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Touch vs QuickBooks

When you started your business, you were probably fine with using excel sheets and working out of your parents’ garage. But then you grew, and you needed more. So you rent an office and start using tools like QuickBooks. But your dreams don’t stop there. You grow even bigger and now it’s time for the next upgrade. You could choose QuickBooks Enterprise, but do you really want to keep switching tools every time your business hits a new milestone? Why not pick a solution that can manage your business at every stage like TouchERP? Still on the fence?

Here are 7 reasons you should pick TouchERP over QuickBooks Enterprise.

QuickBooks is primarily an accounting tool and while its Enterprise version comes with features to manage inventory, payroll and job costing as well, it still only has a fraction of the features that TouchERP does. Take manufacturing, for instance. QuickBooks Enterprise claims to have features tailor made for the industry, but they’re not nearly as comprehensive as TouchERP’s. It lacks important features like production planning, work order management, material requirements planning, subcontracting and so on, which makes it less suitable to handle complex business processes.

Despite having only a fraction of the features that TouchERP does, QuickBooks Enterprise costs significantly more. Its premium plan, Diamond, charges over R18000-00 a month for a team of up to 40 users, even without hosting. On the other hand, you can use TouchERP for significantly lessfor a team of the same size. To make matters worse, QuickBooks Enterprise won’t give you your money back if you decide not to use it after the first 60 days. So if you’ve committed to the annual plan but decide to cancel after 6 months, you wouldn’t get a prorated refund for the remaining 6 months, which is in sharp contrast to TouchERP’s pricing plan which only charges you for the resources you use.

When we said you get all the control, we meant it. Even if TouchERP’s parent company decides to abandon the product or stop operating in your country (like QuickBooks did in India), you can still keep using it for as long as you like.

TouchERP lets you use all of its features right out of the box, but QuickBooks Enterprise requires you to pay extra for add-ons and advanced features. For instance, if you need access to a CRM, QuickBooks offers a Salesforce CRM connector, but it would cost you an extra R3000-00(Approx), plus a one-time onboarding fee. There’s also a lack of transparency in their pricing—QuickBooks Enterprise charges you extra for hosting, but you can’t even see how much if you have more than 10 users. You would have to call them to find out.

If you’re an international business or a business looking to expand globally, TouchERP is better fit to suit your needs. It supports over 40 languages and can handle transactions in different currencies with ease. It also provides country-specific localizations like VAT in Europe and GST in India. QuickBooks Enterprise can handle operations in the US and Canadian markets well, but does not support some of the unique needs of businesses in other parts of the world.

Every business has different needs, so why not use software that can be moulded to fit them exactly? TouchERP lets you create new forms, customize existing ones, set up custom workflows, change user permissions based on roles—all without writing a single line of code. More complex operations might require some coding, but we’ve made that easier as well. TouchERP lets you create custom scripts right from its interface, and because it’s open source, you can even modify the codebase on your own.

If you have any plans to grow your business, you might want to think twice before committing to QuickBooks Enterprise. For one, it only allows you to add a maximum of forty users, even on its highest plan. And if that’s not bad enough, it also charges per user, which means that if your team size grows, so will your bill.

Touch vs Odoo

There comes a time when every business needs to move past excel sheets and accounting apps and get acquainted with its new best friend—an ERP system. But which one do you go with?

There’s a long line of options to choose from, each more enticing than the last, but you’ve finally spruced your list down to two—Odoo and TouchERP. If you ask us, you can’t go wrong with either. They’re both excellent choices, but in our (entirely biased) opinion, you should go with TouchERP. Here’s why.

Odoo isn’t open-source and we’re not lying to you

We know, we know, it’s a big accusation, but it had to be said. If your list has whittled down to TouchERP and Odoo. Odoo positions its ERP system as open source, but really, it’s not. Only some of the core modules are available for the public to do with as they like, the rest of it is still shrouded in mystery. TouchERP, on the other hand, is and always will be 100% open source.

Odoo divides features between its Community (free) and Enterprise (paid) editions, with many advanced capabilities locked behind their hefty paid version.

