Alert Rental vs. Extensiv Order Manager

Alert is very suited to the rental industry in general. We struggled a bit at the beginning with multiple locations for the rental business but eventually were able to make that work very well for us, especially helpful when tracking profit for each location. It is less suited to the wholesale business that is also owned here, but there have been ways to make it work for that as well. Overall, Alert is fairly user-friendly and reasonably easy to learn.

PO management & inventory control is key. If you are in Operations & need a tool to house all of this data, Extensiv is straightforward and has the ability for customization.

Incentivized

• Posting payments whether by cash, credit card, checks or electronic bank transfers.
• Provides accurate aging reports so it's always clear who is behind in payments.
• Easy to manage steps for billing via email or paper invoices.

• Warehouse/factory setup.
• PO receipt process.
• Inventory control; understanding stock levels across multiple warehouses.

Incentivized

• There are some payments that can be deleted and others that cannot; would prefer some features carried across the board.
• An easier method to transfer payments from one account or ticket to another.
• More specific parameters available for some of the reports.

• Customizable fields ie: implementing a CRD (Cargo Ready Date) field would be great.
• Easier/more direct template uploading for PO's.

Incentivized

I am only experienced in using Alert. Why would we try anything else!

Extensiv > Anvyl because of the inventory control aspect. Anvyl is solid for PO placement, but after that, it doesn't offer inventory levels and the control needed.

Incentivized

• Alert has helped us to keep track of our substantial inventory and has been beneficial in upselling customers.
• Alert has enabled us to keep track of payments and delinquencies to keep good customers and weed out the bad.
• Alert has enabled us to keep track of the hard workers in the organization to be able to reward good employees.

• PO management & Inventory control is utilized to its potential.
• We are excited to see Extensiv grow its Analytics module and all the exporting features.

Incentivized