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[Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated November 3rd, 2026 # Reviews of Deltek Costpoint Ease of use 3.7 Customer Service 4.0 ## Pros and Cons in Reviews Jamie H OwnerEntertainment, 11 - 50 employeesUsed the software for: 6-12 months. “I specialize in production management as well as project management and Deltek’s performance and speed backed up my business, and an excelled us to greatness especially with managing customer information .“ February 17, 2026 SM Soren M Software EngineerDefense & Space, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “Deltek user interface is lacking.“ April 10, 2026 AH Aretezia H Regional ManagerGovernment Relations, 5,001 - 10,000 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “The reporting feature is fantastic.“ January 16, 2025 MM Mark M Sr. Web Designer and DeveloperGovernment Administration, 201 - 500 employeesUsed the software for: 6-12 months. “Please, for the love of God, hire a competent designer to overhaul how this thing works, because right now using it is the worst part of my entire month.“ August 20, 2025 AH Aretezia H Regional ManagerGovernment Relations, 5,001 - 10,000 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “I like costpoint overall.“ January 16, 2025 MM Mark M Sr. Web Designer and DeveloperGovernment Administration, 201 - 500 employeesUsed the software for: 6-12 months. “Constantly pinwheeling, horrible interface, and bloated.“ August 20, 2025 JO Joyce O Enterprise Applications AdministratorInformation Technology and Services, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “With my 3yrs of experience using costpoint, I am very satisfied that it doesn't require too much intervention from the Deltek Team.“ October 30, 2024 Sam B software developerInformation Technology and Services, 201 - 500 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Outdated UI from 1995, no thought whatsoever about the user experience or flow, very unintuitive and clunky, the mobile app is even worse.“ March 20, 2024 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 218 available reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Desktop Technician Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Beautiful Interface, But Confusing Access and a Steeper Learning Curve" November 6, 2026 3.5 Deltek Costpoint acts as our timekeeper. We are able to easily view timekeeping efforts as well as time off. It operates pretty well. I have not seen any issues with lag or latency. Pros The interface is aesthetically pleasing, and basic tasks are easy to complete. Cons There are a lot of tasks visible to the average user that they don’t actually have permission to use, which can easily cause confusion. As a new user, I also didn’t find the interface particularly easy to navigate or use especially when I want to view other weeks or revisit approvals for time off requests. Review Source Software Engineer Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Just not for me." April 13, 2026 3.0 Deltek Costpoint served as a means to an end, I could log in my hours and put paid time off. But as a user, the instructions were not as direct or linear. Pros Deltek is vastly effecient and cost effective for large corperations. It has proven to handle large projects. Cons Deltek user interface is lacking. I found it to be behind with most modern time-tracking platforms out there. Review Source Owner Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "A Project Based Business’ Dream Software " February 23, 2026 4.0 Overall, this would be the number one software that I would recommend to my colleagues. The customer service is amazing. The software itself was very simple and easy to use Pros I specialize in production management as well as project management and Deltek’s performance and speed backed up my business, and an excelled us to greatness especially with managing customer information . The value of money that you spend is worth it for this software Cons Deltek’s implementation time took about 12 weeks which wasn’t horrible, but I would’ve preferred for it to be done a little faster. That would be the only thing that I could say I’d liked at least. Review Source CCO Supervisor Used the software for: 1-3 years 5.0 November 8, 2026 AI summary based on a full review Costpoint provides excellent organization for timecards, making payroll management smoother and audit-ready. The main drawback is the difficulty in learning the system without an AI assistant for guidance. Log in to unlock the full review, detailed ratings, and pros & cons Ai ML engineer Used the software for: 1-3 years 4.5 November 6, 2026 AI summary based on a full review The software excels in ease of use and speed, offering precise results that assist with payroll and expense tracking. A limitation mentioned is the slower update frequency compared to other applications. Log in to unlock the full review, detailed ratings, and pros & cons Lead Advisor Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "On point billing system" November 29, 2022 5.0 Pros I really like that it is able to accurately record and track billable hours. It also makes it easy to tag billed hours to the right budget/funding codes. You can see approval logs and editing if ever you make a mistake is possible. Cons There are too many clickable buttons that can be confusing for first-time users. But I guess that is the case always when using new software. Review Source Sr. Laboratory Technical Writer Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Easy-to-use