JobBOSS² vs Katana Cloud Inventory Comparison

Easy order tracking system, user-friendly, is now web based.

Adding inventory and parts is laborious.

This software allowed for great advancement in our office productivity and ease of searching records.

Our only inconvenience is making a monthly journal entry to reconcile inventory amounts between the actual inventory, and the general ledger totals.

I liked E2 much better before we switched to the online version. the estimation module is most helpful for me

the scheduling module and the inventory management are terrible

JobBOSS2's simple web-based approach makes the software highly accessible and easy to use. The setup is relatively straightforward and allows users to quickly get in tune with their business.

The web application can be finicky and will occasionally log you out without warning, and the inventory module is not very intuitive or conducive for precise inventory control.

The simplicity of the software is what I like most about the Shop.

That there isn't a link between the general ledger and inventory.

the fact that it is from start to finish of process user friendly

difficulty in making changes once debit memos are entered inventory system

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Time and Job tracking, inventory materials

Tax settings on quotes do not have a line item for calculating tax into projects. Sometimes the software will crash right in the middle of entering a job. Can be very slow at times. Takes to long to regenerate/ update or switch pages.

Navigation thru Inventory /Estimating was OK...

WE CAN NOT SHIP GLOBALLY .... WHO BUILDS SOFTWARE THAT WONT INTEGRATE WITH UPS ,, ONLY COMMERCIAL INVOICE AVAILABLE IS FOR CANADA ONLY... SERIOUSLY !

It organizes many production features and is easily accessable to retrieve documentation.

The Inventory Module is difficult to use and manage within the software.

Tech Support is very helpful for any issues you encounter. The program itself is very user friendly.

Inventory entry not as user friendly as other areas in the program.

Priced well compared to competition, provides reports, upfront training provided. great for the shop floor guys to clock in and out of. While the training manuals were outdated, the software was easy enough to figure out on my own.

So many extra modules must be purchased to make it functional or editable. Customer service can be a little rough to get an answer or fix, but once you get to the the knowledgable person it will get resolved quickly.

Easy to learn on my own

Doesnt have an inventory system that works with our needs at this time

Easy to use, the report, the inventory control,

the old version more easy to use, attached file, no technical support in french,

Works well as a jobbing software and inventory control.

Updates can be unstable.

This definitely seemed like it would be an excellent ERP resource to track from quote, to order, to production, to shipping, to billing. It is NOT.

UI is not intuitive, search functions are confusing at best, many "modules" that you may or may not need, and poor training to discern which would be best for your company; implementation for businesses who already use an inventory tracking system is cumbersome; limited editability of databases once created; customer service is abysmal, high turnover of employees/contacts, shady billing practices, poor training opportunities, cloud services outsourced, support is drastically lacking for both the software and the cloud storage, capabilities misrepresented by sales team, unethical behaviour.

That all modules work together easily. Easy to track inventory,

Cost, updates used to be a little cumbersome but improved now.

very good with keeping track of the schedule

Inventory management can be improved Pricing structure for quoting is very confusing and can be improved

This software is very easy to use. Can do a ton of stuff

Still unable to work on inventory stuff. Have to figure out how to use this function.

Auto backup and updates for related system.

I really did not find issue in this software.

Great functions. Customer support is knowledgeable and pleasant to work with. Most of the business can be managed with this software.

We had a hard time with material at first, but after taking online classes we can now control our inventory.

All areas in the manufacturing process can all be done on one software.

When you tab over creating a new order and adding part number you can accidently tab to fast and it will us a sub menu for a different quantity.

Adaptability between job shop type production to repetitive manufacturing, real time labor tracking, finished inventory tracking.

All modules are contained within jobboss, meaning you cannot break modules out in separate windows to work in multiple modules at a time next to each other. the flipping back and forth causes errors from time to time. Raw material is not that easily maintained. It only shows you total amount of material in stock, and the work around ,per Jobboss support, to track individual pieces is too cumbersome to maintain with accuracy.

It was very easy and smooth to use. Flowed easy among costing jobs and inventory useage.

It was very limited. There was no way of expanding searches, expanding customizations we wanted to make.

It did what we needed it to do. Monitor Inventory, Produce Quotes , Acknowledgements, Invoicing. Keep a History.

Need a basic scheduling of orders interface without buying another package.