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Spark ERP Astra · One platform for the whole business

The Enterprise Operating System for your whole business.

Finance, HR, sales, supply chain and more. Start with one application and add the rest as you grow. AI is built in, and it always shows the rule behind what it flags.

AI built inModularLow-codeMulti-tenantAPI-first

Spark ERP · OverviewSample data
128
Open invoices
14
Pending approvals
342
Headcount
Revenue by month
Spend by team
100%

AI insight. Three approvals in Sales have waited more than 3 days. Rule: approval older than 72 hours. Review →

See how it helps your kind of business.

Pick your industry. We show what usually gets in the way, how Spark ERP helps, and the applications to start with.

What gets in the way

  • Disconnected planning and shop floor

    A production schedule built in one tool and executed on paper on the floor means plans and reality drift apart within a shift.

  • Costing that lags production

    Standard costs calculated from stale BOMs make margin visibility a month-end surprise instead of a live number.

  • Unplanned downtime

    Maintenance driven by breakdowns rather than a schedule turns predictable wear into unplanned line stoppages.

How Spark ERP helps

Manufacturing runs plan-to-produce on one connected system: demand from Sales and Supply Chain drives production orders, the shop floor executes against bills of materials and routings, and Quality and Maintenance keep the line running — all posting back to the same Finance ledger instead of five disconnected spreadsheets.

AI that helps here

✨ Schedule Optimization✨ Predictive Bottleneck Alerts✨ Yield & Scrap Insights

Start with these applications

Not on the list? Spark ERP is modular, so you can start with the applications you need. See all industries →

How it helps your business.

Six things that change when your business runs on one connected platform.

  • One system, not five

    BeforeFinance, sales, HR and operations live in different tools, stitched together with spreadsheets and exports.

    With Spark ERPOne connected system for finance, sales, operations, supply chain and people, on one data model.

  • Approvals that move

    BeforeApprovals wait in someone’s inbox and are chased by chat.

    With Spark ERPWorkflows with tasks, approvals and reminders are built in, and the system chases what is overdue.

  • Software that fits you

    BeforeYou bend your process to fit the software, or pay for every change.

    With Spark ERPChange screens, fields, rules and processes yourself in Studio, without code. Install only what you need.

  • Live numbers

    BeforeReports are built by hand at month end and are out of date when they arrive.

    With Spark ERPDashboards and reports run over your own live data, with export and scheduled delivery.

  • AI you can check

    BeforeAI gives an answer and you cannot tell why.

    With Spark ERPAI is built into every application, shows the rule behind each flag, and acts only with a person’s permissions.

  • Ready for where you work

    BeforeLocal rules and languages are handled outside the system.

    With Spark ERPCountry packs carry local rules, screens are translated, and every company’s data stays separate.

The platform at a glance.

Counted from the product itself, not estimated. 49 engines run underneath. Counted on 22 October 2026.

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Business applications

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Studio features

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Platform services

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Industries covered

Studio features by area

  • Design screens10
  • Data and logic8
  • Plugins3
  • AI Studio10
  • Automate and operate6
  • Security and access8
  • Administration6

Product modules by business domain

  • Human Capital7
  • Finance & Spend6
  • Sales & Commerce4
  • Supply Chain5
  • People Operations6
  • Services & Projects4
  • Intelligence4
  • Platform4

The platform ·AI ·For developers ·Pricing ·8+ country packs

AI Builder

Build AI into your business, with any model.

AI Studio is where you connect a model, give it knowledge and tools, set its limits, and use it in any application. Nothing is a black box.

  • 7

    model providers

  • 3

    embedding providers

  • 10

    AI Studio tools

  • Any model you choose

    Anthropic, Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, Google Gemini, Ollama, any OpenAI-compatible service, or your own endpoint.

  • Agents with limits

    Agents have their own tools and knowledge, and act only with the permissions of the person they work for.

  • Knowledge and search

    Knowledge bases and retrieval pipelines ground answers in your own documents and data.

  • Guardrails and evaluations

    Set what an agent may not do, and test prompts and agents against examples before you rely on them.

