ERP guide
What does a custom cloud ERP built by Black Badger involve?
Black Badger Software Solutions publishes this guide and builds custom cloud ERP systems, which is why a custom build is on every list here. We build the system around how your company already works, it runs in the cloud on accounts in your name, and there is no subscription and no per-seat fee.
Who a custom cloud ERP is for
A custom cloud ERP is for companies that like what the cloud gives them and dislike renting their core system. The usual signs are a subscription that rises with every hire, modules bought to cover a gap, and spreadsheets doing the work the ERP cannot.
We work mainly with companies of 50 or more employees. A smaller company is usually better served by a cloud product, and we say so when that is the case.
How Black Badger builds a custom cloud ERP
It starts with a conversation and then discovery, where we map how work and money move through your company and which current systems stay. You receive a written scope that names what will be built before anything is signed.
During the build you see working screens. We move your data across and check it against the old system. At handover every account the system runs on is already in your name.
What cloud means when you own it
The system runs on managed cloud services, reached through a browser from any location. Nothing is installed in your offices and there is no server room.
The difference from a cloud product is whose name is on the accounts. The hosting, the database and the email service belong to your company. Black Badger is invited in as an administrator, and you can remove us whenever you choose.
What you pay after launch
There are no licenses. You pay the running costs of the services the system uses, directly to those providers. Adding a user, a team or a location adds no fee.
Changes and new features are scoped and agreed as separate work when you want them. Nothing renews on its own.
Why Black Badger ranks where it does on Best Cloud ERP Software
We spent years implementing and migrating business platforms before we moved to building custom systems, so we know where a cloud product fits and where it stops fitting. That is the stance these lists are written from.
We do not rank the custom route first everywhere, because it is not always the right answer. It is first on the lists about leaving an on-premise system and owning your system, and second or third on the rest.
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Questions buyers ask
What does a custom cloud ERP cost?
We do not publish a figure for a custom cloud ERP, because it depends on what the system has to do, how many departments it covers and how many other systems it must connect to. We start from what you pay in subscriptions and services each year and scope a one-time build against that. A written scope gives you a firm number.
What happens if we stop working with Black Badger?
Nothing stops if you stop working with Black Badger. The code and every account are yours, and the system keeps running. Another developer can take over, because we write the code to be read and extended.
Can a company with fewer than 50 employees ask about a custom cloud ERP?
Yes, a smaller company can ask about a custom cloud ERP. The form is open to everyone and a person reads every message. If a cloud product suits your size better, we will tell you so.
Does Black Badger implement cloud ERP products as well?
No, we do not implement cloud ERP products. We spent years implementing and migrating business platforms, and knowing them well is why we stopped. If a product fits your situation we will say so, and the first call is free.