Anthology POS - Top Competitors (Mar 2022)

Shlomi Lavi / updated: Mar 12, 2022

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Anthology POS vs. Alternatives in 2023

Visual Anthology competes with other bookstore retail and POS systems like QuickBooks Online, Webgility, and Fishbowl Inventory. We will compare these bookstores retail and POS systems in some specific aspects below.

• Functionality: Visual Anthology offers features like Customer Relationship Marketing, Security, Utilities, Help and Support, Optional Used Book module, Optional Multi-store module, Master Files, etc. Compared to its alternatives, QuickBooks Online offers features like Accounting, Accounting with live bookkeeping, Advanced accounting, Inventory management (available in Visual Anthology), Payments, Payroll, Time tracking, etc. Webgility offers features like Order Management, Inventory Sync (available in Visual Anthology and Quickbooks Online), Product Listings, Shipping & Fulfillment, Returns & Refunds, Scheduler, etc. Fishbowl Inventory offers features like Manufacturing, Inventory Management (available in all the alternatives), Work Orders, Barcode Scanning, MRP, Labor & Job Tracking, Order Management (available in Webgility), Landed Costs, Production Changes, etc.
• Customers/Industries: QuickBooks Online renders its services to industries in, Construction, Retail, Churches, nonprofits, Legal, Professional Services, Manufacturing & Wholesale, Restaurants, etc. Moto Guild is a customer who uses QuickBooks Online. Webgility has customers like Rareform, Rider Shack, Bases Loaded, Skinny Mixes, Epic Mens, Danwidth, Channies Visual Handwriting & Math Resources, Bases Loaded, The Sandbox Boutique, Celtic Mink Jewelry, Groomers Pro, Wine RayZyns, etc. Fishbowl Inventory has targets industries like Agriculture, Automotive, Distribution, Electronics, Firearms, Food & Beverage, Furniture & Home Décor, Manufacturing, Retail, etc. US air force, US Army, Mercedes Benz, NASA, Lowes are customers who use Fishbowl Inventory.
• Cost: The license cost information for Visual Anthology is unavailable on its official website. However, According to ITQlick expert cost research, Visual Anthology is cost-rated at 2.3/5. This means it is low-cost bookstore retail and POS software. The rating system considers this software rated 1-2 as low-cost and 4-5 as high cost. QuickBooks Online starts at $25 per month. Webgility starts at $39 per month billed annually and $49 per month billed monthly. The license cost information for Fishbowl Inventory is unavailable on its official website.
• Cloud-based/On-premise: All the alternatives of Visual Anthology are cloud-based. Fishbowl Inventory offers On-Premise for Windows and Linux.
• Scalability: QuickBooks Online can accommodate start-up, small and mid-sized businesses. Fishbowl Inventory can accommodate businesses of all sizes.
• Support: Visual Anthology offers a Chat support channel. Compared to its alternatives, QuickBooks Online offers an Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, a Knowledge Base, Phone Support, 24/7 (Live Rep), and Chat. Webgility and Fishbowl Inventory do not offer 24/7 live rep, but they offer all support channels of QuickBooks Online.