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Infor VISUAL 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Infor VISUAL
Infor VISUAL
4.4
(37)

Pricing

Pricing available upon request

About Infor VISUAL

Infor VISUAL is an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System with end-to-end functionality built for manufacturing organizations looking for a complete solution that supports the entire operational lifecycle, from planning to sourcing, creation to delivery.

The solution offers applications to manage MRP, MES, supply chain management, HR and full financials, as well as reporting and customer management. It can be used by manufacturers in several industries, including automotive, aerospace, electronics, industrial equipment, medical devices and more.

Infor VISUAL supports most manufacturing modes, including MTO, ETO, configure-to-order, make-to-stock and assembly-to-order, as well as multi-site or multi-entity in a single database with single sign-on authentication.

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Infor VISUAL Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $2,000.00
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$2,000.00

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    Infor VISUAL Features

    • Popular features found in Manufacturing Execution
      Forecasting
      Inventory Management
      Order Management
      Production Management
      Quality Control
      Safety Management
      Supplier Management
      Supply Chain Management
      Traceability
    • More features of Infor VISUAL
      Accounting
      Accounting Integration
      Activity Dashboard
      API
      Approval Process Control
      Audit Management
      Automated Scheduling
      Billing & Invoicing
      Bills of Material
      BOM Creation
      Capacity Management
      Capacity Planning
      Change Management
      Compliance Management
      CRM
      Distribution Management
      Document Coding & Control
      Document Management
      EDI
      Enterprise Asset Management
      ERP integration
      Financial Management
      HR Management
      Integrated Business Operations
      Item Management
      Job Costing
      Job Tracking
      Maintenance Management
      Material Requirements Planning
      MES
      Planning Tools
      Production Scheduling
      Projections
      Project Management
      Purchase Order Management
      Purchasing & Receiving
      Quality Management
      Quotes/Estimates
      Reporting/Analytics
      Scheduling
      Serial Number Tracking
      Shipping Management
      Warehouse Management
      What-if Analysis
      Workflow Management
      Work Order Management

    Infor VISUAL User Reviews

    Overall Rating

    4.4

    Ratings Breakdown

    5

    62%

    4

    22%

    3

    16%

    2

    0%

    1

    0%

    Secondary Ratings

    Ease of Use

    4.0

    Value for money

    4.1

    Customer support

    4.4

    Functionality

    4.4

    Tracy's profile

    Tracy H.

    Verified reviewer

    Construction

    2-10 employees

    Used weekly for more than 2 years

    Review source

    Reviewed June 2023

    Infor VISUAL - The best ERP software for small - mid sized Manufacturing Companies

    5

    I have and continue to have an awesome experience with VISUAL. At one time I was the president of the SCVMUG (Southern CA VISUAL Manufacturing User Group) and also sat on the global Infor User Group as a secretary for a few years. I have taught at conferences and still have a few clients to keep my fingers in it. I truly cannot recommend this software enough!

    Ratings Breakdown

    5
    Ease of use
    5
    Value for money
    5
    Customer support
    5
    Functionality
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    Pros:
    I am 30+ year user, trainer, implementer, consultant of this product. I have seen many other ERP software products and in my experience there is NONE that can compare with this one. It has it ALL! It can not only take you from thought to getting paid, but it can handle any and all clients demands (traceability, certifications, quality requirements, etc). It can handle all internal needs as well (MRP, Production Control, Manufacturing Floor, Scheduling your factory, Maintenance, etc.) To all the reporting capabilities!!! Not to mention their exceptional support staff!
    Cons:
    WOW, this is a hard one for me. There is not much I do not like about VISUAL, I guess my only piece of advice would be if you are looking to implement this for the first time and are making a change from an existing ERP system, take is slow. I get that they want to see you everything at once, but start with the base model. Get it up and running and everyone trained before taking on another module. It is a marathon not a race. Master one before starting another. Remember this is an asset you should get an ROI every year. Make another model one its ROI's. Keep the system current and healthy and it will do the same for you.

    Reasons for choosing Infor VISUAL

    It was a much better fit for us and we liked what we were hearing about where Lilly Software was going

    Reasons for switching to Infor VISUAL

    We were growing and needed a true ERP system.

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    SB

    Sam B.

