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Open Source Enterprise Accounting Software Solutions are Popular

Open source software applications are becoming more and more popular.  In fact, today, over twenty percent of companies in Western Europe have implemented an open source enterprise solution.  And, this number is expected to grow every year.  Common open source enterprise solutions include Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and Enterprise Accounting Software solutions.  These days you don’t have to find an open source enterprise solution because they’re a dime a dozen, so to speak.  There are so many open source enterprise solutions on the market that the hard part is selecting which is best suited to your company’s needs.  In the remainder of this article, we are going to discuss three very popular open source Enterprise Accounting Software solutions on the market.

The first open source Enterprise Accounting Software solution we are going to discuss is called FrontAccounting.  FrontAccounting is a web-based Enterprise Accounting Software solution.  This solution runs on Windows or Linux.  FrontAccounting has multi-currency functionality, multi-language functionality, and multi-taxation functionality.  This solution can help your business with purchase orders, accounts payables, invoicing, inventory, general ledger, sales order, and more.  There is no commercial support available for this product.

The next open source Enterprise Accounting Software solution is called osFinancials.  osFinancials has accounting functionality, invoicing functionality, point of sale (POS) functionality, and stock control functionality.  This solution runs on Windows, Linux, and Unix.  Commercial support for osFinancials is available. osFinancials has the capability to support many users.

The third open source Enterprise Accounting Software solution is called FriFinans.  FriFinans is a client/server solution and runs on Windows and Linux.  This solution offers accounting functionality, order processing functionality, invoice functionality, purchase order functionality, and payment functionality.  You can also create pdf reports with FriFinans.  There is no commercial support available for this product.

While we’ve only discussed three open source Enterprise Accounting Software solutions, keep in mind that there are countless solutions on the market.  You could shop the market by platform, functionality, business size, industry type, and delivery method.  Delivery method has to do the way in which the solution is offered be it client/server, on-demand, hosted, or on-site.  There are pros and cons to each of these delivery methods.  Your job is to select the type of open source Enterprise Accounting Software solution that best suits your business needs. 

Written by :

kristine H