frePPLe
by frePPLe bv
Planning / APSPasses all 6 Full MRP testsOpen core✓ Verified
A dedicated planning engine, forecasting, inventory targets, and finite-material and finite-capacity production planning, designed to sit on top of the system that already holds your transactions rather than replace it.
Why it is classified this way
We call this a Planning / APS product. A forecasting, constraint-planning, or scheduling engine that normally sits on top of another system that holds your transactions.
This product meets our Full MRP tests, but we classify it by its center of gravity rather than its planning engine alone. The capability table below shows the detail.
The six Full MRP tests, and how frePPLe does on each (6 of 6)
- YesIt represents a bill of materials, recipe, or formula.Evidence: frepple.com › Operation materials(opens in a new tab)
- YesIt accepts dated demand, sales orders, a forecast, or a master production schedule.Evidence: frepple.com › Sales orders(opens in a new tab); frepple.com(opens in a new tab)
- YesIt nets that demand against stock on hand and orders already incoming.Evidence: frepple.com › Buffers(opens in a new tab); frepple.com › Purchase orders(opens in a new tab); frepple.com › Editions(opens in a new tab)
- YesIt explodes requirements through at least one level of the bill of materials.Evidence: frepple.com › Features(opens in a new tab); frepple.com › Operation materials(opens in a new tab)The planner consumes component material through operation materials and, per the feature list, will "Coordinate subassemblies i.e. if one of the components or subassemblies is constrained and late, the schedule of the other components are aligned to match its availability." This rests on the feature list and model reference; we have not watched a plan run.
- YesIt uses lead times or required dates.Evidence: frepple.com › Features(opens in a new tab); frepple.com › Item suppliers(opens in a new tab)
- YesIt produces dated buy, make, transfer, release, or reschedule recommendations.Evidence: frepple.com › Purchase orders(opens in a new tab); frepple.com › Manufacturing orders(opens in a new tab); frepple.com(opens in a new tab)
These rules are applied identically to every product and enforced at build time, a record cannot be published as Full MRP unless all six pass with a source attached. Read the methodology.
Best for
- Shops that already run an ERP or inventory system and have outgrown its planning
- Odoo users who want serious constrained planning without changing their transactional system
- Planners who need what-if scenarios and finite-capacity plans rather than another place to type orders
Not a fit when
- Anyone looking for a single system to run the whole shop. This deliberately does not hold your transactions
- Very small makers; the complexity only pays off once planning is genuinely hard
- Teams without an existing system to integrate it with
Pricing facts
What it costs to do manufacturing in this product.
Free to self-host
The Community Edition is described as "100% free and open source" and is self-hosted. The Cloud and Enterprise editions add functionality and support, and their prices are not published.
Free to self-host
€0/month
Advertised from
€546/month
Billing basis
Mixed
What moves the real bill
- Annual billing assumed. The advertised rate requires paying for a year up front. Monthly billing costs more.
Plans
| Plan | Price | Add-ons and setup |
|---|---|---|
| CommunityCommunity Edition (MIT) | Free | — |
| You install, host, back up and upgrade it yourself. No inventory planning, plan editor, due date quoting or shelf-life planning. | ||
| CloudCloud (frePPLe's servers, closed source)Billed yearly, shown per month | €546/mo | — |
| Priced for fewer than 20,000 item x location pairs (raw materials, intermediates and finished products are items; plants, warehouses and shops are locations). The price rises with that count. Production planning module only. The calculator adds about €219 a month on yearly billing for each of demand forecasting and inventory planning; all three modules come to €984. Module prices are our reading of the calculator's arithmetic, which rounds to whole euros. Max 6 scenarios. The page can show dollars, which it converts at a fixed 1.20 from the euro price. Implementation services are optional: a proof of concept "Between € 2000 and € 5000" and an implementation project "Between € 5000 and € 25000". | ||
| CloudCloud (frePPLe's servers, closed source)Billed monthly | €643/mo | — |
| Priced for fewer than 20,000 item x location pairs (raw materials, intermediates and finished products are items; plants, warehouses and shops are locations). The price rises with that count. Production planning module only; yearly billing saves 15%. Max 6 scenarios. Implementation services are optional: a proof of concept "Between € 2000 and € 5000" and an implementation project "Between € 5000 and € 25000". | ||
| EnterpriseEnterprise (your hardware, closed source)Billed yearly, shown per month | €546/mo | — |
| Priced for fewer than 20,000 item x location pairs (raw materials, intermediates and finished products are items; plants, warehouses and shops are locations). The price rises with that count. Production planning module only. The calculator adds about €219 a month on yearly billing for each of demand forecasting and inventory planning; all three modules come to €984. Module prices are our reading of the calculator's arithmetic, which rounds to whole euros. Unlimited scenarios. Implementation services are optional: a proof of concept "Between € 2000 and € 5000" and an implementation project "Between € 5000 and € 25000". | ||
| Cloud PLUSCloud (frePPLe's servers, closed source)Billed yearly, shown per month | €683/mo | — |
| Priced for fewer than 20,000 item x location pairs (raw materials, intermediates and finished products are items; plants, warehouses and shops are locations). The price rises with that count. Production planning module only. Double resource allocation, "for intensive use", with custom configuration possible. Implementation services are optional: a proof of concept "Between € 2000 and € 5000" and an implementation project "Between € 5000 and € 25000". | ||
Cheapest paid plan that manufactures, by paid users
- 1 user: Cloud, €546 a month (billed yearly, shown per month); first year €6,552.
