The MRPeasy alternative built for the shop floor
The MRPeasy alternative built for the shop floor
The MRPeasy alternative built for the shop floor
MRPeasy is one of the fairer-priced systems in this category, and it publishes its prices - which we respect. It is a solid answer to "what are the best MRP systems for small business?" question. Where it falls down for a fabrication shop is the floor: dated forms, weak machine connectivity, and support metered by the hour from the other side of the world.
MRPeasy is one of the fairer-priced systems in this category, and it publishes its prices - which we respect. It is a solid answer to “what are the best MRP systems for small business?” question. Where it falls down for a fabrication shop is the floor: dated forms, weak machine connectivity, and support metered by the hour from the other side of the world.
MRPeasy is one of the fairer-priced systems in this category, and it publishes its prices - which we respect. It is a solid answer to “what are the best MRP systems for small business?” question. Where it falls down for a fabrication shop is the floor: dated forms, weak machine connectivity, and support metered by the hour from the other side of the world.
What MRPeasy gets right
MRPeasy publishes transparent pricing from US$49 per user per month, carries the top spot in Capterra Australia's metal fabrication directory, and is a genuinely honest small-manufacturer MRP, material requirements planning software that does what it says. For light-manufacturing planning at a desk, it earns its reputation.
MRPeasy publishes transparent pricing from US$49 per user per month, carries the top spot in Capterra Australia’s metal fabrication directory, and is a genuinely honest small-manufacturer MRP, material requirements planning software that does what it says. For light-manufacturing planning at a desk, it earns its reputation.
Where it breaks for a fabrication shop
Built for the office, tolerated on the floor
Built for the office, tolerated on the floor
MRPeasy's interface is form-based, designed for a planner at a desk. There is no gloved-hands kiosk mode, so floor data gets batch-entered late, and a production schedule built on yesterday's data is a guess, not a schedule.
MRPeasy’s interface is form-based, designed for a planner at a desk. There is no gloved-hands kiosk mode, so floor data gets batch-entered late, and a production schedule built on yesterday’s data is a guess, not a schedule.
Fabrication is not its native shape
Fabrication is not its native shape
Its BOM and routing model is generic light manufacturing. Dimensional material, offcuts, heat-number traceability, and quoting from a drawing are workarounds, not features. A fab shop's stocktake is plate, offcut, and remnant, not neat SKUs.
Its BOM and routing model is generic light manufacturing. Dimensional material, offcuts, heat-number traceability, and quoting from a drawing are workarounds, not features. A fab shop’s stocktake is plate, offcut, and remnant, not neat SKUs.
Support and training are metered
Support and training are metered
Training is billed at US$150 an hour and support plans run US$199–499 a month on MRPeasy's own pricing page. Fair, but metered, and on US and EU hours. An Australian shop's morning is their night. For a shop shortlisting the best manufacturing software for small business, the question is not whether MRPeasy is honest, because it is, but whether the floor will ever log in.
Training is billed at US$150 an hour and support plans run US$199–499 a month on MRPeasy’s own pricing page. Fair, but metered, and on US and EU hours. An Australian shop’s morning is their night. For a shop shortlisting the best manufacturing software for small business, the question is not whether MRPeasy is honest, because it is, but whether the floor will ever log in.
MRPeasy vs MirrorWorks for a fab shop.
MRPeasy vs MirrorWorks for a fab shop.
MRPeasy vs MirrorWorks for a fab shop.
| Comparison point | MirrorWorks | MRPeasy |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Metal fabrication job shops | Small manufacturers |
| Subscription (published) | Free for one person. Paid plans from A$9 a seat. | US$49–149/user/mo |
| The cost not on the pricing page | None. No setup fee. | Training US$150/hr; support plans US$199–499/mo |
| Consultant needed to go live | No | No |
| Time to live | Days (Bridge import) | Weeks |
| Shop-floor interface | Gloved-hands kiosk, tablet-first (Make) | Dated web forms |
| Quoting | AI quote from drawing and history (Sell) | Manual line items |
| Production scheduling | AI capacity scheduling, drag-drop (Plan) | Basic finite scheduling |
| Job costing | Live actuals vs quote (Book) | Desk-entered actuals |
| Accounting | Xero and MYOB native | Xero/QuickBooks connectors |
| Contract | Month-to-month | Monthly or annual |
| Australian pricing | AUD list | USD |
MRPeasy figures from mrpeasy.com/pricing. Verified 18 August 2026. If anything here is out of date, tell us and we will correct it.
MRPeasy figures from mrpeasy.com/pricing. Verified 18 August 2026. If anything here is out of date, tell us and we will correct it.
What is MRPeasy actually costing you?
What is MRPeasy actually costing you?
The starting figures come from MRPeasy's own published pricing. Add the training hours and the support plan you actually buy, because those are the lines that move. It recalculates as you go, and nothing leaves your browser.
The starting figures come from MRPeasy’s own published pricing. Add the training hours and the support plan you actually buy, because those are the lines that move. It recalculates as you go, and nothing leaves your browser.
Typical published pricing for Other ERP. Edit everything to match your bills.
How this works: your current costs run until your renewal and rise 5% a year. MirrorWorks runs from the month after, at its published month-to-month price. Switching skips your next upgrade project, because you are leaving. Bridge imports your data free. See the switching roadmap.
Typical published pricing for Other ERP. Edit everything to match your bills.
How this works: your current costs run until your renewal and rise 5% a year. MirrorWorks runs from the month after, at its published month-to-month price. Switching skips your next upgrade project, because you are leaving. Bridge imports your data free. See the switching roadmap.
Switching from MRPeasy?
Switching from MRPeasy?
Switching from MRPeasy?
Bridge imports your customers, part numbers, jobs, and stock from MRPeasy, spreadsheets, Xero, or MYOB. Free, in days, before you pay anything. Run both in parallel until your numbers match.
Bridge imports your customers, part numbers, jobs, and stock from MRPeasy, spreadsheets, Xero, or MYOB. Free, in days, before you pay anything. Run both in parallel until your numbers match.
Bridge imports your customers, part numbers, jobs, and stock from MRPeasy, spreadsheets, Xero, or MYOB. Free, in days, before you pay anything. Run both in parallel until your numbers match.
Try it without betting the shop. Month-to-month, cancel anytime, export everything. Free data import with MirrorWorks Bridge.
Try it without betting the shop. Month-to-month, cancel anytime, export everything. Free data import with MirrorWorks Bridge.
Try it without betting the shop. Month-to-month, cancel anytime, export everything. Free data import with MirrorWorks Bridge.
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Questions shops actually ask.
Questions shops actually ask.
Questions shops actually ask.
Sources
Sources
All figures verified 18 August 2026.
All figures verified 18 August 2026.
Free for one person. No card, no consultant.
Free for one person. No card, no consultant.
Free for one person. No card, no consultant.
Join the Start waitlist. Founding places open in December 2026.
Join the Start waitlist. Founding places open in December 2026.