Comparing NiceLabel Standard and Enterprise Series
NiceLabel is a family of professional labeling software that provides everything from basic and advanced label design and printing to automated label printing in desktop, enterprise network and mobile labeling environments.
With the release of version 5, the NiceLabel family has grown into three series:
- Standard Series: NiceLabel product series for bar code and RFID label design, printing and entry-level integration. The core products of NiceLabel for basic and advanced label design and printing.
- Enterprise Series: NiceLabel product series for centralized printing system management and integrated high-volume printing. The high-end products for enterprise-level labeling environments.
- Developer Series: The NiceLabel product series for vertical solution providers and software publishers. The SDK products for developers of desktop, mobile and Web label printing applications. (New developer series release in May 2007!)
- Standard Series
- Enterprise Series
- Product Features Comparison
- Benefits Summary
- Brochures and Flyers
- Reseller Partner Programs
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NiceLabel Standard Series
The Standard Series is a line of NiceLabel core products that includes basic and advanced bar code and RFID smart labeling solutions for desktop, network and mobile label printing.Desktop Label Printing
Products (single user licensing): NiceLabel Suite, NiceLabel Pro and NiceLabel Express
- Nicelabel Suite is a complete software solution for any type of label design and printing requirement. Create custom data-entry and printing applications to make label production easy and error free. » More
- NiceLabel Pro is a full-featured software that enables professional bar code and RFID label design and printing. Includes complete Unicode database support and integration options. » More
- NiceLabel Express is a wizard-based software designed for basic bar code labeling needs. This entry-level software includes many design elements from the professional edition with the emphasis on simplified user interaction. » More
Network Label Printing
Product (concurrent user licensing): NiceLabel Suite Network
The NiceLabel Suite edition is also available as a network edition for 5, 10, 20 and 50 concurrent users. NiceLabel Suite Network is a complete software solution for any type of label design and print requirements. » More
Mobile Label Printing
Product (client access licensing): Pocket NiceLabel
Pocket NiceLabel is a software product for Windows CE and Pocket PC that brings the power of bar code and RFID smart label printing to portable Windows CE compatible terminals. Pocket NiceLabel is an add-on module to the NiceLabel Pro (within the NiceLabel Pocket PC Designer edition) and NiceLabel Suite of bar code and RFID smart label design and printing tools. » More
NiceLabel Enterprise Series
The Enterprise Series is a line of NiceLabel products designed for centralized system management, monitoring and integrated high-volume printing requirements.The NiceLabel Enterprise Series is the only product solution in the marketplace that allows customers to deploy a user-friendly labeling application for the enterprise environment without requiring custom programming. In addition to easy label design, printing, integration and connectivity, the NiceLabel Enterprise Series provides centralized control, alerting and management of label print production that includes high-throughput, multi-threaded printing and remote system management through a Web interface.
Advanced Label Design and Printing
Product (concurrent user licensing): NiceLabel Print Center
NiceLabel Print Center is a client-based enterprise-level labeling solution with centralized control over all NiceLabel clients in a network environment. The NiceLabel Print Center includes the following modules:
- Enterprise Print Manager: Web-based module to manage your printing process from any workstation on your network or through the Internet.
- NiceLabel Suite: Complete software solution for any type of label design and printing requirement >> More.
Automated Label Printing
Product: NiceWatch Enterprise
NiceWatch Enterprise is an advanced integration middleware solution for high-volume label printing with centralized integration and print management. The NiceWatch Enterprise includes the following modules:
- NiceWatch Server: Server-based enterprise production module for centralized integration of multi-threaded and high-volume label printing.
- NiceLabel Enterprise Print Manager: Web-based enterprise module for remote printer, print queue, event and alert management.
