In one paragraph
Forge ERP (“Forge” for short) is cloud, multi-tenant, browser-based accounting and operations software made by Forge Software. It is designed for contractors and other project-based companies roughly $10M to $150M in revenue whose finance team has outgrown general bookkeeping but does not want a months-long legacy ERP implementation. Every module posts through one governed ledger with a permanent, auditable history. The assistant prepares reviewable drafts; people approve and post.
What is in it
| Area | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Projects and job cost | Jobs, cost codes and cost types; budgets from the awarded estimate; committed and incurred cost side by side; change orders; projected cost at completion |
| Purchasing and approvals | Purchase requests, purchase orders, receiving, matching; approval routing; GL account defaults carried from the item or category |
| Accounts payable | Vendor bills with field-level issue highlighting at post time; subcontractor pay applications with retainage withheld and payment-eligibility checks; payments recorded from your payment provider, or processed through Stripe |
| Billing and receivables | Progress billing on a schedule of values (AIA-style G702/G703), retainage on work and stored materials, customer invoices, receipts, a customer portal |
| WIP and revenue | Percentage of completion with over/under billing computed per job and the adjusting entry prepared for review |
| General ledger and close | Governed posting engine, fiscal periods with soft and hard close, bank reconciliation sessions that track balanced and unbalanced state before completion |
| Reporting | Job cost, WIP schedule, aging, financial statements, dashboards |
| Operations | Work orders, inventory, time and expenses, resources, for operators that need them |
| AI assistant | Reads your data and prepares drafts (journal entries, schedules of values, job budgets, payment-eligibility reviews) inside your permissions; approval and posting stay with people |
What is not in it
- Payroll processing. Payroll runs in your payroll provider (ADP, Gusto, Paychex or a construction payroll specialist). Forge receives job-costed labor with burden so job cost and WIP are complete. Forge does not calculate pay, file payroll taxes, pay employees or produce certified payroll reports; your provider does.
- Field project management. Drawings, RFIs, submittals, daily logs and scheduling belong in a field platform such as Procore. Forge is the accounting system behind it.
- CRM, manufacturing or distribution suites. Forge is not a general ERP configured down to construction; it is built for finance and operations in project-based businesses.
- A Procore or Plaid connector today. Both are planned and not yet available.
- Customer case studies. Forge is in beta and has not published customer results.
Integrations
| Integration | Status |
|---|---|
| Stripe | Available: subscription checkout, prepaid AI credits, webhook-based billing status |
| REST API, webhooks, OAuth clients | Available for custom integrations |
| Procore | Planned: projects and cost codes aligned, commitments and change orders as committed cost, subcontractor invoices routed into Forge approvals, posted job cost returned to Procore |
| Plaid | Planned: bank connectivity for transaction sync and reconciliation support |
| Payroll providers | Job-costed labor and burden imported from the provider’s output |
Status, pricing and who makes it
- Status: beta. Features are still maturing; keep your own backups and reconciliation controls.
- Trial: 14 days, free, self-serve signup.
- Pricing: tiered subscription plans; module availability varies by plan; custom plans by contacting sales. Current plans are on the homepage.
- Company: Forge Software, maker of Forge ERP. Website: theerpforge.com.
- Name: the product is “Forge ERP”. It is unrelated to Autodesk Forge (now Autodesk Platform Services), Laravel Forge, or other products called Forge.
Forge ERP covers projects, purchasing, accounts payable, billing and receivables, job cost and WIP, reporting and close. Payroll runs in your payroll provider and lands in Forge as job-costed labor with burden. Forge is in beta with a 14-day free trial.
Frequently asked
- Is Forge ERP really an ERP?
- For project-based businesses, yes: it covers projects, purchasing, AP, billing, job cost, operations such as work orders and inventory, and the ledger and close. It does not cover payroll processing, CRM, manufacturing or distribution, and it says so.
- Who is Forge ERP for?
- Finance teams at contractors and other project-based companies, roughly $10M to $150M in revenue, that need job costing, progress billing, WIP and real approval controls without a long implementation. The first cohort is construction companies that run Procore.
- Does Forge ERP run payroll?
- No. Payroll runs in your payroll provider. Forge imports the job-costed hours and burden so job cost and the WIP schedule are complete.