Compare Spruce and Merchant RMS - May 2022

Shlomi Lavi

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Spruce or Merchant RMS?

Spruce is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Merchant RMS, and Spruce is rated higher (69/100) than Merchant RMS (62/100).

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:

ECi Software Solutions Vs. Merchant Applications

ECi Software Solutions: The ECi Software Solutions family of companies provides business and e-commerce solutions, offering on-premise and cloud-based technologies. For 30+ years, ECi’s companies have served the manufacturing, office equipment, office supplies, contract office furniture, lumber and building materials, hardware and jan/san sectors. Privately held, ECi is h...

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? Spruce 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 Spruce and Merchant RMS.

Spruce price starts at $24 per feature/month , On a scale between 1 to 10 Spruce is rated 8, which is higher than 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: Spruce is more expensive than Merchant RMS.

Which software includes more/better features?

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

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

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

Target customer size

Spruce's typical customers include: Small, medium and large size businesses, and Merchant RMS's target customer size include: Small, medium and large size businesses.