- NiceLabel Pro: Advanced label design software for professional bar code and RFID labeling on a local computer workstation. >> More
Product Features Comparison
The following table compares the supported features between the products in the Standard Series and Enterprise Series:| Standard Series | Enterprise Series | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NiceLabel Pro | NiceLabel Suite | NiceLabel Print Center | NiceWatch Enterprise | |
| Label Design | ||||
| Basic | X | X | X | X |
| Advanced, RFID and Compliance | X | X | X | X |
| Database and Data Processing | X | X | X | X |
| Label Printing | ||||
| Basic | X | X | X | |
| Client-Based, User-Initiated | X | X | X | |
| Server-Based, Application-Initiated | X | X | X | |
| Customized and Mobile | X | X | X | |
| Local Print Job Redirecting and Reprinting | X | X | X | X |
| Centralized Print Job Redirecting | X | X | ||
| Integration & Connectivity | ||||
| Programming | X | X | X | |
| Non-Programming | X | X | X | |
| High-Throughput | X | |||
| Multi-Threaded | X | |||
| Entry-level middleware integration | X | X | ||
| System Management | ||||
| Basic-Single Computer (users, print, queues, log) | X | X | X | |
| Centralized and Alerting | X | X | ||
| Web-based and Remote Access | X | X | ||
Benefits Summary
Benefits of Standard Series Products
NiceLabel Pro offers the following benefits:
- Powerful label design features – label design wizard; printer fonts, bar codes, drawing objects and graphic files; wide range of variable fields
- Bar code and compliance labeling support – all industry-standard bar code, including 2-D; compliance templates
- RFID smart label design and print – easy configuration of RFID tag data structuring and printing
- Data processing options – string, algorithmic and other functions
- Comprehensive database support – ODBC and enterprise databases (Oracle, MS SQL Server, AS/400, Informix, etc.), database wizard
- Advanced printing control – real time printer status, move print jobs between printers
- A wealth of integration options – ActiveX Programming Interface
- Password protection and log file options – different levels of user rights, customizable print logging function
- All benefits of NiceLabel Pro – full featured label design software
- User-friendly printing applications – NicePrint for pre-designed label templates and NiceForm for customized front-end label printing interfaces
- Robust, non-programming connectivity options – NiceWatch middleware for entry-level labeling integration
- Mobile bar code and RFID smart label printing – Pocket NiceLabel for label printing from Windows CE mobile devices
Benefits of Enterprise Series Products
NiceLabel Print Center offers the following benefits:
- Centralized print job management – print job queuing, fast redirecting of previously logged print jobs
- Centralized printer status control – monitor and optimize your printer network
- Centralized license management – manage all NiceLabel licenses throughout the organization
- Client-based label design and printing – distribute label design and printing to any client on your network
- Multi-channel alert system – learn immediately about status changes or problems with print jobs
- Concurrent user licensing – NOT based on the number of printers on the network, UNLIMITED printer support
- Centralized high-volume printing – multi-threaded printing technology designed for simultaneous printing on multiple printers
- Quick integration – easy implementation into all WMS, ERP and HIS environments like Oracle WMS, MSCA, SAP R/3
- Complete advanced label design – NiceLabel Pro label designer included
- Remote administration – centralized event triggering and monitoring from a remote location through the Enterprise Print Manager module
- Multi-channel alert system – learn immediately about status changes or problems with print jobs
- Flat server licensing – NOT based on number of printers on the network, UNLIMITED printer support
Brochures and Flyers
Download brochures and flyers to learn more about the NiceLabel software or forward the .PDF files to your customers.Standard Series
- Brochure: NiceLabel Standard Series-Overview Brochure
- Sell Sheets (flyers): NiceLabel Suite, NiceLabel Pro, NiceLabel Express, Pocket NiceLabel, NiceLabel RFID, Integrating Label Printing with NiceLabel, NiceLabel Standard Series-Technical Specifications, NiceLabel Product Family
- ZIP file (all in one): NiceLabel Single Flyers v5 (.ZIP file)
Enterprise Series
- Brochure: NiceLabel Enterprise Series-Overview Brochure
- Sell Sheets (flyers): NL Print Center flyer, NWatch Enterprise flyer
- ZIP file (all in one): NiceLabel Enterprise Series Brochures and Flyers (.ZIP file)
Reseller Partner Programs
The NiceLabel sales network is organized through Value Added Resellers, System Integrators and Software Publishers. Niceware does not have a direct sales force and is aware of the importance of a strong relationship with our channel.The Niceware Partner Program consists of three partnership levels:
- Standard Partner: Eligible to resell NiceLabel Standard Series products
- Premier Partner: Eligible to resell NiceLabel Standard Series products
- Platinum Partner: Eligible to resell both NiceLabel Standard Series and Enterprise Series products
