# abas ERP — ERP

abas ERP by ABAS Software AG holds a panel rating of 3.5/5 from 6 AI judges (category median 3/5), as of 2026-11-03. Provenance: provenance unknown; sovereignty: not determined.

- Vendor: ABAS Software AG (https://www.abas-erp.com)
- Category: [ERP](https://whats-best.ai/software/erp.md)
- Provenance (editorial classification): provenance unknown
- Canonical page: https://whats-best.ai/software/erp/abas-erp
- Alternatives: https://whats-best.ai/software/erp/abas-erp/alternatives ([markdown](https://whats-best.ai/software/erp/abas-erp/alternatives.md))
- Data as of: 2026-11-04 · evaluated 2026-11-03 · oldest source captured 2026-11-03

**AI-generated.** Every score, rationale and verdict here is written by a panel of AI judges from public evidence — an analysis, not a hands-on test. Every fact quotes the vendor page it was read from. No score can be bought. How scores are made: https://whats-best.ai/methodology

## At a glance

- Vendor: ABAS Software AG
- Headquarters: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 3 Nov 2026
- Data hosting: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 3 Nov 2026
- Free plan: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 3 Nov 2026

## The panel's verdict

abas ERP, from Forterro Deutschland Abas GmbH of Karlsruhe, targets production and manufacturing companies of 50 to 500 employees. It scores highest on production and projects at 8 to 9 and orders and inventory at 7 to 9, on combined production lists with finite scheduling and simulation, shop-floor data capture, quality management to DIN EN ISO 9001:2015, and a purchasing-to-warehouse chain that traces batch and serial numbers into each customer order. Its weak point, rollout and operations at 4 with min and max at 4, shows phone support, a user group and an annual user conference but no public implementation method, typical duration, roles, service levels or availability. The flagged split analysis flags none; the widest spread, 5 to 7 on integration and portability, comes from a REST API and connectors weighed against no public API reference, webhooks or documented exit path. Sovereignty sits at 5 to 6, with support staff in India, the USA and Morocco holding read access to personal data. No public pricing, GoBD, DATEV or XRechnung documentation appears in the captured pages.

**Speaks for it:**
- Production and projects scored 8 to 9 on combined production lists holding material, operations, machines and times, finite scheduling with simulation, shop-floor data capture and CAD integration.
- Orders and inventory scored 7 to 9 on purchasing from requests and order suggestions through goods receipt with quality control to invoice verification that posts automatically to payables.
- Warehouses come in internal, consignment and external types with storage locations, and a warehouse journal traces which batch or serial number went into which customer order.
- Connectivity includes a REST API for real-time access, a graphical low-code connector tool, EDI in EDIFACT, VDA, ODETTE and ANSI X.12, connectors for PDM, DMS and MS SQL, a Shopware webshop with B2B portal, and a choice of cloud or on-premise operation.
- Financial accounting spans receivables, payables and general ledger with dunning and VAT advance returns, fixed assets under commercial law, tax law and IFRS, and consolidation across several clients.

**Held against it:**
- Rollout and operations scored 4, with min 4 and max 4, and we found no public information on an implementation method, typical duration, roles and permissions, service levels or availability.
- We found no public information on GoBD compliance with a procedure documentation, a DATEV or accountant export, or the XRechnung and ZUGFeRD e-invoice formats.
- The REST API is named without a public versioned API reference or webhooks, and we found no public information on a documented full export or exit path for documents and postings.
- The privacy policy discloses read access for support staff in India, the USA and Morocco, and we found no public information on named hosting infrastructure, a subprocessor list, a data processing agreement or a certification such as ISO 27001.
- We found no public information on prices per user or module, implementation or onboarding fees, minimum terms, or cancellation and data-return terms.

**Best for:**
- You run a plant in the vendor's stated 50 to 500 employee range doing single-item, series, project or contract manufacturing and want finite scheduling, operation-level costing and shop-floor data capture in one ERP.
- Your operations depend on tracing batches and serial numbers into each customer order and on EDI exchange with suppliers and customers in EDIFACT, VDA, ODETTE or ANSI X.12.
- Your finance team needs receivables, payables and general ledger with dunning, fixed assets under commercial law, tax law and IFRS, and consolidation across several clients.

