FocalPoint Rental Software vs Rentman

FocalPoint Rental Software is paid rental-management software for equipment and event rental businesses. It handles contracts, reservations, quotes, accounts receivable, purchase orders, reporting, service, and maintenance for single-store or multi-store operations. Businesses can run it on their own server or in the cloud, with access from desktop computers, laptops, tablets, and smartphones. The eCommerce feature lets customers browse inventory, reserve items, and pay through a web browser. iOS and Android apps support quotes, reservations, contracts, returns, card payments, signatures, inventory availability, work orders, and dispatch activity. Inventory can contain serialized and non-serialized rental or merchandise items, including kits. Dispatching can connect with Bing Maps and most Garmin GPS devices. Accounting integrations include QuickBooks and Sage, with General Ledger and Purchase Order integration. Cloud service includes automatic backups. Software license or subscription pricing is available by quote, with flexible payment plans and financing options.

Rentman brings rental operations and event production management together for equipment, crews, workflows, tasks and team collaboration. Users can check equipment availability, book equipment, manage subrentals and review costs. QR and barcode scanning tracks equipment location across multiple locations. Crew scheduling uses drag-and-drop, with shifts filled according to availability, training and cost. The service can create estimates and branded quotes, collect digital signatures for quotes and contracts, and support online payments and invoicing. Its mobile app lets crew accept or decline job invitations, report availability and hours worked, and access job notes and files. Listed integrations include QuickBooks, Zapier, Mollie, Xero, WooCommerce, Stripe and the Rentman API, among others. Rentman serves event rental teams and AV and event professionals, from one-person operations to large production companies. Basic users are free, but power users are needed to create or edit projects and schedule equipment or crew. The pricing note lists a 30-day trial and a starting price of €39/mo; the Rentman Platform plan is €39 a month.