MRPeasy vs JobBOSS for Job Shops: Which Fits in 2027

Start with the category decision

A job shop ERP runs the path from customer quote to shipped job for a shop that builds to order. It turns a quote into a job, routes that job across machines and labor, tracks material and cost, and ships the finished parts. Most of the buying decision depends on two questions: how deep your scheduling has to go, and how precisely you need to know what each job actually cost.

Start with a naming point. The plain name JobBOSS now appears on the vendor's site only as a label for existing customers. ECI Software Solutions sells the current product as JobBOSS², says it was formerly E2 Shop, and lists separate JobBOSS and E2 MFG products marked "for existing customers," according to ECI Software Solutions. This article covers the current JobBOSS² product. If a quote names an older JobBOSS line, ask which product it belongs to before you compare it with the text below.

The category decision follows from that. MRPeasy is the easier of the two to evaluate from the outside, because it publishes per-user prices, offers a free trial, and sells an MRP and ERP package aimed at small manufacturers. JobBOSS² is the stronger candidate when estimating, job costing and job scheduling are the center of the business, but you buy it through a quote and accept a longer rollout. Neither product is the right answer for every shop. The sections below show where each one earns its place.

Key Takeaways

• MRPeasy publishes per-user plan prices, while JobBOSS² is quote-based, so the two budgets arrive in different shapes.

• MRPeasy's API sits only on its top plan, so an integration requirement can change the plan you buy more than the headcount does.

• JobBOSS² is built around estimating, job costing and job scheduling, and its public pages describe those functions in more detail than MRPeasy's pages do.

• Public sources describe JobBOSS² rollouts in months and MRPeasy rollouts in weeks. Both are vendor-level claims, so confirm them in writing.

• Sources disagree on MRPeasy's mobile access and trial length. Test both during a trial rather than relying on a directory summary.

How we evaluated these tools

This is an informed buyer's guide built from public vendor pages, third-party reviews and directory listings. We did not run either product, and no figure below comes from a test. We weighted seven criteria by how much each one changes the daily work of an owner or operations lead. The weights are our judgment, not a market statistic, so change them if your shop runs a different mix.

Scheduling and costing carry the most weight because they decide how a job shop quotes, promises and reprices work. Integration and rollout get less weight in this table, but they often decide whether a choice holds up after its first year.

What each system covers

The matrix below sets the two products side by side on the criteria above. The cells report what each vendor's public pages name, and a blank-sounding entry means the page did not name the function.

A Dupple review describes a drag-and-drop Gantt chart and says that for make-to-order work, sales orders trigger production orders automatically, according to Dupple (2026). Our read: MRPeasy's public pages put its depth in production planning, sales orders, inventory and workforce reporting. They do not name job costing as a module. JobBOSS²'s pages name estimating, scheduling, job costing and quality as separate modules, and they describe deployment choices more precisely. Neither set of pages is a full specification, so treat the matrix as a list of questions for each vendor's written answers.

What it costs

Pricing is where the two products differ most. MRPeasy publishes its rates. ECI does not.

Pricing checked October 29, 2026. The MRPeasy rows are our arithmetic on the vendor's published per-user rates and its bundle rule. The JobBOSS² row is Quote-based because ECI's product page publishes no prices and sends buyers to a pricing request. The independent pricing guide at ERP Research says the same, according to ERP Research (2026).

Starter plan: $49 per user per month according to MRPeasy (2026). The same page lists $69, $99 and $149 per user per month for Professional, Enterprise and Unlimited, and it offers a free trial of 15 + 15 days with no credit card required. Annual billing is shown with one month free. The page does not say which billing option its listed rates assume, and it names no currency beyond the dollar sign. It also says there are no contracts and no hidden costs, while training is billed at $150 per hour and optional Advanced Support runs $199, $299 or $499 per month, billed quarterly, depending on hours.

