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ERP5 Express is Open Source software which means the source code of the application is provided to everyone for free. This means that the software that you use becomes transparent and it is impossible for any vendor to force you to stay with them. You can always take the software and work with it on your own or find some skilled developers that extend and maintain the software for you.
It also mean that the risk due to the dependency on your software vendor is reduced because in case of a bankruptcy the application will still be available and a new company can pick up the torch.
Overall Open Source means more freedom for you as a company because there is no vendor lock in and you can always decide to make any changes to the software that you please. It also translates into reduced costs because customizations of the software can be done by multiple companies which drives down the costs of such services. With proprietary software, you are a licensee who depends on the software company that sells the license to you. With Open Source software, you truly become the owner of your software.
Download by yourself the source code of ERP5 online and keep a copy of it for your own safe..
ERP5 Express is operated with a true respect of data freedom.
With ERP5 Express the principle of Open Source has been extended to your business data. In this day and age the data of customers has become more and more valuable to companies and they try to keep their customers from moving to competitors by using proprietary data formats. ERP5 Express opposes those practices and guarantees that you always have full control over your data. It provides mechanisms to easily transfer and backup your data using open formats to guarantee that you can always access it in the future.
ERP5 Express is operated with a true respect of data privacy
Unlike other on demand services, ERP5 Express is not "yet another free service" designed to grab highly private corporate data and trade it to unknown sources as a way to generate cash through advertising or unethical business practices. With ERP5 Express, we garantee that we will do our best effort to protect the freedom and the privacy of our users and customers. We shall not disclose their data to any third party unless we receive un injunction from a court. We offer to our customers a way to leave our service anytime and to retain full control on their data.