The New Enterprise Maconomy Experience: Built for Clarity, Control, and Scale

How can enterprise professional services organizations simplify complexity, modernize operations, and stay ahead of regulatory and financial demands—without disrupting the business?

Maconomy 2026.1 answers that question with expanded web capabilities, smarter AI, stronger financial controls, and continued global compliance investment—all delivered in a long-term supported (LTS) release built for scale.

Designed specifically for Enterprise customers, Maconomy 2026.1 builds on the momentum of the 3.x platform and delivers practical innovation that drives efficiency, transparency, and confidence across the organization.

A Broader Web Experience—Built for the Way Teams Work Today

Maconomy 2026.1 continues the evolution toward a fully browser-based experience, expanding Web Client coverage across key finance and banking functions. More everyday tasks can now be completed directly in the browser, reducing dependency and improving accessibility for distributed teams.

Key enhancements include:

• Web Client support for customer reporting, general ledger setup, and bank reconciliation
• Expanded banking lookups, historical data access, and format specification configuration
• Improved usability with animated loading indicators, employee images in approvals, and PDF output for dimension reporting

The result is a more intuitive, modern experience that helps teams work faster and with greater confidence.

Streamline daily finance and banking tasks in the web client.

Smarter AI That Delivers Insight—With Transparency

Artificial intelligence in Maconomy 2026.1 focuses on practical value and trust. Enhancements to Ask Dela make it easier to access insights, understand results, and maintain continuity across conversations.

New capabilities include:

• Chat history for easy reference to previous AI interactions
• Greater answer transparency, including visibility into data sources for administrators
• Smart Summaries for Company Customers, providing configurable, AI-driven insights tailored to enterprise needs

Turn customer data into actionable enterprise insights.

These improvements help organizations move from raw data to actionable intelligence—without sacrificing clarity or control.

Stronger Financial Control and Automation

Maconomy 2026.1 introduces targeted business enhancements that address real-world financial and operational challenges faced by enterprise firms.

Highlights include:

• Enhanced undo job reallocation functionality for improved accuracy.

  

  
  

  Fix reallocations cleanly without manual workarounds.

  
  
• Automated invoice plan creation, reducing manual effort while improving consistency

  

  
  

  Reduce manual effort with automated invoice plans.

  
  
• New capitalization limits at billing price, supporting stricter revenue recognition and audit requirements
• Streamlined payroll processing through support for multiple compensation models in a single calculation

Together, these enhancements help organizations manage complexity while maintaining financial discipline.

People Planner Enhancements for Better Resource Governance

Resource planning and workforce management are further strengthened in Maconomy 2026.1 through meaningful updates to People Planner.

Improvements include:

• A refreshed user interface aligned with the Maconomy look and feel
• Enhanced Work Assignment Tool usability, including in-grid editing and improved column selection
• Stronger governance controls to manage allocation changes

Strengthen resource planning with better control and usability.

Built for Compliance in a Changing Global Landscape

Regulatory requirements continue to evolve, and Maconomy 2026.1 expands statutory and localization support to help enterprise organizations stay prepared.

This release includes:

• Continued investment in e-invoicing and statutory reporting
• Updates to audit file standards and reporting formats in key European markets
• Ongoing readiness for upcoming EU and global compliance mandates

These enhancements help reduce compliance risk while supporting international operations.

Why Maconomy 2026.1?

Maconomy 2026.1 delivers:

• Broader web-based functionality for modern teams
• AI-powered insights with transparency and control
• Improved financial automation and governance
• Continued global compliance readiness
• A long-term supported release designed for enterprise stability

It’s a release built to help professional services organizations operate with clarity, confidence, and control—today and into the future.

Important Information: Maconomy 2026.1 is the first Enterprise release delivered under Deltek’s new release naming convention. Going forward, Maconomy Enterprise releases will follow a year-based naming format (for example, 2026.1, 2026.2), replacing the previous numeric versioning. This is a Long-Term Supported (LTS) release, marking an important change in how Enterprise releases are supported.

Maconomy 2026.1 corresponds to Maconomy 3.0.1 and is the direct continuation of the 3.x stream.

Read our previous blog to understand how the fully web-enabled experience and built-in AI capabilities are reshaping how teams work in Maconomy.

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