A Simple MRPeasy Alternative for QuickBooks Online Users

If you are looking for an MRPeasy alternative because you run a small shop and mostly need lot tracking, bills of materials, and clean QuickBooks Online books, this guide is for you. Evenbatch is web-based inventory software for small manufacturers of one to ten people who use QuickBooks Online. It costs $49.99 per month flat, includes every feature on every plan, and syncs with QuickBooks through Intuit's official API. Below is a practical checklist for evaluating any replacement, a plain summary of what Evenbatch does and does not do, and a migration plan you can finish in an afternoon.

What to check before you switch

Before you commit to any inventory tool, put it through the same set of questions. These apply to every product on the market, and the answers tell you more than any feature list.

• Does the price scale per user or per feature tier? A tool that charges by seat gets more expensive every time you hire, and a tool that gates features by tier can force an upgrade for one capability you need.
• Is lot tracking an add-on, a higher tier, or included on every plan? If traceability is why you are buying the tool, it should not be an upsell.
• Can you export all of your data as CSV anytime? If leaving is hard, staying is not really a choice.
• Does it write to QuickBooks silently, or show you every change before it posts? Silent sync is where messy books come from.
• Does editing a BOM after production destroy your cost history, or does the tool keep old versions so past runs still make sense?
• Do you actually use scheduling, capacity planning, or warehouse management features, or are you just paying for them?

That last question is the honest one. If you are moving from MRPeasy, take ten minutes and list the features your team opened in the last month. If the list is lots, BOMs, purchase orders, sales orders, and QuickBooks sync, then a full manufacturing suite may be more system than your shop needs. A one-to-ten person team that mostly needs traceability and accurate books can often run on a much lighter tool, and pay a much simpler price for it.

What you get in Evenbatch

Evenbatch covers the core inventory work of a small manufacturer and hands the accounting to QuickBooks Online. Here is the full scope, plainly stated.

Lot tracking is included on every plan, not sold as an add-on. Every lot carries its remaining quantity, expiry date, and cost. Picking follows FEFO (first-expired-first-out), expiry alerts warn you before stock goes bad, and a one-click recall trace follows a lot through production runs to shipments, with CSV export of the trace when an auditor or customer asks for it.

Bills of materials are multi-level (one to two levels) with scrap percentage and per-unit cost roll-up. BOM versioning preserves history: if you edit a BOM after it has been used in transactions, Evenbatch creates a new version instead of rewriting the old one, so the cost of past runs stays intact. Production orders explode the BOM, consume components FEFO, and produce output lots with the rolled-up cost attached.

Units of measure let you buy in one unit and sell in another, for example cases in and eaches out, with per-item conversions used across purchasing, BOMs, and sales. Purchase orders capture lot numbers and expiry dates at receiving. Sales orders allocate stock FEFO and handle shipping. Reports cover inventory value, lots (remaining, expiry, cost), and the recall trace.

The QuickBooks Online sync runs through Intuit's official API with OAuth 2.0, so Evenbatch never sees your QuickBooks password. It pushes invoices, bills, and production journal entries, and imports items, customers, and vendors from QuickBooks. The sync is built to be audited: a preview/shadow mode shows every change before anything is written, a full sync log records what was sent and when, held changes wait for your explicit approval, and item sync is create-only, so Evenbatch never overwrites an existing QuickBooks record. Nothing is written silently.

This matters because of what QuickBooks Online leaves out. QuickBooks Online does not include lot or batch tracking on any plan; lot and serial tracking exist only in QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise with Advanced Inventory. It does not include assemblies or bills of materials; bundles group items on sales forms but do not consume components, track builds, or roll up costs. It does not support units-of-measure conversion. QuickBooks Online Plus and Advanced track inventory quantities and cost using FIFO. Evenbatch fills exactly those gaps.

Pricing is $49.99 per month flat. Unlimited users, every feature included, no add-ons, no per-user fees. The 14-day free trial requires no credit card.

How to migrate from MRPeasy in an afternoon

Migration is mostly a matter of order. Import the data that other records depend on first, and everything resolves cleanly.

1. Export your items, BOMs, and lot and stock data from your MRPeasy account as CSV files. Keep the exports somewhere you can find them; they are also your backup of record for the switch.
2. Start the Evenbatch 14-day free trial. No credit card is required, so there is nothing to unwind if you change your mind.
3. Use the free CSV import to load items first, then BOMs, then lots and stock levels. That order matters: BOM lines reference items, and lots reference both, so importing in sequence means every reference resolves on the first pass.
4. Connect QuickBooks Online through Intuit's official OAuth 2.0 flow. Evenbatch never sees your QuickBooks password. On connection, Evenbatch imports your items, customers, and vendors from QuickBooks, and because item sync is create-only, your existing QuickBooks records are never overwritten.
5. Run the first sync in preview/shadow mode. Review every proposed change before anything is written to QuickBooks, and hold anything you want to approve later. The sync log records what was sent and when, so you can verify the run afterward.
6. Spot-check before going live. Pick a handful of lots and confirm the remaining quantities match your export, then run a recall trace on one lot and make sure it walks cleanly from lot to production runs to shipments.

The door swings both ways: you can export all of your Evenbatch data as CSV anytime, and cancellation is self-serve. If part of your team is also coming off QuickBooks Desktop, our guide to moving Desktop inventory to QuickBooks Online covers that side of the move.

What Evenbatch does not do

Evenbatch is deliberately narrow, and you should know the edges before you start a trial. Evenbatch does not do production scheduling or capacity planning. It does not do warehouse bin locations or pick-pack workflows (WMS). It does not do EDI, point of sale, or multi-currency.

If your shop plans work against machine or labor capacity, runs a multi-bin warehouse, trades with partners over EDI, sells at a register, or invoices in multiple currencies, a bigger manufacturing system is the right call, and no lighter tool will change that. Buying less software than you need is just as expensive as buying more.

Evenbatch fits a specific shop: a manufacturer of one to ten people on QuickBooks Online that needs lot tracking, bills of materials, unit conversions, and a QuickBooks sync it can actually audit, at one flat price with no per-user fees. If that describes your operation, our guide to QuickBooks inventory for small manufacturers goes deeper on how the pieces fit together, and the 14-day trial is a low-risk way to test the fit with your own data.

See something outdated or incorrect on this page? Email support@evenbatch.com and we will correct it within 48 hours. Last updated: July 16, 2026.