Your ERP was built for the average business. Your operation isn't average
Epicor, SAP Business One, NetSuite, Dynamics 365 - designed for the middle of the market, priced for the top of it. Most businesses use a fraction of what they pay for, spend years configuring it to approximately fit, and find themselves locked in tighter every renewal cycle. Tribes builds a bespoke ERP around exactly how your operation runs. You own it outright. The subscription stops.
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An ERP should run your business.
Most of them run your business into the ground.
You've spent months - maybe years - configuring your ERP to approximate what you actually need. Consultants brought in. Modules added. Workarounds built on top of workarounds. And it still doesn't do exactly what your operation requires because the underlying architecture was never designed for a business like yours.
Version upgrades break customisations. New features require additional licences. Integrations with other systems need constant maintenance. Your internal team spends a disproportionate amount of time keeping the ERP running rather than using it to run the business.
Your data is in there. Your processes are built around it. Migrating away would be painful. The vendor knows all of this - which is why the renewal letter arrives with a price increase and a short notice period. You're locked in and they know it.
Building a bespoke ERP used to be unthinkable. AI has changed that.
For most mid-market businesses, a bespoke ERP was never a realistic option - the budget and timeline were prohibitive. AI-accelerated engineering has fundamentally changed the economics. Tribes designs, builds, and delivers production-grade ERP platforms in weeks, at a cost that competes directly with your current annual licence fees. The difference is you own it outright, it fits your operation exactly, and it evolves with your business without a change request and an invoice every time.
"The most expensive software is the kind that almost fits."
ERP Savings Calculator
This tool is flat-rate — user count doesn't affect the price.
Costs based on published UK pricing, April 2026. Build cost estimated at 1x current annual subscription fee - reflecting AI-accelerated delivery. SaaS costs compound at 10%/yr. Ongoing maintenance at 15% of build cost p.a. Figures are indicative - a scoping session will produce precise numbers.
Free ERP assessment
We map your current ERP - what it costs, what your team actually uses, what they work around, and what they wish it did. We model the 3 and 5-year cost of continuing versus building. Most clients are surprised by how competitive the bespoke option is.
Scoped, fixed-price proposal
A defined scope built around your operational processes. Fixed cost. Realistic timeline. No surprises..
AI-accelerated build by senior engineers
DevCheck® vetted engineers. AI tooling at every layer. ISO27001 certified delivery. Production-grade, secure, fully documented. We migrate your existing data as part of the build
You own it. Forever.
The code, the data, the IP - all yours. Full documentation. Knowledge transfer. From go-live day, the subscription is cancelled and the software belongs to you.
What changes when your ERP actually fits:
Software built around your workflow gets adopted without resistance. Software that requires workarounds gets abandoned in favour of spreadsheets. The difference in data quality across the business is significant.
No licence negotiations. No consultants. No risk that a change breaks something else. Your bespoke ERP evolves with your business at a cost and speed that off-the-shelf platforms can't match.
You own it. There is no renewal. No annual price increase. No vendor leverage. Just software that runs your operation and costs the same every year regardless of how much your business grows.
A bespoke ERP built around how your operation actually runs.
We scope exactly what your business needs - the modules that matter, connected properly, built to be used rather than worked around.
Every job from creation to completion, tracked in one place
The right people in the right place, managed in real time
Live stock levels, automated reorder, full traceability
Accounts, contracts, SLAs - all connected to jobs
Raise invoices automatically, connected to your accounts platform
Live operational and financial data, no manual exports
Your ERP was built for the average business. We build the one that fits yours.
We replace off-the-shelf ERP platforms with a single bespoke system built around how your operation actually runs. AI-accelerated engineering means it costs a fraction of what bespoke used to - and you own it outright from day one.
Find out what your ERP is really costing you.
We offer a free, no-obligation ERP assessment. In one conversation we map your current licence cost, what your team actually uses, and what a bespoke replacement would cost to build and run. Most clients are surprised by how close the numbers are before the productivity gains are even factored in.
What it looks like in practice
One system replacing four. Estimated saving versus the previous stack: £320k–£400k over five years.
IP owned outright from day one.