Two popular hosted ERP solutions are Netsuite Small Business and Salesforce.com. NetSuite offers both ERP and CRM products as part of its suite. Salesforce.com serves up a popular CRM solution and partners with companies to extend its product to include ERP functions, among other things.

Larger companies such as Siebel and SAP also offer hosted solutions. Make sure they are geared toward a business your size, however, before entering into relationships with the major players. Sometimes companies will offer a scaled-down version of its product that hasn't been optimized for small businesses.

Hosted ERP applications have not evolved nearly as fast as hosted CRM systems. The number and depth of hosted ERP systems is significantly less than in the comparable CRM market.

The few existing hosted ERP solutions have narrowly defined footprints and target markets. The existing hosted ERP systems generally cater to slightly different customer markets.

There is no established leader in the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) ERP market. The hosted ERP market is without enough representation and completely wide open. It is anybody's guess who will eventually take a lead role.

NetSuite and Intacct were the SaaS ERP systems most referenced in the survey responses. iCode was also mentioned. Although these on-demand ERP systems overlap, they also seem to stack up in terms of the markets they best serve. NetSuite seemed to appeal most to small businesses; somewhat comparable to QuickBooks in an on-premise environment. iCode appeared to best accommodate the SMB market who needs more than a QuickBooks type solution, however, isn't prepared for a mid-market product. Intacct seems bent toward decentralized organizations with multiple operating units - a typical requirement of middle market organizations not as well suited to NetSuite.
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List of top hosted ERP solutions providers

Aplicor
Intacct
NetSuite
SAP
Workday