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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    e-automate

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AECI Software Solutions offers e-automate, an ERP for office technology companies to automate business workflows and increase contract profitability.N/A

    Salesforce Field Service

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AField Service (formerly known as Field Service Lightning) is a customizable, mobile-friendly field service hub in Salesforce. It provides tools to manage work orders, scheduling, and a mobile workforce.

    $600

    per year per user

    Pricing
    e-automateSalesforce Field Service
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Contractor
    $50
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Contractor Plus
    $75
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Dispatcher
    $165
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Technician
    $165
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Field Service Plus
    $220
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    e-automateSalesforce Field Service
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    e-automateSalesforce Field Service
    Considered Both Products
    ECI Software Solutions
    No answer on this topic
    Salesforce
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    89%
    Would buy again
    39 Answers
    90%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    92%
    Delivers good value for the price
    34 Answers
    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    86%
    Happy with the feature set
    38 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    78%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    18 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    24 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
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    e-automateSalesforce Field Service
    Small Businesses
    Kickserv
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Kickserv
    Score9.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    e-automateSalesforce Field Service
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (45 ratings)
    8.7
    (13 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.4
    (4 ratings)
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    6.9
    (8 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    e-automateSalesforce Field Service
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ECI Software Solutions
    If you need a system to place and track sales quotes, sales orders, purchase orders, and service calls then E-Automate is perfect. However, if you want to be able to easily bulk upload customers and contracts or if you want to be able to quickly and easily track contract profitability, customer costs, etc, then you'll likely want/need a secondary or different system to do so.
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    Salesforce
    Salesforce Field Service is a powerful and feature-rich solution for managing field service operations. With AI-driven scheduling, seamless mobile access for technicians, and deep integration with the Salesforce ecosystem, it helps businesses enhance efficiency, improve customer satisfaction, and optimize service delivery. While it may be costly and complex to implement, its scalability and ability to grow with your business make it a worthwhile investment for many organizations.
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    Pros
    ECI Software Solutions
    • Sending Invoices out to customers via email or printing.
    • Keep track of ordering and inventory.
    • Sales Tax reporting.
    • Monitoring customer payment activity/setting up and removing credit holds.
    • Calculating payments to process each cycle.
    • Excellent aging reports.
    • I like the fact that when I am looking at one item, such as an invoice, I have the capability to switch to the customer menu rather than having to exit out of invoices and then enter into customers.
    • I love the flexibility of the search menus - being able to sort on several factors at once.
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    Salesforce
    • Real Time Communication with back-office team When our nurses need anything by using mobile app they can reach out to our back office team to resolve their issues
    • Utilization of resources We can see the all the appointments view with the assigned representative in a single page so We can assign more appointments if any resources has any free slot it is just a drag and drop
    • It helps us to automate the process like delay or reach notification we can also route the appointments based on representative skill set, location and urgency of task
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    Cons
    ECI Software Solutions
    • Make sales invoices not require serial numbers, or be more flexible with it.
    • Make contract invoices have some sort of flexibility in terms of editing. Our end users complain that QuickBooks made it very easy to edit invoices, and in e-automate, for them, it is practically impossible. (I do personally understand why it has to be as it is myself, I'm just forwarding their observation.)
    • Make the API actually useful. I spent days looking at the functions and the functions available are not really useful.
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    Salesforce
    • At times updates from may take a while to come back to the main database. This is generallly because of a loss of internet connectivity due to poor data coverage from cell towers or Wi-Fi networks.
    • Organizational IT policies of network architecture/DMZ/Firewalls may add to the challenges of deploying ClickMobile outside of the organization domain, thus allowing field resources the ability to access relevant work order data without connecting the company network via VPN. This can usually be overcome with quality solution design and implementation.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    ECI Software Solutions
    Its really the only option for the industry that does enough of what we need for it to function . I'm not sure if there were better options out there if we would have to renew our subscription. With the addition of AI, hopefully something will be able to become more useful.
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    Salesforce
    ClickSoftware is still being used. As far as I can tell it will be used tomorrow as well. Once you make the commitment to run with that as your scheduling engine, it would take a lot of effort to evaluate and implement another companies' solution without significant disruption to your service organization.
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    Usability
    ECI Software Solutions
    It works well enough.
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    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    Reliability and Availability
    ECI Software Solutions
    Mostly available, sometimes down for issues but usually there when we need it
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    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    ECI Software Solutions
    Reports are the struggle the most with the information being extracted in a way that you need to copy and paste it into a new document so some of the information is not covered
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    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    ECI Software Solutions
    Sometimes when you need answers quickly, a voice on the phone is far better than having to wait for email support or a callback. I have found this to have delays and feel ECI e-automate should invest more in its support infrastructure.
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    Salesforce
    Having a program that gives sales leaders a real time view was game changing. Time was always an issue because there wasn't always a sales leader available for closing sales. This has allowed for any sales leader to jump in and help make the sale without the need to do a warm transfer.
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    Online Training
    ECI Software Solutions
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    Overall the training was quite informative but did lack detail in some areas. It had all of the necessary content for an experience product user but didn't offer enough information for a new user to complete the training and then feel comfortable in real-world situations running or managing the software. I would recommend this course for anyone with at least 1 year of full-time exposure to the ClickSchedule product.
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    Implementation Rating
    ECI Software Solutions
    I did not participate in implementation
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    Salesforce
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    Alternatives Considered
    ECI Software Solutions
    E-automate is much better at understanding the needs of the office equipment industry and provide the necessary tools. SAP Business One has limited features specific to the office equipment industry and includes things that are not useful. E-automate is also priced much better and provides the best value for your investment.
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    Salesforce
    I have added a few of the many Salesforce products we use. We also use HubSpot but they all have different functions so not really comparable as they are used for different things/ teams.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    ECI Software Solutions
    I was not involved in the sales process
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    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    ECI Software Solutions
    Every department we have does use e-automate to some degree with most being successful.
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    Salesforce
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    Professional Services
    ECI Software Solutions
    I was not involved in the sales process
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    Salesforce
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    Return on Investment
    ECI Software Solutions
    • The e-automate will stop working if we stop paying each year. We chose not to go to the cloud and buy the software. QuickBooks and other software are a one-time fee.
    • E-automate has very few outside vendors for add-on modules.
    • The vendors that do have modules are costly.
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    Salesforce
    • It is the best return on investment it is utilizing our resources fully
    • We are receiving more appointments then last year and it is very easy to manage by fsl dashboard
    • We are getting high CSAT scores from our Customer which is a sign our customers are happy with our service
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