Brightpearl is Software as a Service (also called Cloud computing)
Delivered over the internet, not from your hard drive
Everything that the software can do is accessible through a web browser such as Firefox, Google chrome or Internet Explorer.
Why is this good for me?
- It's easy to get going - nothing to download and install
- Quick to set up
- Runs on PCs and Macs
- Access anywhere, from any computer
Always up to date
Unlike software that you install on your own computers, Brightpearl is updated automatically and regularly, without you even knowing. We're always listening to what our users have to say, and we're reacting to your suggestions. Together we're building something really really good.
Safe
It's a common misconception that cloud computing is insecure. Working with a good supplier (like Brightpearl) means that your data is safer than you can keep it by yourself.
We pool the resources of all our clients to ensure that we maintain the latest in software and hardware technology. Our data centres (in London, UK and Texas, USA) are among the safest in the world with multiple levels of access restriction.
We backup all data at 0600 GMT every single day. Every single day. Not many small businesses maintain a fastidious backup process, let alone have the resource to bring their business back online from the restored data should the worst happen.
We do all this for you.
Should your laptop get stolen or your computer crash and burn with a hard drive failure, no sweat. We've got you covered.
Not all online software offers the same benefits.
We believe that you get what you pay for. Brightpearl is one of the market leaders in providing an end to end business solution for small and medium sized business, for good reason.
Secure, Reliable and Available
We host with Rackspace, one of the market leaders in website and systems hosting. This means that we've had less than 18 minutes of unscheduled down time in over two years. That's 99.9999% uptime. Solid as it comes.
It's pay-as-you go software
No need to pay up front. Unlike traditional software where you have to fund the cost of the purchase, setup and install before you start to see any of the benefits, Brightpearl lets you get going right away with a fully functional free trial. After the free trial, you move onto cost effective monthly billing.
Our prices are based on concurrent users
You can set all of your staff as named users, so that you can get the true benefit of a multi user system: visibility over who is doing what, and when, but only need to pay for enough licences to cover the maximum number of people that are going to be online at the same time (concurrently).
No contracts to tie you in
Start out with 2 users, expand to 10 over Christmas, scale back to 3 during a quiet period - and only pay for what you need. It's this flexibility that gives you the freedom to keep your software costs low, without putting a cap on your business growth.
We're in it for the long run
Don't get tempted to start your business on cheap, over-simplified software that may be just what you need to do the basics, because that's probably all you've ever end up doing. Brightpearl is used in both small and large business, which means that you won't have to upgrade systems in a year or two's time.
If you've ever had to face a systems upgrade across a whole business, then you know how much time and money that costs, let alone the pain and stress. Do yourself a favour, start with a system that you can stick with.
Our modular pricing structure means that you can start out with a few users on a simple system, then grow into extra features and more licences when you need them, not when your software supplier says you need to buy a more expensive package.
