Compare AME Professional Payroll and Octupus - Jul 2022

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Jul 23, 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - AME Professional Payroll or Octupus?

Octupus is more expensive to implement (TCO) than AME Professional Payroll, and AME Professional Payroll is rated higher (82/100) than Octupus (56/100). AME Professional Payroll offers users more features (4) than Octupus (3). There is a clear winner in this case and it is AME Professional Payroll!

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Who is more expensive? AME Professional Payroll or Octupus?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Media Intelligence software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for AME Professional Payroll and Octupus.

AME Professional Payroll price starts at $299 per license , On a scale between 1 to 10 AME Professional Payroll is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Media Intelligence software. Octupus price starts at $49 per month , When comparing Octupus to its competitors, the software is rated 4 - lower than the average Media Intelligence software cost.

Bottom line: Octupus is more expensive than AME Professional Payroll.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared AME Professional Payroll Vs. Octupus based on some of the most important and required Media Intelligence features.

AME Professional Payroll: Data Import/Export, Basic Reports, Online Customer Support, W-2 Preparation.

Octupus: Data Import/Export, Basic Reports, Online Customer Support.

Target customer size

AME Professional Payroll is ideally suited for small to medium sized companies. Customers of the software mainly include small and medium businesses.

AME Professional Payroll

ITQlick rating
(4.5/5)

starts at $299 per license

AME Professional Payroll is a Payroll management software for companies. The software comes and is installed through a CD Rom drive. It is available in both on premise as well as web version. The tool supports ...

Categories: HR Department, Workforce Management, Remote Access, Check Printing.

Octupus

ITQlick rating
(3.8/5)

starts at $49 per month

Octupus is an integrated apparel management system for businesses of all sizes. It offers a variety of useful apparel export management, payroll, and accounting services. The software was designed and la...

Categories: Business performance management, Media Intelligence.

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AME Professional Payroll: 4 Features

Data Import/Export
Basic Reports
Online Customer Support
W-2 Preparation

Octupus: 3 Features

Data Import/Export
Basic Reports
Online Customer Support
ITQlick rating ITQlick Rating is based on the software score (below) and aggregated online reviews
ITQlick score ITQlick Score is a 1 to 100, the calculation is based on pricing, and functionality Vs. alternative solutions
Pricing score pricing Score is a 1 to 10 (10 is high cost), based on the TCO (cost of licences, customizations, training, hardware when relevant) Vs. alternative solutions
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AME Prof...
ITQlick rating
4.5/5
Score
82/100
Pricing
2/10
License pricing
$299 per license
Functionality
12
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Octupus
ITQlick rating
3.8/5
Score
56/100
Pricing
4.4/10
License pricing
$49 per month
Functionality
5
AdClarity
ITQlick rating
5/5
Score
91/100
Pricing
7/10
License pricing
$350 per user/month
Functionality
7
Phocuswr...
ITQlick rating
3.5/5
Score
62/100
Pricing
5/10
License pricing
$79 per user/month
Functionality
7

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Shlomi Lavi is an entrepreneur and founder of ITQlick.com. He holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Information Systems Engineering from Ben Gurion University in Israel. Shlomi brings 17 years of global IT and IS management experience as a consultant and implementation expert for small, medium and large-sized (global) companies. Shlomi’s goal is to share the best knowledge and news about information systems so you can make smarter buying decisions for your business.