Do you need an ERP? What one costs at small-business scale
“ERP” (enterprise resource planning) is simply shared software for running the business: customers, jobs, schedules, bills, inventory, time, and HR records live together instead of in separate spreadsheets and apps.
The problem ERP solves
Small and mid-sized operators often stitch together a CRM, a scheduling tool, spreadsheets for job costing, a separate inventory or PO system, and something else for payroll. Data is re-typed, reports disagree, and nobody has one trustworthy picture of margin or backlog.
FullVue is built for owners and GMs who sell work, dispatch crews (or run a shop floor), buy parts, invoice customers, and manage people—in parallel.
What stays inside FullVue
Modules mirror how work actually flows—pick depth where you leak time or dollars, tighten the rest later.
Sales
Opportunities, quotes (including customer-facing quote signing where you use it).
Jobs & field
Jobs, schedules, road sheets, time and materials tied to work.
Cash & counter
Invoicing aligned with jobs and sales; pay-by-link after merchant onboarding; Counter/POS-style selling where you need it.
Purchasing & inventory
POs, vendors, bills, stock tied to operations.
People
HR records, time punches, payroll-oriented reporting alongside job time.
Operations depth
Support tickets, unified Assets, Rentals, SDS, production meetings, to-dos, Tether messaging, Planner calendars, and connected Email—plus a customer portal for invited contacts. Pick what matches your business.
Granular permissions control what each role sees in navigation—useful as you grow without losing control.
Accounting choice: in-app ledger and/or QuickBooks Online
Enable Accounting when you want an in-app general ledger—chart of accounts, journals, AR/AP, file-based bank import, and financial reports. Teams that keep the accountant in QuickBooks Online can also push invoices, credit memos, bills, and payments one-way so books close in QBO while jobs, POs, and inventory stay in FullVue. Same close story, two depths—not two-way sync.
Is implementing ERP worth it?
Moving off spreadsheets takes effort. The payoff is fewer disputes about job cost, faster invoicing after work is done, tighter purchasing, and clearer labor visibility when punches relate back to jobs you actually ran.
If that matches where your team is stuck, it’s worth mapping modules to how you operate—starting where you leak time or margin.
What this actually costs at your size
The reason “ERP” scares small operators is the price tag attached to the word — per-user licenses, implementation consultants, and quotes that only show up after a discovery call. FullVue’s prices are posted instead: Core starts at $1,500 per year, the Field Service bundle runs about $242 per month billed annually, and the Full Suite — every module — is about $433 per month billed annually (month-to-month runs 12.5% more). Pricing steps in five-employee brackets rather than per-seat licenses, so a growing crew doesn’t mean a renegotiated contract.
Start with the pricing page — base prices and bracket math are visible, no email gate. Then pick modules on the modules page for the places you’re leaking time or margin: most shops begin with quotes, jobs, time, and invoicing, and add purchasing, inventory, or counter sales when they’re ready. And if reading isn’t the fastest way to decide, start a free 14-day trial — your workspace is provisioned automatically with sample data for the modules you pick.
See FullVue against your workflows
Start a free trial and walk quotes → jobs → field → billing → purchasing with sample data—or contact us with questions first.
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