**Avoid if:**
- You need a documented implementation path, typical duration, roles and permissions, or service levels before signing — rollout and operations scored 4 with min and max at 4.
- You sell mainly through Amazon or eBay marketplaces or depend on parcel labels and returns handling — the integration scoring of 5 to 7 rests on a REST API, EDI and a Shopware webshop, with no public information on a marketplace connection.
- Your accountant needs a DATEV export, your auditors expect GoBD procedure documentation, or you must send XRechnung or ZUGFeRD e-invoices — finance and compliance scored 6 to 7 and we found no public information on any of these.

## Scores by judge and criterion

Scores out of 5, each judge scoring independently against the published rubric (v1). "n/r" = not rated: the vendor publishes no price, or the judge found no public information on that criterion.

| Criterion | The Managing Director | The Head of Finance | The Operations Lead | The Online Retailer | The IT Integrator | The Skeptic |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Finance, tax & compliance | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3/5 |
| Purchasing, inventory & order processing | 4.5/5 | 4/5 | 4.5/5 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 3.5/5 |
| Manufacturing, services & projects | 4.5/5 | 4.5/5 | 4.5/5 | 4.5/5 | 4.5/5 | 4/5 |
| Integration, API & data portability | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3/5 | 3.5/5 | 3/5 | 2.5/5 |
| Rollout, roles & operations | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 |
| European sovereignty | 3/5 | 2.5/5 | 3/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 |
| Pricing transparency | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r |
| **Weighted verdict** | **3.5/5** | **3.5/5** | **3.5/5** | **3.5/5** | **3/5** | **3/5** |

### The judges

- **The Managing Director** (v1.0): Runs a sixty-person wholesaler that outgrew an invoicing tool, two Excel stock lists and a shop backend nobody reconciles. Wants one system that goes live without stopping the business for a quarter, an implementation path and cost they can plan before signing, and a vendor that will still be there when the contract renews.
- **The Head of Finance** (v1.0): Closes the books for three companies every month and has retyped one supplier invoice too many. Wants incoming e-invoices read and matched to the purchase order, GoBD stated with a procedure documentation, DATEV for the tax adviser, intercompany postings that balance, and every figure traceable to the order and the person behind it.
- **The Operations Lead** (v1.0): Runs purchasing, two warehouses and a small assembly line, and is the one called when a delivery is promised from stock that is not there. Wants goods receipt booked on a scanner, stock per bin and batch, purchase proposals from real demand, and bills of materials that plan next week's production instead of a whiteboard.
- **The Online Retailer** (v1.0): Sells on a Shopware shop, Amazon and eBay from one warehouse with eight staff, and oversold a bestseller twice last Christmas. Wants stock synchronised across every channel, orders, labels and returns handled in one place, OSS VAT done right, and a price that does not jump with every thousand orders.
- **The IT Integrator** (v1.0): Looks after IT for a mid-sized manufacturer and has to connect the ERP to the shop, the bank, payroll, the BI tool and a supplier's EDI. Wants a public, versioned API with webhooks and a sandbox, roles and an audit log, hosting and subprocessors named, and a full export the day the company leaves.
- **The Skeptic** (v1.0): Has watched ERP projects run a year late and twice over budget, the partner's day rate the real price. Reads "ERP" that is an invoicing tool with a stock column, "GoBD-ready" with no procedure documentation, "open API" without a public reference, and a module price list that stops where implementation starts, and asks how the data gets out again.

## European sovereignty — proven facts

Built only from facts on the vendor's own pages; a dimension we could not prove is left open, never scored as zero. Headline: not determined.

| Dimension | Finding | Points | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legal entity | Not determined | — | — |
| Hosting location | Not determined | — | — |
| Hosting options | Not determined | — | — |
| Open source | Not determined | — | — |
| Data processing agreement | Not determined | — | — |
| Transfer impact assessment | Not determined | — | — |

## Key facts

Each fact is the vendor's own statement, cited to the source page it was read from ([S*n*] → Sources).

**Compliance**
- Breach notification: yes [S3]
- Rights contact method: privacy@forterro.com · Anforderung personenbezogener Daten [S3]
- Transfer mechanism: yes [S3]

**Data**
- Data subject requests: 1 [S3]
- Marketing optout: unsubscribe link in every marketing email [S3]
- No sale: no [S3]
- Retention policy: gesetzliche Verjährungsfrist, Steuer- und Prüfungszwecke [S3]

**Hosting**
- Cloud erp: Abas offers a Cloud ERP solution alongside traditional operating model [S11]
- Parent company: Abas is part of Forterro, serving 25,000+ SMEs in Europe [S8]
- Parent company: Abas ist Teil von Forterro [S13]
- Transfer region: UK · EU/EEA [S3]

