Long part numbers, multi-level BOMs, component shortages, and supplier lead times.
Long part numbers, deep bills of materials, and a supply chain that periodically stops working. Component lead times swing from days to a year, allocations get canceled, and a single unavailable part stops a build regardless of how much of everything else you hold. Multi-level BOMs are normal, revisions matter, and traceability from component lot to shipped unit is a requirement in regulated sectors.
Confusing shortage reporting with MRP. Several products here. PartsBox, Aligni, BOMIST, do a genuinely good job of telling you what you are short of for a build. None of them tells you when to place the order given a sixteen-week lead time. If component lead times are your problem, look for lead-time offsetting specifically.
Do you need full MRP here?
Yes, if lead times drive your business. Electronics is the industry where the gap between 'you are short' and 'order by this date' is most expensive to get wrong.
43 products in our catalog list this industry.
UK MRP for engineering and electronics SMEs, sold on subscription with a quote and a Windows server.
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Access Group's MRP for UK precision, electronics and regulated manufacturers.
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Build-oriented hardware MRP with unusual capacity-based pricing.
From $187/mo
Real MRP under an Apache license, for teams with developers to spare.
Free plan; no published paid price
Job shops and mixed-mode discrete manufacturers ready for a months-long, quote-led ERP implementation.
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Open-source ERP with documented MRP; free to self-host, or €35 per user on Pro from 10 users.
Free plan · From €35/user/mo
Desktop-first parts and BOM control that works without an internet connection.
From $15/mo · $50/mo useful
The most API-forward option here, with a license that needs reading carefully.
From $40/user/mo
Full manufacturing ERP at $50 per user, if you can pay for at least five users.
From $50/user/mo
Formerly DEAR Systems, DEAR Inventory
Capable manufacturing, but only if you buy the module that has it.
From $349/mo · $599/mo useful
The gentlest open-source ERP to start with, module by module.
Free plan; no published paid price
A UK make-to-order ERP with finite scheduling and its own accounts, for engineering and fabrication shops.
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A lot of ERP surface for $99 a month with five seats included.
From $49/mo · $99/mo useful
A full open-source ERP with nothing held back for a paid edition, if you can carry the setup burden.
From $5/mo · $25/mo useful
The veteran QuickBooks-attached manufacturing system, with manufacturing from $675 a month plus a required implementation package.
From $675/mo
Job-card MRP for equipment and device makers up to about 100 people, from £479 a month.
From £479/mo
The planning brain you bolt onto an ERP that cannot plan.
Free plan · From €546/mo
Autoscheduling for precision job shops, with an MCP-aware API.
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A broad modular ERP for established manufacturers, sold module by module.
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QuickBooks companion with barcode scanning and simple recipe-based manufacturing orders on the Pro plan.
From $49/mo · $129/mo useful
Heavyweight community ERP with no license fee and a long lineage.
Free plan; no published paid price
Solid inventory, but manufacturing is a different, pricier product line.
From $69/mo · $169/mo useful
Documented MRP with finite scheduling for order-driven discrete shops ready for a quoted, installed ERP.
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Excellent free parts-and-BOM control for hardware shops, not a planning engine.
Free plan; no published paid price
Formerly Katana MRP
Strong production control with documented MRP planning; paid pricing is quote-only since 2026-10, last published at $299 plus $199 for manufacturing.
Free plan available
Budget inventory and production orders with routings and a shop-floor app, if you add the $43 Production module.
From $5/mo · $67/mo useful
Business Central Premium with documented device-maker extensions, for DACH manufacturers. Quote only.
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A full ERP with documented MRP at $110 per user on Premium, usually bought with a partner.
From $80/user/mo · $110/user/mo useful
Job-shop ERP with an explicit MRP module and flexible scheduling modes.
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The clearest small-shop system that genuinely tells you what to order and when.
From $49/user/mo
Formerly OpenERP, TinyERP
An open-core ERP covering manufacturing, stock and accounting; read the Community versus Enterprise line carefully.
From $0/user/mo · $24.90/user/mo useful
An all-in-one ERP for metal fabricators and discrete job shops that want MRP, scheduling and accounting in one system.
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Where engineering BOMs live before they reach your manufacturing system.
From $30/user/mo
Mid-sized discrete manufacturers already on, or choosing, SAP Business One.
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Inventory, work orders and forecast-driven MRP for small assemblers, from $185 a month for two users.
From $185/mo
The simplest free way to know what components you have and where.
Free plan; no published paid price
Lot-level component traceability for hardware teams that have to prove it.
Free plan · From €49/mo
Quote-to-invoice production control for UK precision engineering and fabrication job shops.
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Formerly Stock&Buy
Inventory, orders and simple production for small product brands, from $99 a month with the accounting kept in Xero or QuickBooks.
From $99/mo
The QuickBooks-native option, if you can reach the Pro tier.
From $69.95/mo · $194.95/mo useful
Built by one maker for makers, at a price that is hard to argue with.
Free plan · From $0/mo
Foundation-governed open-source ERP with no commercial edition to upsell you.
Free plan; no published paid price
Full MRP inside a mid-market ERP, with a public manual, for manufacturers ready for a quoted implementation.
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