Lot traceability and recalls

The clearest small-shop system that genuinely tells you what to order and when.

From $49/user/mo

• ·Shops that have outgrown reorder alerts and need to know the last safe date to place an order
• ·Small discrete manufacturers running multi-level BOMs with routings and operations
• ·Anyone who wants the planning maths written down in a public manual rather than hidden behind a demo

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

• ·Shops that want to own their system outright and never pay a per-seat bill again
• ·Manufacturers who need accounting, purchasing and production in one place rather than three subscriptions
• ·Teams with someone technical who can run a server or manage a hosting partner

The most API-forward option here, with a license that needs reading carefully.

From $40/user/mo

• ·Engineering-led shops in regulated sectors needing serial genealogy and NCR-to-CAPA workflows
• ·Teams that intend to build on top of the system rather than only use its screens, on the Business plan, which is where the API and webhooks are
• ·Shops that want an AI assistant wired into live manufacturing data via MCP

Capable manufacturing, but only if you buy the module that has it.

From $349/mo · $599/mo useful

• ·Growing brands that already need multi-channel order management and want manufacturing in the same system
• ·Teams of ten or more, where the bundled seat counts start to look reasonable
• ·Shops that only need assembly-style kitting, which is included rather than extra

Autoscheduling for precision job shops, with an MCP-aware API.

Quote only

• ·Precision CNC and sheet-metal shops where scheduling is the bottleneck
• ·Shops needing AS9100D or ISO 9001 readiness
• ·Teams that want to promise realistic dates at quote time rather than hope

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

• ·Product brands that have outgrown spreadsheets and want production, stock and a shop-floor app in one place
• ·Teams with many people who benefit from unlimited-user pricing instead of per-seat billing
• ·Shops that need expiry dates and serial numbers alongside batch tracking

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

• ·Manufacturers who want production, stock, purchasing, ecommerce and the ledger from one vendor
• ·Shops needing finite capacity scheduling and a real shop-floor tablet interface
• ·Technical teams willing to self-host Community and avoid per-seat pricing entirely

Business Central Premium for Dutch make-to-order and ETO manufacturers, with published tier prices on top.

From €50.83/user/mo · €146.13/user/mo useful

• ·Dutch make-to-order and engineer-to-order manufacturers moving to Business Central
• ·Shops that want published tier prices and a Dutch implementation partner
• ·Teams that link CAD or PDM data to items, BOMs and routings

FDA-regulated batch makers who need electronic batch records and traceability tied to QuickBooks.

From $150/user/mo · $200/user/mo useful

• ·Supplement, cosmetics and food makers under FDA rules who need electronic batch records with e-signatures
• ·Regulated shops that need forward and reverse lot tracing for a mock recall
• ·QuickBooks Online users who want production and inventory postings made for them

One system for orders, stock, production and the books, for Shopify brands big enough to take a quote.

Quote only

• ·Shopify brands that make or personalise what they sell and want production, stock and the ledger in one system
• ·Operations teams that want an open API, webhooks and an MCP server on the same data

Business Central for food producers, packaged by food-industry people, from $115.50 per user a month with manufacturing.

From $84/user/mo · $115.50/user/mo useful

• ·Food and beverage producers who want Business Central set up by food-industry specialists
• ·Bakeries and food companies that run direct store delivery routes
• ·Producers who need lot traceability and recall tied to accounting and production

Free to use right now in beta, and built for people who make things from formulas.

Free plan · From $59.99/mo

• ·Formula-driven makers who want to start today, since beta access is free, needs no credit card, and the vendor advertises no end date for it
• ·Shops that want to know what a batch cost with labour in it: a completed batch shows raw material, labour and packaging cost, a cost per unit, and retail and dealer prices over that cost
• ·Makers who want a say in what gets built, because the vendor is actively shaping it around user feedback

Business Central Premium with documented device-maker extensions, for DACH manufacturers. Quote only.

Quote only

• ·Device and machine makers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland standardizing on Business Central
• ·One-off, project and small-series production that links engineering to the shop
• ·Teams that want project costing running alongside production

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

• ·Growing manufacturers that want finance, planning and production in one ERP with public documentation
• ·Discrete and assembly shops that plan from sales orders and forecasts with MPS and MRP
• ·Companies that already work with a Microsoft partner or run Microsoft 365

A lot of ERP surface for $99 a month with five seats included.

From $49/mo · $99/mo useful

• ·Small manufacturers who need five seats and a broad feature set on a tight budget
• ·Shops needing lot, batch, serial and expiry tracking without an upgrade path to reach them
• ·Businesses running QuickBooks or Xero who want two-way document sync

The only serious print-farm ERP we found, with gram-level material costing.

