Exact Globe Next support ends 2027: Globe+, Exact Online or ERPNext for wholesale and manufacturing SMBs
Short answer
Exact’s own notice on moving to Globe+ says the last full service pack for Exact Globe Next was delivered in March 2026, and that Globe Next will be supported by Exact’s support department until the end of 2027, except for payroll and e-invoicing (checked Nov 13, 2026). New functionality and legal requirements, including extended Peppol invoice receiving in Belgium and the Netherlands, are developed only in Globe+. You have three realistic options. Globe+ is Exact’s successor and the least disruptive move: Exact describes a migration that updates your software and your contract, but warns that third-party add-ons need attention because Globe+ uses completely new technology. Exact Online is Exact’s cloud product with published prices: Wholesale Distribution from $237 to $554 / £145 to £329 a month and Manufacturing from $422 to $739 / £251 to £435 a month, excluding VAT (official US and UK pages). ERPNext has no licence fee (GPL-3.0), with Frappe Cloud hosting from $5 a month for a site and $40 for a server. Our view: Globe+ for most Globe Next sites that are happy with Exact, Exact Online for simpler cloud-first SMBs, and ERPNext for wholesalers and manufacturers that have outgrown add-ons and want one open system they control.
Contents
- Who this guide is for
- What Exact says about Globe Next
- Three options compared
- Exact Online prices, from Exact’s own pages
- A four-test pilot for wholesalers and manufacturers
- Mapping Globe Next to ERPNext
- How a Globe Next to ERPNext migration runs
- A plan that finishes before the end of 2027
- Questions to ask before you choose
- Best for, and wrong choice when
- Frequently asked questions
Who this guide is for
This guide is for owners, finance managers and IT leads at small and mid-sized wholesale, distribution and manufacturing companies in the Netherlands, Belgium and the UK that run Exact Globe Next. You probably have a partner who has mentioned Globe+, and you may be wondering whether this is the moment to move to the cloud, or to leave Exact altogether.
We build and support ERPNext, so we are not neutral, but we will be clear about where each Exact option is the better choice. For many Globe Next sites, the honest answer is Globe+.
It is part of our series on legacy ERP deadlines; the legacy ERP end-of-support hub lists every vendor date we have confirmed. If part of your group runs Microsoft Dynamics NAV, see our NAV 2018 to ERPNext migration plan.
Sources: the Exact notice on moving to Globe+ (Dutch) for Globe Next support and the move to Globe+; the Exact Globe+ product page (UK); the Exact Online prices page (US) and Exact Online prices page (UK) for Exact Online prices; the Frappe Cloud pricing page, ERPNext repository on GitHub, ERPNext Data Import documentation, ERPNext opening balance documentation, ERPNext multi-currency accounting documentation, ERPNext Pick List documentation, ERPNext Pricing Rule documentation and ERPNext Landed Cost Voucher documentation for ERPNext. All checked on Nov 13, 2026.
What we do not do here
We do not estimate Globe+ subscription prices, which we did not find published, or implementation costs for any option. Exact Online prices below are Exact’s own published ranges. Everything else needs a written quote on your scope.
What Exact says about Globe Next
Exact’s notice is in Dutch. Here is what it says, in our translation, point by point:
| Topic | What Exact states |
|---|---|
| Last full service pack | Delivered in March 2026 |
| Payroll | An additional service pack for the Dutch payroll update in summer 2026 |
| New functionality and legal requirements | Developed only in Globe+, for example extended Peppol invoice receiving in Belgium and the Netherlands, KSeF in Poland and VERI*FACTU in Spain |
| Support | Globe Next supported by Exact’s support department until the end of 2027, except payroll and e-invoicing |
| Technology | Globe+ uses completely new technology; check third-party solutions with their suppliers before moving |
| Running side by side | Globe+ and Globe Next cannot be used side by side; Globe Next must be uninstalled |
| Migration process | Two phases: update the software packages, then update the contract and subscription. Eligible customers receive an email |
What this means in practice:
- Globe Next is not switched off at the end of 2027, but support ends then, and payroll and e-invoicing are already outside that support.
