Somewhere between ten and fifty employees, most businesses outgrow Tally and spreadsheets. Orders get lost between WhatsApp and Excel, stock never matches, and the owner is the only person who knows where everything is. The next step is usually an ERP — the question is which kind.
Off-the-shelf ERP makes sense when
- Your process is close to the industry standard.
- You can change how you work to fit the software.
- You need it running this month and can accept its limits.
Custom software makes sense when
- Your way of working is your advantage — the way you quote, schedule, inspect or deliver.
- Licences per user would cost more than building, over three to five years.
- You have tried an ERP before and your team went back to Excel.
- You need it to talk to things an ERP doesn't: your machines, your dealers' WhatsApp, a government portal.
What custom costs, honestly
A focused system for one department — orders, inventory, attendance or quality — typically costs ₹5,00,000 to ₹12,00,000 and takes four to eight weeks. A wider system grows from there, one module at a time. The safest route is to start with the process that hurts most, use it for a month, then extend.
Warning signs in any proposal
- No fixed price — only an hourly rate and an estimate.
- You do not receive the source code.
- No working demo until the very end.
- Nobody asks to see your current paperwork.
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