Free plan · From $0/mo

• ·3D print farms that need filament costed per gram rather than per spool
• ·Print shops wanting to self-host at zero license cost and upgrade later without migrating
• ·Operators who prefer a $2,500 perpetual license to an indefinite subscription

Solid inventory, but manufacturing is a different, pricier product line.

From $69/mo · $169/mo useful

• ·Distributors and light assemblers who mainly need order and stock control
• ·Teams that want barcode scanning across unlimited warehouse users on the Stockroom plan
• ·Shops with predictable order volumes that fit inside the plan caps

Inventory, work orders and forecast-driven MRP for small assemblers, from $185 a month for two users.

From $185/mo

• ·Assemblers and light manufacturers who want forecast-driven production and purchasing plans offset by lead time
• ·Teams with nested sub-assemblies that want work orders created for every level in one step
• ·Businesses keeping their books in QuickBooks or Xero that need lots, serials and expiry dates on the stock side

A full manufacturing ERP with documented MRP for growing shops ready for a partner-led implementation.

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• ·Manufacturers of 20 people or more who want MRP, scheduling and accounting in one system
• ·Shops that dislike per-seat pricing and have many occasional users
• ·Buyers ready to work with an implementation partner

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

• ·Manufacturers who want open-source ERP with real MRP, capacity scheduling and accounting in one system
• ·Teams with the technical staff to self-host Community, or ten or more users for Pro
• ·European companies that care where their data is hosted

Good CPG fit and unlimited users, undermined by add-on pricing for the basics.

From $199/mo · $337/mo useful

• ·CPG brands selling wholesale and direct who want warehouse and 3PL visibility alongside production
• ·Teams that would be punished by per-seat pricing, users are unlimited on every plan
• ·Shops that need multi-location and co-manufacturing tracking

One system for batch manufacturing, from forecast through to the shop floor.

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• ·Batch manufacturers who want one system rather than an ERP plus a manufacturing bolt-on
• ·Shops where quality testing happens on the floor and needs recording as it happens
• ·Processors managing shelf life across raw materials and finished goods

The gentlest open-source ERP to start with, module by module.

Free plan; no published paid price

• ·Small businesses that want to start with invoicing and stock and switch manufacturing on later
• ·Shops that want accounting and production under one free license
• ·Owners who find full ERPs overwhelming and want to enable one module at a time

Open-source ERP for food and wholesale, with unusually transparent cloud pricing.

From €99/mo · €398/mo useful

• ·European wholesale and food businesses wanting an open-source ERP with a commercial cloud option
• ·Teams that want the option to move between self-hosting and vendor hosting without changing product
• ·Buyers who prefer a published price to a quote, even in a category where quotes are the norm

Growing manufacturers who want shop-floor work orders and lot tracking without a long ERP project.

From $400/mo

• ·Manufacturers of 10 or more people who want operators working from assigned work orders on tablets
• ·Shops that need lot tracking and full traceability with QuickBooks and ecommerce connected
• ·Teams that want API, webhook or MCP access and are happy to pay for each as an add-on

Foundation-governed open-source ERP with no commercial edition to upsell you.

Free plan; no published paid price

• ·Teams who want open-source ERP with no company able to change the license or paywall a module
• ·Shops that prefer a smaller, more coherent module set to a sprawling suite
• ·European businesses valuing foundation governance under Belgian law

Self-hosters who want free, documented MRP and a real ledger, and can live without capacity planning.

Free plan; no published paid price

• ·Small manufacturers who can self-host and want real MRP without a license fee
• ·Businesses that want accounting, inventory and manufacturing in one open-source system
• ·Shops that need lot or serial control with test results and certificates of analysis

Build-oriented hardware MRP with unusual capacity-based pricing.

From $187/mo

• ·Hardware companies running a small number of larger builds
• ·Teams needing warehouses, transfers and safety stock alongside engineering BOMs
• ·Shops that want a thirty-day trial to test with real data before committing

A cloud shop-floor MES with a dated material board, for shops that already plan and want tablets on the floor.

From $173/user/mo

• ·Shops putting tablets on the floor to replace paper travellers
• ·Teams that want lot and serial traceability captured as work happens
• ·Autodesk Fusion or Vault users who want products and BOMs pulled in

Formula manufacturing that can bolt onto QuickBooks instead of replacing your accounting.

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• ·Formula makers who want manufacturing without replacing accounting they already run
• ·Shops in food, nutraceuticals, cosmetics or coatings that need regulatory records alongside production

Documented MRP with finite scheduling for order-driven discrete shops ready for a quoted, installed ERP.