**Integrations**
- Abas connect: Abas Connect is a graphical low-code integration tool for connecting software and devices to Abas ERP [S11]
- B2b portal: B2B portal and webshop solution listed as Abas ERP integration options [S11]
- Bi export: MS SQL Connector, eigenes BI Reporting & Analytics, Drag-and-Drop nach MS Excel [S5]
- Dms connector: DMS Connector connects third-party DMS solutions; document export and linking of incoming documents [S11]
- Edi: yes [S6]
- Edi import export: yes [S10]
- Excel transfer: drag and drop to MS Excel · yes [S4]
- Ms sql connector: Abas MS SQL Connector for BI data transfer; optional Abas BI Reporting & Analytics [S4]
- Ms sql connector: MS SQL Connector enables flexible automated export of ERP data [S11]
- Pdm connector: PDM Connector: bidirectional exchange of master data, BOMs and drawings with PDM systems [S11]
- Rest API: Abas REST API provides real-time web access to Abas ERP data [S11]
- Webshop: Standard webshop based on Shopware with deep ERP integration [S11]

**Legal**
- Address: Karlsruhe · Gartenstraße 67 · Deutschland · 76135 [S2]
- Commercial register: Amtsgericht Mannheim · HRB 734651 [S2]
- Company entity: Forterro Deutschland Abas GmbH · Gartenstraße 67, 76135 Karlsruhe [S10]
- Controller: Karlsruhe · Forterro Deutschland Abas GmbH [S3]
- Copyright notice: 2024 · Forterro Deutschland Abas GmbH [S2]
- Entity: Gartenstraße 67, 76135 Karlsruhe · Forterro Deutschland Abas GmbH [S4]
- Entity: Karlsruhe · Forterro Deutschland Abas GmbH · Gartenstraße 67, 76135 Karlsruhe [S6]
- Entity: Forterro Deutschland Abas GmbH · Forterro · Gartenstraße 67, 76135 Karlsruhe [S11]
- Entity: Gartenstraße 67, 76135 Karlsruhe · Forterro Deutschland Abas GmbH [S9]
- Entity: Forterro Deutschland Abas GmbH · Gartenstraße 67, 76135 Karlsruhe [S8]
- Entity: Forterro Deutschland Abas GmbH · Gartenstraße 67, 76135 Karlsruhe [S13]
- Entity name: Forterro Deutschland Abas GmbH [S2]
- Operating entity: Forterro Deutschland Abas GmbH, Gartenstraße 67, 76135 Karlsruhe [S5]
- Ownership: Forterro · more than 25,000 SMEs in Europe [S2]
- Parent company: Forterro · 25000 [S4]
- Parent company: Abas is part of Forterro, serving 25,000+ SMEs in Europe [S6]
- Parent company: Forterro · more than 25,000 SMEs in Europe [S10]
- Parent company: Forterro · >25000 SMBs in Europe [S9]
- Parent forterro: Forterro provides specialised software to more than 25,000 industrial companies [S11]
- UK group operations: privacy@forterro.com · 3 Cavendish-Platz, London W1G 0LB · Forterro UK Ltd [S3]
- Ultimate controller: Jeeves Information Systems AB [S3]
- VAT id: DE325953071 [S2]

