Cranston vs ERPNext

See how their public offers line up before you choose your own position. Prices stay in the currency, billing schedule, and charged unit each vendor publishes.

Cranston

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USD · US · source: cranston.ai

Plan	Pricing	Charged by	Offer type
Bookkeeping Highlighted	USD 30 monthly $30 per client book, per month	Unit · per client book	Standalone · Fixed
Tax prep	USD 40 per prepared return $40 per prepared return, any form	Usage · per prepared return	Standalone · Usage based

ERPNext

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USD · US · source: frappe.io

Plan	Pricing	Charged by	Offer type
Sites — starting at	USD 5 monthly $5 onwards /mo	Flat · per month	Standalone · Starting at
Servers — starting at	USD 20 monthly $20 onwards /mo	Flat · per month	Standalone · Starting at
Dedicated Servers — starting at	USD 125 monthly $125 onwards /mo	Flat · per month	Standalone · Starting at

What each plan includes

Feature names follow each vendor’s own pricing page, so verify the wording before treating them as exact equivalents.

Cranston

Bookkeeping

Highlights Works with the bookkeeping systems you already use: Included
Highlights Classification, reconciliation, and recurring journals done by AI: Included
Highlights Exceptions queued for review, with source links: Included
Highlights Practice management: $0

Included

Tax prep

Highlights One rate, any form: Included
Highlights Federal and state prep in a single workpaper trail: Included
Highlights Diagnostics and source-linked review before anything files: Included
Highlights Tax practice management: $0

Included

ERPNext

Sites — starting at

Highlights Sites: Single site

Included
Highlights Hosting: Managed upgrades & backups

Included
Highlights Customization: Scripting & custom apps

Included
Highlights Hosting type: Hosting on shared servers

Included

Servers — starting at

Highlights Servers: Virtual machine to host multiple sites and benches

Included
Highlights Hosting type: Shared or Dedicated instances

Included
Highlights App & DB: Unified or Separate App & DB

Included
Highlights Support: Only incident support

Included

Dedicated Servers — starting at

Highlights Dedicated Servers: Superior Dedicated Server isolation

Included
Highlights Advanced features: Server snapshots, autoscaling, etc.

Included
Highlights Reliability: Stronger reliability guarantees

Included
Highlights Locations: Global data centre locations

Included

How their prices changed

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Cranston

September 21, 2026
Official pricing page
- Bookkeeping: USD 30 monthly
- Tax prep: USD 40 per prepared return
August 27, 2026
Official pricing page
- Bookkeeping — standard: USD 30 monthly · USD 30 / month with annual commitment

ERPNext

August 27, 2026
Official pricing page
- Sites — starting at: USD 5 monthly
- Servers — starting at: USD 20 monthly
- Dedicated Servers — starting at: USD 125 monthly