- If you need Peppol e-invoicing or other new legal features, Exact will only build them in Globe+. For Belgian and Dutch companies with e-invoicing obligations, that is the most pressing point in the notice.
- Your add-ons and integrations are the real risk in any move, including the move to Globe+.
Three options compared
| Factor | Exact Globe+ | Exact Online | ERPNext |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | Exact’s successor to Globe Next; installed with SQL Server, standalone or network | Exact’s cloud ERP, sold as packages per industry | Open-source ERP (GPL-3.0); Frappe Cloud or self-hosted |
| Move from Globe Next | Exact-designed migration: update software, then contract | A migration to a different product | A designed data migration |
| Published price | Not found; ask your partner or account manager | Yes, ranges by package (see below) | No licence fee; Frappe Cloud hosting from $5 / $40 a month |
| New e-invoicing and legal features | Yes, this is where Exact builds them | Check per country with Exact | Test per country; may need an app or integration |
| Third-party add-ons | Need checking: new technology | Exact App Store and partner apps | ERPNext features, apps or custom builds |
| Countries | Exact says over 40 countries as standard, with local laws, languages, currencies and banking formats | Per local Exact site | Multi-company and multi-currency; localisation varies by country |
Where Globe+ wins
- You are broadly happy with Exact and your partner, and Globe Next does what you need.
- You need Exact-maintained Dutch or Belgian legal features, including payroll and Peppol e-invoicing, without building or buying your own.
- You want the least disruption: same vendor, same concepts, a migration Exact designed.
Where Exact Online wins
- You are a smaller wholesaler or manufacturer with standard processes, ready to work in the cloud, and want published monthly pricing.
- You want Exact’s cloud ecosystem and do not need on-premises control.
Where ERPNext wins
- You have outgrown Globe Next through add-ons and customisations, and moving them to Globe+’s new technology is a project anyway.
- You want one system for wholesale and manufacturing with no per-user or per-package licence, and full access to the code and data.
- You operate across several countries and want one multi-company, multi-currency system you control.
- You need specific workflows that are easier to build in an open framework than to buy as an add-on.
Exact Online prices, from Exact’s own pages
Exact publishes Exact Online prices on its US and UK sites. Checked Nov 13, 2026, all per month and excluding VAT:
| Exact Online package | US (USD per month) | UK (GBP per month) |
|---|---|---|
| Exact for Accounting | $25 – $38 | £25 – £38 |
| Exact for Wholesale Distribution | $237 – $554 | £145 – £329 |
| Exact for Manufacturing | $422 – $739 | £251 – £435 |
| Exact for Project Management | $316 – $369 | £184 – £237 |
| Exact for Time & Billing | $158 | £91 |
Two cautions. First, these pages show ranges by package and do not state how many users or administrations each price includes, so ask Exact before you compare them with anything. Second, Exact’s Dutch and Belgian sites price in euros with their own editions; we show only the official US and UK pages here. Benelux readers should check their local Exact page or ask their partner.
ERPNext, for comparison:
Frappe Cloud publishes USD prices: site plans from $5 a month (about £3.76) and servers from $40 a month (about £30.12), checked on Nov 13, 2026. The GBP figures are indicative conversions, not Frappe prices.
Indicative GBP conversions use the Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS) of US$1.3282 per £1 for 11 Nov 2026, the latest published figure when we checked on Nov 13, 2026. They are not official UK prices: the vendor does not publish a GBP list price for these items, and your invoice currency, rate and VAT treatment may differ. (This note applies only to the ERPNext figures. The Exact Online GBP prices above are Exact’s own UK prices, not conversions.)
Hosting is only part of the picture. Every option has implementation, support and your own staff time on top, and those usually decide the business case.
A four-test pilot for wholesalers and manufacturers
Before you commit to ERPNext, prove it on your own data. These are the four tests we run with Globe Next wholesalers and manufacturers. Each one maps to a day-to-day job that, if it fails, people notice within a week of go-live.
Test 1: order to cash
- Enter a week of real sales orders, including customer-specific prices and discounts rebuilt as pricing rules (see the ERPNext Pricing Rule documentation).
