Verified User in Retail
GR
Verified User in Retail
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
Guest users or non-business users of the software, not included in G2 scores.
"Trello"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Accelo?

How the project management softwares helps me a lot with my project and even my daily life Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Accelo?

To be more integrated with Android and Google services like Gmail. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Anthony Parker of Accelo

Thank you for the review - We have recently released an enhanced integration into Google Calendar for time entry, which has been very well received by Forecast users. Please connect with your AM, or visit our help site for more information.

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
AM
Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Consistent User"
4/5
What do you like best about Accelo?

The ability to connect different aspects of our business into one platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Accelo?

Not being able to edit comments in a stream. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Public Relations and Communications
CP
Verified User in Public Relations and Communications
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Overall, a fairly good experience using accelo"
3.5/5
What do you like best about Accelo?

I like there are multiple ways to do things like log time, create tasks, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Accelo?

I find the being able to do certain activities multiple ways and having the platform be so nuanced and intricate means consistently using it in the same way across all team members can be a challenge Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Kit Lewis of Accelo

Thanks for sharing your experience with Accelo! We're thrilled to hear you appreciate the flexibility of the platform, and it's fantastic to know that Accelo is helping you track project progress and making it easier to stay informed about your client communication.

We certainly understand the challenge of consistent use with a robust, flexible platform like Accelo and appreciate you sharing this feedback. If your team is still looking for solutions for ways to better use the platform, we would be happy to assist. Don't hesitate to reach out with any questions you have! Thanks again for your review and for choosing Accelo!

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Michael S.
Project Manager/Team Support
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Accelo keeps us informed!"
5/5
What do you like best about Accelo?

Accelo allows us to easily know the critical information about each project. Keeping a project on schedule and on budget is so much better now that we are using Accelo to do it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Accelo?

We are constantly having to monitor where hours are being placed by Accelo in retainer periods. If we leave a retainer period from a previous month open, Accelo will often assign entered hours to an old retainer period even though the dates dont match. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Kit Lewis of Accelo

Hi Michael, thank you for taking the time to share your feedback with us. We are thrilled to hear that Accelo has been helpful in saving you and your team time and money by providing access to real-time project financials, as well as solutions for managing project schedules and budgets.

We are sorry to learn that you have encountered some difficulties tracking time accurately during retainer periods. We would be grateful if you could provide us with more information regarding this issue so that we can work together to find a suitable solution. Please do not hesitate to contact our Support team at support@accelo.com to discuss this matter further.

We appreciate your review, and your feedback is incredibly valuable to us. Thank you once again for your time!

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
UM
Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Comprehensive project planning and management tool"
4/5
What do you like best about Accelo?

Accelo is our source of truth company-wide for the status of all projects, tasks, tickets, campaigns, opportunities, etc. It's our master CRM and time tracker tool (time entries for client work, internal work, etc.) as well as time/bandwidth planning within teams. Our operations team has put a ton of effort to making Accelo our master tool for all project resources. We all have it open all day, every day. The timers, search functionality, associations, permissions, notifications -- all work great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Accelo?

We love Accelo for big picture, but the day-to-day tasks/work were still being tracked in spreadsheets until we recently migrated several teams to Jira. Some of the Accelo modules that promised day-to-day status/tracking and/or Gantt charts are a bit overpromised but not as usable in practice. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Kit Lewis of Accelo

Thank you for your review! We're thrilled to see all the ways you're using Accelo to create one source of truth for your company. We see you have had some difficulty with tracking day-to-day tasks, and while we never like to see someone dissatisfied with the platform, we appreciate the feedback and would love to opportunity to learn more about the issues you experienced so we can resolve the issue or find ways to improve the platform moving forward. Don't hesitate to reach out to our Support team if you have any details you can share or if you have ideas for new features, you can submit them in our Ideas and Feedback forum linked below. Thank you again for your great feedback and for taking the time to leave a review!

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Ami L.
AL
Ami L.
Digital Graphic Designer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"My work week in a glance"
4/5
What do you like best about Accelo?

I can see my work schedule for the week and see how much time I have left assigned for a project. It also gives me the option to add notes to tasks so that I can remember how time was spent if later asked. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Accelo?

I don't like that I do not have access to see the rest of my teams calendar, I do not need access to amend the calendar, I would just like to be able to view it. When my manager is off, other team members ask if it is possible to work on something but I can not see if the team has capacity etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Jake Masters of Accelo

Ami, it is great to hear that you find some time-tracking features beneficial. Additionally, we greatly appreciate your feedback, it helps shape the future of Forecast.

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Henadzi R.
Senior iOS Developer
Information Technology and Services
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Accelo makes it easy to manage customers and leads"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Accelo?

Accelo is excellent because it has helped me motivate various accounting control activities; as invoices show the relative importance of a brand's revenue or expenses, the interface has been beneficial in allowing us to see a lot of numbers. Our company's data can now be accessed from a centralized location. This means that all team members have access to our centralized database. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Accelo?

This would be an immediate service improvement since Accelo is an expensive platform, especially for new companies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Kit Lewis of Accelo

Hi Henadzi, thank you for taking the time to share a review! We really appreciate hearing about your experience with Accelo and how the platform is helping you generate invoices, manage projects and centralize your company data for better reporting. Thanks again for sharing your feedback!

Shamara P.
SP
Shamara P.
O
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Great for Logging Time and Tracking Projects"
3.5/5
What do you like best about Accelo?

It's helpful for keeping track of time and there are multiple ways to do so. You can log it manually or you can use a timer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Accelo?

I am not a fan of the task area's interface. I feel like it's hard on the eyes and you cannot insert hyperlinks like in Asana. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Kit Lewis of Accelo

Hi Shamara, thanks for taking the time to leave a review! We're thrilled that Accelo has been able to provide multiple solutions for your company by combining project management and time tracking into one platform, along with the added benefit of a client portal.

