My general experience with Aqilla has been good. Having never used the software before I have been pleasantly surprised how easy it is to use and how powerful it can be to produce financial reports on demand
Pros
Aqilla has been very easy to use since I started using it in June 2019, with minimal training. I really like the fact that you can tailor your own reports on Aqilla so can tailor the reporting to your needs.
Cons
I find it slightly confusing how to limit or add permission for users on various areas of the software
Rating breakdown
Likelihood to recommend: 10/10
There is a lot more to this package which I have not had chance to explore - my experience so far has been frustrating at times when I know I should be able to do things but have trouble to find out how, but on the whole Aqilla seems to be good value for money.
Pros
It looks good on screen
The easy ability to download information onto excel
The ability to open up a second screen
Cons
The top tab names, I find I regularly go into the wrong location for items.
The help button, it has never brought up the problems I am trying to sort, seems to pick just the first word and give all items with that one word
Changing Rough Posted documents to 'Posted', the system does not post into the period the document is already allocated to automatically, with several periods involved you have to Post month by month.
Not being able to see the currency value total if more than 1 page, have to download an Excel report for the information.
Rating breakdown
Likelihood to recommend: 7/10
Overall the relationship is better than what I found when I joined the company - the support desk and consultants are very helpful and try their best to answer our queries
Pros
ability to extract reports quickly using Aqilla and Sharperlight
Cons
the issues faced in our first year of implementation relating to transactions and effect - sometimes seems too complex
Rating breakdown
Likelihood to recommend: 4/10
Full accounting of Sales, Purchase & General Ledgers, through to Monthly Management accounts. Budgeting and Trend analysis. KPI's and ad-hoc queries and investigations.
Pros
Ease of duplicating repetitive transaction saving time and potential keying errors.
Integration with Sharperlight making data import/export a breeze.
Continuous product enhancements keeping it current and improving the finance process.
Cons
Some features are only progressed through Consultant intervention - as an IT savvy user I'd like to be able to do more.
Rating breakdown
Likelihood to recommend: 9/10
Good value for a basic reporting tool with integrated AP and expenses which would be perfect for a relatively stable group structure
Pros
Good value for money
Continuing to innovate
Reasonable base funcationality on all the things will need
Cons
Doesn't feel 'consumer grade' around expenses
Approval hierarchy/workflow is a work round and not robust
Rating breakdown
Likelihood to recommend: 6/10
Core: £10 per month
Line of Business: £25 per month
Pro: £50 per month
Enterprise: £70 per month
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