For JobBOSS², the cost question is a written quote. Ask ECI to price the subscription, implementation, training, deployment type and any custom work as separate lines, then compare those lines with the MRPeasy rows above. Our read: the MRPeasy numbers are easy to budget, but they cover the software only, and any API work or outside help is extra.

Rollout, support and the API question

JobBOSS² rollout: around 3-6 months according to ECI Software Solutions (2026). The same page lists SaaS, private hosted cloud and on-premise deployment for US customers, so the deployment choice is a real decision, not a default.

MRPeasy's rollout claim is shorter. According to Dupple (2026), the vendor's FAQ says most small manufacturers are up and running within 1 to 4 weeks, depending on data complexity. That is a vendor claim quoted by a reviewer, so test it with your own item and job data.

The rows repeat the figures cited above, and the directory conflict on trial length is why the trial should be confirmed in writing before you sign anything.

MRPeasy's API is a separate question. The vendor's OpenAPI document lists at least four accounting synchronization paths, /items and /items/{product_id}/variations, and it names a basicAuth scheme, according to MRPeasy (2026). The pricing page places API and webhooks on the Unlimited plan only. ECI's pages reviewed name no public API or EDI capability, so ask for written answers on export and integration routes before you assume one exists.

Worked example: twelve users and an API requirement

Take a 12-user shop that wants stock alerts and purchasing tasks pulled from its ERP through /items/{product_id}/variations. On MRPeasy's Enterprise plan, 10 users at $99 come to $990, and one $79 bundle covers the other two, so the monthly total is $1,069. Moving the same 12 users to Unlimited for API access means 10 users at $149 ($1,490) plus the same $79 bundle, or $1,569 a month. That $500 monthly gap is $6,000 a year, and it buys the endpoint a proposed workflow would read, once the team has credentials and has tested the plan. The math uses the bundle rule on the MRPeasy pricing page cited above, and the shop still has to budget its own developer time for any API work.

Vendor profiles: best fit, limits and evidence

MRPeasy: best fit and limits

MRPeasy fits a small make-to-order or make-to-stock shop that wants published prices, a short trial and one system linking sales orders, production, inventory and workforce reporting. The Dupple review's account of automatic order-to-production triggers and material checks, cited in the matrix section, is the strongest functional point in its favor.

The limits are real. The same review says MRPeasy is limited for large or complex operations and names complex subcontracting as a gap. It also says customization is basic and reporting could be deeper. A Software Finder listing updated in July 2026 adds user feedback that the product is less flexible in templates and limited in accounting features, according to Software Finder (2026). Our read: a shop with a complex multi-machine floor should test scheduling depth first, before it looks at price.

JobBOSS²: best fit and limits

JobBOSS² fits a job shop where estimates become jobs that must be costed against actual labor and material. ECI's job-shop page says quotes can be built and sent "in a few clicks," using material, labor, waste and overhead inputs.

The main drawbacks are support access and sales process. Phone support: 7 am to 7 pm CST weekdays according to Softwareconnect (2025), and the same review says ECI offers no 24/7 phone support. It also says customizations need professional support, that multiple users scheduling jobs or working on quotes at once can cause concurrency problems, and that the product is not the best pick for process manufacturers. Pricing requires a consultation call. Our read: if your team needs answers outside US business hours, or if you need a price before any sales conversation, JobBOSS² will slow you down.

Who this is for

Choose MRPeasy if you run a small make-to-order or make-to-stock shop, want visible per-user prices and a short trial, and can accept less depth in scheduling and costing than a dedicated job-costing system offers.

Choose JobBOSS² if each quote becomes a job that must be costed against actual results, and you can plan a rollout of several months and buy through a quote.

Red flags: JobBOSS² is the wrong pick if you need published prices or round-the-clock phone support. MRPeasy is the wrong pick if your scheduling must handle complex operations.

