ERPNext
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Features
73 features across 19 categories
Accounting(7)
Track and manage accounts payable and receivable transactions
Generate comprehensive financial statements and reports
Track and manage fixed assets with depreciation calculations
Comprehensive general ledger functionality for financial tracking
Support for global tax compliance and easy configuration for almost any country
Get accounting and reporting in multiple currency types
Manage multiple subsidiaries, branches, and currencies in a single system with consolidated reports
Asset Management(1)
Track and manage company assets
Automation(2)
Build custom multi-level approval workflows
Automate tasks with drag-and-drop simplicity
CRM(6)
Track and manage sales leads
Manage sales across multiple territories
Create and manage customer newsletters
Manage sales opportunities through the pipeline
Create and manage customer quotations
Define and manage Service Level Agreements
Customization(2)
Customize forms to match business processes
Create workflows and customizations without coding
Document Management(1)
Version controlled, centralized document repository
Integration(1)
Easy integration with third-party systems via API
Manufacturing(7)
Track job cards and work instructions
Generate manufacturing-specific reports and analytics
Create and manage multi-level bill of materials
Plan and schedule production runs
Implement quality checks in manufacturing process
Manage subcontracting operations
Create and track work orders for manufacturing
Mobile(1)
100% mobile-friendly interface for all modules
Point of Sale(5)
Process collections and generate invoices at POS
Manage multiple stores from a single POS system
Cloud-based point of sale system
Configure POS profiles and settings
Manage POS shifts and operations
Procurement(6)
Create and manage material requests
Configure multi-level approval workflows for procurement
End-to-end procurement process management
Generate and track purchase orders
Manage supplier payment processing
Track and evaluate supplier performance
Project Management(6)
Track project-related expenses
Track projects and tasks with timelines
Manage cashflow for projects
Track inventory usage in projects
Manage revenue recognition for projects
Track time spent on projects and tasks
Quality(6)
Quality checks across entire material flow
Report and track non-conformances
Analyze and report on quality metrics
Create and manage quality assurance plans
Conduct quality inspections and record results
Create templates for quality checks
Reporting(2)
Create customizable dashboards for insights
Create custom reports and download data
Sales(6)
End-to-end sales order to cash receipt process
Process and track customer payments
Define and manage pricing rules for sales
Customizable print formats for documents and reports
Generate and track sales invoices
Create and manage sales orders
Security(1)
Granular access control including field-level permissions
Stock Management(6)
Generate comprehensive inventory reports and analytics
Set default values for items across the system
Maintain a comprehensive item/product catalog
Track items by serial number or batch
Maintain stock ledger with transaction history
Manage multiple warehouses and inventory locations
Support(6)
Automatically assign support tickets to agents
Portal for customers to submit and track issues
Generate invoices directly from support module
Create and maintain a knowledge base for support
Schedule and track maintenance visits
Define and enforce service level agreements
Pricing
Sites - Starter
- ✓Single site
- ✓Multiple apps on shared servers
- ✓Managed upgrades & backups
- ✓Scripting & custom apps
- ✓Application warranty
Servers - Shared
- ✓Virtual machine for multiple sites
- ✓Shared or Dedicated instances
- ✓Unified or Separate App & DB
- ✓Best price-performance ratio
- ✓Limited uptime guarantees
- ✓Incident support only
Servers - Dedicated
- ✓Everything in Hetzner
- ✓Dedicated server isolation
- ✓Advanced features (server snapshots, autoscaling)
- ✓Stronger reliability guarantees
- ✓Global data center locations
- ✓Comprehensive support (app & cloud)
Self-hosted
- ✓Deploy on your own server
- ✓AGPL-3.0 licensed
- ✓Open source code available
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