James B.
JB
James B.
VP, Project Management
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"A full service solution which provides deep levels of data and insight"
4/5
What do you like best about Certinia PS Cloud?

We're continuing to extend our use of FinancialForce and all the time finding new ways to extract the data into meaningful BI. We've really extended into dashboards now too, which are providing fantastic user benefit and personal data insights. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Certinia PS Cloud?

I think there are some UI challenges, much like we see with Salesforce itself. The system is heavily data-driven, which doesn't always create the most user-friendly experience, which can put some people off engaging with it as we would like them to. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
CC
Verified User in Computer Software
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Feature rich. Sometimes too much so!"
3.5/5
What do you like best about Certinia PS Cloud?

Has all the bells and whistles you could possibly want to manage a professional services organizations resources and projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Certinia PS Cloud?

The amount of features can be overwhelming; if everything isn't set up exactly by the software's book all the features don't always play nicely together Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Salil S.
SS
Salil S.
Manager Information Systems
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Certinia/FF PSA"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Certinia PS Cloud?

Easy to use project and timecard management modules, including delegation for approvals.

Very good revenue management, including forecasting tools providing insights for our business teams. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Certinia PS Cloud?

Does Certinia support mobile timecards?

Overall an excellent product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Verified User in Computer Software
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Solid PSA platform, with a broad set of features"
3.5/5
What do you like best about Certinia PS Cloud?

Integrating with our finance software Netsuite was the main driver of this purchasing decision. For the overall success of our services organization, having this integration is vital, and it eliminates mistakes and oversights that we would have otherwise. Being on the Salesforce platform also allows us to keep the delivery of our services better aligned with the opportunities and customer records; this keeps information more centralized. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Certinia PS Cloud?

FinancialForce PSA has so much depth to it. These features are a positive, but also a negative. You have to go all in to get the total value out of the solution. I wish there were ways to take advantage of forecasting and other modules without requiring other departments to align their Salesforce processes to drive PSA inputs correctly. Also, while powerful and valuable, resource scheduler requires significant time to manage, set up and keep up to date. Simplifying inputs required to use functions of PSA would make the barrier to entry easier and improve the user experience.

Another challenge is the duplication of project updates. Our teams track project updates and progress within the PSA; the current functionality does not allow us to manage client project expectations within the system and provide the collaborative experience our teams and customers need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Financial Services
CF
Verified User in Financial Services
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Product Customer Feedback"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Certinia PS Cloud?

This product makes life easier for users as they help us to release invoice on services products to be handled differently from apttus and client is happy with billing events , Misc adjustment, time cards invoicing .

we are using expense report from concur as well as Financial Force feature and using all currencies which can be handled by FF to enter expense Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Certinia PS Cloud?

As of now we would be interested in Service CPQ feature ,we don't have that . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SM
Saumyo M.
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Great tool for PSA"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Certinia PS Cloud?

OOTB PSA capabilities, e.g. resource management, automated project creation, ability to configure, native integration with salesforce, ability to integrate with financial systems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Certinia PS Cloud?

Not a fan of the OOTB document generation capability. The project status reports could be a lot better. Also, certain approval workflows could have been customizable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

LM
Louis M.
Executive Director, IT
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"FinancialForce PSA"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Certinia PS Cloud?

FinancialForce has helped us standardize and automate Project Management functions across our varied Business Units. It has proven to be very flexible to allow the different BUs to execute projects differently, and yet, collect common enough progress and financial information to provide Management and Regulatory Authorities timely information. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Certinia PS Cloud?

The reporting of information from FF PSA is not very powerful. It is fine for limited reports across a small number of objects. Complicated reports and multi-BU reports are more cumbersome and requires 3rd party tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sharma S.
SS
Sharma S.
Consultant
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Built by the Clients"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Certinia PS Cloud?

I genuinely enjoy how invested FinancialForce is in its user feedback and implementation of said feedback. While I haven't had much experience, I am excited to dive into the analytics portion of PSA. Our business is growing rapidly, and I see a use for these tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Certinia PS Cloud?

Learning PSA is challenging without formal instruction, and their documentation lacks variety regarding how instructions are displayed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
AC
Verified User in Computer Software
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"One of the better PSA tools I've experienced"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Certinia PS Cloud?

The user interface is incredibly similar to Salesforce Lightning. The user experience has been amazing and the tables tied to Financial Force make sense.

My main use case is reporting, and it emulates Salesforce reporting exactly, so it is seamless. The revenue information is mostly straight-forward and is easily reportable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Certinia PS Cloud?

A couple of problems my team has been experiencing are:

1. The daily jobs take some time to understand; if any problems arise, it can take some time to resolve due to the complexity

2. The daily jobs from point #1 take up a lot of data if it's not deleted regularly. This can affect performance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Cleuton C.
CC
Cleuton C.
Administrador de sistema
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"It's complete but complex"
4/5
What do you like best about Certinia PS Cloud?

It has several options for managing projects and monitoring activities, such as the Gantt. And it works in our CRM, which makes billing and management reporting much easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Certinia PS Cloud?

It has some more complex parts to understand and explain. For example, milestone approvals, and time validation, people often struggle to understand and apply well in everyday life. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.