ERP Software Comparison for Engineer to Order (ETO) Manufacturing on a Cloud Based (SaaS) Platform

A comprehensive independent review of ERP software systems in Engineer to Order (ETO) Manufacturing for the Cloud Based (SaaS) Platform. Below you will find an easy to navigate matrix comparing general data (e.g. price, financing options etc), materials management, sales order management, financial, production, supply chain, and customer management and any additional capabilities each vendor might provide. Click on the links to dive deeper into each vendor's software, or request a Free Demo to get more hands on experience.


General Data
Product Name	Epicor ERP	SYSPRO	Cetec ERP	Sage Enterprise Management	Plex Manufacturing Cloud	NetSuite ERP	abas ERP	IFS Applications 9.0	Global Shop Solutions	Infor CloudSuite Industrial (Syteline)	Microsoft Dynamics AX
Version	10.00	7.0	Always Current	7	Always Current	Always Current	2017	9.0	2017.1	9.00.10	AX 7 2016
Price Range	$4K -500K	$25K-500K onsite	$40/User/Month-	$2600/ user-	$5K + per month-	$10K-100K	$75K and up-	$300K-2M	$5K-500K	$25K-500K	$20K-750K
Financing Options	Lease, Owner Financing, Lease to own	Lease, Owner Financing, Subscription	Subscription	Owner Financing, Lease to own	Subscription	Subscription	Lease, Financing	Subscription	Financing, Leasing Options	Lease, Owner Financing, Lease to own	Lease, Owner Financing, Financing
User Range	10-2000+	25-1000	5-Unlimited	20-1000+	20-1000+	10+unlimited	10-250	40-5000	3-1000	5-1000	5-2,250
Multi Site	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Multi National	Yes	Yes, 60+ Countries	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Architecture	SOA	SOA, XML, Webservice	Saas, Multitenant		SaaS Multitenant SOA	SAAS, Multitenant	SOA / Multi-tier	SOA	SOA	SOA	SOA, .NET, Cloud
Database Platform	MS SQL Server, Cloud-Based (Saas), MAC OS	MS SQL Server, Other, Cloud-Based (Saas), Universally Compatible w/all Data Base Platforms	Cloud-Based (Saas), MySQL	MS SQL Server, Oracle, Cloud-Based (Saas)	Cloud-Based (Saas), Universally Compatible w/all Data Base Platforms	MS SQL Server, Progress, IBM DB2, Other, Oracle, ODBC Compliant, Proprietary`, Customized per Client, Pervasive, Power, Sage ProvideX, Sybase, Cloud-Based (Saas), PostgreSQL, MS SQL Express, abas Open Object Oriented Database, MS Access, IBM UniData/UniVerse, Universally Compatible w/all Data Base Platforms, Quickbooks, Salesforce, Multi-Tenant SAAS on the SalesForce Cloud	Cloud-Based (Saas), abas Open Object Oriented Database, Universally Compatible w/all Data Base Platforms	Oracle, Cloud-Based (Saas), MySQL	MS SQL Server, ODBC Compliant, Cloud-Based (Saas)	MS SQL Server, Cloud-Based (Saas)	MS SQL Server, Oracle, Cloud-Based (Saas), Microsoft Azure
Server OS	Linux, Windows, Unix	Windows	Compatible w/all Operating Systems	Linux, Windows, Unix	Compatible w/all Operating Systems	Mac OS, Windows, Unix, Novell Netware	Linux, Windows, Unix	Compatible w/all Operating Systems	Windows	Windows	Windows
SAAS	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Materials Management
	Advanced Material Mgmt.	Inventory Management	Barcoding & Labeling	Inventory Control	Inventory Summary	Multi-location Inventory for Distributor	Inventory Management	Complex MRO	Bar Coding	Material Management Summary	Inventory Controls
	Bar Coding	Lot Traceability	Bill Of Materials		Inventory Tracking	Advanced Shipping	Material requirements planning (MRP)	Costing	Bill of Materials	Plant Maintenance	Manufacturing
	Handheld		Dimensional Inventory Control		Bill of Materials	Bin Management	Material Cost Posting	Demand Forecasting	Data Collection		Material Planning
	Material Handler Interface		Inventory Management		Bar Coding	Order Promising	Scheduling	Inventory Replenishment	Inventory Control		Warehouse Management
	Material Movement		Lot & Serial Traceability		Job Tracking System	Real-Time Sustem	Warehouse Management	Project Budgeting	Inventory Management
	Prioritize Orders		Mobile Warehousing		Material Requirements Planning	Return Materials Authorization		Project Reporting	Materials & Inventory
	Sales Order Allocation		MRP & Inventory Forecast					Scheduling and Resourcing	Materials Purchasing
			Production Scheduling & Capacity Planning						Materials Solutions
									Physical Inventory
									Wireless System
Sales Order Management
	Order Management	Document Flow Mgmt.	Automatic Order Processing	Purchasing Management	Commission Tracking	Automated Order Processing	Costing	Collaborative Solutions	Complete Order Management	Advanced Forcasting	Sales & Marketing
	Sales Management	Ecommerce Shopping Cart	Configurable Manufacturing Modes	RF Warehousing	Competitor Intelligence Database	Automated Payments	Invoicing	Component Repair	Demand Management	Estimating / Quoting	Sales Management
