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Steve
Verified reviewer
51-200 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed May 2018
Excellent core app for us. Team loves it. Outstanding technical support.
Project management, accounting, workflow, routing, expenses, time tracking.
PROSOur entire team on one platform for projects + accounting? And people love it? Is...such a thing even possible? It is - and it is Advantage. Having worked with Quickbooks, Netsuite, Sage, Foundation and all manner of home-grown horrors... Advantage is a wondrous breath of fresh air. I'm the IT Director and have not had a single incident or technical issue with Advantage (beyond your occasional password reset). The times that I have reached out to technical support have been largely for information / usage questions as I learned. They greeted us, recognizing our number, and were enthusiastic, professional, and unbelievably swift to answer any question or to solve any issue. I love that the software is hosted (at least for us). A joy to not have to deal with local servers, network shares, etc.
CONS1 - long term - having 100% web based Advantage would be neat, but Citrix Receiver works perfectly on our Macs and PCs. 2 - The logins are a little weird (generic strings, rather than a custom username). Users will of course forget those, or write them on a sticky on their monitor (bad). We ended up making a chart of people's user logins and keep it in 1Password. Not a huge deal.
Eileen
Marketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed March 2021
Switching to Advantage was a great choice
Working with the Advantage team has been an amazing experience. From implementation to training, and now through regular daily use the team at Advantage has been supportive, communicative, and always willing to help. Remote training was a fantastic option for us, and left us with amazingly detailed videos to reference as we began really working with the tool. Their support staff is patient, knowledgable and can easily help troubleshoot any issue faced. We are so thrilled with the level of customer support offered to us at every turn, even when the issues are clearly user errors.
PROSWhen switching to Advantage, we were looking for a tool that allowed us to more seamlessly integrate our billing, media and project management needs all in one platform. Prior to the switch much of our media billing needed to be manually entered into the system, as all buying took place on third party sites. With the switch to Advantage, we were able to integrate our media campaigns into the Advantage software, cutting down on the manual work needed in the billing process. Additionally, we loved the project management tools, and robust reporting capabilities available.
CONSAny new software implementation is a challenge. There is a lot of work that goes into the setup of Advantage because it is such a robust tool. Really understanding how all the pieces fit together for your business and for the systems daily use is very important and one that must be addressed at the start of the process. We are still learning all the aspects of the impacts of choices we made during implementation. With all that said, the advantage team has been with us every step of the way to help us maximize the tool for our agency. They are always open to software enhancements, and so any minor inconveniences we have faced they have heard our feedback on how to improve it for us.
Reasons for switching to Advantage
We were looking for a more fully integrated platform that allowed for more automated media buying.
Bethany
Marketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
3
EASE OF USE
2
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed July 2019
Not User Friendly
I preferred working with ASANA
PROSWe've been told it is a better tool for us to track how many hours everyone is using and estimate time we will need for new projects.
CONSWe changed to this for project management and time tracking. It is one of the most frustrating interfaces I've ever seen. Nothing is intuitive. You have to click so many times to just get to the thing you need.
Vendor Response
Hi Bethany, Thanks for taking the time to share your experience. I'm disappointed that you're having frustrations. We released a major update to UX earlier this year and the response has been overwhelmingly positive, particularly on our time-sheet module. We want to make sure you're getting all the support you need to manage your day with our all-in-one agency management platform (Accounting, Project Management, Media). You have access to free training videos at http://usercommunity.gotoadvantage.com/, and I'd be happy to arrange for a free training call with one of our project management experts. Please feel free to respond to the notification email and I'll personally work with you to align the right resources. I'll also reach out to the designated contact at your agency to see if there's anything we can do to better support you.Looking forward to connecting! Best Regards, Jeff Thrall, CRO
Replied July 2019
Maria
Marketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed September 2020
30+ years of Controller role and this is the very best product and customer service
I love Advantage. I have worked in other software systems (3) and implemented Advantage 2 times. You have found a way to have proper audit controls to help keep a company safe and knowledgeable in real time. I love your webinars and learning library, it allows us to grow on our own. But when we do have to call in for help, I am never disappointed by the knowledge and professionalism. Thank you
PROSIt is solid and performs as it should. Advantage make continuous helpful updates so it is relevant. The updates are painless. But what I like the best is the customer service. I have used this company for over 20 years and I have NEVER had a bad experience. Everyone has solid background of experience and is not only helpful but polite. We joke that we have learned more about proper process controls by using the system properly. The system makes it easy to perform work controls properly.
CONSWe are hosted - if we could export all the reports in excel or pdf easily (I have noticed many reports are being added and love it when we can email them).
Reason for choosing Advantage
I had already had experience with Advantage and knew how easy the implementation would be. You made me look like a rock star because we had so many new reports and capabilities.
Reasons for switching to Advantage
Workamajig was not set up properly and did a poor job with WIP (Advantage make is so clear and easy). Experienced long wait time responses and some of our employees had rude customer service when they were in training. Clients and Profits was old and was literally crashing, so we would have to run from back ups. I had already had experience with Advantage and knew how easy the implementation would be. You made me look like a rock star because we had so many new reports and capabilities.
Miles
Marketing and Advertising, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed July 2020
Great support team!
Our experience has been great. This is a great system to help organize and build your operation into the future!
PROSThe human component. They have a tremendous support team that really takes the time to understand your business and how you can most effectively benefit from the myriad of features both on setup and implementation. On the software side, there are a lot of options so you'll always be able to find a way to make it work the way you need it to.
CONSIt can be quite overwhelming and confusing. There are aspects of usability that I believe require more steps than necessary. However, this is often the case with software that's built to service a variety of business types and sizes. Again, I'll point out that their staff and support are phenomenal and even in times of confusion are right there with you to guide you through and get you effective solutions to the hurdles you're encountering.
Reason for choosing Advantage
We chose Advantage based on the comprehensive project management, media planning tools, and accounting system.