- 5 users: Cloud, €546 a month (billed yearly, shown per month); first year €6,552.
- 10 users: Cloud, €546 a month (billed yearly, shown per month); first year €6,552.
Pricing detail
Three editions. Community is free, open source and self-hosted. Cloud (frePPLe's servers) and Enterprise (your hardware) are closed source and now have published prices: the pricing page's calculator prices them by module (demand forecasting, inventory planning, production planning) and by the number of active item x location pairs. With production planning alone at the smallest size, under 20,000 item x locations, Cloud and Enterprise are €546 a month billed annually or €643 billed monthly, and Cloud PLUS, with double the resource allocation, is €683 billed annually. With all three modules the figure is €984. Implementation help is optional and quoted as a range: a proof of concept "Between € 2000 and € 5000" and an implementation project "Between € 5000 and € 25000". The editions page lists these as Cloud and Enterprise only: inventory planning, the interactive Gantt chart (plan editor), due date quoting, setup matrix optimization and planning with shelf life ("Consider perishable products with a limited shelf life in your plan."). Community has production planning and scheduling, forecasting, the web interface, Excel, CSV and REST API integration, what-if scenarios and the Odoo connector.
Price history
- Implementation packs: Basic EUR 2,000 (16 hours), Intermediate EUR 5,000 (40 hours) and Full EUR 10,000 (80 hours). Archived page, March 11, 2019(opens in a new tab)
- Training services EUR 2,000 and implementation services from EUR 10,000 to EUR 30,000. Archived page, September 23, 2020(opens in a new tab)
- Proof of concept between EUR 2,000 and EUR 5,000 and implementation project between EUR 5,000 and EUR 25,000. Archived page, October 2, 2023(opens in a new tab)
- Proof of concept still EUR 2,000 to EUR 5,000 and implementation project EUR 5,000 to EUR 25,000; no subscription figures shown. Archived page, May 31, 2026(opens in a new tab)
From copies of the vendor's pricing page kept by the Internet Archive.
Checked on September 19, 2026. Source: frepple.com(opens in a new tab). Prices change. Check before you buy.
Manufacturing capability
15 of 25 fields resolved. "Unknown" means we have not found first-party evidence. It is not a No.
Planning
Working out what to buy or make, and when.
