Do you need an ERP? What one costs at small-business scale
“ERP” (enterprise resource planning) is simply shared software for running the business: customers, jobs, schedules, bills, inventory, time, and HR records live together instead of in separate spreadsheets and apps.
The problem ERP solves
Small and mid-sized operators often stitch together a CRM, a scheduling tool, spreadsheets for job costing, a separate inventory or PO system, and something else for payroll. Data is re-typed, reports disagree, and nobody has one trustworthy picture of margin or backlog.
FullVue is built for owners and GMs who sell work, dispatch crews (or run a shop floor), buy parts, invoice customers, and manage people—in parallel.
What stays inside FullVue
Modules mirror how work actually flows—pick depth where you leak time or dollars, tighten the rest later.
Sales
Opportunities, quotes (including customer-facing quote signing where you use it).
Jobs & field
Jobs, schedules, road sheets, time and materials tied to work.
Cash & counter
Invoicing aligned with jobs and sales; Counter/POS-style selling where you need it.
Purchasing & inventory
POs, vendors, bills, stock tied to operations.
People
HR records, time punches, payroll-oriented reporting alongside job time.
Operations depth
Support tickets, unified Assets, Rentals, SDS, production meetings, to-dos, Tether messaging, and Planner calendars—plus a customer portal for invited contacts. Pick what matches your business.
Granular permissions control what each role sees in navigation—useful as you grow without losing control.
Accounting and QuickBooks Online
FullVue is positioned around running operations day-to-day. For organizations that keep their books in QuickBooks Online, FullVue supports connecting that accounting layer—for example pushing invoices and bills—so finance stays where your accountant expects it while work stays connected to jobs.
Is implementing ERP worth it?
Moving off spreadsheets takes effort. The payoff is fewer disputes about job cost, faster invoicing after work is done, tighter purchasing, and clearer labor visibility when punches relate back to jobs you actually ran.
If that matches where your team is stuck, it’s worth mapping modules to how you operate—starting where you leak time or margin.
What this actually costs at your size
The reason “ERP” scares small operators is the price tag attached to the word — per-user licenses, implementation consultants, and quotes that only show up after a discovery call. FullVue’s prices are posted instead: Core starts at $1,500 per year, the Field Service bundle runs about $242 per month billed annually, and the Full Suite — every module — is about $433 per month billed annually (month-to-month runs 12.5% more). Pricing steps in five-employee brackets rather than per-seat licenses, so a growing crew doesn’t mean a renegotiated contract.
Start with the pricing page — base prices and bracket math are visible, no email gate. Then pick modules on the modules page for the places you’re leaking time or margin: most shops begin with quotes, jobs, time, and invoicing, and add purchasing, inventory, or counter sales when they’re ready. And if reading isn’t the fastest way to decide, schedule a walkthrough — we’ll run your actual workflow through it, end to end.
See FullVue against your workflows
Walk through quotes → jobs → field → billing → purchasing with your terminology.
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