ERP guides · For small and middle-market inventory businesses
ERP guides and comparisons, written by an operator.
Plain answers to the questions buyers ask when they are choosing or fixing an ERP: what it really costs, which one fits a distributor, and what to do with the one you already have. New guides are added as we publish them.
Compare
Which ERP fits.
Basics
What is ERP? Meaning, examples and glossary
ERP stands for enterprise resource planning. Plain-English definition, examples of ERP systems, ERP vs CRM and the terms you will hear in an ERP project.
Comparison
All four ERPs compared
Dolibarr, Odoo, Acumatica and NetSuite side by side on 66 features, pricing and price protection.
Comparison
Dolibarr vs Odoo
License, real per-user cost, free-edition limits, warehouse and barcode capability, and upgrade path.
Comparison
An open-source NetSuite alternative
NetSuite list pricing vs Dolibarr with Built-N-AI for a single-entity inventory business, and when NetSuite is still the right call.
Comparison
Dolibarr vs Acumatica
Resource-priced cloud ERP against open source: pricing model, real cost and all 66 features, one to one.
Shortlist
Best ERP for a small or mid-size distributor
Six systems with published 2026 pricing, when to choose each and when to think twice.
Guide
Open-source ERP: what is actually free
What the license gives you, what still costs money, and how Dolibarr, Odoo Community and ERPNext differ.
Hub
Dolibarr ERP for inventory businesses
Free open-source ERP at enterprise scale, plus the 26 custom modules we run on it.
Cost
What it really costs.
Guide
How much does an ERP implementation cost?
Published 2026 ranges for NetSuite, Business Central, Acumatica, SAP Business One and Odoo, and the fixed-price Dolibarr implementation at $29,500.
Guide
Free ERP for small business
The three kinds of free ERP, what Dolibarr, Odoo and ERPNext give you at $0, and the only costs left after go-live.
By industry
ERP for the business you actually run.
Guide
ERP for distributors and wholesalers
The distributor checklist, what the free Dolibarr core covers, and the modules that run 400,000+ SKUs and marketplace orders in a live operation.
Guide
ERP for warehouse and inventory management
Dock to door inside the ERP: barcode receiving, paperless picking with QC, one-touch shipping and cycle counts that reconcile on the spot.
Guide
ERP for small manufacturers
Dolibarr as a light manufacturing platform: bill of materials, kitting, laptop teardown with cost allocated to each part, and a custom repair module running 200+ units a day.
Services
Who does the work.
Service
ERP implementation services
How an ERP implementation runs, what is included, the fixed $29,500 price and what to ask any ERP implementation consultant.
Service
Dolibarr implementation, customization and support
New and existing Dolibarr installs: implementation, custom modules, integrations, data migration and managed support from an operator who runs it.
Already running an ERP
Add AI without replacing it.
Guide
AI without replacing your ERP
How AI modules, research tools, warehouse workflows and plain-English queries run on the ERP you already have.
Service
AI + ERP integration
Connect practical AI and automation to the ERP you already run, with read-only access, guardrails and audit trails.
Service
Ask Your Business
Authorized superusers explore ERP, inventory, sales and operational data in plain English.
Proof
What it looked like in a live operation.
Case study
AI Advanced Intake
Receiving labor cost fell 81%; time to sale-ready dropped from 3–4 weeks to 1 week.
Case study
Single-Touch Bulk Receiving
A 500-line PO went from 4 hours to 1 hour.
Case study
Digital Warehouse Execution
Cancelled orders that shipped anyway went from about 20 a month to zero.
Case study
Real-Time Inventory Reconciliation
Manual list comparisons dropped to zero.
Case study
AI Product Data & Marketplace Sync
300,000 part records in 9 days at 98% accuracy.
All
All case studies
Every published case study with measured results.
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