Access Mintsoft vs Datapel

Introduction

For online retailers, 3PL (third-party logistics) providers and warehouses, finding new and innovative ways to save time and reduce costs is paramount to satisfy the increasing demands of customers.

But if you are reading this article, it is likely that the limitations of your current warehouse management solution are preventing you from doing just that. Is your business being held back by time-intensive, error-prone manual tasks? Do you lack real-time visibility of your stock levels, orders, and warehouse processes? Are complex, unintegrated systems making life difficult for your staff?

If your current warehouse management solution is hindering rather than helping your business, it might be time to consider alternatives.

As the world’s leading provider of business management software, The Access Group is here to help you decide which warehouse management solution is the best fit for your business. We have been a household name in the software industry for over 30 years, with more than 75,000 small to mid-sized businesses worldwide relying on our solutions to boost productivity and efficiency.

In this article, we provide an objective Datapel comparison against our leading warehouse management and order management system, Access Mintsoft. By comparing their key features, benefits and weaknesses, you will learn which solution best suits the unique requirements of your business and, hopefully, be able to make an informed decision about your next software investment.

What is Access Mintsoft and Datapel?

What is Datapel?

Datapel is a cloud-based warehouse management system that enables businesses of all sizes to simplify fulfilment with advanced order management and inventory control workflows. It provides a single, integrated system that helps enhance order accuracy, reduce fulfillment time and, improve customer satisfaction.

With a history dating back more than 20 years, Datapel is targeted at wholesalers and distributors, manufacturers, retailers and 3PLs. Key verticals include textiles and clothing, food and beverage, hardware, audio and electronics, beauty, manufacturing, mining, energy health, retail and government.

Datapel boasts a range of features to help enhance the efficiency of warehouse operations. Its features cover warehouse bin management, barcode scanning, order management, guided pick, pack and putaway, inventory management, purchasing and receiving, returns management, inventory movement and audit trails, as well as business intelligence and reporting.

What is Access Mintsoft?

Access Mintsoft is a revolutionary order fulfilment and warehouse management solution designed to help online retailers, 3PLs and warehouses drive efficiencies across the entire fulfilment process. This easy-to-use, cloud-based solution helps more than 600 leading businesses worldwide save time, reduce costs and stay ahead of the increasing demands of e-commerce selling.  

Created by experts from the e-commerce, logistics, and warehouse management industries, Access Mintsoft is designed to help your business grow. It removes the need for clunky spreadsheets and frees up time by automating everything from inventory management and the tracking of customer orders, to shipping processes.

Access Mintsoft simplifies order fulfilment. It enables you to automatically consolidate orders from multiple online shopping platforms; achieve up to 100% picking accuracy; optimise warehouse space and staff utilisation; and make data-driven decisions with real-time reporting.

Boasting 175+ pre-built integrations with couriers, multi-carriers, and marketplaces such as Shopify, DHL, and Amazon, Access Mintsoft gives you complete control of all your key functions in one intuitive platform. The solution provides all the next-gen tools you need to boost productivity and achieve consistent growth.

Comparing Datapel and Access Mintsoft

Datapel and Access Mintsoft: What to compare

It is important to note that both Datapel and Access Mintsoft boast innovative, time-saving features that will benefit your business in many ways. To help you effectively compare the two, here we review three key elements that heavily influence any decision to migrate to a new warehouse management solution.

They are key features, implementation and support, and pricing.

Datapel v Access Mintsoft: Key Features

Datapel

Datapel is a warehouse management solution designed to help businesses streamline inventory and order management. It provides a single, integrated solution to track and ensure optimal stock levels, efficiently manage higher order volumes and gain better visibility of operations.    

Boasting integration with platforms like MYOB, Shopify and Amazon Marketplace, Datapel WMS consolidates all your key functions in one place. While its intuitive business intelligence dashboards make it easy to track key operational metrics.

Learn more about Datapel’s key features in the table below.

Access Mintsoft

Access Mintsoft simplifies fulfilment for online retailers, warehouses, and 3PLs, helping them realise game-changing time and cost-saving benefits. Its advanced automation capabilities streamline inventory management, reduce errors and help get orders out quicker, enabling you to deliver the impeccable service that today’s customers demand.

