BarTender vs. inFlow Inventory

Very well suited for multiple barcodes and type of barcodes on one label. Can be adapted to ones particular needs, quite customizable.

A bit difficult to get used to, it takes some time and is not as user friendly as other applications.

Incentivized

We have been using the standalone version of inFlow for many years. It is quite easy to use, with great support staff via their live chat on the inFlow website while the maintenance plan is active. Though sadly technical support over the phone isn't offered.

Incentivized

• The ability to design labels quickly with templates or from scratch
• The ability to use a database to print a large quantity of labels with various data inputs is critical for our requirements.
• The ability to serialize is really convenient.

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• Inventory management.
• Barcoding
• Ordering from suppliers again.

• Licensing: argggh! Their draconian licensing model can stop you in your tracks if you’re not careful. It’s per printer, not seat, so errant print jobs can exceed your licenses. Be careful!
• Interaction with the cloud: we recently moved to Box and have yet to figure out a way to utilize Print Station with our cloud database. If there’s a way to do it, it’s not well documented.
• Support: if you’re not paying for premium support, expect an email response within 24 hours. Telephone support is good, but we’ve sometimes had to leave a message and wait...

Incentivized

• Very pricey, you have to pay for the mobile version.
• The integration to make labels is very complicated for my fellow colleagues. Sometimes it doesn't log in easily, and we've had to purchase quite a few licenses when we first started up with inFlow because it cannot be used on more than one PC at a time. Now that years have passed and we don't need so many concurrent users, we are sadly stuck with all these extra users that we paid extra for, for no reason.
• We also are looking for reasons to switch to another company, as inFlow does not offer much support after the maintenance period has ended and we've had to constantly pay extra to renew a maintenance plan to receive support.

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Easy to renew and update the license

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I often have to try to troubleshoot printing issues for other team members, but I have never reached out to a BarTender support network. I’ve always just tinkered within the app to figure it out.

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We're currently evaluating Nicelable and are in the process of replacing Bartender with Nicelable. Cost is similar for our needs level and Nicelable has a modern UI and is much more user-friendly. We are having to rework our automation routines but we're seeing a higher upside with lower IT involvement that we think will give us an acceptable ROI.

Incentivized

I haven’t used any other inventory management system before using inFlow Inventory, I feel very lucky to have found a software that does what I need it to do without the need to try any other software prior. It meets my eCommerce small business needs and I’m very satisfied with the customer service I receive from this app.

• Ability to Design and Create Customer Specific Labels
• Able to link to different file repositories
• Ability to design labels for different media types

Incentivized

• +ve impact - Made quote to order process really smooth, easy, transparent and quick.
• +ve impact - Custom reporting really helps to not use other reporting software, hence saving cost.

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