What is ERP Pilot?
ERP Pilot is a web tool that helps companies shortlist ERP systems by answering a 16-question requirements quiz and seeing which products are technically disqualified. It is aimed at mid-market buyers across manufacturing, retail, pharma, construction, and food and beverage who would otherwise sit through weeks of vendor demos. The site compares 22 ERP products from 13 vendors at the edition level and produces a ranked shortlist in about ten minutes.
Why ERP Pilot works
Most ERP selections waste months on demos for products that will never fit the buyer's tech stack or size. ERP Pilot inverts the process with knockout scoring that eliminates a vendor the moment a critical requirement fails, so the buyer spends time only on the systems that survived the filter rather than ranking long feature lists by hand.
ERP Pilot features
- Knockout scoring engine. Treats critical requirements as pass/fail and removes incompatible vendors instantly so a flawed product never reaches the shortlist.
- Sixteen-question requirements wizard. Captures company size, industry, processes, budget, and technical constraints in about ten minutes so buyers can run the assessment in one sitting.
- Edition-level comparison. Compares 22 ERP products from 13 vendors at the edition level, treating SAP S/4HANA Cloud and SAP Business One as separate products with different fits.
- Total cost of ownership projection. Paid reports include TCO estimates so finance teams can compare three-year costs across shortlisted systems.
- Industry-specific guides. Publishes comparison guides per industry so buyers can read framed context before running the quiz.
Who ERP Pilot is for
- Mid-market CFOs running an ERP RFP who need a defensible shortlist before booking demos with sales reps.
- IT directors at manufacturers replacing aging on-premise ERPs who must filter cloud and hybrid options by technical fit, not marketing claims.
- Operations leaders at food and beverage or pharma firms with strict compliance needs who want vendors that fail their requirements removed up front.
- Independent ERP consultants advising clients who want an objective starting shortlist to anchor their recommendations.
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