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Alternatives to Unanet
22 erp tools sit alongside Unanet in this directory. Below is what separates each from Unanet 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
- 6
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Unanet starts at
- On request
Why people look past Unanet
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Unanet entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Unanet carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 6 of the 22 alternatives below can be used without paying.
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.
Project-based business management and accounting software
- Publishes an entry price of $1500/month, where Unanet does not.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than quote.
- 2 tiers to Unanet's 3.
Best-in-class cloud financial management software
- Publishes an entry price of $29/month, where Unanet does not.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than quote.
- 1 tier to Unanet's 3.
Oracle cloud ERP covering finance, inventory, orders and commerce
- 1 tier to Unanet's 3.
Modular open source ERP in Python with a five year support window on major releases only
- Can be used without paying; Unanet cannot.
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than quote.
- 1 tier to Unanet's 3.
French open source ERP and CRM with a low-code studio for changing the data model without forking
- Can be used without paying; Unanet cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $35/month, where Unanet does not.
- Sold on a Per user per month model rather than quote.
Modular open source ERP and CRM for very small businesses, installable on shared hosting
- Can be used without paying; Unanet cannot.
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than quote.
- 2 tiers to Unanet's 3.
Every Unanet 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unanet (this page) | On request | Quote | 3 | |
| DeltekIf you are a large federal contractor with multiple business segments and need the depth of Costpoint, and can absorb a longer implementation | $1500/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Unanet |
| Sage IntacctIf you need strong project accounting but do no federal cost-reimbursable work, and want published dimensional reporting instead of DCAA machinery | $29/month | Subscription | 1 | vs Unanet |
| NetSuiteIf you want one ERP across finance, inventory and services and are willing to configure project cost behaviour yourself | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Unanet |
| Tryton | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Unanet |
| Axelor | Free, then $35/month | Per user per month | 3 | vs Unanet |
| Dolibarr | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Unanet |
| ADempiere | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Unanet |
| iDempiere | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Unanet |
| Apache OFBiz | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Unanet |
| Omnea | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Unanet |
| IFS Cloud | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Unanet |
| Levelpath | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Unanet |
| Rootstock | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Unanet |
| Ivalua | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Unanet |
| Zycus | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Unanet |
| GEP SMART | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Unanet |
| Tyler Enterprise ERP (Munis) | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Unanet |
| QAD Adaptive ERP | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Unanet |
| Zip | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Unanet |
| Cin7 Core | $349/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Unanet |
| Fishbowl | $4395/one-time | One-time | 2 | vs Unanet |
| Cin7 | $349/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Unanet |
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 Unanet badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
What you would be giving up
Unanet is most often brought in for a federal contractor moving from quickbooks and spreadsheets because it has won its first cost-reimbursable contract and needs an accounting system that survives a dcaa adequacy review, a services firm that must calculate and true up provisional indirect rates each year and cannot do it credibly in excel any longer, an architecture and engineering practice tracking utilisation and project profitability across dozens of concurrent jobs, a government contractor consolidating a separate crm, timekeeping tool and accounting package into one system so pipeline and backlog reconcile. 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 Unanet is broadly right and the question is cost, the Unanet 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.
Unanet runs on web, cloud, ios, android. 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 Unanet alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Unanet?
- 22 other erp tools are listed in this directory, led by Deltek, Sage Intacct, NetSuite, Tryton. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Unanet?
- 6 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Tryton, Axelor, Dolibarr, ADempiere, iDempiere.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Unanet?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: there is no free tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Unanet?
- Unanet is most often brought in for a federal contractor moving from quickbooks and spreadsheets because it has won its first cost-reimbursable contract and needs an accounting system that survives a dcaa adequacy review, a services firm that must calculate and true up provisional indirect rates each year and cannot do it credibly in excel any longer, an architecture and engineering practice tracking utilisation and project profitability across dozens of concurrent jobs, a government contractor consolidating a separate crm, timekeeping tool and accounting package into one system so pipeline and backlog reconcile. 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 Unanet?
- 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 Unanet 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 Unanet against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Unanet 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 Unanet. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.