**Product**
- AI positioning: AI developed for practical use in industry [S2]
- Aps feinplanung: Fully integrated APS/finite scheduling with load visualisation, bottleneck identification, sequence optimisation and simulation [S8]
- Asset accounting: Abschreibungsvorschläge, Anlagespiegel, Abschreibungsvorschau, Abgangs-/Zugangslisten; HGB und IFRS [S5]
- Asset accounting standards: Handels-, Steuerrecht, IFRS parallel möglich [S5]
- Bi dashboards: yes · yes · yes [S1]
- Bidding automation: Unneeded RFQs archived automatically [S7]
- Bidding processes: Bidding processes: vendor selection and RFQs based on purchase order suggestions [S7]
- Brochure: yes [S9]
- Broschuere: Product brochure available [S8]
- Cad integration: CAD integration linking ERP data with design, converting design BOMs into production structures incl. versioning [S8]
- Cad link ohne pdm: Item linking works in standard without a PDM system [S8]
- Child data: no [S3]
- Complaint vendor evaluation: Complaint management and vendor evaluation included [S7]
- Consolidation: Liquiditätsplanung, Konzernrechnungslegung und Konsolidierung über mehrere Mandanten [S5]
- Container management: Packing materials, containers and container accounts can be managed [S6]
- Controlling features: Kostenträger-/Kostenstellenrechnung, Kostenarten, Projektkostenrechnung, Echtzeit-Dashboards [S5]
- Controlling functions: cost object accounting, cost center accounting, cost types, project cost accounting [S4]
- Core modules nav: disposition · manufacturing · financial accounting · customization · sales [S2]
- Cost control: yes · yes · yes [S9]
- Costing features: Vorkalkulation, mitlaufende Kalkulation, Soll-Ist-Vergleich, Nachkalkulation [S5]
- Costing valuation: preliminary costing, continuous costing, target/actual comparison, final costing, valuation [S4]
- Data import toolkit: Data Import Toolkit for self-service migration of master data [S8]
- Delivery management: Delivery management tracks and controls purchase orders [S7]
- Delivery reminders: Delivery reminders available for deadline management [S7]
- Demo tour: yes [S1]
- Demo tour: Demo tour of short product videos available [S9]
- Demo tour: Product demo tour videos available [S8]
- Demo videos: yes [S7]
- Deployment options: yes · yes [S1]
- Depreciation standards: commercial law · tax law · IFSR · IFSR [S4]
- Disposition: automatische Materialbedarfs- und Terminplanung [S1]
- Document management: yes · yes [S9]
- Document management integration: Document management integration enables digital receipts [S7]
- E invoice: yes [S5]
- Edi: EDI is part of Abas ERP functionality [S11]
- Edi automotive coverage: delivery schedules · fine schedules · shipping schedules · delivery notes · invoices · credit notes · yes [S10]
- Edi center status overview: EDI-Zentrale provides status overview of all EDI messages and error visualization [S10]
- Edi document types: order confirmations · purchase orders · delivery notes · invoices · collective invoices · orders · order changes [S10]
- Edi email order recognition: yes [S10]
- Edi realtime transfer: yes [S10]
- Edi supported formats: EDIFACT · VDA · ODETTE · ANSI X.12 [S10]
- Edi vda 4984 support: 4984 supported [S10]
- Einvoice: yes [S6]
- Erp function areas: Disposition · Fertigung · Finanzbuchhaltung · Kalkulation & Bewertung · Individualisierung · Vertrieb · Einkauf · Controlling · Reporting · Konnektivität & IOT · Auftragsabwicklung · APS / Feinplanung · Dashboards · DMS · Multisite · Mobil… [S9]
- Feinplanung simulation: Simulation of scheduling scenarios with impact assessment before releasing fine plan [S8]
- Fertigungslisten: Combined production BOMs/routings ('Fertigungslisten') holding material, operations, machines and times in one place [S8]
- Fertigungssteuerung: Production control via Fertigungszentrale and production dashboard with overview of approvals, shortages, progress, critical orders [S8]
- Financial accounting modules: Debitoren-, Kreditoren- und Sachkontenbuchhaltung, Mahnwesen, offene Posten, Kassenbuch, Zahlungsverkehr [S5]
- Financial accounting scope: All accounting functions: accounts receivable, accounts payable, G/L accounting, reminders, outstanding items, cash book, cash management [S4]
- Fixed asset accounting: depreciation suggestions, asset history sheet, projected depreciation, acquisition/retirement lists [S4]
- Function areas: Scheduling · Production · Financial accounting · Costing · Customization · Sales · Purchasing · Controlling · Reporting · Connectivity & IOT · Order processing · APS · Dashboards · Document management · Multisite · Mobile applications · PD… [S4]
- Function areas: Disposition, Fertigung, Finanzbuchhaltung, Kalkulation & Bewertung, Individualisierung, Vertrieb, Einkauf, Controlling, Reporting, Konnektivität & IOT, Auftragsabwicklung, APS/Feinplanung, Dashboards, DMS, Multisite, Mobile Anwendungen, BD… [S6]
- Function areas: Scheduling · Production · Financial accounting · Costing · Customization · Sales · Purchasing · Controlling · Reporting · Connectivity & IOT · Order processing · Advanced planning and scheduling (APS) · Dashboards · Document management · M… [S7]
- Function areas count: 25 [S1]
- Function areas list: Disposition · Fertigung · Finanzbuchhaltung · Kalkulation & Bewertung · Individualisierung · Vertrieb · Einkauf · Controlling · Reporting · Konnektivität & IOT · Auftragsabwicklung · APS / Feinplanung · Dashboards · DMS · Multisite · Mobil… [S10]
- Funktionsbereiche: Function areas: disposition, manufacturing, financial accounting, costing & valuation, customisation, sales, purchasing, controlling, reporting, connectivity & IoT, order processing, APS/finite scheduling, dashboards, DMS, multisite, mobil… [S8]
- Graphical planner: yes · yes [S9]
- Group accounting consolidation: liquidity planning, group accounting, consolidation across multiple clients [S4]

