Vista

Score7.8 out of 10

139 Reviews and Ratings

What is Vista?

Viewpoint’s Vista is a construction accounting software. Vista’s core accounting features include accounts receivable and payable, general ledger, payroll and time management, and cash management. It also provides tools for document management, including document templates and reporting.

Categories & Use Cases

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Project Costing
Standardize, track, and control costs at all project phases
Category average: 7.8
Cost Capture
Capture costs including those for procurement, financials or time and labor, including from external systems
Category average: 7.9
Role-based user permissions
Permissions to perform actions or access or modify data are assigned to roles, which are then assigned to users, reducing complexity of administration.
Category average: 8

Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated
Create touchless purchases using purchase orders generated automatically per rules from approved requisitions
Category average: 7.2
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting
Control spending at any budget level or time interval
Category average: 7.2
Travel & Expense Management
Enter expenses from mobile devices, integrate credit card and travel booking, configure policy enforcement
Category average: 7.4

Wendy Wray View profile

Accounting Manager in Finance and Accounting at Manning Squires Hennig Co., Inc. (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use for all Financial aspects. AP/AR/JC/WIP/Financials/GL and Project Management Forecasting. We also do in house payroll.

Pros

Payroll
Forecasting
Financials

Cons

Reports and being able to edit
Releases updates, test more before keep releasing updates
AR - Cleaning up balances

Return on Investment

Forecasting - Has reduced and cut out spreadsheets
More accurate/timely profit margins on our jobs
Budgeting and Forecasting all in the system and feeds into WIP report vs manual

Usability

Alternatives Considered

ALTO eProcure

Other Software Used

Spreadsheet Server

Jeff Bauer, CPA View profile

Controller in Finance and Accounting at Interstate Rock Products, Inc (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Vista as our construction company's ERP. Vista helps us with job costs and compares current and past jobs. It also allows us to manage our material and aggregate sales and inventory. We still have some fine-tuning to do with the software, but it has functioned as expected.

Pros

Gives us real time inventory updates when used properly.
Allows for integration between other software's.
Good customer support.

Cons

Their payroll module is terribly slow and very clunky.
Job costing parameters are very strict and limited.
Each module interface has too many forms and screens.
There is too much flexibility regarding where to put information into the system. There isn't one place to do anything, which creates confusion for staff.

Return on Investment

So far it has made our data input take longer than previous ERP.
No change to productivity within the company.
So far it has cost more than it has saved.

Other Software Used

B2W Estimate, TValue, Google Drive

Andy Gagliardi View profile

Systems Specialist/Staff Accountant at Rummel Construction, Inc. (501-1000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Vista by Viewpoint is being used across our

entire company. Our accounting department uses it for accounts payable,

accounts receivable, payroll, financials. Our contracts department uses it for vendor

master records and audits of master file agreements and individual contracts. Our

purchasing department uses it for the purchase orders. Our human resource

department uses it for safety training tracking, onboarding, employment

history, salary history, employee turnover analytics, benefit selection history,

vacation scheduling and tracking (in conjunction with our payroll department) and general record keeping. Maintenace uses it for master

equipment file, equipment maintenance history, preventative maintenance

scheduling, parts and component orders, and work orders. Fleet operations use it for milage tracking, fleet management

and asset tracking. Equipment services use if for fleet maintenance management

and general maintenance tracking. Operations use it for job costing,

project management, and projections.

Pros

Lots of useful reports out of the box.
Ease of use and navigation.
Ease to modify existing reports to fit your needs.
Very easy to customize

Cons

Support can take some time to get back with you, but they are currently working on that.
The knowledge base is a real mess, unorganized, and it's sometimes hard to find the answers you are looking for.

Return on Investment

Gaining the ability to manipulate reports in-house has saved us a great deal of money.

Other Software Used

HCSS, Spreadsheet Server, SAP Crystal

Usability

Lauren Hughes

Information Technology Audit Manager in Information Technology at Anderson Burton Construction (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Vista mainly for accounting, our whole organization inputs data but the accounting department are the #1 users in our company. It keeps our project managers on-time and on-budget for our projects by displaying any issues before they become huge problems. Reports and dashboards keep us office folks up-to-date on what's happening in the field.

Pros

Fully customizable, it can do anything you want and be tailored to your business.
Real-time data.
Detailed data, you can see where every penny is going.

Cons

Takes a lot of time and effort to set up to get running.
Online answers can be a little difficult to find for the average user.
The non-computer person will need a LOT of training to use Vista.
There are quite a few bugs we run into but they are generally fixed on following releases.

Return on Investment

Monthly WIP meetings with Vista reporting have been a lifesaver for our company, we know immediately if something on a project needs to be fixed.
Time-saving imports have let us use that time somewhere more productive.
With custom reporting that we can do ourselves, audits are not a huge deal anymore.

Alternatives Considered

Procore

Other Software Used

SAP Crystal, Microsoft 365 Business, Procore

Bryce Sheen View profile

Assistant Controller in Finance and Accounting at Acadia Services, LLC (201-500 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Vista by Viewpoint handles our Payroll, Accounting (AP, AR), Equipment Management and Project Management needs. It's a fully-functioning ERP software that handles every basic construction need as well as many complex construction needs. It can be fully utilized or utilized by just a few of your departments. Since I'm on the accounting side, we use it for our AP entries, Bank Recs, Journal Entries, Pay Apps, Cash Receipts, and more.

Pros

AP Reviewer Approvals
Intercompany Journal Transactions
Cash Management Bank Reconciliations
Pay Apps
Hundreds of reports
Equipment Management usage
Job Costing from several different sub-ledgers (AP, Subcontracts, Equipment Management)

Cons

Equipment Maintenance Scheduling
Make Project Management more user-friendly
Financial reporting within the software

Return on Investment

Increased Accounting Efficiency and Productivity (Maintained # of team members while increasing revenue by 50%)
Increased Accuracy
Increased Visibility for Project Managers needing to review costs on their time