Buying software

Choosing a tool, running a shortlist and reading a contract before it reads you.

Manufacturing ERP software: how to choose one

Manufacturing ERP software is priced four different ways, and the unit the vendor counts decides the bill more than the feature list does. What each model costs and what to test.

Buying software2026-09-1619 min read

Software for small business, and how to pick one

What software for small business actually costs each month, in what order to buy it, and the real prices behind accounting, payroll, CRM and ERP tools.

Buying software2026-09-0524 min read

Buying business software without regretting it

Choosing software is a purchase with a switching cost attached. The trial goes fine, the invoice arrives, and two years later the data is hard to get out.

What lands in this section: how to build a shortlist that is not just the first page of Google, which questions to ask in a demo, what to check in a contract before signing, how to test data export before you commit rather than after, and what procurement actually needs from you.

Written for the person who has to live with the decision, not for the person who signs the purchase order.