I work at a small business ~20 people and we’re looking for a self hosted solution to our resource planning software. We have a huge variety of job scopes, skillsets, equipment, and technicians. The owners have a hard requirement for self hosting due to the variety of clients we work for who want to know their data stays within our own country.
We also want to integrate it with QuickBooks desktop, make custom invoices (some clients stipulate a specific invoice format just for them), and also making dispatches.
What are some good options?
I would take a look at ERPNext, the pricing page shows $0 for the open-source version with all features: https://erpnext.com/pricing
As mentioned by others, you’ll need someone to set it up properly and maintain the software as it will likely become a core part of your business if utilized properly
@iocase If you need something simple (inventory, billing, sales) try Dolibarr. If you need something more complete, try something like Tryton (Odoo 8 fork).
I do not reccommend Odoo, as the community version has limitations and you need a subscription un orden to use all the modules.
@iocase With 20 employees, you’ll probably want to look at open source solutions unless you have a significant budget available. To get all your employees on Microsoft Dynamics Nav, for instance, would run about $8000 a month.
The drawback of open source solutions is that you’ll likely need a dedicated employee to keep the system running and updated, and there’s no higher levels of paid support option if they run into problems.
Here’s a pretty good article on using Quickbooks as a core and then attaching open source Inventory Management and CRM integrations that you may find useful.