| Capability | Finding | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Accepts dated demandYou can tell it what is due and when, sales orders with dates, a forecast, or a production schedule. | Yes | Sales orders are a planning input with a due date: the reference manual lists the field "due dateTime Due date of the demand." Statistical forecasts, which the vendor markets heavily, add to that demand.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: frepple.com › Sales orders(opens in a new tab); frepple.com(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Nets against stock on handIt subtracts what you already have before telling you to buy more. | Yes | Each stock point (a buffer) carries its starting stock, "Inventory level at the start of the time horizon", and the planner covers demand from that stock and from loaded purchase orders before proposing new supply. Inventory planning, the module that sizes stock levels, is listed on the editions page as Cloud and Enterprise only.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: frepple.com › Buffers(opens in a new tab); frepple.com › Purchase orders(opens in a new tab); frepple.com › Editions(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Counts incoming ordersIt knows about purchase orders and production orders already placed, so it does not tell you to order twice. | Yes | The vendor states: "This table is populated with new proposed purchase orders when frePPLe generates a plan. It is also possible to load purchase orders that are already approved or confirmed in your ERP system." Approved or confirmed purchase orders from the ERP are loaded as input to the plan. Checked 2026-09-14.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: frepple.com › Purchase orders(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Uses lead timesIt works backwards from when you need something to when you must order or start it, using supplier and production lead times. | Yes | "In backward scheduling mode, the planning algorithm counts backward from the due date of the demand for a just-in-time completion of the order." Item suppliers carry a procurement lead time, so a proposed purchase order gets an ordering date ahead of its receipt date.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: frepple.com › Features(opens in a new tab); frepple.com › Item suppliers(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Produces dated buy/make suggestionsThe output is an actionable list with dates, order this much by this date, start this batch on this date. | Yes | The reference manual says the purchase order table "is populated with new proposed purchase orders when frePPLe generates a plan", each marked "The purchase order is proposed by frePPLe to meet the plan (optimization output)." Proposed purchase orders carry an ordering date and a receipt date, and proposed manufacturing orders carry start and end dates.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: frepple.com › Purchase orders(opens in a new tab); frepple.com › Manufacturing orders(opens in a new tab); frepple.com(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Capacity planningChecks whether your people and machines can do the work in the time available. | Yes | "Finite-capacity production plan for your machines and personnel". Capacity constraints are a headline feature, not an afterthought.Source: frepple.com(opens in a new tab)Question this |
Production
Recipes, bills of materials, and running the work.
| Capability | Finding | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Bill of materialsA list of the parts and quantities needed to make one of something. | Yes | "Operation materials are used to model the consumption and production of material by operations." The manual's example has one operation consuming two of part A and one of part B to produce part C, which is a bill of materials attached to the making operation.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: frepple.com › Operation materials(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Multi-level BOMSub-assemblies inside assemblies, a part that is itself made from other parts, nested as deep as you need. | Yes | The feature list says the plan will "Coordinate subassemblies i.e. if one of the components or subassemblies is constrained and late, the schedule of the other components are aligned to match its availability." Subassemblies are planned as their own supply through chained operations. This rests on the feature list; we have not seen a nested BOM screen.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: frepple.com › Features(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Recipes & formulasBatch-style production by weight, volume, or percentage, including scaling a batch up or down. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of recipe or formula records, ideally with batch scaling.Know the answer? |
| Work / manufacturing ordersA record authorising and tracking the making of a specific quantity. | Partial | "This table contains the manufacturing orders of your supply chain, either proposed by frePPLe or confirmed." These are planning records: confirmed orders normally live in your ERP and are loaded into frePPLe, so this is not where you run and close jobs. This is read from the reference manual, not seen in use.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: frepple.com › Manufacturing orders(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Routings & operationsThe ordered steps a product goes through, and which machine or station does each one. | Yes | The model includes "routing operations that represent a sequence of operations." Each step can be linked to the machine or operator it loads.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: frepple.com › Features(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Shop-floor trackingOperators report progress, time, and completions as the work happens. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of a shop-floor, operator, or terminal interface for reporting production.Know the answer? |
| Quality controlsChecks, tests, holds, and non-conformance records tied to production or receiving. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of quality inspections, checks, or non-conformance handling.Know the answer? |
Inventory & traceability
Knowing what you hold and being able to trace it.
| Capability | Finding | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Batch & lot traceabilityWhich incoming material lots went into which finished batch, and where those finished goods went. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of lot or batch numbers tracked through consumption into finished goods.Know the answer? |
| Expiry & shelf lifeBest-before dates on materials and finished goods, with warnings before they lapse. | Partial | The vendor states: "Defines the date when the purchased material will expire. When left unspecified, it is computed as the end date of the purchase order plus the item's shelf life." The shelf life feature is limited to the Enterprise and Cloud editions, and this page does not mention expiry warnings. Checked 2026-09-14.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: frepple.com › Purchase orders(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Serial numbersUnique identifiers on individual units, for warranty or field service. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of serial number tracking on individual units.Know the answer? |
Commerce & accounting
Costs, purchasing, storefronts, and the books.
