--- title: "Cegid Retail Reviews, Pros and Cons - 2026 Software Advice" description: "Reviews of Cegid Retail. Learn how real users rate this software's ease-of-use, functionality, overall quality and customer support. Talk to our advisors to see if Cegid Retail is a good fit for you!" source_url: "https://www.softwareadvice.com/retail/jds-winretail-profile/reviews/" page_type: "reviews" language: "en" --- 1 million+ businesses helped. Get advice Get Free Advice [Home](https://www.softwareadvice.com/) / [Inventory Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com/inventory-management/) / [Cegid Retail](https://www.softwareadvice.com/retail/jds-winretail-profile/) / Cegid Retail Reviews Software Advice offers objective insights based on verified user reviews and independent product and market research. When our advisors match you to a software provider, we may earn a referral fee. [Overview](https://www.softwareadvice.com/retail/jds-winretail-profile/) Reviews [Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/retail/jds-winretail-profile/alternatives/) # Cegid Retail User Reviews ## Reviews summary - Overall rating: 4.4/5 - Total reviews: 34 ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 4.4/5 - Customer support: 4.5/5 - Value for money: 4.5/5 - Functionality: 4.4/5 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 20 reviews (59%) - 4 stars: 12 reviews (35%) - 3 stars: 0 reviews (0%) - 2 stars: 0 reviews (0%) - 1 star: 2 reviews (6%) ## Cegid Retail customer reviews Showing reviews 1-25 of 34 (page 1). ### Y2 the complete solution - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Ray S. - Industry: Sporting Goods - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2017 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Very intuitive program. The younger sales staff immediately grasped the outline of the program and had no fear operating the system. Older clerks had issues at first, but have adapted to the system. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Flexibility in screen layout, ease of use. Touch screen speeds up the check out process. Ability to add core items to sales screen creates time savings for the sales associates. Rapid price changes. Real time sales. Great product. #### Cons Lack of documentation is a sore spot. Have to rely on CSR's to help walk through new processes. (On the flip side the CSR's are very knowledgeable and quick to respond) --- ### Robust Features Except Reporting - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Jillian L. - Industry: Health, Wellness and Fitness - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2018 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Overall it was the best decision as it has the functionality we need for inventory management and purchase orders. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros Cegid (Y2 specifically) offers a lot of useful features for inventory management, purchase orders, and promotions that most other options don't offer. Customer support is not always readily available, but when they do respond, they take the time to ensure your issue is resolved. Front end is user friendly for employees. #### Cons Lacks reporting features. Most basic reports have to be custom built or exported and fiddled with before you can get the format you need. --- ### Didn't get what they said they would deliver - Overall rating: 1/5 - Reviewer: Leonora B. - Industry: Furniture - Product usage: Used unspecified for less than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2015 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 1.5/5 - Customer support: 1/5 - Functionality: 1/5 #### Pros Nothing I was very disappointed with Cegid and the vendor in London They said they could build the system to my needs but they have not #### Cons Not user friendly Vendor in London is bad, terrible customer service with technicians that do not know the system --- ### Good product for a small business, is accessible to be able to extend - Overall rating: 4.5/5 - Reviewer: Bob B. - Industry: Apparel & Fashion - Product usage: Used unspecified for less than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2015 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4.5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros WinRetail was good to work with. My client was from a much larger retail operation and started a small chain of women's stores. WInRetail provided them with a great start, although I was engaged to create a data warehouse to be able to do better analytics. Still, working with their technical staff was easy, and they allowed us to have detailed access to their product to be able to customize to my clients needs. #### Cons They have had some difficulty with scaling for a larger operation. When my client needed to make large inventory changes, this meant that the rest of operations needed to stop so that the database could update. This is a challenge when you have multiple staffers that need to make changes to support a price reduction or to receive new merchandise. However, they were willing to continue to evaluate the issues, make process recommendations and to do the updates en masse. --- ### Very nice experience overall - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Yanick T. - Industry: Wholesale - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2017 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The ease of use for store's users as well as for office's users. Reports are very interesting to use and the possibility to modify them is a major advantage. #### Cons There is nothing specific. We took all the time needed to evaluate different systems at the time of purchase and it looks like Cegid was a perfect fit for us. --- ### Friendly - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Enrique M. - Industry: Apparel & Fashion - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2018 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered In General good customer services, software is very stable and cover more of the functions need it in retail. