ERPNext

AI capabilities

No headline AI features verified in this research.

Pricing

Free license. Hosting estimate: From $5/mo on Frappe Cloud (heavier use needs larger plans)

Open source

• Code: https://github.com/frappe/erpnext
• GitHub stars: 40993
• Latest release: 2026-11-04
• Hosting: Official Frappe Cloud: Site plans from $5/mo, dedicated Server plans from $40/mo, 14-day free trial. Elestio managed. Self-host via Docker/bench.
• Backing: Frappe Technologies (company).
• GPL-3.0: commercial use allowed; source-sharing duty only if you distribute modified versions.
• No enterprise edition; all modules GPL. Paid support/hosting via Frappe Cloud.
• 89 advisories in last 12 months (8 critical incl. SQL injection and server-side template injection/RCE; 32 high); all list patched versions (e.g. 15.121.0 / 16.34.0). Only safe if kept current, which Frappe Cloud handles.

Trust checks

• Admin-verified listing: Pass · Reviewed by the Catervas team: links and prices checked Nov 5, 2026
• License verified: Pass · GPL-3.0 is on the license allow-list
• Active maintenance: Pass · Last release or commit 2026-11-04
• No open critical security advisories: Pass · No unpatched critical or high advisories found. Keep it on the latest release.
• Privacy and data policy: Pass · Self-hosted: your data stays on your own hosting.
• Company or foundation backing: Pass · Frappe Technologies (company).

Problems it helps with

• Licensing, CE tracking, sales tax and bookkeeping: Full ERP: inventory with reorder levels, purchase orders and supplier invoices to track food costs; quotations and item costing for bidding jobs; invoicing, receivables, accounting and sales-tax templates for cash-flow control.
• Thin margins, tuition collection and subsidy shortfalls: Full ERP: inventory with reorder levels, purchase orders and supplier invoices to track food costs; quotations and item costing for bidding jobs; invoicing, receivables, accounting and sales-tax templates for cash-flow control.
• Bidding and pricing jobs profitably as costs rise: Full ERP: inventory with reorder levels, purchase orders and supplier invoices to track food costs; quotations and item costing for bidding jobs; invoicing, receivables, accounting and sales-tax templates for cash-flow control.
• Cash flow and back-office overload: invoices, payroll, sales tax: Full ERP: inventory with reorder levels, purchase orders and supplier invoices to track food costs; quotations and item costing for bidding jobs; invoicing, receivables, accounting and sales-tax templates for cash-flow control.
• Rising costs make fast, accurate estimates and margins hard: Full open-source ERP: item price lists and quotations for consistent estimates, projects with job costing and progress (milestone) billing, invoicing with online payment links and payment reminders, purchasing/inventory to track material cost changes, and maintenance schedules/visits for service contracts.
• Slow payments, progress billing and small deposits: Full open-source ERP: item price lists and quotations for consistent estimates, projects with job costing and progress (milestone) billing, invoicing with online payment links and payment reminders, purchasing/inventory to track material cost changes, and maintenance schedules/visits for service contracts.
• MHIC licensing, contract rules and admin paperwork: Full open-source ERP: item price lists and quotations for consistent estimates, projects with job costing and progress (milestone) billing, invoicing with online payment links and payment reminders, purchasing/inventory to track material cost changes, and maintenance schedules/visits for service contracts.
• Cash flow: slow payment, collections and late invoices: Full open-source ERP: item price lists and quotations for consistent estimates, projects with job costing and progress (milestone) billing, invoicing with online payment links and payment reminders, purchasing/inventory to track material cost changes, and maintenance schedules/visits for service contracts.
• Rising equipment costs and inconsistent quoting: Full open-source ERP: item price lists and quotations for consistent estimates, projects with job costing and progress (milestone) billing, invoicing with online payment links and payment reminders, purchasing/inventory to track material cost changes, and maintenance schedules/visits for service contracts.
• Admin overload: scheduling, dispatch, paperwork and job records: Full open-source ERP: item price lists and quotations for consistent estimates, projects with job costing and progress (milestone) billing, invoicing with online payment links and payment reminders, purchasing/inventory to track material cost changes, and maintenance schedules/visits for service contracts.
• Underpricing, slow estimates and lowball competition: Full open-source ERP: item price lists and quotations for consistent estimates, projects with job costing and progress (milestone) billing, invoicing with online payment links and payment reminders, purchasing/inventory to track material cost changes, and maintenance schedules/visits for service contracts.
• Rising food costs: food-cost control, inventory and invoices: Full ERP: inventory with reorder levels, purchase orders and supplier invoices to track food costs; quotations and item costing for bidding jobs; invoicing, receivables, accounting and sales-tax templates for cash-flow control.

Works with

• Google Calendar · via Frappe Payments app), Google Calendar/Contacts/Drive, email, REST API, webhooks.
• PayPal · Payment gateways via Frappe Payments app (Stripe, PayPal, Braintree, GoCardless, Razorpay);
• Stripe · Payment gateways via Frappe Payments app (Stripe, PayPal, Braintree, GoCardless, Razorpay);