Statii, or a system you own outright?
Statii is a capable cloud MRP for small UK make-to-order manufacturers: quote-to-invoice document flow, production planning and shop floor data capture, at a per-user monthly price. It is a fair choice, and for some workshops the right one. This page is an honest look at where it fits, where a bespoke build fits, and what each costs over five years.
The differences that matter.
| Statii | openmercato.dev | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A standard cloud MRP for job shops, ready out of the box | A bespoke ERP built around your workshop, on the open source OpenMercato platform |
| Pricing model | £57.50 per main user and £8.50 per shop-floor user, per month (Statii pricing page, June 2026) | Fixed build, around £20k one-off, plus hosting |
| Cost as the team grows | Rises with every user you add | Unchanged. Unlimited users |
| Workflow fit | A proven, standard quote-to-invoice flow you adapt to | Built around your existing process, including the odd bits |
| Customisation | Configuration within the product | Anything. You own the source code |
| Hosting and data | Statii's cloud | Your own servers or cloud account |
| If you stop paying | Access ends with the subscription | The system is yours. It keeps running |
| Support and upgrades | Included in the subscription | 4 weeks included after go-live, optional retainer beyond |
| Time to live | Days to weeks | 1-2 months |
A worked example: 8 office users, 10 on the shop floor.
Both numbers below use Statii's published pricing as of June 2026 and our standard build price. Smaller teams change the answer, and we say so underneath.
- 8 main users × £57.50 + 10 shop-floor users × £8.50 = £545 per month
- £6,540 per year, £32,700 over five years at today's prices
- Support, hosting and upgrades included
- Month-to-month, cancel with one month's notice
- Cost rises with every user you add
- Around £20,000 one-off, fixed before we start
- Hosting from a small monthly fee, roughly £10,000 over five years all in
- Unlimited users at any team size
- Support retainer optional, never obligatory
- After year five the system is still yours, at hosting cost only
Choose the one that fits.
A standard MRP fits how you work
A ready-made product is the right call when the workflow it ships with is close enough to yours.
- You need to be off spreadsheets in weeks, not months
- Your team is small, so per-user pricing stays cheap
- The standard quote-to-invoice flow matches how you run
- You are happy with your data in the vendor's cloud
You want a system that fits, that you own
Ownership is the right call when the way you work is your edge, and renting around it has started to cost real money.
- Your process does not fit a standard MRP without workarounds
- The team is growing and per-user pricing is starting to sting
- You want your data on your own servers, owned outright
- You want one system covering sales, jobs, stock and invoicing, not production alone
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