Commercial ERP alternative: PORTWARE
Commercial ERP is business software licensed by a yearly per-user subscription, with closed source code. If you are looking for a system that runs every process in one place, speaks Turkish and adapts to your company, instead of or alongside Commercial ERP, consider PORTWARE.
For companies looking to replace or complement Commercial ERP, PORTWARE is a web-based business management system that runs every process, including sales, purchasing, inventory, manufacturing, accounting and HR, in one place. It is built on the world's most widely used open-source business-management core, speaks Turkish and English, is ready for Turkish e-invoicing, is tailored to your company and keeps its database on your own server. You can move one process at a time.
Most companies searching for Commercial ERP arrive with the same problem: business knowledge scattered across separate programs, spreadsheets and e-mail. PORTWARE brings it into one chain of records: from quotation to collection and from production to maintenance, every process runs in sync in the same database.
PORTWARE is a business management system built on the world's most widely used open-source business-management core. The schema is open and the data is yours; switch on new apps as you grow and extend the system with modules written for your company.
The first question a company using Commercial ERP asks about PORTWARE is its data: customers, products, stock and open balances move with import templates, and processes are set up and tried in a demo account first.
You do not have to switch everything at once. Most companies start with one process (for example sales and quotations, or projects) and move the others into the same system later.
What you get with PORTWARE
- Sales, purchasing, inventory, manufacturing, accounting and HR in one database; a fact is entered once
- A quotation becomes an order, a delivery and an invoice on its own
- Turkish e-Invoice, e-Archive, e-Waybill and the uniform chart of accounts built in
- Web-based: from the browser, the phone, anywhere
- Word, Excel and presentation files on the record, versioned; differences shown cell by cell (PORTWARE Office)
- An AI assistant on every screen that knows the record (Cowork AI)
PORTWARE at a glance
- Product
- PORTWARE — Productive Business Management System: fully integrated and web-based; ERP, CRM, manufacturing, PLM, quality, projects, finance, HR, documents, office and AI on one platform
- Maker
- PORTWARE
- Core
- The world's most widely used open-source business-management core (LGPL-3) — open schema
- Access
- Browser and mobile; nothing to install on the client
- Hosting
- On your own server or on PORTWARE's
- Languages
- Turkish and English interface, documents and reports
- Compliance
- Turkish e-Invoice, e-Archive, e-Waybill and the uniform chart of accounts installed
- Office
- Word, Excel and presentation files in the browser, on the record, co-edited; versioned, differences cell by cell (PORTWARE Office)
- AI
- Cowork AI on every screen; the company picks the provider and model with its own keys
- Integration
- REST and XML-RPC API, Excel/CSV import and export
Frequently asked questions
How long does a move to PORTWARE take?
It depends on scope. Core processes such as sales, inventory and accounting usually go live first; manufacturing, projects and HR follow in stages. You can try your own processes in a demo account first.
Can we bring our existing data?
Yes. Customers, suppliers, products, stock and open balances are imported from Excel/CSV templates; historical documents get their own migration plan.
Does it fit Turkish regulations?
e-Invoice, e-Archive, e-Waybill, tax-authority integration, tax offices and the uniform chart of accounts are installed, with a Turkish interface and documents.
Can it be tailored to our company?
Yes. Fields, screens, approval flows, reports and documents are adapted to your company, and modules are written for you when needed.
What is PORTWARE's licence model — is there a per-user fee?
PORTWARE's core is the world's most widely used open-source (LGPL-3) business-management core; the modules PORTWARE writes are licensed LGPL-3. No closed-source per-user licence fee is required. The cost is in setup, tailoring, training and support services, quoted to your scope.
Where is our data kept, and whose server is it on?
The database runs wherever you want it: on your own server or on one PORTWARE manages. The schema is open and the whole dataset can be exported at any time. Backups are taken daily and kept on a separate server.
Does it integrate with the other programs we use?
Yes. PORTWARE exposes REST and XML-RPC APIs and talks to banks, e-invoice providers, e-commerce and shop-floor systems through them. For bulk data, Excel/CSV import and export is available on every screen.
How are training and support provided?
The system ships its own handbook, application guides and per-screen help. On top of that PORTWARE trains the team during go-live and provides upgrades and support afterwards.
Let's discuss your business.
Tell us how your organisation works today, and we will present PORTWARE through your own processes.