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What is ERP Software?

ERP software is designed to help companies with the management of all business processes and corporate operations from a single comprehensive software platform. Compare the best ERP software currently available using the table below.

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    Odoo

    Odoo

    Odoo

    Odoo is a fully integrated, customizable, open-source software packed with hundreds of expertly designed business applications. Odoo’s intuitive database is able to meet a majority of business needs, such as: CRM, Sales, Project, Manufacturing, Inventory, and Accounting, just to name a few. Odoo is an all-in-one software solution designed to meet the needs of companies, regardless of their size (or budget). The unbeatable, seamless nature of Odoo helps businesses become more efficient by reducing redundant manual processes, which helps companies save countless hours of labor. Every module is interconnected to provide a fully-integrated experience from app to app, and users can automate many processes that would’ve otherwise required manual inputs into multiple applications. Odoo keeps all business functions in one place, allowing teams to collaborate with other departments from one unified platform in the most efficient way possible.
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    ProShop

    ProShop

    ProShop ERP

    ProShop is a paperless and web based shop management, ERP, MES and QMS system for manufacturing companies in regulated industries. ProShop was built on the shop floor of a machine shop for nearly 20 years, and it's not like anything you've seen. Built to manage the complex manufacturing environment better than anything else on the market - by an order of magnitude. Never before has there been a system that gives you such insight into every detail of your manufacturing company. ProShop is best described as a Digital Manufacturing Ecosystem (DME). It is 100% paperless, and combines the features found in ERP, MES, QMS, CMMS, and other software categories for machine shops, fabricators, job shops, contract manufacturers and others in regulated industries who need tight controls on their process and want exacting and timely information to make the best and most profitable decisions.
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    Starting Price: $500.00/month
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    SAP Business ByDesign

    SAP Business ByDesign

    Navigator Business Solutions

    The right ERP system for Life Sciences, Consumer Products & Distribution companies that are focused on growth and their systems are holding them back. SAP Business ByDesign is a complete, cloud-based ERP solution for fast-growing, start-up to mid-market businesses and subsidiaries that want to scale without the complexity and unnecessary cost. With SAP Business ByDesign, you get an affordable way to manage your entire business as an integrated whole, from accounting and financials, purchasing, inventory, sales, and customer support, all the way to operations, logistics, project management, and human resources. 36 End-to-End Process Scenarios built-in Operational Performance Sourcing & Procurement Project Management Reporting & Analytics Accounting & Finance CRM, Sales, & Marketing Service Support Human resources (Suite-in-a-Box)
    Starting Price: $22 per/user/month
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    Masterplan ERP

    Masterplan ERP

    Masterplan ERP Inc.

    Masterplan helps you run efficiently by integrating every facet of your business. Dig deep into your data and find the secrets to your company’s successes and discover ways to drive growth.
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    Aquilon ERP

    Aquilon ERP

    Aquilon Software Inc.

    Developed explicitly for small and mid-size manufacturers and distributors (SMB's), Aquilon's ERP Software will meet your needs with fully integrated CRM, Financial, Distribution, and Manufacturing modules. We focus on speed, stability, and predictability. Our low initial cost and quick and efficient implementations keep your costs under control. Aquilon ERP is an excellent value. Are you looking to improve the processes that drive your business growth? Do you wish you could save time and money with more efficient inventory control, streamlined sales, manufacturing, and distribution processes? Aquilon ERP Software provides all of this and more. Our distribution and manufacturing customers' businesses include building products, fasteners, nutraceuticals, chemicals, doors, configure to order, equipment, machinery, electronics, import/ export, wood products, and many more. Contact us for a no obligations discussion at 1-877-810-8787
    Starting Price: $95 per month
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    SyteLine ERP (CloudSuite Industrial)
    SyteLine (CloudSuite Industrial) is a world class ERP system that is industry specific to reduce implementation time and costly customizations. LogicData is an implementation partner with over 30 years experience with SyteLine. We have the experience and expertise to help you get your project up and running efficiently and smoothly while avoiding the pitfalls inherent in implementing ERP. Manufacturing ERP is a must in today's fast paced industrial era to give you a competitive edge and ensure future success.
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    Inspired Portal