| Capability | Finding | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Product costing & COGSWhat it costs you to make one, and the cost of the goods you sold. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of landed, manufactured, or unit cost calculation and cogs reporting.Know the answer? |
| PurchasingRaising and tracking purchase orders to suppliers from inside the system. | Partial | "With a simple click the planners can create manufacturing orders and purchase orders in odoo." frePPLe proposes the purchase order and hands it to the ERP; the order is issued and received there, not in frePPLe. From the vendor's feature list.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: frepple.com › Features(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Accounting connectionSends financial data to bookkeeping software, or includes its own general ledger. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of a named accounting integration or a built-in ledger.Know the answer? |
| Ecommerce connectionPulls orders and pushes stock levels to a storefront or marketplace. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of a named storefront or marketplace integration.Know the answer? |
Openness & your data
Getting data in, out, and away if you leave.
| Capability | Finding | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| APIA documented programming interface so other software can read and write your data. | Yes | "A web-based JSON-REST API allows frePPLe to be integrated online with other applications." The editions page lists API integration in the free Community edition.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: frepple.com › Features(opens in a new tab); frepple.com › Editions(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| WebhooksThe system can notify other software the moment something changes. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of outbound webhooks or event subscriptions.Know the answer? |
| MCP supportA Model Context Protocol server, letting an AI assistant read or act on this data. Useful, but it has nothing to do with whether the product plans materials. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: a first-party mcp server, or documentation of one.Know the answer? |
| CSV exportYou can get your lists out as spreadsheet files. | Yes | "Import and export CSV data files for all reports." The editions page puts CSV and Excel import and export in the free Community edition.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: frepple.com › Features(opens in a new tab); frepple.com › Editions(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Full data exportYou can take everything, including history and relationships, not just a few screens' worth of rows. | Yes | The Community Edition is self-hosted under MIT, so the database is yours.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: github.com › Frepple(opens in a new tab)Question this |
Deployment, licensing and your data
- Deployment
- Self-hosted, Cloud (hosted for you), On-premise (vendor-supported)
- Licensing
- Open coreMIT
- Team sizes
- 6–20 people, 21–50 people, 51+ people
- Manufacturing styles
- Countable assembled products, Batch & recipe products, Continuous process
About the licence
The license file states the software "has dual licensing. You can use the software free of charge under the MIT License. You can also purchase a commercial license from frePPLe bv for additional functionality and professional support." The free core is genuinely MIT; the Enterprise edition adds functionality that is not. That makes this open core.
Licence: github.com(opens in a new tab)
Integrations
- Odoo
- Openbravo
- ERPNext
- uzERP
Jobs this product qualifies for
Derived from the capability table above, not hand-assigned.
Editorial notes and cautions
Things we would want a friend to know before buying.
- This is a complement, not a replacement. The vendor positions it as adding advanced planning to an existing deployment, and buying it expecting an ERP will disappoint you.
- Dual licensing means the free core and the paid editions are different products. Inventory planning, the plan editor Gantt chart, due date quoting, setup matrix optimization and shelf-life planning are Cloud and Enterprise only, so check your needs against that list before planning a Community deployment.
- Several capability fields are still unknown here, and that is largely appropriate: an APS is not supposed to have lot tracking or an ecommerce connector. Judge it on the planning rows.
Evidence and verification
✓ VerifiedLast checked October 9, 2026 · 60% of capability fields resolved · 100% of those carry a source
License read directly from the repository COPYING file, which is the only place the dual-licensing arrangement is stated plainly. The vendor's own site says only "open source", which would have been misleading to repeat. Beyond Odoo, the ERP integration chapter says "As of today, connectors exist with Odoo, Openbravo, ERPNext and uzERP." and offers a generic connector skeleton for other systems. Data can also be loaded from Excel or CSV files, by direct database access, through the REST API or from the command line.
Sources we checked (11)
frepple.com
- Home page(opens in a new tab)
- Purchase orders(opens in a new tab)
- Manufacturing orders(opens in a new tab)
- Features(opens in a new tab)
- Item suppliers(opens in a new tab)
- Operation materials(opens in a new tab)
- Editions(opens in a new tab)
- Erp integration(opens in a new tab)
- Sales orders(opens in a new tab)
- Buffers(opens in a new tab)
github.com
What we still want to confirm
We publish our gaps rather than hiding them. If you can point us at a first-party page for any of these, we will update the record and credit the correction.
- Find first-party evidence for the fields still marked unknown: recipes & formulas, shop-floor tracking, quality controls, batch & lot traceability, serial numbers, product costing & cogs, accounting connection, ecommerce connection, webhooks and mcp support.
Still unknown: recipes & formulas, shop-floor tracking, quality controls, batch & lot traceability, serial numbers, product costing & cogs, accounting connection, ecommerce connection, webhooks, mcp support.