Why Leading PS Firms Are Choosing Kantata Over OpenAir

If you’re a NetSuite OpenAir user, you’re probably tired of waiting for promised features that never come, dealing with inflexible systems and having to make constant modifications to support your professional services needs. But there’s no need to keep suffering through the same everyday frustrations that define your OpenAir experience. It’s time to check out the Kantata difference. With cutting-edge AI tools, real-time insights, and a customer-first mindset, professional services firms across industries are making the switch to Kantata.

If you’re looking for a quicker, smarter, and more efficient professional services automation (PSA) solution, you should keep reading. These seven reasons show why Kantata is exactly what you have been looking for.

7 Ways Kantata Beats NetSuite OpenAir

1. Immediate AI-Powered Project Management

OpenAir’s AI features are still at least a year away. Yep, a whole year! Kantata brings the future to your doorstep today with AI-powered resource modeling, advanced automation, and streamlined workflows. Why wait for the future of AI-powered project management when you can have it now? Kantata delivers powerful, AI-enhanced tools out of the box.

2. Adaptable, Flexible Resource Optimization

Keeping your team at their best can feel like a juggling act. A strong software solution can simplify workforce optimization and help you forecast needs effortlessly.

OpenAir’s rigid tools often require manual processes and extensive customizations to meet each business’s needs. With limited modeling, usually against a single attribute, the insights and controls you have access to are limited. Kantata offers dynamic resource optimization without the hassle of configurations, letting you adapt on the fly to shifting project demands. This means managers can adjust to sudden changes in resource availability, project requirements, timelines, and client expectations without breaking a sweat. With Kantata, you can manage resources with flexibility and precision, empowering teams to meet every demand efficiently, and using dynamic modeling with multiple attributes and scenarios, you can manage both bottom-up and top-down. Adopting Kantata’s proven resource management capabilities gives you the agility and flexibility needed by professional services companies in today’s faster-than-ever market.

3. Automated Skills Tracking and Skill Development

Choosing the right team is essential to every project’s success. But managing a large talent pool can be challenging—and manual data entry leads to manual error. OpenAir’s skills management tools require manual configuration and third-party integration to create dynamic updates. Kantata, on the other hand, offers automated, dynamic skills tracking and skills development, enabling your team to grow, improve, and succeed. The software’s talent functionality includes resource management-allocation based on talent attributes and resource engagement, along with extensive, multi-modal skills intake and management. With Kantata, your team stays engaged and empowered.

4. Rapid Insights for Faster Decision-Making

Data is the backbone for timely decisions that drive success. OpenAir’s outdated reporting tools are like trying to navigate with an atlas in the age of GPS. They depend on additional exports, extractions, and support to create near-real-time reporting. This results in managers waiting around for reports that are out of date by the time they even get them. So say goodbye to outdated reporting and hello to smarter, faster insights that find you. Kantata is the “Waze” of professional services transformation, helping you to navigate, adapt and optimize in real-time so you are always a step ahead.

5. Cost-Efficiency and Quick ROI

Every CFO wants their new solution to quickly deliver ROI and for their financial commitment to begin yielding benefits. OpenAir’s high costs often don’t align with its value, especially when heavy configuration drives up the cost of adoption long before you can start using the software. According to G2 customer reports, Kantata customers’ payback period is 36% shorter than OpenAir’s period. So why pay more for less? Kantata offers a lower total cost of ownership and faster ROI, enabling you to achieve more.

6. Reliable Forecasting for Smart Decisions

According to RMI Research, half of professional services firms can only forecast out up to two months in advance. The lack of both accurate and timely data as well as automation deficiencies are the biggest inhibitors to effectively forecast resource demand.

OpenAir’s forecasting capabilities are disconnected from each other and decoupled from the software’s CRM functionality. This means that future insights and controls don’t work together, making changes more complex and time-consuming. Kantata offers a range of forecasting insights, all integrated within the same platform alongside resource and project management tools. Bottom-up and top-down forecasting combine with demand forecasting for greater predictability and more effective management.

7. A Customer-First Experience at Every Step

Unsure of OpenAir’s support and cost? Kantata’s customer-first approach ensures a smooth implementation, dedicated support, and a results-driven focus that makes success attainable. Across the board, Kantata scores higher on customer satisfaction than OpenAir. G2 User Satisfaction surveys show that Kantata scores higher on quality of support, ease of use, product direction, likelihood to recommend, and many other critical aspects of client satisfaction. According to G2, Kantata provides its users with a quicker return on investment, a higher adoption rate, and superior customer satisfaction compared to NetSuite OpenAir. With 90% of customers stating that Kantata is moving in the right direction for their businesses, while only 64% of OpenAir customers believe this is true for their software.

Ready for a professional services automation (PSA) solution that addresses the complex needs of today’s businesses? Transition to success with Kantata’s customer-first approach.

Why Wait? Switch from Limits to Possibilities with Kantata

With Kantata, professional services firms gain a solution that’s built for them, delivering immediate results and powerful tools that empower teams to thrive. It’s time to move from the limitations of OpenAir to the freedom and innovation of Kantata.

Unlock your team’s full potential with Kantata’s powerful, industry-leading features. Make the switch today and experience the difference immediately.