WHO'S NUMBER 1?
Quick
- what's the best accounting software product in the
land? It is a difficult question isn't it? It's sort
of like asking which college football team is the
best, ask 10 fans and you'll get 11 different
opinions. Still, just because the question is
difficult, that doesn't stop you from asking. In an
attempt to answer this question, we created our own
product rating system designed to rate the most
important features. I suspect that any rating system
will be just as controversial as the Bowl
Championship Series (BCS) rating system used in
college football, nonetheless, here it is.
The ASN Star
Chart Feature Rating system is calculated based upon
the 350 most important features in accounting
software.
You can see this listing here. We assigned
either points to each of these features, depending
on their importance. We also separated these
features by modules.
We compared these features to 94 of the top
accounting software products, ranging from
QuickBooks to SAP.
Click
here to see a listing of the 94 products we
analyzed. We awarded each product either 1 point
for each feature provided right out of the box.
We also
awarded partial points in the event that the product
did not offer a particular feature right out of the
box, but if that feature was available through
either customization, added field, report writer, or
through a third party add-on product (50% point
value awarded).
Based on
this methodology, we calculated the ASA Power Rating
for all 95 products. Here's how the products stack
up:
Click
here to see the ASA Power Ratings in a table format.
Click here
to see the ASA Power Ratings displayed in chart
format
Important Caveat
Please
remember, there is a great deal more to selecting a
product than just looking at the product features.
The company behind the product must be financially
strong. The product code must be stable. The
reseller is the most important ingredient to a
successful implementation. The ASN power rating
described above concentrates only on core accounting
software modules while advanced solutions and
industry specific solutions such as manufacturing,
non-profit accounting, CRM, supply chain,
point-of-sale, e-commerce and more have been totally
left out of the calculation. Please keep this in
mind. Thank you.
