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INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SOFTWAREMarch 2018

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CONTENTS46

Introduction

Defining Inventory Management Software

The Quadrant

Inventory Management FrontRunners Index

Runners Up

Methodology Basics

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FRONTRUNNERS9 Cin7

10 NetSuite

11 Fishbowl

12 Brightpearl

13 SAP Business One

14 inFlow Inventory

15 Unleashed

16 LightspeedRetail

17 Vend

18 ClearSpider

19 StitchLabs

20 Acctivate

21 SpringboardRetailPOS

22 FinaleInventory

23 MicrosoftDynamics365

24 EZOfficeInventory

25 Skubana

26 Megaventory

27 DEARInventory

28 Veeqo

29 Zoho Inventory

30 Orderhive

31 AdvancePro

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INTRODUCTION

This FrontRunners analysis is a data-driven assessment identifying products in the Inventory

Management software market that offer the best capability and value for small businesses. For a given market, products are evaluated and given a score for the capability (x-axis) and value (y-axis) they bring to users. FrontRunners then plots the top 25-30 products in a quadrant format.

In the Inventory Management FrontRunners graphic, the Capability axis starts at 3.00 and ends at 4.20, while the Value axis starts at 3.00 and ends at 4.40.

To be considered for the Inventory Management FrontRunners, a product needed a minimum of 20 user reviews, a minimum capability user rating score of 3.75 and a minimum value user rating score of 3.75. In most cases, we evaluate hundreds of products and feature 20-25 as FrontRunners; all products that qualify as FrontRunners are top performing products in their market.

https://www.softwareadvice.com/inventory-management/#top-products

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Each product falls within a designated quadrant based on their axis scores. Dependent on the specific needs of the software buyer, a product placed in any quadrant category could be a good fit.

QUADRANT CATEGORIES:

» UpperRight=Leaders:Leaders are all-around strong products. They offer the highest value and capability in that market.

» UpperLeft=Masters: Masters may have fewer capabilities, but end users value those capabilities highly. Depending on the functionality needed, a product positioned in the Masters quadrant might be a better option to consider than products positioned in other quadrants.

» LowerRight=Pacesetters: Pacesetters may offer a strong set of capabilities, but are not rated as high on value. For example, a Pacesetter might have a breadth of functionality at a higher price point.

» LowerLeft=Contenders: Contenders are strong-performing products that have not yet achieved the value and capability of the products in the other quadrants. For example, products in this quadrant may be more suited for companies that need more specialized functionality that comes at a price.

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InventoryManagementsoftwareis a digital framework for a perpetual inventory system, in

which quantities are continuously updated in real time across multiple physical and digital channels (e.g., brick-and-mortar stores, e-commerce platforms). These software systems also provide support for inventory auditing procedures, such as cycle counts. Software Advice’s FrontRunners quadrant is focused on the North American Inventory Management software market. We identify this set of core capabilities for the Inventory Management software category: inventory control, inventory auditing and itemattributemanagement, as well as at least one of the following: barcoding/RFID/electronicscanning,ordermanagement,lot traceability and/or reporting/analysis. In addition, we identify several related features that organizations purchasing Inventory Management software may also need or wish to consider: sales/purchase orders, demand forecasting, vendor-managed inventory, cost tracking, custom pricing models, kitting, reorder management, serialized inventory tracking, shipping management, supplier management, transfer management and warehouse management.

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THE QUADRANT

All products that qualify as FrontRunners are top performing

products in their market.

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INVENTORY MANAGEMENT FRONTRUNNERS INDEX

9 Cin7

10 NetSuite

11 Fishbowl

12 Brightpearl

13 SAP Business One

14 inFlow Inventory

15 Unleashed

16 LightspeedRetail

17 Vend

18 ClearSpider

19 StitchLabs

20 Acctivate

21 SpringboardRetailPOS

22 FinaleInventory

23 MicrosoftDynamics365

24 EZOfficeInventory

25 Skubana

26 Megaventory

27 DEARInventory

28 Veeqo

29 Zoho Inventory

30 Orderhive

31 AdvancePro

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The scores below are based on numeric value between 1 and 5.

