NetSuite at 100 users
is $300K/yr you don't have to pay.
NetSuite ERP bundles GL accounting + AR/AP + inventory + procurement + reporting + workflow on commodity infrastructure. Comprehensive, complex, and dramatically over-priced — the underlying capabilities are commodity Postgres + accounting integration. We rebuild as a custom ERP on Postgres with QuickBooks Enterprise or Sage Intacct as the GL engine. Honest fit-check: works for SaaS / services / D2C at $20M–$500M revenue. Manufacturing / regulated industries need careful scoping.
NetSuite ERP · 100 users
At 500+ users multi-subsidiary, Y1 reclaim crosses $700K. NetSuite's per-user + per-module pricing has the steepest enterprise escalation in our audit set.
NetSuite has three taxes that compound.
Base subscription + per-user fee + per-module add-on (Advanced Inventory, Multi-currency, Fixed Assets, SuiteAnalytics, OneWorld). Each axis grows independently. Custom ERP on Postgres scales with bytes.
NetSuite does not publish official pricing. Indicative ranges (May 2026) sourced from third-party SaaS-buyer reports (Vendr, G2, NetSuite reseller proposals): $999–$5,000/mo base by edition + $99–$199/full user/mo + $15–$25/limited user/mo + per-module add-ons. Direct numbers based on Postgres + QuickBooks Enterprise / Sage Intacct as GL + custom ERP frontend + Allied $68–$98K rebuild amortised. Confirm against your actual quote — negotiated NetSuite pricing varies widely with size, term, and module mix.
Three layers. Auditor-friendly GL stays.
Custom ERP UI · Postgres-backed orders/inventory/procurement · QuickBooks Enterprise or Sage Intacct as the audited GL engine. Your auditors keep working with the same GL software they know; only the NetSuite ERP layer becomes optional.
- Order management · sales orders · invoices
- Inventory · multi-warehouse · serialized · lot
- Procurement · POs · vendor mgmt · receiving
- Customer + vendor records
- Reporting · revenue · margin · AR/AP aging
- Multi-entity / multi-subsidiary support
- Order / inventory / customer / vendor tables
- Workflow engine · approvals · notifications
- Multi-currency · daily FX rates
- Audit log · SOX-grade · every change tracked
- Custom fields + custom objects
- Period-end close workflows
- QuickBooks Enterprise (sub-$50M revenue)
- Sage Intacct (>$50M revenue)
- Or your existing GL · ERP just feeds journal entries
- API-driven · transactions auto-posted
- Audit-ready · trial balance · close support
Your existing accounting / GL software contract stays exactly as-is — the rebuild integrates via their API. Only NetSuite ERP becomes optional. Auditors / CPAs continue working with familiar tools.
Custom-built to your operating model.
Fixed price. Sized by complexity.
From $68,000 — fixed
- Custom ERP on Postgres + Next.js, designed to your operating model
- Order management · sales orders · invoices · approvals
- Inventory · multi-warehouse · serialized · lot · valuation
- Procurement · POs · vendors · receiving · approvals
- AR / AP automation · collections · payments
- QBO Enterprise or Sage Intacct integration for GL
- Multi-currency + FX support
- Reporting + KPI dashboards
- Migration of all NetSuite records · full historical data
- SuiteScript translation to TypeScript / Python
- 6-week pilot on one BU before cutover
24-hour quote turnaround · NDA on request
Why we don't recommend the obvious switches.
"What about…"
Will our auditors / CPA accept a custom ERP?▾
How do we migrate NetSuite records?▾
What about complex revenue recognition (ASC 606)?▾
What about SOX / IFRS / GAAP compliance?▾
What about manufacturing / regulated industries?▾
Who owns the data?▾
Why this number works: AI-paired senior engineers raise the floor on quality + consistency · 250+ products shipped · direct vendor billing — you keep the wrapper margin. → The full method
SCOPE · WHAT WE REBUILD vs WHAT WE DON’T · NETSUITE
We don’t rebuild NetSuite. We rebuild your usage of it — the 15–25% you’re paying for and actually using, on direct billing. Read the universal methodology →
- GL + AR + AP — chart of accounts, journal entries, customer + vendor invoices, payment workflows
- Customer + vendor master — with custom fields, your existing tax / credit terms, contact hierarchy
- PO + invoice approval workflows — multi-step approvals with email notifications and audit trail
- Custom fields + forms — the customizations your finance team uses daily (typically 10–25 custom fields per object)
- Basic financial reporting — P&L, BS, Cash Flow, Trial Balance, on-demand and scheduled
- Inventory tracking (single warehouse) — stock counts, reorder points, basic FIFO / LIFO costing
- SuiteCommerce (e-commerce front-end) — different product line. Our pick: Shopify direct (vastly better) with NetSuite-alt as ERP backend
- Advanced manufacturing (MRP, BOMs, work orders) — specialized vertical. Our pick: Fishbowl, Katana, or stay on NetSuite Manufacturing
- Multi-subsidiary consolidation — specialized for multi-entity. Our pick: stay on NetSuite if you’re 5+ entities; for 1–3 entities we rebuild
- SuiteApp marketplace (1,000+ apps) — long tail. We rebuild your top 3–5; rest stay out of scope
- SuiteAnalytics OLAP cube — specialized BI. Our pick: Metabase + warehouse direct (much cheaper, more flexible)
Not a rebuild case? We still help. Free 30-min advisory call to evaluate any of the alternatives above — we use them all in our practice and have no resale relationships, just opinions earned from the work. Book a call →
Stop the per-user tax. Own the ERP.
From $68,000 fixed. 14–18 weeks to ship. Auditor-friendly GL stays. No deck-pitch — send your NetSuite tier + user count + module mix, we send a quote in 24 hours.
15+ years · ISO 9001:2015 · 250+ shipped · MSA · SOW · DPA ready · enterprise references on request.