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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    e-automate

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AECI Software Solutions offers e-automate, an ERP for office technology companies to automate business workflows and increase contract profitability.N/A

    F1RSTAnesthesia

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    Mhelpdesk

    Score7.2 out of 10
    N/AMhelpdesk is a field service software solution that manages field technicians, work orders, employee scheduling, and client billing. By combining and integrating multiple business management tools, Mhelpdesk provides a solution that eliminates double-data entry while giving business owners visibility over their field technicians in real-time.

    $49

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    Pricing
    e-automateF1RSTAnesthesiaMhelpdesk
    Editions & Modules
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    mHelpDesk
    $169
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
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    Free Trial
    NoNoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Considered Multiple Products
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    91%
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    Delivers good value for the price
    93%
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    Happy with the feature set
    89%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    81%
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    Implementation went as expected
    85%
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    User Ratings
    e-automateF1RSTAnesthesiaMhelpdesk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (54 ratings)
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    9.0
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    Likelihood to Renew
    8.7
    (8 ratings)
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    Usability
    7.7
    (4 ratings)
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    8.0
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    Availability
    7.0
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    Performance
    7.0
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    Support Rating
    6.3
    (6 ratings)
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    Configurability
    2.3
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    Product Scalability
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    User Testimonials
    e-automateF1RSTAnesthesiaMhelpdesk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ECI Software Solutions
    If you need a system to place and track sales quotes, sales orders, purchase orders, and service calls then E-Automate is perfect. However, if you want to be able to easily bulk upload customers and contracts or if you want to be able to quickly and easily track contract profitability, customer costs, etc, then you'll likely want/need a secondary or different system to do so.
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    Anesthesia Business Consultants
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    Mhelpdesk
    Mhelpdesk is perfect for smaller companies and mid-sized companies I would say. Larger companies may need something a little more advanced for lack of better words or able to handle thousands upon thousands of constant work orders, etc. Smaller companies or companies that are mid-size would benefit from this program the most as it provides the necessary programming to succeed along with its ease of use.
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    Pros
    ECI Software Solutions
    • Sending Invoices out to customers via email or printing.
    • Keep track of ordering and inventory.
    • Sales Tax reporting.
    • Monitoring customer payment activity/setting up and removing credit holds.
    • Calculating payments to process each cycle.
    • Excellent aging reports.
    • I like the fact that when I am looking at one item, such as an invoice, I have the capability to switch to the customer menu rather than having to exit out of invoices and then enter into customers.
    • I love the flexibility of the search menus - being able to sort on several factors at once.
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    Anesthesia Business Consultants
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    Mhelpdesk
    • The timer to track the technicians time is wonderful.
    • Integrates well with QuickBooks.
    • The mobile app is great.
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    Cons
    ECI Software Solutions
    • Make sales invoices not require serial numbers, or be more flexible with it.
    • Make contract invoices have some sort of flexibility in terms of editing. Our end users complain that QuickBooks made it very easy to edit invoices, and in e-automate, for them, it is practically impossible. (I do personally understand why it has to be as it is myself, I'm just forwarding their observation.)
    • Make the API actually useful. I spent days looking at the functions and the functions available are not really useful.
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    Anesthesia Business Consultants
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    Mhelpdesk
    • mHelpDesk lacks in its expansion ability of multiple administrator types. We have executive level, midlevel, and department level administrators in addition to the tech, managers, etc. working directly with the system. It seems we are always about one admin level shy of what we need and are unable to create it.
    • mHelpDesk sometimes has difficulty with its mobile tracking either being accurate as seen by the administrators or in locking up the mobile devices of the techs. It is not a constant issue yet one which occurs often enough to be of note.
    • mHelpDesk doesn't track automatically so our mobile techs can shut that off. While that may be a disciplinary operational issue for us as well, we should be able to lock that setting "on" so our users are tracked which using the app.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    ECI Software Solutions
    Its really the only option for the industry that does enough of what we need for it to function . I'm not sure if there were better options out there if we would have to renew our subscription. With the addition of AI, hopefully something will be able to become more useful.
    Incentivized
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    Anesthesia Business Consultants
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    Mhelpdesk
    The staff at Mhelpdesk have been incredible. They are consistently adding new features and are willing to work with us to meet our company's needs
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    Usability
    ECI Software Solutions
    The user interface may be slightly outdated, but it is very intuitive and easy to navigate. Once you have learned one module within the system it is very easy to apply that knowledge to any other module. It makes using the system much easier, and it makes training another person on the system quick and efficient.
    Incentivized
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    Anesthesia Business Consultants
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    Mhelpdesk
    It works well for most of what we need. It integrates well w/ quickbooks. We would like to see it integrate w/ outlook.
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    Reliability and Availability
    ECI Software Solutions
    Mostly available, sometimes down for issues but usually there when we need it
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    Anesthesia Business Consultants
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    Mhelpdesk
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    Performance
    ECI Software Solutions
    Reports are the struggle the most with the information being extracted in a way that you need to copy and paste it into a new document so some of the information is not covered
    Incentivized
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    Anesthesia Business Consultants
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    Mhelpdesk
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    Support Rating
    ECI Software Solutions
    Sometimes when you need answers quickly, a voice on the phone is far better than having to wait for email support or a callback. I have found this to have delays and feel ECI e-automate should invest more in its support infrastructure.
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    Anesthesia Business Consultants
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    Mhelpdesk
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    Implementation Rating
    ECI Software Solutions
    I did not participate in implementation
    Incentivized
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    Anesthesia Business Consultants
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    Mhelpdesk
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    Alternatives Considered
    ECI Software Solutions
    E-automate is much better at understanding the needs of the office equipment industry and provide the necessary tools. SAP Business One has limited features specific to the office equipment industry and includes things that are not useful. E-automate is also priced much better and provides the best value for your investment.
    Incentivized
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    Anesthesia Business Consultants
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    Mhelpdesk
    When we first started using Mhelpdesk, RepairShopr was just a blip on our radar and didn't have the feature-set that Mhelpdesk did. RepairShopr looked great, but the Mhelpdesk had a lot more features. Every 6 months or so, I'd check on RepairShopr and it was growing fast and adding new features all the time. After a few years - the difference was night and day so we switched to RepairShopr and it's been a much better fit for our business.
    Incentivized
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    ECI Software Solutions
    I was not involved in the sales process
    Incentivized
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    Anesthesia Business Consultants
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    Mhelpdesk
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    Scalability
    ECI Software Solutions
    Every department we have does use e-automate to some degree with most being successful.
    Incentivized
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    Anesthesia Business Consultants
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    Mhelpdesk
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    Professional Services
    ECI Software Solutions
    I was not involved in the sales process
    Incentivized
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    Anesthesia Business Consultants
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    Mhelpdesk
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    Return on Investment
    ECI Software Solutions
    • The e-automate will stop working if we stop paying each year. We chose not to go to the cloud and buy the software. QuickBooks and other software are a one-time fee.
    • E-automate has very few outside vendors for add-on modules.
    • The vendors that do have modules are costly.
    Incentivized
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    Anesthesia Business Consultants
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    Mhelpdesk
    • It has overall been positive
    Incentivized
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