CAPABILITY VALUE

Capability User Rating Value User Rating

Functionality Breadth Adoption Score

Features Customer Base

Integrations Reviews Volume

Confidence Score Google Searches

Customer Base Skills Base

Employee Base

Customer Growth

Employee Growth

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FRONTRUNNERS SCORECARDCIN7

QUADRANT PLACEMENT: LEADERS

4.15 4.17

4.26 4.28

4.35 4.07

4.10 3.90

4.60 4.40

3.75 4.40

3.90 3.90

3.70

3.20

4.20

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CAPABILITY VALUE







Employee Base

Customer Growth

Employee Growth

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FRONTRUNNERS SCORECARDNETSUITE


3.94 4.34

3.89 3.88

4.15 4.80

3.40 4.90

4.90 4.20

3.83 5.00

4.90 4.90

4.70

3.10

2.60

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CAPABILITY VALUE







Employee Base

Customer Growth

Employee Growth

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FRONTRUNNERS SCORECARDFISHBOWL


4.02 4.19

4.09 4.12

3.75 4.25

4.10 4.70

3.40 5.00

4.15 1.70

4.70 4.70

4.10

4.60

3.20

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CAPABILITY VALUE







Employee Base

Customer Growth

Employee Growth

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FRONTRUNNERS SCORECARDBRIGHTPEARL


3.79 4.27

4.23 4.27

3.35 4.27

3.10 4.40

3.60 3.60

3.35 4.40

4.40 4.40

3.90

2.90

2.20

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CAPABILITY VALUE







Employee Base

Customer Growth

Employee Growth

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FRONTRUNNERS SCORECARDSAP BUSINESS ONE


3.67 4.25

3.96 3.99

3.10 4.50

1.20 5.00

5.00 2.10

3.65 4.90

5.00 5.00

4.90

2.60

2.10

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CAPABILITY VALUE







Employee Base

Customer Growth

Employee Growth

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FRONTRUNNERS SCORECARDINFLOW INVENTORY

QUADRANT PLACEMENT: MASTERS

3.53 4.36

4.57 4.53

2.15 4.20

2.70 4.10

1.60 4.90

2.83 3.90

4.10 4.10

2.40

2.10

2.70

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CAPABILITY VALUE







Employee Base

Customer Growth

Employee Growth

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FRONTRUNNERS SCORECARDUNLEASHED


3.83 3.90

4.32 4.44

3.55 3.35

3.40 3.10

3.70 4.10

3.15 3.60

3.10 3.10

3.40

3.70

2.40

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CAPABILITY VALUE







Employee Base

Customer Growth

Employee Growth

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FRONTRUNNERS SCORECARDLIGHTSPEED RETAIL


3.52 4.15

3.86 3.79

2.70 4.52

1.20 4.60

4.20 4.60

3.65 4.10

4.60 4.60

4.40

1.70

3.90

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CAPABILITY VALUE







Employee Base

Customer Growth

Employee Growth

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FRONTRUNNERS SCORECARDVEND


3.84 3.81

4.10 4.20

3.65 3.42

3.40 3.70

3.90 3.20

3.50 2.70

3.70 3.60

4.20

2.70

3.40

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CAPABILITY VALUE







Employee Base

Customer Growth

Employee Growth

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FRONTRUNNERS SCORECARDCLEAR SPIDER


3.80 3.77

4.49 4.53

3.60 3.02

3.10 3.40

4.10 1.60

2.63 2.90

3.40 3.40

1.70

4.40

1.00

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CAPABILITY VALUE







Employee Base

Customer Growth

Employee Growth

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FRONTRUNNERS SCORECARDSTITCH LABS


3.75 3.79

4.08 4.33

3.40 3.25

2.40 3.60

4.40 3.90

3.45 1.00

3.60 3.70

3.60

4.70

1.90

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CAPABILITY VALUE







Employee Base

Customer Growth

Employee Growth

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FRONTRUNNERS SCORECARDACCTIVATE


