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IFS Field Service Management vs. WorkWave PestPac

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IFS Field Service Management

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AIFS Field Service Management (formerly Metrix) is the field service management application from Industrial and Financial Systems (IFS). It is built around features such as a contact center, dynamic scheduling, and service contract management.N/A

    WorkWave PestPac

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AIFS company WorkWave offers PestPac, a pest control business management solution, available to support smaller and enterprise level (PestPac Select) solutions, boasting an integratable payment solution (WorkWave Payments), and integrated marketing (WorkWave Marketing).N/A
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    IFS Field Service ManagementWorkWave PestPac
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    IFS Field Service ManagementWorkWave PestPac
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Small Businesses
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    User Ratings
    IFS Field Service ManagementWorkWave PestPac
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    User Testimonials
    IFS Field Service ManagementWorkWave PestPac
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    IFS
    IFS Field Service Management is well suited for ad-hoc reporting and querying of your dataset(s). It also is great for inventory management, processing orders, and handling EDI transaction sets to third party partners and suppliers.
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    WorkWave
    If all of your data is entered 100% correctly (per WorkWave PestPac standards) and you only need basic functionality, then WorkWave PestPac is great. The more functionality you need, the more they charge (EVERY module is an additional per-user cost, which can get very expensive very quickly). If you are bringing your data from another system, then be prepared to have heartburn (or hire someone to go through and fix all the data). If data is not 100% accurate, then many features don't work as smoothly as you'd like.
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    Pros
    IFS
    • Order Placement - IFS makes placing orders quite easy. From the simple interface down to selecting inventory, the experience is simple and clean
    • Reporting - Querying database records is straightforward and easy to do. Queries can then be drilled down to individual records or exported to excel for further manipulation and analysis.
    • Customer Creation - Creating new customers and managing and maintaining existing records is a simple and easily repeatable exercise
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    WorkWave
    • Easy to search for a customer by many different data points
    • Has a lot of customization features, such as naming service types and preset notes
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    Cons
    IFS
    • Field Customization - Adding fields or inputs to particular entities is not very easy. In a world of point and click development, IFS is behind the curve
    • Order Automation - for bulk order placement it would be nice to have an easy mechanism to upload orders via an Excel or csv template. We've written some custom programs to perform this, but a more user friendly, "out of box" solution would be welcomed.
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    WorkWave
    • Not very user friendly
    • Reports are difficult to create and figure out
    • Not easy to find the correct place to go for things such as settings or data points
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    Alternatives Considered
    IFS
    I was not part of the software selection process and cannot provide insight into any of the alternatives in this arena at this time.
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    Return on Investment
    IFS
    • Positive - streamlined order processing has allowed our business to scale without requiring additional bodies for that specific need.
    • Positive - Reporting has allowed valuable insight into historic business trends which has allowed us to be proactive instead of reactive in many areas.
    • Negative - Customizations have proved costly and cumbersome when upgrading to the next version of the software.
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    WorkWave
    • WorkWave PestPac has certainly improved our time management by getting us off of paper scheduling. It allows us to map and easily move appointments which makes our techs more efficient
    • Having all documentation stored digitally and be locked to the correct account helps us stay compliant
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