metasfresh

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License-free business software: customizable & updatable

About metasfresh

metasfresh ERP is a state-of-the-art, agile, license-free ERP software developed by metas GmbH from Germany. Since 2004, metas has been leveraging their expertise in problem solving to offer their customers the open source ERP solution metasfresh.

This digital business solution is specifically designed with the purpose of making powerful ERP software pleasant and easy to use. It is the first license-free open source ERP system for medium-sized companies from industry and trade in the DACH region with the ability to compete with market-leading proprietary systems.

Through a highly flexible, mobile and customizable web interface, metasfresh ERP provides all standard tools needed for planning, controlling and monitoring business processes, enabling companies of all sizes and industries (including e-commerce, IT, wholesale, mail order, fresh produce, food, pharmaceuticals and engineering) to flexibly automate and optimize their core business processes and, thanks to transparent real-time data, to constantly adapt them to current trends and developments all based on their individual requirements. As a result, the companies save time and costs, are up to date 24/7, and thus able to scale and grow without limitations.

Enterprise support well above the industry average, software maintenance, reliable release cycles, as well as the adaptation of the software to individual requirements are just some of the established business models.

Thanks to state-of-the-art cloud architecture, full and secure access to corporate data is guaranteed anywhere in the world.

With offices in Germany and Romania as well as a growing partner network, including in Switzerland, metas GmbH accompanies their customers on their digital transformation journey.


Key benefits of metasfresh

Good Reasons for metasfresh ERP — Stay ahead with metasfresh!

> DIGITAL SOVEREIGNTY: Open Source is the path to digital sovereignty. metasfresh ERP opens up the full potential of digital sovereignty and guarantees security, independence and trustworthy infrastructures.

> READY FOR IMMEDIATE USE: metasfresh ERP is ready to use out of the box as an agile and digital business solution.

> UNIQUE BUSINESS MODEL: Higher-than-industry-average enterprise support, assuming responsibility, software maintenance, reliable release cycles, software adaptations to individual needs — these are only a few of the established business models.

> EVOLUTIONARY APPROACH: Good software can evolve into better software through collaborative work, inspection and a selection process involving a broad number of developers and users. Good solutions and components are adopted and developed further; bad approaches and faulty code do not prevail.

> FREEDOM & SCALABILITY: As a result of the agile software development you have the freedom to overcome limits and to scale and grow continuously.

> INTERCONNECTEDNESS: High level of consistency through consistent cross-linking of data. WebUI solution includes universal navigation elements such as browser navigation, hyperlinks, references, labels, browser tabs, breadcrumbs, inbox notifications, etc.

> MOBILE USABILITY: Full and secure access to company data 24/7 from anywhere in the world and with any device.

> DIGITALIZATION: As the central instance for the planning, control and execution of all business processes, metasfresh ERP provides a flexible foundation on which your company can integrate more and more cutting-edge technologies to enhance its digital maturity and sovereignty and drive transformation.

> MULTITENANCY: Manage multiple legal entities in one system for an unlimited number of tenants (clients).

> OPEN INTERFACES & INTEROPERABILITY: Thanks to the open interfaces (headless ERP) and integrated connectivity, metasfresh ERP offers the unlimited possibility to generate interfaces for any other service on demand. All data from external platforms is transferred loss-free via REST-API.

> CODE-FREE CONFIGURATION: No programming skills required.

> GOODIES: Enjoy various gimmicks specific to metasfresh ERP on top of basic ERP functionalities.

> UPDATABILITY: Benefit from the latest improvements and developments through weekly releases that are continuously incorporated into metasfresh ERP.

> 100% OPEN SOURCE ERP: Free of any license fees (GPLv2+3). The full version and all updates are free of charge and the latest source code is always available online. Further advantages are security through verifiability and the possibility to adapt to new requirements.

> SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE +: As an open source solution, metasfresh ERP allows you to go beyond SaaS and make adjustments based on a detailed GAP analysis to optimally cover your requirements.

> FLEXIBILITY: Flexibly extend your data structures and functionalities, retaining long-term control over the source code. Remain completely vendor-independent without any technological dependencies.

> BUSINESS MANAGEMENT: Evaluate complex quantities of data in real time on a 24/7 basis.

> PROCESS AUTOMATION: With metasfresh ERP as a central management and control system, the usual high-quality performance is guaranteed even with increasing order volumes.

> DOCUMENTATION: The very extensive and multilingual documentation (German & English) is available online and assists you in using metasfresh ERP in terms of content and with examples, animations and videos.

> LONG SERVICE LIFE: Open Source solutions have a much longer service life due to their individual, needs-based nature. When incorporating this insight into economic considerations for longer periods, beyond the license cycle of a classic product, open source solutions regularly show a better Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).

> TRANSPARENCY: Retain full cost control throughout the entire project.