  • Budgets and usage

    See every model call, set spending limits, and use app keys to control who can call what.

  • Used in every application

    The same AI Studio work shows up as an assistant, search and suggestions across Finance, HR, Sales and more.

Explore AI Studio →

Workflow

Processes that run themselves, and chase what is late.

Design a process once in Studio. The platform runs it, assigns the tasks, and reminds people until it is done.

  • 243

    workflows ready to use

  • 32

    applications that ship them

  • Tasks and approvals

    Route work to people or roles, with approve, reject and send-back, and a full history.

  • Conditions and branches

    Send each case down the right path based on its own data, amounts, or who asked.

  • Reminders and escalation

    Overdue approvals are chased automatically, and can be escalated to the next person.

  • AI steps

    Let an AI step read a document or classify a request, with a person still deciding what happens.

  • Visual designer

    Draw the process, test it, publish it as a version, and roll back if you need to.

  • Tells people on every channel

    Email, SMS, push and in-app messages go out from templates you control.

See Studio →

Integration

Connect Spark ERP to everything else you run.

Visual integration flows move data in and out, on a schedule or when something happens, with retries and a record of every run.

  • 15

    built-in flow steps

  • 14

    ready-made connectors

  • 11

    sign-in providers

  • Visual integration flows

    Chain steps on a canvas: read, transform, write, wait for an approval, and carry on.

  • Files, databases and queues

    Read and write over SFTP, query or update a PostgreSQL database, parse CSV, XML and Excel, and use queues.

  • Two-way sync

    Keep a Spark ERP record type in step with an outside system, and preview a sync before you run it.

  • Ready connectors

    Slack, Microsoft Teams, SendGrid, Razorpay, Stripe and a generic REST call.

  • API and webhooks

    Everything a screen does is available through the documented API, and events can call your systems.

  • Single sign-on

    Google, Microsoft, Okta, Auth0, Keycloak, OneLogin, Ping Identity, Amazon Cognito, Oracle, SAP and any OpenID Connect provider.

Today: Of the 14 connectors, 1 is verified by the platform’s tests, 6 are built and waiting for a live test against the real service, and 7 (such as Salesforce, SAP and ADP) are planned.

View integrations →

No code, low code, pro code

Build it your way, in the front end and the back end.

Start with no code in Studio, go further with configuration, and drop to real code in the language your team already uses.

  • 4

    back-end languages: Java, Python, Node.js, Go

  • 4

    front-end options: React, Vue, Angular, TypeScript

  • 7

    extension points

  • No code

    Build pages, forms, dashboards, workflows and rules in Studio by pointing and clicking. Most changes stop here.

  • Low code

    Describe data, screens, rules and calculations as configuration and expressions, and the platform turns them into tables, APIs and screens.

  • Pro code on the back end

    Write a service plugin in Java, Python (FastAPI), Node.js (Express and TypeScript) or Go. It runs as its own process and registers itself with the platform.

  • Pro code on the front end

    Build a screen in React, Vue or plain TypeScript, or Angular through Angular Elements. It ships as one self-contained web component.

  • Seven places to plug in

    Screens, charts, dashboard widgets, data providers, API connectors, workflow components and mobile components.

  • Real starters, real tests

    Each starter project builds, runs and comes with its own passing test, so you start from something that works.

Today: Angular is supported through Angular Elements; there is no one-command Angular starter yet.

Start building →

Extensible plugins

Everything is a plugin. Extend it without forking it.

Applications, extensions and your own add-ons are installable packages on the same platform, so you add to Spark ERP instead of rewriting it.

  • 90

    installable packages

  • 774

    screens

  • 956

    data definitions

  • Microservice-based plugins

    Each plugin has its own data, screens, roles and routes, and can run in its own process.

  • Java, Python or Node.js

    Write a service plugin in the language your team knows, with a runtime that loads and isolates it.

  • Hosting pools

    Group plugins into pools of processes, such as all HR plugins, and scale a pool on its own.

  • Marketplace

    Publish, find and install applications and templates, per company.

  • Configuration first

    Most extension is JSON and Studio, not code, so changes are small, reviewable and reversible.

