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ERP Comparison

AFAS Software vs. Deltek Costpoint

At a glance

At a glance

AFAS Software

Best for

Best for Dutch and Belgian organisations that want ERP, HR and payroll on one standardised cloud system.

  • Small and mid-sized
  • Enterprise

Deltek Costpoint

Best for

Best for government contractors and defence suppliers that need project accounting with DCAA audit support and US-hosted, CMMC-ready infrastructure.

  • Small and mid-sized
  • Enterprise

Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.

Full Comparison

Criterion AFAS Software Deltek Costpoint
Starting price Not stated Price on request Deltek does not publish a public price list for Costpoint.
Users More than 14,000 organisations Not stated
API Yes, via Get and Update connectors Yes, Costpoint applications can be exposed as web services and called from third-party systems; access to the development environment is requested through a Deltek service request
Hosting Cloud only, with data stored on servers in the Netherlands Costpoint GCCM is hosted in the United States and documented as meeting FedRAMP Moderate Equivalency per DoD policy, supporting DFARS 7012 and CMMC requirements
Made in Netherlands Not stated
Project costing Yes, project administration with real-time insight into hours, budgets and project costs Yes, project accounting is the core of the product, tying project execution to financial management with DCAA audit support
Invoicing Yes, invoices are filled automatically from time registration, purchasing and the project agreements, with configurable work types, hour types and billable costs Yes, accounting and financial management, with Costpoint Payments automating accounts payable and receivable
Digital receipt capture Yes, Scan & herken reads a PDF supplier invoice that arrives without a UBL file, creates an e-invoice from the recognised creditor and amounts and keeps the PDF attached to it; when a user points at a value the position is remembered for that supplier's next invoice. Invoices in a language other than Dutch or English are recognised less reliably Yes, the mobile Time and Expense app captures a receipt with the device camera and can read it with intelligent character recognition, populating the expense fields and flagging possible duplicates
Reporting and controlling Yes, more than 100 pre-built dashboards covering revenue, outstanding invoices, project costs and leave hours, updating automatically Yes, reporting and business intelligence, with gen-AI Smart Summaries over the data
Time tracking Yes, hours recorded in the browser or the AFAS Pocket app and passed straight to invoicing Yes, time, expense and workforce management with automated compliance checks, plus a separate shop floor time module for production
Integrations and API Yes, Get connectors read data and Update connectors write it, released per application by an AppConnector token; AFAS Connect is the testing tool Yes, Costpoint applications can be exposed as web services and called from third-party systems; access to the development environment is requested through a Deltek service request
AI features Yes Yes
Deployment Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based
Support Email helpdesk Not stated
Onboarding more entries Documentation and knowledge base, Video tutorials, Guided onboarding, Live online demos and webinars, Personal consulting, On-site training Documentation and knowledge base
Company size Small and mid-sized, Enterprise Small and mid-sized, Enterprise

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The short version

Key Differences

  • Hosting AFAS Software Cloud only, with data stored on servers in the Netherlands Deltek Costpoint Costpoint GCCM is hosted in the United States and documented as meeting FedRAMP Moderate Equivalency per DoD policy, supporting DFARS 7012 and CMMC requirements
  • API AFAS Software Yes, via Get and Update connectors Deltek Costpoint Yes, Costpoint applications can be exposed as web services and called from third-party systems; access to the development environment is requested through a Deltek service request
  • Project costing AFAS Software Yes, project administration with real-time insight into hours, budgets and project costs Deltek Costpoint Yes, project accounting is the core of the product, tying project execution to financial management with DCAA audit support
  • Invoicing AFAS Software Yes, invoices are filled automatically from time registration, purchasing and the project agreements, with configurable work types, hour types and billable costs Deltek Costpoint Yes, accounting and financial management, with Costpoint Payments automating accounts payable and receivable
  • Digital receipt capture AFAS Software Yes, Scan & herken reads a PDF supplier invoice that arrives without a UBL file, creates an e-invoice from the recognised creditor and amounts and keeps the PDF attached to it; when a user points at a value the position is remembered for that supplier's next invoice. Invoices in a language other than Dutch or English are recognised less reliably Deltek Costpoint Yes, the mobile Time and Expense app captures a receipt with the device camera and can read it with intelligent character recognition, populating the expense fields and flagging possible duplicates

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The trade-offs

Strengths and Limitations

AFAS Software

Strengths

  • ERP, finance, HR, payroll, CRM and projects in one system rather than separate modules
  • More than 100 dashboards work out of the box, without custom development
  • Data stored on servers in the Netherlands
  • Standard product is customised without programming

Limitations

  • No published prices, everything is quoted
  • Cloud only, there is no on-premise option
  • Standardisation is the point, so unusual processes have to bend or move to a connected system

Deltek Costpoint

Strengths

  • Project accounting purpose-built for government contracting, with DCAA audit support in the core
  • Costpoint GCCM is US-hosted and documented as FedRAMP Moderate Equivalent per DoD policy, supporting DFARS 7012 and CMMC
  • Mobile time and expense with camera receipt capture, intelligent character recognition and duplicate detection
  • Ask Dela, AI agents and gen-AI Smart Summaries ship as part of the platform

Limitations

  • No published price list; every deployment is quoted through a sales conversation
  • The compliance machinery that makes it right for government contracting is overhead for companies outside that world
  • Web services access has to be requested through a Deltek service request rather than self-served

Plans

Pricing

AFAS Software

  • Subscription Not stated A fixed amount per month, set by the number of users or employees on the system. Quoted on request; cancellable monthly after the first year.
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Where this comes from

Where this comes from

AFAS Software https://www.afas.com · no check date recorded yet

Deltek Costpoint https://www.deltek.com/en/products/project-erp/costpoint · checked against the official source on 2026-09-06

This table lists factual criteria taken from information the vendors publish themselves. For how we put it together, see the methodology.