You make things from a formula, in runs, and you need the run recorded, what went in, how much came out, and what it cost. This is the most common starting point for makers leaving spreadsheets, and it is a genuinely different problem from counting stock.
Where people get this wrong
Assuming a bill of materials and a recipe are the same thing. A BOM counts components; a recipe measures proportions and scales. Products built for discrete assembly often handle the first well and the second badly.
Every product here has recipes & formulas and work / manufacturing orders recorded as Yes on first-party evidence. Best-evidenced records come first, never by price or popularity.
FDA-regulated batch makers who need electronic batch records and traceability tied to QuickBooks.
From $150/user/mo · $200/user/mo useful
One system for batch manufacturing, from forecast through to the shop floor.
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Open-source ERP for food and wholesale, with unusually transparent cloud pricing.
From €99/mo · €398/mo useful
Formula manufacturing that can bolt onto QuickBooks instead of replacing your accounting.
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Built for recall-ready batch producers who need traceability and purchasing in one place.
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Formerly Craftybase
The strongest fit for makers who need real COGS and lot numbers, not a planning engine.
From $20/mo · $99/mo useful
Formula manufacturing with version-controlled recipes and planning that reads forecasts.
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Brewery production, traceability and sales in one system, priced by annual output with unlimited users.
From $34.99/mo
The cheapest honest starting point for a maker leaving spreadsheets behind.
From $19/mo
Chemical and formula manufacturing with the compliance paperwork built in.
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Adds formula manufacturing to QuickBooks Online or Microsoft Dynamics. You need one of them first.
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A lot of claims at $19, verify the ones you depend on before committing.
Free plan · From $19/mo
Formerly YAVEON ProBatch 365
Business Central Premium plus GMP-ready batch, recipe and QA apps for regulated process makers. Quote only.
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Makers who want recipes, batch records and restock dates on a free plan, paying only as volume grows.
Free plan · From $0/mo
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
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
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 UK food makers who need recipe costing, batch records and recall-ready traceability in one place.
From £0/mo · £30/mo useful
Small food and craft producers comfortable running Docker who want batches, lots and costing for free.
Free plan; no published paid price
A Finnish maker tool with lot costing, expiry and real COGS reports, priced in euros per seat.
From €30/mo
For coffee roasters who want green lots, roasts, packing and wholesale orders on one record, billed by the pound roasted.
From $79/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
Lot-traced production, COGS and channel sync for CPG brands, sold by demo with no published price.
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The cheapest paid way for a solo candle maker to cost recipes and have batches draw down stock.
From $9/mo
Distillery operations and TTB reports for craft DSPs, quoted by the volume of spirit you bottle.
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Small makers who keep their books in QuickBooks Online and need lots, expiry and real BOMs on top of it.
From $49.99/mo
Brew-process tracking and TTB reports from $30 a month (Lite); costing and accounting from $313.
From $30/mo
An early-access maker tool that suggests batches from open orders; free while channel sync is built.
From $0/mo · $29/mo useful
Something we need for this job is only partly there, or only on a higher tier. The product page says which.
The clearest small-shop system that genuinely tells you what to order and when.
From $49/user/mo
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
Free to use right now in beta, and built for people who make things from formulas.
Free plan · From $59.99/mo
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
The gentlest open-source ERP to start with, module by module.
Free plan; no published paid price
Formerly Digit
Growing manufacturers who want shop-floor work orders and lot tracking without a long ERP project.
From $400/mo
The QuickBooks-native option, if you can reach the Pro tier.
From $69.95/mo · $194.95/mo useful
Recipe manufacturing with electronic batch records, aimed squarely at regulated small makers.
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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
Food ERP on Business Central, with catch weight handled all the way to the invoice.
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Runs compliance, production assemblies and wholesale orders on one set of lot-tracked inventory.
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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 wholesalers and B2B sellers who assemble or make products and want orders, stock and manufacturing in one tool.
From $69/mo · $86/mo useful
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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Cloud MRP from an all-in-one suite, per user with a five-user minimum and a required setup fee.
From $349/user/mo
Estimating, shop orders and finite scheduling for US machine and fabrication job shops, with optional built-in accounting.
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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
For Shopify makers who want production runs, real unit cost and recall-ready lot trace in one $69 plan.
From $69/mo
Shopify makers who want recipes, material stock and purchase orders inside Shopify, and don't need planning dates.
From $39/mo · $89/mo useful
Beverage production, inventory and sales for craft drinks makers; pricing only by request.
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Hobby and side-hustle makers who mainly want to know what each candle or bar costs to make.
From $0/mo · $4.50/mo useful