  • Upgrades on your terms

    New versions ship side by side, and each company switches when it is ready.

Build a plugin →

Website and portal builders

Build your website and your portals on the same data.

Publish a public site, or a portal for customers, employees and partners, from the same blocks, data and access rules as your ERP.

  • 3

    layouts per page: phone, tablet, desktop

  • 1

    data model behind it all

  • Website designer

    Build pages from blocks, with themes, navigation and translations, published straight from Studio.

  • Portal builder

    Give customers, employees and partners their own sign-in and a portal that shows only what they may see.

  • Shared checkout

    A cart and checkout that your applications and portals reuse for orders and payments.

  • Access rules built in

    Portals use the same roles and permissions as the ERP, so there is one place to decide who sees what.

  • Documents and video

    Serve files, a document library and streaming video inside a portal, with the viewer’s rights applied.

  • Every language

    Screens are translated per language, and each company can adjust its own wording.

Explore Studio →

Documents and video

Document management, with video that streams.

Store, protect and share files and documents, and play video and audio the way a video site does.

  • 2

    virus scanners

  • HLS

    adaptive video streaming

  • Cabinets, folders and categories

    Organise documents the way your business does, with categories and links between related documents.

  • Versions and history

    Every change keeps a version, and the audit trail shows who opened or changed what.

  • Scanned on upload

    Files are scanned with ClamAV or the built-in scanner before they are accepted.

  • Rights per document type

    View-only means no download button, no save-as and no download in the player.

  • Video that starts at once

    Playback begins as soon as the first chunk arrives, seeking asks only for the part you want, and quality adapts to the connection.

  • Signed, expiring links

    Playback addresses are signed and refreshed before they expire, so a link cannot be passed around for ever.

See document management →

Lower cost, start to finish

Less to build, less to ship, less to run.

Most of the cost of a business system is not the licence. It is building, testing, releasing and running it. Spark ERP does a large part of that work for you at every stage.

  • 4

    stages covered

  • 49

    ready-made platform engines

  • 1

    pipeline for every app

  • Development: build less

    Screens, data, approvals, permissions, printing and reports are configured in Studio, not coded. Your developers write only what is unique to your business.

  • Development: start from a draft

    Describe what you need and the AI builder drafts the entities, pages and flows, so people review instead of starting from a blank page.

  • CI/CD: one pipeline for everything

    Applications and plugins are checked and published with the same command. No separate pipeline to build and maintain for each project.

  • CI/CD: checks before they cost you

    Page definitions, plugins and database migrations are validated before publish, so mistakes are caught at the desk, not in front of customers.

  • Release: ship without downtime drama

    Every release takes a backup, tests the migrations against live data, waits for health and rolls back by itself if needed. Fewer night-time releases.

  • Release: each company upgrades on its own time

    New versions ship side by side and each company switches when ready, so one release does not force a change on everyone.

  • Production: run only what you use

    Scale, resize, stop or start each service on its own from one admin screen, instead of over-sizing the whole system.

  • Production: fewer things to operate

    Identity, audit, backup, health checks, rate limits and monitoring are part of the platform. There are fewer separate products to buy, patch and watch.

  • Production: change without redeploying

    Plugins install and update per company at run time, so most changes do not need a full release of the system.

Today: Savings depend on your company, so we do not quote a percentage here. Ask for a walk-through and we will map your current build, test, release and run effort against what the platform already covers.

Talk to us about your costs →

Operations pipeline and scale

Release safely, scale each part, and watch it all in one place.

The same pipeline that ships Spark ERP backs up before it changes anything, checks the result, and puts the old version back if something is wrong.

  • 49

    platform engines

  • 4

    safeguards on every release

  • 1

    admin screen for operations

  • Safe releases

    Every release takes a backup, checks the database migrations against the live data, waits for health, and rolls back by itself if it is not healthy.

  • Scale each application on its own

    Start, stop, restart, scale out and resize individual services from one admin screen, with an automatic rollback of a bad change.

  • Load balancing and health checks

    A gateway routes traffic only to services that report healthy, with liveness and readiness checks and per-company rate limits.

