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Open-source ERP and CRM web suite with modular accounting, stock, and sales management
Dolibarr ranks #2 of 8 in ERP, with an Alt Score of 89. It is licensed under GPL-3.0-or-later, free from Free and available on Windows, macOS, Linux and Web. 12 of 12 checklist rows are verified against a public source.
Dolibarr ERP & CRM is an open-source, PHP-based business management suite covering CRM, accounting, stock/warehouse, purchasing, and manufacturing through optional modules. It is self-hosted on a PHP/MySQL-or-PostgreSQL server (or via Docker), or accessed through third-party paid Cloud hosting offers.
Small and medium businesses, foundations, and freelancers that want a single self-hosted ERP/CRM instead of separate accounting, CRM, and stock tools.
A core install with around 100 optional modules (Third-Parties/CRM, invoicing, stock, purchasing, manufacturing, HR, projects, POS) plus 1000+ third-party addons on the Dolistore marketplace for e-commerce connectors, multi-company support, and other extensions.
Dolibarr runs as a PHP web application on Apache/Nginx with MariaDB, MySQL, or PostgreSQL; it is installed from packages (DoliWamp, DoliDeb, DoliRpm), a Docker image, or a generic setup, and administrators enable only the modules they need.
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Ranked alternatives
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Tryton is a free, GPL-3.0-licensed ERP platform built as an application server (trytond) that connects to a PostgreSQL database, paired with a web client (Sao) or a native desktop client.
Dynamics 365 Business Central is Microsoft's ERP for small and midsize businesses, covering finance, sales, purchasing, inventory, and manufacturing.
Epicor Kinetic (formerly Epicor ERP / E10) is a manufacturing-focused ERP covering financial management, supply chain and inventory, MRP-based production planning, CRM, and multi-company/multi-currenc.
Acumatica is a cloud ERP platform covering financial management, CRM, distribution, and manufacturing, offered through industry-specific editions (Manufacturing, Retail-Commerce, Construction, and mor.
Infor CloudSuite is Infor's branding for a family of industry-specific cloud ERP products (including CloudSuite Industrial/SyteLine, CloudSuite Distribution, CloudSuite Equipment, Infor LN, and Infor.
SAP S/4HANA is SAP's enterprise resource planning suite covering finance, supply chain, manufacturing, and procurement, offered as SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition, SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition,.
NetSuite is Oracle's cloud enterprise resource planning suite, unifying financial management, inventory and order management, purchasing, CRM, and ecommerce in a single browser-based application.
Feature comparison
Rows come from the ERP checklist (16 rows). Human-verified cells only. ? means the value has not been verified.
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Every fact and feature listed for Dolibarr is verified against its own pages. Each alternative is sourced on its own page.
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License GPL-3.0-or-later verified 2026-08-03https://github.com/Dolibarr/dolibarr/blob/develop/README.md
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Pricing model Free verified 2026-08-03https://www.dolibarr.org/free.php
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Starts at Free verified 2026-08-03https://www.dolibarr.org/free.php
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Platforms Windows, macOS, Linux, Web verified 2026-08-03https://www.dolibarr.org/free.php
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Status active verified 2026-08-03https://github.com/Dolibarr/dolibarr/releases
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Self-hostable Yes verified 2026-08-03https://github.com/Dolibarr/dolibarr/blob/develop/README.md
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Open source Yes verified 2026-08-03https://github.com/Dolibarr/dolibarr/blob/develop/README.md
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Accounting and general ledger Yes verified 2026-08-03https://wiki.dolibarr.org/index.php/What_Dolibarr_can%27t_do
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Inventory and warehouse Yes verified 2026-08-03https://github.com/Dolibarr/dolibarr/blob/develop/README.md
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Manufacturing (MRP) Yes verified 2026-08-03https://github.com/Dolibarr/dolibarr/blob/develop/README.md
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Purchasing and procurement Yes verified 2026-08-03https://github.com/Dolibarr/dolibarr/blob/develop/README.md
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CRM module Yes verified 2026-08-03https://github.com/Dolibarr/dolibarr/blob/develop/README.md
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HR and payroll module Partial verified 2026-08-03https://wiki.dolibarr.org/index.php/What_Dolibarr_can%27t_do
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E-commerce module Partial verified 2026-08-03https://wiki.dolibarr.org/index.php?title=Module_Ecommerce
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Multi-currency Yes verified 2026-08-03https://github.com/Dolibarr/dolibarr/blob/develop/README.md
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Multi-company Partial verified 2026-08-03https://wiki.dolibarr.org/index.php/What_Dolibarr_can%27t_do
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Free tier Yes verified 2026-08-03https://www.dolibarr.org/free.php
FAQ
Yes. Tryton has a free tier or is fully free. Free-tier limits in the comparison table are verified and dated.
Tryton — every license claim links its source.