Custom ERP Software Development Is It Worth It? Custom ERP Software Development Is It Worth It | Page 3

A good example of such approach is Tesla, who carefully evaluated all pros, cons,
and risks and decided to build a custom ERP solution having above mentioned
benefits in mind. Tesla CIO Jay Vijayan calculated the costs of SAP implementation
in "millions of dollars" and a year to perform all the required integrations. Tesla
managed to achieve same functionality within 4 months and much lower budget
with custom built ERP. As the result, they've got independence from third-party
vendor and Enterprise Resource Planning System that is tailor-made for their
established internal business and manufacturing processes.
HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO BUILD CUSTOM ERP SOFTWARE
It is obvious that the cost of custom ERP software development would depend on
what you require, the number users and its complexity. For instance, if you are
going for a sophisticated custom ERP system, you might not find complete designs
that fulfill your needs. Therefore, you will have to incur extra cost for
complimentary products to ensure the software fully functions.
Nevertheless, the general cost of the ERP system will range between $25k to 75k.
The extra incurring costs for future modules or top-up services and tools would go
for $5k to 25k.