Quote only

• ·Order-driven discrete manufacturers and job shops that want MRP and finite scheduling in one system
• ·Shops that need lot and serial trace from receiving to shipment, as an add-on module
• ·Buyers who want to read the user guides before a demo; they are public on docs.infor.com

The QuickBooks-native option, if you can reach the Pro tier.

From $69.95/mo · $194.95/mo useful

• ·Shops already committed to QuickBooks Online that want manufacturing beside it
• ·Manufacturers needing deeply nested BOMs without paying extra for depth
• ·Process and variable-yield producers, which few products in this price bracket handle

Built for recall-ready batch producers who need traceability and purchasing in one place.

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• ·Food, beverage and cosmetics producers who must be able to run a recall in minutes
• ·Shops where expiry dates and lot genealogy are compliance requirements, not conveniences
• ·Buyers comfortable with a sales conversation to get a price

Quoting, job costing and production jobs for fabrication workshops, from A$650 a month with the inventory add-on.

From A$350/mo · A$650/mo useful

• ·Fabrication and engineering workshops that quote, run and cost custom jobs
• ·Shops that also build stock items or sub-assemblies and want them costed from actual time and materials
• ·Teams of around ten or more on the floor who log time and materials from a kiosk

Job shops and mixed-mode discrete manufacturers ready for a months-long, quote-led ERP implementation.

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• ·Job shops and mixed-mode discrete manufacturers handling make-to-order, assemble-to-order and engineer-to-order work
• ·Shops that need dated planning through every BOM level, lot and serial trace, and capacity load in one system
• ·ITAR-regulated manufacturers, which the vendor hosts on Microsoft Azure Government Cloud

MRP and works orders built into Sage 200 Professional for UK manufacturers of up to 100 users.

From £526.50/mo

• ·UK manufacturers on Sage 200 Professional who want MRP and works orders in the same interface
• ·Businesses leaving Sage 200 Manufacturing, Sicon, Sage 1000 or Swan, which have migration tools
• ·Multi-site operations that need warehouse-hierarchy planning and a graphical scheduler

Time-phased MRP and works orders for small UK manufacturers who run Sage 50 Accounts.

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• ·Small UK and Irish manufacturers on Sage 50 Accounts who want real time-phased MRP
• ·Shops migrating off the retired Sage 50 Manufacturing, which Sage recommends Cim50 to replace
• ·Buyers who want to add modules over time, starting with stock control

Inventory, orders and simple multi-level production for small teams, at $135 a month billed yearly for five users.

From $135/mo

• ·Small teams that make simple multi-level products and mainly need stock, orders and production orders in one place
• ·Shops selling through Shopify, WooCommerce or Magento with QuickBooks Online behind them
• ·Builders who want a documented API included in the base plan

MRP and production control for QuickBooks or Sage shops that want to keep their accounting where it is.

Quote only

• ·Manufacturers on QuickBooks or Sage who want MRP without moving their books
• ·Discrete shops that want to buy only the modules they use, starting with inventory and BOMs
• ·Teams happy to run a Windows client and SQL Server, on site or with a hosting partner

Job-shop software with an £8.50 shop-floor seat, sold month to month.

From £57.50/mo · £167.50/mo useful

• ·UK subcontract engineering and machine shops
• ·Shops with many floor staff who only need to clock on and off, where the £8.50 seat cuts the bill sharply
• ·Owners who want out of long contracts. This is genuinely month to month

The strongest fit for makers who need real COGS and lot numbers, not a planning engine.

From $20/mo · $99/mo useful

• ·Makers who need defensible cost of goods sold for their accountant at year end
• ·Small-batch brands that must be able to trace a lot number back through a recipe
• ·Growing shops that want unlimited users without per-seat pricing

Made-to-order and batch makers who want a system set up around their process, not self-service.

From £435/mo

• ·Made-to-order workshops that build a bill of materials per job and want quote, job and invoice in one record
• ·Food, drink and pharmaceutical makers who need batch traceability from supplier lot to customer
• ·Xero users who want stock kept out of Xero and cost of goods posted as one monthly journal

Formula manufacturing with version-controlled recipes and planning that reads forecasts.

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• ·Formula makers who need version and revision history on a recipe, not just the current version
• ·Chemical, nutraceutical and cannabis manufacturers, which the ProcessPro edition targets directly
• ·Shops needing certificates of analysis generated from the formula rather than assembled by hand

Brewery production, traceability and sales in one system, priced by annual output with unlimited users.

From $34.99/mo

• ·Breweries that want recipes, brew sheets, vessels, stock and sales in one place
• ·Growing teams, since adding users costs nothing
• ·Brewers who need to trace an ingredient lot to the customers who received it

Full manufacturing ERP at $50 per user, if you can pay for at least five users.

