Best Epicor Alternatives

OpenLazarus as an Epicor alternative: AI teammates beside the ERP

Not a replacement for the ledger. A company-owned system whose AI teammates take on the quoting, purchasing and quality work that surrounds production.

By The editors · Updated · 4 min read

Contents
  1. What it offers a manufacturer on Epicor
  2. What it is not
  3. Published evidence
  4. Strengths and limits
  5. Pricing
  6. Questions to ask OpenLazarus
  7. Sources
TypeAI operations platform
PricingPublished
Websiteopenlazarus.ai

OpenLazarus is a system a company owns, with AI teammates that each have an inbox and a phone number and work on the same records as staff⁠1. For an Epicor manufacturer, it is an alternative to changing ERP rather than an alternative ERP.

Best for: Epicor manufacturers that want AI teammates to carry the quoting, purchasing, supplier follow-up and quality paperwork around production, while an ERP keeps job costing and the books.

Not the right fit for: Manufacturers looking for a full ERP replacement with MRP, job costing and a general ledger in one product.

What it offers a manufacturer on Epicor

Its manufacturing page describes modules for jobs, machines, material, quality, quotes, customers and phones, with teammates for production scheduling, purchasing, quality and quotes⁠2. It works beside the ERP: it reads jobs, routings and inventory and writes back what changes. The page says most shops move daily work into OpenLazarus first and keep the ERP for job costing and the books. Quality records such as non-conformance reports, mill certificates and first-article reports are filed against job, part and heat number, with who did what and when.

Each teammate has limits. The examples given are a material order above $20,000 or a change to a promised ship date, which wait for a person's approval, and every action is logged where staff can see it⁠2. The company states that customers own the code and the data, that OpenLazarus can run the hosting or the customer can move it elsewhere, and that European companies can run on EU servers⁠3.

What it is not

It is not an ERP. Its pages describe no MRP engine and name no specific ERP it integrates with; the connection to Epicor, or to whatever replaces it, is built by its engineers. Machines are connected only where they already report their status, and otherwise a cell lead updates the job from a tablet⁠2. The manufacturing page illustrates the product with an invented company, which it labels as such; none of its figures are customer results.

Published evidence

No manufacturing case studies are published.

The appropriate test is a scoped pilot in one office function, such as quoting or purchasing, measured before and after.

Strengths and limits

Strengths

  • Its manufacturing page describes teammates for production scheduling, purchasing, quality and quotes, working from the same job and part records as staff.
  • Approval limits are set per teammate, for example a material order above $20,000 or a change to a promised ship date, and every action is logged where staff can see it.
  • Prices for plans, hosting and engineering support are published, and the company owns the code and the data.
  • Leaves the current ERP in place, so the first improvement does not wait for an ERP cutover.

Limits

  • Not an ERP. Its pages describe no MRP engine, and its manufacturing page says most shops keep the ERP for job costing and the books.
  • Names no specific ERP it integrates with; the connection to Epicor, or to whatever replaces it, is built by its engineers during setup.
  • No published manufacturing case studies. The company shown on its manufacturing page is an invented example.
  • Connects machines only where they already report their status; elsewhere a cell lead updates the job from a tablet.

Choose another option if: The reason for leaving Epicor is the ERP itself: planning depth, costing or the cloud-only roadmap. That is a choice between ERPs such as Acumatica, Infor CloudSuite Industrial or Global Shop Solutions, and OpenLazarus can be added beside whichever one you keep.

Pricing

Published: plans from $100 a month, managed hosting from $150 a month, engineering support from $4,500 a month and 5.5% on AI credits. The AI-Architect consultancy is priced per engagement.

The pricing page lists managed hosting from $150 a month, engineering support from $4,500 a month with ten engineering credits, and 5.5% on AI credits⁠4. Companies with 30 or more people start with a session with its engineers⁠5.

Questions to ask OpenLazarus

  • How would the connection to our Epicor version work, and what does it read and write?
  • Which office task would a teammate take on first, and how will we measure it?
  • What happens to the connection if we later move from Epicor to another ERP?
  • Can we run a fixed-scope pilot in quoting or purchasing before a yearly engagement?

The comparison table in the main guide sets OpenLazarus against the other seven options.

Sources

  1. AI teammates. OpenLazarus. Accessed 8 Nov 2026.
  2. OpenLazarus for manufacturing. OpenLazarus. Accessed 8 Nov 2026.
  3. Frequently asked questions. OpenLazarus. Accessed 8 Nov 2026.
  4. Pricing. OpenLazarus. Accessed 8 Nov 2026.
  5. Build your system. OpenLazarus. Accessed 8 Nov 2026.
  6. OpenLazarus. OpenLazarus. Accessed 8 Nov 2026.

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