    Inspired Portal

    Inspired Technology Systems

    Software for Cold Storage Management, Food Production, Food Distribution, Distribution, or Service Providers. Web based cloud software requires minimal up-front costs. A simple monthly subscription model offers little risk. To top it all, it works on any web-enabled device like computers, tablets, smart phones, and hand held bar code scanners. Use our ERP and WMS Software to run your business. Enjoy the convenience of having everything you need all in one place, and also having the ability to customize our already unmatched ERP system to further suit your unique business needs. "Go Live" in record time with our feature-driven turnkey solution, or tell us what you're looking for and we'll create a custom-written package just for you. WMS, Order Entry and Sales, AR and Billing, Purchasing, AP and Check Processing, Reporting and Graph Dashboards, CRM, Preventative Maintenance, Lot control + traceability, SQF and HACCP Document Management, Scheduling Calendars.
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    Total ETO

    Total ETO

    Total ETO

    Run your Engineer To Order (ETO) manufacturing business with increased accuracy, efficiency, and profitability with Total ETO (formerly Questica ETO). Find, track and close new business more efficiently, create estimates with greater accuracy, and automatically cascade to a total at the project level. Integrate your BOM with the most popular 3D CAD packages SolidWorks, AutoDesk Inventor, PTC Creo, Solid Edge, Catia and more. Submit material requests to purchasing without double entry and view, track, and manage your inventory including work in progress. Report costs in real-time as your team places orders, allocates stock, and logs hours to a job. Empower management with real time information and configure every report to suit your company. Integrate seamlessly with QuickBooks, Sage, or another financial system.
    Starting Price: $85 per user per month
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    Kechie

    Kechie

    My Office Apps

    Kechie is a fully integrated Enterprise Resource Planning Software with a Software as a Service (SaaS) platform that simplifies the user experience and has the latest in cloud technology. Kechie is easily configured to the scalable needs of your growing business. The robust engine enhances real-time visibility and tracking on all transactions from CRM, Sales, Inventory Management, WMS, Logistics, Procurement, Manufacturing, and Finance, which will streamline your operations and ultimately increase your profitability. It is quick and easy to implement without the expensive price tag. Sold in separate packages – inventory and warehouse management, manufacturing, and finance – or a fully configured ERP system to include all of these individual tools. Let us show you how to manage your business processes more efficiently and effectively.
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    BLAZE

    BLAZE

    BLAZE

    BLAZE is a cannabis ERP providing best-in-class tools for operators in the seed-to-sale supply chain. Our software suite provides a robust solution for cannabis cultivators, distributors, dispensaries, and delivery services. BLAZE makes tech simple with an easy-to-use frontend powered by an enterprise backend that streamlines operations and simplifies inventory management. Our entire suite of tools enable your dispensary employees to increase sales, manage inventory, run promotions, and ensure your business is working at maximum efficiency while optimizing the customer experience. Premiere cannabis software designed and used by industry experts. User tested, industry adored, and growing more every day. Increase your sales, customer retention, and improve your service quality overnight. BLAZE® provides the data, insights, and tools you need to scale your cannabis operation while staying profitable.
    Starting Price: $750/mo
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    Open Automation Software

    Open Automation Software

    Open Automation Software

    Liberate your Industry 4.0 data with Open Automation Software IIoT platorm for Windows and Linux. OAS is truly an unlimited IoT Gateway for Windows, Linux, Raspberry Pi 4, Windows IoT Core, and Docker deployments. Create HMI visualization for web, WPF, and WinForm C# and VB .NET applications. Log data and alarms to SQL Server, Oracle, MS Access, MySQL, Azure SQL, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, MongoDB, MariaDB, SQLite, InfluxDB, and CSV files. MQTT Broker and Client interface along with cloud connectivity to Azure IoT and AWS IoT Gateway. Read and write data from remote Excel Workbooks. Alarm notification to email, SMS text, and voice messaging. .NET and REST API programmatic access. Allen Bradley ControlLogix, CompactLogix, GuardLogix, Micro800, MicroLogix, SLC 500, and PLC-5. Siemens S7-200, S7-300, S7-400, S7-1200, and S7-1500. Modbus TCP, Modbus RTU, and Modbus ASCII for Master and Slave communications. OPTO-22, MTConnect, and OPC UA, OPC DA.
    Starting Price: $495 one-time payment
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    AIMS360

