Centage vs Phocas Software: Which is a better fit?

When Planning Maestro came out, we had the option then to move to something else but we stayed with Centage as PM is a solid budgeting and planning tool. It has good functionality and good support.

My only complaint is the amount of formatting I have to do when exporting a report to a spreadsheet.

It's a very easy to use product that helps you to manage your expense. Software offers many rich features like Asset Management, Budgeting, Expense Tracking, Financial Reporting, etc.

It takes anywhere from 1-3 minutes to run any report. Also, the inability to create a version and it to show up in all plans.

They have an excellent training staff, and they are more than happy to work through any situation that you have.

Setting up accounts (initially & adding new) and assigning to MEATs is confusing. Program does not allow for allocation of personnel & related SRE to various cost centers.

Can break down budget lines into as sophisticated detail as desired. Support staff are responsive, professional and helpful.

Financial statements and reports utilizing proper accounting format rules can be very hard or impossible to attain by generating them within Budget Maestro.

The ease to use and train employees on this BI tool makes it best in the market. The power of building your own databases, customizing reports and the level of customer service is outstanding.

It was a bit difficult to understand the Sync/dbdesigner part since documentation on this was a bit vague.

I can show someone the basics in 5 to 10 minutes and they are off and running creating favorites and dashboards. The software is updated every month and their support and documentation is outstanding.

We have requested enhancements and we have some support issues that are submitted. But we have no visibility , (web portal), to review what we already submitted.

Additionally, the powerful and comprehensive capabilities of the software enable businesses to gain valuable insights into their operations and performance.

So much at once is hard to take in and learn all Phocas can give you. Too much data can be overwhelming.

Overall, I am genuinely happy with Phocas. I'm the kind of person who gets excited about report customization and flexibility within the way we structure our data.

They also don't have to rely on standard out of the box reports that can be limited in scope.