Integrated Accounting/ERP, Entry Level, Nolapro
Project sponsor
Main Web site
Live demo
Instructional videos or Screencams
Documentation, FAQ
Community Forums
Add-ons/Plugins
Case studies
Nolapro Independant reviews
Nolapro partial client list
Blog
Deployment alternatives (In-house, SAAS, VM)
Free in-house, SAAS hosting available
Technology employed
XAMPP Open source platform base, PHP application level is compiled, except for integrated shipping cart which is open source
Strengths
Web based, built on open source components and data base
Platform independant
Free for in-house install of base system + inexpensive hosted option
Feature rich – ex. strong inventory control, integrated POS, B2B, B2C etc (depends on company requirements)
Backed by commercial enterprise – Noguska (developers)
Reasonable support plans available
API in development (See docs online)
Easy to use and forgiving (ability to unpost)
Good partner program – includes add-on for hosting clients (for dealers and VAR’s)
Lots of plugins (mostly from Noguska at this time)
French version in development (Spanish version completed)
Good discussion forum
Very good documentation and training material available online
Dashboards for each module – for highlights, and things that need attention
Online demo
Specialized system available for commercial printers
Seems to be a reasonable sized installed base (taken from case studies, and company history)
Weaknesses
PHP application code is proprietary – all customizations must be done by Noguska
Community is not very large, but growing
No Report writer for modifying reports or forms – requires customization (see http://fblauer.com/wordpress/?page_id=395 for possible alternative)
No download of bank transactions
Lack of a demo database for testing
Payroll is US only
CRM is very rudimentary
General comments from evaluation and other users
Interesting business model which is different than most ERP projects. Overall, very good solution that I expect to continue to improve and evolve over time.
