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Litmus Edge vs ProShop ERP

Litmus Edge logo

Litmus Edge

Manufacturing

Industrial edge platform that collects, normalises and forwards OT data to cloud and enterprise systems

From
$1500/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
ProShop ERP logo

ProShop ERP

Manufacturing

Web based ERP, MES and quality system written inside a working CNC machine shop

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Litmus Edge pricing is by site and data point, so a large tag count at one plant can cost more than a modest tag count spread over several, which is the opposite of how most manufacturers plan a rollout.; ProShop ERP it runs on a Microsoft stack with Internet Information Services and SQL Server, so a shop choosing on premises deployment needs a Windows server and someone to maintain it, which is not what buyers expect when they hear browser based.
  • They diverge on capability: Litmus Edge covers Prebuilt driver library, ProShop ERP covers Integrated quality management.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Litmus Edge and ProShop ERP actually diverge.

Attributes where Litmus Edge and ProShop ERP differ
AttributeLitmus EdgeProShop ERP
Starting price$1500/monthOn request
Pricing modelPer site by data point countquote
PlatformsLinux, Docker, Kubernetes, Cloud, On-premiseWeb, Windows

Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Manufacturing).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Litmus Edge

  • Prebuilt driver library
  • Unified data model
  • Litmus Edge Manager
  • Edge applications
  • Store and forward
  • Cloud and broker outputs

Only in ProShop ERP

  • Integrated quality management
  • Digital travellers
  • Job costing
  • Capacity scheduling
  • Tool crib and gauge control
  • Purchasing and inventory

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Litmus Edge

  • A manufacturer with twenty plants and five PLC brands that needs one data acquisition standard rather than twenty bespoke integrationsnot ProShop ERP
  • Feeding a cloud data warehouse or lakehouse with normalised production data without asking the controls team to write cloud connectorsnot ProShop ERP
  • Retrofitting data collection onto old CNC machines and robots where the protocol support is the hard part, not the analyticsnot ProShop ERP
  • Adding local buffering and computation at sites with unreliable WAN links so cloud outages do not create gaps in production historynot ProShop ERP

ProShop ERP

  • A machine shop pursuing or holding AS9100 registration that currently maintains quality records separately from its ERPnot Litmus Edge
  • A high mix low volume shop where every job has different routings and paper travellers keep going missingnot Litmus Edge
  • A contract manufacturer needing material certification and lot traceability from receipt through to shipped partnot Litmus Edge
  • A shop with 1990s machines that wants shop floor data capture through operator kiosks because the controllers cannot be readnot Litmus Edge

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Litmus Edge

  • Pricing is by site and data point, so a large tag count at one plant can cost more than a modest tag count spread over several, which is the opposite of how most manufacturers plan a rollout.
  • The entry package sits around $1,500 per month, an awkward number for a single-site pilot given that the product is infrastructure with no visible output of its own until something downstream consumes it.
  • Litmus does no analytics, so the business case always depends on a second purchase; the platform on its own produces no result a plant manager can see.
  • Full pricing beyond the entry tier is not published and the Growth and Scale packages are quoted, so scaling costs are unknown at the point you commit to the architecture.
  • A capable controls team can approximate a single-site deployment with an open-source broker and a driver gateway for a fraction of the cost, so the value case depends entirely on how many sites you are managing centrally.

ProShop ERP

  • It runs on a Microsoft stack with Internet Information Services and SQL Server, so a shop choosing on premises deployment needs a Windows server and someone to maintain it, which is not what buyers expect when they hear browser based.
  • The software is opinionated and expects the shop to adopt its processes, so a shop determined to keep its existing habits gets a poor result and blames the tool.
  • Everything depends on operators entering time and status at each operation, and a shop that cannot enforce that discipline ends up with costing and scheduling data that nobody trusts.
  • It is not a machine monitoring product and does not read controllers, so spindle utilisation and automatic cycle counting require a separate product such as a monitoring platform.
  • The partner ecosystem is very small, so implementation, training and any customisation come from the vendor, and there is no market of independent consultants to fall back on or to price against.

Pricing, plan by plan

Litmus Edge

$1500/month
  • Foundation$1500/month
    • Entry package sized by site count and data points
    • Core driver library and edge runtime
    • Store and forward to cloud and brokers
  • Growth$undefined/month
    • Larger site and data point allowance
    • Litmus Edge Manager fleet management
    • Priced on application
  • Scale$undefined/month
    • Enterprise multi-site deployment
    • Higher data point ceilings and support tier
    • Priced on application

ProShop ERP

On request
  • ProShop ERP$undefined/year
    • ERP, MES and quality management
    • On premises or vendor hosted deployment
    • Implementation and training services

Which should you pick?

Choose Litmus Edge if

  • You need prebuilt driver library.
  • You work on Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, Cloud, On-premise.
  • You also want unified data model.
Litmus Edge review

Choose ProShop ERP if

  • You need integrated quality management.
  • You work on Web, Windows.
  • You also want digital travellers.
ProShop ERP review

Questions people ask

Is Litmus Edge or ProShop ERP better?
Neither clearly leads. Litmus Edge starts at $1500/month and ProShop ERP at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Litmus Edge or ProShop ERP?
Litmus Edge starts at $1500/month and ProShop ERP at On request.
Does Litmus Edge or ProShop ERP run on more platforms?
Litmus Edge runs on Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, Cloud, On-premise. ProShop ERP runs on Web, Windows.
What is Litmus Edge best used for?
Litmus Edge is most often used for a manufacturer with twenty plants and five plc brands that needs one data acquisition standard rather than twenty bespoke integrations, feeding a cloud data warehouse or lakehouse with normalised production data without asking the controls team to write cloud connectors, retrofitting data collection onto old cnc machines and robots where the protocol support is the hard part, not the analytics, adding local buffering and computation at sites with unreliable wan links so cloud outages do not create gaps in production history. Of those, a manufacturer with twenty plants and five plc brands that needs one data acquisition standard rather than twenty bespoke integrations and feeding a cloud data warehouse or lakehouse with normalised production data without asking the controls team to write cloud connectors are not what ProShop ERP is typically brought in for.
What can Litmus Edge do that ProShop ERP cannot?
Litmus Edge covers Prebuilt driver library, Unified data model, Litmus Edge Manager, Edge applications. ProShop ERP covers Integrated quality management, Digital travellers, Job costing, Capacity scheduling.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Litmus Edge: Does Litmus Edge do analytics or dashboards?

Only lightweight edge computation and basic visualisation. It is a data acquisition and normalisation layer; the analysis happens in whatever you send the data to.

ProShop ERP: Is it cloud software?

It is browser based and can be vendor hosted, but many customers run it on their own Windows server, which carries the usual infrastructure obligations.

Litmus Edge: How is it priced?

By number of sites and number of data points, in packages. The entry package starts around $1,500 per month; larger tiers are quoted.

ProShop ERP: Does it replace my accounting system?

No. It handles costing and purchasing and integrates with QuickBooks or similar for the general ledger.

Litmus Edge: Can it replace my historian?

No. It buffers and forwards but is not a long-term historian. Most deployments send data into a historian, warehouse or lakehouse.

ProShop ERP: Will it work with old CNC machines?

Yes, because it takes operator input at kiosks rather than reading machine controllers. That is a strength for shops with older equipment.

Litmus Edge: Does it need Litmus hardware?

No. It runs on standard industrial PCs, virtual machines or containers; there is no proprietary appliance requirement.

ProShop ERP: Is it suitable for process or batch manufacturing?

No. It is built for discrete machining and fabrication with routings and travellers.

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