You can start with Express and — when you're ready — move up to the Enterprise edition. You don't need to convert data, change your business practices, reconfigure the software, or retrain your staff.

Moving up to the Enterprise edition of CounterPoint SQL gives you all of the features in Express — and provides you access to the additional features shown below that are not available in the Express edition.

CounterPoint SQL Express Feature Limits	CounterPoint SQL Enterprise Additional Features
General
Maximum of 3 users	No limit to the number of users - license as many as you need
Maximum of 2GB database size	No database size limit (MSSQL required if MSDE's 2GB limit is exceeded)
Single-site	Multi-Site operations (Hub and Remote Sites)
LAN (Local Area Network) and single-computer operation	WAN (Wide Area Network) support, including Windows Terminal Services and Citrix
Single-company (plus a practice company)	Multi-company
Single-store, single-location	Multiple stores and/or inventory locations
Single-batch transaction control	Multi-batch transaction control
Single-workgroup	Multiple workgroups
No message center	Messaging center
No import or export utilities	Built-in import and export utilities
Customizable lookups, filters, zooms, menus, and grid layouts (full customizations can be performed by a qualified third party)	Full screen field customization capabilities including re-sizing, renaming, and removing; creating new tables, fields, and maintenance forms; and customizing toolbars
Accounting
Single-segment GL account numbers	GL accounts with profit centers (sub-accounts)
Accounting interfaces for BusinessWorks Gold, Microsoft Small Business Financials, and QuickBooks, and Export interfaces for ACCPAC, Solomon, and additional user-defined interfaces	Direct accounting interface for MAS90 or Great Plains
Point of Sale
Standard user login	Auto-logout after each ticket to require login for each ticket
Standard drawer open and close operations	Complete drawer reconciliation
Online operations only (no offline operations)	Offline Ticket Entry Option to allow continued checkout operations when network is unavailable
Sales, Returns, Orders, and Layaways	Backorders and Special orders
Current order status information	Historical audit of order changes
Point of Sale Peripherals
Signature capture not supported	Signature capture, retention and printing
Compulsory cash drawer close not supported	Drawer-open sensing alarm (compulsory cash drawer close)
Standard and user-defined Crystal receipts	Standard and user-defined OPOS receipts
Inventory
Single-location inventory	Inventory transfers between multiple locations
Merchandise Analysis not supported	Merchandise Analysis for turn rates, GMROI, and weeks-on-hand analysis
Markdown tracking not supported	Markdown tracking and full Retail inventory method reporting
Three-level and promotional (sale) pricing	Contract and special pricing
Three price levels	Advanced Pricing Option (six price levels, oversize apparel pricing, multi-location pricing)
Serial number tracking not supported	Serial Numbers Option
Purchasing
Purchasing advice reporting based on Min/Max inventory stocking levels	Purchasing advice reporting using Replenishment calculations. Automatic creation of PO’s based on Purchasing advice.
Standard purchasing	Automatic creation of PO's to fulfill special orders from individual customer ("customer-specific purchasing")
Standard receivings, with or without a PO	Quick Receivings
RTV tracking not supported	RTV (return to vendor) processing
Purchasing adjustments not supported	Purchasing adjustments (adjusting inventory costs after posting receivings)
Sales History
Sales analyses by item/customer, customer/item and sales rep, and inventory analyses by item and category	Sales analysis based on user-selectable groupings
Sales reporting by sales rep	Commission calculation and reporting