  • Stateless services

    Services keep no state in the process, so adding more copies behind the gateway just works.

  • Plugin services that scale

    Plugin services run in their own pools with their own limits, so a busy application does not slow the rest.

  • Every operation is recorded

    Each change to the stack is written to an audit log with who did it and what happened.

Today: Scaling is done on request from the admin screen today; automatic scaling from load is on the roadmap. The operations engine runs on Docker Compose in production, and adapters for Kubernetes, AWS, Azure and Google Cloud are built and being proven on real clouds.

See the platform →

Regions, backup and recovery

Keep data where it belongs, and be able to get it back.

Place each company in a region, back it up on a schedule, and prove the backup restores before you need it.

  • 2

    regions proven in replica testing

  • 1

    command to roll a release back

  • Multi-region by design

    Every company has a home region, and the platform resolves where its data and traffic belong.

  • Data residency rules

    Residency is enforced, and files and audit events record the region they belong to.

  • Regional read replicas

    Reads can be served from a replica in the company’s own region, falling back safely if one is unhealthy.

  • Backups per company

    Scheduled backups for each company, with history and on-demand backups for administrators.

  • Restore tested, not assumed

    Run a restore-and-verify on a backup to prove it works, and see disaster-recovery readiness at a glance.

  • Roll back a release

    Before every release the running version and the databases are backed up, and one command puts them back.

Today: Regional replicas and routing are built and were proven with two regions in testing. Automatic failover to another region, and a second region for application servers, are not built yet.

Read about regions and security →

Security

Built to be trusted with your business.

Security and control are part of the platform, not add-ons.

  • 11

    single sign-on providers

  • 1

    database per company

  • Field

    level access control

  • Your data stays yours

    Every company’s data is kept in its own database, and the isolation is enforced at the connection layer.

  • Access down to the field

    Roles, permission sets and access policies decide who can see and change what, down to a single field, and what is hidden never leaves the server.

  • A record of every change

    An audit trail shows who changed what and when, for records and settings, with a permission audit on top.

  • Secrets and keys

    Credentials are encrypted, never shown on screens or in logs, and keys can be rotated.

  • Rate limits per company

    API calls are limited per company, so one busy tenant cannot starve the others.

  • Sign-in policy and sessions

    Single sign-on, password policy, session control and a record of where each login came from.

Explore security →

Your data

Your data stays yours, and stays organised.

Every company has a database of its own, every application keeps its information separate, and a growing business can give an application its own database or server.

  • 1

    database for every company

  • 1

    separate space for every application

  • 3

    ways to place an application’s data

  • A database for every company

    Every company’s records are kept in a database of their own, so one company’s data is never mixed with another’s, and each company is backed up on its own.

  • Every application kept separate

    HR, Sales, Finance and every plugin keep their information in a space of their own, so adding or updating one never disturbs another.

  • A database of its own

    When you need stronger separation, give an application its own database, with its own access, backup and restore.

  • A server of its own

    Or give it a server of its own, for dedicated capacity and recovery, or to host it wherever you choose.

  • A guided move, with a safety check first

    A checklist tells you whether it is a good moment to give an application its own process or database. Each company is then copied, compared with the original, and only switched when everything matches. You can pause and resume, and move any company back.

  • Applications work together

    Applications share information through well-defined interfaces, so each one can grow, update or move on its own.

How companies are kept apart →

One platform

One consistent platform under every application.

People, roles, files, workflows and audit work the same way in every application, so each one is quicker to build and familiar to use.

  • 14

    shared platform services

  • 1

    consistent interface for every application

  • Always

    separated by company

  • One consistent foundation

    Users, roles, attachments, files, documents, workflows, audit, forms, jobs, shared data and display formats work the same way in every application.

  • Known from the moment you sign in

    Every application already knows who you are and which company you belong to, with no extra steps.

  • Fast, and always separate

    Frequently used information is kept close for speed, and is always kept apart for each company.

  • Backed up on a schedule

    Each company’s data is backed up regularly, recent backups are kept, and restores are checked against the original.

