OakNex vs MRPeasy: a detailed comparison.

MRPeasy has been around long enough to build a comprehensive feature set — production planning, CRM, procurement, and traceability that already handles food-specific needs like expiry dates and FEFO picking. OakNex is a much younger, purpose-built tool for small EU food and beverage makers — kombucha, kefir, small-batch drinks, ferments. Both track lots. The difference is in breadth, pricing shape, and how EU-specific the tax and invoicing side is.

At a glance

	OakNex	MRPeasy
Target user	Small EU food & beverage producers, 2–20 people	Small-to-medium manufacturers & distributors, up to roughly 200 employees
Batch/lot traceability	Built in — every movement is lot-linked from day one	Built in — automatic lot numbers, FEFO/FIFO picking, food-traceability features already present
Recipe scaling (liquid batches)	Litre-scaled recipes with variable bottle output and joint cost by litres produced	We did not find batch-volume scaling in MRPeasy's published materials, as of July 2026
EU VAT + EN 16931 e-invoicing	Native: domestic/intra-EU/export/OSS VAT engine with VIES checks, UBL 2.1 e-invoices	Not found in MRPeasy's own product pages — VAT invoicing through the Shopify integration is handled by Shopify's tax engine, not MRPeasy's
Shopify sync	Yes — orders, inventory, fulfillment	Yes — MRPeasy is a certified Shopify ERP partner in Europe
Pricing (as of July 2026)	Single plan, per workspace — see /pricing	Per-user: Starter plan from $49/user/month (€39/user/month EU pricing); three higher tiers up to Unlimited at €125/user/month
Free trial	30 days, full product, no credit card	30 days (15+15 day structure), no credit card

Where MRPeasy is the stronger choice

MRPeasy's traceability isn't a gap — it's built into the product with automatic lot numbers and FEFO/FIFO picking, and it's marketed toward food manufacturers today. If your production is already food-traceability-competent in MRPeasy, that's not a reason to switch away from it on its own.

MRPeasy also covers a lot more ground than OakNex: CRM, broader procurement workflows, and financial features that get closer to a full ERP than a production-and-inventory tool. As a certified Shopify ERP partner in Europe, its Shopify integration has years of production use behind it. If your team is already 20-plus people, running multiple product lines beyond food & beverage, or you want one system that covers sales pipeline and finance alongside production, MRPeasy's breadth is a real advantage OakNex doesn't try to match.

Its per-user pricing can also work in your favor at very small headcounts — two Starter seats runs a modest €78/month total (2 × €39/user/month) for a 2-person team.

Where OakNex fits better for small EU food & beverage makers

The clearest gap is EU tax and invoicing. We could not find a native EU VAT engine or EN 16931 e-invoice capability in MRPeasy's own documentation — VAT invoicing in its Shopify integration appears to run through Shopify's tax engine rather than MRPeasy's. OakNex was built the other way around: domestic, intra-EU, export and OSS B2C VAT treatments, VIES validation, and UBL 2.1 e-invoices generated straight from a posted shipment, plus native bottle-deposit (DRS) handling.

If you run a liquid product, OakNex's recipes scale by litres of batch volume rather than unit count — a brew splits into a variable number of bottles by fill size, with joint cost allocated by the litres each output represents. We didn't find an equivalent in MRPeasy's published BOM model.

And pricing shape matters at small scale: MRPeasy's per-user model means cost climbs with headcount even at four or five people, while OakNex prices per workspace — a small team doesn't get charged more for adding the person who runs the bottling line. If you run a 2–8 person team and want a tool designed for quick onboarding rather than a full ERP with a training curve to match, OakNex is built around that trade-off.

Migrating from MRPeasy

Moving from MRPeasy to OakNex means re-entering your item catalog, recipes/BOMs, supplier list and supplier pricing, and an opening stocktake to seed correct on-hand per lot — the same core data any MRP switch requires, regardless of vendor. For a small producer with a focused SKU list, that's usually a day or two of setup, not a migration project. What you're giving up is MRPeasy's broader CRM/financial modules; what you're gaining is a tool that already speaks EU VAT and litre-scaled batches without configuration.