Best for
Best for midsize manufacturers of 50 to 500 employees that build to order and want production, projects and financials in one system.
- Small and mid-sized
ERP Comparison
abas ERP vs. MRPeasy
At a glance
At a glance
Best for
Best for small and mid-sized manufacturers that want production planning, traceability and costing in one cloud system.
- Small and mid-sized
Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.
Full Comparison
| Criterion | abas ERP | MRPeasy |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Price on request abas does not publish a price list; the website directs interested companies to a demo tour and a contact form. | From 49 US dollars / user / month Billed monthly or annually, with one month free on annual billing. No minimum users on Starter, Professional and Enterprise; Unlimited requires at least two users. Users 1 to 10 pay the standard rate, further users are added in bundles of ten at a flat 79 US dollars per month. |
| Free trial | Not stated | Free trial, no credit card required |
| Team size | Midmarket, positioned for companies with 50 to 500 employees | Aimed at companies with 10 to 200 employees |
| Users | Around 4,000 customer installations and more than 120,000 users in over 25 countries | Not stated |
| API | Yes, a REST web interface for real-time read and write access, plus the abas Connect integration tool | REST API with JSON, available to paying clients on the Unlimited plan |
| Hosting | On-premise or cloud | Cloud |
| Made in | Germany | Not stated |
| Project costing | Yes, via abas PM with budgets, preliminary costing and project cost accounting, plus graphical project and resource planning | Yes, manufacturing order costing that compares estimated against actual cost, with automatic work in progress and product costing and an option to override bookings for actual costing |
| Invoicing | Yes, through sales and accounts receivable, with outstanding items and settlement of payments in financial accounting | Yes, sales management handles quotations, invoices, shipping and returns, with accounting entries posted when an invoice is saved |
| Digital receipt capture | Via the DMS connector, which links third-party document management systems to abas ERP | No scanning or optical character recognition. Documents are attached as files from Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive or a direct link, and attach to records including incoming invoices, purchase orders, customer orders, manufacturing orders and stock items; a copy of a purchase invoice can be attached to its purchase order |
| Reporting and controlling | Yes, controlling dashboards with key performance indicators, standard reports such as profit and loss, balance sheet and outstanding items, business intelligence integration and Excel export | Yes, built-in reports and performance dashboards for efficiency, cost and bottlenecks |
| Time tracking | Yes, plant data collection on mobile devices, recording order, material and machine data on the shop floor in real time | Yes, the shop floor interface lets workers report operations, labour and material use against tasks, with progress monitored in real time |
| Integrations and API | Yes, a REST web interface plus the low-code abas Connect tool and DMS, MS SQL and PDM connectors in the standard scope | REST API with JSON, available to paying clients on the Unlimited plan; the vendor does not assist with API implementation |
| AI features | No | stated Yes |
| Deployment | Cloud (SaaS), On-premise | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based |
| Support | more entries Email helpdesk, Phone | Email helpdesk |
| Onboarding | more entries Documentation and knowledge base, Video tutorials, Live online demos and webinars, Personal consulting, On-site training | Documentation and knowledge base, Video tutorials |
| Company size | Small and mid-sized | Small and mid-sized |
| Integrations | Microsoft SQL Server, TARGIT, PRO.FILE, keytech PLM | more entries QuickBooks Online, Xero, Shopify, WooCommerce, Amazon, Pipedrive, Salesforce, HubSpot, Zapier, Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive |
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The short version
Key Differences
- Starting price abas ERP Price on request MRPeasy From 49 US dollars / user / month
- Team size abas ERP Midmarket, positioned for companies with 50 to 500 employees MRPeasy Aimed at companies with 10 to 200 employees
- Deployment abas ERP Cloud (SaaS), On-premise MRPeasy Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based
- Hosting abas ERP On-premise or cloud MRPeasy Cloud
- Support abas ERP Email helpdesk, Phone MRPeasy Email helpdesk
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The trade-offs
Strengths and Limitations
abas ERP
Strengths
- Purpose-built for midsize make-to-order manufacturing
- Low-code adaptation without changing the standard range of functions
- REST API, abas Connect and three connectors included in the standard scope
- Runs on-premise or on cloud infrastructure
Limitations
- No published pricing
- Narrow fit outside manufacturing
- Document management comes through a connector to a third-party system
MRPeasy
Strengths
- Built-in standard accounting posts inventory, work in progress and product costing automatically
- Full traceability by lot, batch, serial number and barcode
- Shop floor reporting of operations, labour and material use is part of the product
- Free trial without a credit card, and no minimum users on the lower plans
Limitations
- The REST API is limited to the top Unlimited plan
- Per-user pricing rises steeply, from 49 to 149 US dollars per user and month
- Support runs through an in-app ticket system, and the vendor does not help with API implementation
- Scoped for manufacturers, a poor fit for non-manufacturing businesses
Plans
Pricing
abas ERP
- Custom Not stated Not published; contact abas or a partner for a quote.
MRPeasy
- Starter 49 US dollars Per user and month, billed monthly or annually. Production planning and reporting, BOM management and drag and drop rescheduling.
- Professional 69 US dollars Per user and month. Adds a B2B customer portal, serial numbers, quality control and subcontracting.
- Enterprise 99 US dollars Per user and month. Adds an approval system, barcode system, backward production scheduling and maintenance management.
- Unlimited 149 US dollars Per user and month, minimum two users. Adds unlimited API and webhook access.
What users say
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abas ERP
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MRPeasy
- Ease of use
- Not rated yet
- User interface
- Not rated yet
- Onboarding
- Not rated yet
- Support and service
- Not rated yet
- Value for money
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- Features
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Where this comes from
Where this comes from
abas ERP https://abas-erp.com · no check date recorded yet
MRPeasy https://www.mrpeasy.com · no check date recorded yet
This table lists factual criteria taken from information the vendors publish themselves. For how we put it together, see the methodology.