FEATURES ODOO COMMUNITY (FREE) ODOO ENTERPRISE (PAID) TOUCHERP (FREE)
Accounts Basic invoicing and payments Ledgers, CoA, Financial statements, Bank reconciliation, global compliance
Procurement Basic supplier management and POS Supplier pricelists, purchase agreements, and automated RFQs
Stock Basic inventory management Barcode scanning, batch/serial number tracking, and automated replenishment
Manufacturing Basic BOM and operations only Advanced (Work centers, Quality checks) Everything Odoo’s Enterprise edition offers and more!
Projects Basic task tracking and timelines Forecasting and Timesheet linking
Support/Helpdesk Not available SLAs, multi-channel support
HR and Payroll Employee directory, leaves Payroll integration, recruitment tools
Customizations Not available Odoo Studio for custom app creation

Another great thing about being open source is that you can even use TouchERP for free if you want to. You only have to pay if you need hosting, and even then, it’s significantly cheaper than alternatives like Odoo which make you pay per user. Say your company has 50 users. That’s going to cost you less than R10000-00 a month on TouchERP, whereas Odoo would charge you at least R23000-00 per month.

Picking an ERP system is serious business. It’s a decision that shouldn’t be rushed. While Odoo does offer a community edition that you can use for free for as long as you like, it’s extremely limited. It doesn’t come with version upgrades nor does it let you use critical modules like accounting, payroll and so much more. But can you even call it an ERP system if it doesn’t even have accounting? 

You get access to all its features right out of the box. Odoo’s modular structure sounds great on paper—you get to start with the modules you like, and add more as the need arises—but wouldn’t it be simpler to just use a unified platform that already has everything you need?

Even if you don’t know a lick of code. Create new forms, customize existing ones, build custom reports, set up workflows, change user permissions based on roles—TouchERP’s super intuitive UI lets you do all that and more without writing a single line of code. And if you do know how to code, you can create custom scripts in a jiffy right from the interface, or play around with the code on your favourite code editor to tailor it to your specific needs and truly make it your own. Odoo also lets you customize applications without coding through Odoo Studio, but it’s only available on its most expensive plan.

Touch vs Salesforce

The secret to a great business is to have loyal customers. And to make your customers loyal, you need to understand them. Remember their likes and dislikes. What they bought and what they could have. Which is why you need a CRM. And there’s no better CRM than Salesforce. But what if we tell you you don’t have to settle for just a CRM? Why not go for an ERP system that also has a CRM? Two birds, one stone? That’s why TouchERP is the right choice for you.

There’s no denying that Salesforce is a great CRM, but even Salesforce recommends integrating your CRM with an ERP. So why not save yourself the trouble of finding, buying and integrating both, and get yourself a product that’s two-in-one? TouchERP lets you manage all operations in one platform by integrating CRM with other key business processes like accounting, inventory, project management and procurement. Even if you were to get a separate product to handle non-CRM functions, it would just increase costs and complexity, and the chances of it being as deeply integrated with your CRM are low.

Salesforce offers its CRM features through a suite of different products, each with its own different pricing tiers. The cheapest subscription plan, which is made for small businesses and offers only the most basic features, costs R475-00 per user per month. Additionally, there are add-ons that carry extra subscription costs, as well as support and service packages that charge extra. In contrast, TouchERP charges only for hosting, starting at a mere R250-00 a month, and doesn’t hide any features behind paywalls.

If you've used Salesforce, the one thing you might have appreciated is the level of customisability it provides. TouchERP is as customisable as Salesforce, if not more. Which means you can have your own workflow built exactly how you like it, build or buy custom app specific to your industry and a lot more. This is exactly the reason why a Fortune 500 company decided to choose TouchERP CRM over Salesforce last year. 

TouchERP’s interface is clean, intuitive and simple to use, even for users without any technical expertise. Businesses can start using it quickly, without extensive training or dedicated administrators, which is in sharp contrast to Salesforce, which has a steep learning curve and often requires a dedicated team of admins and operation folks to manage it properly.

In addition to being significantly cheaper, Salesforce’s cheapest plan comes with a 14 day free trial, and every other plan offers a 30 day free trial, but it has no free version and 30 days isn't always enough time to figure out if it’s the right fit for you.

Salesforce is entirely cloud-based, which might not be ideal for companies that need to comply with specific data privacy regulations, or those that have limited access to cloud infrastructure. TouchERP offers more deployment options—you can host it on TOUCHERP Cloud(Suggested), on third-party servers of your choice, or even on-premise, which means you can control your security protocols, create backups and configure firewalls however you need.

