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DualEntry Sales

The sales side of an ERP: quotes and pricing, order processing, customer and account management, post-sale service, and sales reporting on shared master data.

DualEntry provides solid sales functionality covering most mid-market requirements. It is not a core differentiator, but it handles standard workflows effectively.

What’s in it41 documented capabilities

The sales scope DualEntry ships, grouped as the product itself organises it.

Invoicing & Dunning7

Covers creating customer invoices manually, from sales orders, or on a recurring schedule, attaching supporting documents, routing them through approval, delivering them by email or API export, and running escalating dunning reminder sequences on overdue accounts.

Highlights
  • Invoice Creation: Manual, From SO, RecurringCreates customer invoices by hand, by converting a sales order, or automatically on a recurring schedule.
  • Invoice AttachmentsAttaches supporting documents to an invoice and optionally includes them on the customer-facing copy.
  • Invoice Approval RoutingRoutes an invoice through configurable approval before it can be delivered to the customer.
  • Invoice Delivery & ExportSends an approved invoice by email or exposes it via API for external billing systems and customer portals.
  • Recurring InvoicesTemplates a subscription or retainer invoice so a draft is generated automatically on each scheduled date.
All 6 capabilities
  • Invoice Creation: Manual, From SO, RecurringCreates customer invoices by hand, by converting a sales order, or automatically on a recurring schedule.
  • Invoice AttachmentsAttaches supporting documents to an invoice and optionally includes them on the customer-facing copy.
  • Invoice Approval RoutingRoutes an invoice through configurable approval before it can be delivered to the customer.
  • Invoice Delivery & ExportSends an approved invoice by email or exposes it via API for external billing systems and customer portals.
  • Recurring InvoicesTemplates a subscription or retainer invoice so a draft is generated automatically on each scheduled date.
  • Dunning SequencesRuns an escalating series of automated overdue-payment reminders per customer segment, logging each communication and stopping once paid.

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ASC 606 Recognition Engine3

Implements the ASC 606 five-step model end to end: contract activation requires at least one performance obligation, transaction price sums the obligation lines, SSP allocates price across obligations, and revenue posts per obligation on a straight-line, pro-rata, usage-based, or immediate schedule.

Capabilities
  • Contract Activation & Obligation RequirementRequires at least one performance obligation on a contract before it can move from draft to active status.
  • Multi-Method Revenue SchedulesGenerates a recognition schedule per obligation using straight-line, daily pro-rata, usage-based, or immediate methods, posting journal entries independent of billing dates.

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Contracts & Usage-Based Billing3

Maintains contract records and their performance-obligation lines, and accepts usage records against contract obligations for usage-based recognition.

Capabilities
  • Contract Record CRUDCreates, lists, and retrieves contract records and their performance-obligation lines.
  • Contract Usage Record UpsertBulk-upserts usage records against a contract's obligations to drive usage-based charges and recognition.

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Standalone Selling Price Allocation3

Allocates a contract's transaction price across performance obligations in proportion to each obligation's standalone selling price, including residual-method handling when only one obligation has observable pricing.

Capabilities
  • Proportional SSP AllocationSplits a contract's transaction price across obligations in proportion to each item's standalone selling price, spreading any discount or premium fairly.
  • Residual Method & Change-Order ReallocationAllocates remaining price via the residual method when only one obligation has observable pricing, and recalculates allocations with a catch-up adjustment when a contract is modified.

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Order Management5

Covers recording sales orders as non-posting commitments, validating customers and revenue accounts, credit-limit checks, order approval routing, tracking fulfillment and backorders, and converting fulfilled orders into invoices.

Capabilities
  • Sales Order Creation & ValidationRecords a customer sales order as a non-posting commitment, validating the customer and revenue accounts and warning on credit-limit breaches.
  • Sales Order Approval RoutingRoutes sales orders through manager or credit-analyst approval based on order size or customer standing.
  • Fulfillment & Backorder TrackingTracks fulfilled versus ordered quantities across partial shipments and surfaces unfulfilled quantities as backorders.
  • SO-to-Invoice ConversionConverts a fulfilled sales order into a full or partial invoice while preserving the link back to the original order.

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Change Orders, Terminations & Renewals4

Handles contract modifications as prospective new obligations or cumulative catch-up adjustments, offers accelerated or cancel-remaining-schedule treatment on early termination, and models renewals as a fresh contract or an extension.

Capabilities
  • Change Order Treatment (Prospective vs Catch-Up)Treats a contract modification as a new obligation recognized prospectively, or as a change to an existing obligation reallocated with a one-time catch-up adjustment.
  • Contract Termination OptionsEnds a contract early by either accelerating remaining revenue to the termination date or canceling remaining schedules with no further recognition.
  • Contract Renewal OptionsRenews a contract either as a brand-new contract with fresh SSP allocation, or as an extension of the existing contract recognized prospectively.

