Palo Alto Software Review — Business Planning Tools Comparison (2012)
Palo Alto Software is a leading supplier of business solutions, particularly business plan software and marketing plan software. Its primary objective is to constantly develop business related Windows-based software to assist start-up and small businesses. Small business has become a prevalent component of online business, and Palo Alto provides solutions for this continually burgeoning industry. Palo Alto core products include:
- Business Plan Pro (which is its flagship product)
- Marketing Plan Pro
- Email Center Pro
Other products include:
- Business planning tools
- Marketing planning tools
- Legal and Incorporation tools
- Small business books and others
Key benefits to be derived from Palo Alto products:
- It helps you start your own business, run it, and help it grow
- It helps small businesses manage shared email accounts
- It helps you develop marketing and aggressive promotion plans
Important features include:
- More than 500 sample business plans to compare with. You can edit the samples and customize them to suit your needs.
- Formulas are built in, so it is hassle free, and you can be assured that your computations and forecasts are accurate.
- You can create your marketing plan in just 30 minutes and act on it as soon as possible.
Advantages of Palo Alto Software products:
- Marketing Plan Pro comes with a free copy of John Jantsch’s Duct Tape Marketing Book that is worth $14.99. However, the book is not available with download-only orders.
- Live cat is available for problems to be resolved real time.
- 60 day money back guarantee. If you aren’t satisfied with product, you will be refunded. NO QUESTIONS ASKED.
- Palo Alto Software are a lot cheaper compared to a leading competitor, Business Resource Software, Inc.
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Business Resource Software Inc. is a leading competitor of Palo Alto Software. It also provides Business Plan software and Marketing Plan software.
Advantages of Business Resource Software over Palo Alto Software:
- While Palo Alto assists in marketing strategies, from planning to action, Business Resource Software is a step ahead with strategies focused on actual sales, sales plan, pricing, even global strategy.
- You’ll receive insights from hundreds of strategy experts if you opt for the Plan Write Expert Edition, which you don’t get with Palo Alto’s Premier equivalent.
- Business Resource Software provides demos for ALL its products available online.
Advantages of Palo Alto Software over Business Resource Software:
- Palo Alto Software Business Plan Software is a lot cheaper. The Business Plan Pro Standard Edition is priced at only $99.95, while the Business Resource Software equivalent, which is Plan Write for Business, is priced at $129.95. Palo Alto’s Business Plan Pro Premier is $199.95, while the BRS equivalent, Plan Write Expert Edition is $229.95.
- While Business Resource Software provides online demos, Palo Alto actually provides tutorials with compartmentalized lesson plans and titles you can click on.
- Palo Alto is involved, while Business Resource Software isn’t, in academic and educational programs by supporting educational activities in business and marketing planning.
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Palo Alto Software, based in Eugene, Oregon, was founded in 1983 by its President Tim Berry. Palo Alto Software maintains international offices in London and Ireland.
The key benefits that Palo Alto Software offers:
- Business Plan Pro uses format required by banks, SBA lenders, angel investors and venture capitalists.
- Palo Alto provides direct links to the SBA 7(A) Loan Guaranty Program, and the Working Capital Program. These programs are valuable for funding.
- Palo Alto Software provides a website where business plans can be published. It is password-protected. You can monitor readership of your plan. This feature is crucial for sharing plans to potential investors, or get feedback from other plan contributors.
- Marketing plan follows the award winning Duct Tape Marketing method or process. Plan is oriented towards action and results. Read what Entrepreneur.com has to say about Marketing Plan Pro: “If you’re going to market with a new product or service, Marketing Plan Pro will deliver all the professional documents you need to plan your launch.” And AccountingToday: “For business owners and marketing managers, this product is the simplest way to create a marketing plan that will improve the profitability, awareness and long-term stability of your business.”
- Email Center Pro enables you to maximize your customer service potentials by responding quickly to queries in better ways.
- It is possible to make collaborations with other entrepreneurs because Palo Alto allows team licenses available at a discount price.
- Qualified non-profit organizations can benefit from the Palo Alto Software Non-Profit program at a large discount. Example: The Business Plan Pro retailed at $99.95 is available for non-profit organizations at only $69.95.
- Palo Alto Software Veterans Program enables qualified U.S. veterans to purchase retail version products at significantly lower prices. For Example: Premier Edition priced at $199.95 can be bought at only $149.95, a 50 dollar difference.
Individuals who need Palo Alto products are:
- Those who wish to start a small business.
- Those who wish to come up with a business plan to attract lenders and investors.
- Those who wish to obtain a bank loan.
- Those who wish to have an optimized marketing and action plan.
- Qualified non-profit organizations.
- Qualified U.S. Veterans
- Those who wish to maximize customer service by improving email capabilities.
Read more about what satisfied customers have to say:
"I have used Palo Alto Software's Business Plan Pro and Marketing Plan Pro software for over 15 years. This software has enabled the companies I work with to raise millions of dollars for new and existing ventures. As the inventor of the Internet Telephone and the first Biometric Applications Programmers Interface, I can strongly recommend that if you need to tell a story that will sell your idea, there is no better method than Tim Berry's."
- Kevin Corson, Marketing Engineers, Inc.
"I just thought that you would like to know that our plan was successful and enabled us to raise $200,000 in financing - most with a major Canadian bank (not an easy sell, considering that I am an artist). Great software."
- Janice Stanton, Janice Stanton Studios, Inc.
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