ECI M1 vs SYSPRO

ECI M1 is cloud-based ERP software for small and medium-sized manufacturers. It manages production planning, inventory, job tracking, financials, and related operations, with finance, inventory, and order management among its listed capabilities. Its planning tools cover multi-level bills of materials, purchase planning, production scheduling, capacity planning, and multi-site planning. The product supports multiple entities, and demand inputs are listed as both. Manufacturing modes include make-to-stock, make-to-order, job shop, machine shop, discrete, repetitive, and mixed-mode operations. Inventory tools track raw materials, work in progress, and finished goods, with barcode scanning, lot control, and multiple locations. The mobile shop-floor application supports labor and attendance tracking, machine cost tracking, and barcode scanning. ECI lists integrations including Avalara, QuickBooks, KnowledgeSync, Payments, CADLink, and Spreadsheet Server, as well as a public API for external applications. Pricing is customized and available on request; there is no free plan. ECI is headquartered in Westlake, Texas, and was founded in 1999.

SYSPRO is ERP software for manufacturers and distributors, including mid-sized companies. Its manufacturing tools cover work in progress, bills of materials, product configuration, material requirements planning and manufacturing operations management. Distribution functions include sales order management, procurement, warehouse management, point of sale and lot traceability. Cloud ERP Foundation and Financials packages cover accounting, financial reporting, receivables and payables, general ledger, cash book, asset register and electronic funds. SYSPRO also supports inventory, order management, finance and multiple entities, with hybrid deployment across web, Windows, API and self-hosted platforms. SYSPRO Cloud uses Microsoft Azure data centers, with backup and redundancy described across 38 regions. The company states it holds ISO 27001:2022 certification and documents encryption for data at rest and in transit, as well as access controls for cloud and on-premise systems. Cloud support includes product assistance, 24/7 infrastructure support, a service desk and online product help. Pricing is available on request; cloud or SaaS licensing is monthly, with costing provided through a requested demo.