- Pick, deliver and invoice them, with partial deliveries and back orders.
- Send the invoices through the e-invoicing route you plan to use, and confirm the customer can receive them.
Test 2: purchase to stock
- Raise purchase orders from reorder levels or material requests, receive them, and book supplier invoices.
- Apply freight and duty with a landed cost voucher where you import goods (see the ERPNext Landed Cost Voucher documentation), and check the resulting stock value.
- Receive batch or serial tracked items and trace them to a customer delivery.
Test 3: production (manufacturers)
- Load active bills of materials bottom-up and run work orders for one product family.
- Compare the resulting cost price with Globe Next and explain the differences.
Test 4: finance
- Close a pilot month and reconcile debtors, creditors, stock and the general ledger.
- Run a VAT return for each country in scope, and the UK Making Tax Digital route if it applies to you.
How to read the result
If e-invoicing or VAT cannot be made to work in the pilot, stop. Globe+ is the safer choice in that case, because Exact builds those features itself.
Mapping Globe Next to ERPNext
Here is how the main Globe Next areas a wholesaler or manufacturer uses map to ERPNext.
| Exact Globe Next | ERPNext | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Administrations (companies) | Companies in one site | Inter-company via inter-company documents; decide which administrations are still live |
| General ledger accounts and cost centres | Chart of Accounts, Cost Centers, Accounting Dimensions | Rebuild the structure; keep account numbers if finance wants them |
| VAT codes | Item and Sales / Purchase Tax templates | Test every VAT scenario, including EU cross-border and reverse charge |
| Debtors and creditors | Customer and Supplier, with Contacts and Addresses | Clean duplicates first |
| Items, assortments and units | Item, Item Group, UOM conversions, Item Variants | Check units and variant attributes |
| Warehouses and locations | Warehouses (nested) | Pick processes use Pick Lists |
| Price lists and discounts | Price Lists and Pricing Rules | Rebuild rules; test customer-specific prices |
| Sales orders, deliveries, invoices | Sales Order, Delivery Note, Sales Invoice | Migrate open orders only |
| Purchase orders and receipts | Purchase Order, Purchase Receipt, Purchase Invoice | Include landed costs where you use them |
| Batch and serial numbers | Batch and Serial No | Migrate live batches with quantities |
| Bills of materials and production orders (Manufacturing) | Bill of Materials, Work Order, Job Card | Load active BOMs bottom-up |
| Foreign currencies | Multi-currency accounting | Set currency per customer and supplier where needed |
| Payroll (Salaris) | Out of scope here | Many firms keep payroll in a dedicated payroll service |
E-invoicing and local compliance: test it, do not assume it
This is the most important point for Benelux companies. Exact says new e-invoicing features, such as extended Peppol receiving in Belgium and the Netherlands, will be built only in Globe+. If you choose ERPNext, treat Peppol sending and receiving, VAT returns and any country-specific reporting as pilot requirements. Either confirm a working route, such as a maintained app or an integration with a Peppol access point provider, or do not go live. In the UK, the same applies to your VAT return and Making Tax Digital submission route.
How a Globe Next to ERPNext migration runs
There is no Exact-published or Frappe-published Globe-to-ERPNext tool that we know of. The migration is designed:
- Extract masters and open items from Globe Next’s SQL Server database or Exact’s own export functions.
- Transform to ERPNext structures: administrations to companies, VAT codes to tax templates, cost centres to cost centres and dimensions, price agreements to pricing rules.
- Load masters with ERPNext’s Data Import using CSV or Excel templates; it can insert or update records.
- Opening balances against a temporary opening account, as the ERPNext opening balance documentation describes. Open debtors and creditors as opening invoices; stock through stock reconciliation by warehouse and batch.
History: migrate masters, open documents, opening balances and monthly G/L balances for two or three prior years. Keep Globe Next available read-only for older history for as long as your record-keeping rules require. Because Exact says Globe+ and Globe Next cannot run side by side on the same installation, if you are taking Globe+ for part of the business and ERPNext for another, plan where the read-only archive lives.
