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Product Edition Comparison Matrix |
BizAutomation.com On-Demand
a hosted all-in-one super suite |
BizAutomation.com
Managed server or On-Premise
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Technology & Pricing Considerations |
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Availability |
Available |
Available |
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Platform |
On-Demand Service (SaaS) |
On-Premise Product (Installs on your Windows
or SBS Server) |
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Database Technology |
SQL Server |
SQL Server |
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Front-end platform |
Web (.NET) uses your browser |
Web (.NET) uses your browser |
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Needed servers / software to get started |
None needed (this is a hosted service) |
Windows or SBS Server 2003-2008 with SQL Server 2005-2008 |
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Integration with all the popular hosted
email services e.g. Gmail (Google Apps), Yahoo, MS Exchange, etc... |
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Minimum number of users required |
3 |
25
(managed server) 50
(on-premise) |
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Typical
full user monthly subscription |
$49* |
Dedicated On-Demand Server
(On-Site available
- contact us for details) |
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Typical
partial user monthly subscription |
$25* |
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Typical
Time & Expense user monthly subscription |
$9* |
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Customer Portal User |
Free |
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Web-store / site subscription per domain
(multiple domain capable) |
$49* |
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* These are approximate estimates and can vary
depending on number of subscribers, duration of commitment, and other deal
specific terms. |
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Overview
of Features |
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CRM - Sales, Service &
Support, Contact Management, Marketing (including e-campaign broadcasts, drip
campaigns, and auto-responders), and Sales Process based Opportunity
Pipeline Mgt. (ideal for deep sales cycles). |
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Accounting - Full suite of
accounting modules |
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ERP Purchasing / Selling Fulfillment
(Back-order and Re-Order mgt, Procurement Planning, and Multiple
Inventory warehouses / locations) RMA Mgt. Order Automation with workflow |
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Company Dashboard - See everything from a
configurable set of portlets which are user configurable. |
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H.R. - Billable / Non-Billable Time Sheet,
Leave, Expense Entry, Gross Payroll, Commission calculations. |
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E-Commerce web site & store- Shopping cart
powered by inventory / integrated to accounting. Multi-domain capable, SEO
supported via URL direct DNS, etc.. |
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Contract Management - Manage
Contracts based on Time, Amounts, & Incidents |
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Shipping - Support for FedEx, USPS, and UPS, including shipping option presentation (standard, over night, etc...)
amount calculations from items selected, issuance of the tracking number, and
creation of shipping labels, all neatly integrated into order management and
invoicing. |
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Asset Tracking - Track items
you sell, rent, or lease to your customers |
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Business Portal
- Expose customer records. Share 3rd party records with partners (including
shared projects and documents). |
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Project Management -
Report all items associated within a project including including Bill of
materials (BOM), billable / NB time, sales orders / invoices, purchase orders',
and contract criteria such as time and amounts budgeted.
Project Costing / Expense / Income Reporting with list of accounting ledgers
impacted that reveal exact income and expense transactions, including billable
time, and employee cost impact. |
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Web Email Client - 360 degree view of
interaction between all your employees and the contacts they interact with.
Compatible with all the major email service providers |
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E-Surveys
- Create dynamic surveys which can even qualify potential clients and trigger
new lead records based on business rules. |
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Order Management
- Set workflow rules to automatically create Purchase Orders based on JIT,
Inventory, or Non-Inventory Sales Events. Integrate with 3rd party outlet data
feed to automate multi-outlet sales orders (e.g. Ebay, Amazon, Buy.com,
etc..) into BizAutomation for total front to back integration. |
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OmniBiz - Multi-Entity Management - If
your company has branches or subsidiaries locally or across the globe, or if
you're a franchisor, you stand to benefit greatly from multi-entity mgt. which
enables you to manage things like multi-company accounting, inventory roll-ups,
off-set accounts for inter-company transactions, etc.. This is a no-cost extra
for entities that have 21 or more users across all the entities. |
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Multi-Currency
- Create transactions in any number of currencies, with full support for offset
gains and expenses due to currency fluxuations. Automatically update your
currencies daily if you like. Combine with Multi-Company and seamlessly run your
Multi-National from a single consolidated super-suite. |
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Web
Service API - Integrate 3rd party applications with BizAutomation.com. |
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*Minimum of 21 users (3 user per
entity min) / ^Minimum of 5 users |