MIP Fund Accounting Reviews

"Abila MIP Fund Review"

Comments: Our accounting department uses this product and finds it very user-friendly and works well with the needs of our complex funds and accounts.

Pros: Ease of use.

Cons: No cons. It works well for our needs.

"Product limited in feature like budget features as compared others"

Pros: AP, AR, vendor records. I enjoy using these features. Vendor has an excellent customer care

Cons: Lack of budget features and its limitations in performing functions like grant management

"Ok Accounting Software"

Comments: It was just OK- didn’t love it didn’t hate it.

Pros: I really enjoyed all the functions of this software system. It never lagged or crashed on me.

Cons: I did not enjoy how there are limits to how many users could be on the software. Sometimes, I would not be able to log in the system because there were too many of my colleagues on it so I couldn’t do my work. It was frustrating.

"University Fundraising Team"

Comments: I personally found the coordinative POSSIBILITIES to be high, however the learning curve made it hard for the average user to become functional.

Pros: I enjoyed the ability to get an entire University on board and working in the same direction. Additionally, the ability to coordinate accounts is very helpful.

Cons: The learning curve is hard. It is easy to use poorly, and difficult to use easily. I became an adept user, but the difficulty in getting up to speed typically meant that other colleagues accomplished only the basic tasks, or neglected using it at all.

"Cloud based functionality makes Abila an attractive option"

Comments: Abila MIP Advance is a sophisticated, cloud-based true fund accounting solution that delivers powerful reporting, analytics, and dashboards. This tool is available with a responsive web interface which is optimized for mobile devices. This further adds to the usefulness of the software at large as it is accessible from anywhere. It is a true fund accounting solution well suited for mid-sized nonprofits and government entities that manage multiple funds and require advanced reporting capability. It offers a lot of add-on modules that increase functionality tremendously. It offers the ability to use a flexible chart of accounts with the ability to utilize unlimited segments, making it easy to users to manage multiple funds and programs. it can handle multiple transaction types like cash receipts, journal entries, and bank reconciliations. The Dashboard also contains a series of charts that display trends and offer a current year analysis. An advanced warning system can be set up and maintained to notify users if close to a budget overage. And the what-if scenario allows users to enter transactions to see what net effect the transactions would have on budgets.
As there are less number of people using this system currently, the training administrators for the tool are also less and so are expensive too. Since training is required at the initial stage of using the program, it is an additional cost to the business during the shift to Abila.

"I use Abila daily for invoice processing and reporting."

Pros: I like the reporting feature on Abila and the ease of saving reports for the future so I can run them monthly.

Cons: I do think the software could use an update and become more user friendly and more tech savvy. I also wish it would more better on a MAC.

"Overall this is a good product for our not for profit."

Comments: Don't purchase any Abila product without factoring in the cost of training. Our organization did a self install & configuration and to be frank made a mess of things. Learned a costly lesson; the cost of training is well worth it.

Pros: Bolt on modules are very robust; have exceeded our expectations. Nice integration from FR50 to MIP. Easy to install in modules so you can spread the learning curve over time.

Cons: No switch to do Cash Accounting Basis-built to use Accrual Basis only. No cash forecast model built in s/w.

"Easy to use"

Comments: The problem that it has solved is being able to keep track of accounts payable and receivables so easliy.

Pros: One of the things I love about it is how easy it is to use. I am in accounts payable and I can enter them so fast and easy.

Cons: One of the things I least like about it is that sometimes when I make a mistake and fix it it won't really correct it.

"Excellent for non-profits, but it could be even better"

Pros: The best thing is the multi-dimentional logic built into the product, which enables it to track almost any measure (P&L, Balance Sheet) across various dimensions (company, department, program, grant, restriction type, etc.) This gives you almost total flexibility to manage your organization's finances in any way you want.

Cons: My only pet peeves - none of which are deal-breakers - are:
- Lack of drill-down capabilities straight from the reports. Say you run a P&L report and want to know the details behind a certain expense figure. In QuickBooks, you can just double-click on the figure and get a detailed report of the details behind it. In MIP you are forced to run a separate Transactions report. The information can still be obtained; it just takes longer.
- No "Balance Sheet by Month" report. This is another basic report that even Quickbooks has. It's very important when you're analyzing your historical results.
- The documentation is horrible. There are no examples whatsoever. You need to know the system already in order to understand what the manuals mean to say.
- Certain reports should give you the codes along with their names. For example, a Distribution Codes report tells you that code 1125 splits costs 40% to Program 254 and 60% to Program 350. But the report doesn't tell you that code 1125 is for employee "John Do", Program 254 is "Advocacy," and Program 350 is "Shelter". You need to run a separate Chart of Accounts report and then do vlookups. This should be a really easy thing to code into the package.

"Abila MIP Fund Accounting is functional and reliable"

Pros: Transitioning from our old software to Abila Fund Accounting was nearly seamless, thanks to the Abila support team. The product is reasonably priced and very functional. It meets our needs extremely well.

Cons: The reporting functionality is not at all intuitive.

"Abila MIP Fund Accounting"

Comments: The work for my company is to improve the accounting period and to streamline the data entry. Before this my company would produce financials manually in excel by copy and pasting. By purchasing Abila MIP Fund Accounting Drillpoint module, I was able to link my accounting system directly to excel reducing my financial statement preparation time from four hours to fifteen minutes.

