Choose an ERP on evidence, not on a brochure
Comparisons with dated sources, industry requirement sets, and a straight answer on what each system does not do. Shortlist in an afternoon, with reasons you can defend to your board.
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Compare the systems you are actually shortlisting
One fixed set of dimensions per head-to-head, a dated source on every price we publish, and a “contact vendor” where no list price exists. Limitations sit next to the strengths.
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Read the comparison →Start from your industry
Requirements first, product names second. Each industry page lists the must-haves, the optional extras, the candidate products and what is still unverified.
Manufacturing
Connect the shop floor to the back office with production planning, inventory, and costing that actually talk to each other.
Requirement set + candidate productsRetail & eCommerce
Unify in-store and online selling with stock, orders, and customers managed from a single platform.
Requirement set + candidate productsWholesale & Distribution
Manage high-volume ordering, pricing tiers, and logistics without drowning in spreadsheets.
Requirement set + candidate productsProfessional Services
Run projects, billing, and resource planning together so utilization and profitability are always clear.
Requirement set + candidate productsFood & Beverage
Stay compliant and fresh with lot traceability, expiry control, and recipe-based production.
Requirement set + candidate productsOr start from the problem
Most buyers do not begin with a product category — they begin with something that is broken.
Business + finance in one ledger (业财一体化)
When operations and accounting disagree, the month-end close becomes an argument. What to require so documents post themselves.
Diagnose this →Sales, purchasing and stock (进销存)
The stock figure nobody trusts, the price history nobody kept. What a working inventory chain has to guarantee.
Diagnose this →China HQ with overseas operations
Multi-currency, transfer pricing, and the boundary between what the China system does and what the overseas entity must handle locally.
Diagnose this →Chanjet HaoYeCai (好业财)
Business + finance in one system, sized for small and mid-sized Chinese companies. Every capability on its page carries an official source and a check date — and the capabilities we could not verify are listed too, so nobody sells them on our behalf.
Verified for
- Multi-currency treasury and period-end FX revaluation
- Export VAT rebate tracking sheets and customs-to-invoice matching
- Light production: multi-level BOM, MRP, subcontracting, cost roll-up
Not for
- Overseas statutory reporting or tax filing
- Group multi-entity consolidation
- Operation-level scheduling or MES-grade manufacturing
Commercial disclosure: we may earn a commission or referral fee if you become a customer of a product we cover, Chanjet (畅捷通) products included. That does not buy placement or a softer verdict — but it is a real interest, and you should weigh it when reading this section.
What “verified” means here
Four commitments that apply to every page. They are also the reason some pages are thinner than they used to be.
Capability claims carry a source
A feature statement links to the vendor's own page, with the date we read it. What we could not source is listed as unverified, not asserted.
Prices carry their basis
Official list price with plan, currency and check date — or “contact vendor” where nothing is published. Estimates are labelled as estimates.
Commercial ties are named
We may earn a commission on some of the products we cover. That interest is stated inside every page that recommends a product, not only in the footer.
Limits sit next to strengths
Each recommendation states when the product is the wrong choice — written by the same hand as the strengths.
Knowledge centre
Selection methods, cost structures and country-specific detail — written to be used, not skimmed.
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