SystemsHead-to-head

Certinia vs Deltek Costpoint

Both state a fit for companies in a similar size range and sit in comparable cost bands, which is why they turn up on the same shortlist. Everything below is drawn from the two vendor records, each of which cites its sources. Any other pairing can be built in the comparison tool, including ones we do not generate a page for.

7 sources cited9 modules in commonReviewed September 2026

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01Fact sheet

CriterionCertiniaDeltek Costpoint
Company size fit50–5,000 employees50–20,000 employees
Cost bandUpper mid-marketUpper mid-market
DeploymentCloudCloud, On-premise
Regions servedAPAC, EMEA, North AmericaNorth America
CategoriesAR & collections, Accounting, ERPAccounting, ERP, Financial close
Industries namedProfessional services, SoftwareAerospace & defense, Professional services, Public sector
HeadquartersSan Francisco, California, United StatesHerndon, Virginia, United States

Rows in ink differ between the systems; rows in grey are shared.

02Positioning

How Stackmark characterises each system, in its own words, from the sourced record.

Certinia

Services-centric ERP and professional-services automation built natively on Salesforce, so the customer record and the project ledger share one platform. Formerly FinancialForce.

Deltek Costpoint

Project-accounting ERP built for government contractors, where the core requirement is cost accounting that stands up to federal audit rules.

03Module coverage

Every module either system documents, side by side. A module both list is a shared claim, not a statement that the two implementations are equivalent.

ModuleCertiniaDeltek Costpoint
Asset managementNot checkedModerate
Business intelligenceModerateCore
CRMVia partnerModerate
EcommerceNot checkedNot offered
Field serviceModerateModerate
Financial managementCoreCore
HR and payrollModerateModerate
Inventory managementModerateModerate
Manufacturing managementNot offeredModerate
ProcurementModerateCore
Project managementCoreCore
Quality managementNot checkedModerate
Supply chain managementModerateModerate
Warehouse managementNot offeredModerate

Core Moderate Via partner Not offered Not checked

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04Sources

Certinia3

  1. [1]Certinia (FinancialForce): Pricing & Fit | ERP Researchhttps://www.erpresearch.com/en-us/financialforce · retrieved 2026-09-07
  2. [2]Certinia | Cloud PSA & Financial Management Software Built on Salesforcehttps://certinia.com/ · retrieved 2026-09-07
  3. [3]About Certinia | Certiniahttps://certinia.com/about/ · retrieved 2026-09-07

Deltek Costpoint4

  1. [1]Deltek Costpoint Review: Cost, Modules & GovCon Fit | ERP Researchhttps://www.erpresearch.com/en-us/deltek-costpoint · retrieved 2026-09-07
  2. [2]Deltek Costpoint: ERP for Government Contractors | Deltekhttps://www.deltek.com/en/products/project-erp/costpoint · retrieved 2026-09-07
  3. [3]Deltek for Government Contracting | Deltekhttps://www.deltek.com/en/government-contracting · retrieved 2026-09-07
  4. [4]About Deltek | Deltekhttps://www.deltek.com/en/about · retrieved 2026-09-07