Compare Realtime POS and Merchant RMS - Sep 2019

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Sep 20, 2019

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Realtime POS or Merchant RMS?

Merchant RMS is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Realtime POS, and Merchant RMS is rated higher (62/100) than Realtime POS (53/100). Realtime POS offers users more features (19) than Merchant RMS (0).

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:

Realtime POS Vs. Merchant Applications

Realtime POS: Realtime POS develops Retail Point Of Sale Software Systems for the specialty retailer. Our solution's includes real-time access to Point Of Sale transactions, inventory control, purchasing, inter-store and warehouse to store Real-time stock transfers, cash management and many other functions related to the operation of a successful & efficient ret...

Merchant Applications: Merchant Applications Inc. is a POS / Retail Management Systems developer and a total solution provider for specialty retailers. We offer complete systems including software, hardware, and professional services such as project management, training, and installation. Based on Microsoft Windows technologies (.net and SQL Server ), we also offer ...

Who is more expensive? Realtime POS or Merchant RMS?

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 Realtime POS and Merchant RMS.

Realtime POS price starts at $79 per user/month , On a scale between 1 to 10 Realtime POS is rated 6, which is similar to the average cost of Retail Management POS software. Merchant RMS price starts at $10,000 per license , When comparing Merchant RMS to its competitors, the software is rated 6 - similar to the average Retail Management POS software cost.

Bottom line: Realtime POS cost is around the same cost of Merchant RMS.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Realtime POS Vs. Merchant RMS based on some of the most important and required Retail Management POS features.

Realtime POS: this software is considered "feature-rich" with more than 10 important features, here is a partial list: Accounting Management, Age Verification, Bar Code Scanning, Buy X, Get Y Pricing, Credit Card Processing, Customer History, Customer Management, Discounts.

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

Target customer size

The software is a useful solution for businesses of all sizes and a wide range of types. and Merchant RMS's target customer size include: Small, medium and large size businesses.

Realtime POS

ITQlick rating
(4.1/5)

starts at $79 per user/month

Realtime POS is a point of sale management solution for retail businesses of all sizes. Its capabilities include inventory management, retail accounting, customer management, and others. The software wa...

Categories: Retail & POS, Florist POS Systems, Merchandising POS, Mobile POS Systems.

Merchant RMS

ITQlick rating
(4.7/5)

starts at $10,000 per license

Merchant RMS is a fast growing cloud-based Inventory Management software, it is designed to support small, medium and large size business. Merchant RMS received a rating of 4.7 from ITQlick team. The software c...

Categories: Payroll, Inventory Management, Barcoding, WMS, Invoicing.

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Realtime POS: 19 Features

Accounting Management
Age Verification
Bar Code Scanning
Buy X, Get Y Pricing
Credit Card Processing
Customer History
Customer Management
Discounts
eCommerce
Employee Management
Inventory Management
Layaways & Quotes
Multiple Payment Forms
Price Lookup
Print Receipt
Receipt Notes
Revenue Totals
Sales Commissions
Shipping/Delivery Setup

Merchant RMS: 0 Features

We are working to collect the information
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
License pricing license pricing (if provided by the software vendor)
Functionality score
Software review
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Realtime...
ITQlick rating
4.1/5
Score
53/100
Pricing
6.2/10
License pricing
$79 per user/month
Functionality
29
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Merchant...
ITQlick rating
4.7/5
Score
62/100
Pricing
6.8/10
License pricing
$10,000 per license
Functionality
6
Rent it ...
ITQlick rating
3/5
Score
86/100
Pricing
4.4/10
License pricing
$129 per month
Functionality
7
NOVA POS
ITQlick rating
4.5/5
Score
85/100
Pricing
3.4/10
License pricing
$89.99 per month
Functionality
15
Profit P...
ITQlick rating
2.8/5
Score
85/100
Pricing
3.8/10
License pricing
$500 per license
Functionality
16

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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.