Small Business ERP Leaders

Microsoft has become the ERP darling for SMB (small and midsize business) organizations. Since 2000, Microsoft has acquired Great Plains (who previously acquired RealWorld and Solomon) and Navision (who previously acquired Axapta). While Microsoft failed on the infamous Project Green integration which was to merge these solutions into an ERP powerhouse, the company does an impressive job at continuing to advance these solutions independently. The Axapta and Navision products offer strong distribution and manufacturing capabilities and are far more popular in Europe than in North America. Great Plains remains a channel favorite and offers the strongest financials among the MS product suites. Solomon also has a loyal VAR channel, strong Financials and a competitively strong project accounting and job cost suite. Great Plains and Solomon have deeper channel resources and far more market share in the United States than Navision and Axapta. Unfortunately, Solomon's maintenance and evolvement is largely outsourced (back to some of the original founders and software authors) so we're unsure how much longer this product will survive.