	Demand Management	Point Of Sale	EDI / Ecommerce	Sales Monitoring	Customer Orders	One Click Purchase Orders	Process History	Coordinate Projects	Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)	Request for Quote
	Electronic Data Interchange	Report Writer	Field Service & Projects		E D I	Order Management	Quotation Management	Customer Orders	Invoice Order History
	Estimate / Quote Mgmt.	Return Mgmt	Manufacturing Quoting		Order Entry & Tracking	Procure-to-Pay Purchasing	Sales Management Overview	Field Service	Order Enrty
	Storefront	Sales Analysis	Packing, Shipping, & RMAs		Quote Tracking	Real Time Order Status	Shipping Order	Sales	Quoting & Estimating
		Sales Orders	Sales Reporting & Analysis		Sales Order	Self-Service Vendor Center		Sales Quotes	Return Merchandise Authorization
			Workflow & Routing			Shipping Integration			Sales & Service Management
						Streamlined Receiving			Sales Application
									Shipping Logistics
Financial Management
	General Ledger	Budget Management	Accounts Payable	Business Intelligence	accounting Overview	General Ledger, Payables & Receivables	“What if” Financial Scenarios	Accounts Payable & Receivable	Accounting Application	Financial Management	AP / AR
	Accounts Payable	Accounts Payable	Accounts Receivable	Data Collection	Accounts Receivable / Accounts Payable	Financial Summary	Cost Accounting	Budget Management	Accounts Payable		Financial Management Overview
	Accounts Receivable	Accounts Receivable	Bank Reconcile & Credit Card Import	Financial Overview	Costing	Advanced Billing	Financials and Accounting	Cash Flow	Accounts Receivable		Fixed Assets
	Multi-Cureancy / Company	Activity Based Costing	Configurable Costing Methods		Expense Project Tracking	Amortization Schedules	Fixed Assets	Consolidate Accounts	Business Intelligence		General Ledger
	Financial Mgmt Overview	Tax Management	Financial Reporting (Multi Site / Company)		Inventory Valuation	Multi-currency Transactions	Liquidity Planning	Financial Summary	Business Intelligence Application		International Capabilities
	Tax Connect	Assests Register	General Accounting		Multi-Company Financial Consolidation	Project Accounting	Perpetual Inventory Costing	Fixed Assets	Cash Flow		Project Accounting
	Cash / Asset Mgmt	Payroll	General Ledger			Revenue Recognition		General Ledger	Financial Management
	Global Engines	Analytics	Project Accounting					Sales Contract Mgmt.	Fixed Assets
			Tax Management						General Ledger
									International Accounting
									Multi-Currency Management
									Payroll Management
Production Management
	Production Mgmt	Bill of Materials	Bill Of Materials	Discrete Manufacturing	Barcode Labeling	Advanced Multi-location Inventory	CAD Integration	Asset Design	Advanced Production Scheduling	Engineering	Bill of Materials
	Advanced Production	Engineering Change Control	Configurable Manufacturing	Process Manufacturing	Capacity Planning	Aseembly Management	Production Summary	Batch Process	Cost Breakdown Application	Planning & Scheduling	Key Production Features
	Advanced Quality Mgmt	Factory Documentation	Integrated QMS & ECO / ECR		Complex Assembly	Work Order Management	Project Cost Accounting	Configure / Make / Assemble	Engineer-to-Order	Production Management	Product Builder
	Job Management	Cost Tracking	Mobile Shop Floor		Labor & Time Tracking		Project Management	Constraint-Based Scheduling	Lean Manufacturing	Project Control
	Lean Manufacturing	Planning and Scheduling	Production & WIP Reporting		Multi-Plants		Time Recording / Job Time	Engineer to Order	Management Solutions	Shop Floor Data
	Manufacturing Execution Systm.	Projects and Contracts	Production Scheduling & Capacity Planning		Plant Floor Mobile Access		Work Order Management	Make to Project	Planning & Scheduling	Workflow
	Planning & Scheduling	Quality Mgmt	Time Tracking, Job Costing, & Outsourcing		PLC Machine Integration			Multisite Planning	Production Configurator
	Product Data Management	Quotations	Work Order Documents		Preventative Maintenance			Project Management	Project Management Application
		Requirements Planning			Production Scheduling Overview			Repetitive Manufacturing	Quality Control Application
		Shop Clock			Shop Floor Control			Shop Floor Reporting	Quality Tracking
					Statistical Process Controls			Shop Order	Shop Floor Control
								Sub-Contract Management	Shop Floor Data Collection Application
									Shop Management
									Software Preventative Maintenance Application
									TrueView Data Display Application
Supply Chain Management
	Supply Chain Mgmt.	EDI Solution	Customer / Vendor Portals		Online Order & Tracking	Supply Chain Overview	Purchasing	Distribution	Advanced Planning and Scheduling	Shipping / Receiving	Key Supply Chain Features