3.54 3.89

4.08 4.14

3.55 3.63

5.00 4.20

2.10 2.90

2.45 2.10

4.20 4.20

2.70

1.90

1.00

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CAPABILITY VALUE







Employee Base

Customer Growth

Employee Growth

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FRONTRUNNERS SCORECARDSPRINGBOARD RETAIL POS

QUADRANT PLACEMENT: PACESETTERS

3.72 3.64

4.59 4.54

1.75 2.73

1.90 3.20

1.60 2.40

3.95 1.20

3.20 3.20

3.10

4.90

4.60

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CAPABILITY VALUE







Employee Base

Customer Growth

Employee Growth

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FRONTRUNNERS SCORECARDFINALE INVENTORY


3.96 3.33

4.61 4.76

3.85 1.90

4.60 1.60

3.10 3.40

2.78 2.40

1.60 1.20

1.40

3.70

4.40

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CAPABILITY VALUE







Employee Base

Customer Growth

Employee Growth

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FRONTRUNNERS SCORECARDMICROSOFT DYNAMICS 365


3.61 3.59

4.11 4.12

2.85 3.07

1.00 2.60

4.70 3.10

3.38 4.70

2.60 2.70

5.00

4.20

1.70

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CAPABILITY VALUE







Employee Base

Customer Growth

Employee Growth

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FRONTRUNNERS SCORECARDEZOFFICEINVENTORY


3.43 3.76

4.64 4.70

1.65 2.82

1.90 2.40

1.40 4.70

2.78 2.60

2.40 2.40

1.70

3.40

3.60

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CAPABILITY VALUE







Employee Base

Customer Growth

Employee Growth

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FRONTRUNNERS SCORECARDSKUBANA


3.62 3.47

4.68 4.75

2.50 2.18

2.40 1.90

2.60 2.70

2.63 3.20

1.90 1.70

2.90

1.00

4.70

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CAPABILITY VALUE







Employee Base

Customer Growth

Employee Growth

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FRONTRUNNERS SCORECARDMEGAVENTORY

QUADRANT PLACEMENT: CONTENDERS

3.44 3.48

4.37 4.38

2.75 2.57

3.40 2.60

2.10 2.20

2.28 2.20

2.60 2.90

1.60

2.20

2.70

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CAPABILITY VALUE







Employee Base

Customer Growth

Employee Growth

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FRONTRUNNERS SCORECARDDEAR INVENTORY


3.65 3.15

4.39 4.52

3.65 1.78

4.10 1.00

3.20 2.60

2.18 3.70

1.00 1.20

1.70

1.00

5.00

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CAPABILITY VALUE







Employee Base

Customer Growth

Employee Growth

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FRONTRUNNERS SCORECARDVEEQO


3.49 3.24

4.41 4.61

2.00 1.87

1.90 1.60

2.10 1.40

3.15 3.20

1.60 1.70

3.20

3.70

4.10

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CAPABILITY VALUE







Employee Base

Customer Growth

Employee Growth

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FRONTRUNNERS SCORECARDZOHO INVENTORY


3.64 3.09

3.97 3.99

2.80 2.18

2.70 1.90

2.90 1.70

3.80 4.20

1.90 1.70

4.60

5.00

3.70

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CAPABILITY VALUE







Employee Base

Customer Growth

Employee Growth

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FRONTRUNNERS SCORECARDORDERHIVE


3.49 3.19

4.47 4.51

3.65 1.87

4.60 1.00

2.70 3.70

1.35 3.10

1.00 1.20

2.40

1.00

1.00

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CAPABILITY VALUE







Employee Base

Customer Growth

Employee Growth

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FRONTRUNNERS SCORECARDADVANCEPRO


3.48 3.17

4.14 4.14

3.10 2.20

4.60 2.60

1.60 1.20

2.53 1.60

2.60 2.60

2.20

2.20

3.10

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ProviderslistedasRunnersUpwere considered for inclusion in the quadrant, but were ultimately

not included for one or more reasons: they did not have enough reviews; they did not meet the reviews score minimum; they did not meet the ultimate Value and Capability minimum scores; or they did not meet our functionality requirements for the market.

