Competition
Although we will not mention our competition by name, those familiar with the
companies that offer software to the green industry may recognize who we discuss
here. We believe ActiveApplications has the widest market position for any
company offering products to the green industry. We know ActiveApplications has
the best quality software and support of any of our competitors. We also know we
offer the applications you need to run your business.
Over the years we have converted many accounts from our competitors and have
knowledge of the competition from those conversions. This gives us a unique
perspective on the quality of their systems design and we will have comments on
that. We also can discuss the platforms that they use and why ActiveApplications
is on a better platform. We also have seen licensing requirements from some
companies that you should know about.
We know ActiveApplications users that have used our competitors software.
They are better able to offer comments that we cannot because we do not have
first hand knowledge. If you would like a reference or two that can relate their
experience in using a competitive software package please contact sales@udsgis.com.
We do not have all of our known competitors in this list. If you do not
recognize the company description as one of the companies you are considering
contact sales@udsgis.com. We may have
information we can share but due to the limited geographic area the company covers
they may not be in the list. Only the national companies we compete with on a regular
basis that have been around a few years are included.
Competitor #1: Established company that sells to nursery and greenhouse
companies as well as farming businesses. Find out why there may be other things
to consider.
Competitor #2: Been in business almost as long as UDS. They claim to be experts
in how to run landscape, nursery and retail businesses. The family has a long
history of green industry involvement. It is interesting that all of the old
family businesses have closed and the only remaining business is this one.
Competitor #3: Very popular software that many smaller size companies use.
Accountants seem to like pushing this solution because it is easy for them to
change entries. We compete with this company mostly on price. Let me explain the
real cost of using this software.
Your company is unique. Before purchasing your next or first accounting
software you should know how it can be adapted to fit your business processes.
Some software is written so that it works in one way. If your company has different
processes and those processes should not be changed and the processes required
by the software do not match, you have a problem. How do you integrate your
processes with the software? ActiveApplications is designed with the ability to
work with many different processes.
Our competition will be evaluated for these criteria*:
A) Application Flexibility
B) Support Issues
C) Software Licensing Issues
D) Software Platform
E) Breadth of Applications
F) Design Limitations
*Only first hand information is used. If a company's policy changes we may
not be aware of it. If our information is inaccurate it will be corrected if it
can be proven to be wrong.
Contact UDS if you wish to learn more.
Questions?
Contact
UDS for more information:
Email: brian@udsgis.com
or sales@udsgis.com
Phone: (800) 626-7247 in US & Canada
(616) 942-8142 Extension 202 (Sales)
(616) 942-8142 Extension 201 (Support)
Fax:
(616)-942-5988
Web Site: www.udsgis.com
Support Web Site:
www.activeapplications.com
UDS Green Industry Software, Inc.
2674 Kraft Avenue SE
Grand Rapids MI 49546
We
work exclusively with the green industry to produce Landscape Software,
Greenhouse Software, Nursery Software, Garden Center Software and Point of Sale
Software. We are a programming company that produces fully integrated accounting
applications for Landscape Accounting Software, Greenhouse Accounting Software,
Nursery Accounting Software, Nursery Accounting Software, Garden Center
Accounting Software and POS Software. If your company is a grower, retailer
and/or landscaper we have fully integrated accounting applications for you. If
you are in the Green Industry or are an affiliated member of the Green industry
and you are considering new accounting software, you must review our Green
Industry Software. |