Best for
Best for small companies and freelancers that want to own their ERP and CRM data and can run or rent a server for it.
- Freelancers
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
ERP Comparison
Dolibarr vs. Priority Software
At a glance
At a glance
Best for
Best for companies that want finance, projects and operations in one cloud ERP they can reshape without a developer.
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.
Full Comparison
| Criterion | Dolibarr | Priority Software |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free to self-host; DoliCloud from €14 / user / month The software itself is a free download under GPL-3+ and you provide the hosting. On the official DoliCloud service, Dolibarr Basic is 14 euro per user and month and Dolibarr Premium starts at 45 euro per month. | Price on request Priority does not publish a price list; plans are quoted through sales after a demo. The company describes flexible quarterly commitments rather than long-term contract lock-in. |
| Free trial | Free to download and self-host; DoliCloud offers a 30-day trial without a credit card | Not stated |
| Team size | Freelancers, small, medium and large companies, foundations and associations | Not stated |
| Users | Not stated | 75,000+ companies in 70+ countries |
| API | Yes, an optional REST API module with key-based authentication and a built-in API explorer | Yes, a REST API on the OData protocol, with basic auth, personal access tokens or OAuth2 |
| Hosting | Self-hosted on Windows, Linux or macOS, via Docker, or hosted on DoliCloud | Cloud (SaaS on Amazon Web Services) |
| Project costing | Yes, projects as a hierarchy of tasks with a budget field and time recorded per task and user, and invoices generated from time spent; proposals, orders, supplier invoices and expense reports link to the project | Yes, project budgets, expense monitoring and profitability analysis on real-time operational and financial data, with task dependencies and planned versus actual on hours and expenses |
| Invoicing | Yes, customer and supplier invoices, template invoices, payments and bank reconciliation, plus a point-of-sale module | Yes, automated billing rules, milestone billing and revenue recognition under ASC 606 and IFRS 15, with subscription, usage-based and hybrid contracts |
| Digital receipt capture | Scans can be attached to expense reports and other records; the module documentation describes no OCR capture | Yes, robotic process automation captures and processes invoices, matches them against purchase orders and goods receipts, applies tax logic, validates compliance and posts the transactions to the general ledger in real time |
| Reporting and controlling | Double-entry accounting with transactions grouped in journals, and general ledger exports in CSV, the French FEC format and formats for Sage, Cegid, EBP, Ciel, Quadratus and Cogilog | Yes, Priority Analytics with a self-service report builder, dashboards, calculated columns and multi-company consolidated reports |
| Time tracking | Yes, timesheets in the HR module and time spent per task and user in the project module | Yes, time and attendance with time clock management, mobile time and expense entry, reminders and approval flows |
| Integrations and API | Yes, an optional REST API module authenticated by an API key, with a built-in explorer, plus import and export tools, the Module Builder and the DoliStore add-on marketplace | Yes, a REST API on the OData protocol plus more than 150 prebuilt connectors and an ODBC connector |
| Deployment | more entries Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based, On-premise | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based |
| Support | Community forum | Email helpdesk |
| Onboarding | Documentation and knowledge base, Video tutorials | more entries Documentation and knowledge base, Video tutorials, Personal consulting |
| Company size | more entries Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise | Small and mid-sized, Enterprise |
| Integrations | Not stated | Power BI, Tableau, Looker |
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The short version
Key Differences
- Starting price Dolibarr Free to self-host; DoliCloud from €14 / user / month Priority Software Price on request
- Deployment Dolibarr Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based, On-premise Priority Software Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based
- Company size Dolibarr Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise Priority Software Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
- Hosting Dolibarr Self-hosted on Windows, Linux or macOS, via Docker, or hosted on DoliCloud Priority Software Cloud (SaaS on Amazon Web Services)
- Support Dolibarr Community forum Priority Software Email helpdesk
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The trade-offs
Strengths and Limitations
Dolibarr
Strengths
- Free and open source under GPL-3+, with no per-seat cost when self-hosted
- Modular: each area is switched on separately, so unused parts stay out of the interface
- Runs from packaged installers, a plain PHP stack or Docker, and moves between self-hosting and DoliCloud
- Module Builder and the DoliStore marketplace for extensions
- Accounting exports in the FEC format and in formats for several accounting packages
Limitations
- Self-hosting means running and patching a PHP and database stack yourself
- Project planning has no capacity-based scheduling and no critical path
- No OCR receipt capture documented; scans are attached by hand
Priority Software
Strengths
- Finance, projects, manufacturing, retail, HR and BI in one system
- Project costing with budgets, task dependencies and planned versus actual on hours and expenses
- REST API on the OData protocol, with more than 150 prebuilt connectors
- No-code customisation without a developer
- Dedicated versions for professional services firms and for software and technology companies
Limitations
- No published price list; every quote runs through sales
- The cloud REST API is capped at 100 API calls per minute per user
- The module range spans retail, equipment rental and manufacturing, much of which a given buyer will never use
Plans
Pricing
Dolibarr
- Self-hosted €0 The software is a free download under GPL-3+; you provide the server and the maintenance.
- Dolibarr Basic €14 Per user and month on DoliCloud, the official hosted service, with a 30-day trial and no credit card required.
- Dolibarr Premium €45 From, per month on DoliCloud.
Priority Software
- Commercial Not stated Core business functions. Quoted on request.
- Manufacturing Not stated Commercial plus production planning. Quoted on request.
What users say
Review Scores · opens after launch
Dolibarr
- Ease of use
- Not rated yet
- User interface
- Not rated yet
- Onboarding
- Not rated yet
- Support and service
- Not rated yet
- Value for money
- Not rated yet
- Features
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Priority Software
- Ease of use
- Not rated yet
- User interface
- Not rated yet
- Onboarding
- Not rated yet
- Support and service
- Not rated yet
- Value for money
- Not rated yet
- Features
- Not rated yet
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Where this comes from
Where this comes from
Dolibarr https://www.dolibarr.org · checked against the official source on 2026-09-10
Priority Software https://www.priority-software.com · no check date recorded yet
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