Migrate your Empire SUITE data
Tax-focused project accounting and time-tracking CRM for professional services firms. Provides Empire TIME and related modules for billing, compliance, and workforce management.
In its favor
Why people choose Empire SUITE
The signal that keeps Empire SUITE on the shortlist. Sourced from G2, Capterra, and customer scoping calls.
Empire TIME provides integrated time tracking as part of a unified project-accounting suite, eliminating the need for separate time-tracking software.
Custom security roles allow fine-grained access control per employee, appealing to firms with strict compliance requirements.
The project-accounting focus aligns billing, time, and staff data in one system, reducing reconciliation overhead for services firms.
Multi-module design means firms can manage time, projects, and billing within a single vendor relationship rather than stitching together point solutions.
Steep learning curve for new staff, particularly around the interaction between time-tracking, billing, and security role configuration.
Custom field-based security can be difficult to audit and maintain, leading to access inconsistencies as the team grows.
Limited API documentation makes it hard to integrate Empire SUITE with modern analytics or document-management tools.
Deployment-specific customizations make switching vendors costly, as role and field configurations do not transfer easily.
Reasons to switch
Why people leave Empire SUITE
The recurring reasons buyers give for replacing Empire SUITE. Presented as facts, not knocks.
Platform scorecard
Strengths, weaknesses, and where Empire SUITE fits
Grades across six dimensions, plus a SWOT-style view of where the platform shines and where it falls short.
SWOT — strengths, weaknesses, and use-case fit
Strengths
Weaknesses
Where it works
Where it struggles
Pricing tiers
Empire SUITE pricing overview
Pricing is not publicly documented on empiresuite.com. Based on available research, no specific tier structure or per-user pricing was identified. Prospective customers must contact WSG Systems directly for a quote.
Custom (sales-led)
Tier 1 of 1
Not publicly published
What's included
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What gets migrated
Empire SUITE object support
Object-by-object support for Empire SUITE migrations. Per-pair details surface during scoping.
Projects
Mapping requiredProjects in Empire SUITE serve as the primary billing container. Custom fields on projects can define security roles, which we preserve during mapping. We flag any non-standard project types that may require custom field remapping at the destination.
Time Entries
Fully supportedEmpire TIME is a standalone module within Empire SUITE. Time entries carry project associations, staff IDs, date ranges, and billable flags. We migrate these as a structured line-item set and preserve the project linkage.
Clients
Fully supportedClient records in Empire SUITE store billing addresses, contact information, and client-level metadata. We migrate all standard client fields and map any custom properties to destination equivalents.
Staff Records
Mapping requiredStaff records include role assignments and custom security roles. Empire SUITE allows Custom Roles to be assigned from the Edit User page. We carry over role assignments but validate against the destination's role model since terminology can differ.
Billing Records
Mapping requiredBilling records link to time entries and projects. Empire SUITE tracks billable vs. non-billable flags at the entry level. We preserve these flags and map billing statuses to destination conventions.
Custom Fields
Mapping requiredEmpire SUITE supports Custom Field-based security permissions that can vary significantly between deployments. We audit custom field names and types during scoping and build a field-level mapping table before import.
Security Roles
Mapping requiredCustom Roles can be assigned to employees and are defined at the deployment level. Role definitions do not auto-translate between platforms, so we document the role structure and advise on manual recreation or equivalent mapping.
Attachments
Not in this platformEmpire SUITE's attachment storage is deployment-dependent and not always accessible via standard export. We do not migrate attachments unless a direct file export path is confirmed during scoping.
| Object | Support | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Projects | Mapping required | Projects in Empire SUITE serve as the primary billing container. Custom fields on projects can define security roles, which we preserve during mapping. We flag any non-standard project types that may require custom field remapping at the destination. |
| Time Entries | Fully supported | Empire TIME is a standalone module within Empire SUITE. Time entries carry project associations, staff IDs, date ranges, and billable flags. We migrate these as a structured line-item set and preserve the project linkage. |
| Clients | Fully supported | Client records in Empire SUITE store billing addresses, contact information, and client-level metadata. We migrate all standard client fields and map any custom properties to destination equivalents. |
| Staff Records | Mapping required | Staff records include role assignments and custom security roles. Empire SUITE allows Custom Roles to be assigned from the Edit User page. We carry over role assignments but validate against the destination's role model since terminology can differ. |
| Billing Records | Mapping required | Billing records link to time entries and projects. Empire SUITE tracks billable vs. non-billable flags at the entry level. We preserve these flags and map billing statuses to destination conventions. |
| Custom Fields | Mapping required | Empire SUITE supports Custom Field-based security permissions that can vary significantly between deployments. We audit custom field names and types during scoping and build a field-level mapping table before import. |
| Security Roles | Mapping required | Custom Roles can be assigned to employees and are defined at the deployment level. Role definitions do not auto-translate between platforms, so we document the role structure and advise on manual recreation or equivalent mapping. |
| Attachments | Not in this platform | Empire SUITE's attachment storage is deployment-dependent and not always accessible via standard export. We do not migrate attachments unless a direct file export path is confirmed during scoping. |
Gotchas
What to watch for in Empire SUITE migrations
Issues we've hit on past Empire SUITE migrations, tagged by severity. FlitStack AI handles every one — surfacing them up front because buyer engineering teams want to know.
Custom Field-based Security Permissions vary by deployment
Empire TIME module may have isolated data stores
No public API documentation found in research
| Severity | Issue |
|---|---|
| High | Custom Field-based Security Permissions vary by deployment |
| Medium | Empire TIME module may have isolated data stores |
| High | No public API documentation found in research |
Leaving Empire SUITE?
Where Empire SUITE customers move next
12 destinations Empire SUITE can migrate to.
How a Empire SUITE migration works
Four steps, Empire SUITE-specific
Connect
Not publicly documented on empiresuite.com. into Empire SUITE. Scopes limited to read-only on the data we move.
Map
We translate Empire SUITE-specific structures (custom fields, objects, value lists) to the destination's model.
Sample
Test with a 50–200 record subset to validate Empire SUITE quirks before production.
Migrate
Full migration with Empire SUITE rate-limit handling. Rollback available throughout.
FAQ
Empire SUITE migration FAQ
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