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Get the Truth About Spreadsheets in One Comprehensive Guide

Everything you need to assess, plan, and implement financial process automation

Readiness Assessment

Current costs for all major alternatives including recent price increases and hidden implementation costs

Step-by-step evaluation process to score vendors based on your specific needs and budget

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WHAT'S INSIDE THE GUIDE

1,000+

Hours Saved

75%

Faster Close

90%

Error Reduction

1K+

3

Days for Month-end Close

GET THE GUIDE THAT HELPED THOUSANDS OF FINANCE TEAMS UPGRADE

Why Trust Our Analysis?

SINCE 2007

"We went from spending 15 days on month-end close to just 3 days. The automation has been transformational for our finance operations."

Lily Chang, CFO, Notable Products

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"We went from spending 15 days on month-end close to just 3 days. The automation has been transformational for our finance operations."

Companies that successfully migrated from QuickBooks with before/after results and lessons learned

Process Audits

Vendor-neutral analysis of NetSuite vs Sage Intacct vs Dynamics 365 vs Acumatica

Technology Evaluation

Proven 6-step process for moving from QuickBooks to your new system without business disruption

Implementation Roadmap

Calculate time savings, efficiency gains, and total cost of ownership for each alternative

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Our Guide Shows You Exactly How to Automate

⚠️   Spending hours creating reports in Excel

⚠️   Month-end takes 10+ days to complete

⚠️   Managing multiple spreadsheet versions

⚠️   Hit capacity limits with current processes

⚠️   Manual data entry between systems

⚠️   System crashes during busy periods

⚠️   Can't get real-time business insights

⚠️   Investors asking for better reporting

Signs You've Outgrown Spreadsheets

Signs You've Outgrown Spreadsheets

Accounts Payable 

Eliminate manual invoice processing. Automated three-way matching. Digital approval workflows. Reduce processing time by 75% and capture early payment discounts automatically.

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12,700+ COMPANIES TRUST OUR RESEARCH TO SUCCESSFULLY UPGRADE

How large is your finance team? Every growing finance team hits the same breaking points. Here's when automation becomes critical:

The Manual Process Trap

Small Team
(1-3 people)

Growing Team
(4-8 people)

Scaled Operations
(8+ people)

Enterprise Scale

WARNING

Multiple systems don't communicate. Manual data transfers daily. Reconciliations take days. Month-end becomes 15+ day ordeal. Team works overtime.

Scaled Operations

CRITICAL

Audit requirements intensify. Investor reporting demands. Real-time visibility essential. Manual processes completely break down. Automation is survival.

Enterprise Scale

OKAY

Spreadsheets work fine. Simple processes, manageable volume. Manual reconciliations take a few hours. Month-end close in 5-7 days.

Small Team

CAUTION

Reporting complexity increases. Multiple entities or departments. Excel becomes unwieldy. Month-end stretches to 8-12 days. Errors start appearing.

Growing Team

Stop wasting time on manual processes. We provide the complete roadmap with assessments, ROI calculations, and implementation timelines.

Financial Reporting 

Real-time dashboards replace Excel reports. Automated consolidation and variance analysis. Month-end close reduced from 15 days to 3 days with 90% fewer errors.

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Bank Reconciliation

Automatic bank feeds and transaction matching. Exception-based processing. Reduce reconciliation time from hours to minutes while improving accuracy to 99.9%.

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Accounts Receivable

Automated invoicing and collections. Smart cash application. Predictive analytics for payment timing. Reduce DSO by 20% and eliminate manual collection calls.

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