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Quick download and setup. Easy navigation menu's. Easy to understand and use. Cover most of the functions. #### Cons Need to be up to for Windows 10 operation system since most of the PC's and PO's system need to run in Windows 10. --- ### Great product - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Raph C. - Industry: Retail - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2017 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Cegid POS is a platform easy to use. Its functionalities are intuitive for the sales associates. The training and customer team is also very helpful. #### Cons When you upgrade the software, you may sometimes not find some of the useful functionalities you were used to in some previous versions. --- ### Megan Malek's Review - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Megan M. - Industry: Sporting Goods - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2017 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I have used numerous retail systems throughout my retail life and Cegid has by far been the easiest to learn and use. Everything I need is right there, if I have a question or issue the help desk is always available or quick to respond. I have recommend Cebid to numerous colleagues throughout the sporting event retail. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Customer support ease of use --- ### Winretil review - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Nelly Z. - Industry: Retail - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2018 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Good for retail, as you can add many values, you can customized and open as many modules as you will like #### Cons Not Web based, Set up is very extensive and can get confusing , also a big challenge is that they have limited users --- ### Customer support is tops. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: John D. - Industry: Apparel & Fashion - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used other for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2018 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered we are using Cegid because they bought JDS Solutions, a software company that we were using. The JDS, now Cegid, personnel are very knowledgeable about retail and will do anything to help their customers solve problems. Their retail Y2 SaaS product is very advanced for the industry. They understand the retail environment and are enhancing their systems to help retailers adapt to it. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Easy to use: dedicated, knowledgeable support people; data base provides a lot of future potential. Their retail consultant and support group are the best. #### Cons still needs to be tailored to the US market; their Y2 back end inventory system needs to incorporate the features in their WinRetail product. --- ### So easy to use and understand! - Overall rating: 4.5/5 - Reviewer: Pablo M. - Industry: Apparel & Fashion - Product usage: Used unspecified for unspecified - Reviewed: November 2014 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Customer support: 3.5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I like how simple is to work with. #### Cons I dislike not being able to issue a refund/void transaction without the credit card info. --- ### Oh boy am I going to enjoy this. - Overall rating: 1/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Higher Education - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: January 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 1/5 - Value for money: 1/5 - Customer support: 2/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros - useful for people who like spending their time on the phone with, other store locations, or even tech support to do the most basic of things. #### Cons - Veryyyy unintuitive UI design. They should use this as an example of how not to design a program for retail use. - Their menu buttons are literally all over the screen and more often than not do not have words beside the buttons so you don't know what each button does... and there are a lot of buttons. - Icon design is outdated, and non-intuitive - Basic features are hidden in submenus - Custom reports for head office are essentially non-existent or were too complicated for them to figure out resulting in me having to do a lot of manual reporting. - receiving items into the system is extremely error prone. They cut corners in the wrong places (ie. just letting me say "yup, its all here!" when nothing could be there) - It would freeze a lot - When I needed to count the cash, I found a lot of steps to be redundant (ie. having to click "ok" on a screen that is essentially blank, before starting and ending) - also when counting the cash it was non always obvious which form of money you were on, there are a lot of windows and grids, and nothing is highlighted in particular - checkout process is obscure to new employees and they often make tender mistakes, as well as payment type mistakes... God I hate this product. Please save yourself the head-ache and use Square, or literally anything else. Do it by hand in excel, you'll have a better time. --- ### Just for big retailers - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Andrés W. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Packaging and Containers - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2020 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I use Cegid to manage operations, reports, email marketing and a lot of stuff that my bosses need from me. