Compare Genesis Advantage and Iridium Retail - Oct 2022

Shlomi Lavi

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Genesis Advantage or Iridium Retail?

Iridium Retail is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Genesis Advantage, and Genesis Advantage is rated higher (80/100) than Iridium Retail (60/100). Iridium Retail offers users more features (16) than Genesis Advantage (10).

Looking for the right Retail Management POS 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:

Genesis Vs. Innovations In Software, Inc.

Genesis : Genesis is the leading Windows based software system for furniture retailers. Over 700 furniture stores across North America and Europe have installed Genesis since its introduction in 1996 making it the best selling Windows furniture system of all time. Genesis has been through 14 years of real world testing at more than 700 furniture stores acros...

Innovations In Software, Inc.: Innovations In Software is a provider of fully integrated, retail and distribution software solutions for the Large Ticket Retail and Route Distribution industries under the Iridium trademark. With Large Ticket Retail product offerings used by Furniture, Home Fitness, Appliances and Mattress company’s, and Route Distribution Products offerings use...

Who is more expensive? Genesis Advantage or Iridium Retail Manager?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Retail Management POS 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 Genesis Advantage and Iridium Retail Manager.

Genesis Advantage accurate pricing info is available upon request (they don't share it publicly), however , On a scale between 1 to 10 Genesis Advantage is rated 4, which is lower than the average cost of Retail Management POS software. Iridium Retail Manager accurate pricing info is available upon request (they don't share it publicly), however , On a scale between 1 to 10 Genesis Advantage is rated 4, which is lower than the average cost of Retail Management POS software.

Bottom line: Iridium Retail Manager is more expensive than Genesis Advantage.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Genesis Advantage Vs. Iridium Retail based on some of the most important and required Retail Management POS features.

Genesis Advantage: Accounting Management, Age Verification, Bar Code Scanning, Customer History, eCommerce, Inventory Management, Layaways & Quotes, Print Receipt.

Iridium Retail Manager: Accounting Management, Bar Code Scanning, Credit Card Processing, Customer History, Customer Management.

Target customer size

Genesis Advantage is specially designed for small and medium sized furniture retailers. Customers of the software include small and medium businesses as well as large multi-location ventures.