ERPNext

Pros

ERPNext is a professional ERP that has integrated several tools for the accounting management of a company, has several modules and integrations and is intended for different types of companies from small to large, its main advantage is that it is FREE CODE and can be hosted on your server or in the cloud at no cost, is highly customizable once you understand the program interface, the multi-company and if you have any problems or concerns you can solve it in the forum they have.

Cons

ERPNext as well as having benefits also has small points against and the main one is the installation you must have a very good knowledge of linux to install on a server, although they also have hosting plans, integration with e-commerce platforms has several shortcomings for its operation must be adapted and modify the code for use in South America..

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Pros

The fact that the software is well integrated with a wide variety of modules. Other ERP systems would end up with us having a multitude of different softwares each handling their own niche, and all tied together by just Single Sign On.

Here, I am able to provide everyone in the company with a login to the ERP system and have access to not just ERP features, but also Project Management, a Wiki and a Learning Managment System.

Cons

The HR and Payroll Module can improve quite a bit. The way incentive payments are handled require external programming to design an automated performance based pay. Leaves are also not mutable if a mistake was made during the Leave Policy Assignment which was realised only half-way through the year. This also doesn't allow for a leave policy for a person to be changed in the middle of the leave policy period. This is quite important considering the constant switching of employees between Work From Home, Hybrid and Remote, each of which will have a different leave policy within the company.

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I love the ability to customize forms, while it could be easier, it sure is nice to make changes without code.

Cons

Bugs. Unfortunately, open source means that some code is not high quality. Another factor is the poor management of Git pull requests. I've created several bug fixes that languished until deactivated by automated robot after a month or two with little response from product owners. Many of these bugs are quite serious, particularly around the payroll module. Many, less serious and obvious issues, exist over major versions without resolution.

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Pros

The extensibility and flexibility of ERPNext is unrivaled. Every field you create becomes instantly available as an API point in the powerful interface of the ERP software. All relevant core features of an ERP system are mature and help you learn to do it the right way as a company. The team is rigid and consequent in making sure, that this streamlined process of creating opportunities, quotations, sales orders and sales invoices is kept intact which is very healthy and keeps customizations sane.

Cons

ERPNext is not yet easy and straight forward to use. If you have no idea of ERP software and you have no technical skills at all this is not for you. I would love to see the team focus more on the UX of the interface and the ease of use for new and very occasional users. The software feels like it's really made for experts and daily users. That said, we have compared ERPNext with Salesforce and SAP and the open source solution really shines in comparison. But having all the ERP world suck at UX does not mean that this is an unsolvable problem. Also the documentation of ERPNext is not job or use case driven and very technical at times. We have started to try to help this. But it's easy to ask and not so easy to deliver. Work in progress ...

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Pros

The software is very easy to customize and with a little practice you are able to collect data in a very orderly fashion in now time.

Cons

Some of the standards are not consistent which can lead to frustrations using the product at times.

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Pros

the look and feel of ERPNext is very appealing. it is inline with the present best practices, followed in UI/UX.

Cons

The software can integrate with some of the open source PLM Tool like Oddo, and open Source MES and IOT tools. this can create a complete opensorce ecosystem for business

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Pros

The ability to customize the ERP as per the need.

Cons

Documentation can further be optimized, on which the Frappe Team & active contributors are constantly working.

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Pros

Agile, scalable, robust, economical, customizable,

Cons

HR & Payroll requires some flexibilty ands development

Pros

The software is easy to use with some awesome customizable features which help in tracking projects, managing sales, ERP among other features.

Cons

So far we love everything about the software since it is serving its purpose for our business.

Pros

Helps real estate companies manage their property portfolios, track rental income, handle property maintenance requests, and monitor occupancy rates.Manage relationships with contractors, suppliers, and service providers.

Cons

The range of available integrations might be more limited compared to some other ERP solutions.Making significant customizations may require technical skills

Pros

Its ease of use, interactive UI and an overall great documentation makes it a great asset

Cons

An external server is required, and a paid interface for an online server makes it a little harder to work with

Pros

ERPNext is all in one suite and hence most of the issues related to data structure are resolved at the beginning itself if the implementation is done for all the modules at one go. Secondly, customization options are almost limitless and you don't need to be from an IT background to carry out some of the basic changes as per your business requirement. Document flow and control are also very easy to learn and implement giving you the requisite flexibility of each function which does help in the implementation.

