Compare FAMIS and SMS Assist - Sep 2022

Shlomi Lavi

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - FAMIS or SMS Assist?

FAMIS is more expensive to implement (TCO) than SMS Assist, and SMS Assist is rated higher (90/100) than FAMIS (80/100). FAMIS offers users more features (5) than SMS Assist (0).

Looking for the right Facilities Management solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

Accruent Vs. SMS Assist, L.L.C.

Accruent: Accruent provides software solutions to more than 1,000 customers covering the end-to-end real estate and facilities management lifecycle.The Accruent product automates the entire lifecycle of real estate activities to provide you with the clarity and visibility to maximize the performance of your locations. Accruent helps you right-size your portf...

SMS Assist, L.L.C.: SMS Assist provides a fully managed business solution to more than 110,000 client locations with a network of over 20,000 affiliate subcontractors. Using its unique business model and proprietary cloud-based technology platform, SMS Assist continuously reduces client costs to maintain their properties, while improving service quality and speed of d...

Who is more expensive? FAMIS or SMS Assist?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Facilities Management 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 FAMIS and SMS Assist.

FAMIS accurate pricing info is available upon request (they don't share it publicly), however , On a scale between 1 to 10 FAMIS is rated 8, which is higher than the average cost of Facilities Management software. SMS Assist accurate pricing info is available upon request (they don't share it publicly), however , On a scale between 1 to 10 FAMIS is rated 8, which is higher than the average cost of Facilities Management software.

Bottom line: FAMIS is more expensive than SMS Assist.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared FAMIS Vs. SMS Assist based on some of the most important and required Facilities Management features.

FAMIS: Issue Tracking, Project Management, Maintenance Overview, Online Leasing, Space Planning.

SMS Assist: We are still working to collect the list of features for SMS Assist.

Target customer size

FAMIS was developing specifically with corporate, public and higher education institutions in mind. and SMS Assist's target customer size include: Small, medium and large size businesses.