Morsa publishes this guide. Morsa is software with an AI agent that works in your ERP, email and Teams; around a shop ERP it does the quoting, order entry and supplier chasing, and a person approves what goes out. We read each vendor’s own pricing page on 8 November 2026. Where a vendor publishes no price, we name the third party that reports one; treat those as estimates, not quotes.
Quick answer
On classic JobBOSS or E2: plan a move. ECI lists both for existing customers only, and offers classic JobBOSS users a migration path to JobBOSS2 with no published cost [7][15].
On JobBOSS2 already: stay if the pain is the retyping and chasing around the ERP; switching costs a new implementation plus months of retraining (see “Stay or switch”).
Want the price before the demo: Cetec, the only one with a public price list, billed monthly with no contract [9][12].
Aerospace, defense or medical work: ProShop, which puts ERP, quality and shop floor tracking in one product [5][14].
Scheduling-heavy, high-mix shop: Global Shop Solutions. Fabricators wanting no per-user fees: Fulcrum [11].
For fit by shop type beyond price, see our job shop ERP guide.
Shop ERP pricing at a glance, 2026
JobBOSS2
How the vendor prices it: Quote; packages sized to the shop [1]
Price (vendor or reported): About $3,000 to $30,000 a year (ERP Research) [2]
Implementation (reported): $5,000 to $40,000; 3 to 6 months (ECI) [1][2]
Global Shop Solutions
How the vendor prices it: Concurrent users and shop floor screens, upfront fee plus quarterly cost [3]
Price (vendor or reported): $100 to $200 a user a month, cloud (ERP Research) [4]
Implementation (reported): $20,000 to $250,000 (ERP Research) [4]
ProShop ERP
How the vendor prices it: Quote by user; standard or Government [5]
Price (vendor or reported): $500 to $715 a month for 5 to 10 users; $800 to $1,800 for 10 to 30 (Software Finder) [6]
Implementation (reported): $20,000 to $150,000+ (Software Finder) [6]
E2 MFG (E2 Shop System)
How the vendor prices it: Existing customers only [7]
Price (vendor or reported): $45 to $100 a user a month (ERP Research) [8]
Implementation (reported): $5,000 to $60,000 (ERP Research) [8]
Cetec ERP
How the vendor prices it: Published list, monthly, no contracts [9][12]
Price (vendor or reported): See the Cetec price list below
Implementation (reported): $0 DIY to $150,000+ managed (Cetec) [12]
MIE Trak Pro
How the vendor prices it: Quote; all modules, support and updates included [10]
Price (vendor or reported): Not published; no reliable third-party figure
Implementation (reported): Not published
Fulcrum
How the vendor prices it: Quote by company size and scope; not per user [11]
Price (vendor or reported): Not published
Implementation (reported): One-time fixed fee; launch in 12 weeks or less (Fulcrum) [13]
The reported figures disagree by up to tenfold for the same product, because directories mix entry deals with full deployments. ERP Research itself says any single JobBOSS2 figure should be treated cautiously [2].
What 10 office users cost over 5 years (estimate)
To compare like for like, every row prices the same thing: 10 office users (estimating, purchasing, scheduling, accounting, management), five years, plus implementation. Shop floor users and paid support plans are left out of every row, because only Cetec publishes them.
Cetec ERP
What the yearly figure is: Vendor list: 10 x $50 x 12 [9]
Yearly software: $6,000
5 years: $30,000
Implementation: $0 to $80,000 [12]
5-year total: $30,000 to $110,000
JobBOSS2
What the yearly figure is: Whole-shop subscription as reported; user count not stated [2]
Yearly software: $3,000 to $30,000
5 years: $15,000 to $150,000
Implementation: $5,000 to $40,000
5-year total: $20,000 to $190,000
Global Shop Solutions
What the yearly figure is: 10 users x $100 to $200 x 12 [4]
Yearly software: $12,000 to $24,000
5 years: $60,000 to $120,000
Implementation: $20,000 to $250,000
5-year total: $80,000 to $370,000
ProShop ERP
What the yearly figure is: Software Finder’s 10 to 30 user tier [6]
Yearly software: $9,600 to $21,600
5 years: $48,000 to $108,000
Implementation: $20,000 to $150,000
5-year total: $68,000 to $258,000
What the rows leave out. Cetec adds 15 shop floor users at $25 ($4,500 a year) and, if you want it, Standard support at $650 a month ($7,800 a year) [9]. ERP Research says support is included in the JobBOSS2 subscription [2]; Global Shop says its quarterly cost includes updates and support but prices shop floor screens separately [3]. E2 is left out because new buyers cannot get it. Use our ERP cost calculator for your own headcount.
Cetec ERP pricing
Cetec is the one shop ERP here with a full public price list [9]:
Item | Price [9] |
|---|---|
Standard user | $50 a user a month, 5-user minimum |
Shop floor user | $25 a user a month up to 100, $20 above |
Support | Self-supported $0, Standard $650, Enterprise $3,200 a month |
Customer and vendor portals | $20 a portal a month up to 30, $15 above |
EDI support | $300 a month |
ITAR-compliant hosting (for US defense export-controlled data) | $500 a month |
Implementation runs from $0 if you do it yourself to $5,000 to $80,000 assisted and $50,000 to $150,000 or more fully managed [12].
Stay or switch: what each costs
The cost of staying. On a subscription it is the subscription: ERP Research reports support inside the JobBOSS2 and E2 subscriptions [2][8], and Global Shop’s quarterly fee includes updates and support [3]. For Global Shop on-premise licences, ERP Research puts maintenance at about 18% of the licence cost a year [4]. ECI publishes no maintenance price for classic JobBOSS [15]. The hidden cost of staying on classic JobBOSS or E2 is that the vendor is no longer selling it to anyone new.
