Interactive Floor Plan Comparison

We have selected three other Interactive Floor Plan providers and have compared their offerings with ours.

realsauce Compeditor 1 Compeditor 2 Compeditor 3

Price

It is important for the price to be reasonable, and easy to pass on to sellers.
The prices listed are per floor plan, assuming a office would require a medium quantity of floorplans (~25)
$5 $242 for 5 images $199 $15

Turn around time

Its important for your marketing material avaliable as soon as possible so everyone can see it.
Listed is the minimum amount of time you have to wait from starting the process to recieving it.
5 minutes 2 days 2 days 10 minutes

Smooth Transitions

Do the photos on the interactive floor plan change gracefully or do they abruptly change?
A abrupt change can appear harsh to users.
Yes No Yes No

Average loading speed of the page

Research shows that if a web site takes more than 5 seconds to load, then users start to lose interest.
This applies to interactive floor plans also, so you want users to stay interested in your properties.

These numbers are calculated by loading each interactive floor plan several times on a 1.5mbit connection in Sydney. The times were calculated by FireBug.
1.7 seconds 0.8 seconds 67 seconds 12 seconds

Photo load time

Do photos load instantly when the user clicks on them or does the photo have to load?
Users will get bored very quickly if they need to keep waiting every time they want to see another room.
Instant 700 milliseconds 14000 milliseconds Instant

Content Delivery Network (CDN)

Media on the internet like high resolution photos should be stored on a professional CDN such as Akamai and Limelight to guarentee fast page loading.
These companies provide a global network of super fast servers just for serving rich media straight to users.
Yes No No No

Large photos

There is nothing more fustrating to a user than if they like a room on a interactive floor plan and they cannot enlarge it to take a closer look.
Yes No Yes No

Invalid code and Plugin Requirement

If a interactive floor plan has invalid code then some people may see it fine but other people will not.
Additionally if it requires plugins such as Flash to work then some people wont see anything at all, and they can also make your computer run slowly.
Valid Code and no Plugins Invalid Code Requires Flash Requires Flash

Required Screen Size

Do scroll bars appear and visitors need to scroll to see the interactive floor plan?
Average Screen Required Average Screen Required Very Large Any size

Creates Floor Plans

For a interactive floor plan, you need a floor plan to begin with. If you dont already have floor plans then can the company help you?
Online Floor Plan Maker Yes (included) Costs Extra No

Phone and Email Support

If you are paying for a product and you run in to trouble, you need to be able to contact someone to helo you out.
Yes Yes Yes No
realsauce Compeditor 1 Compeditor 2 Compeditor 3
Comparison is correct as of the 10th of March 2010. If you have any questions about this comparison please contact us.