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ARKSTOCK·CH ST-LÉGIER · VAUD · CH 46.47°N · 6.89°E
ORDRE N° 26·0418/B · AVAILABLE
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§29 VS HECTOR REF. ARKSTOCK-VS-HECTOR
To manage IT assets, Hector is fine. To rent equipment, ark.stock is built for it.
Hector is IT asset management-first: software licenses, hardware, IT reservations. A rental module exists but stays generalist. For an SME renting equipment daily — AV, events, medical, industrial — ark.stock is built around rental flow, not internal fleet management.
Strong on IT licenses. Generalist on rental — ark.stock is specialised.
§· ON THE AGENDA REF. ARKSTOCK-VS-HECTOR-INTRO
Hector (Montreal, 2015) comes from the IT world: Microsoft/Adobe licence tracking, hardware fleet, internal reservation (MacBook lent to staff, meeting rooms). Extended into rental with a dedicated module but stays IT-first. For a Swiss AV rental or a hospital mobile fleet, ark.stock specialises on rental flow (14 states, QR-bill, public catalogs) where Hector is generalist.
§·01 STRENGTHS REF. ARKSTOCK-VS-HECTOR-STRENGTHS
What Hector really does well.
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Software licence tracking (Microsoft, Adobe, SaaS suites) with expiry + costs.
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IT fleet management: MacBooks, PCs, monitors, cables, annual audits.
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Internal booking module (room, gear lent to colleague) well done.
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Native Microsoft 365 / Google Workspace integrations.
§·02 LIMITS IN A SWISS CONTEXT REF. ARKSTOCK-VS-HECTOR-GAPS
Where Hector stops, for a Swiss SME.
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Generalist rental module — no 14-state flow, no send/return sessions, no advanced conflicts.
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No native Swiss QR-bill.
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Per-user pricing — cost climbs with team size (10 users = $270-$590/month).
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AWS Canada/US hosting — not in Switzerland.
§·03 FEATURE-BY-FEATURE MATRIX REF. ARKSTOCK-VS-HECTOR-MATRIX
Side by side — what each one covers.
| Feature | ark.stock | Hector |
|---|---|---|
| Software licence tracking | Partial | Yes |
| ark.stock tracks warranty dates on items but not SaaS licenses with renewal. | ||
| IT fleet management | Yes | Yes |
| 14-state rental projects + conflicts | Yes | Partial |
| Batch send/return sessions | Yes | No |
| Public catalogs + request forms | Yes | No |
| Versioned quotes + signature | Yes | Partial |
| Native Swiss QR-bill (SIX / ISO 20022) | Yes | No |
| Microsoft 365 / Workspace integration | Partial | Yes |
| ark.stock supports OAuth SSO (Google, Microsoft); Teams/Calendar deep integrations on roadmap. | ||
| Swiss hosting (Infomaniak Geneva, ISO 27001) | Yes | No |
| Swiss nFADP + GDPR compliance | Yes | Partial |
| Flat pricing (no per-user billing) | Yes | No |
| Full CSV / Excel / PDF export anytime | Yes | Yes |
§·04 DECISION GUIDE REF. ARKSTOCK-VS-HECTOR-DECIDE
Which one? Depends on your context.
Pick Hector if…
- Your core is IT license tracking (Microsoft, Adobe, SaaS) and internal hardware fleet.
- You have an IT team handling internal bookings (rooms, lent MacBooks, monitors).
- External rental to clients is marginal (<20 % of activity).
Pick ark.stock if…
- Your core is external rental (AV, events, medical, industrial).
- You want Swiss QR-bill, Swiss VAT, Swiss hosting.
- You refuse per-user billing (flat CHF 12-149/month).
§·05 FAQ REF. ARKSTOCK-VS-HECTOR-FAQ
The questions you would ask a sales rep.
I manage an IT fleet but also rent gear sometimes — which?
If rental is marginal (<20 %), Hector covers both decently. If rental is core and IT secondary, ark.stock (rental-specialised + Base for internal IT) is more effective — and 3-5× cheaper at 10 users.
Hector handles SaaS licenses, will ark.stock?
ark.stock handles warranty/maintenance dates on physical items, not auto-renewing SaaS licenses (not on roadmap). If SaaS is a blocker, keep Hector for SaaS and ark.stock for physical rental — they coexist.
Hector pricing for 10 users?
Hector Essential: 10 × $27 = $270/month (~CHF 240). Premium: 10 × $59 = $590/month (~CHF 525). ark.stock Enterprise: CHF 149/month flat, unlimited users. 2-4× cheaper on ark.stock.