program for tracking hours worked." November 18, 2021 5.0 I used this program daily to track my hours worked for each pay period. It was pretty easy to use and did not take much time out of my day. Pros This program was very simple to use to track your hours worked. It was efficient, easy, and did not take much time to learn or to use it daily. Cons I cannot think of anything specific that I disliked about this program. Review Source purchaser Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "COSTPOINT IS LAZY AND STUPID" December 4, 2018 1.0 There is not a day that goes by that I am not pissed off at this software. It's 10:00 A.M and I have stopped working to come here and post about how awful cospoint is. Example: While creating a Purchase order costpoint tells me there are 10 PR's total for the PO. I continue to the PO and start pluggin in the information and realize there are only 9. What hapenened? Did I do something wrong? So I go back to create the PO and run it again and it says that 1 is processed. No problem right? sure, but this kind of thing happens all the time. Why would software only do part of a task? why does it get lazy and decide it doesn't want to do it. This happens all the time and it isn't always so simple. This can cause huge problems on a larger PO. Another example I am going through right now is when costpoint is assigning PO's it will do it with multiple people so someone cannot use it. They won't know until later when they open the PO that it was assigned to someone else and have to back out everything they did and start over. I have to back out 30 PR's right now but wanted to say how absolutely awful this software is. If you are working you need to save after each thing you do or every couple things. yyou can't just work through something and hit save at the end because you will confuse cospoint and it will generate an error. then you have to refresh the screen thus losing all data input and start over again. you have to realize that cospoint is lazy and stupid and you have to work with it slowly to avoid doing things twice. This is the worst software I have worked with for inventory and everyone I work with will agree across all departments. It is like an ongoing joke. I left working for my current employer and then returned a few years later and when I returned I realized I had forgotten what a piece of crap costpoint was and should have held out for more pay due to having to deal with it again. It will put you in a situation where you will look like you made a mistake countless times. It will create more work for you over and over again. Pros There really isn't much that I like about costpoint except that it is an online database that can be accessed from the internet instead of being hosted on a server at the company. however this also limits it as well so I remain neutral on anything positive. Over several years of working with it my hatred of the software has grown to the point of me not seeing any thing really that good about it. It completes tasks sometimes.... which is unacceptable. it should complete them all the time. Cons You cannot work fast and have to save often because the program will get confused if you do too much at one time. It creates extra workload due to the time it takes to undo the problems that it created. program seems to be lazy and does tasks intermittently. When you click the save button it is like a gamble as to whether or not it will carry out the task. it will assign key tracking numbers to multiple people at the same time without the users knowing and they will have to back out all their data. Review Source Human Services Case Manager Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Multiple Use Option, PC or Mobile Device" August 8, 2024 4.0 I like the overall design, and ease of use for the Deltak. Pros I get access on my mobile devices and in PC. Cons The graphic is often too heavy to load, but I don't see as a big issue. Review Source Stuart R. IT Solutions Architect Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Costpoint Hard to use" October 12, 2022 4.0 Pros The best thing of CostPoint was that it was good to generate reports really quickly Cons A lot of features could easily be improved on the UI/UX side of the house. There is a massive learning curve and the system just is clunky and very hard to use. Review Source software developer Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Any review above 1 star is suspect" March 26, 2024 2.0 Pros Nothing I can think of. The only reason to use Costpoint is when a company I'm employed with forces me to use it. Cons Outdated UI from 1995, no thought whatsoever about the user experience or flow, very unintuitive and clunky, the mobile app is even worse. Review Source Narasimhan S. Chemical Engineer Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "A simple concept is complicated and user time is wasted with Deltek" August 19, 2019 2.0 Stuck with it so obviously I am using it but I figured I would help other organizations make better choices for their employees. Pros It doesn't crash or freeze up, I have to give credit that their server connections and implementations are proper. So it doesnt crash during use, although logins sometimes get delayed due to some cookie issues. Cons Ah where do I start. No clear user interface set up method. It has a bunch of poorly worded menus and some other buttons and a whole lot of unnecessary "Query" buttons. For most users, the goal is select a charge code, pick the day of week, add the hours and save, At the end of