I like to keep an eye on what the competition is doing. If you’re looking for a system, I thought you might find the information useful.
Here’s my current list of companies who sell inventory control / ERP / MRP systems with similar features to Herschel.
The information is from their websites. If you spot any errors or omissions, please let me know.
| System Name | Website | Cost | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acctivate | www.acctivate.com | $4995 or $500/month (3 users “base system”) | Seems to be a QuickBooks add-on? |
| Access ERP | www.theaccessgroup.com | Not on website | Has lots of features including CRM & financials |
| Business One | www.sap.com | Not on website | Has lots of features including CRM & financials |
| Dynamics 365 | www.microsoft.com | $10 – $210 per user per month? Confusing pricing | Plan 2 seems to include “operations” |
| ECi M1 | www.eci.eu | Not on website | Lots of features |
| Epicor ERP | www.eipcor.com | Not on website | Requires regstration to get information? |
| EasyOrder | www.eci.eu | Not on website | Not sure how this differs from ECi M1? |
| Exact | www.exact.com | £189 per user per month | Looks interesting |
| Herschel | www.herschelsystems.com | Free, multi-user software. Optional support from £1 a day. | Looks very interesting. Zero startup cost. 100% money back guarantee. |
| MRPEasy | www.mrpeasy.co.uk | £44 per user per month | For Professional version |
| Netsuite | www.netsuite.co.uk | Not on website | Requires regstration to get information? |
| Orderwise | www.orderwise.co.uk | From £49 per user per month x 36 months (lease) | Lots of features |
| Pinnula | www.pinnula.co.uk | Not on website | Lots of features |
| Progress Plus | www.progress-plus.co.uk | Not on website | Lots of features |
| Proteus | www.proteuserp.com | Not on website | Not a huge amount of info on website |
| Statii | www.statii.co.uk | £99 per user per month | Lots of features |
| Stockit | www.stockitsoftware.com | £597 single user | Lots of features |
| Unity | www.sanderson.com | Not on website | Looks interesting. Express version available. |
| Valuechain | www.valuechain.com | Not on website | Packages include Tricorn and DNAsme etc |
| Visco | www.viscosoftware.com | Not on website | Aimed at importers and distributors? |
| WinMan | www.winman.com | Not on website | Requires regstration to get information? |