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Stripe Revenue Sync4

Auto-creates a DualEntry contract from a Stripe subscription using mapped product-to-item recognition rules, recognizing revenue independently of Stripe billing timing and processing upgrades, downgrades, and cancellations automatically.

Capabilities
  • Automatic Contract Creation from StripeAuto-generates a DualEntry contract with matching billing frequency and obligations the moment a Stripe subscription is created.
  • Stripe Product-to-Item MappingRequires each Stripe product be mapped to a DualEntry item with its recognition strategy and SSP before a subscription can generate a contract.
  • Automatic Upgrade/Downgrade/Cancellation HandlingApplies the right ASC 606 treatment automatically when a synced Stripe subscription is upgraded, downgraded, or canceled.

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Subscription Billing3

Configures recurring billing schedules on a contract, separate from its revenue-recognition timing, with usage-based charges accepted via API and contract status tracked through draft/active/completed/archived.

Capabilities
  • Configurable Billing Frequency & Staggered StartGenerates invoices on a configurable frequency and lets billing for one line item start on a different date than the overall contract.
  • Usage-Based Billing IngestionAccepts usage/consumption data via API and calculates tiered usage charges to include on the next invoice.

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Other capabilities9
Capabilities
  • Customer Record ManagementMaintains customer master records with full CRUD lifecycle.
  • Cutover Date & Accumulated RevenueSets a cutover date and a prior-recognized-revenue amount for a migrated contract so DualEntry books only the remaining unrecognized balance going forward while preserving full original contract value in reporting.
  • Cash Sale RecordingRecords a point-of-sale-style transaction that posts directly to cash and revenue, skipping the invoice/payment cycle.
  • Item Catalog ManagementMaintains the catalog of Good, Service, and Discount items used across orders, invoices, and bills, costed on a FIFO basis.

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DualEntry add-ons & integrations

Extend DualEntry with best-of-breed software that integrates with it:

CPQ softwareConfigure-price-quote that writes orders to your ERP.+12 more →
Ecommerce integrationConnect Shopify, BigCommerce and Amazon to your ERP.+10 more →

Sales — strength by vendor

VendorStrengthBest forStarting priceImplementationActions
Oracle NetSuite logo
Oracle NetSuite
★★★ strongFast-growing mid-market companies wanting unified cloud ERP$99/user/mo4–9 months
Microsoft Dynamics 365 logo
Microsoft Dynamics 365
★★★ strongMid-to-large companies in the Microsoft ecosystem$50/user/mo6–14 months
Acumatica logo
Acumatica
★★★ strongMidsize companies wanting unlimited users and flexible cloud ERPCustom4–8 months
Infor M3 logo
Infor M3
★★★ strongProcess manufacturers (food, chemicals, pharma) needing batch/formula controlCustom8–15 months
Odoo logo
Odoo
★★★ strongSmall businesses and startups wanting affordable, modular ERP$24.90/user/mo1–4 months
Certinia (FinancialForce) logo
Certinia (FinancialForce)
★★★ strongProfessional services firms already on Salesforce$100/user/mo3–7 months
Rootstock Cloud ERP logo
Rootstock Cloud ERP
★★★ strongManufacturers and distributors already on Salesforce wanting native ERP$150/user/mo4–8 months
SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud logo
SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud
★★ moderateMid-market and standardised enterprises wanting fast time-to-value$180/user/mo3–6 months

Evaluating sales on DualEntry

What to put in front of the vendor before you commit.

  1. 1Order processing depth: allocation, backorders, partial shipments, returns
  2. 2Pricing sophistication — contract, volume and margin-based discount approval
  3. 3Quote-to-order workflow automation and real-time stock visibility
  4. 4How much customer management the module really has, versus needing Salesforce or HubSpot alongside it
  5. 5Customer self-service portal capabilities

DualEntry starts at a custom quote with a typical total cost of Not publicly disclosed and a 4–12 weeks implementation.

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DualEntry Sales FAQ

Does DualEntry integrate with Stripe for subscription billing?

Yes — Stripe Revenue Sync auto-creates a DualEntry contract from a Stripe subscription using mapped product-to-item recognition rules, recognizing revenue independently of Stripe's own billing timing, and processes upgrades, downgrades, and cancellations automatically.

Can DualEntry handle contract renewals and mid-term changes?

Yes — Change Orders, Terminations & Renewals treats contract modifications as prospective new obligations or cumulative catch-up adjustments, offers accelerated or cancel-remaining-schedule treatment on early termination, and models renewals as a fresh contract or an extension.

Does DualEntry send automated payment reminders to customers?

Yes — Invoicing & Dunning covers creating invoices manually, from sales orders, or on a recurring schedule, delivering them by email or API export, and running escalating dunning reminder sequences on overdue accounts.

Is DualEntry's CRM a replacement for Salesforce or HubSpot?

No — DualEntry's CRM-adjacent capability is rated moderate and centers on customer, contract, and invoicing records that feed revenue recognition, not lead or opportunity pipeline management. Sales-team CRM needs are typically met by a dedicated platform integrated alongside DualEntry.

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