RUNNERS UP

3G-TM

3PLWarehouseManager

3PLink

ABC Inventory

ABM Inventory

AccolentERP

AccountEdge

AccountMate

Accruent

AdvancedERP

Agiliron

AgilityERP

Akti

Aljex

Allotrac

AlloyERP

AnywhereDesktop

Aplicor3C

ApttusRevenueManagement

ArbiMed

ASAPSystems

AscendTMSLogisticsSoftware

AsentexContractManagement

AssetPanda

Asset4000

ATEC-WM

AtlasPlanningSuite

AutoFluent

Avangate

AvercastForecastingSolutions

Backstore

BarTender

Basware

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RUNNERS UP

BellwetherPurchasingSoftware

BigStoreInventory

BindoPOS

BizAutomation

BizSlate

BlackICECRM

BlueLinkERP

BlueCart

BrahminSolutions

BrandOrder

BravoSolution

BrightSuite

Brightree

BuildingSupplyController

C-Store Office

CallidusCloudCPQ

Carta

CaseBlocks

CellSmartPOS

CentralBOS

ChannelApe

ChannelGrabber

ChannelSale

Channergy

CheckoutProfessional

Ciiva

CloudCatalogue

CloudLogistics

Cobblestone

CollaborativeSupplyPortal

ConsignCloud

Contalog

CoreCommerce

CoreIMS

Costpoint7

CountIT

Courierscripts

Craftybase

CrossPostIt

CS-Cart

dapulse

dayTRACK

DCSInventorySoftware

DealersLink

DeskeraERP

DeskeraMRP

Device42

DispatchTrack

DistributionPlus

DrDispatch

DynamicInventory

EasyEcom

EazyStock

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RUNNERS UP

ecomdash

EcountERP

Elastic

EMERGEApp

Ensolva

EnspireCommerce

EqMARS

ERPMARK7

ERP123

ERPAG

erplain

ERPLY

eTurns

ExactERP

FieldHarmony

FieldServiceManagementbyCorrigo

FieldService360

FinancialForceAccounting

FinancialForceInventoryManagement

FinancialForceSupplyChainManagement

FixedAssetsTracking

Fleetio

Flowtrac

Flux Inventory

FMISAssetManagement

FocusRT

Forest Metrix

Form.com(Suite)

ForwardThinkingGPS

FR8nex

Freestyle Solutions

FreightMasterTMS

Freightview

galleryManager

GiftLogic

GoCodesAssetManagement

GOIS

GroovePacker

HandiFox

HarmonyPSA

HerschelERP

HighJumpWarehouseManagementSystem

HighJumpWMS

HighLine

HotSchedules

IBMMaximoasaService(MaaS)

