Realtrac Performance ERP
by Realtrac
Shop management software for job shops and machine shops: job orders with routers and travellers, BOMs for materials and outside services, backward or forward job scheduling and work-center loading, real-time shop-floor status, job costing, purchasing with lot and serial tracking, and posting to QuickBooks Desktop or Sage 50.
Why it is classified this way
We call this a Light manufacturing product. Has bills of materials or recipes, consumes stock when you build, and tracks production, but time-phased planning is not verified.
It is not labeled Full MRP because we have not verified that it accepts dated demand, sales orders, a forecast, or a master production schedule; nets that demand against stock on hand and orders already incoming; explodes requirements through at least one level of the bill of materials; uses lead times or required dates; and produces dated buy, make, transfer, release, or reschedule recommendations. That is a statement about the evidence we found, not a claim that the product is weak, see the capability table and the sources below.
The six Full MRP tests, and how Realtrac Performance ERP does on each (1 of 6)
- YesIt represents a bill of materials, recipe, or formula.Evidence: realtrac.com › Bill of material(opens in a new tab)
- PartialIt accepts dated demand, sales orders, a forecast, or a master production schedule.Not established. Only partly shown: the evidence covers some of this but not all of it, so the test is not established.
- PartialIt nets that demand against stock on hand and orders already incoming.Not established. Only partly shown: the evidence covers some of this but not all of it, so the test is not established.
- PartialIt explodes requirements through at least one level of the bill of materials.Not established. Only partly shown: the evidence covers some of this but not all of it, so the test is not established.MRP lists what to buy for scheduled jobs and estimates from their materials. The page describes no planning run that pushes demand through BOM levels. Marketing page, read 2026(opens in a new tab)
- UnknownIt uses lead times or required dates.Not established. No evidence found yet.
- UnknownIt produces dated buy, make, transfer, release, or reschedule recommendations.Not established. No evidence found yet.
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
- Machine shops and job shops that want job tracking, scheduling and job costing without a full ERP
- Shops keeping their books in QuickBooks Desktop or Sage 50
Not a fit when
- Anyone who needs dated MRP suggestions; none are described
- Buyers who want a published price
Pricing facts
What it costs to do manufacturing in this product.
No published price
This vendor does not publish pricing, so you cannot compare it against anything here without contacting them. We will not estimate a figure.
What moves the real bill
- No published price. You have to contact the vendor, which usually means a sales call.
Pricing detail
No price is published. The subscription page offers "No Contract" monthly SaaS, annual SaaS, or buying the software outright with payment plans of up to 12 months, and lets you pick modules and users, but gives no figures. Pricing is by quote request. A separate cloud back-up service is described as "about a $1.00 a day".
Checked on September 19, 2026. Source: realtrac.com(opens in a new tab). Prices change. Check before you buy.
Manufacturing capability
14 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. | Partial | MRP plans purchases for new jobs and for open estimates, and jobs carry due dates for scheduling. No demand-planning run is described.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: Marketing page, read 2026(opens in a new tab); realtrac.com › Job and assembly(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Nets against stock on handIt subtracts what you already have before telling you to buy more. | Partial | MRP "can tell you what you need to buy, what you have in inventory", but the page does not describe a netting calculation.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: Marketing page, read 2026(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. | Partial | Inventory keeps "quantities on hand and on order" up to date; whether planning counts open POs is not stated.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: realtrac.com › Inventory(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. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation showing lead time fields that shift a suggested order or start date.Know the answer? |
| Produces dated buy/make suggestionsThe output is an actionable list with dates, order this much by this date, start this batch on this date. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation or a screenshot of replenishment or planning suggestions carrying dates.Know the answer? |
| Capacity planningChecks whether your people and machines can do the work in the time available. | Partial | The Loading module groups open operations by work center to show bottlenecks, with dispatch lists for overloaded centers. No capacity calculation is described.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: realtrac.com › Loading(opens in a new tab); realtrac.com › Job and assembly(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 | A BOM lists "materials and outside services needed to produce one finished part" with quantity, vendor and price.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: realtrac.com › Bill of material(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. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of nested or multi-level bom structures, not just a flat component list.Know the answer? |
