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    Crystal POS

    Score6.2 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Crystal, launched in 2020 by co-founders Michael Razny and Joel Steinbaugh, is a cloud-based inventory, point-of-sale, and jewelry store management platform. It aims to displace generic retail point solutions and antiquated jewelry management software owners have struggled with for decades. Crystal gives independent jewelers inventory management capabilities with custom attributes linked between transactions, clients and accounts. The iOS…N/A

    Imonggo

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AImonggo is a free web-based point of sale solution that launched in 2009. The vendor says currently it is scaling to address the various needs of states across global markets to become the authority in a point-of-sale solution for growing businesses.

    $30

    per month, per branch

    Vend

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AVend is a cloud-based point-of-sale and retail management platform. The vendor says it’s used by retailers of all types and sizes to create the ultimate customer experience and manage sales, inventory, customers and more. Vend also works offline and it automatically resyncs the user’s sales once they are back up online. The vendor offers a free 30-day trial and no credit card is required.N/A
    Pricing
    Crystal POSImonggoVend
    Editions & Modules
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    Free Trial
    NoNoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptionalNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    Crystal POSImonggoVend
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    User Testimonials
    Crystal POSImonggoVend
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Crystal
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    Imonggo
    With all of the supplies and outreach we do with clients, Imonggo is really good at tracking that inventory. We can scan it in to have a detailed accounting of where our supplies end up located. We can scan them out to track which department is using supplies and at which quantities. This helps us keep track of our inventory usage rates and therein our connections with clients. This extremely useful in our grant reporting so we can track spending and demonstrate that money is translating to tangible benefits for our clients.
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    Vend
    Vend was great fit for this dry cleaner/laundry that had high traffic volume with customers stopping in before and after work. Things need to be done quickly.
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    Pros
    Crystal
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    Imonggo
    • Inventory management - It's easy to update inventories and organize items with specific tags.
    • Client information - It's easy to update basic client information into the system and maintain easy access to their records.
    • Visualization - It can visualize inventory quantities and helps provide a graphical representation of which department is consuming which resources.
    • UI - The UI is pretty paired down so it's not cluttered and limits the options to only what is relevant to your given task.
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    Vend
    • Retail sales
    • Inventory management
    • Sales and promotions
    • Reporting
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    Cons
    Crystal
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    Imonggo
    • Design - While the UI is navigable, the design looks a bit dated.
    • Server issues - Occasionally the web-based client is too slow to process information and can result in a double input of said information. It's not life ending but a bit annoying at times.
    • Custom Tagging - Most of the tags we input to classify inventory have to be entered manually, it would really nice to have those populate automatically.
    • Inventory buttons - They used to have buttons that you could click to change the inventory in a given field, now you just have to enter the number in the field itself. Was much nicer to have the option of both.
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    Vend
    • It would be nice to have alternate ways to adjust prices
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Crystal
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    Imonggo
    It's something we've used for a while now and we're pleased ultimately with its functionality. This is not to say its perfect, it isn't, but accomplishes a lot of what we need it to do. The fact we've been able to utilize it outside of a traditional retail environment speaks to its versatility and adaptability. For those reasons we'll continue to use until we're presented with a better alternative.
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    Vend
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    Usability
    Crystal
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    Imonggo
    It's pretty phenomenal for inventory management/POS of functions. Relatively easy to use and incorporate into our process. The lack of customization and categorization from the client/customer tracking side of the software is its big limitations and the only frustration for a usability perspective.
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    Vend
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    Reliability and Availability
    Crystal
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    Imonggo
    Yes it's always available. We've never had an outage issue.
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    Vend
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    Performance
    Crystal
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    Imonggo
    It usually loads quickly and without hesitation. There are the occasional slow moments in connectivity that can present small frustrations, but nothing majorly inhibiting. We haven't integrated it apart from being a standalone application.
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    Vend
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    Support Rating
    Crystal
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    Imonggo
    The few times we've used them, they've been really solid. The only reason they didn't a perfect 10 is that we haven't had a major hiccup by which to judge them.
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    Vend
    Not much support needed but they were fast and helpful when it was.
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    Implementation Rating
    Crystal
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    Imonggo
    It's hard to give anything a perfect 10 when it comes to implementation unless it does it all for you. Our biggest complaint was the time it took to set up everything in the software, though to be fair that's almost always going to be the case with inventory management software. The lack of auto-populate fields did slow us down some, but ultimately we got the set up done without egregious headaches, that's a win in my book.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Crystal
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    Imonggo
    Imonggo makes things simpler given its relatively clean UI and simple options tree that results from each click. Salesforce can do more and use custom tracking more efficiently but is more of a pain to set up and maintain. Xero handles inventory management in a different way than Imonggo and for day to day purposes its easier for our staff to use Immongo. Imonggo lets lower level staff interact with our inventory and we can set up access for them to more akin to its typical POS service, scanning out inventory for clients.
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    Vend
    Vend is much more capable than Square POS for product management and inventory control. ShopKeep is fairly similar to Vend but is a more closed ecosystem with fewer third-party integrations and less frequent updates.
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    Scalability
    Crystal
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    Imonggo
    It works exactly as we intend the vast majority of the time. There are moments where the software is slow to respond and thus causes duplicate input of information. That may be the fault of our machine/internet connection, but it happens with enough frequency that it can be a small hiccup. Usually any hiccups that it presents can be remedied immediately.
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    Vend
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    Return on Investment
    Crystal
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    Imonggo
    • Inventory management - This has been extremely helpful to track what we're using and in what quantities. Makes budgeting a lot easier and more accurate.
    • Client engagement - It's helped us engage and maintain clients, but by the same token has proven limited as it's difficult to separate clients into custom subcategories.
    • Grant reporting - The numbers generated through Imonggo are really helpful for providing numerical feedback to our funders.
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    Vend
    • Correct inventory levels has been a game-changer. We use to oversell because of inconsistencies between POS and e-commerce sales.
    • The built-in loyalty program has been very useful and was much more appealing to customers than we originally predicted.
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