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ERP for small and mid-sized businesses, sized to what you need.

Not a smaller enterprise system. A system the size of your business.

ERP for a small business is one system where sales, operations, stock and accounts share the same records, sized to the business rather than to a corporation. Here's what that looks like for an SME or MSME.

Guide // 4 min read // Updated

Plain definition

What is an ERP, without the jargon?

ERP stands for enterprise resource planning. Strip away the name and it means one system where sales, operations, stock and accounts work from the same records.

For a large enterprise that system is enormous. For an SME or MSME, it should be exactly as big as the business, and no bigger.

The mismatch

Why doesn't most ERP fit smaller businesses?

  • 01Built for someone bigger.
  • 02Priced per head.
  • 03Too much, and still not right.

Small businesses don't need less ERP. They need ERP that fits.

Right-sized

What should ERP for a small business cover?

Not every business needs every part. Start where information gets lost between people.

  • Sales and quotes

    Enquiries, quotes and follow-ups in one place, in your format. In Alyura, that's Radius.

  • Operations and jobs

    What's happening on site or on the shop floor, visible to the office without phone calls. That's Relay.

  • Stock and purchases

    What you hold, where it is and what you've ordered, updated as it moves. That's Ridge.

  • Invoicing and payments

    Invoices raised from real orders, and a clear view of who owes you and whom you owe.

  • Reports the owner reads

    The few numbers the business actually runs on, available without asking anyone to prepare them.

  • Room for the whole team

    Everyone who touches the work can use the system, which only happens when the pricing doesn't punish you for it.

Keep reading

Working out what you need.

Guide

Outgrown Excel?

Six signs your spreadsheets are holding the business back, and how to move off them in stages.

Read the guide

Guide

Custom vs off-the-shelf

An honest comparison, including when a packaged ERP is the better choice.

Read the guide

Pricing

No per-seat fees

How one all-inclusive retainer works, and how the figure is arrived at.

How pricing works
Questions

ERP for small business.

What is the best ERP for a small business?

The one your team will actually use. For businesses with standard processes, a packaged ERP can work well. For businesses whose way of working doesn't fit a template, a custom system built around that workflow usually gets adopted where packaged ones get abandoned. Compare the two.

Is ERP worth it for an MSME?

It is worth it once several people depend on the same information and mistakes between them cost real time or money. Before that point, spreadsheets are usually enough. Six signs you've reached that point.

How much does ERP cost for a small business?

Packaged ERP is usually priced per user per month, plus modules and implementation. Alyura prices the system instead, with one all-inclusive retainer and no per-seat fees. How pricing works.

Do you work with small businesses outside India?

Yes. We work with small and mid-sized businesses in India and internationally, over WhatsApp, email and video calls.
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