Legacy ERP end of support, 2026 to 2031: every vendor deadline, and when Frappe/ERPNext is the right replacement
Short answer
Several widely used ERP systems lose vendor support between now and 2031. The dates we confirmed on vendor pages, checked Nov 11, 2026: Epicor BisTrack UK 3.9 leaves Active Support after Dec 31, 2026. Dynamics NAV 2017 extended support ends in January 2027, and NAV 2018 in January 2028. Exact Globe Next is supported until the end of 2027. SAP ECC 6.0 (the latest three enhancement packages) has mainstream maintenance until the end of 2027, with optional extended maintenance to the end of 2030. IFS Applications 10 extended support ends Mar 27, 2028, and Dynamics SL 2018 support ends Jul 11, 2028. Epicor’s on-premises Prophet 21 and Kinetic releases leave Active Support after Jun 30, 2029 and Dec 31, 2029. Dynamics GP support ends Dec 31, 2029, with security patches until Apr 30, 2031. Many other systems are already past their dates. A third group has no vendor-published date at all, and we list those without one. Our verdict in one line: ERPNext is a strong replacement for small and mid-sized finance, distribution and discrete manufacturing businesses (roughly 20 to 500 users) leaving Microsoft, Epicor, Exact, Infor and older on-premises ERPs. It is a two-tier option for subsidiaries of SAP and Oracle groups, and the wrong answer for large, heavily regulated or deeply customised enterprise estates.
Contents
How to use this page
This page is the hub for our Frappe vs legacy ERP series. It does three things: lists the end-of-support dates vendors have actually published, gives our view on whether ERPNext (the open-source ERP built on the Frappe framework) is a sensible replacement for each, and links to the detailed guide where one exists. The first detailed guide is Dynamics GP to ERPNext; the others are in progress and marked “coming soon”.
Our rule for dates is strict. A date appears only if we confirmed it on the vendor’s own lifecycle page, policy document or official announcement, linked in the Source column and checked on Nov 11, 2026. Where the only sources are partners or third parties, we describe the status and give no date. Vendors change dates; Microsoft moved GP from September 30 to December 31, 2029, for example. So check the source link for your exact version before you plan.
A note on Microsoft’s fixed-lifecycle dates
Microsoft’s product lifecycle pages for NAV, Business Central on-premises and RMS give end dates as timestamps. We show those as month and year (for example, “January 2027”) to avoid an off-by-one-day error. Where Microsoft states a full date in words, such as for GP, SL and AX, we give the full date.
Deadlines still ahead (Nov 2026 to 2031)
Sorted by the soonest official date. “Checked on” is the date we read the vendor source.
| System | Official status and date | Source | Checked on | Is ERPNext the replacement? | Guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epicor BisTrack UK 3.9 (2017) | Active Support through Dec 31, 2026; Sustaining Support from Jan 1, 2027 | Epicor press release, Jan 6, 2026 | Nov 11, 2026 | Possibly, for smaller UK builders merchants; test trade counter, branch stock and delivery first. Epicor’s cloud path is the incumbent option | Guide coming soon |
| Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017 | Extended support ends January 2027 | Microsoft Lifecycle: Dynamics NAV 2017 | Nov 11, 2026 | Often yes for UK and EU SMB distribution and manufacturing; C/AL customisations need rebuilding on either path | Guide coming soon |
| Deltek Vision 7.6 (Deltek Cloud) | Moved to Sustaining Support in January 2026; Deltek Cloud access to Vision winds down in Q1 2027 | Deltek Vantagepoint upgrade FAQ (PDF) | Nov 11, 2026 | Only if ERPNext Projects covers your project accounting and billing; Deltek says the Vantagepoint upgrade is the supported path. Be honest about where Vantagepoint wins | Guide coming soon |