A plan that finishes before the end of 2027
| Phase | When | Work | Done when |
|---|---|---|---|
| Decide | Dec 2026 to Feb 2027 | Inventory administrations, add-ons, integrations and e-invoicing needs; request Globe+ and Exact Online proposals; scope an ERPNext pilot | A written comparison on the same scope |
| Pilot | Mar to May 2027 | Load one administration’s items, customers, suppliers, stock and open orders into ERPNext; run a month-end and a VAT return test; test e-invoicing | Finance and operations sign off the pilot month |
| Build | Jun to Sep 2027 | Configuration, integrations, e-invoicing route, reports, training | User acceptance testing signed off |
| Dress rehearsals | Oct to Nov 2027 | Two full trial migrations with reconciliation of stock, debtors, creditors and G/L | Balances match Globe Next |
| Cutover | Period start, ideally Jan 1, 2028 or earlier | Close the period in Globe Next, load openings, go live | First month and first VAT period closed in ERPNext |
These are our planning ranges for a wholesale or manufacturing SMB, not a promise. If you need Peppol e-invoicing before the end of 2027, the e-invoicing route has to be solved in the pilot, not at the end. Payroll and e-invoicing are already outside Exact’s Globe Next support.
Questions to ask before you choose
Ask Exact or your Exact partner
- What does Globe+ cost for our users and modules, per year, in writing?
- Which of our third-party add-ons and integrations work on Globe+, and who confirms it?
- Which Peppol and e-invoicing features do we get in Globe+, and when?
- If we consider Exact Online, how many users and administrations does each price include, and what is not available compared with Globe Next?
Ask an ERPNext partner
- How will we send and receive Peppol invoices, and file VAT returns, in each country we operate in?
- Which Globe Next add-ons become standard ERPNext features, apps or custom builds?
- How many trial migrations are included, and what counts as a pass?
- Frappe Cloud or self-hosted, which region, and how are backups and upgrades handled?
Best for, and wrong choice when
Globe+ is the right move when
You are happy with Exact, need Exact-maintained Dutch or Belgian payroll and e-invoicing, and want the least disruptive route. For many Globe Next sites this is the right answer.
Exact Online is the right move when
You are a smaller wholesaler or manufacturer with standard processes, ready for the cloud, and the published package prices fit your user count once Exact confirms what they include.
ERPNext is the right move when
You are a Benelux or UK wholesale or manufacturing SMB that has outgrown add-ons, wants one open system with no licence fee, and will fund a pilot that proves e-invoicing and VAT before go-live.
ERPNext is the wrong choice when
You need Peppol e-invoicing working within weeks and have no route for it yet, you rely on Exact payroll, or you cannot spare finance staff for a pilot and two dress rehearsals.
Frequently asked questions
When does Exact Globe Next support end?
Exact’s notice says Globe Next is supported by its support department until the end of 2027, except payroll and e-invoicing. The last full service pack was delivered in March 2026 (checked Nov 13, 2026).
What is Exact Globe+?
Exact’s successor to Globe Next. Exact says it uses completely new technology, cannot run side by side with Globe Next, and is where new functionality and legal requirements such as Peppol e-invoicing are developed.
How much does Exact Online cost?
Exact’s UK page lists Wholesale Distribution at £145 to £329 and Manufacturing at £251 to £435 a month; the US page lists $237 to $554 and $422 to $739 a month, all excluding VAT (checked Nov 13, 2026). Ask Exact how many users each price includes.
How much does Globe+ cost?
We did not find a published Globe+ price. Exact’s notice directs customers to their Exact partner or account manager.
Can ERPNext handle Peppol e-invoicing?
Treat it as a pilot requirement. Confirm a working route, such as a maintained app or an integration with a Peppol access point provider, for each country before you commit.
How much does ERPNext cost?
ERPNext has no licence fee under GPL-3.0. Frappe Cloud lists sites from $5 a month and servers from $40 a month (USD, checked Nov 13, 2026). Implementation and support are extra.
Is there a Globe Next to ERPNext migration tool?
Not one published by Exact or Frappe that we know of. Extract from Globe Next, transform, and load with ERPNext Data Import, with at least two dress rehearsals.