BarTender vs. Cognex MX Series

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
BarTender
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Seagull Scientific in Bellevue offers BarTender, a barcode software solution, supports label design and printing, as well as barcode reading and RFID tools.
$495
per 1 Application License + 1 Printer License
Cognex MX Series
Score 0.0 out of 10
N/A
Cognex Corporation headquartered in Natick offers the MX series of mobile barcode readers.N/A
Pricing
BarTenderCognex MX Series
Editions & Modules
BarTender Software 2019 Professional Edition
$495
per 1 Application License + 1 Printer License
BarTender Software 2019 Professional Edition
$690
per 1 Application License + 2 Printer License
BarTender Software 2019 Professional Edition
$885
per 1 Application License + 3 Printer License
BarTender Software 2019 Professional Edition
1,275
per 1 Application License + 5 Printer License
BarTender Software 2019 Professional Edition
2,250
per 1 Application License + 10 Printer License
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BarTenderCognex MX Series
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
BarTenderCognex MX Series
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User Ratings
BarTenderCognex MX Series
Likelihood to Recommend
6.2
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
BarTenderCognex MX Series
Likelihood to Recommend
Seagull Scientific
Bartender may well be suited for larger companies who have people with Bartender experience, but it is an unnecessarily complex suite of apps that takes some getting used to. Smaller IT shops looking for something more user-friendly, slightly less expensive, and more streamlined should look for alternatives. Some applications are built specifically to use Bartender template files, and in those cases, you may not have an alternative.
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Cognex Corporation
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Pros
Seagull Scientific
  • Can create macros to test ranges of serial numbers
  • can be linked to electrical test stations in assembly of electronic modules
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Cognex Corporation
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Cons
Seagull Scientific
  • Resource Intensive - Can use a lot of resources
  • Pricey - But you get what you pay for
  • Licensing can be quite difficult to understand
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Cognex Corporation
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Likelihood to Renew
Seagull Scientific
Easy to renew and update the license
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Cognex Corporation
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Support Rating
Seagull Scientific
I often have to try to troubleshoot printing issues for other team members, but I have never reached out to a BarTender support network. I’ve always just tinkered within the app to figure it out.
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Cognex Corporation
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Alternatives Considered
Seagull Scientific
We do use Zebra label designer, a free product, in circumstances where we don’t need a complicated label, such as no serialization, no connection to a dynamic database, etc. If we were to pull those instances into BarTender, we would need more licenses, which are expensive
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Cognex Corporation
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Return on Investment
Seagull Scientific
  • Increased accuracy and consistency
  • Improved speed of batch printings
  • Customization permitted adapted features for our unique applications saving time and efforts
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Cognex Corporation
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