Compare Mandarin and Apollo - Apr 2022

Shlomi Lavi

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Mandarin or Apollo?

Apollo is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Mandarin, and Mandarin is rated higher (87/100) than Apollo (80/100).

Looking for the right Library 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:

Mandarin Library Automation, Inc. Vs. Applicom

Mandarin Library Automation, Inc.: Building upon their success with SIRS, the husband-and-wife team of Elliot and Eleanor Goldstein acquired Mandarin Library Automation in 1995. The Goldsteins remain actively involved with Mandarin, with Elliot Goldstein continuing to offer strategic guidance in his position on the Board of Directors.

Applicom: Founded by Andrea Di Clemente, at the beginning Applicom focused on custom software and server installation and maintenance for several businesses. As technology evolved, Applicom started developing less for specific architectures, and more and more for “the browser” – client-side programs that mainly used the server for storage.

Who is more expensive? Mandarin or Apollo?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Library 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 Mandarin and Apollo.

Mandarin price starts at $750 per license , On a scale between 1 to 10 Mandarin is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Library Management software. Apollo price starts at $14 per month , When comparing Apollo to its competitors, the software is rated 6 - similar to the average Library Management software cost.

Bottom line: Apollo is more expensive than Mandarin.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Mandarin Vs. Apollo based on some of the most important and required Library Management features.

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

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

Target customer size

The typical customers are small, medium, and large businesses that deal mainly with library automation and management. The typical clients of Apollo software are the organizations and/or institutions from small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) having one to 100 employees and more than 100 to 1,000 employees respectively as well as large enterprises that make full use of the advantages from the services of the industry of IT, data hosting, and information related services, mainly with project collaboration, project management, planning and task management.