Short answer: both are South African, both price in Rand and both work offline. Geo Rep has the lower starting price, an iPhone app, a longer track record and strong G2 reviews. Orbit SA has one price with every field feature included, no setup fee, a free first month, and calls and WhatsApp captured on the same customer record.
| What you are comparing | Orbit SA | Geo Rep |
|---|---|---|
| Price per rep per month | R800, one plan, every field feature | R499 Standard, R819 Professional, R1,039 Enterprise (excl. VAT) |
| Extra licences | None | Every system needs one Super Admin licence at the Enterprise rate; reporting-only users R109 |
| Setup fee | None | From R10,000 for implementation and training |
| Free trial | First month free | No free trials or self-serve signup |
| Contract | Month to month | Month to month |
| Route plans, quotes and orders | Included | From Professional up, per Geo Rep's plan table |
| Phones | Android today, iPhone app in development | Android, iPhone and Huawei (Android 7 or later, 4G needed) |
| Works with no signal | Yes | Yes |
| Visit proof | GPS-verified visit matched to its form, plus full day replay | Geo-fenced call logs, geo-tagged and time-stamped |
| Travel logbook | SARS logbook, export at tax time | Automated travel logbooks |
| Calls recorded and summarised | Yes, on Comms and Complete | Telesales agents log calls in Geo Rep; recording not published |
| AI WhatsApp and one inbox per customer | Support channel only, no integration published | |
| Integrations | Built-in CRM, quotes and SARS invoices; ERP sync scoped per customer | Outlook and Microsoft 365, SYSPRO and open APIs (Enterprise) |
| Data and support | AWS in South Africa; support from Johannesburg | AWS, region on request; support team in Cape Town |
| Public reviews | New listings, collecting reviews now | G2 4.9 from 56 reviews |
You only need basic visit logging and forms, and the R499 Standard plan covers it. Some of your reps carry iPhones or Huawei phones. You want a product with years of South African field use and a strong review record behind it.
You want route plans, quotes and orders without moving up a plan, no setup fee, and a month free to prove it on your own team. You also want your reps' calls and WhatsApps on the same customer record as their visits, with a CRM and SARS invoicing included.
We import your customers, forms and history. For one national distributor we moved seven years of visit reports and more than 8,000 photos across from their old field app, with nothing lost. Reps are live the same day they install the app.
It depends on the plan. Geo Rep Standard (R499 excl. VAT) costs less per rep than Orbit Field (R800), but route plans, quotes and orders only come with Geo Rep Professional (R819) and up. Geo Rep also charges for one Super Admin licence at the Enterprise rate, and setup starts at R10,000. Orbit has no setup fee and the first month is free.
Yes. Both capture visits, forms and photos with no signal and sync when the phone reconnects.
Geo Rep lets telesales agents log calls. It doesn't publish call recording or a WhatsApp integration. Orbit Comms and Orbit Complete record, transcribe and summarise calls and answer WhatsApp on the customer record.
Geo Rep's Rand prices, setup fee, licence rules, trial policy, phone requirements, hosting and support come from Geo Rep's FAQ. Plan contents come from Geo Rep's pricing page, which only showed the USD plan table when we checked. Features and integrations come from georep.com and Geo Rep's features page. The review count is from G2. Orbit SA facts come from our pricing page. If anything here is out of date, email sales@orbitsa.co.za and we will fix it.
Put two reps on Orbit for a week and judge it on your own map, reports and logbook.