The cost of switching has three parts:
Part | What is published |
|---|---|
Implementation and data migration | ERP Research says JobBOSS2 migration is quoted separately and runs $5,000 to $40,000, depending on how much job history you bring and how many floor terminals you deploy [2]. Other systems: see the glance table |
What moves | Fulcrum’s JobBOSS migration list: BOMs, routings, items, inventory and locations, customers, vendors and pricing. Open sales orders can move but are planned with care, and history may be trimmed. Your team supplies a database backup and about 2 hours a week from a data lead [16] |
Time and retraining | ECI: 3 to 6 months for JobBOSS2 [1]. Fulcrum: 12 weeks or less with its own launch team [13]. Retraining is not published by anyone |
Our retraining estimate for a 25-person shop: a week (40 hours) for each of 10 office users and half a day (4 hours) for each of 15 floor users is 460 hours. At an assumed $40 an hour loaded, that is about $18,400, before the slower weeks after go-live.
Switch when the product is no longer sold to new customers, or when the ERP itself blocks how you quote, schedule or track quality. If the pain is retyping POs and chasing suppliers, a new ERP will not fix it.
JobBOSS, Global Shop, ProShop and E2 alternatives
JobBOSS alternatives: shops leave for a published price (Cetec), quality and ERP in one (ProShop) or no per-user fees (Fulcrum). ECI’s own path is JobBOSS2 [1][7].
Global Shop Solutions alternatives: shops that want a lower upfront commitment than an upfront licence fee plus a quarterly cost [3] look at Cetec’s monthly billing or Fulcrum’s company-sized pricing.
ProShop alternatives: smaller commercial shops that do not need its quality depth or CMMC resources (the Defense Department’s cybersecurity standard for contractors) [14] look at JobBOSS2 or Cetec.
E2 Shop System alternatives: ECI renamed it E2 MFG and sells it to existing customers only [7]. JobBOSS2 keeps you with ECI; Cetec or Fulcrum take you elsewhere.
MIE Trak Pro prices every module, support and updates into one quote, cloud or on-premise [10]. Fulcrum onboards with its own launch team, not a partner [13].
How to get a real number from any shop ERP
Send every vendor the same sheet: office users, shop floor users, sites, modules, and whether you need ITAR or CMMC hosting.
Ask for five years of software, implementation, data migration, training and support, line by line.
Ask how users are counted: named, concurrent or shop floor.
Ask the contract length, the cap on yearly increases, and what it costs to export your data if you leave.
Ask for two reference shops your size, in your trade, live for over a year.
Where the remaining manual work goes: quotes, POs and supplier dates
Most of these ERPs record quotes, jobs, POs and time and leave the work around them to people. On a Tuesday in a 25-person shop:
An RFQ arrives with a drawing. Morsa pulls the closest past jobs and routings from the ERP, asks the anodizer for a price under a rule the estimator approved, and drafts the quote for her to approve.
A customer emails a PDF PO. Morsa matches their part numbers to yours and drafts the sales order, asking before it guesses.
A bar stock supplier slips a date. Morsa reads the reply, shows which jobs and customer orders it hits, and proposes a fix for the scheduler to approve before it updates the PO.
Morsa works with whatever ERP you run, including JobBOSS2, Global Shop, ProShop, E2, Cetec, MIE Trak Pro and Fulcrum. For quoting tools by type, see manufacturing quoting software. Book a pilot on one live problem.
If you hold ITAR work, see aerospace and defense ERP for hosting rules and the current CMMC status. If you make product but do not run a job shop, compare MRPeasy, Katana, Fishbowl, Cin7 and inFlow in small business MRP and inventory software pricing.
For which software a CNC shop, a sheet metal fabricator or a structural steel shop should run, see best job shop software for machine shops and metal fabrication.
Sources
ECI Software Solutions, JobBOSS2: https://www.ecisolutions.com/products/jobboss2/ (read 8 November 2026)
ERP Research, JobBOSS2 pricing: https://erpresearch.com/pricing/jobboss (read 8 November 2026)
Global Shop Solutions, Pricing: https://www.globalshopsolutions.com/pricing (read 8 November 2026)
ERP Research, Global Shop Solutions pricing: https://erpresearch.com/pricing/global-shop-solutions (read 8 November 2026)
ProShop ERP, Pricing: https://proshoperp.com/pricing/ (read 8 November 2026)
Software Finder, ProShop ERP pricing (last updated October 6, 2026): https://softwarefinder.com/enterprise-resource-planning-software/proshop-erp/pricing (read 8 November 2026)
ECI Software Solutions, E2 MFG for existing customers: https://www.ecisolutions.com/products/e2-mfg/ (read 8 November 2026)
ERP Research, E2 Shop System pricing: https://erpresearch.com/pricing/e2-shop-system (read 8 November 2026)
Cetec ERP, Pricing: https://www.cetecerp.com/pricing (read 8 November 2026)
MIE Solutions, Pricing: https://mie-solutions.com/pricing/ (read 8 November 2026)
Fulcrum, FAQ: https://fulcrumpro.com/faq (read 8 November 2026)
Cetec ERP, Launch and implementation pricing: https://cetecerp.com/pricing/launch (read 8 November 2026)
Fulcrum, Switch from JobBOSS: https://fulcrumpro.com/lp/jobboss (read 8 November 2026)
ProShop ERP, homepage: https://proshoperp.com/ (read 8 November 2026)
ECI Software Solutions, JobBOSS (for existing customers): https://www.ecisolutions.com/products/jobboss/ (read 8 November 2026)
Fulcrum, JobBOSS migration path: https://fulcrumpro.com/erp-migration-paths/jobboss (read 8 November 2026)