| 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. | Yes | Jobs are created, scheduled and tracked through production, with a Job Bill screen recording actual materials and services consumed.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: realtrac.com › Job and assembly(opens in a new tab); realtrac.com › Bill of material(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 Job Router allows you to define each operation you want to track, along with the estimated time", printed as a barcoded traveller.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: realtrac.com › Routing(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Shop-floor trackingOperators report progress, time, and completions as the work happens. | Yes | Shop Floor Status shows which jobs run on which machines, with operators logged on and actual hours updated in real time.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: realtrac.com › Shop floor control(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Quality controlsChecks, tests, holds, and non-conformance records tied to production or receiving. | Partial | A Launch Checklist tracks quality and launch tasks per job with sign-offs, and MRP shows past quality issues by material and vendor. No inspection or non-conformance records are described.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: realtrac.com › Extended quality launch and tasks(opens in a new tab); Marketing page, read 2026(opens in a new tab)Question this |
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. | Yes | Inventory covers "serial numbers and lot traceability", and a report shows all parts, jobs and customers that used a given lot of material.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: realtrac.com › Inventory(opens in a new tab); Marketing page, read 2026(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Expiry & shelf lifeBest-before dates on materials and finished goods, with warnings before they lapse. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of expiry, best-before, or shelf-life date fields.Know the answer? |
| Serial numbersUnique identifiers on individual units, for warranty or field service. | Yes | Inventory tracks serial numbers.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: realtrac.com › Inventory(opens in a new tab)Question this |
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. | Yes | Job costs update as labour is collected and materials, subcontract and other costs post to the job, with cost-each calculations and job cost reports.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: realtrac.com › Job costing(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| PurchasingRaising and tracking purchase orders to suppliers from inside the system. | Yes | Purchase orders can be raised from job entry, inventory and BOM screens, and receipts update PO history, job and inventory costs.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: realtrac.com › Inventory(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Accounting connectionSends financial data to bookkeeping software, or includes its own general ledger. | Yes | Integrates with QuickBooks Desktop and Sage 50: posted invoices and POs are recreated in the accounting package.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: realtrac.com › Accounting integration(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| 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. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: public api documentation.Know the answer? |
| 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. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of csv or spreadsheet export.Know the answer? |
| Full data exportYou can take everything, including history and relationships, not just a few screens' worth of rows. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of a complete account export, database dump, or equivalent.Know the answer? |
Deployment, licensing and your data
- Deployment
- Cloud (hosted for you), On-premise (vendor-supported)
- Licensing
- Proprietary SaaS
- Team sizes
- 2–5 people, 6–20 people, 21–50 people
- Manufacturing styles
- Custom or job-shop work
Industries
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.
- Every claim on this record rests on Realtrac's marketing pages; there is no public manual. The MRP page is registered as a limited source.
Evidence and verification
Why this record is not Verified. Held at partially verified: the evidence is marketing pages only and there is no public manual.
Researched 2026-09-19 from realtrac.com's feature and pricing pages, read in full. Held at partially verified: the evidence is marketing pages only and there is no public manual. A third-party directory quotes a $79 monthly starting price; the vendor's own site gives no figure, so none is shown.
Sources we checked (11)
realtrac.com
- Home page(opens in a new tab)
- Marketing page, read 2026(opens in a new tab)
- Bill of material(opens in a new tab)
- Inventory(opens in a new tab)
- Accounting integration(opens in a new tab)
- Shop floor control(opens in a new tab)
- Routing(opens in a new tab)
- Job and assembly(opens in a new tab)
- Loading(opens in a new tab)
- Job costing(opens in a new tab)
- Subscription purchase(opens in a new tab)
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 documentation of the MRP function: whether it nets stock and open POs and uses lead times or dates.
- Confirm multi-level BOMs and assembly handling.
- Document any API, e-commerce connection and data export.
- Get an indicative subscription price.
Still unknown: uses lead times, produces dated buy/make suggestions, multi-level bom, recipes & formulas, expiry & shelf life, ecommerce connection, api, webhooks, mcp support, csv export, full data export.