Which ERP Software Fits Your Business - NetSuite, Interprise Suite or Everest?

Why Interprise Suite should be your next ERP Software? 

If you are in the market for evaluating ERP software for small and medium business then you would have run into several different companies, products and lots of options and variations and wondering which software is going to fit my business and what's the best choice? Whom should we trust? Is this Company good? Or they stable or are they gonna go bankrupt? Should I spend $100,000 or $10,000?

What is right and what's wrong? Well we hear this concerns from several business owners in retail, wholesale, distribution and etail customers so we decided to highlight some of the competitors and the reason for us to partner with specific ERP vendors and why business should decide to choose Interprise Suite versus other ERP software's?

We have done all the research in evaluating the next best ERP for Small and medium business considering the fact that Small and Medium is vaguely defined and also each business have their own budget constraints, here are few that we have shortlisted and reason why we like one of below the most.

• Interprise Suite - Been in market since 2003 onwards with new management take over in 2010
• Everest -Been in market since 1998 however is declining since its latest acquisition in 2010
• NetSuite - Market leader in ERP software but priced highly after 2nd yr and moving away from small business or those who can't afford $10,000 
• ABAS - Not heard of 
• Acumatica - ERP vendor their ecommerce or POS solution is not comparable they are more focus like other ERP such as Sage or MS Dynamics, not focused on eBusiness
• Enterprise IQ (IQMS) - Not heard much abt, they have unique licensing options

We have done very detailed comparison of ERP software's in SMB sector module-module comparison btwn Interprise Suite Vs Everest and NetSuite and we find these 3 software's worthy of considering as fully integrated ERP software with Accounting, Sales, Purchases, Inventory, Purchasing, CRM, POS, EDI and other options. Click here to read more about the ERP comparisons 

Stability of Companies:

1. NetSuite - More stable is what we feel coz it's listed on Nasdaq and backed by Oracle so obviously we all tend to feel comfortable dealing with Companies that are listed as a stable Company.

2. Everest Software - Not listed but had 4 Venture Captials invest in millions and was recently sold to Versata who acquired Everest and its customer base on short sale and cut its entire work force and outsourced everything since then customers are jumping ship which is very clear the Company is viewed as "Not stable" with high support prices.

3. Interprise Suite - Not listed on Nasadaq however it did go through acquisition from Taylor Corp couple of yrs back and since then it was re-acquired by private investors who were also users of Interprise software so they can continue the progress of ERP development and to market its offerings, since Mar 2010 they had exponential growth in software in terms of ERP features and customer base, with it's new version 6.0 it's going to be tough contender for NetSuite.

I don't want so sound like i'm pitching for Interprise as the greatest software or perfect software for business, I have been in software development for more than 15+ yrs and have worked in ERP systems for more than 12+ yrs and have seen Companies risen and fallen. Every software has it's own  distinctive competencies and feature sets, also it's own issues, bugs and fixes or constraints in it's growth.One Size doesn't fit all and no software is perfect. You need to observe the Company and its trends in software development.

NetSuite is not profitable still since their expense is equal to their revenue, they are also trying to move away from smaller deals which was their core business Read more about this article which highlights the small business being avoided by NetSuite

Everest - Lots of our customers ask is Everest a stable Company are they going to be in business next yr or they gonna go bankrupt, do I need to be on Support contract? Our answers is the same we aren't sure since the recent acquisition and SMB research group have done an in-depth article about Everest Software and its future plans.

Now Interprise Suite, within last 1 yr the following things have happened 

1. Launched new website www.InterpriseSolutions.com after take over

2. 1000+ new users signed up on their community

3. Their daily traffic to website is higher as per the Alexa reports. Alexa Traffic Rank is 318,206 and reputation of 45 

4. Here is an email we recd from their top management with regards to future plans 

Our focus has not changed over the past 8 years.  We are committed to helping small businesses operate more effectively and efficiently while providing the best ROI in the industry.  We have been investing heavily in upgrading and improving our existing products (6.0), investing in creating new products and platforms for the future (POS/InterpriseTouch), investing in building an open community (we are closing in on 2,000 community members), investing in building an education portal for our customers (Still a few months away but coming along - http://university.interprisesolutions.com/), investing creating a dynamic new website for prospects, customers and partners (http://next.interprisesolutions.com/), investing in our new Cloud environment and investing in new and exciting services such as the Connected Business Network.

5. We are re-seller for Interprise from past 5 yrs and have moved several customers from Everest and NetSuite to Interprise Suite and also customized several eCommerce websites

6. Interprise had its 2011 User conference in Las Vegas on Aug 23rd More about it here 

7. 50+ re-sellers signed up for reselling their ERP products

8. Pricing options for a fully integrated ERP software with ECommerce + source code + Unlimited websites costs $995 per user or $99 per user OnCloud ($69 each additional user)

9. New POS built on open source technology SilverTouch which enables to build software apps on any platform that support silverlight like android devices or iPad's.

10. Community of developers, 3rd party developers, resellers, certification programs all helping the end users

As you see there are various factors while evaluating the ERP software, too many choices can spoil the fun, working with an expert always helps you to narrow down your choices and hear both sides of the story unlike the sales rep who wants to sell software and make commission and really not bother about your business or whether you are happy with your solution, long term relationship is key in such engagements.

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