myfactory

myfactory is a Munich-based cloud-native ERP product targeting the German Mid-Market (mid-market) SMB segment, founded in 2002 and one of the earliest DACH ERP vendors to commit to a true browser-based architecture before the cloud-ERP category had a name. The vendor positions for organisations between roughly 5 and 200 users, with a customer base concentrated in trade, services, light manufacturing and project-driven businesses. myfactory is one of a small group of DACH-native cloud ERPs alongside weclapp and Xentral, and its longer market tenure means a more mature financial-accounting depth than the newer e-commerce-native cloud entrants.

Cloud architecture and deployment

myfactory is delivered as multi-tenant SaaS from German data centres operated by the vendor, with monthly release cycles and a thin-client browser interface. Customisation is constrained by the SaaS architecture but the standard product carries enough configuration depth that most DACH SMB use cases can be addressed without code-level changes. A self-hosted option exists for customers with specific data-residency or compliance requirements but is rarely chosen for new deployments. The product's tenure as a cloud ERP — with continuous operational experience since the mid-2000s — means that the operational maturity of the cloud platform is better than for many newer cloud-native entrants.

Functional scope

myfactory covers financials, AR/AP, sales, purchasing, inventory, CRM, basic project accounting, basic services management, light manufacturing and basic warehouse management. The functional sweet spot is trade and services rather than discrete manufacturing — the manufacturing module covers assembly, BOMs and basic production orders but does not match the depth of proAlpha, abas ERP or Business Central with manufacturing extensions. Project accounting and time recording are reasonably mature and used by many of the consulting and services customers in the installed base. E-commerce integration is supported through native connectors to Shopware, Shopify and other DACH platforms, though the e-commerce-native experience is better in Xentral or JTL-Wawi for shop-driven businesses.

DACH localisation and DATEV

myfactory's DACH localisation is one of its core competitive strengths. The product is designed for the German Mid-Market finance workflow from the ground up. GoBD compliance (the German principles for proper digital bookkeeping) is built in and formally certified. DATEV (the German payroll and accounting standard) integration is native and arguably one of the better implementations in the DACH cloud-ERP segment, supporting both the legacy DATEV format and the current API-based exchange. ZUGFeRD and XRechnung e-invoicing are covered natively. The Austrian and Swiss localisations are mature. The depth of native DACH finance and tax workflow is a meaningful differentiator versus international cloud ERPs (NetSuite, Business Central Cloud) which depend on partner connectors for DATEV.

Pricing model and TCO

myfactory uses a transparent monthly per-user subscription with modular scoping. Indicative pricing: 40 to 90 euro per user per month depending on the activated modules and user tier, with no separate platform base fee. The pricing model is materially simpler than Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central's Essentials-Premium split or NetSuite's base-plus-modules approach, which makes total cost easier to forecast for smaller buyers. For a 50-user SMB deployment, all-in TCO over five years typically lands between 200,000 and 500,000 euro, with implementation services representing 0.5 to 1 times the annual subscription. Implementation is usually faster than international comparables because the standard product fits DACH SMB workflows out of the box without extensive localisation work.

Selection considerations

myfactory is a strong choice for DACH SMB businesses between 5 and 200 users in trade, services and light manufacturing, particularly when native DATEV integration and German cloud-data-residency matter. It is less compelling for discrete manufacturers (proAlpha, abas ERP, Business Central with KUMAVISION fit better), for organisations needing international multi-entity consolidation (NetSuite), for e-commerce-first businesses (Xentral or JTL-Wawi often fit better), or for upper-Mid-Market buyers above 200 users where Business Central or Sage 100 provide more scale.

Related Topics

• weclapp
• Sage 100
• ERP for small business

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