Touch vs Zoho One

You were probably using a Zoho app or two when you were starting out with your business. Now that your business is thriving and you need more help managing it, you might be considering upgrading to Zoho One. We’re here to tell you: stop. Take a minute to reconsider. There’s really no good reason to go with Zoho One when you could be using a full-fledged ERP system like TouchERP. Here’s why.

Zoho One comes with over 45 apps to help you manage your business, but it still doesn’t have nearly as many features as TouchERP does, nor are they as deeply integrated. Take manufacturing and production management, for instance. Zoho One offers basic inventory management through Zoho Inventory, but it lacks the depth that TouchERP has.

TouchERP allows you to track raw materials and finished goods across multiple locations, create multi-level BOMs, plan production based on sales orders, demand forecasts and existing stock levels, track detailed production costs, manage subcontracts and so much more. Features like these are either not available or are significantly less comprehensive in Zoho One, which makes it less suitable to handle complex business processes, despite costing more.

Zoho One has two pricing plans—an All Employee Pricing Plan, which mandates you to purchase licenses for all your employees at around R585-00 per employee per month, irrespective of whether they need to use it or not, and a Flexible User Pricing Plan, which lets you decide the number of licenses you need to buy, but charges close to R990-00 per user per month. So let’s say you have a company with 75 employees, out of which only 50 need to use a business management system. If you pick Zoho One’s All Employee Pricing Plan, it’ll cost you around R38000-00 a month, whereas the Flexible User Pricing Plan would set you back by close to R42000-00 a month. In contrast, TouchERP would charge you less than $50 in this scenario.

Create new forms, customize existing ones, build custom reports, set up workflows, change user permissions based on roles—you can do all that and more on TouchERP without writing a single line of code. And if you do know how to code, take advantage of its open source nature and play around with the code on your favourite editor, or create custom scripts right from the interface to tailor it to your exact needs. While SAP B1 is also customizable, it can take up a considerable amount of time and money, and usually requires external consultants or developers with SAP expertise.

TouchERP comes with pre-configured modules for specific industries, like manufacturing, retail, healthcare etc, while Zoho One is better fit to handle more general use-cases. Check out this page to see all the different ways TouchERP’s industry-specific functionalities can help you.

We get that every business is unique, which is why we’ve made customizing TouchERP a cakewalk. Create new forms, customize existing ones, set up custom workflows, change user permissions based on roles—all without writing a single line of code. And if you do want to code, we’ve made that easier for you as well. Create custom scripts right from TouchERP’s interface, or even modify the codebase on your favourite editor to fit your exact needs.

Touch vs SAP B1

If you’ve heard of ERPs, chances are you’ve heard of SAP. They created the very first ERP system ever back in 1979 and they’ve been dominating the market ever since. But maybe it’s time for this Goliath to meet its David.

TouchERP might be relatively new to the game, but here’s 5 reasons why you should pick it over SAP B1.

Or a large one. SAP’s ERP offerings are priced significantly higher than most of its competitors’, with B1’s licensing costs ranging from R55000-00 to R85000-00 per user for a one-time perpetual license, or between R2000-00 and R4000-00 per user per month if you go for a subscription.

Implementation costs are also usually quite steep, and unless you opt for the cloud version, you’ll also have to pay an annual maintenance fee which typically costs 15-22% of the license fee for ongoing support, updates and software maintenance.

In contrast, TouchERP charges forhosting and small license fees.

TouchERP offers a clean, modern interface that’s intuitive and easy to pick up, even on your first try. SAP B1 has a more complex interface, which might prove challenging to those unfamiliar with ERP systems. Users often require training to get a hang of the system, which is usually quite expensive.

Create new forms, customize existing ones, build custom reports, set up workflows, change user permissions based on roles—you can do all that and more on TouchERP without writing a single line of code. And if you do know how to code, take advantage of its open source nature and play around with the code on your favourite editor, or create custom scripts right from the interface to tailor it to your exact needs. While SAP B1 is also customizable, it can take up a considerable amount of time and money, and usually requires external consultants or developers with SAP expertise.

TouchERP implementations don’t take nearly as long, or cost nearly as much, especially for SMBs. Deployment timelines range from a handful of weeks to a few months, whereas a more complex system like SAP B1 could require several months and end up costing significantly more.

Don’t you think it’s really unfair that businesses like SAP make you pay extra every time someone new joins your team, even if your actual usage doesn’t go up? Because we do. Which is why on TouchERP, you only pay for the resources you use, not for every extra addition to your team. Let your team grow without worrying about your bills growing too.