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    Overview
    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

    Notion

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ANotion aims to present users with an all-in-one workspace — for notes, tasks, wikis, and databases, from Notion Labs in San Francisco.

    $5

    per month per user

    Pricing
    e-automateNotion
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Free
    $0
    Plus
    $12
    per month per user
    Business
    $24
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Custom Pricing
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    e-automateNotion
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—A discount is offered for annual billing.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    e-automateNotion
    Considered Both Products
    ECI Software Solutions
    No answer on this topic
    Notion Labs, Inc
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    91%
    Would buy again
    48 Answers
    93%
    Would buy again
    75 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    40 Answers
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    60 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    47 Answers
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    79 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    81%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    22 Answers
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    45 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    29 Answers
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    53 Answers
    Features
    e-automateNotion
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of e-automate and Notion
    Feature
    e-automate
    -
    Ratings
    Notion
    7.3
    79 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Task Management00 Ratings8.174 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings6.846 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings6.957 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings6.355 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings7.272 Ratings
    Search00 Ratings7.975 Ratings
    Visual planning tools00 Ratings7.868 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of e-automate and Notion
    Feature
    e-automate
    -
    Ratings
    Notion
    7.7
    76 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Chat00 Ratings6.129 Ratings
    Notifications00 Ratings7.568 Ratings
    Discussions00 Ratings7.249 Ratings
    Surveys00 Ratings6.820 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings8.769 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts00 Ratings8.98 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of e-automate and Notion
    Feature
    e-automate
    -
    Ratings
    Notion
    8.1
    76 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Versioning00 Ratings7.657 Ratings
    Video files00 Ratings7.649 Ratings
    Audio files00 Ratings7.343 Ratings
    Document collaboration00 Ratings8.571 Ratings
    Access control00 Ratings8.271 Ratings
    Advanced security features00 Ratings7.251 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive00 Ratings9.213 Ratings
    Device sync00 Ratings9.253 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    e-automateNotion
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (54 ratings)
    8.6
    (85 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.7
    (8 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    7.7
    (4 ratings)
    8.4
    (55 ratings)
    Availability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.3
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    2.3
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (4 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.7
    (4 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    e-automateNotion
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Notion Labs, Inc
    If you want a customizable solution that can be adapted for just about any scenario, I recommend using Notion. If you need a solution that's easy to share with people outside your organization, Notion is great and allows individual or team permission-setting. If you want a turnkey solution, Notion might not be the best since it requires a fair bit of set-up. There are templates that can be purchased to handle this, but I haven't found them very helpful.
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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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    Notion Labs, Inc
    • I love that you can create nested pages, allowing for separate sections to organize information as needed.
    • I appreciate the convenience of effortlessly uploading images to any section.
    • I appreciate that when adding links, you can embed them so the website displays directly on the page.
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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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    Notion Labs, Inc
    • I use Notion on my personal tablet, and unlike on the computer, I have a lot of difficulty editing backgrounds, GIFs, and page dividers. It's not as user-friendly, and often the elements end up cut off or misaligned, which is frustrating.
    • While the current calendar feature is helpful, I'd love to see more customization options. The Google Calendar style isn't always ideal, especially for tasks without specific times or for ongoing projects that require daily maintenance.
    • It would be fantastic to have more flexibility in customizing Notion pages. For example, I'd love to create planners with the freedom to add illustration boxes, stickers, or GIFs without being restricted to a fixed layout.
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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.
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    Notion Labs, Inc
    We're too settled in the ecosystem and we have no major complaints with it. No reason to move unless you have a burning pain point
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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.
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    Notion Labs, Inc
    Very easy to use (I learned how to use everything on my own) and I was able to set up an entire ecosystem without any courses or other tools. I often say that Notion is like Lego for adults, because there we can use all the available tools to create a multitude of things, from funnels to projects with calculated deadlines and tags.
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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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    Notion Labs, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    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
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    Notion Labs, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Notion Labs, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    ECI Software Solutions
    I did not participate in implementation
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    Notion Labs, Inc
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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.
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    Notion Labs, Inc
    The company uses both Notion and Trello within the company. Notion is more for North America employees while Trello is used between Operation team overseas and in North America. Sometimes it's a preference of how the tools look like for project management. I would say both Notion and Trello are nice tools and serves our needs.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    ECI Software Solutions
    I was not involved in the sales process
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    Notion Labs, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    ECI Software Solutions
    Every department we have does use e-automate to some degree with most being successful.
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    Notion Labs, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Professional Services
    ECI Software Solutions
    I was not involved in the sales process
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    Notion Labs, Inc
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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.
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    Notion Labs, Inc
    • It has streamlined our processes across various teams to all work from a signle source of truth
    • Maintaining this source of truth is a full time job
    • It has reduced our overall tool set by completely eliminating two other softwares we were paying for
    Incentivized
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