@raaahbin It's worth at least looking at Odoo as an open source option: https://www.odoo.com/
If your IT folks want to evaluate it, it's simply a matter of spinning up a VPS at somewhere like Hostinger: https://www.hostinger.com/
Then setting up a subdomain with your hosting provider and pointing it at your VPS.
Then installing YunoHost on it: https://yunohost.org/
Then installing LibreERP: https://apps.yunohost.org/app/libreerp
But Odoo (or LibreERP with some paid modules) will do pretty much all you described, plus things like CMS for your website, marketing automation, etc., all on one platform.
It's easy enough that just about any idiot could set it up.
And by any idiot, I mean me.
Here's a website hosted on a test install I set up: https://erp.sadauskas.id.au/
Beyond that, I would also suggest Nextcloud, which is a cloud storage platform (like SkyDrive, Google Drive, DropBox etc): https://nextcloud.com/
It also has a host of apps that can be installed for things like Calendars, cloud document editing, web email client, messaging, etc.
Again, can be hosted by Nextcloud itself, installed from command line, installed on a VPS using YunoHost, or through a managed provider like LibreCloud: https://www.librecloud.host/
Hope that helps?
@ajsadauskas @raaahbin Credit where it's due, you're much more than "any idiot" - you're *motivated!*
This reminds me of one of those ideas that hangs out at the back of my mind - starting a software agency/consultancy based around using this kind of open tech, instead of pushing Big Tech products. Small businesses and community groups really shouldn't be pushed into MS or Salesforce 😒
Would do it on top of https://sandstorm.org when it's a bit more ready! I like the fundamentals a lot - instead of punting on the isolation like Yunohost, it's built around tight security from the ground up. The "grain" access control model is very cool, and since the platform takes on the responsibility for authenticating users, you don't have to log into each app.
@crabmusket @ajsadauskas @raaahbin an admirable aspiration, but also a lot of work. Because clients want all those non disclosed things proprietary software does.
But in some contexts FOSS works really well for small businesses. Typically when they have a service provider that is passionate about that choice. :)
