Total ETO
by Total ETO
A web-based ERP for engineer-to-order machine builders, panel shops and integrators, with two-way SOLIDWORKS and Inventor integration, project job costing, procurement and a shop-floor kiosk. Accounting runs in QuickBooks, Sage or Xero.
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 Total ETO does on each (1 of 6)
- YesIt represents a bill of materials, recipe, or formula.Evidence: totaleto.com › Faq(opens in a new tab); totaleto.com › Engineering(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.
- UnknownIt explodes requirements through at least one level of the bill of materials.Not established. No evidence found yet.
- 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
- Engineer-to-order machine builders who want purchasing to start from a live CAD BOM
- Integrators and panel shops that need project and job costing against time cards
Not a fit when
- Make-to-stock manufacturers who need dated MRP suggestions; none are described
- Anyone who wants the ledger in the same system; accounting data is exported to QuickBooks or Sage
Pricing facts
What it costs to do manufacturing in this product.
Advertised from
$750/month
Useful entry price
$750/month
Billing basis
Flat rate
What moves the real bill
- Annual billing assumed. The advertised rate requires paying for a year up front. Monthly billing costs more.
- Onboarding fee. Implementation and training are described as included on Core 5 and Core 10.
Plans
| Plan | Price | Add-ons and setup |
|---|---|---|
| Core 5Billed yearly, shown per month | $750/mo · 5 users included · up to 5 users | — |
| $9,000 USD a year for 5 users, read from the pricing page's plan image. The CAD add-in license and your accounting software are not included; 5-user timecard packs and extra shop-floor kiosks are $265 a year each. The plan image's description says implementation and training are included. | ||
| Core 10Billed yearly, shown per month | $1,250/mo · 10 users included · up to 10 users | — |
| $15,000 USD a year for 10 users, read from the pricing page's plan image. The CAD add-in license and your accounting software are not included; 5-user timecard packs and extra shop-floor kiosks are $265 a year each. The plan image's description says implementation and training are included. | ||
| Core 20Billed yearly, shown per month | $1,875/mo · 20 users included · up to 20 users | — |
| $22,500 USD a year for 20 users, read from the pricing page's plan image. The CAD add-in license and your accounting software are not included; 5-user timecard packs and extra shop-floor kiosks are $265 a year each. Its image description does not mention implementation. | ||
Cheapest paid plan that manufactures, by paid users
- 1 user: Core 5, $750 a month (billed yearly, shown per month); first year $9,000.
- 5 users: Core 5, $750 a month (billed yearly, shown per month); first year $9,000.
- 10 users: Core 10, $1,250 a month (billed yearly, shown per month); first year $15,000.
Pricing detail
Core 5 is $9,000 USD a year for 5 users, Core 10 $15,000 for 10 users and Core 20 $22,500 for 20 users; more than 20 users is on request. "No feature tiers here!": every plan has all features, and deployment on-premise or in managed cloud is included. The optional CAD add-in license and accounting software are extra. Timecard-only staff are licensed in 5-user packs "for just $265/year", and extra shop-floor kiosks are $265 a year each. Prices are shown as images; the figures here are read from them.
Checked on September 19, 2026. Source: totaleto.com(opens in a new tab). Prices change. Check before you buy.
Manufacturing capability
12 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 | A procurement screen "lists all the parts required by engineering BOMs, shop requisitions, and parts and service orders", showing the entire demand for a part. Demand dates are not described.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: totaleto.com › Faq(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Nets against stock on handIt subtracts what you already have before telling you to buy more. | Partial | You can "reserve inventory by project and see remaining availability". No requirements calculation is described.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: totaleto.com › Procurement(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 | A separate expediting screen tracks "all items that have been ordered, but not yet received", with revisable delivery dates. It is not described as feeding a calculation.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: totaleto.com › Faq(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. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of work-center or resource capacity being compared against load.Know the answer? |
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 | Engineering BOMs come from the two-way SOLIDWORKS and Inventor integration or a BOM import tool, and parts can be copied from a past project's BOM.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: totaleto.com › Faq(opens in a new tab); totaleto.com › Engineering(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 | Engineers can "logically break up complex machinery into a series of nested sub-assemblies."Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: totaleto.com › Faq(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. | Yes | Projects contain jobs, and "jobs to be arranged hierarchically for easier tracking of job costs"; staff clock in and out of jobs.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: totaleto.com › Faq(opens in a new tab); totaleto.com(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Routings & operationsThe ordered steps a product goes through, and which machine or station does each one. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of operation sequences or routings attached to production.Know the answer? |
| Shop-floor trackingOperators report progress, time, and completions as the work happens. | Yes | "Total ETO's mobile interface and shop floor kiosk let you easily clock-in and out of jobs, parts, or groups of parts."Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: totaleto.com(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Quality controlsChecks, tests, holds, and non-conformance records tied to production or receiving. | Yes | Receiving can "produce quality inspection reports or initiate non-conformance reports."Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: totaleto.com › Faq(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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | Yes | "Total ETO provides practical real-time job costing on many screens and reports", with committed costs and labour totals per project or job.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: totaleto.com › Faq(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| PurchasingRaising and tracking purchase orders to suppliers from inside the system. | Yes | RFQs and purchase orders are issued and revised in the system, and received parts are logged against them.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: totaleto.com › Procurement(opens in a new tab); totaleto.com › Faq(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Accounting connectionSends financial data to bookkeeping software, or includes its own general ledger. | Yes | Integrations with QuickBooks, Sage 300 and 50, and Xero: "Your accounting data is automatically exported into QuickBooks to pay bills, collect receivables, and produce financial reports."Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: totaleto.com › Faq(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. | Yes | "Export any report directly to Excel, Word or PDF."Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: totaleto.com › Eto manufacturing(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. | 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), Mobile app
- Licensing
- Proprietary on-premise
- Team sizes
- 6–20 people, 21–50 people
- Manufacturing styles
- Custom or job-shop work, Countable assembled products
Integrations
- SOLIDWORKS
- Autodesk Inventor
- QuickBooks
- Sage 300
- Sage 50
- Xero
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 source is the vendor's marketing and FAQ pages; there is no public manual.
- The plan prices are shown as images on the pricing page; we read the images and their descriptions.
Evidence and verification
Why this record is not Verified. Held at partially verified because every source is marketing or FAQ; there is no public manual.
Researched 2026-09-19 from the vendor's module, FAQ and pricing pages, read verbatim (the plan prices are images, read directly). Held at partially verified because every source is marketing or FAQ; there is no public manual.
Sources we checked (5)
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 whether any report suggests what to buy by date, using lead times, or only lists demand for expediting.
- Confirm routings, capacity scheduling, lot and serial tracking, and API access.
- Confirm whether Core 20 includes implementation.
Still unknown: uses lead times, produces dated buy/make suggestions, capacity planning, recipes & formulas, routings & operations, batch & lot traceability, expiry & shelf life, serial numbers, ecommerce connection, api, webhooks, mcp support, full data export.