This powerful and intuitive platform provides all you need to enhance productivity and gain real-time visibility of your processes. From automating time-intensive tasks, tracking customer orders and inventory levels, generating shipping labels, and simplifying client invoicing, Access Mintsoft delivers the efficiencies and data-driven insights needed to grow your business.

Discover the key features of Access Mintsoft in the table below and on our dedicated product page.

Datapel v Access Mintsoft: Implementation and Support

Datapel

The time and costs required to fully implement Datapel will depend on the number of users, the complexity of your organisation and the modules you have chosen. A reasonable implementation timeframe to expect is anywhere from two to six months, costing anywhere from US$25,000 to US$100,000. Datapel offers customer support via phone, email and its Datapel Remote Support app.

Access Mintsoft

When implementing one of the leading Datapel competitors, Access Mintsoft, you benefit from the expert assistance provided by our FlightPaths program. This remote-first implementation service ensures that you can reap value from your investment as quickly as possible.      

FlightPaths offers three tiers of support (A, B and C), with prices depending on the complexity and unique requirements of your implementation. By clarifying your expectations from the start, our expert team of consultants will ensure your FlightPath implementation follows a seamless, well-defined journey, so you can start using Access Mintsoft as soon as possible.

When it comes to support, our Customer Success Plans offer the dedicated service you need to get the most out of Access Mintsoft. You can choose from three options – Essential, Standard, and Premier – all of which provide problem-solving support from our experts, plus access to articles, webinars and an online user community via our Customer Success Portal.

Datapel v Access Mintsoft: Pricing

Datapel

Datapel pricing includes Basic Plan costs AU$120 monthly per user and gives you access to six core modules. This includes Inventory Management, Sales & Dispatch Tools, Fulfilment & Logistics Tools, Datapel PayNow, Reports & Data Export, and Accounting Integrations.

If you are prepared to spend more monthly, you can customise the Basic Plan by adding additional modules. These include Manufacturing, E-Commerce, B2B Portal and PDA.   

Access Mintsoft

We offer tiered pricing plans that cater to 3PLs and multi-channel businesses.

As a Datapel alternative, we at Access Mintsoft try to be as transparent as possible with our pricing, so that you know what you’re in for even before speaking with one of our team. We offer four different plans based on the most common business sizes and requirements:  

1. Entry level– from $280 per month. This level is suitable for e-commerce retailers processing up to 500 orders per month. You will benefit from all out-of-the-box features, including shopping cart, marketplace and courier integrations.

2. Medium– from $640 per month. This includes everything in entry level, plus inventory management, and is suitable for businesses processing up to 5000 orders. Read this super helpful article if you’re unclear on the difference between order management and inventory management software, and which is right for your business.

3. Large– from $1,340 per month. This includes everything above and is best suited to businesses fulfilling up to 15,000 monthly orders. This level of software can accommodate businesses working across multiple sites and/or with multiple brands, so is ideal for 3PLs and those running multiple warehouse locations.

4. Custom– is assessed on application to suit your individual needs. To give you an idea of what’s included, all of the above come standard, but can also be customised with additional features such as accounting and warehouse integrations, and our powerful mobile barcode scanning app.

The Access Group is committed to transparency when it comes to pricing. 

Summary

When choosing warehouse management systems, it is critical to do your due diligence and thoroughly assess all the software solutions on the market, which is why we hope our Access Mintsoft vs. Datapel review was useful for you. It is also a good idea to seek testimonials from organisations that are using the solution you are interested in.

However, it is critical to remember that the right software for one organisation may not be so for yours. The right choice for you – whether it is Datapel, Access Mintsoft or another solution – may come down to your unique requirements.

To help you make the right decision, make sure you do your homework to see which solution fits your business best, and discover the benefits that really matter to you. A good place to start is the Access Mintsoft product page or take a look at some of our customer testimonials.

We hope that this article has provided the clarity and information you need to make the right choice for your business – even if it does not involve Access Mintsoft. If you would like to discuss which solution makes the most sense for your business, feel free to call our team of experts today.