Overall the software is great because it has been developed with the end user in mind. If I were to choose between IDEA and other auditing and data analytics software I would prefer IDEA because it offers a comprehensive set of features for data audits.

First off, the documentation of the software is comprehensive and clear. Secondly the software allows auditors to work on the host locally as well as using a server, allowing entire teams to share data together. Finally the software supports an extensive list of data formats, from XML to different kind of database formats and as a bonus it has scripting options.

When working with a remote server, the software tends to lock up during data load. This ensures the integrity of the data, but it's makes the user feel as if the software is unresponsive.

Is a good tool to allow auditors to make sample selections. It is user friendly once you get the basics of it.

It gets some getting used to it, but once you do, it is really easy to use again and again.

We have been able to audit items that would not have been able to be done any other way and it has greatly improved our ability to complete certain tasks. Besides the need for training to use the software and the training available being horrible, it is a useful product.

It provides the ablility to compare two large data sets relatively easily.

I have been using and testing software for about 25 years and this is least intuitive software I have every seen. It is buggy to change connections or setup connections especially with ORACLE databases. We paid for users to be trained and the training was terrible. It was a waste of money to pay for employees to travel and sit in a training for a week and the teacher was horrible. It was a huge disappointment and no one at the company seemed to care. This instructor had a reputation of being terrible according to others in the class with our employees.

The features help me better to understand audit requirements and steps to follow during the course of the audit.

CaseWare makes audit working papers to be less complex. It aids the audit engagements to go smoothly with proper audit records keeping.

The software needs to improve in speed better than the existing speed.

Good overall experience, very helpful. Take a minute to get the hang of it but very pleased with the software.

I love the functions of this software, helps me cut the time it takes to do my accounting processes in half. Makes my job much easier!

The functionality could be improved upon. Some features are hard to use and the software is subject to freezing and crashing.