BarTender vs. GS1

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

• 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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• 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...

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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

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

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