Ekos 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Ekos

4.3

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Pricing

Pricing available upon request

About Ekos

Ekos is a cloud-based business management software solution designed to help craft producers of beer, wine, and cider manage their day-to-day operations in inventory, production, sales, and accounting. Partnered with makers in 40 countries, the Ekos software is designed and built to help organize and operate craft businesses more efficiently and profitably, delivering insights unavailable from spreadsheets and traditional methods. Features include real-time inventory management, production scheduling, automatic costing, pipeline management, integrated CRM, financial management tools, simple reporting, custom dashboards, and more.

With Ekos, craft manufacturers can track and update supplies, raw materials, and finished goods using real-time inventory reporting tools and reduce inventory costs by only utilizing materials on an order-by-order basis. Ekos automatically calculates production costs for future batches and will utilize production logs to keep track of any manufacturing process. Sales teams can monitor sales performance and send invoices, while also accurately fulfilling orders with instant inventory checks. With an integrated CRM hub, sales teams can also check on al...

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Ekos Features

Popular features found in Brewery
Billing & Invoicing
For Breweries
Inventory Management
Multi-Location
Order Management
Production Tracking
Recipe Management
Sales Order Management
Summary Reports
Third-Party Integrations
More features of Ekos
Accounting
Accounting Integration
Activity Dashboard
Barcoding/RFID
Barrel Management
Cask Management
Cellar Management
Cost Tracking
CRM
Customer Database
Customer History
Customizable Reports
Data Import/Export
Delivery Tracking
Distribution Management
Financial Analysis
Forecasting
Inventory Tracking
Point of Sale (POS)
Predictive Analytics
Price/Margin Management
Production Scheduling
Purchase Order Management
Quality Control
Real-Time Data
Real-Time Reporting
Real-Time Updates
Reminders
Reporting & Statistics
Resource Management
Sales Reports
Scheduling
Supply Chain Management
Traceability
User Management
Work Order Management

Ekos Integrations

QuickBooks Online Advanced

Xero

Shopify

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Ekos User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.3

Ratings Breakdown

56%

33%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.1

Value for money

4.4

Customer support

4.6

Functionality

4.2

Have you used Ekos and would like to share your experience with others?

Deborah C.

Verified reviewer

Food & Beverages

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2024

It's ok for small companies

Previously 5

I think are betterapps out there more useful and with better organize

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Previously 5

Functionality

Previously 5

Pros:

It is easy to use and helps with inventory management and other allocations.

Cons:

Sometimes us not accurate; it's misleading. The app for the phone does not function properly.

Colin B.

Verified reviewer

Wine and Spirits

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed August 2023

Ekos works great for breweries

Ekos is a great CRM software, and overall great tool for a brewery of any size. You can keep all your information in this one program, and unlimited users can get a ton of value out of Ekos.

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Value for money

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Functionality

Pros:

'Order Hub' is a fantastic one-of-a-kind feature from Ekos, allowing customers to place orders in an Amazon-type environment.

Cons:

I'd really like Ekos to have an auto-save feature. Remembering to click save after I do something important can be tedious

Reasons for switching to Ekos

We felt the old software was ancient and faulty. We wanted a more up to date platform that felt new, young, and exciting. The customer support from Ekos has been outstanding!

Andrew B.

Verified reviewer

Food & Beverages

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2019

Stay away

We are looking for a new platform.

Ratings Breakdown

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Value for money

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Functionality

Pros:

Pass. I would say the price, but you get what you pay for.

Cons:

We have had a very similar experience as executive. Their "customer service" is just a forum with a webinar sprinkled in. We asked for a "bootcamp" style run through to which we got no response. We recently upgraded to their "new" ekos and found that we made a grave mistake. Yes we did ask for them to wipe ekos clean to start fresh. Yes they did tell us what that would get rid of. So we exported the files. We got the email that we were upgraded and ready to go Friday morning. When we went to get things ready for taxes that Sunday, 2 days later, we realized that our invoices didn't export properly. So we called first thing Monday morning to see if they could help. Turns out they only keep back ups for 2 days. When I spoke with "customer service" they just kept saying, we told you what would happen, we said everything would be gone, you shouldn't have relied on us for a back up. I knew everything would be gone. I didn't PLAN on relying on them for a back up. That's why its called a back up. We weren't relying on a back up, we weren't planning to use a back up. Back ups are created for when things go wrong. Something went wrong, and the next business day, we asked for help. Their "customer service" said that it was basically our fault and they aren't responsible for helping us recover that data. That data was all of our info to fill out for state and federal taxes. They deleted it after 2 days on a Sunday. Sign up at your own risk.

Vendor Response

Hi, Thank you for your feedback, we strive to provide the best experience. We will be sure to have your customer success manager reach out to schedule time to learn more.

Replied January 2022

Cesar M.

Verified reviewer

Food & Beverages

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2023

Using Ekos from the start

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The ability to do almost everything we need to do in the brewery and track it back as needed. The reporting is another great aspect. It is overwhelming at first, but once you get used to the way it is structured, it give you a lot of possibilities.

Cons:

The layout of the software may be a bit overwhelming for beginners and busy production users, but given enough training and on the job usage our users became fairly proficient.

