Certent Disclosure Management reviews

Reporting made easy

Pluspunten:

I like its user interface the most because it makes navigation easy and ultimately saves time when creating insights from reports.

Minpunten:

What I like least about Certent Disclosure is its cost.

Service team is great! Sales team is less organized.

Pluspunten:

I love how easy it is to use this product after some basic training. My favorite aspect of this software is that it allows us to link an Excel file and quickly refresh numbers, tables, and text within the Word document (10-Q or 10-K financial statement file). We have Hyperion retrieve formulas in our Excel files and have had no issues refreshing our Certent Word file with Hyperion formulas. We also utilize Certent's XBRL tagging service and have been very impressed with the Company's knowledge. We've always been able to have our questions answered quickly. We are able to quickly upload our files to the SEC website through the software, and we've never had a delay in our filing due to using this software. We have been very happy with the software and the services provided by the XBRL tagging and formatting staff working at Certent.

Minpunten:

When renegotiating contracts, the Sales team took a very, very long time, often forgetting about us, lost our contract, etc. But we work with them very infrequently.

Great solution for simplifying financial reporting!

Opmerkingen: [sensitive content hidden] is our account representative, and we had him come over to our office to train us on the system, including navigating the user interface, creating variables, linking variables, setting up objects, and ultimately creating the reports. It was quite time intensive as there was a steep learning curve to the system. But once we were trained on the system and had all the objects configured and variables set up everything chugged along smoothly for over 7 years now. The rare times we needed help we were able to have it resolved within hours (with tickets) or within the hour (with [sensitive content hidden]).

Pluspunten:

This tool really simplifies financial reporting massively! Before using CDM we were using Microsoft Word to prepare our financial statements and we would spend more time double checking, formatting, footing than actually writing the statements. This solution alleviates that and put my focus where it should be - the content of the financial statement.

Minpunten:

For workflow purposes you have to break the financial statements into multiple fragments (objects) so multiple people can work on different sections of the statements at the same time. To edit those objects, you have to check them out which takes 10 seconds or so and another 10 seconds or so to check them in once done editing. Overall it's a very small annoyance but an annoyance nonetheless.

Long time user of CDM

Opmerkingen: Overall its been a significant time-saver when comparing to the traditional method of producing a reporting pack where everyone shared the same Word document. However it has been showing its age in recent years where we've started to notice performance issues.

Pluspunten:

Microsoft Word/Excel integration makes it fairly easy for new users to pick up. Also a big time saver being able to split a report into different sections which can be updated by different team members at the same time. The integration with our EPM system (OneStream) also works pretty well & is fairly quick to refresh multiple views.

Minpunten:

The existing CDM is showing its age now and sometimes just opening/closing individual objects can take a fair amount of time. Formatting can also be a fairly time-consuming exercise as what you see on the page isn't always how it will appear until you generate a full report. And linking external Excel documents involves uploading these to an Insight-hosted website before they can be consumed by CDM which adds an extra step into the process.

CDM review

Opmerkingen: After the initial setup, the training of new users was fairly quick and easy. The files are made so that it could be easily passed on to new hires.

Pluspunten:

This tool has greatly streamlined our financial reporting! Prior to using CDM, we relied on Microsoft Word to prepare our financial statements, which meant we spent more time double-checking, formatting, and calculating than actually drafting the statements. This solution takes care of those tasks, allowing me to focus on what truly matters—the content of the financial statement.

Minpunten:

The time lag between when you upload a file and how long it takes for the changes to appear in CDM.

Certent Equity Management Reviews

Opmerkingen: Certent Equity Management is very responsive and helpful when it comes to Equity, [sensitive content hidden] is quick to get back to me every time I had issues and always provides help when needed.

Pluspunten:

Certent makes equity process from grant processing through to exercise and settlement easy and simple

Minpunten:

N/A. Certent is ready helpful with Equity processes.

Review of CDM

Opmerkingen: Overall the system works well and is a valuable part of our reporting process.

Pluspunten:

I like the flexibility it gives us to work within Word and Excel to optimitise our financial reporting.

Minpunten:

It can be slightly time consuming and confusing uploading data and ensuring that our report objects are tied to the correct data sets and that CDM is syncing properly. Overall it works well but requires some careful management.

Great product

Pluspunten:

CDM is a powerful program for your business without the unnecessary complexities. Customer support goes above and beyond, never seen a better service anywhere else ! [sensitive content hidden] from Insightsoftware is great!

Minpunten:

There is no cloud storage for files. Program can be a bit slow.

Certent Disclosure Management has taken days of our reporting cycle

Opmerkingen: Our Corporate Accounting team produce a number of internal and external reporting each quarter that is analyzing the same financial data. We have created automation by creating excel formulas for the numbers but even words like whether something "increased" or "decreased" has been automated. Then it is just a matter of opening up each file in Certent, hitting refresh and editing non-routine content that is more judgmental or does need to be updated each quarter.
During a quarter end, we are able to deliver our reporting about 2-3 days quicker and it is far more accurate.

Pluspunten:

Certent DM's integration between Word (access through Certent DM) and Excel has allowed our team to automate a significant amount of our internal and external reporting. This has not only taken days off our quarterly reporting process but has also improved the accuracy. Our first drafts are high quality and allows us to focus on more complex issues. We also started using the Filing Wizard to submit our filings directly to EDGAR rather than sending them to a printer/filing agent. This has given us more control and time over our process as well as saved on paying an additional party in the process. Certent 'held my hand' through our first filings as it was a little nerve racking but they are always there to support.

