NetSuite vs Flowtrac: Which is a better fit?

Svetlana: I'm Svetlana and I'm the executive director of an organization that has a staff of three. I would recommend NetSuite and give it a five star rating. For NetSuite we used a manual process, mostly spreadsheets, and Excel. That was very cumbersome and time-consuming. So NetSuite consolidated all of our data, keeping record tracking processes into one place and made it a lot cleaner and a lot smoother for us. NetSuite was a great option for us because they have a pro bono program and is a not-for-profit organization that appealed to us right off the bat. Being a user now for 11 years, we have found so many other reasons to continue to use NetSuite, they've been wonderful to us. Getting started with NetSuite took a little bit of a learning curve. It was definitely for someone with a background in IT or databases, but once we got going and figured out how to implement the system, continuing to use it and learn with the system, they give you all the right tools to grow and learn. So although it was a difficult learning curve, it's paid off in the end. If you're considering getting NetSuite, make sure that you have someone designated for the implementation process and map out how you plan on using the software. Have at least an idea of what types of things you're going to be using it for because it will make things smoother and easier down the road. But also don't feel like you have to know everything. The team is wonderful and they do help you along the way. So if it looks like a good fit for you, I say, go for it.

Dayna W.: Hi, my name is Dayna and I'm the accounting manager. Our company is about 13 employees. I give Flowtrac a four-star rating. Prior to using Flowtrac, we were using a manufacturing software called LOCATE. LOCATE was bought out by a larger software tech company and was being pulled off the market, so we were looking for a new manufacturing solution that could handle inventory management, assembly of manufactured goods, and the control and costing for all of our orders coming into the system. So we were looking at a couple of different softwares to replace our old software, LOCATE, manufacturing, which was being pulled off the market and we needed something that was cloud-based as we're a completely remote company, something that could handle multiple order sources and was customizable and also something that integrated successfully with the native API connection to our accounting system, which is QuickBooks Online. Onboarding with process with Flowtrac was really amazing. We worked with a project manager/integration specialist on their end where they would request certain reports from me as the accounting manager and the one in charge of the implementation. So I would send them over all of our data, and actually they would import it into our new instance. It was really nice because they had a beta instance of our platform, so as they imported new data into it, we could test it and see if it was working as it went. And if we didn't like something or needed changes to be made, we could do it in the beta system before actually implementing our live instance. If you're looking at evaluating Flowtrac for your business, I would look into your order volume, where your orders are being sourced from, and make sure that they're supported either native integrations or pricing out the customized integrations that your company will need. We had a few customized integrations, which were really successful, and then we also utilized the native integrations as in their ShipStation integration and their QuickBooks Online integration. I would also look at reporting features as I feel it's somewhat limited in reporting for Flowtrac. And also the integration between QuickBooks Online and Flowtrac is sometimes more manual, specifically with inventory counts and adjustments. Those transactions will be made in Flowtrac but will not be synced over to QuickBooks Online. So that is just something you're going to have to note that will need to be done in addition to the changes made in Flowtrac. You'll have to manually bring them over to the next system.