Integra ERP (Elgo)

Integra ERP (also marketed under the BAUER and Elgo product names depending on the vendor history) is a German trades-business ERP designed for the Handwerk segment — building trades, installation services, technical services and other project-driven craft businesses. The product covers the workflow that German Handwerk operators need: customer quotes (Angebot), order intake (Auftrag), project tracking with cost-and-revenue visibility, time recording, material management, accounts receivable and the Handwerk-specific commercial documentation. The German Handwerk segment is a distinct ERP category from manufacturing or trade, with workflow conventions (Aufmass, Nachtrag, Schlussrechnung) that general-purpose ERPs typically do not cover well, and Integra ERP is one of the long-tenured DACH vendors addressing it.

Functional scope for trades businesses

Integra ERP covers the full Handwerk-business workflow: customer-and-prospect management with quote generation (Angebot), order intake (Auftrag), project-level cost tracking with budget-versus-actual visibility, time recording for technicians with mobile-field capture, material catalogue with supplier-side connection to the major Handwerk-industry data services (GAEB exchange for construction-trade tenders, IDS for sanitary-and-heating trade data), accounts receivable with the Handwerk-specific progress-billing (Abschlagsrechnung) and final-billing (Schlussrechnung) workflow, GoBD-compliant accounting and DATEV integration. The Handwerk-specific commercial documentation — including Aufmass (measurement records) and Nachtrag (supplementary work orders) — is part of the standard product.

Target customer segment

Integra ERP targets German Handwerk operators between roughly 5 and 100 employees across the building trades (electrical, sanitary-and-heating, carpentry, painting, masonry, roofing), technical services and installation businesses. The customer base is predominantly German with Austrian representation. The product's sweet spot is the project-driven medium-sized Handwerk business that has outgrown a simple accounting package (Lexware Handwerk, SelectLine Handwerk) but does not need the scale and partner ecosystem of a larger ERP. Competition in this segment includes other DACH Handwerk-specialist ERPs (TopKontor Handwerk, KWP, Streit V.1, Sander's SHK).

DACH localisation and DATEV

Integra ERP carries the deep DACH localisation that Handwerk buyers expect: HGB-compliant general ledger, German chart-of-accounts (SKR03, SKR04), GoBD compliance, native DATEV integration, the Handwerk-specific commercial-documentation templates (Aufmass, Nachtrag, Abschlagsrechnung, Schlussrechnung), GAEB exchange for construction-trade tenders, IDS connectivity for sanitary-and-heating trade data, ZUGFeRD and XRechnung e-invoicing, and Elster electronic tax filing. The vertical-specialist depth in the Handwerk-specific workflow is the structural differentiator versus general-purpose DACH SMB ERPs.

Pricing model and TCO

Integra ERP is typically licensed per user with annual maintenance, plus separate licensing for the mobile-field-capture component used by technicians on site. The pricing model is in line with other Handwerk-specialist DACH ERPs and is materially below the per-user cost of general-purpose Mid-Market ERPs. For a typical Handwerk-business deployment of 10 to 30 employees, all-in TCO over five years lands in the lower five-figure to mid-five-figure euro range depending on user count and module scope. Implementation services are typically a fraction of the annual subscription because the standard product carries the Handwerk-specific workflow pre-configured.

Selection considerations

Integra ERP is a strong choice for German Handwerk businesses between 5 and 100 employees that need the vertical-specialist depth in Aufmass, Nachtrag, GAEB and Handwerk-specific commercial documentation and value native DATEV integration. It is less compelling for very small Handwerk businesses below 5 employees where Lexware Handwerk or SelectLine Handwerk are typically sufficient at lower cost, for upper-Mid-Market Handwerk operators with 100-plus employees who need broader corporate finance scope (a general-purpose Mid-Market ERP with Handwerk extensions may fit better), and for Handwerk businesses with strong e-commerce or B2C focus (where Shopware or JTL-Wawi paired with a separate accounting product fits the operational reality better).

Related Topics

• Integra (general ERP)
• ERP for the German Handwerk
• ERP with DATEV integration

Fazit

BAUER INTEGRA ERP ist ein klassischer, integrierter Mid-Markets-ERP-Vertreter mit langer Marktpräsenz, breitem Functional scope und klarer Verankerung im deutschen Mid-Market. Die Kombination aus klassischer Inventory Management, FiBu, Personal, POS und neueren KI-Bausteinen spricht insbesondere Industrie- und Handelsbetriebe an, die einen langfristigen, persönlichen Partner suchen. Wer ein internationales Konzern-ERP, eine spezialisierte Engineer-to-Order-Solution oder ein reines Cloud-First-System benötigt, sollte BAUER INTEGRA gegen Vendors wie SAP Business ByDesign, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central oder Cloud ERPs wie weclapp abwägen – idealerweise im Rahmen einer strukturierten Auswahl mit erfahrenen ERP-Beratungshäusern.

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