You want to keep the books where your accountant expects them and run manufacturing somewhere else, with the two talking to each other. This is the most common arrangement among small manufacturers, and the quality of that connection varies enormously.
Where people get this wrong
Assuming an integration means full synchronization. Some connections push invoices and nothing else, which leaves you reconciling inventory value by hand every month, exactly the job you bought software to avoid.
A product qualifies with a bill of materials and a QuickBooks connector named in the vendor's own material. A Xero connection or a general accounting claim does not count. This list is derived from the records, not hand-picked.
The clearest small-shop system that genuinely tells you what to order and when.
From $49/user/mo
The most API-forward option here, with a license that needs reading carefully.
From $40/user/mo
Formerly DEAR Systems, DEAR Inventory
Capable manufacturing, but only if you buy the module that has it.
From $349/mo · $599/mo useful
Autoscheduling for precision job shops, with an MCP-aware API.
Quote only
Formerly Katana MRP
Strong production control with documented MRP planning; paid pricing is quote-only since 2026-10, last published at $299 plus $199 for manufacturing.
Free plan available
FDA-regulated batch makers who need electronic batch records and traceability tied to QuickBooks.
From $150/user/mo · $200/user/mo useful
A lot of ERP surface for $99 a month with five seats included.
From $49/mo · $99/mo useful
Solid inventory, but manufacturing is a different, pricier product line.
From $69/mo · $169/mo useful
Inventory, work orders and forecast-driven MRP for small assemblers, from $185 a month for two users.
From $185/mo
Good CPG fit and unlimited users, undermined by add-on pricing for the basics.
From $199/mo · $337/mo useful
Formerly Digit
Growing manufacturers who want shop-floor work orders and lot tracking without a long ERP project.
From $400/mo
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
Formula manufacturing that can bolt onto QuickBooks instead of replacing your accounting.
Quote only
The QuickBooks-native option, if you can reach the Pro tier.
From $69.95/mo · $194.95/mo useful
Built for recall-ready batch producers who need traceability and purchasing in one place.
Quote only
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
Inventory, orders and simple multi-level production for small teams, at $135 a month billed yearly for five users.
From $135/mo
MRP and production control for QuickBooks or Sage shops that want to keep their accounting where it is.
Quote only
Job-shop software with an £8.50 shop-floor seat, sold month to month.
From £57.50/mo · £167.50/mo useful
Formerly Craftybase
The strongest fit for makers who need real COGS and lot numbers, not a planning engine.
From $20/mo · $99/mo useful
Made-to-order and batch makers who want a system set up around their process, not self-service.
From £435/mo
Brewery production, traceability and sales in one system, priced by annual output with unlimited users.
From $34.99/mo
Full manufacturing ERP at $50 per user, if you can pay for at least five users.
From $50/user/mo
The cheapest honest starting point for a maker leaving spreadsheets behind.
From $19/mo
Recipe manufacturing with electronic batch records, aimed squarely at regulated small makers.
Quote only
ERP, MES and QMS in one, aimed at compliance-heavy precision shops.
Quote only
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
The veteran QuickBooks-attached manufacturing system, with manufacturing from $675 a month plus a required implementation package.
From $675/mo
Formerly Stock&Buy
Inventory, orders and simple production for small product brands, from $99 a month with the accounting kept in Xero or QuickBooks.
From $99/mo
Adds formula manufacturing to QuickBooks Online or Microsoft Dynamics. You need one of them first.
Quote only
Runs compliance, production assemblies and wholesale orders on one set of lot-tracked inventory.
Quote only
Food processing and distribution on top of QuickBooks, with catch weight handled properly.
Quote only
A lot of claims at $19, verify the ones you depend on before committing.
Free plan · From $19/mo
Formerly JobBOSS, E2 Shop System
Established job-shop ERP with real scheduling, and no published price.
Quote only
Forecast-led buying for Shopify brands that make their own products, priced by store revenue from $49 plus $20 a month.
From $49/mo · $69/mo useful
Where engineering BOMs live before they reach your manufacturing system.
From $30/user/mo
Built by one maker for makers, at a price that is hard to argue with.
Free plan · From $0/mo
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
Brewery production, stock planning, sales and delivery at US$90 per concurrent user a month, no contract.
From $90/user/mo
Supplement, cosmetics and food makers who need GMP batch records and lot recall, with self-serve pricing.
From $149/mo
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
Apparel ERP for brands that cut, import and sell wholesale, with production tracked by style, color and size. Quote only, from 3 users.
Quote only
Job-card MRP for equipment and device makers up to about 100 people, from £479 a month.
From £479/mo
For coffee roasters who want green lots, roasts, packing and wholesale orders on one record, billed by the pound roasted.
From $79/mo
Inventory, assemblies and lot trace for QuickBooks users who build for stock and want to keep their books where they are.
Quote only
A UK make-to-order ERP with finite scheduling and its own accounts, for engineering and fabrication shops.
Quote only
ANZ manufacturers and service businesses that want every module for about AUD 20 per concurrent user a month.
From A$105/user/mo
Brewery and distillery production with TTB reports at a published flat $201 a month, unlimited users.
From $201/mo
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
Apparel ERP linking BOMs, factory production orders and receiving to wholesale and DTC sales. Quote only, no trial.
Quote only
Estimating, shop orders and finite scheduling for US machine and fabrication job shops, with optional built-in accounting.
Quote only
Lot-traced production, COGS and channel sync for CPG brands, sold by demo with no published price.
Quote only
Distillery operations and TTB reports for craft DSPs, quoted by the volume of spirit you bottle.
Quote only
A job-shop and discrete-manufacturing ERP with MRP and scheduling, sold by quote; no public manual.
Quote only
Small makers who keep their books in QuickBooks Online and need lots, expiry and real BOMs on top of it.
From $49.99/mo
QuickBooks companion with barcode scanning and simple recipe-based manufacturing orders on the Pro plan.
From $49/mo · $129/mo useful
Multi-channel sellers who assemble kits or simple products and mainly need orders, stock and shipping in one place.
From $35/mo
ERP, MES and quality in one system for discrete manufacturers supplying automotive and heavy-industry customers.
Quote only
Job-shop tracking, scheduling and job costing that posts to QuickBooks Desktop or Sage 50.
Quote only
Brew-process tracking and TTB reports from $30 a month (Lite); costing and accounting from $313.
From $30/mo
All-in-one ERP for apparel brands that make through vendors and sell wholesale, from $337 a month for three users.
From $337/mo
Batch records, QA and inventory in one place for a regulated producer that plans in a schedule, not an MRP run.
Quote only
Custom machine builders who design in SOLIDWORKS or Inventor and cost every project job.
From $750/mo
Something we need for this job is only partly there, or only on a higher tier. The product page says which.
Quoting, jobs and a job board for sign, print and apparel-decoration shops, from $109 a month plus $29 per user.
From $109/mo