From $50/user/mo

• ·Electronics and discrete manufacturers who want MRP, scheduling, traceability and accounting in one system
• ·Shops that would rather read the documentation than sit through a demo
• ·Teams of six or more, where the five-user minimum stops mattering

The cheapest honest starting point for a maker leaving spreadsheets behind.

From $19/mo

• ·Solo makers who want to try real inventory software without a credit card
• ·Etsy and Shopify sellers who need cost of goods sold without an accounting project
• ·Small studios whose material list is short enough to fit inside the tier caps

Recipe manufacturing with electronic batch records, aimed squarely at regulated small makers.

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• ·Regulated small makers who need electronic batch records and sign-offs, not just a stock count
• ·Shops facing recall drills, since end-to-end lot traceability is the product's center of gravity
• ·Makers on QuickBooks who want manufacturing without changing accounting

Work orders, operator app and lot tracking for small makers, from $49 a month billed annually, with accounting kept in QuickBooks or Xero.

From $49/mo

• ·Small makers who want work orders, operations and an operator app on the shop floor without an ERP
• ·Shopify sellers with QuickBooks or Xero who need lot, expiry or serial tracking
• ·Teams of up to 10 who can pay annually

Batch and serial tracking on every plan, with production $69 a month extra on Core and free on Pro.

From $399/mo · $468/mo useful

• ·Small brands that want batch and serial tracking without paying for an upgrade to get it
• ·Teams of three or fewer on Core, where the included seats cover everyone
• ·Businesses billing in NZD, AUD or GBP who would rather not carry currency risk

Full MRP inside a mid-market ERP, with a public manual, for manufacturers ready for a quoted implementation.

Quote only

• ·Discrete manufacturers who want real MRP, routings and capacity in one ERP with its own books
• ·Buyers who want to read the manual before the demo: the reference guide is public
• ·Companies that need the option of on-premises hosting

Chemical and formula manufacturing with the compliance paperwork built in.

Quote only

• ·Chemical and formula makers who need safety data sheets and certificates of analysis generated from the formula
• ·Shops that need finite-capacity scheduling rather than an infinite-capacity promise
• ·Manufacturers who also distribute, since the product covers both

The veteran QuickBooks-attached manufacturing system, with manufacturing from $675 a month plus a required implementation package.

From $675/mo

• ·Established manufacturers running QuickBooks who need warehousing and production together
• ·Food and cosmetics producers who need one-click recall reporting
• ·Shops needing finite-capacity planning with automatic rerouting

Lot-level component traceability for hardware teams that have to prove it.

Free plan · From €49/mo

• ·Regulated hardware teams that must trace a component lot into a shipped device
• ·Shops buying against distributor pricing who want BOM costing before committing
• ·Labs handling non-standard units, wire by length, paste by weight

Inventory, orders and simple production for small product brands, from $99 a month with the accounting kept in Xero or QuickBooks.

From $99/mo

• ·Product brands selling through Shopify or WooCommerce that build from a single-level bill of materials
• ·Small teams that want lot, expiry and recall tracing for a flat monthly price
• ·Businesses that keep their books in Xero or QuickBooks Online and want the stock side to post there

Adds formula manufacturing to QuickBooks Online or Microsoft Dynamics. You need one of them first.

Quote only

• ·Manufacturers already running QuickBooks Online or Microsoft Dynamics who need formula and batch handling on top
• ·Breweries, food makers and chemical shops wanting industry-shaped functionality rather than generic ERP

Food ERP on Business Central, with catch weight handled all the way to the invoice.

Quote only

• ·Food and beverage makers selling variable-weight products, where catch weight runs to invoicing
• ·Shops needing bi-directional ingredient tracing and allergen management for compliance
• ·Companies already committed to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Runs compliance, production assemblies and wholesale orders on one set of lot-tracked inventory.

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• ·Licensed brands and distributors who want compliance reporting and wholesale orders on the same inventory
• ·Processors whose production is assemblies from a BOM rather than a routed, scheduled job
• ·Operators who want costs to follow inputs through production into what they sold

Food processing and distribution on top of QuickBooks, with catch weight handled properly.

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• ·Food businesses that both make and distribute, since the product covers the whole path
• ·Operations selling variable-weight products, where catch weight handling is not optional
• ·Small food companies already running QuickBooks who do not want to replace it

Excellent free parts-and-BOM control for hardware shops, not a planning engine.