  • Built to grow

    Applications use the platform through a stable interface, so the platform can scale, or run on servers of its own, without changing them.

  • Try integrations in a demo

    Sample partner services let you see a real integration working in a demonstration before you connect your own systems.

Explore the platform →

Time zones and locale

Everyone sees the right date, time and number.

One record of what happened, shown the way each person expects it: their time zone, their date order, their number marks. An administrator sets the company’s defaults once.

  • Any

    time zone

  • 4

    levels of settings: you, your country, your company, default

  • 28

    countries with built-in conventions

  • One true time

    Every moment is recorded once and shown in each person’s own time zone, so a punch, a payment or an approval means the same thing wherever it is read.

  • Dates that never shift

    A birthday, a due date or a joining date stays the same calendar date for everyone, and never moves by a day when someone in another time zone opens it.

  • The company’s own clock

    “Today”, cut-offs, shifts and attendance days follow the company’s time zone, and each location can have a time zone of its own.

  • Your settings come first

    Each person sets their language, time zone, date format and number format on their Preferences page, and an administrator can lock what the company wants fixed.

  • Country conventions

    A person’s country fills in what they left empty: date order, 12 or 24-hour clock, decimal and digit grouping (12,34,567 in India, 1.234.567,50 in Germany), currency and the first day of the week.

  • Emails and notifications too

    Dates and amounts in emails and notifications are written for the person who reads them.

Countries and localization →

Global ERP. Local rules.

Country packs add the local tax, payroll and statutory rules, so one system can serve every country you operate in.

Country Packs cover tax, payroll, compliance, statutory reporting and localization out of the box. View All Countries →

How Spark ERP compares with the best-known ERP products.

Five widely used products, six things buyers ask about. Where our research could not confirm a point, the cell says so.

Where it runs

  • Spark ERP

    ✓Cloud, private cloud, self-hosted or hybrid

  • SAP S/4HANA

    ✓Public cloud, private cloud or on-premise

  • Oracle NetSuite

    ?Not confirmed in our research

  • Microsoft Dynamics 365

    ◐Cloud with continuous updates

  • Odoo

    ✓Self-hosted (free Community) or Odoo.sh cloud

  • Workday

    ◐Cloud only

How you buy it

  • Spark ERP

    ◐Quote-based, by size and applications used

  • SAP S/4HANA

    ✕Quote-only, no published prices

  • Oracle NetSuite

    ◐Base fee plus per-user licences and modules, by quote

  • Microsoft Dynamics 365

    ◐Per-user licences by product

  • Odoo

    ✓Free Community core, published per-user prices for Enterprise

  • Workday

    ?Not confirmed in our research

Who it is built for

  • Spark ERP

    ✓All sizes: start small and add applications as you grow

  • SAP S/4HANA

    ◐Large enterprises

  • Oracle NetSuite

    ◐Mid-sized businesses

  • Microsoft Dynamics 365

    ◐Small to large, strongest where Microsoft tools are already used

  • Odoo

    ✓Small and mid-sized businesses, used at all sizes

  • Workday

    ◐Large organisations, from about 1,000 employees

How you change it

  • Spark ERP

    ✓No-code Studio for screens, rules and workflows, plus a plugin runtime for code

  • SAP S/4HANA

    ✕Mostly code and configuration (ABAP and platform extensions)

  • Oracle NetSuite

    ◐Point-and-click builders plus JavaScript scripting, often with consultants

  • Microsoft Dynamics 365

    ◐Power Platform for low-code; deep changes through certified partners

  • Odoo

    ✓Open-source code you can modify, plus a no-code Studio in Enterprise

  • Workday

    ◐Flexible rules and validations; workflows can be rigid for exceptions

Built-in AI

  • Spark ERP

    ✓AI assistant and agents inside the workflow and permission engines, with the rule shown