Minpunten:

- To have Excel integrate with Word (accessed through Certent DM), "named ranges" need to be created in Excel. This was not something I was familiar with but once I started using them, they are very easy to manage. They are essentially book marks. - Otherwise, the tool does require a little practice to get used to setting up linked content. - There are tips and tricks you need to be careful of such as only selecting the specific number or word you want to link but not the space immediately after it otherwise when you refresh the content, it removes that space and makes words merge together. - We have tried to use Powerpoint and the functionality is not as easy to navigate so we have not progressed with this.

My review on Certent Disclosure Management from my past over 7+ years of user experience

Opmerkingen: I really think Certent is a great solution for SEC filing. In addition, like any other software app in today's world, it works best with the current devoted service rep team who has decent SEC filing knowledge. Sometimes our rep can give us the solution we don't even know how to ask. Totally amazing!

Pluspunten:

1) service support is most important: specifically we have [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] as our service support for the past 7 years without interruption. She has a devoted working attitude and we really love her service. 2) supporting service rep has sophisticated knowledge of SEC filing: when we first launched Certent and even in the beginning years of using Certent, unavoidably we would run into various not-working conditions. Whenever this happens, our service support rep [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] is always available by our side and patiently provides us the real solution precisely pin-pointing to the problem, which greatly reduce our anxiety toward Certent and gradually foster our trust to Certent. Result is, after 7 years of using Certent, we now not only use Certent to do 8-K, 10-Q, 10-K and DEF14A proxy filing, but also use it to do S-8, equity offering related multiple 424B and SEC comment letter response, etc. 3) from user feedback perspective, I feel that Certent is a clean and sharp design to handle SEC filing. It is a great solution for in-house do-it-yourself SEC filing. We have not found other SEC filing application solution as robust as Certent.

Minpunten:

So far everything is fine, except that IT support for Certent could be improved in a more efficient manner.

CDM Reporting

Opmerkingen: This added a lot of control and automated a very manual process. The software does what you expect and is pretty easy to use. The support you get is good. We have used it for over 10 years with very few issues.

Pluspunten:

We have used the product for over 10 years now. It is easy to use and eliminates the manual input from the last mile reporting for statutory accounts/financial statements. We have deployed it for other reports where you want to combine financial information and words and have an approval process to guarantee accuracy and completeness. The product introduces many additional controls to ensure casting and cross referencing all work. It makes approvals visible and auditable. It allows auditors to see track changed versions provided to them reducing the need for checking everything again. The software removes a lot of the pain from producing accounts (even rolling to a new year or adding a new company is so much easier). Having used it for so long you forget how much pain there is in some of these processes as they have been removed.

Minpunten:

The integration with Adobe InDesign is okay but not great, improving this would make the last 100 yards of the last mile reporting even easier. The iXBRL tagging does what it needs to do but is not the quickest thing to use. Once built you should not need to amend.

Michael Review

Pluspunten:

It is very secure / strong audit trail / good integration with Office / great on collaboration / easy auditor review process because of its reputation for security, user activity auditing and encryption / Certent finally figured out an easier upgrade path (in the past it was a terrible experience to move from one release to the next) / Light on server resources

Minpunten:

Awkward to add new users from Active Directory / Very difficult to roll out an upgrade globally because of the client (the client needs to be deployed to each computer)

Long-Time User

Opmerkingen: XBRL/iXBRL

Pluspunten:

We have used this software for over 5 years. It is easy to use and update. Additionally, the support that we have received has been exceptional.

Minpunten:

Some of the technical tags are difficult to apply, but with the support that we receive from Certent, they are always able to help me and things tagged appropriately.

Great Product

Pluspunten:

The software was easy to navigate and use. The certent team was responsive to my questions and resolved them in a timely manner.

Minpunten:

There isn't anything that I don't really like. If there was one recommendation, it would be to allow leaving review notes within the word document.

Certent Disclosure Management

Opmerkingen: Overall very good product.

Pluspunten:

The product was easy to install and it integrates well with Excel and using it is just like using Word. The learning curve was very small. We have been using for years now and have no complaints. The support is out of this world. If you choose the Platinum version, there is nothing it too it. The review your document, check for errors, and will file for you. Makes filing 10Q's, 10K's and 8K's easy and mostly stress free.

Minpunten:

We did have to give our business proves a review in order to make sure the processes were in the right employees hands but once we figured that out there were no issues. I would say making sure you know the right way to build tables ahead of time is important, if not may end up doing things twice but you only make that mistake once. Communication is key.

2020Certent_review

Opmerkingen: Manage proxy and started S-8 filings

Pluspunten:

Ability to add table data from Excel source and format it easily.

Minpunten:

Can't delete comments of other users when I am a key user

Slow and Clunky

Pluspunten:

I liked being able to work within Excel and Word since I am very familiar with those programs.

Minpunten:

It seemed slow and clunky and somewhat unstable.

Great product with lots of flexibility and customization

Pluspunten:

It is user friendly, many customization, and the capability to import different type of files and generate reports in different format.

Minpunten:

check in and check out time could be long sometime

Great software, easy to use!

Opmerkingen: Our company has really enjoyed using this software. It's very easy to learn how to use the product and new employees within our department have caught on very quickly. Their customer service department is always very timely on their responses and has been extremely helpful whenever we've had issues that have come up. They are also great at looking for feedback for any improvements and have been responsive towards any suggestions we have had. Overall, we are very happy with this product!

CDM for External Reporting

Pluspunten:

Very good customer support, and a good quality software program.

Minpunten:

Frequent updates, occasional bugs. Can be complex for beginners.

Great experience, with the software and also with customer serice team

Opmerkingen: We have been using Certent for our SEC filings since Q1 2015, this software allowed us save a lot of time during the filing process, and it also contributed to make the filing process much more efficient. We have received immediate answer in relation to XBRL and tool functionallity from the assigned team and we have really had a great experience with the tool. I reccommend Certent to other filers as a great tool to simplify the filing process.