Smarter Accounting for Smaller Hotels: The Data Plus Solution

Smarter Accounting for Smaller Hotels: The Data Plus Solution

Data Plus is a hospitality-focused accounting solution comparable to platforms like M3 and Inflow, designed to support the core accounting and reporting needs of small to mid-sized hotels. While platforms like ProfitSword cater to enterprise-level profit-and-loss analysis, Data Plus stands out by delivering essential, user-friendly financial tools that are perfect for independent and smaller-scale properties.

Key Offerings

Data Plus operates through a suite of modular tools tailored for hospitality:
- DPFinance: Core multi-property, multi-currency accounting
- DPSupply: Streamlined purchasing, vendor integration, and invoice workflow
- DPPay: Embedded payment solution via Edenred Pay
- DPAnalytics: Powerful analytics with USALI 11th & 12th edition compliance, automated reporting, and advanced forecasting

Automated Features

- Daily Labor & Revenue Reports
- Full fiscal financials
- Multi-budget & forecast capabilities
- Automated bank reconciliation
- Direct API data sync—no more manual entry or nightly audit emails
- Designed for speed, accuracy, and hotel-specific workflows, DPHS provides a modern solution that allows hoteliers to focus more on operations and less on data entry.

Why We Recommend Data Plus

As a Visual Matrix partner, Data Plus offers:
- ✅ No cost to Visual Matrix customers
- ⚙️ Simple API integration (cloud-only)
- 🧠 Automated data flow from VM to DPHS—no nightly reports or manual work required
- 📊 Actionable insights and reports available daily
- 🔒 Secure & scalable: SSAE 16 certified, Microsoft Azure cloud-based, with full disaster recovery

Ideal For

- Hotels looking for an entry-level or mid-market financial solution
- Properties needing to eliminate spreadsheet-based accounting
- Management groups seeking consolidated multi-property reporting
- Anyone currently using or evaluating M3 or Inflow as potential benchmarks

Getting Started

If you're a Visual Matrix cloud user, you're already eligible for this integration.
Idea
Interested? Reach out to our Sales Team, and we’ll connect you directly with Bruce Bensetler, Founder & CEO of Data Plus.

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