| Exact Globe Next | Supported until end of 2027, excluding payroll and e-invoicing; March 2026 was the last full service pack; Globe+ is the successor | Exact notice on moving to Globe+ (Dutch) | Nov 11, 2026 | A real option for wholesale and manufacturing SMBs weighing Globe+ or Exact Online; check Benelux e-invoicing needs | Guide coming soon |
| SAP ECC 6.0, latest three enhancement packages (Business Suite 7) | Mainstream maintenance until end of 2027; optional extended maintenance to end of 2030 at a two-point premium; customer-specific maintenance otherwise | SAP Business Suite 7 maintenance page | Nov 11, 2026 | For subsidiaries and 100 to 1,000 person manufacturers in a two-tier model, sometimes; not as a replacement for a group-wide SAP core | Guide coming soon |
| SAP Business All-in-One | Core applications follow Business Suite 7: mainstream to end of 2027, optional extended to end of 2030 | SAP Business Suite 7 maintenance page | Nov 11, 2026 | Often worth pricing for smaller SAP estates where S/4HANA is oversized | Guide coming soon |
| Microsoft Dynamics GP 2018 / 2018 R2 (Fixed Lifecycle, not updated to 18.5+) | Extended support ends January 11, 2028; installing any tax release or hotfix moves you to Modern Lifecycle | Microsoft’s Dynamics GP lifecycle page | Nov 11, 2026 | See GP below | Read the GP guide |
| Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018 | Extended support ends January 2028 | Microsoft Lifecycle: Dynamics NAV 2018 | Nov 11, 2026 | Often yes for 10 to 150 user manufacturers; items, BOMs, production orders and dimensions map well | Guide coming soon |
| IFS Applications 10 | Standard Support ended Mar 27, 2025; Extended Support ends Mar 27, 2028; Restricted Support beyond | IFS Global Support Policy (PDF) | Nov 11, 2026 | Sometimes, for project-based or asset-light manufacturers at the smaller end; IFS Cloud fits asset-intensive operations better | Guide coming soon |
| Microsoft Dynamics SL 2018 | End of Extended Support Jul 11, 2028 (mainstream ended Jan 9, 2024) | Microsoft Lifecycle FAQ for Dynamics | Nov 11, 2026 | Yes for many US project-based firms, if project costing and billing pass a pilot | Guide coming soon |
| Epicor BisTrack Desktop | Final release 2026.2 (tentatively Dec 2026); Active Support through Dec 31, 2028; Sustaining from Jan 1, 2029 | Epicor press release, Jan 6, 2026 | Nov 11, 2026 | As for BisTrack UK 3.9 | Guide coming soon |
| Epicor Prophet 21 on-premises | Final on-premises release 2028.1 (tentatively May 2028); Active Support through Jun 30, 2029; Sustaining from Jul 1, 2029 | Epicor press release, Jan 6, 2026 | Nov 11, 2026 | Possibly for US distributors who will not move to Epicor Cloud; pricing matrices, rebates and warehousing are the fit test | Guide coming soon |
| Epicor BisTrack Web Browser & API on-premises | Final release 2028.1 (tentatively Jul 2028); Active Support through Jun 30, 2029 | Epicor press release, Jan 6, 2026 | Nov 11, 2026 | As for BisTrack UK 3.9 | Guide coming soon |
| Microsoft Dynamics GP (Modern Lifecycle, 18.x) | Support ends Dec 31, 2029 (enhancements, tax updates, technical support); security updates if needed until Apr 30, 2031 | Microsoft’s Dynamics GP lifecycle page | Nov 11, 2026 | Yes for many 20 to 200 user sites with distribution or light manufacturing; Business Central is the lower-risk path when you want Microsoft’s migration tool | Read the GP guide |
| Epicor Kinetic on-premises | Final on-premises release 2028.1 (tentatively Jan 2028); Active Support through Dec 31, 2029; Sustaining from Jan 1, 2030 | Epicor press release, Jan 6, 2026 | Nov 11, 2026 | Possibly for 50 to 500 person job shops that need self-hosting; test scheduling and job costing | Guide coming soon |
Already past the vendor’s date
These systems are already in sustaining, restricted or no support. Many still run in production. The question is not “when” but “how much risk are you carrying”.
