Compare Planning Maestro and AccountingSuite - Jul 2022

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Jul 24, 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Planning Maestro or AccountingSuite?

Planning Maestro is more expensive to implement (TCO) than AccountingSuite, and Planning Maestro is rated higher (87/100) than AccountingSuite (82/100). Planning Maestro offers users more features (15) than AccountingSuite (6).

Looking for the right Business performance management 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:

Centage Corporation Vs. AccountingSuite

Centage Corporation: Centage Corporation is the world leader in automated, budgeting and planning software solutions for small to medium-sized organizations. Since 2001, thousands of managers at all levels have utilized the Budget Maestro family of solutions to streamline their budgeting, forecasting, financial consolidation, performance analysis, and reporting process...

AccountingSuite: AccountingSuite™ is Cloud Banking automatically connects to your bank accounts daily so you will spend less time entering transactions.

Who is more expensive? Planning Maestro or AccountingSuite?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Business performance management 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 Planning Maestro and AccountingSuite.

Planning Maestro price starts at $10,000 per year , On a scale between 1 to 10 Budget Maestro is rated 6, which is similar to the average cost of Business performance management software. AccountingSuite price starts at $19 per user/month , When comparing AccountingSuite to its competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average Business performance management software cost.

Bottom line: Planning Maestro is more expensive than AccountingSuite.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Planning Maestro Vs. AccountingSuite based on some of the most important and required Business performance management features.

Planning Maestro: this software is considered "feature-rich" with more than 10 important features, here is a partial list: Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Budgeting & Forecasting, Cash Flow, Credit Card Processing, Fixed-Assets, Multi-Currency, Sales Reporting.

AccountingSuite: Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Billing & Invoicing, Project-Accounting, Purchase Orders.

Target customer size

Planning Maestro was developed to serve many kinds of industries, from public to private, startups to mature and from family-owned operations to Fortune 500 organizations. and AccountingSuite's target customer size include: Small, medium and large size businesses.



Planning Maestro

ITQlick rating
(4/5)

starts at $10,000 per year

Planning Maestro is a software for mid-market enterprises looking to better manage their businesses and improve on performance. It was developed by the Centage Corporation Company which has been offering its se...

Categories: Accounting & Finance, Fixed Asset Management, Budgeting & CPM, Financial reporting.

AccountingSuite

ITQlick rating
(3.8/5)

starts at $19 per user/month

AccountingSuite is a cloud-based accounting and inventory management software for accountants and bookkeepers to track projects and time, control inventory management, access company financial data, and manage ...

Categories: Accounting & Finance, Recurring Billing, Billing & Invoicing, Project Accounting, Expense Tracking.

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Planning Maestro: 15 Features

Accounts Payable
Accounts Receivable
Budgeting & Forecasting
Cash Flow
Credit Card Processing
Fixed-Assets
Multi-Currency
Sales Reporting
Tax compliance
Time & Expense
Agile Project Management
Budget & Expense Management
Issue Tracking
Project Management
Resource Management

AccountingSuite: 6 Features

Accounts Payable
Accounts Receivable
Billing & Invoicing
Project-Accounting
Purchase Orders
Time and Expense Tracking
ITQlick rating ITQlick Rating is based on the software score (below) and aggregated online reviews
ITQlick score ITQlick Score is a 1 to 100, the calculation is based on pricing, and functionality Vs. alternative solutions
Pricing score pricing Score is a 1 to 10 (10 is high cost), based on the TCO (cost of licences, customizations, training, hardware when relevant) Vs. alternative solutions
License pricing license pricing (if provided by the software vendor)
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Planning...
ITQlick rating
4/5
Score
87/100
Pricing
6.4/10
License pricing
$10,000 per year
Functionality
29
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AccountingSuite
ITQlick rating
3.8/5
Score
82/100
Pricing
3.4/10
License pricing
$19 per user/month
Functionality
12
Oracle H...
ITQlick rating
4/5
Score
91/100
Pricing
4.2/10
License pricing
$9,995 per license
Functionality
14
Anaplan
ITQlick rating
4.4/5
Score
89/100
Pricing
5.6/10
License pricing
Pricing not available
Functionality
24
Infor Sy...
ITQlick rating
4/5
Score
86/100
Pricing
2.6/10
License pricing
$150 per user/month
Functionality
38

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Shlomi Lavi is an entrepreneur and founder of ITQlick.com. He holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Information Systems Engineering from Ben Gurion University in Israel. Shlomi brings 17 years of global IT and IS management experience as a consultant and implementation expert for small, medium and large-sized (global) companies. Shlomi’s goal is to share the best knowledge and news about information systems so you can make smarter buying decisions for your business.