    Verified reviewer

    Machinery

    501-1000 employees

    Used daily for more than 2 years

    Review source

    Reviewed September 2019

    Great Value for Small to Mid Range Companies

    5

    Your success with Visual will be tied both to your employees' willingness to adjust their processes and procedures to being conducive to the system and to how reliable your channel partner is in helping you setup and learn the system.

    Ratings Breakdown

    5
    Ease of use
    5
    Value for money
    5
    Customer support
    5
    Functionality
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    Pros:
    Visual offers many different configuration options to help customize the software to your company. Visual is comparatively easy to learn when compared to other major ERP systems (e.g. SAP or Oracle). It's also much easier to administer. The database tables are logically named and relatively easy to figure out for troubleshooting, reporting, and tieing systems together. Visual offers a lot of features that can be setup and used quickly when working with a reliable channel partner. Since signing on with Synergy Resources, we've been introduced to a wide range of applications (e.g. SmartViews reporting, quoting through Configurator, etc.) that have created easy wins for helping our company to get the maximum amount of value out of Visual.
    Cons:
    When first starting out with Visual, it's not always easy to recognize red flags in the system that should tell you stop and look into something, or to know what reports the system gives you that will help you see problems and fix user issues. For a manufacturing company that wants to be able to drill down on what's happening on the shop floor, Visual's labor capture system that comes out of the box has some major shortcomings. Users can only enter one defect code per transaction into the system, requiring them to enter multiple transactions to record their scrap. The new Shop Floor Mobile app offers better features, but doesn't address this issue. We had to write our own labor capture program to meet our business needs. After using and administering Visual at our company for 7+ years, I still have a lot to learn about the system. The amount of options available for configuring Visual is a strength of the system, but also requires a strong knowledge of what each option offers and how the system works. Our original channel partner for implementing the system had a very knowledgeable consultant who offered us hope for how the system could work, but the consultants that primarily dealt with our account were far from experts. Implementing Visual with a bad group of consultants created many issues for us within the system. Since switching our channel partner to Synergy Resources, we've had much better success in cleaning up the problems and utilizing Visual more effectively.

    Reasons for choosing Infor VISUAL

    Visual was significantly cheaper than SAP or Oracle and was better suited for a small to mid range manufacturing company as less overhead would be required to get started with it. We believed that Visual would offer us a smoother transition from our original system (Accountmate) based off our needs at the time of implementation.

    Reasons for switching to Infor VISUAL

    At the time that we switched to Visual ERP, our company had grown to a point where we needed a software that offered better features to bring together the manufacturing and supply chain sides of our business into a single system.

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    Paul B.

    Verified reviewer

    Aviation & Aerospace

    51-200 employees

    Used daily for more than 2 years

    Review source

    Reviewed June 2018

    This product continues to confound me, some things as or better than advertised and many not at all.

    3

    Some days it's hard to say. There is a lot of data stored in the database though, however, the "out of the box" reports stink and nearly everything has to be customized.

    Ratings Breakdown

    3
    Ease of use
    3
    Value for money
    3
    Customer support
    3
    Functionality
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    Pros:
    It's a fairly comprehensive software package that covers many features in the base product. It's fairly easy to teach new users and users of other ERP systems.
    Cons:
    First & foremost, part revisions. This product does not handle part revisions in manner that is consistent with accepted engineering practices. It's almost like it was an after thought and even though these short comings have been pointed out to them for years there appears to have been no attempt to fix it. VERY frustrating to deal with.

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    Jared D.

    Verified reviewer

    Aviation & Aerospace

    51-200 employees

    Used daily for more than 2 years

    Review source

    Reviewed July 2022

    Robust But Difficult

    4

    Infor VISUAL is successfully running our manufacturing operations. It handles the entire production life cycle. However, we perform our shipping schedule, capacity planning, and analytics on different software.

    Ratings Breakdown

    2
    Ease of use
    3
    Customer support
    3
    Functionality
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    Pros:
    Infor VISUAL is essentially a barebones GUI built upon a robust database made up of many different tables for manufacturing operations. It has all of the tools and functionality needed to run an operation. Actually, it has much more than most companies probably need for their purposes.
    Cons:
    While this software "gets the job done", it doesn't make it easy. The interface is not intuitive, so a lot of training is required for new users. In addition, it lacks useful analytics and is difficult to gain insights into your process.

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    DK

    Derek K.

