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Business Case
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iX Cards Pro |
WPS |
BIS Postcard |
Improbable Postcard |
All-Yours.net |
| Seamless Look & Feel integration? |
Yes |
N/A |
No |
No |
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| Web Based Management? |
Yes |
Yes |
command-line |
command-line |
Yes |
| Localizable? |
Any |
English/Spanish |
No |
No |
No |
| On-line demo? |
Yes |
Call |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Scalable? |
Effectively Unlimited |
Unknown |
Limited |
Limited |
Limited |
| Site administrator? |
Graphics Artist/WebMaster |
? |
Programmer |
Programmer |
Programmer |
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Features
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iX Cards Pro |
WPS |
BIS Postcard |
Improbable Postcard |
All-Yours.net |
| Automatic thumbnail generation? |
Yes |
? |
No |
No |
No |
| Automatic Font Configuration? |
Yes |
? |
No |
No |
No |
| Category support ("card rack") |
Effortless |
? |
Custom Programming |
Custom Programming |
Custom Programming |
| Match Font themes to card themes by category? |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Support message text area on image? |
Yes |
? |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Customize message text area? |
Per-card option |
? |
Custom Programming |
Custom Programming |
Custom Programming |
| Shows font swatch to user when picking font? |
Yes |
? |
No |
No |
No |
| Shows font swatch to admin when configuring? |
Yes |
? |
No |
No |
No |
| Shows card image thumbnail when configuring? |
Yes |
? |
No |
No |
Yes |
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Traffic Models Supported
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iX Cards Pro |
WPS |
BIS Postcard |
Improbable Postcard |
All-Yours.net |
| email/MIME postcard delivery? |
Yes |
Unknown |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| email/HTML postcard delivery? |
Yes |
Unknown |
No |
No |
No |
| URL "Post Office" card pickup? |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes, at their site (with ads) |
| Use Statistics Reporting? |
Yes |
Unknown |
No |
No |
No |
| Hosting provided? |
Call |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes (with ads) |
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Database Support
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iX Cards Pro |
WPS |
BIS Postcard |
Improbable Postcard |
All-Yours.net |
| FrontBase? |
Yes (embedded Frontbase included) |
No |
No (flat files) |
No (flat files) |
No (flat files) |
| Oracle? |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Postgres? |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| SQL Server? |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
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Product Basics
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iX Cards Pro |
WPS |
BIS Postcard |
Improbable Postcard |
All-Yours.net |
| Release Date |
Release 1.3 May 2002 |
N/A |
N/A |
Version 2.5 April 2000 |
N/A |
| Language |
Java |
Cold Fusion |
Perl |
Perl |
Perl |
| Available on all platforms |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Source available |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Works with Apache? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Works with IIS? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
Yes |
| Maintenance Available? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
N/A |
| License |
Commercial |
Commercial |
Commercial |
Freeware |
Ad Sharing |
| Price |
$7499 |
$2499 |
N/A |
N/A |
Free hosting, but they place advertising on your card site |
| Custom Programming? |
HTML Customization Included (No custom Java required) |
Unknown |
Extensive |
Extensive |
No |
| Interface Design |
Professional Grade |
Unknown |
Amatuer |
Do-It-Yourself |
Amateur |
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