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ProShop vs Epicor Kinetic
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ProShop and Epicor Kinetic are both much broader than a quoting tool. ProShop is marketed as an ERP/MES/QMS for precision machine shops, with estimating, quality, scheduling, inventory and inspection. Epicor Kinetic is a manufacturing ERP for discrete and make-to-order businesses with financials, production, supply chain, planning, scheduling and sales-management quoting. ProShop is the more shop-specific shortlist; Epicor is the broader platform. Pick by implementation ownership, not by feature-count comparison.
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Compare the production record
ProShop's public estimating page links quotes to customer POs and work orders and names margin guards and quantity breaks based on actual job costs. Epicor's Sales Management page lists RFQ tracking, estimating, quotation management, order management and quantity/value discounts, while Kinetic's broader ERP covers production, supply chain and planning. Both can quote; the difference is the operating context around the quote.
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| Question | ProShop | Epicor Kinetic |
|---|---|---|
| Scope | Modules include shop floor management and scheduling, calibration and maintenance, quality and inspection, inventory and material planning, and cutting tool and workholding management | Financials, production, supply chain, planning and scheduling; site-to-site visibility for manufacturing operations. |
| Quoting | Template-driven quotes with the shop's labor, material and vendor costs, margin guards and quantity breaks; awarded quotes convert to customer POs and work orders | Sales Management describes RFQ tracking, estimating and quotation management, order management and quantity/value discounts. |
| Price | Pricing customized per shop; standard and government options; request a proposal by form | No dollar list price is displayed on the Kinetic product page. Bundle selection covers platform core, cloud package and concurrent users. |
| Deployment | Request a shop-specific plan and hosting boundary. | Manufacturing ERP for discrete and make-to-order businesses; cloud-focused with on-premises and hybrid deployment options. |
| Quality | Quality and inspection modules for precision shops. | Confirm quality scope, modules and implementation for your plant. |
Where ProShop is stronger
ProShop is stronger when the shop's language is routings, inspection, calibration, tooling, workholding and shop-floor control. Its precision-shop focus can reduce the translation a general ERP requires, especially for high-mix aerospace or defense work. The trade-off is a customized implementation and a broad change project. Ask for data export, phased rollout, support terms and a reference shop with similar quality requirements.
A small shop should not buy ProShop's scope for a quote-only bottleneck. Verify that the production and quality records are the reason to change.
Where Epicor Kinetic is stronger
Epicor is stronger when the operation needs a broad discrete-manufacturing platform, site-to-site visibility, supply chain and planning across plants or product lines. Its separate Configure Price Quote listing may matter to a configurable-product business. The public Kinetic page does not show a dollar list price, so price platform core, cloud package, concurrent users, implementation and integrations together.
QuotedPart is a third option for a shop that needs an editable quote layer without choosing either ERP. It is weaker on production, quality and multi-site control. Pick ProShop for precision-shop depth, Epicor for broad platform scale, and the focused layer for a smaller immediate problem.
Sources and limits
Claims are dated where they can change. Product calculations are examples from the stated inputs, not a promise about a customer's quote. Competitor wording is attributed to the source shown.
- ProShop ERP: Pricing customized per shop; standard and government options; request a proposal by form (their words: “ProShop’s manufacturing software pricing is customized to match the unique needs of your shop.”) — source (checked 2026-10-30)
- ProShop ERP: Template-driven quotes with the shop's labor, material and vendor costs, margin guards and quantity breaks; awarded quotes convert to customer POs and work orders (their words: “Set profit guards and quantity breaks based on actual job costs.”) — source (checked 2026-10-30)
- ProShop ERP: Modules include shop floor management and scheduling, calibration and maintenance, quality and inspection, inventory and material planning, and cutting tool and workholding management (their words: “Shop Floor Management & Scheduling”) — source (checked 2026-10-30)
- Epicor Kinetic: Manufacturing ERP for discrete and make-to-order businesses; cloud-focused with on-premises and hybrid deployment options. — source (checked 2026-10-30)
- Epicor Kinetic: Financials, production, supply chain, planning and scheduling; site-to-site visibility for manufacturing operations. — source (checked 2026-10-30)
- Epicor Kinetic: Sales Management describes RFQ tracking, estimating and quotation management, order management and quantity/value discounts. — source (checked 2026-10-30)
- Epicor Kinetic: No dollar list price is displayed on the Kinetic product page. Bundle selection covers platform core, cloud package and concurrent users. — source (checked 2026-10-30)
- QuotedPart costs $199 per shop per month and is not an ERP replacement for either product. — source (checked 2026-10-30)
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