Free plan; no published paid price

• ·Electronics and hardware shops that need rigorous part, stock-location and BOM control
• ·Technical owners who want an MIT license and a real REST API with no vendor in the middle
• ·Labs and prototype shops tracking serialized units and test results

Business Central Premium plus GMP-ready batch, recipe and QA apps for regulated process makers. Quote only.

Quote only

• ·Regulated process manufacturers (pharma, chemicals, food, cosmetics, medtech) on Business Central
• ·Makers who need GMP audit trails, electronic signatures and lot traffic lights in the ERP
• ·Teams that adjust batch recipes by potency and need QA inspections tied to lots

Business Central for fashion brands, wholesalers and manufacturers that need color-size matrices everywhere. K3's price is quote only.

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• ·Fashion brands, wholesalers and manufacturers already committed to Microsoft Business Central
• ·Businesses that need color, size and second-size matrices across orders, stock and production
• ·Brands that manufacture in part and want Business Central's MRP with a fashion matrix on top

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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• ·Metal fabricators and discrete job shops that want MRP, scheduling, shop floor and accounting in one system
• ·Shops that need the choice of cloud or on-premise and may want to switch later
• ·Automotive and aerospace suppliers working to EDI releases and IATF or AS9100 quality rules

Makers who want recipes, batch records and restock dates on a free plan, paying only as volume grows.

Free plan · From $0/mo

• ·Makers who want recipes, subassemblies and batch records on a free plan before paying anything
• ·Etsy, Shopify and Square sellers who want order-by dates for restocking based on their own sales history
• ·Seasonal sellers who would rather pay per transaction in busy months than a fixed monthly fee

Brewery production, stock planning, sales and delivery at US$90 per concurrent user a month, no contract.

From $90/user/mo

• ·Breweries that want a stock requirements screen netting planned batches against stock and open purchase orders
• ·Small teams where only one or two people are signed in at a time, since seats are concurrent
• ·Producers who self-distribute and want route planning and container tracking in the same system

Supplement, cosmetics and food makers who need GMP batch records and lot recall, with self-serve pricing.

From $149/mo

• ·Supplement and nutraceutical makers working to 21 CFR Part 111 who need batch records, COAs and a recall trace
• ·Small cosmetics and food producers who want FIFO lots, expiry blocking and recall drills without a sales call
• ·Co-packers who want a client portal showing order and batch status without exposing formulas

For coffee roasters who want roast logging and quality control first, with production planning and traceability from the Scale package up.

From $35/mo · $319/mo useful

• ·Coffee roasters who want roast profiling, AI roast guidance and quality control tied to green inventory
• ·Roasteries on Scale or above that want orders and minimum stock levels to drive roast and packaging plans
• ·Multi-site roasters, since Core and up include unlimited locations and users

Small wholesalers and B2B sellers who assemble or make products and want orders, stock and manufacturing in one tool.

From $69/mo · $86/mo useful

• ·Small B2B and wholesale businesses that make or assemble part of what they sell and want one tool for orders, stock and manufacturing
• ·Makers who outsource steps to a subcontractor and need stock at the subcontractor tracked
• ·Food and cosmetics sellers who need lots, expiry and serials and are willing to pay for the traceability add-on

For small wineries, cideries, breweries and distillers who need vessel-level traceability, excise reporting and stock in one cloud tool.

From $24/mo · $99/mo useful

• ·Small wineries, cideries and craft distillers who need to trace blends and additives through vessels for audits
• ·Producers who file excise or WET tax and post to Xero
• ·Beverage makers who want to see weekly packaging-material shortfalls and raise purchase orders with lead times

Small UK food makers who need recipe costing, batch records and recall-ready traceability in one place.

From £0/mo · £30/mo useful

• ·UK artisan food makers who need batch numbers, best-before dates and a recall trail for SALSA
• ·Market and event traders who plan stock around markets and want sales tracked per event
• ·Small kitchens that build products from sub-recipes such as sauces, bases and fillings and need cost per unit to follow

Small food and craft producers comfortable running Docker who want batches, lots and costing for free.

Free plan; no published paid price

• ·Bakeries and small food producers who make to order and want allergens, nutrition labels, lots and batch costs in one place
• ·Makers who can run a Docker server and would rather own their data than pay a subscription
• ·Small producers who need a supplier-to-customer recall trace without paying for traceability

Job-card MRP for equipment and device makers up to about 100 people, from £479 a month.

From £479/mo

• ·Build-to-order equipment, device and machinery makers with multi-level BOMs and subcontracted steps
• ·Shops that want job cards, time tracking and batch and serial traceability on the floor
• ·UK firms that keep their books in Xero, QuickBooks or Sage 50

For coffee roasters who want green lots, roasts, packing and wholesale orders on one record, billed by the pound roasted.

