SUNAGO Matrix vs Deltek: Published Pricing and Project Economy vs Project Accounting

Deltek offers different products to the two halves of this market. In Deltek's own words, Ajera is "project and accounting software for small A&E firms" and Vantagepoint is an "ERP built for architecture, engineering, and consulting firms". This page compares SUNAGO Matrix mainly against Ajera, the product a 10-50 person A&E firm is offered, and names Vantagepoint where the comparison is with the consulting-side product. Deltek publishes no price for either; both call to action is a demo request.

Project economy, priced openly, live in a day

SUNAGO Matrix is project economy with a price you can see: EUR 3 per seat per month, each hour costed after utilization and overhead, and a live Estimate at Completion on every project. It is set up in an afternoon. If you need project accounting and the general ledger in one system, that is Ajera's territory rather than ours.

Key Differences

A Cost Rate That Is Actually True

For a consulting firm the cost of an hour is not the salary divided by a standard year. SUNAGO Matrix computes each person's cost per hour as annual salary divided by their billable hours, after part-time capacity, vacation entitlement and their real utilization, then adds that person's share of company overhead, with non-billable colleagues' salaries rolled into the overhead pool. Every margin, EAC and FAC here is built on that rate. A tool that costs hours at a number you typed in will report a project margin that is wrong in your favor.

Published Pricing

SUNAGO Matrix publishes its price: from EUR 3 per seat per month on annual billing. Deltek publishes no price for Ajera or Vantagepoint - the call to action on both product pages is a demo request. You can compare our cost to your budget before you talk to anyone.

EAC and FAC Built In

SUNAGO Matrix calculates Estimate at Completion and Forecast at Completion on every project, so an overrun is visible while it can still be acted on. Deltek does not list EAC or FAC among Ajera's documented features - which is not the same as saying Ajera cannot do it, only that it is not documented there.

CRM and Resourcing in One System

Deals, win probability, revenue forecasting, allocations and capacity live in the same system and the same data store, so staffing can be planned against the pipeline without exporting between tools. Ajera's published module list does not mention CRM or business development.

Feature Comparison

Feature	Deltek	SUNAGO Matrix
Cost per hour	Not documented	Salary divided by that person's own billable hours, after part-time capacity, holiday entitlement and actual utilization, plus their share of company overhead
Published pricing	No price published - "Request a Demo"	From EUR 3 per seat per month, billed yearly
EAC / FAC forecasting	Not listed among Ajera's documented features	Built in: Estimate at Completion and Forecast at Completion
CRM and pipeline in the same system	Ajera's module list does not mention CRM or business development	Deals, win probability and revenue forecasting alongside delivery
Resource and capacity planning	Schedule Manager: "assign employees based on availability"	Allocations with vacation and absence counted into capacity
Invoicing	Billing & Invoicing: approval routing, electronic delivery, AR automation	Approval flow, reminders, multi-currency, VAT, Xero sync
General ledger / bookkeeping	Yes - Ajera is project accounting software	No - invoices and syncs to Xero, does not keep the books
US government contracting	Costpoint: "Intelligent ERP for government contracting, aerospace, and defense"	No

Who Should Choose What?

Choose Deltek if:

You need project accounting and the general ledger in one system - Ajera is, in Deltek's words, "project and accounting software for small A&E firms", and SUNAGO Matrix does not keep your books
You hold US federal contracts and need DCAA-oriented tooling: that is Deltek Costpoint, "Intelligent ERP for government contracting, aerospace, and defense"
You want the vendor the largest design firms use - Deltek states that "98% of the Top 500 Design Firms count on Deltek"

Choose SUNAGO Matrix if:

Your project margins are only as good as your cost rate: SUNAGO Matrix derives each hour's cost from salary, real utilization, vacation and company overhead rather than a number someone typed in
You want to see the price before you book a demo: from EUR 3 per seat per month, billed yearly, published on our pricing page
You want Estimate at Completion and Forecast at Completion on every project as a built-in feature, not a report you assemble
You want CRM, pipeline and resource planning in one system, so staffing can be planned against the pipeline without exporting between tools
You want capacity planning that counts vacation and absence, so the forecast reflects who is actually available

SUNAGO Matrix and Deltek: three years of license cost

One question: how many people. The totals below are three years of license cost at each vendor's own published price. Where a vendor puts the capability SUNAGO Matrix includes in a higher package, that is shown too - and where that package has no published price, that is shown as well, because it is the part a buyer cannot work out alone.

How many people?

Three years, the horizon buyers budget in.

SUNAGO Matrix

one plan, everything included

€4,320 over 3 years

€3 per seat/month, billed yearly · no seat minimum · no tier above this one

Deltek

deltek.com/products/erp/ajera/ · read 2026-08-06

Publishes no price

"Request a Demo"

Each figure is in the currency that vendor publishes in. Nothing is converted, and no combined saving is shown across two currencies, because an exchange rate is a number we cannot document for you. License cost only: implementation, training and support are priced separately by most of these vendors.

See the full price page for what is in the plan.

Frequently Asked Questions

How does SUNAGO Matrix calculate the cost of an hour?

Not by dividing salary by a standard year, which is the mistake that makes consulting project margins wrong. For salaried staff, cost per hour is annual gross salary divided by that person's billable hours, where billable hours are their capacity adjusted for part-time percentage, minus vacation entitlement, multiplied by their actual utilization rate. On top sits their share of company overhead: yearly operating expenses divided by the firm's total billable hours, with the salaries of non-billable colleagues rolled into that overhead pool. So a consultant at 60 percent utilization costs materially more per billable hour than the same salary at 85 percent, and every project margin, EAC and FAC reflects it.

What will this cost us?

EUR 3 per seat per month, billed yearly, on a single plan with everything included. There is no feature ladder to climb and no module to add later. For comparison, Deltek publishes no price for Ajera or Vantagepoint. Price out the plan you would actually need at your headcount and the sums are easy to do.

How long before we are actually using it?

Days, not a project. You create the workspace, add your people with their salary, capacity and utilization, and import or enter your live projects. From that point every logged hour updates cost, margin, Estimate at Completion and Forecast at Completion automatically. There is no implementation partner in the middle and no configuration phase to get through before the numbers mean something.

We already run Deltek. Is there a reason to look at this?

The usual one is that project margin only becomes visible after the fact, and it is wrong when it does, because the hourly cost behind it was typed in rather than derived. SUNAGO Matrix costs every hour from salary, real utilization, vacation and company overhead, then forecasts where each project lands while there is still time to act, with the deal pipeline and resource capacity in the same product. If that is the gap you have, it is worth a look. If it is not, you are probably fine where you are.

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