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Alternatives to ADempiere
22 erp tools sit alongside ADempiere in this directory. Below is what separates each from ADempiere on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 22
- With a free tier
- 7
- Cheaper to start
- -
- ADempiere starts at
- Free
Why people look past ADempiere
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the ADempiere entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is only one tier
ADempiere publishes a single plan, Community edition at Free. There is no smaller tier to drop to if the fit is wrong or the budget moves.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Open-source ERP solution for SMEs and growing businesses
- Sold on a freemium model rather than Open source, no licence fee.
- 5 tiers to ADempiere's 1.
Open-source ERP and CRM suite for all business needs
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where ADempiere does not.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than Open source, no licence fee.
- 3 tiers to ADempiere's 1.
Open-source ERP for mid-sized wholesale and manufacturing
- No free tier, where ADempiere has one.
- Publishes an entry price of €99/month, where ADempiere does not.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than Open source, no licence fee.
- 5 tiers to ADempiere's 1.
Modular open source ERP in Python with a five year support window on major releases only
Priced and rated the same as ADempiere on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
French open source ERP and CRM with a low-code studio for changing the data model without forking
- Publishes an entry price of $35/month, where ADempiere does not.
- Sold on a Per user per month model rather than Open source, no licence fee.
- 3 tiers to ADempiere's 1.
Modular open source ERP and CRM for very small businesses, installable on shared hosting
- 2 tiers to ADempiere's 1.
Every ADempiere alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADempiere (this page) | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | |
| ERPNextIf you want open source ERP with an active vendor, a hosted option and current documentation | Free | Freemium | 5 | vs ADempiere |
| OdooIf you want open source foundations plus a commercial edition with support and a large partner network | Free | Subscription | 3 | vs ADempiere |
| MetasfreshIf you want a maintained descendant of the same Compiere lineage with a company behind it | €99/month | Subscription | 5 | vs ADempiere |
| Tryton | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs ADempiere |
| Axelor | Free, then $35/month | Per user per month | 3 | vs ADempiere |
| Dolibarr | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs ADempiere |
| iDempiere | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs ADempiere |
| Apache OFBiz | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs ADempiere |
| Omnea | On request | Quote | 1 | vs ADempiere |
| IFS Cloud | On request | Quote | 1 | vs ADempiere |
| Levelpath | On request | Quote | 1 | vs ADempiere |
| Rootstock | On request | Quote | 1 | vs ADempiere |
| Ivalua | On request | Quote | 1 | vs ADempiere |
| Zycus | On request | Quote | 1 | vs ADempiere |
| GEP SMART | On request | Quote | 1 | vs ADempiere |
| Tyler Enterprise ERP (Munis) | On request | Quote | 1 | vs ADempiere |
| Unanet | On request | Quote | 3 | vs ADempiere |
| QAD Adaptive ERP | On request | Quote | 1 | vs ADempiere |
| Zip | On request | Quote | 1 | vs ADempiere |
| Cin7 Core | $349/month | Subscription | 3 | vs ADempiere |
| Fishbowl | $4395/one-time | One-time | 2 | vs ADempiere |
| Cin7 | $349/month | Subscription | 4 | vs ADempiere |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the ADempiere badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
What you would be giving up
ADempiere is most often brought in for a manufacturer in latin america with an existing adempiere consulting partner that needs localised tax and accounting behaviour a global vendor will not build, a company that wants to modify erp screens and document workflows without a vendor change request, using the application dictionary rather than code, an organisation with a hard requirement to keep financial data on its own servers under its own control with no cloud dependency, a systems integrator building a vertical erp product on a permissive base it can fork and ship without paying a licence fee. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If ADempiere is broadly right and the question is cost, the ADempiere pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the ERP category lists everything the directory holds, and best erp tools ranks them.
ADempiere runs on web, windows, macos, linux, self-hosted. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about ADempiere alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to ADempiere?
- 22 other erp tools are listed in this directory, led by ERPNext, Odoo, Metasfresh, Tryton. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to ADempiere?
- 7 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: ERPNext, Odoo, Tryton, Axelor, Dolibarr.
- Why do people look for an alternative to ADempiere?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: there is only one tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from ADempiere?
- ADempiere is most often brought in for a manufacturer in latin america with an existing adempiere consulting partner that needs localised tax and accounting behaviour a global vendor will not build, a company that wants to modify erp screens and document workflows without a vendor change request, using the application dictionary rather than code, an organisation with a hard requirement to keep financial data on its own servers under its own control with no cloud dependency, a systems integrator building a vertical erp product on a permissive base it can fork and ship without paying a licence fee. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to ADempiere?
- None of the erp tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these ADempiere alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, ERP, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare ADempiere against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against ADempiere covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every erp tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the ERP category, 22 tools beside ADempiere. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.