"Complex but worth it"

Pros: Very robust and advanced. You will be able to track a lot of expenses and produce a host of reports.

Cons: Without proper training, it could be very challenging for an entry level employee. It requires an extra attention to detail

"Abila MIP Fund Accounting"

Comments: The product is very comprehensive and meets all of our needs. A bit pricey but worth the money.

"MIP"

Comments: I have utilized this software in previous organizations and find it to be a great enhancement from QuickBooks.

Pros: More secured

"Review of Abila MIP Advance™"

Comments: MIP Advance offers users the flexibility of a cloud-based system, along with strong fund management and reporting options.It is true fund accounting solution well suited for small-sized to mid-sized organization. Comes with lots of features.

Pros: Offers a mobile app.
Cloud based.

Cons: Setup time can be high

"A review of Abila MIP accounting for non-profits"

Pros: It's a great improvement over QuickBooks and is a true accounting program that is prepared for non-profits. Our auditor is impressed and happy. The initial support has been excellent and easy to work with. Overall, it's been a marvelous experience.

Cons: By virtue of the scope of functionality of the software, there is a small degree of complexity in the initial setup of account codes and permissions, etc. It's nothing to be overly concerned about. Just take your time and ask questions when you do not understand something.

"Suitable for all"

Pros: While there's a service fee for this product, it's a very useful tool for grassroots nonprofit organizations. The ability to customize Abila makes it a unique experience for each organization using the program.

Cons: There are a lot of options, which can seem daunting. Customer service is extremely reliable and offers training.

"Great solution from anywhere!"

Pros: Cloud based was awesome as was security. It really felt like your information was secure. It had all the modules in an easy to use place.

Cons: It was a little expensive for a small company and didn’t need the cloud. I wish it had inventory and shipping capabilities to keep from buying two software packages and reconciling them.

"Use"

Pros: Loads of options, Layout is nice, Support, job costing, all the report options, and vendor and customer lists

Cons: Not user friendly
Small fonts and tabs. US version looks better
Uses not give you cash accounting option

"Workplace utilizes for Electronic Requisition system"

Pros: We were able to move away from wasting so much paper and doing paper purchase orders for everything. MIP allowed for us to move into an easily submittable format.

Cons: Navigating the software itself can be clunky. I'm not sure if we have an older version or not, but there's some standard keystrokes that are different than intuition would say. The enter key saves and closes something and the tab key functions more as a traditional enter key which really messed with me for awhile.

"MIP"

Comments: Don't generally have any issues with the software but it seems to lag at times for no reason. Every environment is different but we've been using it for a long time. Updates don't seem to on a regular basis. On the great side, support seems to know what they're doing when contacted.

Pros: Citrix integrated, server and client install.

Cons: Clunky, slow at times. SQL Maintenance need to be WAY on top of it.

"My experience with the software was a good one."

Pros: the product was nice it was easy to use and very interactive. I like the fact that the dashboard is very comprehensive.

Cons: There is definitely more room for improvement,and at time could be little bit frustrating to use the product.

"HR Specialist"

Pros: I use the payroll module to process bi-weekly payroll. It is a great program as it flows into the MIP Fund Accounting software making it a breeze to reconcile accounts. The vendor is readily available to answer questions and is knowledgeable. No run around trying to find the answer or "fix".

Cons: The payroll module does not update some balances automatically. For instance, when PTO hours are entered on the timesheet, you still have to go to another tab to indicate Leave taken for the leave balance to be reduced. Also there are no restrictions on earning codes: someone could have a have several levels of PTO (due to increasing earning eligibility with tenure) and the system will recognize all. It would be beneficial if more than one rate of pay was also available. It is not in the payroll module, you must add the HR module.

"Abila Fund Accounting"

Comments: We are very satisfied with the quality and support of this software.

Pros: This is a solid software program with options to add modules for organization needs. We have several departments that are monitored through this program.

Cons: Reporting could be re-stuctured for ease of use for new users. Future Training would be nice to have in the pacific northwest. Ease of travel

"Used when it was Sage"

Comments: When I used this product, I did not work in the accounting department, I worked in the Warranty/Repairs Department of a construction company. However, we used this software to make notes, bill for repairs, find out when a warranty should be issued upon customer being paid in full, and communicate with the accounting department as they were in another building than our department. The invoicing feature was very straight forward and easy to use. Checking if a customer was paid in full was also easy. Making notes was also easy but the categorization of the notes could have been better. It was just a long list with no differentiation or date categorization. You just had to scroll through a giant list of notes to hopefully find what you needed to know, and hopefully someone put a name and a date by the note so you could ask them additional questions if they did not list enough detail. Switching from different screens was a little time consuming. When I used this software, there was no ability to set an action request. I'm sure by now they have changed this and made it possible to set actions or reminders for yourself or others.

Pros: Multiple users can be on the program at one time. It is relatively user friendly as long as you have basic computer knowledge.

Cons: The time it took to go from one feature to another was frustrating when you are on the phone with a customer and needed to get to several different places quickly, however, that could have been due to the number of users we had on our server at a given time. If an older person, who has limited computer knowledge were to try and use this program, they may need a training course to become comfortable using it.