We truly appreciate your feedback about the product interface and are excited to share that a new look for Accelo is coming in our upcoming release of Accelo v4! You can find more about the update in our last quarterly product update blog linked below.

Thank you for choosing Accelo, and please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any more suggestions or feedback. We're here to help!

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Patrice D.
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Really nice Experience"
5/5
What do you like best about Accelo?

The software is easy to use, user friendly and we got all we need Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Accelo?

the only thing is the "schedule" we are unable to modify a schedule, we have to delete it and redo it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Kit Lewis of Accelo

Hi Patrice, thank you for taking the time to share a review! We're thrilled to hear you've had a great experience with Accelo, and we're glad to see how it's been helping with time tracking and making work easier to manage.

We appreciate your feedback about the scheduling feature, and we'll certainly take that into consideration for future improvements. Thanks again for your feedback and for choosing Accelo!

Matthew C.
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Matthew C.
Managing Partner, Solution Architect
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Painful. Simply terrible software and company."
0/5
What do you like best about Accelo?

Honestly the only thing I can say I like is what the software presents itself to be. It seems like a "one-stop solution" for all needs of a professional services or consulting firm. This would be potentially very useful! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Accelo?

Quality of the software. Shockingly terrible customer service. Manipulative and predatory sales tactics.

This software was built a long time ago and has not been modernized to the extent it should have. Many modern User Experience functions are not included. It feels like early 2000's software that has had a UI facelift. The look is more modern, but the function is not.

The user guides are not up to date and are not extensive. Finding out how this thing works is a tough slog.

Help desk resources made some comments to us along the lines of "yes we know you've been sending us tickets very regularly". Seems they have a joke with each other about how our company reaches out to for help too often. Shouldn't this be a sign that they should improve the customers experience rather than laughing about how often they have problems? If you want to talk to someone who "almost" understands how the software works you must pay $300/hr.

There are bugs that will make you wonder how this company is still in business.

We've been using the software for 6 months and we've identified at least 4 bugs that they agree are not intended function. 4 in six months?! These are not small bugs either:

1. Template "overdue invoice" reminder sends a belligerent email to your customer without your consent. Their response is "We will prioritize this bug with the needs of other customers".

2. The customer portal has data labeled incorrectly for your customers so your customers are unclear on how they are getting charged. Was told they would "prioritize this with other needs" even though the fix is just changing a few text fields.

3. When consultants input time they are given access to your list of contacts within the customer even though user permissions are set not to allow this. Gives your consultants and potential third party partners a complete list of your sales contacts within a customer. It took 4 meetings with Accelo for them to understand why this was a bad thing. Then finally admitted it was a bug and given the "we will prioritize this" line.

4. Contractor license does now allow for valuable company reporting. We have about 20 contractor licences that we were sold. Then after implementation we find out none of their data flows into company reporting. Can't see them in profitability for the company etc. Why would anyone ever want a license where the financial data produced by that user does not flow into company reporting? Customer service manager told me "yes, well you have to understand that we want you to pay for the full license". Well, we were sold these other licenses and never told that the data would not flow into reporting until after implementation. Then we met with a senior implementation person that said no that's not intended function. He said he would get back to us with a fix, we never heard back. Still can't see profitability across the whole company.

It's like being sold QuickBooks, then after you go through implementation you are told told "sorry the license you bought won't allow you to make a Balance Sheet you should buy the higher license that is 4x the cost of the one you bought"

Bugs in software is understandable; it happens. Good software is hard to make and few do it at a high level. However, there is no excuse for bad customer service and predatory sales tactics.

We evaluate software for a living. Accelo fails miserably in ease of use, function, price, customer service. It's bad. Really bad. Stay away if you value your sanity and hard earned cash. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Kit Lewis of Accelo

Hi Matthew, we're sorry to see you’ve been unhappy with your experience on the platform so far.

You mentioned that learning how to use the platform has been challenging. Because Accelo connects all stages of a client’s journey, it is a complex platform and it is most effective when customized to fit the unique needs of a business. This is why we encourage all new customers to take part in an implementation or training session to make sure the platform is set up successfully and to prevent issues down the line. We understand that some users prefer to implement the platform themselves, but proper professional setup and usage training is the best way to leverage the platform and more easily deliver your client work.

We want to address the concerns related to our support services. We are sorry if you felt your concerns were not being addressed appropriately. We take the matters of our clients very seriously and can assure you that our team thoughtfully handles all issues or questions that we receive.

We appreciate your feedback related to the current message in the overdue invoice template and are implementing updates. Users always have the ability to add a custom message at any time or select the default option that prevents any reminder message from being sent to clients.

Additionally, our records show that your concern related to the contractor permissions issue was due to internal changes made on the user permission level. It appears a resolution was provided and there was no bug to fix. If you’re still experiencing issues related to these permissions, please let our support team know so we can assist.

We understand that it can be frustrating when tickets need to be prioritized and our team is continuing to work on prioritizing improvements to the tickets process based on feedback shared by you and other clients. If you feel there is a critical change that is preventing you from successfully using the platform, please do not hesitate to let us know to help prioritize.

Finally, we want to address the concerns around contractor licenses. By choosing to add users as contractors, there are some functionalities that do not carry over from our full license users, which is reflected in the cost per seat. It was shared in the sales process when our team stated that contractors are limited access users who can only view and log time to assigned work. This does limit reporting. If reporting on contractor data is something you need, we would be happy to work with you to update your account.

Once again, we are very sorry to hear your experience with the platform has been unsatisfactory. If there is anything else we can do to ensure that you have a more positive experience moving forward, we would love the opportunity to do so.