Acumatica South Africa

Acumatica was founded in 2008, where it launched it’s first ERP system, Acumatica ERP. Acumatica are owned by an investment company, EQT Partners. Acumatica offers solutions for a range of market verticles including Financials, Distribution, Field Service, CRM and more. Their ERP suite are fully integrated and are developed using MS tools. Their flexible licensing model allows solutions to be priced by resources used and not by the amount of users on the system. With over 275+ employees and over 6000 customers across a number of countries across the globe.

Acumatica is based in America. As a newer player in the South African market, their local implementation and support is lacking compared to some of the other vendors listed here. If you are looking for the best ERP for your needs, Acumatica is a strong option, but make sure you keep an open mind and review the options available. If your business is complex with complex rules you want to keep, then choosing an ERP with limited skills available to implement and support is risky. Make sure your implementation team has a track record and the technical skills to back up their proposals.

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Pros and Cons


Pros The Acumatica ERP program can be quickly navigated by clicking on the Dashboard function choices. The top of the panel also features a double set of ribbon bars. The top bar depicts large machine interface areas such as Storage, Organization, and Finance. The second layer, on the other hand, shows tasks under that top menu option, Acumatica has comprehensive customization functionality. Acumatica ERP can filter on many data screens and reports. It's export, and Import abilities are easy to gain access to, and the system is Open Data Protocol so a person can transfer data to other apps. The software interface is easy to comprehend. Accounts consist of a five-digit account code. Because it's browser-based, it enables access on mobile devices by use of browsers. Acumatica does do not use per-seat licensing; instead, license fees are based on resource consumption. Also, Acumatica supports serial and lot numbering, which is valuable in tracking stock as well as two-step transfer, making it easy to follow good in transit by deleting the products from inventory.

Cons It can be challenging to estimate Acumatica ERP licensing costs. It's standard report filters requires to be customized. Relies on third-party add-ons to implement ERP for businesses outside the distribution and manufacturing vertical. Acumatica has an unusual pricing arrangement.


What their clients have to say...

Acumatica’s unlimited user licensing model and cloud-based platform has saved ProPharma $120,000 annually when factoring in a reduced need for hardware, an IT staff member to support it, and less money spent on licensing costs. – Charles Snyder, IT Director

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