  • SAP S/4HANA

    ◐Joule, priced separately as AI units

  • Oracle NetSuite

    ?Positioned as an AI-powered platform; details not confirmed

  • Microsoft Dynamics 365

    ◐Copilot and embedded agents in the 2026 releases

  • Odoo

    ✓AI agents with defined roles, included in paid tiers

  • Workday

    ◐Intelligent agents for routine tasks

What it covers

  • Spark ERP

    ✓21 applications: finance, HR, sales, supply chain, manufacturing and more, on one data model

  • SAP S/4HANA

    ✓Finance, supply chain, manufacturing and more

  • Oracle NetSuite

    ✓Financials, inventory, orders, procurement, warehouse and more

  • Microsoft Dynamics 365

    ✓Finance, supply chain and more, with Business Central for smaller firms

  • Odoo

    ✓CRM, accounting, inventory, HR, POS, projects and more

  • Workday

    ◐Financials, HR, planning and spend; no supply chain, manufacturing or inventory

Competitor details come from third-party review and analyst research gathered in October 2026, not from the vendors’ own pages. Products change often, so confirm current details with each vendor. Spark ERP’s own column describes what the product does today.

Read the full comparison →

For developers and implementation partners

Develop an API in minutes. Deploy it in one command.

Scaffold a runnable service or screen, build your logic, and publish it. Everything you publish is versioned, validated before it is accepted, and rolled out to every company that has it.

  1. 1

    Scaffold

    Generate a starter in Python (FastAPI), Node.js, Go or Java, or a front-end screen in React, Vue or TypeScript. From the command line or from your AI assistant.

  2. 2

    Build

    Add your endpoints and logic. Describe your data and screens as configuration, and call the same documented API that the product uses.

  3. 3

    Publish

    One command packages, validates and uploads it. A bad definition is refused before it reaches a customer.

terminal
# sign in once$ erp login# package, check and publish your plugin$ erp plugin publish ./acme-inventory-sync# see what is installed$ erp plugin list
Python · FastAPINode.js · ExpressGoJavaReactVueAngularTypeScriptREST APIWebhooks

From sign-up to a working system in three steps.

No installation and no consultant needed to begin.

  1. 1

    Sign up free

    Create your company workspace in a couple of minutes.

  2. 2

    Pick your applications

    Switch on finance, people, sales, inventory or any of the others, and bring your data in.

  3. 3

    Make it yours

    Change screens, rules and approvals in Studio, or let the AI builder draft them for you.

Questions, answered.

What is Spark ERP?

Spark ERP is a modular, AI-native enterprise platform that runs finance, sales, operations, supply chain, people and more on one connected system. It is developed by GlobalSpark. Read more →

Who develops Spark ERP?

Spark ERP is developed by GlobalSpark (https://globalsoftx.com). The product site is https://sparkerp.globalsoftx.com, the developer documentation is at https://docs.sparkerp.globalsoftx.com and the application runs at https://app.sparkerp.globalsoftx.com. Read more →

What modules and applications does Spark ERP provide?

Spark ERP is modular. Its applications are Finance, Procurement, Sales & CRM, Inventory & Warehouse, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality, Maintenance & Asset Management, HCM, Project Management, Service Management, Expense & Travel, Legal & Contracts, Risk & Compliance, EHS, POS, Retail, E-Commerce, Analytics & BI, AI Platform and Industry Solutions. You adopt the ones you need and add others later on the same platform. Read more →

What is Spark HCM?

Spark HCM is the human capital management application of Spark ERP. It has 20 modules: Recruitment, Payroll, Performance Management, Leave & Attendance, Talent Management, Learning & Development, Compensation & Benefits, Onboarding, Employee Experience, Analytics & AI Intelligence, Employee Assets, HR Communications, Expenses & Travel, Health & Safety, Employee Relations, Workforce Planning, Country Packs, HCM Admin Console, Helpdesk, Timesheets & Shift Scheduling and IT & Software Industry Pack. Read more →

Does Spark ERP include CRM?

Yes. Sales and CRM is one of the Spark ERP applications, sharing customer and order data with finance and fulfilment in the same system. Read more →

Does Spark ERP support multi-tenancy?

Yes. Spark ERP is a multi-tenant platform: each organization runs as a tenant with its own data and configuration, isolated from other tenants. Read more →

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