Best for
Best for small and mid-sized companies that want accounting and ERP in one cloud platform, chosen by business type rather than by tier.
- Small and mid-sized
ERP Comparison
Exact Online 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 | Exact Online | Priority Software |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | From $25 / month US price list, excluding VAT. The ERP packages are priced separately: Time & Billing $158, Project Management from $316, Wholesale Distribution from $237 and Manufacturing from $422 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 | Yes, a free trial is offered on every package | Not stated |
| Users | More than 675,000 companies use Exact software | 75,000+ companies in 70+ countries |
| API | Yes, the Exact Online REST API | Yes, a REST API on the OData protocol, with basic auth, personal access tokens or OAuth2 |
| Hosting | Cloud; Exact for Manufacturing can also run on-premise or in a customer cloud | Cloud (SaaS on Amazon Web Services) |
| Project costing | Yes, via Exact for Project Management, with budget, cost and margin tracking per 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, including converting recorded hours into project invoices, with reminders for outstanding items | 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 | Yes, via the Scan & Recognise add-on, which reads paperwork photographed with a smartphone or tablet | 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 | Yes, dashboards across the process from sales to invoicing, plus business analytics and the Exact Insights add-on | Yes, Priority Analytics with a self-service report builder, dashboards, calculated columns and multi-company consolidated reports |
| Time tracking | Yes, time registration with a planning board that assigns staff by skill and capacity | Yes, time and attendance with time clock management, mobile time and expense entry, reminders and approval flows |
| Integrations and API | Yes, a REST API with webhooks, plus more than 220 add-ons in the Add-on Center | Yes, a REST API on the OData protocol plus more than 150 prebuilt connectors and an ODBC connector |
| AI features | stated Yes | No |
| Deployment | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based |
| Support | Not stated | Email helpdesk |
| Onboarding | Documentation and knowledge base | more entries Documentation and knowledge base, Video tutorials, Personal consulting |
| Company size | Small and mid-sized | more entries Small and mid-sized, Enterprise |
| Integrations | Not stated | Power BI, Tableau, Looker |
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The short version
Key Differences
- Starting price Exact Online From $25 / month Priority Software Price on request
- Company size Exact Online Small and mid-sized Priority Software Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
- Hosting Exact Online Cloud; Exact for Manufacturing can also run on-premise or in a customer cloud Priority Software Cloud (SaaS on Amazon Web Services)
- AI features Exact Online Yes Priority Software No
- Users Exact Online More than 675,000 companies use Exact software Priority Software 75,000+ companies in 70+ countries
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The trade-offs
Strengths and Limitations
Exact Online
Strengths
- Package prices are published, which is uncommon for an ERP of this size
- Separate packages for accounting, wholesale distribution, manufacturing, projects and time and billing
- Documented REST API with webhooks and an Add-on Center with 220+ add-ons
- Scan & Recognise automates entry of invoices and receipts from a phone photo
Limitations
- Scope is tied to the package you buy, so growing into another one is a commercial step
- Warehouse management is an add-on rather than part of the manufacturing package
- Published prices exclude VAT and vary by region
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
Exact Online
- Exact for Accounting $25 Per month, excluding VAT. $25 to $38 depending on the edition.
- Exact for Accountancy $131 Per month, excluding VAT. For accountancy practices.
- Exact for Time & Billing $158 Per month, excluding VAT.
- Exact for Wholesale Distribution $237 Per month, excluding VAT. $237 to $554 depending on the edition.
- Exact for Project Management $316 Per month, excluding VAT. $316 to $369 depending on the edition.
- Exact for Manufacturing $422 Per month, excluding VAT. $422 to $739 depending on the edition.
Priority Software
- Commercial Not stated Core business functions. Quoted on request.
- Manufacturing Not stated Commercial plus production planning. Quoted on request.
What users say
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Exact Online
- Ease of use
- Not rated yet
- User interface
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- Onboarding
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- Support and service
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- Value for money
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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
Exact Online https://www.exact.com · no check date recorded yet
Priority Software https://www.priority-software.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.