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ERPNext

Fully open-source ERP that can be self-hosted at no licence cost or bought as a hosted service, with its largest user base in India.

61 facts on record5 sourcesverified September 202614 modules

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01Profile

Categories
ERP, Accountingverified 2026-09-07Suggest a correction
Company size fit
5–500 employeesverified 2026-09-07Suggest a correction
Cost band
Entryverified 2026-09-07Suggest a correction
Deployment
Cloud, On-premiseverified 2026-09-07Suggest a correction
Headquarters
Mumbai, Indiaverified 2026-09-07Suggest a correction
Regions served
APAC, EMEA, North Americaverified 2026-09-07Suggest a correction
Founded
2008verified 2026-09-07Suggest a correction
Owner
Frappe Technologies Pvt. Ltd.verified 2026-09-07Suggest a correction
Website
erpnext.comverified 2026-09-07Suggest a correction
Customers claimed
30,000 (vendor figure, as of 2026-09-07)[2]verified 2026-09-07Suggest a correction

02Pricing and editions

Pricing model
Open sourceverified 2026-09-07
Published list price
$5 per month, Frappe Cloud shared-site hosting entry plan (software itself is free; no per-user fee), as published 2026-09-07[4]verified 2026-09-07

03Functional depth

How deeply each module is covered, as recorded against the sources below. Core and moderate are native; partner means a certified add-on carries it; none is a recorded absence.

Coverage Map · ERP and finance systems · 2026-Q3COVERAGE MAP · ERP AND FINANCE SYSTEMS · 2026-Q3AI featuresAsset managementBusiness intelligenceCRMEcommerceField serviceFinancial managementHR and payrollInventory managementLocalizationsManufacturing managementProcurementProject managementQuality managementSupply chain managementWarehouse managementERPNext 1ERPNext · AI features: Unverified. Unverified — not yet checked against a source. Footnote 1.ERPNext · Asset management: Core. Core — native, documented as a primary module. Footnote 1.ERPNext · Business intelligence: Moderate. Moderate — native, documented as secondary or lighter scope. Footnote 1.ERPNext · CRM: Core. Core — native, documented as a primary module. Footnote 1.ERPNext · Ecommerce: Moderate. Moderate — native, documented as secondary or lighter scope. Footnote 1.ERPNext · Field service: Moderate. Moderate — native, documented as secondary or lighter scope. Footnote 1.ERPNext · Financial management: Core. Core — native, documented as a primary module. Footnote 1.ERPNext · HR and payroll: Unverified. Unverified — not yet checked against a source. Footnote 1.ERPNext · Inventory management: Core. Core — native, documented as a primary module. Footnote 1.ERPNext · Localizations: Moderate. Moderate — native, documented as secondary or lighter scope. Footnote 1.ERPNext · Manufacturing management: Core. Core — native, documented as a primary module. Footnote 1.ERPNext · Procurement: Core. Core — native, documented as a primary module. Footnote 1.ERPNext · Project management: Core. Core — native, documented as a primary module. Footnote 1.ERPNext · Quality management: Core. Core — native, documented as a primary module. Footnote 1.ERPNext · Supply chain management: Moderate. Moderate — native, documented as secondary or lighter scope. Footnote 1.ERPNext · Warehouse management: Moderate. Moderate — native, documented as secondary or lighter scope. Footnote 1.CoreModeratePartnerNoneUnverifiedRows alphabetical · no totals · reuse with attribution, uncropped

Coverage Map · ERP and finance systems · 2026-Q3

  1. 1ERPNext — depth stated from 5 sources, verified 2026-09-07; unverified: AI features, HR and payroll

Unverified: AI features, HR and payroll. Not checked yet; not a statement either way.

04Vertical focus

Industries the vendor names in its own positioning. Absence from this list is not a statement that the system is unsuitable, only that the vendor does not lead with it.

  • Manufacturing
  • Wholesale
  • Retail
  • Professional services

Evaluated for

  • Multi-entity consolidationA group of legal entities, often in several currencies, that needs intercompany eliminations and a consolidated close from one ledger.
  • Wholesale distributionHigh-volume buying and reselling of finished goods, where margin lives in purchasing, pricing, warehouse throughput and order fulfilment.
  • Project-based servicesFirms that sell time and deliverables, where revenue, cost and utilisation are tracked by project and billed against milestones or hours.