Cons

Except that stock and account ledgers do not offer monthly/quarterly/yearly reports and no comparison of the ledgers can be done with the previous period, there is nothing that can be negative for ERPNext.

Pros

It is the only ERP system that I have use that can be easily deployed and get people trained on it in just a few days

Cons

It does not have a strong international support, for instants it does not adhere to any of the Latin American regulations

Pros

- Simple and easy-to-use interface.
- Open-source ERP software, no licensing cost required.
- Customization is simple and requires no coding.
- Simple to configure according to business needs.
- Simplified reporting system.
- Well-maintained and actively supported.

Cons

- Big enterprises are not recommended.
- The software is not suitable for anti-free software organizations.
- Still a newcomer to the market, and has yet to earn the trust of businesses.
- Customized versions have upgrade issues.
- Complex setup for roles and permission management.
- The documentation can be further improved.

Pros

The ease of use of the web interface is excellent. It's easy to see the status of a document at a glance and to move it to the next step of the process.
Information entered in one area is automatically available elsewhere, such as contact information, shipping addresses, etc. It's all so well integrated.
As well as being integrated it's also very customisable. Fields can be added to any document for any purpose. Custom scripts can be added to perform automated tasks.

Cons

I found it quite a steep learning curve for setting up the system; creating and importing all the details for the component parts we use and creating the Bills of Materials. But once it's done (correctly!) it's a breeze to use.
Using the system to calculate how much of a product it is possible to manufacture and for what date is not straightforward. This area of the system needs some attention from the development or documentation teams.
In some ways the flexibility of the system is a disadvantage. There can be many different ways to accomplish the same thing, but they will have slightly different effects on other parts of the system. There does need to be a "recommended" and "standard" method of doing certain things which is given in the documentation.

Pros

1.Easy to understand modules
2. GREAT FEATURES
3. Easy to implement once deployed.
4 Suitable for MSME
5. API feature
6.Auto email

Cons

1. POOR DOCUMENTATION
2. FEW SERVICE PARTNERS
3. DIFFICULT TO DEPLOY
4. CRITICAL PROBLEMS NOT RESPONDED BY VORE TEAM

Pros

Fast setup and flexibility. Easy creation of reports and rich list views.

Cons

Project Management app is not friendly and lack of support for email management on the application. Lack of updated installation scripts for new app versions. Locked change of company abbreviation after restore

Pros

Easy to Use
Highly CustomizablI e
Single Software to manage complete business cycle

Cons

I am not seeing much con in the software

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Pros

Very heavily packed with features and very easy to use that any person willing to learn they can learn very fast

Cons

Manufacturing section of the manual needs to be more expounded especially on the bulk production of items

Pros

I love how easy and speedy we can make quotations for our customers and the professonal look of the documents they get from our company.

Cons

My company is very small and sometimes I feel the software is too big for our needs, I believe a light version with cheaper cost could be ideal, in fact with the new pricing structure I will probably need to find another affordable option in the future, these days with our economy suffering due to a post pandemic crisis and the current unneeded war we need to save on everything in order to survive as a company.

Pros

The Team is constantly improving this software and listening to their user base. I can almost always find an answer to my questions in the community forums. I look forward to new features.

Cons

Some functions are designed to address specific needs in foreign countries. It isn't always obvious how to adapt a function to meet your own criteria. Some features are lacking, especially if you are accustomed to batch processing.

Pros

- Extremely flexible engine. You can define any process in the world without knowing any programming. My team which has implemented this does not know programming at all. We were able to manage entire implementation only through customisations.
- Doctype concept they have used is extremely powerful and flexible.
- Quite a detailed documentation with ample videos and webinars (also available on youtube).
- Extremely strong accounting background.
- Same can be used for as many user roles you want. Can be used by start-ups as well large organisations.

Cons

- Bank integration missing
- Scope for improvement on CRM like Zoho. Though existing CRM data management is very strong.

