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There are thousands of accounting
software packages in the marketplace today. Each one of these
packages offers unique features and capabilities that are to be
commended, admired, and sometimes applauded. However, upon close
inspection, it is easy to see that most of them suffer from obvious
problems such as older technology, proprietary technology, lack of
support, lack of an adequate size customer base, lack of a
distribution channel, poor performance on a local area network,
bugs, missing modules, missing key features, lack of capital, etc.
We strive to weed out the lesser players and concentrate our web
site on the better-known, widely-deployed, well-proven solutions.
In our opinion, there are only a
handful of accounting software solutions available today that offer
a proven and complete solution for this market. These products all
share the following attributes:
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The product must have good, clean,
stable code
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The product must have good underlying
technology
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The product must have a good company &
leadership behind the product
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The product must have strong financial
reporting capabilities
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The product must have a sizable
customer base
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The product must have strong
customization capabilities
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The product must have a well-developed
and knowledgeable VAR channel
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The product must have a wide breadth
of modules
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The product must have a
well-developed offering of third party add-on products
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There should be a minimal number of
missing features
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There should be no significant
problems (such as missing modules, etc)
To help you evaluate your accounting
system options, you are advised to read the following articles at a
minimum:
1)
10 - Step Blueprint for
Selecting the Right Accounting Software
2)
25 - Step Blueprint for
Selecting the Right Accounting Software
3)
Listing of Key Features
4)
Feature Table
5)
ASA Star Rating based Upon
350 Key Features
6)
A Discussion About
Evaluating Accounting Software |
