Short answer: Skynamo is the stronger pick if your reps mainly take orders into an ERP like Sage Evolution or SYSPRO and some of them carry iPhones. Orbit SA is the stronger pick if you want published Rand pricing, proof of every visit on a live map, a SARS logbook, and your calls and WhatsApps captured on the same customer record.
| What you are comparing | Orbit SA | Skynamo |
|---|---|---|
| Published price | R800 / rep / month (Field), R1,800 (Field + calls and WhatsApp) | Not published, quote only |
| Currency and terms | Rand, month to month, first month free | Month to month or annual; once-off setup and integration fees in its terms |
| Free trial | First month free | None listed |
| Phones | Android today, iPhone app in development | Android and iPhone |
| Works with no signal | Yes, forms, photos and visits queue and sync | Yes, orders captured offline and synced |
| Live map of reps | Updates every 5 seconds, plus full day replay | GPS tracks, which Skynamo describes as a guideline rather than proof |
| Visit proof | GPS-verified visit matched to the form that proves it | Time with customer tracked automatically |
| Custom forms, photos, PDF reports | Yes, branded PDF emailed on submit | Yes, visit forms, audits and photos |
| SARS travel logbook | Built in, export at tax time | Distance and odometer readings; no SARS logbook published |
| Orders into your ERP | Built-in quotes, orders and SARS tax invoices; ERP sync scoped per customer | Deep, named integrations: Sage 200 Evolution, Sage 50 Pastel, SYSPRO, SAP Business One, Xero and more |
| Calls recorded and summarised | Yes, on Comms and Complete | Not published |
| AI WhatsApp and one inbox per customer | No integration published | |
| Where your data lives | AWS in South Africa | Its 2021 POPIA document says AWS in the United States |
| Company | South African, founded 2026 | South African, founded 2012, part of UK-based Klipboard since March 2026, ISO 27001 certified |
| Public reviews | New listings, collecting reviews now | G2 4.6 from 184 reviews; Capterra 4.4 from 16 |
Your reps are order-takers for a manufacturer or wholesaler and the order has to land in Sage Evolution, SYSPRO or SAP Business One without anyone retyping it. You have iPhone users. You want a vendor with a long track record and a large review base.
You need to know where reps actually were and what they did there, with a report in the office before they are back in the bakkie. You want calls and WhatsApps captured too, a SARS logbook without paperwork, a price you can see before you talk to anyone, and your data kept in South Africa.
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 install the Android app and are live the same day.
We can't say for sure, because Skynamo doesn't publish prices. Orbit Field is R800 per rep per month, month to month, with the first month free. Ask Skynamo for a quote and compare like for like, including their once-off setup and integration fees.
Orbit has its own quotes, orders and SARS tax invoices built in, so many teams don't need an ERP connector. If you do, we scope the integration with you. If an ERP connector is the main thing you need on day one, Skynamo's ready-made ones are a real advantage.
For visit tracking, forms, photos, reports, route planning and the logbook, yes. Check two things first: whether all your reps carry Android phones, and whether you depend on a Skynamo ERP connector.
Skynamo facts come from Skynamo's own pages: pricing, field sales app, integrations, tracking explanation, POPIA document, about. Also used: the Klipboard acquisition report and the review counts on G2 and Capterra. 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 look at the map, the reports and the logbook yourself.