ERP comparison
Xentral vs JTL
Xentral and JTL at a glance
Criterion | Xentral | JTL |
Product type | Cloud ERP, ties sales, warehouse, and accounting together in one web application | Product family made up of JTL-Wawi, JTL-Shop, JTL-POS, JTL-WMS, and JTL-eazyAuction, combinable as needed |
Deployment | Cloud, accessed via browser plus iOS and Android | JTL-Wawi as a Windows application, run locally or on a hosted server |
Focus | Commerce businesses with physical products, B2B and B2C | Online retail and multichannel, with its own shop, POS, and warehouse system |
Pricing model | From €99/month, unlimited users (from Starter based on revenue and shipping volume) | JTL Start from €0, unlimited users |
Order volume | Orders included per plan, in the Launch plan €0.30 per order up to a maximum of 1,200 orders | Monthly order allowance, adjustable at any time, in higher editions from €0.11 per additional order |
Free trial | 14 days | JTL Start free permanently, basic ERP and shop up to 500 products |
Integrations | Through Xentral Connect: pre-built connectors that stay compatible through updates, with no code or scripts to maintain. Custom logic via a no-code workflow designer (trigger, condition, action). Standard connections included in the licence. Plus a REST API and partner apps. | JTL-eazyAuction with over 50 marketplaces, included from the free edition, billed via the chosen order allowance |
Accounting and DATEV | Three options: 1. DATEV Format (CSV file for single-seat Accounting, manual export) 2. DATEV Company Online (XML and PDF, manual transfer) 3. DATEV Invoice Data Service 1.0 (direct transfer via interface, runs automatically in the background, login via DATEV SmartLogin) | FiBu interface powered by JERA, technically certified, included from the Advanced edition, transfers complete journal entries including the document image |
User ratings OMR Reviews | 4.06 / 5 (n=202) | 4.16 / 5 (n=123) |
User ratings Capterra | 4.5 / 5 (n=46) | 3.4 / 5 (n=7) |
What actually matters when switching your ERP?
Deployment models and access
Whether a system runs in the browser or is operated via a local client determines how locations, home offices and mobile workplaces connect.Total cost across all sales channels
Alongside the base licence, order volume, add-on modules and user numbers all count, so it's worth calculating over a full year and across all channels.
Why merchants choose Xentral?
Xentral runs as a cloud application, accessed via the browser as well as iOS and Android apps, with no installation needed on individual workstations.
Orders, stock, shipping and invoices sit in the same system, so stock and document data never need reconciling between separate applications.
Shops, marketplaces, payment and shipping providers connect via Xentral Connect. The connectors stay compatible after updates, with no custom code or scripts to maintain.
The reporting agent builds reports from plain text; no SQL needed. The MCP server connects Xentral to ChatGPT and Claude, so your team can ask questions and take action right from the chat.
The workflow designer in Xentral Connect lets you set up rules with no code, for example, passing an approved order on to shipping or flagging invoices above a set threshold for manual review.
DATEV Rechnungsdatenservice 1.0 transfers data automatically in the background to your tax advisor, with no need to trigger the transfer manually each period.
Tiered user or workstation limits change the cost with every new person added to the system, which is why it's worth checking the licensing logic early.
Which system fits your business best?
Xentral is built for commerce businesses that sell physical products. Everything in it follows the flow of goods: order processing, warehousing with batches, serial numbers and best-before dates, picking and a shipping centre, connections to shops, marketplaces, payment providers and carriers, and the handover to accounting. It runs entirely in the cloud.
Xentral is the right fit if most of your business is selling physical products, you want several locations or home-office workplaces to work in the browser, and you don't want to build or maintain your own server infrastructure.
JTL provides a product family: JTL-Wawi as the merchandise management core, plus JTL-Shop as its own shop system, JTL-POS for in-store sales, JTL-WMS for warehouse management, and JTL-eazyAuction with over 50 marketplaces from the free edition. JTL-Wawi runs as a Windows application, locally or on a hosted server.
JTL is the right fit if you want shop, POS, and warehouse management from a single provider; you run in-store sales with your own POS system; you want to start for free; or you deliberately want to keep your data on your own infrastructure.
How does the switch from JTL to Xentral work?
Data migration
Master data is exported from JTL-Wawi: products, customers, stock, and open transactions.Import and mapping
Xentral then imports the data and matches up the data structure.Connecting channels
Next, shops, marketplaces, DATEV and shipping providers are connected.Test run
Before going live, a test run checks everything.Go-live with support
Finally, the system launches with onboarding support.
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*JTL and JTL-Wawi are trademarks of JTL-Software GmbH. This page is an independent comparison by Xentral ERP Software GmbH and is not affiliated with JTL-Software GmbH. Ratings are taken from OMR Reviews and Capterra, shown separately with the number of ratings and retrieval date, not mixed across portals. All figures as of 24 July 2026. Prices, feature scope and ratings change continually; please check the linked sources for the current status.