week, they sign the sheet. Simple, right? But not, Deltek makes the whole process of actually finding the "timesheet" and adding a line to it pretty convoluted. Note I didnt say complicated because it is not. But a simple process is converted to a random goose chase through multiple menu locations, clicks, searches and then selections. Picking a project code yay.. click on random looking glass icon or square faded blue icons and search, leave codes -- search through layered menus and then figure out what to add. Use -ve and + signs on user side, because the geniuses that built this software couldn't figure it on their side. Review Source Software Engineer Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Easy to use once you get the hang of it" December 18, 2018 4.0 Overall I think Deltek is a solid tool and I would not mind continuing to use the software, however I've worked at other places that have had better or at least more user-friendly timekeeping systems. Pros As a user, my only involvement with Deltek is entering my hours on a daily basis after work. It took some fiddling around but once I got the hang of it, it was pretty straight forward to log my data. The tool allows you to see how much holiday or PTO balance you have as well as allowing you to access your paystub. These were things that my company previously had as separate systems, so it's nice that they're all together now. Cons It was hard to familiarize myself with the tool at first as it seems all the basic functions for simply entering my time data is hidden under various levels of menus. I don't know if it's merely because of the way my company configured the tool, but I haven't figured out how to print things, especially my paystub. There is no option that I'm aware of for looking at my PTO history. Review Source Buyer Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Fair Weather Application" May 22, 2019 3.0 Fair weather - not good nor bad just a system I have to use. Pros They're a govt approved system which is a requirement for companies in the defense and contracting industry Cons The platform is not intuitive nor user friendly and it's hard to get customer support w/o being charged extra. Not an open source. Review Source Director of Social Media Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Great" April 13, 2018 4.0 Pros Quite friendly this software, allows many tasks to be done quickly, we try to fix errors and show solutions Cons what I like the least, is that it is not available for some platforms as free software, and does not allow to see how it would work in that system Review Source JA Jacqueline A. Quality Assurance Specialist Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Deltek Costpoint for Timekeeping at Work" October 24, 2024 4.0 Deltek Costpoint has streamlined the process my company uses for time tracking work and for leave requests. It has improvements from the previous Deltek software the company previously used. This version is good for usage overall as it allows time keeping for hour worked as well as time off requests. Pros When logging in to Deltek Costpoint, it is easy to log in as your username is saved and it does not require a password entry. It is one less step to complete when trying to sign in for work. Cons I must refer to the user manual each time I enter a leave request. It is difficult to remember where to access the information. The dashboard labels for the function are not intuitive for the user. Review Source Deputy Manager Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Deltek Costpoint-very user friendly!" May 29, 2024 5.0 We are happy with Costpoint after using it for various years. Pros Our team loves how user friendly it is and that it's easy to navigate. I started working at my company in 2019 and have been using it ever since. I also know there are so many other modules I have the ability to learn how to use. Cons The search features can be a little tricky at times and there can be a slight learning curve if a user isn't familiar. Review Source KC Karen C. Payroll Supervisor Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "I have used Costpoint for 8 years. I have been able to learn a lot." May 17, 2017 5.0 Reporting, payroll, versatility, project reporting and capture, labor capture Pros I love the versatility of this software. It does so much and we can pull a lot of different information. It's very detailed in most areas and we can hold notes as well. Since I work in payroll, I think that the people and payroll modules are most useful for me. Cons I really don't like that we can not accrue a non-cash fringe. We have asked and asked for this feature and it has never been considered. All our employees accrue fringe non-cash to use towards benefits. I also don't like the way the employee garnishments are set up. Every time there is a change to a garnishment (such as the amount in a child support order), I have to stop the garnishment and set up a new one in order to preserve any history. It can be confusing for anyone else looking at someone's file. Also, the note field is to small, doesn't hold enough information for the order (like children or custodial parents) that used to be included in Costpoint 6. I was disappointed when this was removed. Review Source David M. IT Director Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Work Smarter not Harder" October 6, 2025 5.0 Pros The Costpoint enterprise suite allows a complete set of tools that can influence critical business decisions in a vertical business. What sets this software apart from others, is