation specialists and trainers did a fairly good job of learning our company and needs, and tried to tailor the trainings accordingly. However, once we made the formal switch to the platform, meaning we no longer were using our legacy systems, we found that we had a lot of questions....and a lot of ideas and recommendations. The support team is extremely responsive and seemingly happy to receive our continual feedback. And if we encounter an issue that seems to be a system issue, they work diligently to fix it (we've actually had an engineer join a call with us to learn of the issue - and subsequently fix it)
    Incentivized
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    Flowlu
    Great Support normally they respond in a few hours, which is very good, the knowledge base is good and the facebook groups are also very responsive. We are finding many videos online which are explaining Flowlu more and more daily.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Accelo
    Accelo doesn't really exceed any competitors in any one area of their product, but in 2015 when we made the move this was the best option that included all the tools we wanted. However, user adoption was low in some areas due to the UI, so we scaled back Accelo and added other tools.
    Incentivized
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    Flowlu
    Flowlu is easier to use and has more features, with more coming. ClickUp feels like it's more 'open' for any type of business with a lot of customization, whereas Flowlu feels like it was created for niches like my own, yet it can easily and quickly be customized for any type of business
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    Return on Investment
    Accelo
    • It substantially reduced the number of systems we use to run our business.
    • It reduced the need to train our staff on a variety of platforms.
    • It gave us the ability to have a client-facing portal that directly integrates with our backend systems.
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    Flowlu
    • Time invested in learning the app was huge, there's no go-to resource center and currently their knowledge is scattered (YouTube videos, Knowledge Base, API docs etc)
    • We are able to cancel subscriptions of some of the other CRM and project management apps as the needs are covered by Flowlu
    • There's a significant productivity boost after learning the app but this is not quite measurable just yet
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    ScreenShots

    Accelo Screenshots

    Screenshot of the PSA / Platform - a client profileScreenshot of the included CRM functionality, used to communicate, track and engage with leads and clientsScreenshot of the Sales interface, providing lead management functionalityScreenshot of quote creation, where users can compose, modify and send professional work proposalsScreenshot of projects, the interface to plan, manage and collaborate on client deliverablesScreenshot of ticket generation, where users can submit, monitor and complete ad-hoc work requests

    Flowlu Screenshots

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