    AIMS360

    AIMS 360

    AIMS360 apparel software is the most popular ERP for the fashion industry. The fashion software features cover the entire fashion business process including production, material and finished goods purchasing, omni-channel order taking, order processing, shipping, invoicing, accounts receivable, and more. Get a demo of AIMS360’s 100+ apparel software features & integrations. Our most popular integrations like Shopify, JOOR, NuOrder, EDI, Factoring, etc. don't require middlewear or third parties.
    Starting Price: $99/month/user
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    Novisto

    Novisto

    Novisto

    Novisto is end-to-end enterprise software for smarter corporate sustainability management, empowering companies to create value from their ESG strategy, data, and reporting. We help streamline every step of your sustainability management journey while helping you own your ESG narrative. Our purpose is to advance a more inclusive and resilient society by enabling organizations to create value through sustainability. Learn more at www.novisto.com
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    CAFLOU

    CAFLOU

    CAFLOU

    Drive your company and team performance and economy. 100% digitally with CAFLOU, the business management system. With CAFLOU you gain 100% control over your company & team & projects. CAFLOU logically and online links your customers, projects, tasks, timesheets, cash flow, invoices, offers or orders.
    Starting Price: $11.00/month/user
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    MIE Trak Pro

    MIE Trak Pro

    MIE Solutions, Inc.

    We want your company to grow and succeed in a competitive manufacturing industry. MIE Solutions provides ERP software for the discrete manufacturing industry, including aerospace, automotive, metal fabrication, electronics, and more. We offer both on-premise and cloud solutions to our customers as well as perpetual and SaaS licensing options. The software, MIE Trak Pro, has a multi-division capability and can be used in both small, start-up manufacturing businesses as well as mid-sized and enterprise companies in the discrete manufacturing industry. MIE Solutions provides services to the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. We want your business to grow and improve because what you do and what you make is important to us! Manufacturing is an ever-developing industry and we understand this. Let us help you grow and continue supporting your customers with on-time delivery and competitive prices (while remaining profitable).
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    Starting Price: $125/user/month
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    YetiForceCRM

    YetiForceCRM

    YetiForce Sp. z o.o.

    Are you looking for a system to boost your sales? Do you want to improve your relationships with customers? Do you want to contribute to the fastest growing open source project on GitHub? You can use YetiForce completely free of charge. With YetiForce’s help you will manage 12 business processes in your company, no matter the size. The vast number of features available for free helped us win the first place in Capterra’s “Most Affordable CRM Software�? ranking. YetiForce’s open source code was released under a very flexible and liberal license, which gathers a large and active community around the project. You too can contribute to it no matter if you are a professional programmer or software development is just your hobby. Download YetiForce for free and find out why you should become one of more than 250 000 people who already use it. Testing versions: GitStable: https://gitstable.yetiforce.com/ GitDeveloper: https://gitdeveloper.yetiforce.com/
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    WeLIMS

    WeLIMS

    WeLIMS

    WeLIMS is the LIMS for small companies. Small companies might not have the budget for a LIMS but they still need to be organized and efficient in the Quality Control area. WeLIMS is a simple and efficient LIMS or Quality Control software. WeLIMS contains all you need to get started right now! Methods Management, Product Management, and Quality Control. You can say goodbye to your Notebooks and Excel spreadsheets! WeLIMS will take care of maintaining your product data and your QC data safely! With WeLIMS you can set the right level of authorization in your organization. Predefined roles for Product specifications management, Recipes management or Quality Control are already set up. Workflows make everyone collaborate efficiently and seamlessly. Try out our free version on www.welims.com !
    Starting Price: 30$/month/user
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    BuildSmart