From $79/mo

• ·Coffee roasters who want each roast to take its weight off the green lot it came from, with no re-entry
• ·Wholesale roasters who need orders, packing runs and invoices tied to the batch that filled them
• ·Small roasteries that want every feature on one plan instead of paying for tiers and add-ons

Inventory, assemblies and lot trace for QuickBooks users who build for stock and want to keep their books where they are.

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• ·QuickBooks users who assemble for stock and need lot trace through their assemblies
• ·Food, beverage and medical producers who want yield and variance recorded on process builds
• ·Businesses that want inventory on their own Windows server with SQL Server behind it

A UK make-to-order ERP with finite scheduling and its own accounts, for engineering and fabrication shops.

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• ·UK engineering, fabrication and electronics SMEs running make-to-order jobs with routings and finite capacity
• ·Shops that want accounts, costing and shop-floor time in the same system as production

ANZ manufacturers and service businesses that want every module for about AUD 20 per concurrent user a month.

From A$105/user/mo

• ·Australian and New Zealand manufacturers that want production, inventory, jobbing and service in one system
• ·Shops with many staff but few people logged in at once, since users are counted concurrently
• ·Businesses that want to run the database on their own server or a hosted single-tenant instance

UK MRP for engineering and electronics SMEs, sold on subscription with a quote and a Windows server.

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• ·UK engineering, electronics and subcontract manufacturers with works orders, routings and shop-floor booking
• ·Firms on Xero or Sage that want MRP connected to their books
• ·Businesses that would rather subscribe than pay a large upfront license

Brewery and distillery production with TTB reports at a published flat $201 a month, unlimited users.

From $201/mo

• ·Small breweries that want production, inventory, costing and TTB reports at a published flat price
• ·Teams that want every staff member logged in without per-seat charges
• ·Brewstilleries that want beer and spirits in one account; distilling was added in September 2026

Lot-traced production, COGS and channel sync for CPG brands, sold by demo with no published price.

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• ·Food, beverage and personal care brands that need lot and expiry tracing through to customer orders
• ·Brands that split production between their own kitchen and co-manufacturers
• ·Teams that want COGS and margin per order from real production costs

The cheapest paid way for a solo candle maker to cost recipes and have batches draw down stock.

From $9/mo

• ·Solo candle makers who want recipe costing, burn testing and batch records in one inexpensive tool
• ·Market and craft-fair sellers who want booth fees, event sales and profit per event tracked with their stock
• ·Makers leaving a spreadsheet who need average-cost COGS and a tax export for their accountant

Order-driven ERP for small Dutch and UK engineering and make-to-order shops.

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• ·Small Dutch, Belgian and UK engineering and make-to-order shops that quote, calculate and build to customer order
• ·Shops that want pre- and post-calculation on every order in the same system as purchasing and planning

Distillery operations and TTB reports for craft DSPs, quoted by the volume of spirit you bottle.

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• ·US craft distilleries whose biggest monthly job is TTB reporting and excise returns
• ·Whiskey Systems customers, who must move before that product retires on June 30, 2027
• ·Distillers who want production pricing tied to spirit bottled rather than to staff count

Small makers who keep their books in QuickBooks Online and need lots, expiry and real BOMs on top of it.

From $49.99/mo

• ·Makers of one to ten people who already keep their books in QuickBooks Online and want lots and BOMs without upgrading QuickBooks
• ·Small food, candle, soap and supplement makers who need expiry dates, FEFO and a recall trace on a single flat price
• ·Teams that keep growing, since users are unlimited at $49.99 a month

ERP, MES and quality in one system for discrete manufacturers supplying automotive and heavy-industry customers.

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• ·Automotive and heavy-industry suppliers running on EDI schedules from their customers
• ·Discrete manufacturers who want MES and quality (SPC, PPAP) built into the ERP rather than bolted on
• ·Multi-plant operations. It was built to run Mancor's six plants

Job-shop tracking, scheduling and job costing that posts to QuickBooks Desktop or Sage 50.

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• ·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

For Shopify makers who want production runs, real unit cost and recall-ready lot trace in one $69 plan.

From $69/mo

• ·Shopify cosmetics, skincare and candle makers who need lot trace and a recall list without paying for an add-on
• ·Makers who want each production run closed at its actual material cost, waste included, with margin per product
• ·Shops with sub-assemblies such as a base or blend that goes into several finished products

Brew-process tracking and TTB reports from $30 a month (Lite); costing and accounting from $313.

