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What an ERPNext implementation really costs

ERPNext has no licence fees. You pay for the setup: configuration, data migration, customisation and training. The estimator puts a distributor with 11–50 users at USD 11,000–17,000; answer a few questions for your own range.

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Estimate cost and timeline

USD 11,000–17,000, 16–23 weeks

Another system means Tally, QuickBooks, Zoho, Excel or any other ERP.
People who work in ERPNext daily. Employee self-service doesn't count.
Modules
Finance
Sales and purchasing
Operations
People

USD 11,000–17,000, 16–23 weeks

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Estimated cost

USD 11,000–17,000

Time to go-live

16–23 weeks

What drives the cost

  • 4 modules
  • Some customisation
  • 11–50 users

Sample timeline

  1. Discovery: ~2 weeks
  2. Configuration and migration: ~8 weeks
  3. UAT and training: ~5 weeks
  4. Go-live and hypercare: ~4 weeks

Recommended: ERPNext implementation in fixed-scope phases, each ending in a sign-off. A range, not a quote; the scoping call turns it into one.

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Typical ranges

For a company replacing Tally, QuickBooks or Excel, with one legal entity, opening balances migrated and some customisation.

ProjectCostTime to go-live
Small trader, 1–10 users, accounting, stock, buying and sellingUSD 9,000–14,00013–19 weeks
Distributor, 11–50 users, same modules plus fixed assetsUSD 11,000–17,00016–23 weeks
Manufacturer, 11–50 users, adding manufacturing and payroll for up to 100 employeesUSD 15,500–24,50023–34 weeks
Larger manufacturer, 51–150 users, payroll for 101–500 employeesUSD 19,500–30,00029–42 weeks

Ranges are calibrated on Havenir's completed implementations.

What drives the cost

  • Modules

    Accounting, stock, buying and selling are the core. Manufacturing adds the most, then HR and payroll.

  • Users and companies

    More users means more roles, permissions and training. Each extra company adds its own books and rules.

  • Data migration

    Masters only is quick. Opening balances need reconciling. Full history takes the longest.

  • Customisation

    Custom features and print formats are the largest line items on past projects. They are scoped in the proposal, not discovered later.

  • Running costs

    Hosting and support from USD 165 a month on Frappe Cloud. No licence fees: ERPNext is open source.

How you pay, and how long it takes

The project runs in fixed-scope phases. Each module ends in a UAT sign-off that releases its milestone payment. You don't pay for work you haven't accepted.

Go-live took between 10.6 and 33 weeks on the last three implementations. The estimator shows a range for your scope; the scoping call turns it into a fixed quote per phase.

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