Open source software has many pros and cons. Depending on your company’s needs the scale can greatly differentiate whether or not you would benefit from an open source accounting system. The pros of an open source accounting system are very basic. Your ability to innovate and change your software creates better utilization of your time, which in turn helps you outperform your competitors. By purchasing open source accounting software, you are eliminating many potential internal costs that would occur during the creation and implementation phases.

Some slightly negative aspects of open source accounting software is that the development cycle is longer than if you had purchased canned software. However, you are able to make your accounting software work for you. Every few years if you have a canned software system you will be forced to upgrade your software. If you have open source software, when technology changes take effect, your software will need to be rewritten; unless you have an open source accounting system with a company like Tuppas Software, who uses MDA (Model Driven Architecture).

Tuppas Software offers the best of both worlds, cost effective yet configurable accounting software. With MDA, Tuppas offers separation of your custom business logic from the user interface. This allows you to upgrade every 7-10 years without rewriting custom business procedures. This can be a huge financial relief as well as preventing many hours of unnecessary work. Tuppas can create the software you want, the way you want it.