Licence delta and implementation fees are the visible half of an ERP migration cost. Five line items decide whether the move was worth it - and nobody quotes them.

What leaving NetSuite actually costs, what you give up, and the four questions that decide it — using only what the vendors publish themselves.

For most of a decade the mid-market ERP question had three answers: NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics, or stay on the accounting package and a lot of spreadsheets. That question is open again. Zoho launched an ERP product in India in February 2026, and while there is no committed date for availability outside that market, the shortlist a US operator writes in eighteen months will not be the shortlist they would have written two years ago. That is a good reason to get ready. It is

Most mid-market teams who conclude they need an ERP have diagnosed the symptom, not the disease. Five questions that separate a missing capability from a missing connection — and what to do with either answer.

Zoho ERP launched in India in January 2026 with no published US availability date. For a US mid-market operator the live question isn't whether to buy it - it's what to build in the gap that survives whichever ERP you eventually pick.