Ordermatic vs. Esker for legacy-ERP distributors.
Order entry automation sized for distributors, not enterprise suites.
Esker is built for global enterprises running a full order-to-cash suite on SAP and Oracle. Ordermatic brings automated order entry to mid-market industrial distributors on legacy ERPs — emails, calls, faxes, PDFs, and handwritten POs become clean, validated entries. No enterprise suite. No long rollout.
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Esker vs. Ordermatic, in one paragraph.
Esker is the strongest fit for large global enterprises running a full order-to-cash transformation across SAP and Oracle — a customer-service suite covering orders, EDI, claims, and analytics in 100+ countries and 130+ document languages. Ordermatic is order-entry automation for mid-market industrial distributors on legacy and green-screen ERPs (AS/400, IBM iSeries, Epicor Prophet 21, Infor M3/M4), turning emails, calls, faxes, PDFs, and handwritten POs into clean, validated entries — with fast deployment and no enterprise-suite overhead.
How Ordermatic compares to Esker. And to doing nothing.
Distributors comparing Esker usually weigh three options. Esker is the enterprise order-to-cash suite for global SAP and Oracle teams; Ordermatic fits mid-market industrial distributors on legacy ERPs that need clean entries from every channel — without an enterprise-suite rollout.
| HOW IT COMPARES | Manual rekeying | Esker | Ordermatic |
|---|---|---|---|
| No manual rekeying of orders | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reads emailed PDF purchase orders | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Captures faxes, phone calls & handwritten orders | — | PARTIAL | ✓ |
| Works with legacy & green-screen ERPs (AS/400, iSeries, Prophet 21, Infor M3/M4) | — | PARTIAL | ✓ |
| Native SAP & Oracle connectors with global multi-language support | — | ✓ | — |
| Validates line items against your ERP catalog & pricing | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Purpose-built for industrial distribution | — | — | ✓ |
| Lightweight deployment in weeks, no full-suite rollout | — | — | ✓ |
Real results. Real customer. Live in production.
“My day has changed by the amount of time it now takes to enter an order. It used to take sometimes an hour to put in a large order — now I can put it in the Ordermatic system in about 5-6 minutes.”
Ordermatic vs. Esker: common questions.
What industrial distributors evaluating Esker ask before deciding.
Is Ordermatic a good Esker alternative?
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Ordermatic is a strong Esker alternative for mid-market industrial distributors on legacy ERPs like AS/400, IBM iSeries, Epicor Prophet 21, and Infor M3/M4. It automates order entry across every intake channel without the cost, scope, or rollout of a full enterprise order-to-cash suite.
What is the difference between Ordermatic and Esker?
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Esker is an enterprise order-to-cash suite for global customer-service teams, with standard connectors for SAP and Oracle and omnichannel intake across email, EDI, portals, and mobile. Ordermatic is focused order-entry automation for industrial distributors on legacy and green-screen ERPs, capturing emails, calls, faxes, PDFs, and handwritten POs.
Is Ordermatic cheaper than Esker?
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Esker is priced as an enterprise order-to-cash platform, typically quoted for large global deployments. Ordermatic is sized for a single distributor's order volume and ERP, so mid-market teams aren't paying for a multi-country customer-service suite they don't need.
Can Ordermatic replace Esker?
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For mid-market distributors on legacy or green-screen ERPs, yes. Ordermatic captures email, call, fax, PDF, and handwritten orders, validates them against your ERP catalog and pricing, and writes clean entries into your system. Large enterprises wanting a global SAP or Oracle order-to-cash suite may still prefer Esker.
Who should use Esker instead of Ordermatic?
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Large global enterprises running SAP or Oracle that want a full order-to-cash suite — covering order management, EDI, claims, analytics, and multi-language customer service across many countries — are well served by Esker, which is purpose-built for enterprise customer-service operations at scale.
Does Ordermatic work with AS/400, Prophet 21, and Infor M3/M4?
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Yes. Ordermatic specializes in legacy and green-screen ERPs that enterprise suites can't fully support — including AS/400, IBM iSeries, Epicor Prophet 21, and Infor M3/M4 — turning incoming orders into clean, validated entries without any ERP migration.
Compare Ordermatic to other order-entry tools.
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