Continental Computer

Continental Computers builds funeral home software and competes on the relationship as much as the product, stating that its capabilities speak for themselves but that customers will also like working with its people and its company.

Ownership is presented as a differentiator, and in this market it genuinely is one. The company remains privately and majority independently owned and operated, which matters in a profession that has watched a great deal of its supplier base consolidate into a few large groups. An independent vendor is not going to be absorbed and have its product sunset mid contract.

Support is unlimited, in house and United States based. Each of those three words carries weight: unlimited removes the calculation about whether an issue justifies a support call, in house means the person answering knows the product, and domestic support matters to a customer base of small local businesses.

The company cites generations of product development and industry leadership, and the software is web accessible so it can be reached anytime and anywhere rather than only from a machine in the funeral home office.

Continental publishes its history, company structure and accolades for buyers who want to know who they are dealing with before committing. Pricing is not published, and prospective buyers are invited to read the company's history and reach out directly.