    BuildSmart

    RIB CCS

    Making a difference to construction companies on a daily basis, BuildSmart provides contractors with the tools to make informed decisions based on real time data, addressing the perils of siloed and uncoordinated data and delivering real time accurate costing and financial information. Ultimately helping you to protect your profit margins. Industry specific and legislative compliant covering the nuances of construction accounting embracing Procurement, Plant and Equipment Management, Stock or Inventory Management, Payroll and Subcontractor Management all feature rich and construction specific.
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    Jazva

    Jazva

    Jazva

    Jazva is a cloud-based e-commerce management software built for high volume retailers and wholesalers. Powerful and full-featured, Jazva helps automate, simplify, and synchronize multichannel selling. This single platform delivers a set of features for online sales including listing management, multi-channel product management, FBA (Fulfillment by Amazon), order fulfillment, inventory management, customer relationship management (CRM), and interactive reporting and analytics tools.
    Starting Price: $299/mo
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    Dolibarr

    Dolibarr

    Dolibarr

    Open Source ERP & CRM for business. One web suite to manage your business. • Enable only the feature you expect : Whatever your needs (customer relationship, sales, human resources, logistic, stock, invoicing, accounting, manufacturing, marketing, foundation management, surveys, ...), you can setup the application to match your need, and only your need... See features • No more double entry in your Information System : Integration between the features / modules is ready "in-the-box". Users are immediately ready to work, even without customization. • Upgrade at any time : The upgrades of new versions are integrated by design into the development process. So you can upgrade at any time to the latest version, whatever is your current version, without losing any data. Users always benefits the latest features and innovations. • A customizable and extensible application: The market place is open to everybody to centralize several hundreds of external add-ons done to enhance the app.
    Starting Price: $0
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    Enterprise Universal ERP API
    Enterprise Universal ERP API is a complete HTTP REST API with hundreds of accounting & ERP functions that you can use to add accounting and ERP functionality to your own applications! All basic Accounting and ERP functionality is included and made available via API calls! GL, AR, AP, OE, Inv, Warehousing, CRM, MRP, and ECommerce calls included. Since the Enterprise ERP API is implemented in stored procedures, and can be called either directly or via HTTP REST, ANY LANGUAGE or PLATFORM can be used to access the ERP business logic! IF the language / development environment / software platform can access MySQL or SQL Server, then it can use the ERP business logic directly! One of the BEST new features of this API, is that it will allow your company to hire outside developers to build sub-systems and add-ons to your software product WITHOUT having to SHARE THE SOURCE CODE WITH THEM! You can simply send your new outside developers the API Call List & API Documentation!
    Starting Price: $2999.99 One Time
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    Flowlens

    Flowlens

    Flowlens

    Flowlens is cloud manufacturing CRM and MRP software for Small - medium sized manufacturers and dealers of equipment, machinery, plant and industrial systems. Flowlens gives you: - one place for your business - sales, inventory, purchasing - production, profitability - after sales service and asset history - CRM / Supplier management - tasks, uploads, email tracking - automatic document creation Flowlens links to Xero, Quickbooks Online, Sage 50 and Kashflow accounts packages, enabling data to be seamlessly transferred without manual rekeying. Flowlens customers typically migrate away from manual repetitive processes, spreadsheets and hours of effort, to enjoy savings of a day a week or more per person. Visit our website to watch case studies and view a full demo webinar video. Manufacturers and dealers wishing to learn more can avail of a free trial for 2 weeks, with expert help included. Flowlens also provides expert implementation and training packages.
    Starting Price: $149 per month
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    Plus & Minus

    Plus & Minus

    Plus & Minus Software

    Built around a single-file system, Plus & Minus is an integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) financial platform. Plus & Minus has collaborative tools for accounting, purchasing, managing sales, and reporting operations. With Plus & Minus, users are able to manage core finance operations, track sales operations, generate custom business reports, and monitor business documents. Plus & Minus enables users to deploy on-premise or in the cloud.
    Starting Price: $1000.00/one-time/user
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    Cloud Gestion

