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This seems like a lot of complexity unless "just spin up a Docker image" is something you normally do and are comfortable enough with to fix when it breaks. Not

by mkr-hn 5y ago

This seems like a lot of complexity unless "just spin up a Docker image" is something you normally do and are comfortable enough with to fix when it breaks. Not everyone is a developer, even on HN. Frappe Cloud's pricing page says "simple," but the numbers don't mean anything to someone who doesn't know what all this stuff is and how it relates to the software's resource requirements. And that's if you're Good With Computers. Most small businesses are not run by people who grew up messing with EMM to get games going.

commoner 5y ago
This recommendation is for people who are willing to use the free trial on Frappe Cloud to gauge how much their usage would cost before switching to ERPNext, or for people who are comfortable with running ERPNext on Docker on their own server or local computer. Sure, the latter group isn't everyone on HN, but I know there are many people on HN who would appreciate a free and open source accounting solution with plenty of features to replace QuickBooks. The developers of ERPNext also released Frappe Books, a desktop application with only the accounting-related features of ERPNext. It's also FOSS and does not need to be self-hosted, but unlike ERPNext, it's no longer being updated: https://frappebooks.com https://frappebooks.com https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23091005 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23091005