From $30/mo

• ·Production-minded breweries that care most about brew logs, fermentation curves and yeast tracking
• ·Small breweries that want production and TTB reports for about $30 a month and can live without costing
• ·Kombucha makers, through the sister product Bucha30

Access Group's MRP for UK precision, electronics and regulated manufacturers.

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• ·UK precision, electronics and defense or aerospace suppliers that need batch traceability, FAIRs and SC21 quality reporting
• ·Manufacturers already on other Access Group products who want MRP in the same suite

Desktop-first parts and BOM control that works without an internet connection.

From $15/mo · $50/mo useful

• ·Hardware teams who want their parts database on their own machine rather than someone else's server
• ·Shops working somewhere with unreliable internet. It is offline-first by design
• ·Small teams benefiting from flat pricing instead of per-seat billing

Batch records, QA and inventory in one place for a regulated producer that plans in a schedule, not an MRP run.

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• ·Licensed cannabis or food producers replacing paper batch records and a seed-to-sale tool with one system
• ·Teams whose binding constraint is an audit rather than a material shortage
• ·Operations that want costing and QA built on the records the floor already fills in

Meat and dairy processing with lot and serial traceability and its own general ledger.

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• ·Meat, dairy and cheese processors who need lot and serial traceability across sites
• ·Shops that want ordering timed against supplier lead times rather than reordering on a hunch
• ·Processors who would rather not run separate accounting software

Quote-to-invoice production control for UK precision engineering and fabrication job shops.

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• ·UK precision engineering, sheet metal and fabrication job shops that quote, schedule and cost each job
• ·Sites with unreliable internet, since it runs on the local network
• ·Businesses that want concurrent-user licensing and shop floor terminals without per-device fees

Beverage production, inventory and sales for craft drinks makers; pricing only by request.

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• ·Craft breweries, wineries and distilleries that want TTB reporting and keg tracking with inventory and production
• ·Producers who keep their books in QuickBooks

Free MIT-licensed ERP with EDI, for shops that will install and look after it themselves.

Free plan; no published paid price

• ·Small manufacturers with someone who can install and look after a Java desktop application
• ·Shops that trade by EDI with larger customers and want it inside the ERP
• ·Buyers who want a ledger, BOMs, routings and cell scheduling without a license fee

Job-shop ERP with an explicit MRP module and flexible scheduling modes.

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• ·Job shops that quote heavily and need costing data feeding the estimate
• ·Shops needing both forward-finite and backward-infinite scheduling depending on the job
• ·Manufacturers who want the option of on-premise deployment

Real MRP under an Apache license, for teams with developers to spare.

Free plan; no published paid price

• ·Organizations with in-house Java developers who want to own the whole stack
• ·Teams that need a permissive Apache license with a patent grant for commercial reasons
• ·Long-horizon projects where a decade of no license fees justifies a heavy build

Licensed MRP for make-to-order shops that want dated jobs and POs and keep their own accounting.

Published, but no comparable monthly figure

• ·Make-to-order and engineer-to-order shops that want jobs and purchase orders dated from sales-order required dates
• ·Companies that want to keep their existing accounting system
• ·Buyers who prefer a one-off license and their own server to a subscription

Indian manufacturers who want the ledger, GST and shop floor in one Zoho product, and for whom reorder levels are planning enough.

From ₹999/user/mo

• ·Indian manufacturers who want accounting, GST, inventory and production in one system
• ·Shops that run work centers and job cards and want a shop floor view of planned against actual time

ERP, MES and QMS in one, aimed at compliance-heavy precision shops.

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• ·Aerospace, defense and medical machine shops carrying AS9100, ITAR or NADCAP obligations
• ·Shops that want quality evidence generated by doing the work rather than assembled before an audit
• ·Manufacturers committed to going genuinely paperless

A broad modular ERP for established manufacturers, sold module by module.

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• ·Established manufacturers wanting one vendor across production, quality, accounting and payroll
• ·Shops that need on-premise deployment, including regulated or government work
• ·Businesses across multiple countries needing a system used in twenty-five-plus of them

A lot of claims at $19, verify the ones you depend on before committing.

Free plan · From $19/mo

• ·Very small operations that mainly count, store and ship goods
• ·Teams that need offline barcode scanning in a warehouse with poor signal
• ·Anyone wanting to test a real system against 250 items at no cost

Engineer-to-order ERP where the BOM comes out of CAD.

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• ·Engineer-to-order manufacturers where every job starts in CAD
• ·Shops in industrial machinery, moulds, tooling or pressure vessels
• ·Businesses wanting engineering, production and the ledger from one vendor

Established job-shop ERP with real scheduling, and no published price.