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metasfresh Software - Sales Order Main View | Record a sales order with all relevant data, e.g., business partner, shipping address, billing address, promised date, sold products, etc. Use the side menu to jump to referenced documents such as delivery notes, invoices and more.
metasfresh Software - Sales Order Overview | View and manage your sales orders. Use the filtering function to find specific orders, e.g., by date, business partner, etc., and keep track of their statuses.
metasfresh Software - Material Receipt Editor | View and manage your received Handling Units. Add them to specific warehouses and add attributes to the products, e.g., serial numbers, expiry dates, weights, etc.
metasfresh Software - metasfresh ERP WebUI User Dashboard | Focus on targets and other important indicators. Data is updated Just-In-Time as soon as operational data changes. High performance indexing based on the most powerful open source search engine worldwide.
metasfresh Software - Technical Architecture of metasfresh ERP | Server Client Application, modular structure (service-oriented architecture, SOA)
metasfresh Software - metasfresh ERP Multitenancy Concept | metasfresh supports an unlimited number of tenants (clients) with a centralized database. The data of these clients are kept logically separated from each other and are therefore only visible to the respective client.
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Simon
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Open, flexible and expandable software

Reviewed on 2017/09/14

Pros

very flexible and widely configurable software, lots of options to configure owen business processes, lots of options to connect to different services and applications, very nice and easy to work with provider

Cons

steep learning curve to do own configurations, the varity of functions and options makes it sometimes difficult to keep track.

Response from metas

Hello Simon, thank you for your review! It's great to hear that you are happy with our service and functionality. Yes, indeed, the learning curve for the customization of metasfresh is steep, that's the other side of the same coin of being so flexible. But you are already on your way mastering metasfresh customization too. Keep up the awesome work! ;)

Michaela
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  • Industry: Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Functions have to be adapeted, but support is always available and helpful.

Reviewed on 2017/09/13

Good customer support, adjustable to our needs, you only pay for what you get - no hidden costs,...

Good customer support, adjustable to our needs, you only pay for what you get - no hidden costs, easy to handle if you do it regularly

Pros

Functions can be designed on our needs. Whenever you get stucked, you can have a look into Help Unit or call the support.

Cons

It is built on Food sector which is different to our business. The design of printing results is more functional than good looking.

Response from metas

Michaela, thanks a lot for your feedback. We really appreciate to hear about your customers' experience.
I'm happy to hear that metasfresh delivers the flexibility and adaptability you are looking for and that your experience with our customer service and support has been good.
In our weekly releases we are improving our product continuously. We will check the design of our default document printing layouts and seek for improvement.

Martin
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basically a very comprehensive available plattform, which can be adapted to the demand of...

Reviewed on 2017/09/13

Pros

clear structure, very open minds improve it day by day, the high speed metas releases improvements weekly is success factor number one

Cons

the CRM part is under construction and up to nuow it is a bit laborious to use, while the system is allready far more advanced

Response from metas

Hi Martin, thanks a lot for your feedback. We're very happy to read that you like the momentum of our development and release cycles. It has a very high priority in our work.
About CRM: We are working on closing the gap in this area, further functionalities can be expected in the next months. Stay tuned. ;)

Matteo
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  • Industry: Photography
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for Free Trial
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  • Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10

Software consigliato ma non molto

Reviewed on 2023/07/19

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Usato poco ma come unico vantaggio ha solo i piani dove si può lavorare gratuitamente e poi in futuro con un abbonamento abbastanza discutibile

Cons

Un software di questo tipo deve essere rivisto, non tutto ma gran parte del programma... Poco intuitivo

Frank
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  • Industry: Computer Networking
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10

Keine Erreichbarkeit,

Reviewed on 2024/07/11

Pros

Da fällt mir im Moment nicht mehr viel dazu ein

Cons

Kein Support. Fehler werden nicht behoben. Keine Erreichbarkeit. Kein Rückruf bei Fehlern.

metasfresh FAQs

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metasfresh offers the following pricing plans:

  • Starting from: €24.00/month
  • Pricing model: Free Version, Subscription
  • Free Trial: Available

metasfresh ERP gives you the maximum freedom of choice by letting you pick the way you want to run, host, support and extend your own ERP system. You can either self-host and self-support it, pick a hosting option from us or have a professional partner deliver you a turnkey solution. It's your choice – because it's your ERP! Self-Hosted: FREE forever (All Features + Releases). Cloud-Hosted: €24/month per user* (All features, cloud-hosted, regular releases, automatic updates, enterprise support). *Price plus VAT. Subscriptions can be cancelled on a monthly basis.

metasfresh has the following typical customers:

Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000

metasfresh supports the following languages:

English, German

metasfresh supports the following devices:

metasfresh integrates with the following applications:

CleverReach, DATEV Consolidation, Shopware

metasfresh offers the following support options:

Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, 24/7 (Live rep), Chat

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