Apache OFBiz vs webERP

Apache OFBiz is a suite of business applications for organizations that need functions across finance, commerce, inventory and manufacturing. Its ready-to-use modules include accounting, CRM, order management, e-commerce, warehousing, inventory, manufacturing and MRP. Product and catalog management, promotions, pricing, supply-chain fulfillment, contracts, payments and billing are also listed. Finance tools cover the general ledger, receivables, payables, invoices, payments, statements, aging and financial reporting. Manufacturing functions include bills of materials, production planning, routings, job costing and raw-material procurement. For commerce, OFBiz lists payment gateway integrations and integrated online and point-of-sale stores, with support for physical, digital and configurable products. It is built as a Java-based web framework with entity and service engines and a widget-based interface, and can be downloaded and run on Unix-based or Windows-based systems. The framework and plugins trunk and release 24.09 require at least Java 17 JDK. The software is self-hosted and costs nothing, with no licensing fees.

webERP is a free, web-based, open-source accounting and business management system for businesses of all sizes. It brings together accounts receivable and payable, general ledger, bank accounts, inventory, purchasing, order management, and manufacturing tools, with support for multiple entities. Manufacturing functions include multi-level bills of materials, work orders, and material requirements planning; capacity requirements planning and MRP II are not available. The project says it is available in 37 languages. webERP runs on a PHP-capable web server and is operating-system independent, but it requires a MySQL or MariaDB database. Deployment is on-premise and self-hosted, under the GNU General Public License v2 at free. The system provides role-based access, transaction audit trails, optional SSL encryption, account lockout after three incorrect passwords, and protections against SQL injection and cross-site scripting. Its XML-RPC API lets external programs retrieve and update data, but can access only one company per installation. The project also maintains webSHOP and CounterLogicPOS portals.