Workflows you could configure on top of either system

A configured workflow is one way to close the gap between an accepted quote and the shop floor. Take the handoff into JobBOSS². The trigger is an estimator marking a quote accepted. A proposed US Tech Automations workflow would read that quote through whatever export or integration route ECI confirms, map part number, quantity, requested date and material lines into a draft job, and hold it. The output is a draft job and a task for the estimator. The prerequisites are a confirmed export or API route, a field mapping agreed with ECI, and a test copy of the data. The human review point is the estimator checking routing, material cost and due date before anything is released to the floor. This is a configurable design, not a live deployment or a measured result.

On MRPeasy, the same kind of workflow would run on a schedule instead of on an event. The trigger is a scheduled read of /items on the Unlimited plan, using credentials your developer sets up under the basicAuth scheme. The action compares stock levels against reorder rules the shop writes down first, and flags items that fall below them. The output is a purchasing task with the item and the shortfall. The prerequisites are the Unlimited plan, API access and a named owner for the reorder rules. A buyer approves each purchase before it leaves the building.

Zapier, Make and n8n can run handoffs like these. When they are configured, they keep run histories, retries and error branches that show what happened. The buyer still designs and owns the parts that are easy to skip: duplicate protection when a retry fires twice, escalation to a person when a step fails, access controls on the ERP credentials, and maintenance after the ERP's API changes. A proposed US Tech Automations design would put run histories, error branches to a named person, a human approval step before any write back to the ERP, and an audit record of each change into the configuration from the start. Those features still need an API or export prerequisite and a test period, so judge them against what your own team would spend building and maintaining the same thing.

When NOT to use US Tech Automations

A simpler tool wins in three cases. If the shop quotes a few jobs a month and a spreadsheet already tracks cost, the ERP's own quote and job screens are simpler than any handoff. If the only integration you need is accounting, a built-in connector to QuickBooks Online or Xero is simpler than a custom workflow. If the ERP vendor's own add-on already covers the handoff, buy that rather than maintaining a second system. A workflow layer from US Tech Automations earns its place when a handoff crosses two systems and a person has to approve it, not when one system can already do the job.

Decision checklist before you request a quote

• Write down the scheduling depth you need: single-machine dispatch, or capacity planning across a shared floor.
• Ask MRPeasy which plan includes each integration you need, since the API sits only on Unlimited.
• Ask ECI for a written quote that separates subscription, implementation, training and deployment type.
• Ask ECI which export or API route exists for quotes and jobs, and whether it is included.
• Trial MRPeasy with one real job from quote to shipment, and confirm the trial length in writing because sources differ.
• Check mobile access on the devices your floor actually uses, since sources disagree on MRPeasy.
• Ask each vendor for references from a shop of your size and type, and check them yourself.

Frequently asked questions

Is JobBOSS still the name to search for?

Search for JobBOSS² now, because ECI says it was formerly E2 Shop and presents the plain JobBOSS name as a product for existing customers.

Does MRPeasy publish its prices?

Yes, its pricing page lists per-user monthly rates for each plan, and the table above shows what those rates add up to for a 12-user team.

Can I get a JobBOSS² price without a sales conversation?

Not from the vendor pages reviewed. ECI routes buyers to a pricing request, and the independent pricing guide at ERP Research says ECI does not publish list pricing.

Which system is better if I need an API?

MRPeasy has a published REST API, and it is available only on the Unlimited plan. The ECI pages reviewed name no public API, so ask ECI in writing before you assume one.

How long does each rollout take?

ECI's published estimate is the longer of the two, and its figure appears earlier in this article with its source. MRPeasy's claim is measured in weeks, but it is a vendor claim, so confirm it against your own data.

Should I build the quote-to-job handoff myself?

Build it yourself only if you can own error handling, access control and maintenance after the ERP changes. Otherwise a configured workflow or a simple manual step may cost less over the first year.

Making the call

Pick MRPeasy first if published prices, a short trial and one system covering sales, production and stock come first. Pick JobBOSS² if estimating, job costing and job scheduling carry the business and you can plan a rollout of several months. Either way, run one real job through the shortlisted system before you sign, and get every figure above confirmed in writing. If the handoff between quote and floor still needs a person to re-key data after you choose, see how US Tech Automations configures this.