**Subprocessors**
- Support access: Support-Tickets, professionelle Dienstleistungen · Indien · USA · Marokko [S3]

**Support**
- Brochure: Focus brochure on warehouse management available for download [S6]
- Community: abas User Group auf der Kunden-Community-Website [S13]
- Demo tour: Abas Demo Tour: short product videos available [S6]
- User conference: User-Konferenz [S13]

49 more facts on the canonical page: https://whats-best.ai/software/erp/abas-erp

## Questions

### Is abas ERP European?

Not determined: the vendor’s pages as captured do not say where abas ERP is based.

### Where does abas ERP store data?

Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 3 Nov 2026.

### Does abas ERP have a free plan?

Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 3 Nov 2026.

### What are the best alternatives to abas ERP?

As of 3 Nov 2026, the panel rates [Odoo (4/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/erp/odoo-erp), [weclapp (3.5/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/erp/weclapp-erp) and [Haufe X360 (3.5/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/erp/haufe-x360) highest among the other 15 ERP products evaluated. Ratings that look equal are rounded to half stars; the order uses the unrounded rating, then the name. The highest-rated European alternative is [Odoo](https://whats-best.ai/software/erp/odoo-erp) (EU-Made). Ratings are the AI panel’s opinion, formed from public evidence: [how scores are made](https://whats-best.ai/methodology#ordering). The full list, with European products first: [abas ERP alternatives](https://whats-best.ai/software/erp/abas-erp/alternatives).

## What this page leaves out

- We found no public information on pricing on the pages we read (abas-erp.com, abas-erp.com/de/impressum, abas-erp.com/de/datenschutz, abas-erp.com/en/product/financial-accounting, abas-erp.com/de/produkt/erp-finanzbuchhaltung, abas-erp.com/de/produkt/erp-lager and 7 more). If the vendor publishes it somewhere else, send us the page.
- 21 product facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 10 support facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 3 legal facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 1 compliance fact could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and was left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 1 subprocessors fact could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and was left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 1 sovereignty dimension could not be confirmed on the vendor’s own pages and is shown as unknown.

## Sources

- [S1] Vendor page: https://www.abas-erp.com (checked 2026-11-03)
- [S2] Imprint — found from the homepage: https://abas-erp.com/de/impressum (checked 2026-11-03)
- [S3] Privacy policy — found from the homepage: https://abas-erp.com/de/datenschutz (checked 2026-11-03)
- [S4] Finance, tax & compliance — found from sitemap: https://abas-erp.com/en/product/financial-accounting (checked 2026-11-03)
- [S5] Finance, tax & compliance — found from sitemap: https://abas-erp.com/de/produkt/erp-finanzbuchhaltung (checked 2026-11-03)
- [S6] Purchasing, inventory & order processing — found from sitemap: https://abas-erp.com/de/produkt/erp-lager (checked 2026-11-03)
- [S7] Purchasing, inventory & order processing — found from sitemap: https://abas-erp.com/en/product/purchasing (checked 2026-11-03)
- [S8] Manufacturing, services & projects — found from sitemap: https://abas-erp.com/de/produkt/erp-fertigung (checked 2026-11-03)
- [S9] Manufacturing, services & projects — found from sitemap: https://abas-erp.com/de/produkt/erp-projektmanagement (checked 2026-11-03)
- [S10] Integration, API & data portability — found from sitemap: https://abas-erp.com/de/produkt/erp-edi (checked 2026-11-03)
- [S11] Integration, API & data portability — found from sitemap: https://abas-erp.com/en/erp-integration (checked 2026-11-03)
- [S12] Rollout, roles & operations — found from sitemap: https://abas-erp.com/de/erp-einfuehrung (checked 2026-11-03)
- [S13] Rollout, roles & operations — found from sitemap: https://abas-erp.com/de/faq/wie-sieht-der-kundensupport-nach-der-erp-software-einfuehrung-aus (checked 2026-11-03)

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