Deltek Costpoint

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AI-enabled enterprise resource planning (ERP) software

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Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Military
  • Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Easy-to-use program for tracking hours worked.

Reviewed on 17/11/2021

I used this program daily to track my hours worked for each pay period. It was pretty easy to use...

I used this program daily to track my hours worked for each pay period. It was pretty easy to use and did not take much time out of my day.

Pros

This program was very simple to use to track your hours worked. It was efficient, easy, and did not take much time to learn or to use it daily.

Cons

I cannot think of anything specific that I disliked about this program.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Use daily reports work well

Reviewed on 24/10/2017

Just in time reporting

Just in time reporting

Pros

It combines accounting and contracts. Easy to use and run reports and pull data from system. Love the real-time reporting

Cons

The contracts model needs more attention. It could be more robust. It is really not functional out of the box

james
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  • Industry: Aviation & Aerospace
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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COSTPOINT IS LAZY AND STUPID

Reviewed on 29/11/2018

There is not a day that goes by that I am not pissed off at this software. It's 10:00 A.M and I...

There is not a day that goes by that I am not pissed off at this software. It's 10:00 A.M and I have stopped working to come here and post about how awful cospoint is. Example: While creating a Purchase order costpoint tells me there are 10 PR's total for the PO. I continue to the PO and start pluggin in the information and realize there are only 9. What hapenened? Did I do something wrong? So I go back to create the PO and run it again and it says that 1 is processed. No problem right? sure, but this kind of thing happens all the time. Why would software only do part of a task? why does it get lazy and decide it doesn't want to do it. This happens all the time and it isn't always so simple. This can cause huge problems on a larger PO. Another example I am going through right now is when costpoint is assigning PO's it will do it with multiple people so someone cannot use it. They won't know until later when they open the PO that it was assigned to someone else and have to back out everything they did and start over. I have to back out 30 PR's right now but wanted to say how absolutely awful this software is. If you are working you need to save after each thing you do or every couple things. yyou can't just work through something and hit save at the end because you will confuse cospoint and it will generate an error. then you have to refresh the screen thus losing all data input and start over again. you have to realize that cospoint is lazy and stupid and you have to work with it slowly to avoid doing things twice. This is the worst software I have worked with for inventory and everyone I work with will agree across all departments. It is like an ongoing joke. I left working for my current employer and then returned a few years later and when I returned I realized I had forgotten what a piece of crap costpoint was and should have held out for more pay due to having to deal with it again. It will put you in a situation where you will look like you made a mistake countless times. It will create more work for you over and over again.

Pros

There really isn't much that I like about costpoint except that it is an online database that can be accessed from the internet instead of being hosted on a server at the company. however this also limits it as well so I remain neutral on anything positive. Over several years of working with it my hatred of the software has grown to the point of me not seeing any thing really that good about it. It completes tasks sometimes.... which is unacceptable. it should complete them all the time.

Cons

You cannot work fast and have to save often because the program will get confused if you do too much at one time. It creates extra workload due to the time it takes to undo the problems that it created. program seems to be lazy and does tasks intermittently. When you click the save button it is like a gamble as to whether or not it will carry out the task. it will assign key tracking numbers to multiple people at the same time without the users knowing and they will have to back out all their data.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Military
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Costpoint from a Programmer's View

Reviewed on 19/11/2019

It works well, it is easy to learn and run.

It works well, it is easy to learn and run.

Pros

Ease to select rows of data and export to excel and vice versa. Help information is great as well

Cons

Error messages are not clear as to the real issue is. It lacks some of the report functionality.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Nonprofit Organisation Management
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

It’s great for Large organizations

Reviewed on 1/12/2018

Pros

I like it’s features on login when used in a mobile browsing window.

Cons

It was very hard to navigate at first. The help section, while very robust, was a bit difficult to understand. I did a lot of “trial and error”, before eventually figuring it out.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Research
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 5.0 /10

Employees won't love it

Reviewed on 23/03/2019

Pros

There isn't much to like about this software. It does let you save time codes to favorites, but that's the bare minimum and doesn't do much more to make the work of someone entering a daily time card easy.

Cons

The loading times seem slower than peer software I've used and the features to populate saved time codes aren't as good. Requesting time off is especially burdensome and requires several steps where it should really only have one.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10

Very detailed system

Reviewed on 16/08/2019

Pros

Deltek CP can break down to run any report. Great for analyzing on all levels.

Cons

Not user intuitive. The system takes a long time to learn and is difficult to navigate.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10

Horrid Piece of Software from the 1990s

Reviewed on 8/08/2018

Pros

Once you learn how to enter your hours it's not too bad. Trying to request vacation time on the other hand, horrible.