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Cegid is a great platform that has been improving the way retail stores manage their products or services for many years now. That's a key point for me: experience on the market. Their team developed a lot of templates that can be customised to fit your needs. Example: reports for corporate. iOS app! #### Cons The learning curve is really big, if you see any efficient operator of this program is because he/she spent years with it. #### Reasons for choosing Cegid Retail It wasn't for me. It lacks a lot of features. I think that is because it's new. --- ### Cegid Customer - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Tricia L. - Industry: Health, Wellness and Fitness - Company size: 5001-10000 employees - Product usage: Used other for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2018 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I'm happy we were able to complete this upgrade with Cegid as they were our current vendors. But as budget goes in any organization you have to look for the most value for the dollars that you spend. With other vendors information and software options were explored, we were happy to continue our partnership with Cegid. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros The staff are amazing! They will go above and beyond to ensure that they are answering your questions in a timely manner and they do what they can to meet your needs. The software is easy to use. We chose not to do the Y2 for the back office and kept our current software WinRetail. We had some glitches in the beginning to information flowing over fluently. But the team was on it quickly and able to resolve it. We had the joy of not only working with the staff over conference calls, but in person support as well with Ambra who came to our location to train our staff and complete the build of our program while she was here. She will ensure that her customers are happy, long after the project is complete. Mary and Ambra make an excellent team! #### Cons Just a couple of functionality things that we have found along the way, but again the Cegid staff does everything they can to fix this right away or find a "build" if needed. As with any software, you don't always know what you are missing until you are "live" and you find something that needs some work or you didn't think about in the build that would be helpful in the future. --- ### Great Inventory Management System! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Tawnya W. - Industry: Retail - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2017 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I have been working with this software since 2012. We have numerous resorts with numerous POS and Inventory systems across all. We have transitioned 8 resorts to WinRetail/Cegid, each time has been with ease and excellent support from their team. We still continue to work in a few different systems due to not having the control to upgrade to this system, but hands down this is our favorite by far and would if could. This software provides awesome analytics, flexible data use, custom reporting, canned reporting with great filters. The importing/exporting of data is easy for any user level to follow, allowing for inventory items, purchase orders, invoices, GL, transfers, physical inventories, sales, and many more. The purchase order module is quick when entering, receiving or invoicing an order. We have all different types of users accessing this system and have found it to be one of the best in the business. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Ease of use. Export/Importing of data. Reporting mechanism. Support Team #### Cons Only con would be the posting of an invoice, would like this to detailed instead of summarized. The purchase orders is reaceived in detail but the invoice gets posted on one line as a summary. --- ### Cegid's Solution Helps Us Tackle NFL Gameday in 70,000 Seat Venue - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Christopher I. - Industry: Retail - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2017 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Overall the Cegid retail software solution is very user friendly and easy to use. Once the software was configured to our needs, it became a real asset for my account. I was able to reduce my labor costs, and increase profits, by using the software's auto replenishment functionality. This software package has a lot to offer, and each year we learn more and more about it. The additional things we learn we put to use, and our efficiency increases each year, as we grow with the software. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros - Easy to use - Comes with pre-designed reports that are similar to what we already used - Report creator allows me to custom design report templates - Auto replenishment function allows me to create pick list for warehouse in minutes - Very convenient to find historical data - Very simple to create/receive purchase orders #### Cons - Like anything else you have to spend time with it to become proficient - Creating custom reports takes a little bit of time to figure out - Learning how to use auto replenishment takes time to understand --- ### Good Overall POS System for medium to large retailer - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: David T. - Industry: Wholesale - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2017 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Great POS for medium retailers. I have work with the system for the past 5 years and we were able to integrate our business process with CEGID. We are still on a old version but the new Y2 version seems really promising. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros -Everything is well segmented in the software to easily find what you are looking for. -Easy to maintain and manage. -Mobile POS on iOS Device -Ease to integrate with other systems -Inventory control is really good -Built-In CRM is ok to track customers. -Customer Service is good #### Cons UX is difficult to work with because it is a C++ App. Translation is not 100% perfect. Receipt editing is really difficult to do Reporting is really missing. You need something aside to be able to do great reporting. Can't reload any gift cards already activated POS was developped with European standard so something it's difficult for North American Retailers to fit in. But they have always an answer. --- ### A+ service - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Shawn O. