Compare Acumatica Distribution and Workday Adaptive Planning - Jul 2023

Shlomi Lavi

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Acumatica Distribution or Workday Adaptive Planning?

Workday Adaptive Planning is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Acumatica Distribution, and Workday Adaptive Planning is rated higher (94/100) than Acumatica Distribution (82/100). Acumatica Distribution offers users more features (21) than Workday Adaptive Planning (15).

Looking for the right Distribution solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

Acumatica Vs. Workday

Acumatica: Acumatica empowers SMB customers and partners to stay competitive by making it easy to adapt to changing business needs. We aim to make our powerful Cloud Enterprise Resource Planning solution the platform of choice for SMB businesses. Our technology was built by ERP veterans who have worked in the industry for more than 30 years, and who have e...

Workday: In 2005, software visionaries Dave Duffield and Aneel Bhusri met for brunch at a Truckee diner, a few miles north of Lake Tahoe. They decided to form a startup—one that would sell cloud-based finance and HR software. The two longtime friends had plenty of experience. Dave founded PeopleSoft in 1987 and served as the company's CEO and board chairma...

Who is more expensive? Acumatica Distribution or Workday Adaptive Planning?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Distribution software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for Acumatica Distribution and Workday Adaptive Planning.

Acumatica Distribution accurate pricing info is available upon request (they don't share it publicly), however , On a scale between 1 to 10 Acumatica Distribution Management Suite is rated 4, which is lower than the average cost of Distribution software. Workday Adaptive Planning price starts at $15,000 per license , When comparing Workday Adaptive Planning to its competitors, the software is rated 8 - higher than the average Distribution software cost.

Bottom line: Workday Adaptive Planning is more expensive than Acumatica Distribution.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Acumatica Distribution Vs. Workday Adaptive Planning based on some of the most important and required Distribution features.

Acumatica Distribution: this software is considered "feature-rich" with more than 10 important features, here is a partial list: Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Billing & Invoicing, Budgeting & Forecasting, Credit Card Processing, Fixed-Assets, Fund-Accounting, Project-Accounting.

Workday Adaptive Planning: Ad-Hoc Analysis, Ad-Hoc Reporting, Automatic Scheduled Reporting, Dashboarding, Forecasting & Budgeting.

Target customer size

Acumatica Distribution Management Suite is more suitable for startups, small and midsized companies. Workday Adaptive Planning is intended for large enterprises looking for easier ways for preparing cash flow projections, balance sheet forecasting and sales planning.