Features by Edition

Here is a comparison of the functionality found in xTuple's products. Costs for licenses, service and support are covered on our pricing page. Analyze the total cost of ownership (TCO) of your software.

Database reporting
International Language Packs
Contacts
Opportunities
Incidents / Trouble Tickets
ToDo's / Tasks
Quotes
Sales Orders
Accounts Receivable
Purchase Orders
Accounts Payable
General Ledger
Shipping / Receiving
Inventory (Single Warehouse)
Item Master Information
Bills of Materials (BOM)
Work Orders
Project Management
Multi-Currency
Financial reporting
Multi-Locations in Warehouse
Assemble-to-Order Configurator
Kitting
Time and Expense Tracking
Multi-Company Financial Consolidation
Multi-Warehouse Inventory
Warehouse Transfer Orders
Lot / Serial Control
Item Transformations
Returns / Service Management
Revision Control
Sales Order Reservations
Drop-Ship Purchasing
Requirements Planning (DRP/MRP)
Multi-Level MRP
Master Production Schedule (MPS)
Bills of Operations (BOO)
Breeder BOMs - Process Mfg.
Capacity Planning
Lean / Constraint Management
Project Accounting-Budget/Financial Reporting	ADD +	ADD +	ADD +
xTuple Web Portal core	ADD +	ADD +	ADD +
xTuple Connect - Email, EDI, integration	ADD +	ADD +	ADD +
Fixed Asset Mgmt, Depreciation, Maintenance	ADD +	ADD +	ADD +
Enhanced Commissions	ADD +	ADD +	ADD +
Catch Weight	ADD +	ADD +	ADD +
License	CPAL or xTuple	xTuple	xTuple	xTuple

What is the right xTuple ERP for your company?

That is completely your decision. Our goal is to give you as much information and to show you as much of the product(s) as you need.

The best way to get acquainted with xTuple is via the informative demo videos: 5 to 10 minutes clips showing various elements of the system.

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Shared Features

xTuple's applications are a two-tier system: a graphical client built with the open source Qt framework and a server running the open source PostgreSQL database. All include the OpenRPT report writer, which we built as part of the original OpenMFG application and contributed back to the open source community. All of the business logic resides in the database, so there is no middle tier (e.g., Java / application server), and the client is quite "thin" and simple. You do not need a virtual machine or other resource-intensive add-ons.

Because Qt enables a truly cross-platform solution (Windows, Linux and Mac), nothing special must be done to your operating system. No complicated installer, registry settings or anything else will interfere with other applications on your computer. Simply run the xTuple binary out of the one directory where it resides, and you are ready to run your business.

The same xTuple binary can connect to a database for any of our products. Upgrading from PostBooks to any other xTuple Edition is as simple as running a two-minute script on your database. It also underscores our commitment to maintaining a single code base, where our commercial enterprise customers – and the larger community of open source users – can share and work together in one online hub for all three products.

Understanding Your Needs

Your decision on which product to try will probably turn on two major criteria:

1.   Specific functional requirements (see below) and
2.   Whether you require source code to evaluate the software.

If you want the full open source treatment – totally free software, source code for both the GUI client and the database server – then your choice is obvious: Download PostBooks now. You may have the universal xTuple client binary, the PostgreSQL database server, the PostBooks starter database to load into PostgreSQL, and, of course, the full source code.

If that seems a bit much, or you want to evaluate more advanced functionality, you may download the same xTuple client and connect to your own personal demo database in our data center. You will need a confirmed user name and password. Request the demo here.