    Cloud Gestion

    Cloud Gestion Software

    Cloud Gestion has a series of features and functions that make managing your business much easier, simpler and more efficient. In addition to being an online billing and management program, with the enormous advantages that this entails, we can also talk about some of its most important features. With Cloud Gestion you do not just buy a billing program, you acquire a powerful, flexible and easy-to-use cloud application that is constantly improving, to adapt and even anticipate your needs. The objective of Cloud Gestion is very clear: to help you simplify and streamline your billing methods, so that you gain time, organization, productivity and, therefore, cost savings for your company or business. Everything is designed and developed so that you can make invoices online with maximum fluidity and speed.
    Starting Price: $350 one-time payment
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    KLER

    KLER

    KLER

    All-In-One Hemp & CBD Management Software. Understanding that hemp operations come in all shapes and sizes, KLER was designed to help any size operation manage and maintain all aspects of their business. Why KLER? KLER can control your entire organization with streamlined business processes and operational visibility to grow your business. KLER's ERP seed-to-shelf software provides visibility and accountability into every aspect of the cannabis supply chain. From cultivation to toll processing, manufacturing to wholesale, through to retail sales.
    Starting Price: $99 per month
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These Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) suites were created with the small to midsize enterprise (SME) market in mind. This designation is less an indicator of the actual size of an enterprise and more an indicator of its complexity. This distinction is important, given that an organization that isn't particularly complex may not have a sufficient need for a customized ERP suite. Typically, an SME would need to be involved in international commerce, have a complex supply chain, or simply be a large enough enterprise to require custom business solutions for an investment in ERP software to be worthwhile.

How Does ERP Software Work?

At its core, an ERP suite is modular software that handles the most basic financial aspects of running a business. Users can build outward from that base by adding additional modules to handle other specific business functions. These modules can include business functions such as supply chain management and business intelligence. It can also include materials resource management, which is a broad topic that can address fixed asset management, review point of sale performance, offer project management solutions, and even manage inventory through Just-In-Time strategies.What Is ERP Software?

What differentiates ERP software from more basic accounting software is that an ERP suite provides a system that can be used to manage an entire enterprise instead of merely tracking its finances. Outside of convenience, users also benefit from all of these resources working cohesively through one base ERP suite thanks to the possibility of creating new processes or gaining a better holistic view of an organization that wouldn't be available under a series of unconnected software tools.

For example, while accounting software would only offer a basic framework limited to accounting processes, most ERP systems have more expansive options that allow for modules that integrate basic payroll functions into a broader human resources tool. An ERP suite can also add modules that would customize inventory software for an organization with unique distribution or logistical needs.

The More Complex an Entity, The Greater The Value of Customization

At first glance, generic single-use applications that only serve one specific part of an enterprise may seem sufficient. It may not be obvious on the surface but a one-size-fits-all application likely won't be effective for every type of enterprise. Payroll systems, for example, can have vastly different requirements across different types of businesses. A service organization will be more concerned with payroll software that is able to integrate billing and expense management, while a restaurant chain is going to be more concerned about recording employee tips and factoring in any related tax issues. Both of those types of enterprises will have needs that are far different from that of a construction company that has to account for contractors versus employees and even calculate different rates of pay for the same worker depending on what task he or she is performing that day.

Another area outside of payroll that can have a wide variance in needs is inventory. For example, an enterprise that focuses on manufacturing will need more than just spreadsheets tracking inventory; such a company would potentially need a barcode scanning system to track building components. Those needs are completely different from a seasonal business that would need an automated system able to manage production levels for high and low volume seasons.ERP Software Features

Ultimately, the modular and highly customizable nature of ERP suites requires an SME to game plan for what they need from the suite long before contacting a vendor. To determine exactly what type of ERP suite is needed, an enterprise must do a top-down review of its processes and the way it does business. This includes contemplating every phase of business from development, to implementation, to manufacturing, to the sales and billing process all the way through customer support. An enterprise will need to consider how all of these phases work together and how it processes information between all of these phases. The process of an enterprise looking inward when reviewing its ERP needs will go far beyond the questions that are asked for standard financial software, which includes reviewing the number of servers needed and calculating the number of software licenses required. While those questions would still apply to an ERP suite an enterprise would need to go deeper and ask questions that will lead to a greater understanding of the way an enterprise operates.