Pros

Open Source
Easy to use
A lot of modules available inside the platform such as Education, Non Profit, Agriculture, etc
Growing community
Active forum to discuss any issue

Cons

As an active Open Source project a lot of times We face a lot of features requirements that are not so great to have in our system. Also, the permission system is a little bit complicated

Pros

- Based on the Frappe framework, it makes it easily customizable
- Neat and responsive UI
- Great for manufacturing with Multilevel BOMs, managing multiple production departments
- No vendor lock in. The software 100% open-source. It provides great security to small scale businesses.
- Community driven and transparent approach to development

Cons

ERPNext user manuals should cover more number of use-cases. They typically cover the standard use-case.
Compared to products like Tally or SAP awareness of ERPNext in India is still low, end-user confidence and acceptance has to be essentially be established with trials.

Pros

can be used out of the box!
have all the things that you can expect for an ERP
- CRM
- HR
- Item/Inventory
- manufacturing
you can even customize flow without touching the code
you can build your own application, and integrate easily to your ERP
strong, strong community

Cons

tricky for big company due to the nature of those company
- taxation is different for IPO-ed company
- consolidation for multiple company (this can be done, just a bit tricky)
documentations and how to used documentation can be improved.
 more use case implementation. e.g
- demo implementation for retail company
- for manufacturing company
with their specific flow

Pros

The most amazing feature that worked best for us is that its a python based application. saves our time and efforts. Accounting ,Asset management, Customer relationship management (CRM), Human resource management (HRM), Payroll, Project management, Purchasing, Sales management, Warehouse management system, Website there are so many options that we can enable and that actually segregates the work and makes our life and work more easier.

Cons

The only draw back is that's its python based might not be feasible for other companies. Also the customer support isn't great and also the server keeps crashing most of the times.

Pros

It has everything inside to run a business and the features are quite robust and broad. It's easy to use and so it's easy for the people/it's users to get accustomed with it at the shortest possible time.

Cons

Inventory / Warehouse Management needs to be more scalable and shall be capable of handling millions of stock transactions at breeze. This is the major thing where the company shall focus on

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Pros

1. Simplicity
2. Best of the Market experience.
3. Touches all aspects of the business needs,
4. Wherever short have possibilities to extend and expand, Customisable.
5. Does it pretty well what it offers.

Cons

Some of the features/modules are still in enhancement and development modes.
1. Project Management.
2. CRM

Pros

That it is open source and has all the features of a proprietary ERP like dynamics nav. Is ease to implement, support and customize due to the fact that it uses only open source code , python js etc

Cons

I think the documentation can be improved but it has come along way since inception and they are on a good path of updating docs

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Pros

The product is well conceptualised, and superbly designed for a small-medium firm. Their Open Source approach is great and provides tremendous value for money.

Cons

Reporting is not user friendly. Tables are not easily readable and the scrolling is painful.

Finance module is not designed keeping in mind Indian Chartered Accountants. They find it cumbersome and ask the firm to maintain data in their favourite Tally. This has to be addressed.

Pros

It's super user-friendly and customizable and they provide easy to use administration option, deployment is also really easy once you get the hang of it

Cons

Performance once database and simultaneous user request increase and sometimes the report generation is really slow and it can not handle large company requirements

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Pros

Very easy to use, very easy to customize, very easy to integrate with.
Robust business cycles.

Cons

Nothing least, I have not faced any difficulty or problems with this software for 10 years now working with all its versions in different businesses.

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Pros

It being truly open source (without hidden sudden charges) made it really appealing as it can really allow teams to have a business management platform without having to bloat their OPEX

Cons

Depending on the team's processes and learning abilities, the adoption could take time.

Pros

Ease of use, Not much of training needed for new employees, Scalability

Cons

Project module needs enhancement to incorporate more dynamic team allocation, deallocation and scheduling.

Pros

1. Usability is very intuitive. Lots of power user aids
2.Extendable/customisable
3. Frappe framework on which ERPNext is built has lots of great features and keeps evolving
4. Functional breadth is also good

Cons

1. Product has evolved - feature wise and even performance wise it can scale for larger customers but entity model is not well-built for larger enterprise

Pros

Easy to use, great interface, very understandable self explanatory forms. Support responds quickly to issues and they get resolved.