| System | Official status | Source | Checked on | Is ERPNext the replacement? | Guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tally.ERP 9 | From Aug 16, 2026, TSS renewal is discontinued for Tally.ERP 9 licences; the software keeps working; TallyPrime is the successor | Tally Solutions upgrade page | Nov 11, 2026 | For manufacturers and distributors that have outgrown accounting-only software, yes; for pure bookkeeping, TallyPrime is the simpler move | Guide coming soon |
| Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 | Extended support ended April 2026 | Microsoft Lifecycle: Dynamics NAV 2016 | Nov 11, 2026 | Often yes; Microsoft’s route is a stepped upgrade, ERPNext is a data migration | Guide coming soon |
| Business Central on-premises v14 (last C/AL release) | Fixed-policy support for version 14 ended October 2025 | Microsoft Lifecycle: Business Central on-premises (Fixed Policy) | Nov 11, 2026 | Worth pricing: both paths rebuild C/AL customisations | Guide coming soon |
| QuickBooks Desktop Pro Plus, Premier Plus, Mac Plus (US) | Not sold to new US subscribers after Sep 30, 2024; existing subscribers can renew; Enterprise unaffected | Intuit stop-sell article | Nov 11, 2026 | Yes for US product businesses outgrowing desktop accounting into inventory and manufacturing | Guide coming soon |
| SYSPRO 7 and SYSPRO 8 2018–2019 | SYSPRO 7 retired July 2023; SYSPRO 8 2018 and 2019 releases retired July 2024; 2020 to 2022 releases in the Legacy phase | SYSPRO Product Lifecycle (PDF, Sept 2025) | Nov 11, 2026 | Sometimes; compare honestly with upgrading to current SYSPRO | Guide coming soon |
| IFS Applications 9 and earlier | Extended Support ended Mar 27, 2023; Restricted Support beyond | IFS Global Support Policy (PDF) | Nov 11, 2026 | Worth pricing against a two-step IFS upgrade | Guide coming soon |
| Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3 | Extended support ended Jan 10, 2023 | Microsoft Lifecycle FAQ for Dynamics | Nov 11, 2026 | For mid-size manufacturers and distributors, sometimes; Dynamics 365 Finance and SCM fit larger, complex estates better | Guide coming soon |
| Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 SP1, AX 2012, AX 2012 R2 | Extended support ended Apr 12, 2022 | Microsoft Lifecycle FAQ for Dynamics | Nov 11, 2026 | As for AX 2012 R3 | Guide coming soon |
| JD Edwards World A9.4 | Premier Support ended Apr 2022; Extended Support ended Apr 2025; Sustaining Support indefinite | Oracle Lifetime Support Policy for Applications (PDF, effective Aug 7, 2026) | Nov 11, 2026 | For IBM i distributors leaving the platform, a realistic option; EnterpriseOne 9.2 is Oracle’s path | Guide coming soon |
| Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1 | Premier Support ended Dec 2021; Sustaining Support indefinite; 12.2 Premier Support through at least Dec 2037 | Oracle Lifetime Support Policy for Applications (PDF, effective Aug 7, 2026) | Nov 11, 2026 | For subsidiaries and small divisions in a two-tier model; not for a group-wide EBS core | Guide coming soon |
| Microsoft Dynamics RMS 2.0 | Extended support ended July 2021 | Microsoft Lifecycle: Dynamics RMS 2.0 | Nov 11, 2026 | Yes for independent retailers and small chains, with ERPNext POS; test multi-store stock | Guide coming soon |
| JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 9.1 and 9.0 | 9.1: Premier ended Mar 2017, Extended Mar 2020. 9.0: Premier ended Nov 2015, Extended Nov 2018. Sustaining indefinite; 9.2 Premier through at least Dec 2037 | Oracle Lifetime Support Policy for Applications (PDF, effective Aug 7, 2026) | Nov 11, 2026 | Price an upgrade to 9.2 against ERPNext; both are significant projects | Guide coming soon |
| PeopleSoft Financials and SCM 9.1 | Premier ended Nov 2014; Extended ended Jan 2018; Sustaining indefinite; 9.2 on Continuous Innovation | Oracle Lifetime Support Policy for Applications (PDF, effective Aug 7, 2026) | Nov 11, 2026 | Only for finance and procurement in smaller public bodies or colleges, with fit limits stated plainly | Guide coming soon |
| Oracle E-Business Suite 11i (11.5.10) | Premier ended Nov 2010; Extended ended Nov 2013; Sustaining indefinite | Oracle Lifetime Support Policy for Applications (PDF, effective Aug 7, 2026) | Nov 11, 2026 | Yes for retiring a small 11i subsidiary: archive history, migrate open items and masters | Guide coming soon |
Status known, but no vendor-published date
For these systems we found no end-of-support date on a vendor page we could read. Partner and third-party sources make claims, which we do not repeat as dates. If you run one of these, ask your vendor for the lifecycle notice in writing.
