Compare Total Control POS and Anthology POS - Mar 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Total Control POS or Anthology POS?

Anthology POS is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Total Control POS, and Anthology POS is rated higher (92/100) than Total Control POS (90/100). Total Control POS offers users more features (12) than Anthology POS (9).

Looking for the right Retail & 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:

Total Control Software Vs. ANTHOLOGY Inc.

Total Control Software: It is widely understood within the industry that most marine retailers are not as effective as they could be in following up on inbound sales leads from manufacturers, retail shows and the Internet. The Total Control Software MarineTrack Prospect Management module is a comprehensive prospect and customer management solution that can help ge...

ANTHOLOGY Inc.: Anthology was founded more than a decade ago when Asian Books, a seller of fine and scholarly books on Asia and the Islamic world, became the first Harvard Square bookstore to computerize its operations. In 1989, Anthology Inc. was organized to provide booksellters with a powerful, easy-to-use, and inexpensive bookstore management system. Founder ...

Who is more expensive? Total Control POS or Visual Anthology?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Retail & 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 Total Control POS and Visual Anthology.

Total Control POS price starts at $3,995 per license , On a scale between 1 to 10 Total Control Software POS is rated 4, which is lower than the average cost of Retail & POS software. Visual Anthology price starts at $260 per user/month , When comparing Visual Anthology to its competitors, the software is rated 4 - lower than the average Retail & POS software cost.

Bottom line: Total Control POS cost is around the same cost of Visual Anthology.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Total Control POS Vs. Anthology POS based on some of the most important and required Retail & POS features.

Total Control POS: this software is considered "feature-rich" with more than 10 important features, here is a partial list: Accounting Management, Bar Code Scanning, Coupons, Credit Card Processing, Customer Management, Employee Management, Gift Cards, Inventory Management.

Visual Anthology: Bar Code Scanning, Customer History, Customer Management, eCommerce, Gift Cards.

Target customer size

Customers of the software include small and medium retail businesses as well as large multi- location ventures. The software is a viable product for small and medium retail businesses as well as large multi- location ventures.