Compare VFA-facility and SMS Assist - Sep 2022

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Sep 21, 2022

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

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:

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

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...

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...

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

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 VFA-facility and SMS Assist.

VFA-facility accurate pricing info is available upon request (they don't share it publicly), however , On a scale between 1 to 10 VFA-facility is rated 8, which is higher than the average cost of Facilities Management software. SMS Assist accurate pricing info is available upon request (they don't share it publicly), however , On a scale between 1 to 10 VFA-facility is rated 8, which is higher than 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 VFA-facility Vs. SMS Assist based on some of the most important and required Facilities Management features.

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

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

Target customer size

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

VFA-facility

ITQlick rating
(2.8/5)

VFA.facility is a field service management solution for businesses of all sizes. It offers such services as capital planning and management, document management, budget validation, and others. The software was ...

Categories: Budgeting & CPM, Human Resources.

SMS Assist

ITQlick rating
(3.1/5)

SMS Assist is a facilities management solution for small to large commercial and residential companies. It offers risk mitigation, data and analytics, SMS assist affiliates, route optimization, equipment and su...

Categories: Facilities Management.

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VFA-facility: 0 Features

We are working to collect the list of features

SMS Assist: 0 Features

We are working to collect the information
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VFA-facility
ITQlick rating
2.8/5
Score
80/100
Pricing
8.8/10
License pricing
Pricing not available
Functionality
3
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SMS Assi...
ITQlick rating
3.1/5
Score
90/100
Pricing
6/10
License pricing
Pricing not available
Functionality
3
eMaint X...
ITQlick rating
4.5/5
Score
97/100
Pricing
2.2/10
License pricing
$33 per user/month
Functionality
34
HippoFM
ITQlick rating
4.4/5
Score
89/100
Pricing
5.8/10
License pricing
$35 per user/month
Functionality
29
icloudfi...
ITQlick rating
4.2/5
Score
89/100
Pricing
5.4/10
License pricing
$30 per user/month
Functionality
3

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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.