Cons

The interface looks like a hastily assembled college project made with Access. The leave section looks like they actually tried to make it as un-intuitive as they could. The theory in our office is that it's a feature that discourages employees from requesting time off. I almost can't put into words how backwards this software is.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Research
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 5.0 /10

Great functionality but very expensive

Reviewed on 20/11/2018

It has very many processes that are complicated and renders the software very challenging to use.

It has very many processes that are complicated and renders the software very challenging to use.

Pros

Allows the user to conduct various task efficiently and fast. It is also easy to record and track the work time. Offers quick and timely updates to the users.

Cons

It is very expensive. It also takes lots of time to complete a simple task, because of the many steps involved. Some of these steps seem like duplicate actions.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Food Production
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Functional in a dysfunctional world

Reviewed on 25/11/2019

It has been interesting to use Costpoint as an MRP system in our business, with the learning curve...

It has been interesting to use Costpoint as an MRP system in our business, with the learning curve we are slowly adjusting, but enjoying the software.

Pros

It has features for every function in your business environment. You are able to keep all your project data in one area.

Cons

It has a steep learning curve to be able to utilize all the features within the program. There are guides to help.

Jim
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Comments on Costoint

Reviewed on 13/10/2022

Pros

I find Costpoint to be the most effective and comprehensive Government Cost Accounting system available. Contains many related back office functions that are integrated within the system. It is an government approved system.

Cons

User interface needs improvement for non finance and accounting users. It should be easier to use for basic functions such as daily timesheets, expense reports, and approvals of these two items.

Vicki
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  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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Costpoint is an extremely powerful project based accounting system

Reviewed on 8/05/2017

Pros

The flexibility it provides. With both private and public clients, we are required to provide invoices to clients in many different formats, and some project setups can be quite complicated. Costpoint allows us the flexibility we need to manage our projects effectively and also meet our client's needs. We also love the extensibility tool introduced with Costpoint 7 that has allowed us to customize the software in order to enforce many of our internal procedures and business rules.

Cons

Because of it's flexibility, it can be complicated, which leads to errors. We hear from our new users that systems they worked on previously provided more of a standard workflow that guided them through the project setup process. We realize this is very difficult to do with some many different project setup requirements, and we've tried to accomplish some of this through the extensibility tool.

JADE
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  • Industry: Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

COSTPOINT IS PRETTY AWESOME

Reviewed on 19/11/2019

After using it for over a year, I am noticing that a lot of the processes are streamlined which...

After using it for over a year, I am noticing that a lot of the processes are streamlined which helps with accurate accounting of POs and the information stored for vendors.

Pros

I like the fact that their interfaces are able to communicate with each other. I also like the ease of use when using the software. It is honestly cut an dry and if you have used various SAP before, you should not have an issue with this one. I transitioned from the US Army using GCSS-Army and the interfaces in costpoint were virtually the same.

Cons

I like the software, but my company does not or wants to ay for all the modules needed, so I feel as though I cannot use Costpoint to its full potential as I feel it can be used. I hope after this conference I am able to go back to my Company's President and change his mind.

Will
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  • Industry: Management Consulting
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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Wow!

Reviewed on 29/06/2018

Pros

I'm still looking. Give me more time, I'm sure it's there somewhere. My accounting department sold this to the company as an upgrade.

Cons

Ok. My firm used to use the time & expense for timekeeping and concur for expenses; great user experience there. Then we switched to costpoint 60 days ago. It reminds me of a slapped together MS Access database. The interface is awful, just awful. Why didn't Deltek just keep the time/expense user interface?
Deltek Time/Expesne had mobile options, I've yet to find that for costpoint (..come back, your going the wrong way!!). As a manager, approving sheets is no picnic either and heaven for bit I want to look at an employee across 2 pay periods (deltek expense you clicked an arrow, costpoint you double or triple your clicks for the same task). And then there's the Expense module in costpoint, oh my. I have no idea what I'm looking at sometimes. You have to download the attachments to view them instead of opening inline for quick reference (clunky). There doesn't seem to be any sort of natural workflow for the expense reports. There's a bunch of links and buttons that I don't need. And why not just have an approval button for managers? All I've ever found is a "perform selected task" button. Not intuitive at all from a company that aims at setting the pace. Or.... maybe my firm botched the rollout?

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Defense & Space
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Simple software everyone understands

Reviewed on 12/08/2018

Deltek helps us take care of our timesheets in short order, with very helpful search and report...

Deltek helps us take care of our timesheets in short order, with very helpful search and report functions to boot.

Pros

I always like how easy it is to use. I create favorites so I don't even have to search for the right codes - they're just right there. And the web pages load very quickly on our awful work computers!

Cons

Depending on how your company set it up, it can be confusing to find your codes initially... but all they have to do is give them to you and then it's super easy.

