Dolibarr is an open-source ERP that covers the business management needs of most SMEs — CRM, invoicing, quotes, project management, basic HR, stock — at no licence cost. The question is not whether it is good (it is). It is why so few businesses know about it.
Why Dolibarr is relevant for SMEs
Zero licence cost: installable on any shared server for under 10€/month. An alternative where Sage or Holded cost 30-150€/month per user.
Modular: you install only the modules you need. You are not forced to pay for functionality you do not use.
Open source: the code is available. You can adapt it to your business if you have the technical capability. An active community of developers means plugins and improvements appear constantly.
Complete enough for mid-sized companies: companies of up to several hundred employees use it in production. It is not just "for freelancers".
The most used modules
CRM: management of leads, contacts, opportunities, pipeline. It is not as visual as Pipedrive but it does the job.
Invoicing and quotes: quotes, invoices, receipts, payments. Spanish tax compliance with a specific module.
Project management: tasks, hour allocation, budgets per project, profitability tracking.
Stock and warehouse: inventory management, inbound, outbound, valuation. For businesses with physical products.
Basic HR: employee management, absences, holidays, expenses. It does not replace Personio for large companies but covers the essentials in an SME.
Dolibarr with AI: the conversational ERP
The missing layer in Dolibarr (and in any ERP) is usability. ERPs are powerful but complex. AI can add a conversational layer on top: "How much did we invoice last month?", "Generate the invoice for project X", "Show me clients with invoices outstanding for more than 30 days".
That is exactly the proposition of our Conversational ERP on Dolibarr: the power of Dolibarr with the ease of use of an AI assistant. For SMEs that want a complete ERP without the usual operational complexity.