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Purpose-built ERP for government contractors and project-driven firms, with deep DCAA/FAR compliance controls, complex billing engines, and a SQL Server-backed data architecture that requires a specialist consultant for any migration in or out.

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In its favor

Why people choose Deltek Costpoint

The signal that keeps Deltek Costpoint on the shortlist. Sourced from G2, Capterra, and customer scoping calls.

DCAA and FAR/DFARS compliance built directly into timesheet approval, labor distribution, and billing workflows — eliminating the need for manual workarounds in regulated environments.

Integrated project accounting and financial management on a single platform means government contractors avoid reconciling data across disconnected systems.

Billing formulas support cost-plus, time-and-materials, and fixed-price contract structures with configurable fee overrides and ceiling controls.

Extensibility Designer and preprocessor add-ons allow organizations to customize Costpoint without modifying core tables, reducing upgrade risk.

Cloud hosting on AWS GovCon Cloud Moderate (GCCM) meets FedRAMP Moderate requirements, a hard requirement for many federal agencies and primes.

Steep learning curve and unintuitive navigation — users report needing significant front-end training just to complete routine tasks like expense entry or billing approvals.

Dated user interface and slow performance — reviews describe the Windows client as clunky compared to modern SaaS ERP alternatives.

High total cost of ownership — pricing is opaque, no free trial, and the license plus consultant fees make it expensive for mid-market firms.

Limited API documentation and programmatic access — organizations seeking modern integration patterns or custom automation hit hard walls.

Reporting is described as powerful but unfriendly — complex data lives behind multi-step queries that require specialized knowledge to surface.

Reasons to switch

Why people leave Deltek Costpoint

The recurring reasons buyers give for replacing Deltek Costpoint. Presented as facts, not knocks.

Platform scorecard

Strengths, weaknesses, and where Deltek Costpoint 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

Built-in DCAA compliance with CAS-aligned cost structures and incurred cost submission generation.Multi-level project hierarchy supporting contracts, tasks, and sub-projects with independent billing formulas.Integrated AP/AR, billing, payroll, and GL on one platform with shared cost pool architecture.Oracle/SQL Server database foundation provides reliable transaction storage and audit capability.FedRAMP Moderate designation on GCCM meets federal security baselines required by many government contracts.

Weaknesses

Windows-client interface is dated and significantly slower than modern SaaS ERP alternatives.Pricing is opaque — no public pricing, no free trial, forcing prospects into a sales cycle before evaluation.Reporting is powerful but inaccessible — users require specialized training to build and interpret complex queries.Steep learning curve drives up training and support costs, especially for smaller teams or new hires.Limited public API documentation constrains custom integrations and modern automation approaches.

Where it works

Federal government contractors and primes operating under DCAA oversight, FAR/DFARS regulations, and mandatory CAS-aligned cost structures requiring built-in compliance controls.Large enterprises with 500+ employees managing multi-level project hierarchies across cost-plus, time-and-materials, and fixed-price contract structures simultaneously.Organizations requiring FedRAMP Moderate security designation on GCCM as a hard gating requirement for accessing specific federal contract vehicles.Project-driven firms in aerospace, defense, and architecture/engineering sectors that need integrated AP/AR, billing, payroll, and general ledger on a single SQL Server-backed platform.Government contractors preparing DCAA-compliant incurred cost submissions who need automated generation of audit-ready financial reports.

Where it struggles

Small and mid-market firms with fewer than 200 employees where opaque licensing costs, mandatory consultant fees, and extensive training requirements create prohibitive total cost of ownership.Organizations seeking modern SaaS-like user experiences — the Windows-client interface is described as dated and significantly slower than contemporary ERP alternatives.Companies with limited in-house technical staff trying to build custom integrations or automations, given the sparse public API documentation and constrained programmatic access.Firms transitioning to cloud-native or API-first architectures that require real-time data exchange with modern platforms — Costpoint's integration patterns favor batch-oriented data movement.Organizations without dedicated DCAA compliance expertise that need to configure and maintain the intricate compliance workflows without external specialist support.

Pricing tiers

Deltek Costpoint pricing overview

Deltek Costpoint does not publish pricing publicly. The platform sells through a direct sales motion with two cloud tiers (Standard and Enterprise on GCCM) and a perpetual on-premise license model. Annual maintenance fees apply to on-premise deployments and are required to receive patches and support. No free trial is available; evaluation requires engaging Deltek directly or a certified implementation partner.

Standard (GCCM)

Tier 1 of 3

Not publicly disclosed

What's included

Core Costpoint modules: GL, AP, AR, Projects, Billing, Time & ExpenseStandard support tierDeltek-hosted on AWS GovCon Cloud ModerateFedRAMP Moderate baseline

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What gets migrated

Deltek Costpoint object support

Object-by-object support for Deltek Costpoint migrations. Per-pair details surface during scoping.