	Inventory Management	Freight Calculator	Lot & Serial Traceability		Online Tool Release		Requisitions	Equipment	Forecasting Trust
	Purchase Management	Inventory Forecasting	MRP / Kanban / Replenishment		Problem Control		Sales Planning & Forecasting	Equipment Effectiveness	Shipping & Receiving Management
	Shipping & Receiving	Shipping Mgmt	Production Scheduling & Capacity Planning		Supplier Quality		Supplier Relationship Management	Preventive Maintenance	Supplier Relationship Management
	Sourcing		Receiving / Picking / Packing / Shipping		Supply Chain Overview			Procurement	Supply Chain Manager
	Supplier Relationship Mgmt.		Requisitions & Purchase Orders					Supply Chain
	Warehouse Management		Supply Chain Management					Warehousing
			Supply / Demand Forecasting
Customer Relationship Management
	Customer Relations Overview	Contact Management	Built-in CRM	CRM	Configurator Pricing	Incentive Management	Customer Relations Mgmt.	CRM Features	CRM Application	Customer Relations Management	Marketing Automation
	Campaign Connect	CRM for Syspro	Calendar Reminders / Follow-ups		Cost & Quote Estimating	Job and Project Tracking	Customer Relationship Management Overview	Customer Services	Customer & Prospect Management	Field Service Management	Sales Force Automation
	Case Management		Custom Lead Pipelines		Customer Master List	Partner Relationship		Information Shring	Customer Relationship Management
	Customer Relationship Management		Customer & Contact Management		Customer Relations Summary	Sales Order Management		Mobility Features	Sales Forecasting
	Information Worker		Customer Case Management		Field Service	Self Service Customer Portal		Sales Configurator	Sales Opportunity & Marketing Management
	Lead / Opportunity Mgmt		Integrated CRM		Opportunity Tracking	Website			Service Management
	Mobile Connect		Last Touch Reporting		Quick Quoter
	Service Management		Mobile Access & Field Service		Quote Tracking
			Sales Management & Quote Tracking
Additional Capabilities
	Cloud Deployment	Document Mgmt	Application Programming Interface	Multi-Channel Retail and Direct Marketing	Business Intelligence	Real Time Dashboards	Electronic data interchange (EDI)	B2B Contracting	Simplified Label Printing	Human Resources	Alert System
	Compliance Overview	Espresso Mobile	Cetec ERP Application Programming Interface (API)	Wholesale Distribution	Computer Aided Design	Security	Business Intelligence	Business Analytics	Business Web	Internationalization	Business Intelligence and Reporting
	Composite Applications		Custom Report Writer		Document Control System		Multi-Site	Employee Self-Service	CAD Interface Application	Intuitive User Interface	Compliance Management
	Composite Applications		Custom Workflow & Alerting		E-Commerce			Expense Management	Crystal Reports	Multi-Site, Multi-Plant	Human Resource Management
	Document Mgmt		Ecommerce, EDI, & Credit Card Processing		Electronic Data Interchange			Human Resources	Data Conversion	Quality Control (Supplier)	Service Managment
	Enterprise Content Mgmt		Email Interfacing with Customers & Vendors		Groupware Communication			Mobile Solutions	Document Control	Report & Analysis
	Enterprise Performance Mgmt		Enterprise Document Management		Human Resources Overview			Payroll, Time & Attendance	Document Control Application	Sytline Data Collection
	Epicor Everywhere FrameworkEpicor Everywhere Frame		Pulse Report		SmartPlex Mobile Access			Recruitment, Training & Developemnt	Electronic Data Exchange
	Global Business Mgmt								Global Application Builder
	Human Capital Mgmt.								Key Performance Indicators Application
	ICE Business Architecture								Messaging System Application
	Mobile								Mobile Wireless Application
	Product Data Mgmt								Online System / Time and Attendance
	Service Mgmt. Overview								Process Documentation & Training
	Social Enterprise								RFID Technology Application
	Subscription Services
	Web 2.0
Services Support
	Business Process Outsourcing	STARS	Cetec ERP Lite, Standard & Gold Levels		Security	Customer Care	Upgrade Guarantee	Implementation	FastRESPONSE		Support Options
	Epicor Consulting	Support	Custom Development & Integration		Training Strategies	NetSuite Central		Support	Global Shop Solutions Consulting
	Hosting Services	Training and Education	Data Migration			Site Consultation		Training	Global Shop Solutions University
	Learning & Educational Services		Local / Resident Hosting						Learning & Educational Services
	Managed Services		On-Site Implementation Consulting						Training Strategies
	Professional Services		Project Discovery & Gap Analysis
	Subscription Services		Services User Training Programs
	Support

