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Alternatives to Zip
20 erp tools sit alongside Zip in this directory. Below is what separates each from Zip on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 20
- With a free tier
- 6
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Zip starts at
- On request
Why people look past Zip
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Zip entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Zip carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 6 of the 20 alternatives below can be used without paying.
There is only one tier
Zip publishes a single plan, Zip at On request. 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.
Procurement orchestration and third-party risk management from intake through renewal
Priced and rated the same as Zip on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Source to pay procurement suite that sits on top of an existing ERP
Priced and rated the same as Zip on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Source-to-pay suite with heavy AI positioning, priced by module and quoted throughout
Priced and rated the same as Zip on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Modular open source ERP in Python with a five year support window on major releases only
- Can be used without paying; Zip cannot.
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than quote.
French open source ERP and CRM with a low-code studio for changing the data model without forking
- Can be used without paying; Zip cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $35/month, where Zip does not.
- Sold on a Per user per month model rather than quote.
- 3 tiers to Zip's 1.
Modular open source ERP and CRM for very small businesses, installable on shared hosting
- Can be used without paying; Zip cannot.
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than quote.
- 2 tiers to Zip's 1.
Every Zip 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zip (this page) | On request | Quote | 1 | |
| OmneaDirectly comparable intake and orchestration platform with stronger third-party risk tooling and a European base | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Zip |
| JaggaerWhere a full source-to-pay suite is needed rather than an orchestration layer | On request | Quote | - | vs Zip |
| ZycusWhere sourcing, auctions and spend analysis are required alongside intake | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Zip |
| Tryton | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Zip |
| Axelor | Free, then $35/month | Per user per month | 3 | vs Zip |
| Dolibarr | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Zip |
| ADempiere | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Zip |
| iDempiere | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Zip |
| Apache OFBiz | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Zip |
| IFS Cloud | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Zip |
| Levelpath | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Zip |
| Rootstock | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Zip |
| Ivalua | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Zip |
| GEP SMART | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Zip |
| Tyler Enterprise ERP (Munis) | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Zip |
| Unanet | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Zip |
| QAD Adaptive ERP | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Zip |
| Cin7 Core | $349/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Zip |
| Fishbowl | $4395/one-time | One-time | 2 | vs Zip |
| Cin7 | $349/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Zip |
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 Zip badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
What you would be giving up
Zip is most often brought in for a company that owns a source-to-pay suite nobody uses because employees cannot navigate it, an organisation where every software purchase needs security, legal, privacy and finance sign-off and currently does it in email threads, a finance team that keeps discovering contracts that auto-renewed because nobody owned the renewal date, a business needing an auditable record of who approved a third-party engagement and on what evidence. 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 Zip is broadly right and the question is cost, the Zip 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.
Zip runs on web, ios. 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 Zip alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Zip?
- 20 other erp tools are listed in this directory, led by Omnea, Jaggaer, Zycus, Tryton. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Zip?
- 6 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Tryton, Axelor, Dolibarr, ADempiere, iDempiere.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Zip?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: there is no free tier; there is only one tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Zip?
- Zip is most often brought in for a company that owns a source-to-pay suite nobody uses because employees cannot navigate it, an organisation where every software purchase needs security, legal, privacy and finance sign-off and currently does it in email threads, a finance team that keeps discovering contracts that auto-renewed because nobody owned the renewal date, a business needing an auditable record of who approved a third-party engagement and on what evidence. 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 Zip?
- 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 Zip 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 Zip against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Zip 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, 20 tools beside Zip. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.