Great company and very helpful. They want us to succeed.

The best aspect of ACS is that it can hold and track a massive amount of diverse data. You can track all of the things you would expect in a database like names, contact info, birthdates, etc.

Ease of use, love the People and Financial Modules with its reports which we own. Don't know much about REALM but I think we would be interested.

I have had to call ACS to have them walk me through how to do such reports as doing so is in no way intuitive.

The customer service and desire on behalf of the employees to help you accomplish your goals is superb. The products reflect the needs of and input from the end users.

The secretaries at my last employer in Mesquite hated it for being confusing. My current employer uses ACS but I don't see the benefit of it.

It seems to be a great place to store all kinds of information.

I love how flexible/customizable it is, to fit nearly any faith community. It also can be integrated with other programs (giving, background checks, etc.).

To be fair, it's been a few years since I have spoken to ACS customer support and they were friendly and tried to be very helpful at the time, but it wasn't a good experience.

There is no way for the congregation to interface to the database to maintain their own information. This package puts a huge burden on the administratoe to keep it all up to date.

Customer Service was friendly, extremely helpful and patient. On site training was available at extra cost.

Because the software does so many functions and can be tailored to almost any church of any size or situation, it can be a little confusing.

ACS does have a new product called Realm that is supposed to be much easier and more flexible to use. I have looked at some of the demos for Realm and it does look like a vast improvement.

And unless they've recently updated the software (unlikely), you can't even use it on iPad without an external keyboard. Further, their pricing structure is ridiculous.

I like the way it stores information. Of course, it is not quick to master ACS, but once you have mastered it you have everything you want to know about reports, campaign follow-ups, etc.

Was cumbersome, ugly and not intuitive. The church paid a surprisingly high amount for the software.

Having to wait on hold for extensive periods of time was very inconvenient.

While all the modules technically work together, in practice their integration is flimsy and difficult to understand.

What I like best is that it is an affordable, integrated, double-entry accounting system designed specifically for churches and small non-profit organizations.

Centage provides strong customer service and the product has been terrific value for our organization.

User friendly interface and reports. Good drill down to get to source documents.

Difficult to set up for the first time. Very limited when you have to export to Excel because all data is exported as text format.

I love the analytics maestro, and this software is a good fit for SMEs.

When Planning Maestro came out, we had the option then to move to something else but we stayed with Centage as PM is a solid budgeting and planning tool. It has good functionality and good support.

Budget Maestro was recommended to us by Syspro. It works well and enhances our ERP system and provides greater reporting capability.

Not sure as we have not researched lately other options.

My only complaint is the amount of formatting I have to do when exporting a report to a spreadsheet.

Our budget is now more secure and robust, and due to the product's user friendliness it was fairly easy and quick to set up.

The product provided a very friendly user interface that was easy to navigate - even for people who did not receive formal training. The reports were clean and easy to follow.

I do like the preview of the expense and how it will look like on the P&L. It really helps me make sure that my spread method is correct.

I love the way this product is so easy to use and track all of my spending. I don't know what I would do without it.

Ease of use is super important. Reporting is good and I love the dump into Excel for more slicing and to import.

We greatly appreciate the flexibility Budget Maestro offers our nimble team to make changes on the fly and seamlessly integrate with our ERP system to ensure financial data is accurate and up to date.

Too business support management even when someone lacks with a bit in attention to detail allowing for easy corrections and edits.

We have been using the software for about 7 years  and it has been extremely helpful for our reporting.

Their support team is always available to help you through any questions or difficulties you encounter.

I like the ease of use and the ability to eliminate my dependence on Excel.

Overall it has been widely accepted within our organization and has helped improve the efficiency and accuracy of our budget process at DEA.

Participate in any demos the software company provides of its software then get them to show you how their software would handle your situation, your unique or most difficult budgeting issue.

It takes anywhere from 1-3 minutes to run any report. Also, the inability to create a version and it to show up in all plans.

Also impressive is their what-if scenarios, the robust capabilities of their driver functionality, and Analytics Maestro (their Excel plug-in for user friendly desktop reporting).

I would recommend budget maestro to other organizations as a useful budgeting tool.

Good integration with many ERP and account systems. Accessible anywhere through an internet connection with any browser-based device.

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ACS Technologies’ church management software applications enable church staff to manage member records, contributions, events, small groups, volunteering, check-ins and more.


Members and leaders can facilitate relationships with one another using calendaring, scheduling, registration and attendance tools within the small groups and event management modules. The built-in communication tools allow church staff to send bulk emails to members. It also offers accounting tools to manage the flow of finances and keep a record of payments made.


At the same time, ACS’ contributions module tracks and organizes giving and tithing data, supporting one-time and recurring gifts, online and offline donations and automated contribution statements for tax records. With integration with the church accounting module, staff can maintain accurate spending and budgeting by fund, department, committee or project.


And with iOs and Android apps for mobile devices, church members and staff can quickly find contact information while in the field.



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Electronic Payments

Online Giving

Committee Management

Payment Processing

Application Management

Small Group Management

Dues Management

General Ledger

Bank Reconciliation

Attendance Management

Attendance Tracking

Child Check-in

Communication Management

Registration Management

Member Database

Accounting

Multi-Location

Mobile Access

Membership Renewals

Membership Management

Event Scheduling

ACH Payment Processing

Budgeting/Forecasting

Asset Tracking

Online Calendar

Volunteer Management

Accounts Payable

Event Management

Fund Accounting

Pledge Management

Website Management

Donation Management

Member Types

Accounts Receivable

Payroll Management

Built-in Accounting

Third Party Integrations

Member Portal

Financial Reporting

Member Directory

Mobile App

ACS pricing starts from $279.95 per month.

Email/Help Desk

FAQs/Forum

Knowledge Base

Phone Support

24/7 (Live Rep)

Chat

Self-Employed

2-10

11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1000

1000+

In Person

Live Online

Webinars

Centage’s Planning Maestro is a cloud-native planning & analytics platform that delivers year-round financial insight, transforming how companies budget, forecast and report performance.


Centage delivers a level of sophisticated financial intelligence typically only enjoyed by large enterprises, at a price point accessible for SMBs. Leveraging this financial intelligence, Planning Maestro synchronizes the P&L, the balance sheet, and the cash flow to ensure GAAP compliance. This offers the users not just a short-term view of the company’s health, but a long term view of the financial health of a company.


In addition, Planning Maestro comes with 40 pre-built GAAP/IFRS-compliant reports that can be adjusted and customized for a variety of data reporting. These reports can be exported to Excel or any resident G/L system for further customization.


Planning Maestro is suitable for modern finance teams in almost every industry vertical, including manufacturing, healthcare, wholesale/distribution, retail, business services and nonprofits.



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