| System | What we can say | Source we checked | Is ERPNext the replacement? | Guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAP ECC 6.0 on enhancement packages 0 to 5 | SAP’s end-of-2027 mainstream commitment covers the latest three enhancement packages; earlier packs are outside it. We did not confirm their date on a public SAP page | SAP Business Suite 7 maintenance page | As for ECC above | Guide coming soon |
| SAP R/3 4.x (before ERP 6.0) | Long out of mainstream maintenance; SAP’s maintenance strategy pages need a sign-in for detail | SAP maintenance strategy (sign-in) | Yes for retiring an old subsidiary system | Guide coming soon |
| Infor XA (MAPICS) 9.2 | Partners report an end of maintenance; no Infor notice found | Partner sources only | Often, for IBM i discrete manufacturers leaving the platform | Guide coming soon |
| Infor VISUAL 8 and earlier | Infor’s lifecycle policy is republished by partners; not confirmed on an Infor page | Partner-hosted Infor PDF | Often, for 20 to 200 person job shops | Guide coming soon |
| Infor SyteLine 7 to 9 on-premises | Sustaining status per third parties; CloudSuite Industrial is current | Third-party sources only | Sometimes, for mid-size discrete manufacturers | Guide coming soon |
| Infor LX (BPCS) | Partners report past extended maintenance | Partner sources only | Often, for IBM i manufacturers | Guide coming soon |
| Baan IV and Baan 5; Infor LN 10.3 and FP releases | Infor’s LN lifecycle policy is republished by partners; not confirmed on an Infor page | Partner-hosted Infor PDF | Sometimes; engineer-to-order complexity is the fit test | Guide coming soon |
| Infor System21 (Aurora), Infor M3 13.x on-premises, Infor SX.e on-premises | Partners describe out-of-mainstream or cloud-transition status; no public Infor date found | Partner sources only | Varies: often for UK food and distribution (System21) and US distributors (SX.e); process manufacturing (M3) needs careful testing | Guide coming soon |
| Epicor ERP 10 and 9.05; Epicor Vantage and Vista | Sustaining status per partner sources; not confirmed on an Epicor page we could read | Partner sources only | Often worth pricing; upgrade to Kinetic is close to a reimplementation either way | Guide coming soon |
| Acumatica retired releases | Acumatica’s support agreement says retired versions are not supported, per its Product Support Lifecycle Policy on the support portal | Acumatica Support Subscription Agreement (July 2026) | For 50 to 500 user distributors on old releases, price an upgrade against ERPNext | Guide coming soon |
| QAD MFG/PRO and Standard Edition | QAD describes MFG/PRO as 1984 to 2007, succeeded by QAD Enterprise Applications (now Adaptive ERP); no end date given | QAD’s MFG/PRO history page | For single-plant manufacturers, sometimes; regulated-industry gaps must be tested | Guide coming soon |
| ECI Macola; JobBOSS classic; E2 Shop System | No end-of-life notice found on vendor pages; frame any move as future-proofing, not a deadline | Third-party sources only | Often for US job shops and small manufacturers | Guide coming soon |
When ERPNext is the right replacement
ERPNext is a full ERP in one open-source codebase: accounting, buying, selling, stock, manufacturing, projects, assets, quality and a POS, built on the Frappe framework. It is licensed under GPL-3.0 (see the ERPNext repository on GitHub), so there is no per-user licence fee. In our experience it is the right replacement when most of these are true:
- You have roughly 20 to 500 users, and per-user licences on the vendor’s successor product would be a large recurring cost.
- Your processes are mainstream finance, distribution or discrete manufacturing, rather than deep industry-specific functions such as complex process manufacturing or engineer-to-order at scale.
- You want to self-host or choose your hosting region, or at least not be locked into one vendor’s cloud.
- You are willing to rebuild customisations as clean apps instead of carrying them forward, which you would have to do on most vendor upgrade paths too.
- You can give finance and operations staff time for a pilot and dress rehearsals.
When it is not
- Large, multi-national estates with a group-wide SAP or Oracle core. ERPNext can serve a subsidiary in a two-tier model, but it is not a like-for-like replacement for the core.
- Heavily regulated operations where the incumbent has validated, industry-specific functions you would have to rebuild and revalidate.
- Teams that want a vendor-run, vendor-migrated path with no design work. Microsoft’s GP-to-Business Central tool is a good example of the vendor path doing real work for you.
- Businesses relying on many add-ons that have direct equivalents on the vendor’s successor product.
What ERPNext costs, from Frappe’s published prices
There is no licence fee. Hosting is the visible recurring cost. Frappe Cloud’s Frappe Cloud pricing page, checked Nov 11, 2026, lists site plans from $5 a month (shared infrastructure) and servers from $40 a month. Its Frappe Cloud site plans page lists AWS site plans at $5, $10, $25, $38 and $50 a month. Its Frappe Cloud server plans page lists dedicated servers by region and size; for example, an AWS server in London with 4 vCPUs, 16 GB of memory and 100 GB of disk is $360 a month.
| Frappe Cloud item (published USD) | USD per month | GBP per month (indicative) |
|---|---|---|
| Smallest site plan | $5 | about £3.73 |
| Largest AWS site plan listed | $50 | about £37.31 |
| Server plans, starting price | $40 | about £29.84 |
| AWS London, 4 vCPUs / 16 GB / 100 GB server | $360 | about £268.60 |
Indicative GBP conversions use the Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS) of US$1.3403 per £1 for 9 Nov 2026, the latest published figure when we checked on Nov 11, 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. Self-hosting is free of licence cost but moves hosting, backups, upgrades and security to your team or partner.
