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Prophet |
Outlook Business Contact Manager |
Outlook Versions Supported |
Outlook 2000/2002/XP |
Outlook 2003 |
Mail Connection / Environment |
Works with Exchange Server, POP, IMAP, SBS |
Only works in POP & IMAP. Will NOT work with Exchange Server. |
Sharing of Data |
Allows sharing of Sales and Opportunity Data. Can run consolidated reports from multiple users. |
Single User Mode Only. Can’t share data. |
Integrated with existing Outlook Business Contact Manager's Contacts |
Automatically reads and synchs your contacts from your contact folders. |
Need to manually recreate separate contacts within Business Contact Manager's contact folder. Separate contact folder for Outlook and Business Contact Manager contacts. |
Public Folder |
Supports public folder access of contacts. |
Outlook Business Contact Manager does not support public folder access. |
Opportunities |
Can customize opportunities to fit your business |
Outlook Business Contact Manager can’t customize the opportunity form. |
Opportunity Notes |
Date, Timestamp, Name and Type of Activity for each note. One screen view. |
Each note within opportunity is a separate note item. Have to open multiple notes to read history. |
Send Personalize Emails |
Can send group personalized emails from within Prophet. |
Need bcentral (with a monthly fee) to do mass personalize emails. |
Reporting |
Can create consolidate reports from one computer. |
Single User Mode Only |
Reporting Formats |
Can save reports into Word, Excel, PDF, Text and HTML |
Save reports in Native Business Contact Manager format. |
Price |
$149.95 |
Office 2003 Cost $319+ |
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