the tools available to customize the software using Extensibility. Cons Limitations on customization unless you have in-house experience or willing to pay for consulting which is a consideration. Review Source Nicholas L. HR analyst Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Deltek Costpoint Review" November 22, 2018 3.0 It has been a decent system overall but there is a lack of customization, predictive features, poor reporting features and no updates for several years so other HRIS systems are way ahead of this particular system. Pros It is a pretty simple to use software for HRIS data and has a lot of fields to enter. It is great that there is a reporting system to allow for standard and custom reports. There is an immediate entry into the system once changes are made so it is great to get an immediate response. Cons There are several cons with the system. First, it has not been updated over several years and no upgrades have been made to keep up with the times. It feels like the system is dated back to the 1980's. There is no predictive searches for employees, there are too many windows for different types of employee data so it is hard to find certain employee data. The reporting is also hard to create custom reports as you have to understand extensive knowledge of Cognos, hard to search fields for employee data and it is clunky. There are no workflows or business rules that can be setup in order to allow for notifications for certain events regarding employee self service. Review Source Director Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Wow!" July 2, 2018 1.0 Pros I'm still looking. Give me more time, I'm sure it's there somewhere. My accounting department sold this to the company as an upgrade. Cons Ok. My firm used to use the time & expense for timekeeping and concur for expenses; great user experience there. Then we switched to costpoint 60 days ago. It reminds me of a slapped together MS Access database. The interface is awful, just awful. Why didn't Deltek just keep the time/expense user interface? Deltek Time/Expesne had mobile options, I've yet to find that for costpoint (..come back, your going the wrong way!!). As a manager, approving sheets is no picnic either and heaven for bit I want to look at an employee across 2 pay periods (deltek expense you clicked an arrow, costpoint you double or triple your clicks for the same task). And then there's the Expense module in costpoint, oh my. I have no idea what I'm looking at sometimes. You have to download the attachments to view them instead of opening inline for quick reference (clunky). There doesn't seem to be any sort of natural workflow for the expense reports. There's a bunch of links and buttons that I don't need. And why not just have an approval button for managers? All I've ever found is a "perform selected task" button. Not intuitive at all from a company that aims at setting the pace. Or.... maybe my firm botched the rollout? Review Source Network Control Tech Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Simple software everyone understands" August 13, 2018 5.0 Deltek helps us take care of our timesheets in short order, with very helpful search and report functions to boot. Pros I always like how easy it is to use. I create favorites so I don't even have to search for the right codes - they're just right there. And the web pages load very quickly on our awful work computers! Cons Depending on how your company set it up, it can be confusing to find your codes initially... but all they have to do is give them to you and then it's super easy. Review Source Mfg eng manager Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Need improvement with standard reports" November 21, 2019 3.0 Pros Ease of movement around system. The query function is a great way to filter info. Cons The standard reports are very poor. I wonder if they consulted actual users and asked what they needed. Has forced us to use cognos query and writer which is not user friendly. There are standard reports such as dispatch lists that should be part of the package. Switched from Had to move to an actual cost system. Review Source MAPA Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Brief Overview" December 3, 2020 4.0 Overall, I like Deltek. It is an easy system to use and little training to be able to know how to use (very user friendly). Pros I like the display for the calendar, it is easy to add a new line for additional hours billed and keep track all hours. I also think it is easy to navigate the branching time charge. Some companies have a very complicated branching system making it very difficult to locate the correct time charge to add. Cons I think it would be helpful if time off, holidays, sick leave was able to be displayed from the main timesheet. It would make a one stop location to have all the information in one place compared to opening up other tabs to trying to locate your balances. Review Source Accounting Associate Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Great functionality but not easy to use" March 21, 2018 4.0 Due to our type of work, it was a great product to use when working government contracts. Pros The software had great reports. It's payroll portion was very easy to understand and navigate while processing biweekly checks. Cons The software is not user friendly. It took quite some time to learn how to use properly and the reporting function is complicated. Review Source Similar Products Featured ## Send me user reviews about this product ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox.