AspenONE Engineering vs. GeoSurf

In enterprises where another project is tailored to the needs of the client rather than using basic tools. And where the estimate requires comprehensive cost buckets for production operations. When there is a large amount of purchasing history to enter into AspenONE Engineering in order for it to provide reliable projections. Standard equipment manufacturing enterprises are not well suited. Also, because this instrument requires time, when there are time limitation and resource or human limitations.

Incentivized

• Well-suited for testing and demonstrating any product on any device for worldwide compliance.
• Can be used for latency testing, but there are probably better solutions available.
• Probably not as well suited for privacy; could be used like Private Internet Access, but I haven't seen general adoption of GeoSurf for that purpose. This would not help with my role at Disney though.

Incentivized

• Once an estimate is made, it can be simply copied and modified for another similar equipment estimate
• ACCE can be customized per the company's requirements
• Templates for each equipment style can be made and can be used repeatedly
• Very detailed reporting, of each cost segment like steel, electrical, civil, instruments is available for analysis

Incentivized

• Simulate network requests from different parts of the world in order to see how our tech performs from different regions.
• Test how our system behaves with when operated from client devices that identify as from different world regions.
• Test security and fraud prevention systems that handle global IP ranges differently.
• Operate web crawlers anonymously and legally.

Incentivized

• The User Guide is far too large to browse and learn from.
• Documentation is detailed while also being complicated.
• Any modifications that need to be made will take a long time.

Incentivized

• There is no iOS app which is a big gap and we need an alternative product for such devices.
• Our subscriptions is with shared and limited bandwidth, some users forget to turn off GeoSurf when they are done with the proxy thus incurring unnecessary costs. Would be good to have some reality checks implemented to avoid unintended long session.
• The Android interface is little outdated, although it's still simple and quick to use. I'd prefer slightly more modern design, including usage statistics.

Incentivized

It has become critical to my business.

We began assessing several tools when we began estimating for a full process plant or various styles of equipment. We also investigated implementing an ERP system used by the sales and item engineering departments.

Incentivized

Easy to use and has a browser add-on

Incentivized

Never had a problem.

Excellent speed on all of the proxies I have used.

The support team is always available for help. They are agile and cheerful.

Incentivized

They are super responsive and helpful.

Incentivized

The program is simple to understand.

Again answering from the ACCE perspective (Estimating tool) - Previously when we did estimates for simple equipment we had used excel estimates and lotus reporting. However, as we started estimating for an entire process plant or various style of equipment, we had started evaluating various tools. We had also considered using an ERP system that is utilized by Purchasing and Product Engineering teams, however, ACCE seemed a better fit for the amount of detailed estimating needed. And the robustness and various options available made us select this tool.

Incentivized

I have not had occasion to use any other products similar to GeoSurf, but have been very satisfied with the power, speed, and reliability that GeoSurf offers, and based on that experience would tend to return to GeoSurf should the need come up to rely on similar features in the future

Incentivized

• Aside from the cost of the instrument, time is an investment because obtaining the desired outcomes takes a long time.
• We're getting AspenONE Engineering training from a professional consultant, but we haven't seen any results yet.
• Product Engineering will appreciate detailed estimations.

Incentivized

• Easy to find mistakes that would have cost a lot had they gone unnoticed.