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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Printanista

    Score9.6 out of 10
    N/AECI Software Solutions offers printer management software for managed print service (MPS) providers. Their Printanista remote device monitoring technology collects critical printing data from an unlimited number of devices.N/A

    MySQL

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AMySQL is a popular open-source relational and embedded database, now owned by Oracle.N/A
    Pricing
    PrintanistaMySQL
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    PrintanistaMySQL
    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
    PrintanistaMySQL
    Considered Both Products
    ECI Software Solutions
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    Oracle
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    73%
    Would buy again
    16 Answers
    94%
    Would buy again
    49 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    79%
    Delivers good value for the price
    15 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    51 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    82%
    Happy with the feature set
    18 Answers
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    51 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    75%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    9 Answers
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    36 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    56%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    46 Answers
    Best Alternatives
    PrintanistaMySQL
    Small Businesses
    No answers on this topic
    MariaDB Platform
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    No answers on this topic
    PostgreSQL
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    No answers on this topic
    SQLite
    Score8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    PrintanistaMySQL
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.9
    (23 ratings)
    8.5
    (146 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.9
    (18 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    PrintanistaMySQL
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ECI Software Solutions
    The accuracy of the data on our machines is helpful, as it builds trust with the client and steers the relationship in a positive direction. As we introduce tools to clients, some may work better for larger organizations than for smaller ones, and tier levels can help clients use the tool to its full potential.
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    Oracle
    MySQL is best suited for applications on platform like high-traffic content-driven websites, small-scale web apps, data warehouses which regards light analytical workloads. However its less suited for areas like enterprise data warehouse, OLAP cubes, large-scale reporting, applications requiring flexible or semi-structured data like event logging systems, product configurations, dynamic forms.
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    Pros
    ECI Software Solutions
    • It allows me to gather and organize meter data in relevant and useful ways. It works very well with MS Excel spreadsheets.
    • It provides complete meter data so that you can provide your Sales dept. with enough useful information so that eventual upgrade proposals can be constructed. It also provides real information that tells how much print volume may or may not have to suggest changes to a customer fleet of printers.
    • It is also simple enough for customers with smaller printer fleets so that you can isolate certain areas of the meter data that may prove useful in certain applications.
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    Oracle
    • Stable - it just runs, with minimal downtime or errors
    • Fast - well-structured data is quickly written and read
    • Secure - MySQL is easy to keep data secure from people and applications that shouldn't see it
    • Easy to use - SQL is industry standard so no problems with adding, editing and reading data stored in MySQL
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    Cons
    ECI Software Solutions
    • The helpdesk and support is useless. I literally know more about the product than they do.
    • The onsites and connection to central is unreliable. We have to hire an extra employee just to keep this running.
    • The programers don't think about or test the patches the push out. Onistes break after they update central
    • Some machines will show up in the MIB walk but wont actually show up on the device page. Thier solution is to create a new account. They don't have the technical capacity to figure out why it is doing this.
    • Just a very unreliable product that we have multiple tickets a week open that they seem to never be able to resolve
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    Oracle
    • Learning curve: is big. Newbies will face problems in understanding the platform initially. However, with plenty of online resources, one can easily find solutions to problems and learn on the go.
    • Backup and restore: MySQL is not very seamless. Although the data is never ruptured or missed, the process involved is not very much user-friendly. Maybe, a new command-line interface for only the backup-restore functionality shall be set up again to make this very important step much easier to perform and maintain.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    ECI Software Solutions
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    For teaching Databases and SQL, I would definitely continue to use MySQL. It provides a good, solid foundation to learn about databases. Also to learn about the SQL language and how it works with the creation, insertion, deletion, updating, and manipulation of data, tables, and databases. This SQL language is a foundation and can be used to learn many other database related concepts.
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    Usability
    ECI Software Solutions
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    I give MySQL a 9/10 overall because I really like it but I feel like there are a lot of tech people who would hate it if I gave it a 10/10. I've never had any problems with it or reached any of its limitations but I know a few people who have so I can't give it a 10/10 based on those complaints.
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    Support Rating
    ECI Software Solutions
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    We have never contacted MySQL enterprise support team for any issues related to MySQL. This is because we have been using primarily the MySQL Server community edition and have been using the MySQL support forums for any questions and practical guidance that we needed before and during the technical implementations. Overall, the support community has been very helpful and allowed us to make the most out of the community edition.
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    Implementation Rating
    ECI Software Solutions
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    1. Estimate your data size. 2. Test, test, and test.
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    Alternatives Considered
    ECI Software Solutions
    Printanista doesn't do much differently from other products in the same class. They are all relatively easy to deploy and monitor print levels. Most of the time, the printer readings are accurate and allow you to make sure a customer's print environment is running smoothly. Printanista works about the same amount of time as a Printix application.
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    Oracle
    MongoDB has a dynamic schema for how data is stored in 'documents' whereas MySQL is more structured with tables, columns, and rows. MongoDB was built for high availability whereas MySQL can be a challenge when it comes to replication of the data and making everything redundant in the event of a DR or outage.
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    Return on Investment
    ECI Software Solutions
    • 1500+ printers, we have gone from manually entering data on 40% of them to 3%
    • Admins have more time to review contracts now
    • Service technicians are going to print calls more prepared, closing calls in 1 visit, customer satisfaction improving overall
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    Oracle
    • As it is an open source solution through community solution, we can use it in a multitude of projects without cost license
    • The acquisition by Oracle makes you need to contract support for the enterprise version
    • If you have knowledge about oracle databases, you can get more out of the enterprise version
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