    Verified reviewer

    Mining & Metals

    11-50 employees

    Used daily for more than 2 years

    Review source

    Reviewed September 2019

    Our One-Stop Solution: Infor VISUAL ERP + Synergy Resources

    5

    More than three years ago, our team found ourselves at a crossroads: our mid-1990s ERP system no longer fit our business model, and our recent exponential growth meant we needed a more robust and scalable solution. A partner referred us to Synergy Resources, ensuring us that Infor VISUAL ERP and Synergy Resources made the best team in the business. The Synergy team was hands-on in our implementation, coming onsite to ask questions and learn about our company and then tailoring the new system to our business model. I am certain that this hands-on approach is what made our implementation successful. As part of our agreement, Synergy provides Quarterly Reviews, where a technical specialist reviews our ERP, server infrastructure, and databases and recommends any improvements to ensure the long-term health of our system. This future-looking analysis is a breath of fresh air in a fast-paced manufacturing environment where it's easy to get caught up in the short term. Over time, we have been able to utilize more of VISUAL's features, like the Estimating system and Engineering Change Notice system, to integrate nearly every aspect of our operations into the system. Overall, we have been thrilled with Infor VISUAL ERP and the Synergy team and are confident that both will continue to contribute to our long-term growth and success.

    Ratings Breakdown

    5
    Ease of use
    5
    Value for money
    5
    Customer support
    5
    Functionality
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    Pros:
    Many ERP systems are similar, but Infor VISUAL ERP makes it simple for the user to access the data they are seeking and then presents it in a visual format that is easy to understand. Seasoned ERP users might not need a visual representation of the data, but the straightforward process flow of Infor VISUAL ERP positions all of your users for success. Because Infor VISUAL ERP is SQL Server-based, it is simple to manage and easily compatible with BI programs like Synergy's SmartViews software and Microsoft's Power BI. Rather than the "quick fix" approach, Infor VISUAL ERP and the Synergy Resources team are focused on a long-term solution that will drive your organization forward.
    Cons:
    As a few other reviewers said, Infor VISUAL ERP comes with a breadth of "bells and whistles" that can be beyond the scope of what a small organization might need. At implementation time, this can feel overwhelming. Synergy Resources helped us identify the features we needed and configure them. Once things settled down post-implementation, we began to test some of the other features. In the three years since, several of what we considered "extra features" have become integral to our daily operations.

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    JD

    Jeff D.

    Electrical/ Electronic Manufacturing

    51-200 employees

    Used daily for less than 2 years

    Review source

    Reviewed January 2018

    A must have for any business..

    5

    Accu-Fab, Inc. has used Infor’s Visual ERP system for serval years as its forefront in a software management tool that has pushed our industry forward. When we decided to upgrade our system to the next level, we used a third party company that gave us less than stellar results, leaving us potentially behind our deadline to launching the new version based on testing and implementation. During that time we found Synergy Resources, and almost instantly we were surrounded with a team of knowledgeable members that had a plan of action for our project from the word “go”. We were introduced to engineers that knew every aspect of the software and how to make quick modifications and pull in our own modifications from the previous version making getting off the ground seamless and quick. The efficiency at which were we operational with our newly upgraded ERP system was outstanding and it couldn’t have been achieved without our new partners at Synergy Resources! We look forward to working with them even further on future projects. Thanks Synergy!

    Ratings Breakdown

    5
    Ease of use
    5
    Customer support
    5
    Functionality
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    Pros:
    Accu-Fab, Inc. has used Infor’s Visual ERP system for serval years as its forefront in a software management tool that has pushed our industry forward. When we decided to upgrade our system to the next level, we used a third party company that gave us less than stellar results, leaving us potentially behind our deadline to launching the new version based on testing and implementation. During that time we found Synergy Resources, and almost instantly we were surrounded with a team of knowledgeable members that had a plan of action for our project from the word “go”. We were introduced to engineers that knew every aspect of the software and how to make quick modifications and pull in our own modifications from the previous version making getting off the ground seamless and quick. The efficiency at which were we operational with our newly upgraded ERP system was outstanding and it couldn’t have been achieved without our new partners at Synergy Resources! We look forward to working with them even further on future projects. Thanks Synergy!

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    JB

    Jaimie B.

    Mining & Metals

    11-50 employees

    Used daily for more than 2 years

    Review source

    Reviewed August 2017

    A Platform we Can Continue to Grow Our Demanding Dynamic Business

    5

    We are a contract manufacturing facility that specializes in precision machined components and complex electro mechanical assembly. Our business has doubled since implementing Visual in 2005.