Cons

Nothing to dislike. Don't like them hiving off HR module

Pros

Free and Open Source
Being a FOSS lover, the best part I see with ERPNext its a truly fully open souce, you will get all the modules available, unlike other companies claim to be open source but they arn't.

Communication
Tracking of communication of internal team and clients was a big challenge for our organization, the way this is handled in ERPNext is so simple and intuitive.

Dynamic Customization
One need not to wait for the application developer to change the layout of screen, add or change new fields in transactions, designing of print formats and layouts, all such stuff is managed dynamically.

Payment Gateways
Using this facility we have noticed an increase of 10% in payment collection from the customer, we use razor pay payment gateway with ERPNext so after creating an invoice one can send payment request to customer and after the customer paid the invoice your account gets updated.

Cons

With FOSS projects, its natural to have more support issues, and there is not guarantee of time that when your issue will get addressed.

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Pros

The feature we like about ERPNext is that it is a solid ERP system. All modules are available to use and can work without customization.

Cons

It does not have recommended POS hardware solution.

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Pros

Fully opensource
Intuitive User Interface
Make Sense business document cycle
Support

Cons

Requires a little bit of technical knowledge to manager or onboard or an expert local partner

Pros

Ease of use
Customization on the fly
Fully opensource

Cons

very hard to install on my VPS
Not Easy to develop custom apps its need to master many programing language and database
Not Enough how to tutorials in good English language

Pros

Able to integrate fairly easily with API access. Uses standard db technology. Can be self-hosted or managed hosting. Cloud or in-house. Open source.

Cons

Not tailored for NA markets, implementation and upgrading is tedious. Poorly implemented tools such as accounts reconciliation if compared to Quickbooks for example

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Pros

Easy to integrate with other solutions or for creating new modules. For example, in my case I could easily add an IoT solution with ingestion, reporting and analytics.

Cons

Different versions mean a new big mayor release. It means that you'll have to work in a new implementation. This have an important impact in your own repository because database changes cannot be migrated directly to the new versions. Generally a new version changes all the database structure, then so many different scripts have to be constructed to migrate the business data to the new version. And in general the procedures indicated by ErpNext don't work easily.

Pros

Open source, any feature can be customized, valid and complete devolpment documentation is available, easy in use, remotely access. easy installations. Graphics and GUI is really awesome,accouting and purchasing was better.

Cons

All modules are not pre build, very complex and tough work to build and integrate with other module, either its documentation is available but still a special dedicated devolper is required to run and customize process, less controlling over transactions. like approvals etc.

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Pros

Simple an ease to use
even for new joine its simple to use

Cons

Finance module is not much convenient ,not compatible as we have date for last 6 yeras , so how to transfer is a major issue

Pros

Since it's open source, the documentation on their website is very detailed that helped us implement and troubleshoot problems by ourselves.
The UI/UX was great and the speed at which we were able to navigate throughout the system.

Cons

While there are a lot of integrations, we need more integrations with our logistic partners. The Frappe Cloud Marketplace is a great initiative.

Pros

Ease of use
the best framework for developer

Cons

not at the moment
it was convenience for us

Pros

Very-very customisable to suit the needs of the business.
Great integration with other software through API.
One of the easiest ERP to use.
Great flexible reporting options. We can create custom reports on the fly.
Runs on reputable cloud providers. Can be set up with a minimal infrastructure budget to start with.

Cons

Installation can be confusing for first timers. It was not a big problem for us as we are software development company, there was enough information from the community.

Pros

The flexibility of the software to be customized according to organization needs

Cons

The navigation between screen should be improvised so that user can back to main screen while navigating to other screen

Pros

Ease of use, flexible, and highly configurable option is the key to the success of ERPNext.

Cons

Features for the construction industry are highly desirable.

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Pros

It has topnotch customizability that gives excellent ease to its users & more importantly it is neither an expensive product to acquire nor it requires massive infrastructure to run.

Cons

Since it is a very customizable product & needs to build as per business requirements that is a quite challenging task in itself.