DLS Financials vs Mateo
Why Do Seven Dioceses Use DLS Financials Over SAGE Mateo?
We can't say for sure, but the fact that DLS Financials has been around for 24 years vs Matao's 2 years may have something to do with it. And the fact that we have more features, functions, and super fast support that every client wants and deserves. Our support level is one... 24/7... with the people that actually wrote the program! Ask them if you would be able to talk directly to their Mateo programmers 24/7. But the biggest difference is the cost between our products. DLS is a low price to own, not lease. DLS Online annual usage cost for the parish portal is less than $3000 with all modules included and doesn't change with the size of your data, number of users (seats), and any accomodations for new fields, forms, functions, reports, or features are done by our programers at little to no cost to you.
Do Your Own Comparison Between DLS Financials vs SAGE Mateo
If you go to the website for Sage Intacct, in their video they use samples that look like they come from DLS but are not and their narration is misleading when they say "other vendors". Mateo was developed by an outside company from Sage that used our product from 4 years ago as their example because we are the best system out their. It was smart on their part to choose us to mimic that old version of DLS. But in the few years of development from scratch, they were not able to include everything that DLS has put into the system over the past 24 years.
But they talk about how their product emails statements, intergrates with their accounting system, and provides other features to prevent mistakes and double entry that "others" don't have. But DLS offers all the same features... except for publicly emailing unsecured statements. To send detailed financial information over the Internet via unsecured email allows anyone to get copies of those financial records to be used for any reason they want. This could provide information to hackers about how much money they could get from a ransomware attack. We don't want to promote our client's financial information publicly which is why we offer email reminders when statements are ready from our secured internet DLS Online portal.
DLS offers payments to third parties, integration into many different accounting systems, as well as the ability to have parishes fill out request forms for transactions online. These requests are then uploaded to the DLS Main program for the diocese to review, approve, request more information, or decline. Should the request be approved, it will automatically create the transaction within DLS with just one click using all the information from the request forms. No paper, secure, and all stored within DLS Financials Data which can be backed up at your location... and ours.
So please make sure you get the truth about DLS and don't think for a moment that we are behind them in technology, features, or quality. The one thing that is a major difference is the cost between our products. DLS is a low price to own, not lease. DLS Online annual usage cost for the parish portal is less than $3000 with all modules included and doesn't change with the size of your data, number of users (seats), and any accomodations for new fields, forms, functions, reports, or features are done by our programers at little to no cost to you.