Reasons for choosing Ekos

Familiarity with the product

Reasons for switching to Ekos

We had Ekos and decided to try another product. Unfortunately we had not the best experience with all the needs we had and switched back. Ekos integration with quickbooks is robust and trustworthy and the ability to so production, planning, and sales all in one platform with multiple sites is another feature we cannot live without.

Marcus P.

Verified reviewer

Food & Beverages

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Reviewed April 2022

Best Brewery Software for Quickbooks Integration

We are very pleased with the overall Ekos experience, which is light years ahead of our previous software and allows us to unlock greater productivity and organization without paying for a centralized ERP system.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The software interface is extremely user friendly, resulting in faster implementation and more employee productivity.

Cons:

I would love to see graphing functions added as we enter alot of data into the software that could readily be converted into visuals for production, sales, and quality control.

Reasons for choosing Ekos

The cost was lower than some of the centralized ERP systems we reviewed, and by allowing us to maintain existing accounting software our onboarding/training process was smoother.

Reasons for switching to Ekos

The older software was failing to accurate track cost of goods, and support was waning.

Vendor Response

Hi Marcus, Thank you for your feedback! We appreciate you taking the time to share your experience with Ekos and look forward to continuing to provide a positive user experience for you and your team.

Replied April 2022

Melissa A.

Verified reviewer

Food & Beverages

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2023

Great features with more on the way

Overall, I've had a very positive experience with Ekos. Even in my most frustrated states with the new Wine Lots roll-out, the team was quick to listen and make individualized changes that made the most sense for our case scenario.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The best features about Ekos are it's people. They are driven to help the customer in anyway possible, whether that's listening to suggestions about additional features, correcting glitches, or helping navigate the platform. All the features within seamlessly integrate into each other and the reporting and dashboards become more thorough by the day.

Cons:

As a young and growing company, the feature upgrades and changes come quickly which are often great. However, recent changes felt as thought they weren't thoroughly tested and we lost significant functionality for this year's harvest which has forced us to resort back to paper work orders and clipboards for our team instead of the app. New features are great, but not if they aren't ready to be rolled out.

Reasons for choosing Ekos

Price was competitive, the integrations were valuable, and they had a drive to make a winemaker/user centric database.

Paul P.

Verified reviewer

Food & Beverages

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2023

Ekos is critical to our daily facility operations

Without Ekos we would be buried in a sea of spreadsheets and whiteboards. It did not take much effort to learn the various systems within Ekos as most of them are easy to navigate and self-explanatory. It is integral to every aspect operating our production facility, so I couldn't imagine doing my job without it at this point.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

No matter how well you plan out a production week, the batches don't always end up in the same vessels you planned to put them in. The improvements to the Planning feature has made my life much easier with added ability to drag-and-drop my batches into different vessels as well as adjust the close dates with the slider. I can do all of this without having to load the batches, open the tasks, and then edit the parameters. It has probably saved me hours of work since it was added.

Cons:

I wish the customizable reports were a little more user friendly with an easier to parse UI. It's my biggest gripe. There's also the occasional error with batch tasks that prevent us from deleting an incorrect task or batch, requiring us to make a help desk request to remove the erroneous tasks. I wish we had some sort of admin over-ride to brute force these tasks out of existence without asking for help.

Benjamin T.

Verified reviewer

Food & Beverages

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2023

Getting it done right.

EKOS allows me to know what i've got, where i've got it, and when it's coming...all in one place. While EKOS takes time to manage (Good date in, Good data out), every effort reaps rewards in terms of time saved, questions answered, and process efficiencies.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

With EKOS I'm able to conveniently, and succinctly, keep track of all my COGs and all of my finished good. Pulling reports is a snap allowing us to see where product is going, how much is moving, and prices from start to finish. I don't want to imagine running my company without EKOS. The customer support for EKOS is above and beyond!

Cons:

There are some server "glitches" that can slow things down occasionally. I think there could be improvements with reports, reviews, and forecasting.

Reasons for choosing Ekos

I've been using EKOS for almost 9 years now. We were one of the first breweries to join the EKOS family and haven't looked back since.

Nick A.

Verified reviewer

Food & Beverages

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2023

Review

Without Ekos, we would not be able to easily operate; at our level we need an integrated program that combines production, ordering and invoicing.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Facility view allows us to see an overview of our full brewery operations, as well as peak at inventory levels in all sites quickly and easily.

Cons:

Would love reports to be more easily customizable, and would like overall speed of processes to be improved.

Verified

Reviewer

Wine and Spirits

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed August 2023

Distribution uses Ekos

We are managing inventory and use Ekos as a CRM. It feeds directly to our accounting software (QBO) and has streamlined many processes that have typically been living in spreadsheets. Ekos was 100% a solid investment - it has its pain points, like any software, but their customer service helps smooth that out.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The hands on and accessible customer service - especially if you find and continue to work with a stellar rep!The user-friendly interface.Relatively small business so things change quickly and they react quickly.

Cons:

Little caveats to managing inventory - particularly with keg shells. This is a special/uncommon problem for us because we track keg shells by supplier since we're a distribution company - most breweries won't have that issue. Glitches or non-working buttons.

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