A comprehensive understanding of the way an enterprise functions is important for designing an ERP suite for reasons other than utilizing the wide range of business systems ERP can offer. Because ERP modules all function together on the same framework it's possible for an enterprise to achieve increased integration between the different modules and the various parts of the business they represent. Because standard business software usually has one function, it's rare that it encourages integration with other software. For example, assume a food processing company receives a delivery of beef on a specific day of the week. The company has employees that specialize in processing the beef when it arrives. In this circumstance, an ERP platform's HR module might coordinate with the inventory module to make certain the correct employees are scheduled to work on the day the beef arrives. Traditional business software is unlikely to have this capability. In most cases, the software would be unable to work with each other and the potential for synergy between processes would be lost.

The example above is just one of the many possibilities that might arise. The potential for what an ERP system is capable of is limited only by the boundaries of the platform and an enterprise's understanding of the manner in which it conducts its business.

The Cloud and Its Effect on ERP Pricing

ERP software is not a new concept. First marketed decades ago, ERP has long been available but until recently was typically outside the budget of most SMEs. The reasoning is pretty simple; the computing power needed to operate these modules and allow them to run optimally can be intense. ERP suites often need multiple servers to function. Many require a server for each separate module. For instance, an SME might have separate servers for an HR module, one for the database backend, one for financials, etc. That's not to mention additional redundant servers for increased performance and backup. All of this hardware adds up quickly, often costing more than the ERP suite itself. It's no surprise that since the development there have been many enterprises unable to take advantage of an ERP system due to budget constraints.

Luckily for some SMEs, cloud-based computing has opened doors to ERP not seen before. Many vendors are using cloud-based computing to power their ERP's which they are deploying with a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model. The SaaS model allows a business to license software that is centrally hosted elsewhere. It allows them to save on the upfront hardware costs of hosting the software themselves, including server and network costs. With all servers operating on the cloud, an ERP system can offer a much lower cost and much higher scalability.ERP Software Pricing

The higher scalability possible through the cloud can make an enormous difference for some businesses. For example, a retail business might have a module for online sales. During the holiday season, it's not uncommon for businesses to see large spikes in traffic. To accommodate that traffic without SaaS distribution would require the business to buy new servers for redundancy to handle the increase in traffic. That would involve a large hardware cost for a server that will no longer be necessary for much of the remaining year. That leaves the company with a tough choice: settle for spotty e-commerce during peak online buying, or spend more money on hardware that will only be needed a few weeks out of the year. Cloud-based ERP systems remove the need for that difficult choice. A company can simply pay for additional cloud-based servers for the busy holiday season and then dissolve those servers once they are no longer needed. This allows an enterprise to only pay for the server space they need and only when they need it.

One final benefit of SaaS deployment of an ERP suite is lowered licensing costs. When software is hosted on-site an enterprise must pay a setup fee as well as a dollar amount per licensed user. This amount per user is often between $1,000 and $5,000 and the license would last until there are significant changes made to the software. Cloud-based ERP systems often charge a nominal setup fee or waive it completely. What’s more, the monthly amount is usually between $90 and $500. In many instances, the subscription route of paying a lower monthly rate can be significantly cheaper than the traditional method of paying a larger lump sum per license.

There is one area in which an ERP system won’t save any money over traditional software, and that is when using a third party to handle software deployment. Most ERP vendors suggest or require an enterprise to deploy an ERP suite through a third-party partner. The third-party partner will manage the actual deployment of the ERP system which can take up to several months. This is more than simply installing software, as the third-party partner is responsible for in-depth work including coding middleware that connects the modules if they weren’t already coded prior to purchase. These third-party partners are also responsible for employee training and troubleshooting after deployment. While hiring a third-party partner may not be required it’s likely to be highly recommended by the vendor.

The bottom line is that an enterprise should take stock of the way it does business and evaluate its needs long before even contemplating an ERP system. There will likely be a third-party partner to guide an enterprise through the process and smooth out any issues, so the real work is for an enterprise to go into the relationship knowing exactly what it wants from an ERP system.