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ProShop ERP vs Sight Machine

ProShop ERP logo

ProShop ERP

Manufacturing

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

From
On request
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite
Sight Machine logo

Sight Machine

Manufacturing

Enterprise manufacturing data platform that builds a plant data model rather than a dashboard

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: 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.; Sight Machine onboarding is a data engineering project measured in months per plant, so value arrives long after the contract starts and the internal sponsor needs the patience and budget to survive that gap.
  • They diverge on capability: ProShop ERP covers Integrated quality management, Sight Machine covers Unified plant data model.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which ProShop ERP and Sight Machine actually diverge.

Attributes where ProShop ERP and Sight Machine differ
AttributeProShop ERPSight Machine
PlatformsWeb, WindowsWeb, API

Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), 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 ProShop ERP

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

Only in Sight Machine

  • Unified plant data model
  • Broad ingestion
  • Cross plant benchmarking
  • Root cause analysis
  • Natural language querying
  • Cloud data platform delivery

What people use each for

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

ProShop ERP

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

Sight Machine

  • A corporate operations team that cannot compare plant performance because every site defines a stoppage differentlynot ProShop ERP
  • A manufacturer whose historian data is plentiful but has never been modelled into anything a business can querynot ProShop ERP
  • A group standardising manufacturing reporting into a cloud data warehouse alongside finance and supply chain datanot ProShop ERP
  • A quality organisation investigating a defect that appears at several plants with different equipmentnot ProShop ERP

Where each one falls short

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

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.

Sight Machine

  • Onboarding is a data engineering project measured in months per plant, so value arrives long after the contract starts and the internal sponsor needs the patience and budget to survive that gap.
  • It assumes the instrumentation already exists, so a plant whose machines produce no usable data gets nothing from a data platform and needs to solve connectivity first with a different class of product.
  • Pricing scales with plants and data volume and is never published, which puts it out of reach for single site manufacturers regardless of how relevant the capability sounds.
  • It is not an MES and does not control or execute anything, so it sits on top of the operational systems and adds a layer to maintain rather than replacing one.
  • Success depends on a central team that owns definitions and enforces them, and in groups where plants retain autonomy the standardisation the platform provides gets quietly ignored at site level.

Pricing, plan by plan

ProShop ERP

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

Sight Machine

On request
  • Sight Machine$undefined/year
    • Enterprise manufacturing data platform
    • Per plant onboarding and modelling services
    • Cross site analytics and benchmarking

Which should you pick?

Choose ProShop ERP if

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

Choose Sight Machine if

  • You need unified plant data model.
  • You work on Web, API.
  • You also want broad ingestion.
Sight Machine review

Questions people ask

Is ProShop ERP or Sight Machine better?
Neither clearly leads. ProShop ERP starts at On request and Sight Machine at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, ProShop ERP or Sight Machine?
ProShop ERP starts at On request and Sight Machine at On request.
Does ProShop ERP or Sight Machine run on more platforms?
ProShop ERP runs on Web, Windows. Sight Machine runs on Web, API.
What is ProShop ERP best used for?
ProShop ERP is most often used for a machine shop pursuing or holding as9100 registration that currently maintains quality records separately from its erp, a high mix low volume shop where every job has different routings and paper travellers keep going missing, a contract manufacturer needing material certification and lot traceability from receipt through to shipped part, a shop with 1990s machines that wants shop floor data capture through operator kiosks because the controllers cannot be read. Of those, a machine shop pursuing or holding as9100 registration that currently maintains quality records separately from its erp and a high mix low volume shop where every job has different routings and paper travellers keep going missing are not what Sight Machine is typically brought in for.
What can ProShop ERP do that Sight Machine cannot?
ProShop ERP covers Integrated quality management, Digital travellers, Job costing, Capacity scheduling. Sight Machine covers Unified plant data model, Broad ingestion, Cross plant benchmarking, Root cause analysis.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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.

Sight Machine: Is this an OEE product?

It can produce OEE, but buying it for OEE alone is expensive. The reason to buy it is cross plant data standardisation.

ProShop ERP: Does it replace my accounting system?

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

Sight Machine: Does it need a historian?

It reads from historians, control systems and MES. Some source of machine data is a prerequisite.

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.

Sight Machine: How long does a plant take to onboard?

Plan in months per plant, depending on how many sources and how inconsistent the existing definitions are.

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

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

Sight Machine: Who is the buyer?

A corporate manufacturing, quality or digital function. It is rarely a plant level purchase.

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