    Ratings Breakdown

    5
    Ease of use
    4
    Value for money
    5
    Customer support
    5
    Functionality
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    Pros:
    First and foremost this platform is very easy to use. The intuitive nature of the system allows for new users to rapidly pick up the software and be productive. We have a dynamic business that requires great flexibility and balance of both job tracking on machined components as well as driving MRP on complex bills of materials many which are 7 levels deep. Other platforms we researched either couldn't do both or were not flexible enough to meet our demands. The adaptability of Visual has aided in our continuous improvement process. We feel very strongly during our customer and ISO audits that we have a strong, integrated, streamlined system of which Visual is the foundation.
    Cons:
    I can think of one con and that would be the quality of the "canned" reports that come with Visual. We struggled for years with trying to extrapolate the vast data that was contained inside of Visual. We did recently purchase the Smart Views reporting suite and have been pleasantly surprised with its standard reports as well as the simplicity and intuitive nature of creating new reports. I will say the Pros of this platform far outweigh the Cons and i feel our business would be lost without this integrated business tool.

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    MG

    Mark A G.

    Aviation & Aerospace

    51-200 employees

    Used daily for less than 12 months

    Review source

    Reviewed December 2017

    Synergy's - Soldream implementation success

    5

    The Synergy Resources team assisted Soldream in successfully implementing VISUAL ERP. They provided us with advice on Change Management, presented the obstacles that we would need to overcome and made timely recommendations to support our success. Throughout the implementation process the Synergy Resources team treated our employees with respect, listened to our concerns, and expertly guided us through each step of the process. Each Monday morning we VISUAL ERP and Synergy’s Contract Order & Forecast Import Tool to import our customers’ schedules into our system which allows us to understand the impact, update requirements for all BOM levels, and contact our customers if the changes can’t be supported by each Monday afternoon. This provides valuable information to our customers to allow them time during the week to determine what drove the changes in their ERP systems and make corrections if needed. Since implementing VISUAL ERP, we’re now able to demonstrate to current and future customers that we can manage our supply chain to support their needs. We now have a better understanding our production needs; Capacity, Manpower, Product Flow, Raw Materials, etc. Soldream will have increased opportunities to grow our business as our customers’ confidence in us to support their supply chain needs continues to grow. Quarterly User Group meetings to share working knowledge and best practices

    Ratings Breakdown

    5
    Ease of use
    5
    Value for money
    5
    Customer support
    5
    Functionality
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    Pros:
    Easy to learn and use Integration of finance, scheduling, engineering, Ability to easily upload changes in customer demand Synergy's implementation support Easy access to information to support better business decisions Quarterly User group meetings
    Cons:
    Limited ability to sort information in the purchasing planning data table. Quantity for operation deviations does not automatically create replacement demand

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    Jon S.

    Verified reviewer

    Plastics

    201-500 employees

    Used daily for more than 2 years

    Review source

    Reviewed October 2018

    Visual ERP Keeps the wheels running

    3

    Visual keeps the wheels running on our business, but it seems the technology lags 10 years behind. It is a LARGE and COMPLEX system and requires extensive training and setup, as would any ERP System)

    Ratings Breakdown

    2
    Ease of use
    4
    Value for money
    4
    Customer support
    4
    Functionality
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    Pros:
    Visual's Accounting modules seem to work the best of all its features. If set up correctly, the Manufacturing modules can really streamline the company, but it does take a ton of setup (as you would imagine with any ERP System)
    Cons:
    The Estimating and Customer Order Windows can work fine unless a lot of configuration is needed - we decided to create our own modules to integrate with Visual for Configurators and Order Entry

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    VR

    Verified
    Reviewer

    Aviation & Aerospace

    201-500 employees

    Used daily for more than 2 years

    Reviewed April 2019

    Best Value Manaufacturing ERP

    5

    Overall Visual is a great system and I believe for the cost it can't be beat in its market placement.

    Ratings Breakdown

    5
    Ease of use
    5
    Value for money
    4
    Customer support
    5
    Functionality
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    Pros:
    Great scheduling system. Very easy to use. Lots of hidden functionality. Been around for many years and plenty of consultants and users out there for support in addition to Infor.
    Cons:
    New releases tend to be buggier than past releases. Some issues have been around for many years and Infor refuses to fix.

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