Compare Vend and Smartwerks - Aug 2022

Shlomi Lavi

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Vend or Smartwerks?

Smartwerks is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Vend, and Vend is rated higher (87/100) than Smartwerks (86/100). Smartwerks offers users more features (26) than Vend (8).

Looking for the right Point of sale 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:

Vend Vs. Smartwerksusa Inc.

Vend: Vend allows real-world retail store owners or managers to have full visibility and centralized control of one to many retail stores. The Vend POS runs in the browser and supports full online and offline modes. Although Vend runs from the Internet, it keeps running the point of sales even when there is no active internet connection.

Smartwerksusa Inc.: A Leading provider of Web-Based Retail Solutions… For thirty years, we have delivered cost-effective on-Site and Web-Based Retail Solutions to specialty retailers across North America from our corporate office in Clearwater, Florida. We are a family-owned company with a staff of professionals dedicated to serving our customers. From the beginning...

Who is more expensive? Vend or Smartwerks?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Point of sale 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 Vend and Smartwerks.

Vend price starts at $99 per month , On a scale between 1 to 10 Vend is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Point of sale software. Smartwerks price starts at $119 per month , When comparing Smartwerks to its competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average Point of sale software cost.

Bottom line: Vend cost is around the same cost of Smartwerks.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Vend Vs. Smartwerks based on some of the most important and required Point of sale features.

Vend: Basic Reports, Data Import/Export, Online Customer Support, eCommerce, Inventory Management, Point of sale, Retail, Barcode Scanning.

Smartwerks: Email Marketing, Accounting Management, Bar Code Scanning, Customer History, Customer Management.

Target customer size

The software is an extensive solution which can be used for the needs of any business size and type. Smartwerks is specifically designed to help small and mid-sized retailers and wholesalers.