Canopy Practice Management vs. CCH Axcess

Canopy Practice Management

Canopy Practice Management

2 Reviews and Ratings

CCH Axcess

CCH Axcess

22 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Canopy Practice Management	Score 10.0 out of 10	N/A	Canopy Practice Management is designed to help accounting firms keep all parties on the same page. It includes essential tools for enabling communication between clients and your team.	N/A
CCH Axcess	Score 8.1 out of 10	N/A	Wolters Kluwer offers CCH Axcess, a modular cloud-based tax preparation, compliance, and workflow management solution.	N/A

Pricing

Canopy Practice Management

CCH Axcess

Editions & Modules

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Canopy Practice Management	CCH Axcess
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
	Canopy Practice Management	CCH Axcess
Considered Both Products	Canopy Practice Management LC Larry Collins Accounting Supervisor Chose Canopy Practice Management LIGHT YEARS ahead of PCS. We hated it Incentivized Helpful?	CCH Axcess Verified User Anonymous Chose CCH Axcess CCH offered a best-in-class product at a price point that was "reasonable", given the high volume of users in our organization and the immense number of tax returns we complete annually. We also already employ many other tools from the WoltersKluwer family of applications, … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose CCH Axcess Not at all the support for ATX is phenomenal Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose CCH Axcess CCH Axcess is simply more robust. They provide an all in one solution and do the best job at integrating all needed modules. Incentivized Helpful? JB Jason Bovell Partner Chose CCH Axcess Customer service is horrible for Axcess and getting bad for ATX. Wolters Kluwer has purchased these software products Incentivized Helpful? Justin Gipp Senior Accountant Chose CCH Axcess CCH Axcess was very comparable to Thomson Reuters. They are both large companies in their fields and have similar resources. We ultimately went with Thomson Reuters because we bundled with their other softwares for a better price and it makes sense to be with one company to … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose CCH Axcess I researched other products after I decided to stop using CCH. I had my faith in CCH because of Tax. Realized that they are good at Tax doesn’t mean they are good at others after almost two years with the Axcess products. Incentivized Helpful?

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User Ratings
	Canopy Practice Management	CCH Axcess
Likelihood to Recommend	10.0 (0 ratings)	7.0 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Canopy Practice Management	CCH Axcess
Likelihood to Recommend	No answers on this topic	If you have a pro that uses the software then you should be fine. If you are using the software and need any support from THEIR customer support people or dedicated rep, be prepared to be frustrated! Horrible Customer Service but it is due to Wolters Kluwer not caring and purchasing various tax products but not having the ethics to make sure they are properly trained or overwhelmed JB Jason Bovell Partner Read full review
Pros	Client information management Task tracking Time Tracking Incentivized LC Larry Collins Accounting Supervisor Read full review	CCH Document - It's cloud based. The program is user-friendly and easily customizable. CCH Tax - Relatively easy system navigation. It satisfies all our tax return filing needs. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	I wish Contact information could contain active hyperlinks I wish reports could be generated based on TAGS I wish contact lists could be generated based on filters Incentivized LC Larry Collins Accounting Supervisor Read full review	Billing issues. Customer service. Deceptive information provided when placing order. Then turn around and said that’s not right. Ability to listen to customers. Sales rep doesn’t know what client ordered. Reps who don’t care. Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	LIGHT YEARS ahead of PCS. We hated it Incentivized LC Larry Collins Accounting Supervisor Read full review	CCH offered a best-in-class product at a price point that was "reasonable", given the high volume of users in our organization and the immense number of tax returns we complete annually. We also already employ many other tools from the WoltersKluwer family of applications, which alleviates the administrative burden of reviewing a new vendor. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	Big impact on profitability based on the ability to set budgets and track time Incentivized LC Larry Collins Accounting Supervisor Read full review	No answers on this topic
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