Brant
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  • Industry: Shipbuilding
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Need improvement with standard reports

Reviewed on 19/11/2019

Pros

Ease of movement around system. The query function is a great way to filter info.

Cons

The standard reports are very poor. I wonder if they consulted actual users and asked what they needed. Has forced us to use cognos query and writer which is not user friendly. There are standard reports such as dispatch lists that should be part of the package.

Sandra
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  • Industry: Military
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10

Costpoint from BRM viewpoint

Reviewed on 19/11/2019

Great software overall

Great software overall

Pros

Ease to learn and easy to use screen and download data

Cons

Incomplete error messages and missing edits.

Alternatives Considered

SAP Concur

Reasons for Choosing Deltek Costpoint

Mitigated Entity, required due to cas COMPLINANCE

Reasons for Switching to Deltek Costpoint

PRICE
William
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  • Industry: Security & Investigations
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 5.0 /10

Costpoint - A+ for DCAA compliance, a D for all else

Reviewed on 15/11/2016

Costpoint sets the standard for project accounting and indirect rate application and reporting. But...

Costpoint sets the standard for project accounting and indirect rate application and reporting. But Costpoint has none of the features that users love in other ERP systems, like drill down reports, modifiable reports, paperless processing, budget setup, easy bank reconciliations, etc. Users of Quickbooks, Dynamics and others will miss these features.

Pros

Project and indirect rate applicaton accounting & reporting

Cons

Much more expensive than comparable solutions. Extremely high lifecycle expense. You will buy this software every year with maintenance. And growing is expensive with employee based fees.

Alba
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  • Industry: Defense & Space
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

System

Reviewed on 18/11/2019

We track all our financials, invoicing our costumes and track our incur costs submmtion

We track all our financials, invoicing our costumes and track our incur costs submmtion

Pros

Very easy to use and easy to learn’ very robust system from the beginning of a project all the way to the end

Cons

Flexibility sometimes is not your best, if you set up a project wrong you got live with it until it end

Tawnyia
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  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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I have used Deltek on the Project side and the Accounting side. Very positive experience!

Reviewed on 10/04/2018

Pros

The software is intuitive and very easy to use. All modules seem to flow together from project set up to billing.

Cons

There is not very many things that I do not like about Deltek Costpoint. Compared to other accounting software it is the best!

Kent
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  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Using Deltek Costpoint

Reviewed on 29/07/2018

Pros

Ease of use for end user. Very useful for finance and cost reporting. Ability to manage inventory, receiving, orders and configuration.

Cons

Need the ability to link to other software for downstream functionality. Such as MES or ERP systems.

Aleksey
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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Using Deltek is by far the Worst Part of my Day

Reviewed on 11/06/2018

If you miss the 90's, Costpoint is the product for you. Inspired by timeless Windows Vista design...

If you miss the 90's, Costpoint is the product for you. Inspired by timeless Windows Vista design this is a "glossy buttons and drop-shadows" galore.
Escape your mundane day-to-day activity, and embark on an adventure trying to log your hours.

Pros

It's nice to talk to someone out of my department once in a while. Since the product is not usable, I get a lot of help from our accounting.

Cons

I can't think of a product more "Frankenstein" than this ... it's a collection of fragmented features.
Terrible usability, poor design and implementation including:
1. Tracking hours is overly complex
2. Help is lacking or outdated
3. Interface/workflow design is terrible (full of meaningless popups, lacks instructions, poor labels)
4. Update Password workflow is unnecessarily complex

Laura
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  • Industry: Research
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

User since 1999

Reviewed on 15/11/2016

From the initial setup till now a strong asset in the Project Setup and Billing Modules. I look...

From the initial setup till now a strong asset in the Project Setup and Billing Modules. I look forward to the continued enhancement in CostPoint and improvements that allow us to meet the DOD requirements.

Pros

Allows us to meet government requirements both in CLIN, ACRN and contract limitations.

Cons

Does not maintain Zero Invoices that are required by DCMA, The retroactive rate adjustments still need improvements to work in the system.

Carmen
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  • Industry: Defense & Space
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Costpoint Review

Reviewed on 19/11/2019

Costpoint is our financial system and it works well for us tracking our government contracts.

Costpoint is our financial system and it works well for us tracking our government contracts.

Pros

How the different modules are integrated .

Cons

The way that hot fixes/patches are released, too cumbersome to apply at times.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

I've used CostPoint to track recorded work time.

Reviewed on 25/04/2018

It makes it easy to keep track of your recorded work time.

It makes it easy to keep track of your recorded work time.

Pros

Once you get the hang of it, it's fairly easy to update your time keeping and sign, as well as check what your available leave balance is.

Cons

Adding new programs to your worksheet is not that intuitive, and some of the menu's can feel a bit complex and unclear as to what they accomplish.