05Strengths and watch-outs

Strengths

  • Fully open-source with no per-user, per-module or annual licence fee, and no features held back for a paid edition.[4]
  • Accounting supports multiple subsidiaries, branches and currencies in one system with consolidated financial statements.[2]
  • Manufacturing includes multi-level bills of material, production planning, work orders and job cards, subcontracting and quality checks.[2]
  • Stock covers warehouses, serial and batch tracking, a stock ledger and inventory reports, integrated with sales and purchasing.[2]
  • Built on the Frappe Framework with a REST API, low-code and no-code builders, custom forms, print formats, dashboards and multi-level approval workflows.[2]
  • Can be self-hosted from the public source code or run on Frappe Cloud managed hosting, which handles upgrades and backups.[4]

Watch-outs

  • HR and payroll ship as the separate Frappe HR app rather than inside ERPNext; healthcare, education, agriculture and non-profit verticals are also separate apps.[1]
  • Frappe does not provide implementation services itself; setup, customisation and migration go through a partner network or are self-done.[4]
  • Self-hosting requires DevOps skill, and upgrade problems on self-hosted instances are reported.[1]
  • Country-specific statutory compliance and e-invoicing are limited out of the box; of ten countries researched, three were covered natively and the rest by partners or add-ons.[1]
  • Built-in reporting is basic next to paid mid-market ERPs, and native integrations trail commercial marketplaces.[1]
  • Positioned for small and lower mid-market scale; deployments needing 500 or more concurrent users are pointed to other systems.[1]

06Consider when

  • Consider ERPNext when you want the lowest possible software cost and have technical staff, or a Frappe partner, to run a hands-on setup.[1]

  • Consider ERPNext when you run multi-company, multi-currency operations and want full ownership of your data and code.[1]

  • Consider ERPNext when user counts will grow and you want costs tied to compute rather than per-seat licences.[2]

07Implementation

Typical time to go-live
1–3 months[1]verified 2026-09-07

08Evaluated alongside

Systems with a comparable size fit and cost band, which is why they appear on the same shortlists. Each link opens a head-to-head built from both records. They are the pairings a buyer is likely to shortlist, not a limit on what can be compared: any two systems in the dataset can be laid side by side, including combinations we never pair.

Those are the systems commonly evaluated alongside ERPNext, not a limit on what can be compared. Choose any system to compare with ERPNext.

09Module notes

One note per module the system offers: the recorded depth, what to ask in a demonstration, and which other tracked systems carry the module natively.

10Questions buyers ask

Is ERPNext really free?
The software is free and open-source with no per-user fee. You pay for hosting (your own server or Frappe Cloud) and, optionally, for partner implementation and enterprise support.[4]
What licence does ERPNext use?
An open-source GPL-family licence with no feature gating. Frappe's pricing page states AGPL-3.0 for self-hosting; other sources cite GPLv3.[4]
Who makes ERPNext?
Frappe Technologies Pvt. Ltd., an Indian company founded by Rushabh Mehta. The project began in 2008 and the first release followed in 2010.[1]
How is ERPNext deployed?
Self-hosted on your own server from the installation scripts, or hosted on Frappe Cloud, which prices by site or server capacity rather than per user.[4]
How long does an ERPNext implementation take?
Frappe says most small-business implementations take two to eight weeks; accounting, CRM and inventory go faster, manufacturing and custom workflows need more planning and data migration.[2]
Does ERPNext include HR and payroll?
HR and payroll are delivered through the separate Frappe HR app from the same maintainer rather than inside the ERPNext core.[1]
Is ERPNext suitable for manufacturers?
For small and mid-size manufacturers, yes: BOM, work orders, production planning, MRP, quality inspection, subcontracting and batch/serial tracking. Complex scheduling or MES needs go beyond it.[1]
What technology is ERPNext built on?
The Frappe Framework, a full-stack Python and JavaScript web framework with a REST API, plus a Vue-based UI library; MariaDB is the database.[5]

11Sources

Every fact in this profile was taken from the pages below, on the date shown. Footnote markers on the page point here. The positioning statement is Stackmark’s own.

  1. [1]ERPNext Review 2026: Free Open-Source ERP | ERP Researchhttps://www.erpresearch.com/en-us/erpnext · retrieved 2026-09-07
  2. [2]Open Source Cloud ERP Software | ERPNexthttps://erpnext.com/ · retrieved 2026-09-07
  3. [3]Open Source Cloud ERP Software | ERPNexthttps://frappe.io/erpnext · retrieved 2026-09-07
  4. [4]Pricing - ERPNexthttps://frappe.io/erpnext/pricing · retrieved 2026-09-07
  5. [5]Introductionhttps://docs.frappe.io/erpnext/ · retrieved 2026-09-07