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Mediabat vs Obat
Two France software options, compared side by side for France trades.
Which should you choose?
Mediabat and Obat are both Tier S: our check found each one's prices published on its own website, so you can compare their costs before talking to sales. The tier is not a quality ranking: weigh the pros, cons, pricing and France-specific notes below against your trade and region.
Mediabat
Tier S · Published pricesDevis, factures, métré et suivi de chantier pour le BTP
Mediabat is building-trade software from Mediabat SARL, a company created in 2004 and based in Montpellier. It covers quotes and invoices, works libraries, métré with ScanPlan, progress billing, worksite tracking, maintenance contracts and a mobile app, for trades from masonry to electrical and plumbing. Mediabat says thousands of artisans and building firms have used its software for more than 30 years.
Pros
- + Published monthly prices, with or without commitment
- + Quotes, invoices, progress billing and worksite tracking in one tool
- + Métré with ScanPlan and trade libraries
- + 15-day free trial
Cons
- − Commitment length for the cheaper plans not stated on the pricing page
- − Extra users cost €15/mo each; email and SMS sends are paid
- − Job management (gestion des affaires) is an option on PRO
- − Site does not name its e-invoicing platform
France note
Mediabat lists the anti-fraud VAT law, the mandatory waste mentions on building quotes and e-invoicing among the French rules its software covers, but its site does not name the plateforme agréée it uses. Ask which platform handles e-invoice receipt and issuing before you sign.
Obat
Tier S · Published pricesDevis, factures et suivi de chantier pour les pros du bâtiment
Obat is building-trades software from Obat SAS in Nantes, covering quotes, invoices, worksite planning and profitability tracking, with iOS and Android apps and a price library of 30,000 items. Obat says more than 21,000 building professionals use it and that its team has more than 110 people. It handles French e-invoicing through Iopole, which appears on the DGFiP list of registered plateformes agréées.
Pros
- + Built for French building trades, with separate plans for micro-entrepreneurs
- + Published prices, billed monthly or yearly
- + E-invoicing included through Iopole, a DGFiP-registered platform
- + Price library of 30,000 building items
Cons
- − Plans include one user; extra licences are an unpriced option
- − Purchasing, profitability and planning need Croissance or above
- − Website and marketing extras only in the top Booster plan
- − Product and support are in French
France note
Obat says every plan complies with the French e-invoicing reform through Iopole, a registered plateforme agréée. Its micro-entreprise plans are meant for sole traders who are not registered for VAT, while artisans with VAT and firms of 2-50 people use the Artisan seul and TPE/PME plans.
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