Organizations

Fully supported

Organizations in Costpoint represent legal entities or business units and drive billing, HR, and GL assignments. We map Organization hierarchies 1:1 and preserve the owning-organization relationship on Projects during migration.

Projects

Fully supported

Projects are the core work container in Costpoint, linked to contracts, billing formulas, labor categories, and budgets. We preserve the full project tree including sub-projects and flag any inactive project statuses that may require reactivation in the destination system.

Chart of Accounts

Fully supported

The GL Chart of Accounts in Costpoint includes direct cost accounts, indirect cost pools (G&A, Fringe, Overhead), and burden schedules. We map these by account type and preserve cost pool groupings that feed into billing and incurred cost calculations.

Employees

Fully supported

Employee records in Costpoint include compensation history, HR organizations, labor category assignments, and DCAA-required timesheet metadata. We extract all effective-dated compensation rows and preserve labor category routing for billing and payroll.

General Ledger Journal Entries

Mapping required

Historical GL entries are stored with source modules (billing, payroll, AP, AR) and must preserve the posting date, period, and debit/credit structure. We extract entries by date range and map them to equivalent GL dimensions in the destination, flagging any multi-currency adjustments.

Accounts Payable

Mapping required

AP records in Costpoint include vendor invoices, payment terms, and check/EFT batch data. Open AP (unpaid invoices) and payment history are separable export sets. We map vendor IDs to destination vendors and flag any prepaid or retainage amounts embedded in the invoice lines.

Accounts Receivable

Mapping required

AR records in Costpoint track billed and unbilled amounts linked to Projects and CLIN/SLIN structures. Open AR and historical invoices are exported separately. The gross/net billing method flag on the invoice header must be preserved to avoid billing misstatements in the destination.

Billing Detail

Mapping required

Open Billing Detail records store the transaction-level detail that feeds Costpoint's billing formulas (cost-based, hours-based, units-based). These records are cross-linked to project hierarchies and must be sequenced in dependency order during export to avoid orphaned billing lines.

Fixed Assets

Mapping required

Fixed asset records in Costpoint include acquisition costs, depreciation schedules, funding sources, and asset classifications. We map asset books to destination depreciation calendars and flag any DCAA-specific capitalization thresholds that may differ in the target system.

Vendors

Fully supported

Vendor records in Costpoint include address, tax ID, payment terms, and W-9 status. We extract all active vendors and map to the destination vendor master, preserving ACH routing details for payment continuity.

Inventory Items

Mapping required

Costpoint supports project-specific and warehouse inventory with multi-project traceability. We export item masters, on-hand quantities, and cost layers, flagging any lot or serial number tracking that the destination may not support natively.

Departments / Cost Centers

Fully supported

Departments in Costpoint drive organizational cost collection and are linked to GL segments. We map department hierarchies 1:1 and preserve the department-to-account assignments that feed indirect cost pool allocations.

Time and Expense Entries

Fully supported

Timesheet and expense report records include employee, project, labor category, and billing status. We export submitted and approved entries by date range, preserving the DCAA-required approval chain metadata embedded in each record.

Custom Fields

Mapping required

Costpoint supports user-defined custom fields on Projects, Employees, Vendors, and Transactions. Custom fields are stored as separate table extensions and must be enumerated and mapped explicitly during migration scoping — they do not appear in standard exports without specific configuration.

Workflow System Tables

Not in this platform

Costpoint's internal workflow routing tables are rebuilt during every upgrade via the Workflow Toolkit (WFPTOOL). These tables are environment-specific and cannot be meaningfully migrated between systems. We recommend rebuilding workflow routing rules in the destination system post-migration.

Gotchas

What to watch for in Deltek Costpoint migrations

Issues we've hit on past Deltek Costpoint migrations, tagged by severity. FlitStack AI handles every one — surfacing them up front because buyer engineering teams want to know.

High

Oracle-to-SQL Server database conversion required for on-premise migrations

High

Gross vs. net billing method is embedded at the invoice header level

Medium

Custom fields require explicit enumeration and configuration

Medium

Workflow tables are upgrade-specific and cannot be migrated

Medium

Version parity between source and destination is mandatory for cloud migrations

How a Deltek Costpoint migration works

Four steps, Deltek Costpoint-specific

Connect

Not publicly documented into Deltek Costpoint. Scopes limited to read-only on the data we move.

Map

We translate Deltek Costpoint-specific structures (custom fields, objects, value lists) to the destination's model.

Sample

Test with a 50–200 record subset to validate Deltek Costpoint quirks before production.

Migrate

Full migration with Deltek Costpoint rate-limit handling. Rollback available throughout.

FAQ

Deltek Costpoint migration FAQ

Answers to the questions buyers ask most during Deltek Costpoint migration scoping. Not seeing yours? Book a call.

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Most Deltek Costpoint migrations under 1M records finish in 48–72 hours end-to-end. Larger orgs with custom objects or buyer-side security review typically take 5–7 days.

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