ALERE 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

Software Advice offers objective insights based on verified user reviews and independent product and market research. When our advisors match you to a software provider, we may earn a referral fee.

How Software Advice ensures transparency

Software Advice lists all providers across its website—not just those that pay us—so that users can make informed purchase decisions. Users can talk to our advisors for free to receive software recommendations matching their needs. Software providers pay us for sponsored profiles to reach users interested in their products.

How Software Advice verifies reviews

Software Advice carefully verified over 2 million reviews to bring you authentic software experiences from real users. Our human moderators verify that reviewers are real people and that reviews are authentic. They use leading tech to analyze text quality and to detect plagiarism and generative AI.

Independent research methodology

Researchers at Software Advice use a mix of verified reviews, independent research, and objective methodologies to bring you selection and ranking information you can trust. While we may earn a referral fee when you visit a provider through our links or talk to an advisor, this has no influence on our research or methodology.

Wondering if ALERE is right for your organization?

Our Accounting Software selection experts can help you in 15 minutes or less.

On this page

Overview
Pricing and Plans
Features
Integrations
User Reviews

Overview

ALERE

4.7

(18)

Pricing

Starting at $16,250.00 one time

About ALERE

ALERE ERP, brought to you by TIW Technology, is a robust, modular manufacturing package that offers accounting, manufacturing, inventory management, CRM, service, analytics, document management, and data acquisition. Designed for discrete manufacturing companies, ALERE supports an extensive range of mixed-mode, make-to-stock, and make-to-order organizations.

Over its 35 years in the marketplace, ALERE has been successfully integrated into more than 2000 manufacturing organizations and is used by more than 15,000 users in dozens of different verticals ranging in size from under $1 million to over $10 billion in revenue annually.

ALERE provides manufacturers with unparalleled flexibility within their production environments offering more than 200 different reports. Easy to use drill-down and filtering options. An MRP system boasting automated purchase order and work order generation. A BOM manager that streamlines and reduces the total number of BOMs within the system. And a finite scheduler with a visual schedule board and work center capacity board.

An integrated, scriptable, barcoding system quickly posts transactions to ALERE in real-time, providing up to the second visibility...

ALERE Screenshots

ALERE Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $16,250.00 one time

Free Trial

Free Version

Perpetual License Accounting and Inventory

$16,250.00

one time

Plan includes:

Manager
Accounts Receivable
Accounts Payable
Inventory
General Ledger
Five Concurrent Users
Perpetual License

Confused about pricing? We've got you covered.

Get a personalized pricing breakdown tailored to your specific needs—no guesswork, no generic estimates.

ALERE Features

Popular features found in Accounting
Billing & Invoicing
Budgeting/Forecasting
Expense Tracking
Fund Accounting
Income & Balance Sheet
Multi-Currency
Payroll Management
Project Accounting
Purchase Order Management
Tax Management
More features of ALERE
Access Controls/Permissions
Accounting
Accounting Integration
Accounts Payable
Accounts Receivable
Activity Dashboard
Activity Tracking
Alerts/Notifications
API
Approval Process Control
Audit Management
Audit Trail
Automated Scheduling
Automatic Billing
Backorder Management
Bank Reconciliation
Barcode/Label Management
Barcode Recognition
Barcode/Ticket Scanning
Barcoding/RFID
Bill of Material Analysis
Bill of Materials
Bills of Material
BOM Creation
Built-in Accounting
Business Intelligence
Business Process Automation
Capacity Planning
Change Management
Chart of Accounts
Compliance Management
Components Tracking
Contact Database
Cost Estimating
Cost Tracking
CRM
Currency Conversion
Customer Database
Customer History
Customer Management
Customizable Branding
Customizable Fields
Customizable Reports
Custom Pricing Rules
Data Analysis Tools
Data Catalog
Data Collection
Data Import/Export
Data Security
Demand Forecasting
Discount Management
Distribution Management
Document Management
Document Storage
eCommerce Management
EDI
Encryption
Enterprise Asset Management
ERP integration
Estimating
Financial Consolidation & Close Management
Financial Management
Financial Reporting
For Aerospace Industry
For Distributors
Forecasting
For Metal Fabrication
For Small Businesses
General Ledger
Import/Export Management
Integrated Business Operations
Inventory Auditing
Inventory Control
Inventory Management
Inventory Optimization
Inventory Replenishment
Inventory Tracking
Invoice Management
Item Management
Job Costing
Job Management
Kitting
Lot Tracking
Maintenance Management
Maintenance Scheduling
Manufacturing Inventory Management
Manufacturing Planning
Material Requirements Planning
MES
Mobile Access
Monitoring
Multi-Channel Management
Multi-level BOM
Multi-Location
Order Entry
Order Fulfillment
Ordering Automation
Order Management
Order Processing
Order Routing
Order Tracking
Parts Management
Payment Processing
Performance Metrics
Planning Tools
Price and Cost Calculations
Pricing Management
Product Configurator
Product Data Management
Product Identification
Product Information Management
Production Cost Tracking
Production Management
Production Scheduling
Production Tracking
Product Lifecycle Management
Project Management
Purchasing & Receiving
Quality Control
Quotes/Estimates
Real-Time Analytics
Real-Time Data
Real-Time Monitoring
Real-Time Reporting
Receipt Management
Recurring Orders
Recurring/Subscription Billing
Reminders
Reorder Management
Reporting/Analytics
Reporting & Statistics
Requirements Management
Resource Allocation
Resource Scheduling
Returns Management
Sales Forecasting
Sales Management
Sales Order Management
Sales Tax Management
Search/Filter
Serial Number Tracking
Shipping Labels
Shipping Management
Shop Floor Management
Single-level BOM
SKU/UPC Codes
Special Order Management
Status Tracking
Stock Management
Supplier Management
Supply Chain Management
Third-Party Integration
Third-Party Integrations
Time & Expense Tracking
Traceability
Unattended Automation
User Management
Vendor Managed Inventory
Vendor Management
Visual Analytics
Warehouse Management
Workflow Management
Work Order Management