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Health, Wellness and Fitness - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2018 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered It has been an absolute pleasure working with this company. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Team we worked with to set up and continue to work with day to day are second to none. An absolute pleasure to work with. I have no complaints at this time with the software, hardware or support. Support has been easy to contact and have been quick to resolve any issues that have arisen. --- ### Solid POS software / Awesome Support - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Abdou B. - Industry: Apparel & Fashion - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2018 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered More importantly, the support staff know their product and can troubleshoot any issues quickly. I have dealt with many companies for many years and it is always support that makes a difference. Cegid support team scores high up. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The POS software is solid, can be customized and has extensive features. Implementation is easy and I can deploy registers easily without the need to call support. #### Cons The Software takes some getting used to but once you get used to it, it just works. Our sales people love it and we have not had any issues. --- ### Good overall product that's easy to learn and teach. - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Keith R. - Industry: Museums and Institutions - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2017 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Overall satisfied with the functionality and capability of this product. Customer service has always been a focus and will hopefully continue in the future. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros This product is very user friendly and easy to learn for a new user. It offers several ways to look at your data which enables the user to get the information they need in a way that's comfortable to them. #### Cons Some of the functionality is limited in it's current form. Enhancements can be made, but the cost of these enhancements could limit development. --- ### Simply the Best! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Emy F. - Industry: Luxury Goods & Jewelry - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2017 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered We are a growing company and having looked at so many different options, we truly standby this software. THE BEST!!! #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I love this software I have been working with it at 2 different companies and it is truly the best out there. Very easy to learn and if I ever have any questions or need assistance the team is very helpful. I highly recommend this software. #### Cons There is nothing I would change about this software, once you learn to operate you will be extremely happy. --- ### Cegid servantissimmo - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Christophe R. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Aviation & Aerospace - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Assez content de son utilisation mais quelques améliorations seront les bienvenues afin de le rendre encore plus pratique. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros Utilisation pour la base des immobilisation de l'entreprise, les recherche sont assez simple et la mise à jour aussi. #### Cons Assez compliqué à faire des extractions de la base avec toutes les données, le logiciel est assez limités. --- ### Big company and only looks like they are getting bigger - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Christopher M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Farming - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: October 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I like that this company has been around for a while now, are all over the globe 10+ or more I believe now and counting. So if you are worried about a smaller company disappearing one day and having to input everything all over again.. This will take that fear away. #### Cons Not to much I can see at all this company shows to be moving forward and getting bigger and to that brings security to its customers like me. Definitely can not name a con here. --- ### WinRetail is a major asset to our company! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Laura R. - Industry: Sporting Goods - Product usage: Used unspecified for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2015 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4.5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros WinRetail is a great program for retail store managers. Re-ordering inventory, running reports and managing items is fast, effective, and easy! #### Cons There isn't much about WinRetail that I don't like... Its a great program! It has enhanced my ability as a store manager to calculate trends and be more concise with orders! --- ### Win-Win with WinRetail - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Nick L. - Industry: Apparel & Fashion - Product usage: Used unspecified for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2015 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4.5/5 - Customer support: 4.5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Reporting is completely flexible thru the Power Reporter, and can be built to suit your needs :) #### Cons If I had to pick at them, I would say the reports only weakness is the fact that most are run on a weekly basis (which is a challenge when looking at certain tables for individual days). ## More reviews [Next reviews](https://www.softwareadvice.com/retail/jds-winretail-profile/reviews/?page=2) --- Cegid Retail Reviews, Pros and Cons - 2026 Software Advice