MicroBiz vs. Revel Systems

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
MicroBiz
Score 8.1 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
MicroBiz is an eCommerce retail management solution butil around features such as inventory management, payment gateway, and purchase orders / receiving tracking.
$60
per month
Revel Systems
Score 6.2 out of 10
N/A
Revel Systems, from the company of the same name headquartered in San Francisco, is a point of sale (POS) system for restaurants, bars, and related businesses (e.g. bakeries, wineries, etc) which can be extended to provide workforce management, menu and table management, and also a customer loyalty program.
$99
*per month
Pricing
MicroBizRevel Systems
Editions & Modules
MicroBiz Cloud
$60
per month
POS software cost
$99
*per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
MicroBizRevel Systems
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup Fee$200 per installationNo setup fee
Additional Details*This rate is available to clients billed annually who include a 3-year Revel Advantage contract. Minimum purchase of two terminals required. Implementation Fee: On-boarding is $674.00. Flat rate processing fee.
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Community Pulse
MicroBizRevel Systems
Considered Both Products
MicroBiz
Chose MicroBiz
It was close but we just liked some of the features in microbiz better. Plus it was cheaper
Revel Systems

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Top Pros
Top Cons
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MicroBizRevel Systems
Small Businesses
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Score 9.1 out of 10
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Medium-sized Companies
Epicor Eagle
Epicor Eagle
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Epicor Eagle
Epicor Eagle
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Enterprises

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User Ratings
MicroBizRevel Systems
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
(2 ratings)
10.0
(5 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
MicroBizRevel Systems
Likelihood to Recommend
MicroBiz LLC
Suitable for small and mid sized retail businesses. Many features to automate operations (bar code scanning throughout application, auto generate POS based on mix/max, stock look-up). May not be ideal for large retail stores. Lacks integrations with ERP systems such as SAP or Oracle. Missing some specialty features such as serialized inventory.
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Revel Systems
It is very well suited for a one or two location operation. When we got up into the 7 venues and the high volume of sales/traffic, is where things started to get a little jumbled up. The scanning functions and UPC generation is very effective when dealing with keeping track of 7 locations. The "open check" feature is a BIG problem for us, as orders would be made, but the system allowed you to go onto the next order without collecting payment for the previous
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Pros
MicroBiz LLC
  • Ring up transactions and take payments
  • Manage inventory
  • Management Reporting
  • Discounts and promotions
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Revel Systems
  • Revel Systems is a very simple POS to operate for our employees
  • They are constantly improving and updating
  • Revel has integrated with COMO
  • Reporting is very straight forward and easy to use
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Cons
MicroBiz LLC
  • Missing a couple helpful features (such as a free loyalty program)
  • The formatting on some screens is whacky and the font can be small
  • It could be easier to email receipts (need to set this before the transaction)
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Revel Systems
  • We experienced multiple system failures when first implementing Revel.
  • Occasionally we would have separate orders/tables merge or disappear entirely, which we could not attribute to user error.
  • Some reporting limitations that our finance department needed
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Likelihood to Renew
MicroBiz LLC
No answers on this topic
Revel Systems
We have put an incredible amount of time into the set up, organization and clean up of this product. Now that it is working and flowing a little better, it would be inconvenient and potentially a bad move if we were to go anywhere else now.
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Usability
MicroBiz LLC
No answers on this topic
Revel Systems
It can be a bit difficult at the beginning but gets easier as long as you are taking advantage of Revel University, Help, and Customer Service when you get stuck
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Support Rating
MicroBiz LLC
No answers on this topic
Revel Systems
We got excellent support from Revel whenever we needed it. I personally worked with several Revel client support reps, and they were all extremely dedicated and helpful in assisting with any problem we had.
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Implementation Rating
MicroBiz LLC
No answers on this topic
Revel Systems
Not for this one
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Alternatives Considered
MicroBiz LLC
It was close but we just liked some of the features in microbiz better. Plus it was cheaper
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Revel Systems
  • Square - Used Square with our entire menu for over 3 months. Doesn't handle food applications well.
  • Shopkeep - While promising, doesn't offer a delivery management in any way, and online ordering is handled through third-party which is more expensive and more time-consuming to manage.
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Return on Investment
MicroBiz LLC
  • Really amazing value for the monthly fees. Less expensive than other serious cloud POS applications
  • Synch with QBO allows us to save time manually entering financial data into our accounting system
  • Bar code scanning in both the front end and back end saves time and money
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Revel Systems
  • Huge ROI, we took time to implement and customize our interface and it now saves us loads of time.
  • We have almost endless data to look back on and help make business decisions
  • It's easy to train, which reduces labor.
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ScreenShots

MicroBiz Screenshots

Screenshot of MicroBiz Cloud runs on iPads, Macs and PCsScreenshot of Register Screen - Ring Up Sales Quickly and Easily.  Quickly scan items into the register using bar codes – or add items with one touch. Discount individual items, groups of items or the entire transaction. You can do price checks and check inventory. It’s so intuitive that employees will be able to use the POS application with almost no training.Screenshot of Register Screen  - Add any items to a transaction with one touch – even non-inventory items such as service and delivery charges. The keys can be set to prompt for the price or the size or color of an item. You can set up an unlimited number of Quick Pick Panels, use colors to highlight keys and arrange them in any order that you choose.Screenshot of Customer Order Dashboard - Manage Layaways, Work Orders, Deliveries and Phone Orders. Use the Orders in Progress capabilities in MicroBiz to manage layaways, phone orders and orders in progress.  You can collect a deposit and set whether the order will be fulfilled via store pick-up, shipment or delivery.Screenshot of Filtered Product Search - Use multiple ways to search for products and add them to a transaction. In addition to the top product search bar, MicroBiz Cloud features a flexible advance search feature.  This feature allows you to search by item name, SKU, style, UPC or Alternate ID.  Search results can be displayed in table format or as product tiles.  Advanced filters allow you to view results by category, vendors, brand, color, size or other attribute.Screenshot of Product Record - Simple and Matrix Products and Flexible Pricing Schemes.  Products records are critical to a retail system – as the sale of products and services drives revenue.  Our product records make your job easier by offering all kinds of flexibility and capabilities around product type (simple products, matrix products, prompt for price, services, etc) and pricing strategies (discounts, promotions, customer-based pricing, quantity-based pricing).