A CRM That Pretends
to be an ERP.
Salesforce is a powerful tool for managing sales — but it isn't all-in-one business software. To add manufacturing, inventory, accounting, and HR, you bolt on extra apps, connectors, and custom code. Each one is another vendor, another contract, another thing that can break. Infinary keeps it all in one place: one system, one platform, one partner.
Feature-by-Feature Comparison
Infinary vs. Salesforce
— Side by Side
| Feature |
Infinary (ERPNext + Google Cloud)
| Salesforce |
|---|---|---|
| How It's Built | ✓ One all-in-one system where everything shares the same data. | ✗ A sales tool at its core; the rest comes from add-ons and connectors. |
| Licensing Cost | ✓ One flat fee. Every tool, unlimited users. | ✗ $165–$500+/user/month, plus add-ons on top. |
| Manufacturing / MRP | ✓ Production planning, work orders, and quality checks built in. | ✗ Needs a separate third-party app to do this. |
| Accounting | ✓ Full accounting, payables, receivables, multi-currency, and tax. | ✗ No built-in accounting; needs to connect to QuickBooks or NetSuite. |
| Integration Complexity | ✓ One platform with everything connected — no middleman software needed. | ✗ Needs connector software ($36K+/year) and custom code to tie it together. |
| Data Ownership | ✓ You own the Google Cloud account, and you hold the only keys that unlock your data. | ✗ Salesforce runs it, which keeps you tied to their platform. |
| Customization | ✓ Built on common, everyday tools your team can work with. | ✗ Salesforce's own tools that need specialized, Salesforce-only skills. |
| HR / People Management | ✓ HR built in — payroll, attendance, and time off. | ✗ No built-in HR; needs a separate app. |
| AI Integration | ✓ AI built in, working privately on your own data. | ✗ AI add-on with extra per-employee fees, run by Salesforce. |
How It's Built
One all-in-one system where everything shares the same data.
A sales tool at its core; the rest comes from add-ons and connectors.
Licensing Cost
One flat fee. Every tool, unlimited users.
$165–$500+/user/month, plus add-ons on top.
Manufacturing / MRP
Production planning, work orders, and quality checks built in.
Needs a separate third-party app to do this.
Accounting
Full accounting, payables, receivables, multi-currency, and tax.
No built-in accounting; needs to connect to QuickBooks or NetSuite.
Integration Complexity
One platform with everything connected — no middleman software needed.
Needs connector software ($36K+/year) and custom code to tie it together.
Data Ownership
You own the Google Cloud account, and you hold the only keys that unlock your data.
Salesforce runs it, which keeps you tied to their platform.
Customization
Built on common, everyday tools your team can work with.
Salesforce's own tools that need specialized, Salesforce-only skills.
HR / People Management
HR built in — payroll, attendance, and time off.
No built-in HR; needs a separate app.
AI Integration
AI built in, working privately on your own data.
AI add-on with extra per-employee fees, run by Salesforce.
What It Really Costs Over Time
The Real Cost of a 'Platform'
Salesforce Enterprise starts at $165/user/month, and the top plan is $500/user/month. But it's a sales tool, not all-in-one business software. For inventory, you add a separate app like Rootstock ($50K+/year). For accounting, you connect QuickBooks or NetSuite — another contract. To make that connection work, you buy connector software ($36K+/year at minimum).
HR is another vendor. Project management is another vendor. A 50-person Salesforce setup trying to do it all can run $400K–$800K+ a year once you stack it all up. Infinary replaces the whole patchwork with one ERPNext system — sales, accounting, inventory, manufacturing, HR, and project management — on a single Google Cloud account, for a fraction of the cost.
What Salesforce Costs You Over Five Years
A worked example for a 50-person company, built from Salesforce's published rate card as of Q1 2026. Your own number depends on your headcount, which parts of the system you actually run, and what you've negotiated — move the slider to see the shape of it. Infinary replaces the fee for every employee who logs in with a flat plan fee and the computing power you use, so we'll work out your number with you.
Fee Per Employee
Cost to Leave
No Lock-In
ERPNext, Included
No multi-year contract and no renewal penalty — if our price ever changes, you can leave and take your whole system with you, because it already runs in your own Google Cloud account. And every module in ERPNext — the all-in-one business software — is switched on from the first day: accounting, inventory, manufacturing, HR, projects, CRM and the rest, with nothing held back behind an upgrade tier.
Making the Switch
Why Switch from
Salesforce?
One Platform, Not Ten Vendors
Salesforce needs connector software to link things up, a separate app for manufacturing, and other vendors for accounting and HR. Infinary keeps sales, accounting, manufacturing, HR, and inventory in one system that shares the same data. One platform, one partner.
Stop Paying for Connector Software
The connector software alone costs $36K+/year. Add the platform fees, app subscriptions, and custom code, and you're paying top dollar for a patchwork. Infinary connects everything itself, so there's no middleman software to buy.
Real ERP, Not a CRM with Add-ons
Salesforce was built to manage sales, not run a whole business. ERPNext was built from the start as all-in-one business software, with manufacturing, accounting, and supply chain built in — no bolt-on vendors required.
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