ALERE Integrations

authorize.net

TaxJar

Shopify

Microsoft Outlook

WorldView

FedEx Ship Manager

ALERE User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.7

Ratings Breakdown

67%

33%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.9

Value for money

4.8

Customer support

4.8

Functionality

4.5

Gedion B.

Verified reviewer

Media Production

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed March 2025

Number one accounting software.

ALERE introduction in our organisation has been major breakthrough. The product has offered us real-time financial reports which has made it easier for us to bulk data in multiple dimensions.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The software has robust financial reporting capabilities and its customizability according to users needs. ALERE is able to build accurate financial reports.

Cons:

The software is quite expensive and the reporting tools are not effective.

Miranda N.

Verified reviewer

Hospital & Health Care

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2025

Alere is AWESOME !

Great experience, quick and self explanitory.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

My clinic used alere for occupational services. Very user friendly.

Cons:

Every once in a while there is glitches that last a couple of hours.

Karen G.

Verified reviewer

Transportation/ Trucking/ Railroad

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed March 2023

Boyesen, Inc.

We are very happy with Alere. As well as the fact that it is very user friendly.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Alere is very user friendly. Alere can also be configured easily for our needs.

Cons:

Not enough space for customer information without customization

Reasons for switching to ALERE

Looking for something that was more user friendly

Jay v.

Verified reviewer

Accounting

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2025

Embracing the New on a reliable codebase.

Excellent. Clients are pleased with the core product, and easy ability to customize. Each release offers new capabilities, integration with web services. And clients always have full access to their data.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Intuitive, easy to use, stable, effortless upgrade from file based to SQL Server backend, on-prem with option with VARs to host in the cloud. Continuously being up-graded.

Cons:

Still a few areas, such as authentication to 64 bit Office 365 are still under development but should be released in the next version.

Carla W.

Verified reviewer

Mining & Metals

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed March 2023

JX Nippon Mining & Metals review

The system is very robust and causes no problems. I like working with the staff at TIW too. They are always helpful and offer suggestions when creating custom modifications.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The way all the modules interact with each other and are linked are most beneficial. The manufacturing module lets you set up machines with an overhead rate so the cost of the machine is layered onto the cost of the manufactured items. A direct labor rate is used for the labor portion of the costs as well. TIW created custom modifications that make Alere even easier to use for the manufacturing personnel.

Cons:

Sometimes the reports are too lengthy and have too many columns.

Melissa F.

Verified reviewer

Chemicals

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Reviewed February 2020

New User

Everyone is able to find out information through the system, instead of constantly asking if an order has been placed. There are less errors with duplicate orders because of the warnings. On my end, setting up the system wasn't as bad as I was imagining it, and the learning curve was short for new users. We are still learning new tricks, but people have picked up the system rather quickly.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

This software has so many capabilities that we didn't have available in our last software. The ease of finding information is great. We all love being able to have multiple windows up at once.

