Compare SMS Assist and VFA-facility - Sep 2022

Shlomi Lavi

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - SMS Assist or VFA-facility?

VFA-facility is more expensive to implement (TCO) than SMS Assist, and SMS Assist is rated higher (90/100) than VFA-facility (80/100).

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:

SMS Assist, L.L.C. Vs. VFA, Inc.

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...

VFA, Inc.: Your facilities play a critical role in helping your organization achieve its operational mission. They also impact spending (both capital and operational), influence multiple types of risk (business continuity, health and safety, regulatory, and reputation), and sway the experiences of key stakeholders (customers, employees, and partners). Sec...

Who is more expensive? SMS Assist or VFA-facility?

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 SMS Assist and VFA-facility.

SMS Assist accurate pricing info is available upon request (they don't share it publicly), however , On a scale between 1 to 10 SMS Assist is rated 6, which is similar to the average cost of Facilities Management software. VFA-facility accurate pricing info is available upon request (they don't share it publicly), however , On a scale between 1 to 10 SMS Assist is rated 6, which is similar to the average cost of Facilities Management software.

Bottom line: VFA-facility is more expensive than SMS Assist.

Which software includes more/better features?

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

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

VFA-facility: We are still working to collect the list of features for VFA-facility.

Target customer size

SMS Assist's typical customers include: Small, medium and large size businesses, The software is a useful product for businesses of all sizes and a variety of types.