Suggestions for Non-Profit Accounting Software

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Posted by jmccormick

on 9 Aug 2003 11:57 AM

You seem to have fairly sophiticated requirements for such a small budget, which may lead to dissapointment if you get a cheap package.
Since you have experience with FE7, you know the benefits, flexibility and automation it offers (7.2 just came out so the AR module is much more robust).

I would suggest you do a real ROI analysis of the costs you will incurr over a one year time frame between buying a cheap package with the employee time and cost to make that package fit your needs (reporting is going to be a real issue) and the more expensive package. You may end up creating many excel reports and spending twice as much time getting your information in and out on a cheap package. Over one year, what is the cost of the employees time for taking twice as long? Will two employees have to work on the cheaper package to get the right information in or out when only one employee would need to work on the more expensive package (time tracking, budgeting, contract reporting, etc.).

I help alot of people understand the true cost of selecting an accounting package - it's not just the price tag, it's the employee resources, number of additional software packages that have to be used (excel is most common), frustration levels, and value of the information that all add up to the true cost.

Besides, Blackbaud (as do most higher end packages) offers deals, discounts and interest free financing to help eleviate the cost and/or spread it out over time so it's not a big hit to one fiscal years' budget. (we actually sell Blackbaud which is why I know the deals available - but I'm not partial to it because we sell it, we sell it because I think it's the best out there in it's class.)

If you want help creating an analysis of costs, I'd be happy to help you put together some real numbers to show a 3 year trend between cheaper packages and something higher end like Financial Edge.

Jill Knowland McCormick
jill@LibrisSolutions.com
(510) 915-2334

Jill Knowland McCormick Libris Solutions Financial Software Systems San Francisco / Oakland / Hawaii (510) 893-3945 www.LibrisSolutions.com

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