Cons:

Sometimes the different tabs of the modules can take time to load, and we had some problems with errors and the system freezing up. The most problematic area is mass emailing, currently there is a large work-around to be able to send out mass emails from G-Suite. Also, we would like to be able to input customer information when using the mobility app.

Reasons for choosing ALERE

They were all more expensive. However, I think the maintenance fee for each module is a bit high in Alere, especially when we keep adding modules.

Reasons for switching to ALERE

The product was old and was giving us a lot of trouble.

Vendor Response

Hi Melissa, Thank you for the feedback. There shouldn't be a large amount of lag time between opening a tab and the feature set of the module loading. If you're experiencing that kind of issue, please let Technical Services know. We'll be happy to take a look at your data to see if it's something we can help rectify within ALERE. I'll be happy to float the idea of integrating with G-Suite past development when we compile the feature-set wish list for the next version. It may also be possible to add that integration as a customization for your organization if desired immediately. If there are other items, or functionality, you would like to see in ALERE as part of the base product, please feel free to email tech@tiwcorp.com with the feature request and we'll investigate it. Thank you again, Tim

Replied February 2020

Matt R.

Verified reviewer

Utilities

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2022

ALERE software review

All facets of operations are now managed within ALERE.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I love the comprehensive nature of ALERE. It handles all of our operations. We used to have different systems for accounting, inventory control and CRM. Like everyone these days, we multi-task. Now we don't have to bounce back and forth from system to system to do our jobs.

Cons:

The commissions module out of the box doesn't work for how we calculate commissions.

Reasons for switching to ALERE

Sage was challenging to work with. Using multiple screens at the same time, which is necessary when multi-tasking didn't work very well. In addition, upgrading versions was extremely expensive due to modifications we had in Sage. Modifications had to be redone in each new version and that was cost prohibitive.

Renee S.

Verified reviewer

Computer Software

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed March 2022

Flexible and Easy to Use

We have clients that do manufacturing and distribution all over the country. We are able to do modifications and still upgrade to new versions.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

We have clients with differing needs. The ability to modify is very important for us. Ease of use is also very important for our clients and the product is easy to learn. The manuals and demos are very helpful. Support from TIW is always quick and helpful when we have questions.

Cons:

I can't think of any cons. The software has met our needs.

Reasons for switching to ALERE

Old software was discontinued and obsolete.

David K.

Verified reviewer

Packaging and Containers

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed March 2022

ALERE fan

We use ALERE for everything related to accounting and order flow. We emphasize entering activity while it occurs. From inventory receipts, to manufacturing transactions, to shipments and invoicing - we know right up to the minute what has occurred. Typically, we have financial statements completed by 10:00 AM on the 1st for the previous month.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

ALERE is comprehensive and it is always current. We put information in as it occurs so the data can be used by customer service, manufacturing scheduling, and by accounting.

Cons:

We built our systems around ALERE. We try to use the system as it's designed and have made minimal modifications. I really don't know of a con to ALERE.

Vendor Response

Thank you for taking the time to review ALERE. I'm glad to hear that ALERE has been a good fit for your environment and is serving you well. If you have any requests for new features or enhancements you would like to see to the product, please feel free to suggest them to technical services. When a request makes its way into the core product, you will be notified of its inclusion. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact TIW.

Replied March 2022

Ron J.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

2-10 employees

Used other for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed March 2020

Alere Offers Robust Functionality Reflecting Decades Of Ongoing Development & Improvement

Alere's publisher, TIW Corp, has provided superb customer service, both to our company as well as directly to our clients. This is definitely a company who understands the importance of timely responses to issues and have always gone out of their way to provide thorough resolutions. Their annual software maintenance is one of the best investments our clients can make and we never hesitate to heartily recommend that our clients stay current in order to take advantage of the new features Alere consistently provides each year.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Conative Information Technolgy specializes in providing software that accommodates and streamlines existing business workflow and assisting our clients to accomplish their stated goals and objectives. We often write custom programs that integrate with existing ERP systems. We've worked closely with Alere since the early 90's and have always been impressed with their technical depth and clearly evident commitment to providing software that preserves these custom changes even as their product evolves over time. Their custom development framework is the best we have seen in over 30 years in the business. Our clients have found Alere easy to use and navigate. Due to the design of Alere's library of intelligent objects , integration with other company systems has been accomplished with ease.

Cons:

Since we reside in Canada, we have had to integrate Canadian-specific payroll programs with Alere, but this has never proven to be much of an issue as there are several ways to integrate and analyze the data.

Showing 1 - 10 of 18 Reviews

See All Reviews