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• ·Machine shops and fabricators quoting custom work and needing estimate-versus-actual honesty
• ·Shops that need genuine finite scheduling with visible bottlenecks
• ·Businesses that want the option of on-premise rather than cloud-only

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

• ·Small manufacturers on a tight budget who want production orders, routings and labor costs in one web app
• ·Workshops that want operators to report operations from a browser-based shop-floor app
• ·Food, cosmetics and garment makers who need batches with expiry dates and FIFO costing

Apparel ERP for brands that cut, import and sell wholesale, with production tracked by style, color and size. Quote only, from 3 users.

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• ·Apparel brands that cut and sew or import, and need production tracked by style, color and size
• ·Wholesale brands shipping to department stores over EDI who also sell direct
• ·Teams that want AR, AP and a general ledger in the same system as their stock

A Finnish maker tool with lot costing, expiry and real COGS reports, priced in euros per seat.

From €30/mo

• ·Craft makers in the EU who want euro pricing, VAT handled on receipts and an interface in their own language
• ·Makers who need true lot cost, with delivery folded into material cost and labor priced by the minute
• ·Etsy sellers who want orders imported and finished-goods and material stock drawn down automatically

Cloud MRP from an all-in-one suite, per user with a five-user minimum and a required setup fee.

From $349/user/mo

• ·Teams of five or more who want manufacturing, costing and work orders in a cloud suite that also sells accounting and CRM
• ·Process and discrete makers who need yield, scrap and by-product tracking

Execution, quality and MRP in one platform for complex hardware builds, at a scale and price well above a small shop.

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• ·Hardware manufacturers in regulated or high-complexity work (space, energy, defense) that need traceable execution and quality in one system
• ·Teams growing from prototype to production that want MRP tied to shop-floor execution

For wholesale coffee roasters who want orders to turn into a daily roast-and-pack plan, with green coffee deducted as they roast.

From $83/mo

• ·Wholesale coffee roasters taking orders through a portal who want the day's roast, blend and pack list built for them
• ·Roasters selling one roast under several labels or private-label brands
• ·Teams that want unlimited users and pay by pounds roasted

Estimating, shop orders and finite scheduling for US machine and fabrication job shops, with optional built-in accounting.

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• ·US machine, tool and die, sheet metal and screw machine shops that quote and schedule job by job
• ·Shops that want accounting and payroll from the same vendor, through the Visual Books add-on

Apparel factory ERP for manufacturers and exporters running many buyer orders across lines and contractors. Quote only.

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• ·Apparel manufacturers and exporters running many buyer orders across lines and outside contractors
• ·Factories that want material planning, production, quality and accounting in one cloud system
• ·Groups with several companies and countries that need consolidated accounting

Configure-to-order ERP for trailer, cabinet and equipment makers, with a product configurator and VIN tracking.

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• ·Trailer, cabinet and equipment makers that configure each unit to order
• ·Manufacturers that want a vendor to configure the system and stay on as the support team
• ·Shops that need VIN or serial tracking with warranty and after-market parts

Mid-sized discrete manufacturers already on, or choosing, SAP Business One.

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• ·Discrete manufacturers who want SAP Business One financials with a manufacturing layer
• ·Regulated makers, such as medical devices, that need quality records and traceability

Quote-to-invoice production control for UK subcontract machine shops that need audit-ready traceability.

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• ·UK subcontract machine shops and fabricators that want quote-to-invoice control and audit-ready records
• ·Shops working to ISO 9001, AS9100 or IATF 16949 that need NCRs, inspection and certificates of conformity in the same system

A job-shop and discrete-manufacturing ERP with MRP and scheduling, sold by quote; no public manual.

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• ·Small and midsize discrete and mixed-mode manufacturers who want jobs, scheduling and quality in one cloud ERP
• ·Job shops that need shop-floor labour capture and job costing

QuickBooks companion with barcode scanning and simple recipe-based manufacturing orders on the Pro plan.

From $49/mo · $129/mo useful

• ·Small distributors and assemblers already on QuickBooks Online who want barcode scanning and simple manufacturing orders
• ·QuickBooks Desktop shops that build inventory assemblies and want Android scanners on the floor
• ·Teams that need lot, serial and expiry tracking alongside pick-and-pack

A UK stock and accounts ERP with works orders, for makers who also wholesale and sell online.

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• ·UK makers whose business is as much stock, wholesale and online selling as production
• ·Shops that want accounts, warehouse and works orders in one UK-supported system

Module-by-module production control for UK subcontract precision engineering shops.

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• ·UK subcontract machine shops that quote, route and schedule one-off and repeat works orders
• ·Shops working to ISO 9001, AS9100 or IATF 16949 that need contract review, gauge calibration and non-conformance in the same system