You weigh many things when evaluating and choosing new accounting software. Price is often a top consideration, but it is far from the only criteria. Accounting software that initially fits a self-imposed budget but does not provide what your business really needs ends up being more expensive for your company in the long run. When evaluating new systems, the choice of solution provider should carry as much weight as the software in order for your employees to thoroughly utilize the system and maximize your total technology investment.
Our accounting software selection checklist will help you focus on three important areas:
Your Organization
- What limitations are you experiencing in your current accounting system and how do they need to be resolved?
- What business problems do you need to solve with your accounting software?
- What are your business processes? How should your accounting software streamline, automate and manage them?
- What features and functions should your accounting system provide that enable easy access to data across your organization?
- How should your accounting software sustain your company today and into the future as you change and grow?
- What kind of training and support do your users need?
- What is your budget? Does it include sufficient resources for software licensing, additional modules, implementation, enhancement/maintenance, ongoing support, hardware requirements?
New Accounting Software
- Software meets business needs
- Software supports business processes
- Software is sustainable and scalable
- Total cost of ownership
- Reporting capabilities
- Modules and functionality – are they a good fit for your organization
- Software integrates with other systems and application
- Availability of software documentation
- Ease-of-use
- Seamless implementation of new system
- Operates on existing hardware
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Value Added Resellers and Software Solution Providers
- Understands your business and system needs
- Exhibits exceptional knowledge about their product(s)
- Has knowledge of other products and solutions
- Demonstrates proven approach to implementing
- Consistently communicates project status and budgets
- Still pays attention to you during system cut-over
- Provides ongoing support
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