Implementation, data migration and support are separate and depend on scope. We do not publish estimates for them, because they vary too much with your companies, modules and data. We quote them after discovery.
Guides in this series
One guide per system, each answering “X end of support: is ERPNext the replacement?” for a named audience. Published guides are linked. The rest are in progress, listed without links until they are live.
| System | Guide | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Dynamics GP | Read the GP guide | Published Nov 11, 2026 |
| SAP ECC 6.0 (enhancement packages 6 to 8) | SAP ECC end of maintenance (2027): ERPNext for subsidiaries and mid-size manufacturers | Coming soon |
| Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017 | Dynamics NAV 2017 end of support (January 2027) | Coming soon |
| Epicor BisTrack UK 3.9 | BisTrack UK 3.9 end of active support (Dec 31, 2026) | Coming soon |
| Tally.ERP 9 | Tally.ERP 9 TSS discontinued (Aug 2026) | Coming soon |
| Deltek Vision 7.6 | Deltek Vision sustaining support: Vantagepoint or ERPNext Projects | Coming soon |
| IFS Applications 10 | IFS Applications 10 end of support: IFS Cloud vs ERPNext | Coming soon |
| Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018 | Dynamics NAV 2018 end of support (January 2028) | Coming soon |
| Exact Globe Next | Exact Globe Next support ends 2027 | Coming soon |
| Microsoft Dynamics SL 2018 | Dynamics SL end of support (2028) | Coming soon |
| Epicor Kinetic and Prophet 21 on-premises | Epicor’s last on-premises releases | Coming soon |
| Dynamics AX 2012 and AX 2009 | Still on Dynamics AX after end of support | Coming soon |
| Oracle EBS, JD Edwards and PeopleSoft | Oracle releases on sustaining support | Coming soon |
| Infor, QAD, SYSPRO, Acumatica, Macola, JobBOSS and E2 | Status-based guides without dates unless vendors confirm them | Coming soon |
How to decide in 30 days
| Week | Work | Output |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Confirm your exact version and support status on the vendor’s source link; read your support contract | One line: “our support ends on X, in writing” |
| 2 | List modules, add-ons, integrations, companies and users actually in use | Scope inventory |
| 3 | Get the vendor’s upgrade path priced (licence and partner) and an ERPNext estimate on the same scope | Two comparable proposals |
| 4 | Run a short ERPNext demo on your own masters for the riskiest process | A go or no-go on a pilot |
That month will not finish a migration, but it turns a deadline into a decision. For help with any step, see our ERP engineering practice.
Frequently asked questions
Which ERP systems reach end of support in 2026 and 2027?
From vendor sources checked Nov 11, 2026: Epicor BisTrack UK 3.9 leaves Active Support after Dec 31, 2026; Dynamics NAV 2017 extended support ends in January 2027; Deltek Cloud access to Vision winds down in Q1 2027; Exact Globe Next is supported to the end of 2027; and SAP ECC 6.0 (latest three enhancement packages) has mainstream maintenance to the end of 2027.
When does Dynamics GP support end?
December 31, 2029 for enhancements, tax updates and technical support, with security updates if needed until April 30, 2031, per Microsoft’s GP lifecycle page.
When does SAP ECC support end?
SAP provides mainstream maintenance for SAP Business Suite 7 core applications, including the latest three enhancement packages of SAP ERP 6.0, until the end of 2027, with optional extended maintenance at a two-point premium until the end of 2030.
Is ERPNext a good replacement for a legacy ERP?
For small and mid-sized finance, distribution and discrete manufacturing businesses, often yes, because it is a full ERP with no per-user licence fee. It is not a like-for-like replacement for a large group-wide SAP or Oracle core, or for heavily regulated, industry-specific estates.
Why do some systems have no date on this page?
We only show a date if we confirmed it on the vendor’s own lifecycle page or document. Where only partners or third parties publish dates, we describe the status without a date.
How much does ERPNext cost?
The software has no licence fee (GPL-3.0). Frappe Cloud lists site plans from $5 a month and servers from $40 a month (checked Nov 11, 2026). Implementation and support are separate and depend on scope.
Can I keep running an ERP after end of support?
Usually the software keeps working, but without tax and regulatory updates, fixes or security patches from the vendor. That is a risk decision for finance and IT, and it grows each year.