Shlomi Lavi /
Mar 12, 2022
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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Anthology POS or Microsoft Dynamics Retail?
Anthology POS is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Microsoft Dynamics Retail, and Anthology POS is rated higher (92/100) than Microsoft Dynamics Retail (76/100). Microsoft Dynamics Retail offers users more features (17) 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:
ANTHOLOGY Inc. Vs. Microsoft
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 ...
Microsoft:
Microsoft Corporation is an American corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses and supports a wide range of products and services related to computing. The company was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4, 1975. Microsoft is the world's largest software maker measured by revenues.
Who is more expensive? Anthology POS or Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management?
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 Anthology POS and Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management.
Anthology POS price starts at $260 per user/month , On a scale between 1 to 10 Visual Anthology is rated 4, which is lower than the average cost of Retail & POS software. Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management price starts at $95 per license , When comparing Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management to its competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average Retail & POS software cost.
Bottom line: Anthology POS is more expensive than Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management.
Which software includes more/better features?
We've compared Anthology POS Vs. Microsoft Dynamics Retail based on some of the most important and required Retail & POS features.
Anthology POS: Bar Code Scanning, Customer History, Customer Management, eCommerce, Gift Cards, Inventory Management, Layaways & Quotes, Price Lookup.
Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management: Accounting Management, Customer Management, Accounting Management, Bar Code Scanning, Buy X, Get Y Pricing.
Target customer size
The software is a viable product for small and medium retail businesses as well as large multi-
location ventures. Microsoft Dynamics RMS will work best for small and medium size companies into the retail businesses.