Icertis Suite

INFIN

Infoplus

InforCloudSuiteBusiness

Infor EAM

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RUNNERS UP

InforERP

IntelliTrackInventory

INTUENDI

IntuitQuickBooksEnterprise

Inventoria

Inventory Pro

InventoryTrack

InzantSales

irms|360WarehouseManagementSystem

Jazva

JDAInventoryOptimization

JIRASoftware

KechieERP

KeepStock

KenandyCloudERP

KhaosControlCloud

KinaxisRapidResponse

kintone

Knack

KuebixTMS

LeadCommerce

Linnworks

LivePOS

LogicBoxCRM

Logimax

LogistaaS

Logiwa

MageMobInventory

Magento

Maintenance5000

MaitreDPOS

MapYourTag

MarginPointMobileInventory

Marketman

MarsInventoryWorkstation

Masterworks

MercuryGateTMS

Mi9Retail

MicroBizCloudPOS

MicrosoftDynamicsGP

MIETrakPro

MRPEasy

MultiFlexRMS

NCRCounterpoint

NebuCore

NolaPro

NovatekSuite

NovatusContracts

NowCommerce

Odoo

OfficeBooks

Officewise

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RUNNERS UP

On-DemandTMS

OneUp

OracleSCMCloud

Ordant

Orderbot

OrderHarmony

Orderry

Ordoro

PackManager

ParagonERP

Passport

PinnacleCart

PlexManufacturingCloud

PointofRental

PomodoTech

POSIM EVO

PowerHouseWMS

Precoro

Primaseller

Propago

PulseCommerce

QWareCMMS

RamcoERP

Raptool

REACSInventoryOptimization

RealTimeFreightTMS

RedRockWarehouseManager

RedBeam

RELEX

RestockPro

RetailOps

ReveliPadPOS

RFPathways

RICS

RoadnetTransportationSuite

Rubberstamp

RunItRealTime

SageERPSuite

SageX3EnterpriseManagement

SalesBinder

SalesWarp

SAPFinancials

SeeControl

Sellbrite

SellerActive

SellerCloud

SellerExpress

SellerVantage

Sellsy

ShareMyToolbox

ShipBob

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RUNNERS UP

Shipedge

Shipfusion

ShipHero

ShipMonk

ShippersEdgeTMS

ShippingEasy

ShipStation

ShopKeep

ShoppingCartElite

Shopventory

SIMMS Inventory Management

SimpleConsign

SKULabs

SkuSuite

SkuVault

Slingshot’sInventoryandWarehouseManagement

SMACC

SmartField

SnappiiMobileApps

SolidCommerce

SolidRouteAccounting

Sonic Fusion

SOS Inventory

SquareforRetailPOS

Statii

Stock&Buy

SupportSync

SureDone

SwiftCOUNT

SyndustryEquipment

SynergySuite

SYSPROInventoryManagement

Systum

TapHunter

TECSYSDistributionManagement

TECSYSWarehouseManagement

TheAssetGuardian(TAG)

TigerpawOne

TMW Suite

tofino

TPSynergy

TrackVia

TractSystems

TradeGecko

Tranquil

TrueERP

TRXio

Turnsmith

UltraShipTMS

VanguardIBPforSupplyChain

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RUNNERS UP

VeraCoreFulfillmentSolution

VersAccounts

VineRetail

VISCO

WaerLinx

WaspInventoryControlSoftware

Web Suite Pro

WebDPW

WindwardSystemFive

WooCommerce

Xero

Xotelia

Zentail

Zenventory

ZhenHub

ZingCheckout

ZohoCreator

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The FrontRunnersmethodologyassessesandcalculates a score for products on two primary

dimensions: Capability on the x-axis and Value on the y-axis.

THE CAPABILITY SCORE IS AN OVERALL WEIGHTED AVERAGE OF SCORES INCLUDING:

» End-user ratings of one to five stars on the product’s functionality.

» End-user ratings of one to five stars on the product’s ease of use.

» End-user ratings of one to five stars on the product’s customer support.

» A score, relative to other products in the market, for the product’s inclusion of key functionality for the software category.

» A score, relative to other products in the market, representing the number of other products that integrate with it.

METHODOLOGY BASICS

http://www.softwareadvice.com/frontrunners-methodology/

M E T H O D O L O G Y B A S I C S

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THE VALUE SCORE IS AN OVERALL WEIGHTED AVERAGE OF SCORES INCLUDING:

» End-user ratings of one to five stars on overall satisfaction with the product.

» End-user ratings of one to five stars on how valuable users consider the product to be relative to its price.

» End-user ratings of one to five stars on how likely they are to recommend the product to others.

» A score, relative to other products in the market, for the size of the product’s customer base.

» A score, relative to other products in the market, for the number of professionals in the market who have experience with the product (e.g., users, developers, administrators).

» A score, relative to other products in the market, representing the total number of user reviews across the three Gartner web properties.

» A score, relative to other products in the market, representing the average number of times per month internet users search for the product on Google.

M E T H O D O L O G Y B A S I C S

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Markets are defined by a core set of functionality, and products considered for, and included in, FrontRunners must offer that core set of functionality. Additional related functionality can contribute to the capability score for a product. To qualify for consideration in a FrontRunners quadrant, a product must have a minimum number of unique, user-submitted product reviews across the three Gartner Digital Markets web properties: softwareadvice.com, capterra.com and getapp.com. The minimum number of reviews required per product may differ by category, but will generally be between 10 and 20 unique reviews.

https://www.softwareadvice.com/

https://www.softwareadvice.com/

https://www.capterra.com/

https://www.getapp.com/

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