General Data

Product Name

Epicor ERP

SYSPRO

Cetec ERP

Sage Enterprise Management

Plex Manufacturing Cloud

NetSuite ERP

abas ERP

IFS Applications 9.0

Global Shop Solutions

Infor CloudSuite Industrial (Syteline)

Microsoft Dynamics AX

Version

10.00

7.0

Always Current

2017

9.0

2017.1

9.00.10

AX 7 2016

Price Range

$4K -500K

$25K-500K onsite

$40/User/Month-

$2600/ user-

$5K + per month-

$10K-100K

$75K and up-

$300K-2M

$5K-500K

$25K-500K

$20K-750K

Financing Options

Lease, Owner Financing, Lease to own

Lease, Owner Financing, Subscription

Subscription

Owner Financing, Lease to own

Subscription

Lease, Financing

Subscription

Financing, Leasing Options

Lease, Owner Financing, Lease to own

Lease, Owner Financing, Financing

User Range

10-2000+

25-1000

5-Unlimited

20-1000+

10+unlimited

10-250

40-5000

3-1000

5-1000

5-2,250

Multi Site

Yes

Multi National

Yes

Yes, 60+ Countries

Yes

Architecture

SOA

SOA, XML, Webservice

Saas, Multitenant

SaaS Multitenant SOA

SAAS, Multitenant

SOA / Multi-tier

SOA

SOA, .NET, Cloud

Database Platform

MS SQL Server, Cloud-Based (Saas), MAC OS

MS SQL Server, Other, Cloud-Based (Saas), Universally Compatible w/all Data Base Platforms

Cloud-Based (Saas), MySQL

MS SQL Server, Oracle, Cloud-Based (Saas)

Cloud-Based (Saas), Universally Compatible w/all Data Base Platforms

MS SQL Server, Progress, IBM DB2, Other, Oracle, ODBC Compliant, Proprietary`, Customized per Client, Pervasive, Power, Sage ProvideX, Sybase, Cloud-Based (Saas), PostgreSQL, MS SQL Express, abas Open Object Oriented Database, MS Access, IBM UniData/UniVerse, Universally Compatible w/all Data Base Platforms, Quickbooks, Salesforce, Multi-Tenant SAAS on the SalesForce Cloud

Cloud-Based (Saas), abas Open Object Oriented Database, Universally Compatible w/all Data Base Platforms

Oracle, Cloud-Based (Saas), MySQL

MS SQL Server, ODBC Compliant, Cloud-Based (Saas)

MS SQL Server, Cloud-Based (Saas)

MS SQL Server, Oracle, Cloud-Based (Saas), Microsoft Azure

Server OS

Linux, Windows, Unix

Windows

Compatible w/all Operating Systems

Linux, Windows, Unix

Compatible w/all Operating Systems

Mac OS, Windows, Unix, Novell Netware