Sims Finance alternative

[networkmangler]

We currently use FMS and have just had a demo of SIMS Finance

 

Are there any other cloud based finance packages that other schools use that we should take a look at?

 

 

Thanks

[sted]

the school i know of that ditched sims entirely use sage ive head other use ps financials but i hear very little good about it (though sage is a bit dumb it a per user install and dosent like pac files as your proxy)

[supportman]

HCSS is the only other one really

 

Its now called Access Education I think after a rebrand

 

https://www.theaccessgroup.com/education/finance/

Edited June 27, 2019 by supportman

[TDupont992]

I'll be honest, I don't know too much about it, but in my interactions with an RM Rep they mentioned a cloud based finance package. I can't speak to the quality of their finance package but their other software I've used is cloud based and pretty good. I wish I could be more helpful bud.

[6Foot2]

the school i know of that ditched sims entirely use sage ive head other use ps financials but i hear very little good about it (though sage is a bit dumb it a per user install and dosent like pac files as your proxy)

 

It looks like we will move away from FMS and to externally hosted Sage. The test site they sent us responded as expected, so that one hurdle out of the way.

 

Now we have to think about what we are going to do with our financial data after migration, should we need access to the old data post migration...

[Atomic_Zombie]

Now we have to think about what we are going to do with our financial data after migration, should we need access to the old data post migration...

 

The schools we support who have moved from FMS have put a standalone instance of FMS on a laptop and kept that in a safe place, that way if they need to access it they can easily.

[6Foot2]

The schools we support who have moved from FMS have put a standalone instance of FMS on a laptop and kept that in a safe place, that way if they need to access it they can easily.

My concern was, when we compare the migration of our MIS away from Facility ePortal and to externally hosted Bromcom, Advanced First line required us to uninstall our server software: We had to guarantee that we could not manipulate our historical data with their software.

[Edu-IT]

It looks like we will move away from FMS and to externally hosted Sage. The test site they sent us responded as expected, so that one hurdle out of the way.

 

Now we have to think about what we are going to do with our financial data after migration, should we need access to the old data post migration...

I believe you are allowed read only access to the data in FMS?

[GREED]

Access Education is definitely worth a look I have taken a look at a number of options for this market in recent times, and looks sharp and feature rich.

[supportman]

Access Education is definitely worth a look I have taken a look at a number of options for this market in recent times, and looks sharp and feature rich.

Poor reporting though apparently according to our finance team who got a demo.

[TechMonkey]

I don't use it so I have no knowledge how good it is but I am keeping my eye on Accounts IQ. Web based, looks to have good dashboard and BI builtin, and ties in with our MIS.

[ajp233]

RM Education have a cloud based finance product. Bromcom recently launched their own finance option for schools to, but am not sure if that would require the Bromcom cloud based MIS as well?

[bobsmith]

We've got RM-Finance (the cloud version) and it's alright, nothing special.

 

Bearing in mind how many institutions need finance packages I'm surprised there's not more competition.