From Allies Computing Ltd

Product Matrices

	PostCoder API Professional	PostCoder API Compact	Raw Data Extracts	PostCoder Server	PostCoder Web SOAP	PostCoder Web Nearest
Database Size	Approx 500MB	Approx 11MB	User defined	Approx 500MB	n/a	n/a
Free Trial	yes	yes	yes Sample data available	yes	yes	yes
Free Support	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Features
Rapid Addressing	yes	yes	n/a	yes	yes	no
Basic Searching	yes	no	n/a	yes	no	no
Address Matching	yes	no	n/a	yes	yes	no
Street Level address lookup	yes	yes	Optional	yes	yes	no
Premise Level address lookup	yes	no	Optional	yes	yes	no
Full UK Database	yes	yes	Optional	yes	yes	yes
Local Data Option	yes	no	no	no	no	no
Optional County Field	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no
Grid References	yes	no	Optional	yes	yes	yes
Extended Postzon	yes	no	Optional	yes	yes	no
Internet service	no	no	n/a	no	yes	yes
Thin client - No client installation required	n/a	n/a	n/a	yes	yes	yes
Optimised TCP/IP	no	no	n/a	yes	no	no
Pre-built Server-side component	no	no	n/a	yes	no	n/a
Managed Updates	no	no	n/a	no	yes	yes
Build your own 'Find my nearest' solution	yes	no	Optional	yes	yes	yes Ready to use
Examples
C++	yes	yes	n/a	no	no	no
Visual C++ 6	yes	yes	n/a	yes	no	no
Visual Basic 6	yes	yes	n/a	yes	no	no
Delphi	yes	yes	n/a	no	no	no
Access 97/2000 w/ VBA	yes	yes	n/a	no	no	no
Access 2003	yes	no	n/a	no	no	no
ACT! plugin	yes	no	n/a	no	no	no
ASP / VBScript	yes	yes	n/a	yes	yes	no
.NET (C#.NET, VB.NET)	yes	no	n/a	no	yes	no
WebMX	yes	no	n/a	no	no	no
Coldfusion	no	no	n/a	no	yes	no
Perl	no	no	n/a	no	yes	no
PHP	no	no	n/a	no	yes	no
JAVA	no	no	n/a	yes	yes	no
HTML	no	no	n/a	no	no	yes
Platforms
Windows Client	yes	yes	n/a	yes	yes	yes
Windows Server	yes	yes	n/a	yes	n/a	n/a
*nix Client	no	no	n/a	yes	yes	yes
*nix Server	no	no	n/a	yes	n/a	n/a

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