ERP, MES & Scheduling

Quoting plus production software for contract manufacturers: CAD in, rule-based draft quote out, with routing and shop-floor modules on higher tiers.

Price

Startup $330/month; Pro $880/month; Factory Floor custom. One-year initial term.

Best for

Mixed-process shops (CNC + 3D printing + molding)

Combined ERP, MES and quality system built by a machine shop, aimed at precision shops needing AS9100/ITAR/FDA traceability.

Price

Quote-based; third-party listing says from about $500/month.

Best for

Aerospace, defense and medical job shops (10-200 people)

Cloud ERP/MES for job shops with quoting, job tracking, inventory, quality and an Autoschedule feature that re-plans from live production data.

Price

Third-party listing says from about $800/month; vendor requires a demo for pricing.

Best for

Machining and sheet-metal shops replacing legacy ERP

Long-running job-shop ERP covering quoting, job costing, scheduling and inventory, with an AI BOM Builder add-on that drafts bills of materials from PDFs, spreadsheets and images.

Price

Quote-based; a third-party listing cites from $6,000/year.

Best for

Make-to-order job shops (5-100 people)

Job-shop ERP from ECI (formerly Shoptech) with estimating, order management, scheduling whiteboard, purchasing and accounting.

Price

Quote-based; not published.

Best for

Small job shops that want a widely-supported ERP

ERP for job shops and make-to-order manufacturers covering quoting, scheduling, inventory and accounting.

Price

Third-party listing: from $125/user/month.

Best for

Small to mid job shops

Machine monitoring and MES: real-time dashboards, alerts, ERP-connected job tracking and drag-and-drop scheduling.

Price

Volume-based subscription; price not published.

Best for

Shops of 20+ machines that want monitoring plus scheduling