Plex Smart Manufacturing Platform 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Plex Smart Manufacturing Platform

4.3

(15)

Pricing

Starting at $3,000.00 per month

About Plex Smart Manufacturing Platform

Plex gives manufacturers the ability to connect, automate, track and analyze every aspect of their business, from the plant floor to the top floor, to drive business transformation. Built in the cloud, the Plex Smart Manufacturing Platform includes MES, ERP, supply chain management, Industrial IoT and analytics to connect people, systems, machines, and supply chains, enabling them to lead with precision, efficiency and agility in an ever-changing market.

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Plex Smart Manufacturing Platform Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $3,000.00 per month

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Plex Smart Manufacturing Platform 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 Plex Smart Manufacturing Platform
Accounting
Accounting Integration
Activity Dashboard
Activity Tracking
API
Approval Process Control
Audit Management
Automated Scheduling
Barcode/Ticket Scanning
Bills of Material
BOM Creation
Capacity Planning
Change Management
Complaint Management
Compliance Management
Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA)
CRM
Customer Database
Customizable Reports
Defect Tracking
Distribution Management
Document Coding & Control
Document Management
EDI
Enterprise Asset Management
Equipment Management
ERP integration
Financial Management
Food Traceability
Forecasting
For Metal Fabrication
HR Management
Integrated Business Operations
Inventory Management
Inventory Tracking
ISO Standards Management
Item Management
Maintenance Management
Material Requirements Planning
MES
Multi-Location
Order Management
Predictive Analytics
Production Management
Production Scheduling
Project Management
Quality Control
Quality Management
Quotes/Estimates
Real-Time Data
Real-Time Monitoring
Recall Management
Recipe Management
Recommendations
Reporting/Analytics
Resource Management
Risk Management
Safety Management
Scheduling
Shipping Management
Shop Floor Management
Supplier Management
Supplier Quality Control
Supply Chain Management
Task Management
Third-Party Integrations
Traceability
Training Management
Warehouse Management
Workflow Management

Plex Smart Manufacturing Platform Integrations

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Plex Smart Manufacturing Platform User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.3

Ratings Breakdown

53%

33%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.2

Value for money

3.8

Customer support

3.8

Functionality

4.2

Verified

Reviewer

Self-Employed

Used monthly for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed May 2018

Plex is ERP made easy

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

In regard to ERP, this is all you need in order to track what is being done, how long it will take, and what else is needed for the project.

Cons:

I think the layout could have been better in terms of visual aesthetics, but I do understand why it was designed the way it was. It is very effective!

Ajshanique R.

Verified reviewer

Automotive

201-500 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed July 2025

My experience with PLEX

My overall experience with PLEX was good. It only sucked when the system was down, which made the job hard. Everything and everyone relied on the PLEX system.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

For close to three years, I worked for a company that supplied parts to an auto manufacturing company, MAZDA TOYOTA. The PLEX system allowed us to store safety quality sheets. It showed us everything we needed to know about the Stamping and Weld Cells, such as any downtime, how many coils were being cut, how many parts were being stamped and how many being welded. We also used PLEX to print out labels for each container. PLEX also told us where each container was to be stored and where to locate them.

Cons:

When PLEX was down, we had to manually write out labels, which was time consuming. Sometimes PLEX showed an inaccurate count, versus what we really had in storage.

David P.

Verified reviewer

Aviation & Aerospace

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2020

Stay Away from Plex

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

We like the "all-you-can-eat" pricing model.

Cons:

Nearly everything. Plex has nearly destroyed our company and that is not an exaggeration. Part of it I could chalk up to a poor implementation via consultant company and not having the competency on the inside to know what to ask for. Even when we tried to have a completely new implementation done by another consulting company, we could clearly see that Plex was never going to work for us. The MRP, routers and BOM's are completely disjointed making planning a very tedious task. You would think that a simple report like a costed BOM would be standard, but that doesn't exist. The management of Plex has been uninterested in addressing any of these issues (our Director of ops identified over 38 major problems) so we are actually looking to change systems, at the cost of hundred's of thousands of dollars.

Reasons for choosing Plex Smart Manufacturing Platform

The low cost, all-you-can-eat, with unlimited users was attractive.

Reasons for switching to Plex Smart Manufacturing Platform

PCMRP could not scale with our business.

Jacob K.

Verified reviewer

Chemicals

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2024

Our Plant uses PLEX

We use PLEX everyday to manage our manufacturing team. Overall very good experience.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Very easy to view and use the data we collect across the plant.

Cons:

We have the older/cheaper service of plex, so I am sure the current software has more features that would be nice.

Sukhpreet S.

Verified reviewer

Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2024

PLEX Review

Overall Experience with Plex is satisfactory; build is stable. Room for improvement.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Seem-less integration of different modules.

Cons:

Some of the design or features are old-school and not flexible.

Thomas D.

Verified reviewer

Food & Beverages

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed March 2025

Great software

My experience was great. Customer service was super helpful when I needed help.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I loved how easy to use and user friendly it is.

Cons:

There is nothing that I didn't like specifically

Reid D.

Accounting

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed October 2018

Plex Manufacturing ERP Review

Throughout the training and implementation phase we experienced several problems with the product that required us to call into Plex's support team (which costs money). Our shipping was disrupted early as labels were not printing correctly (despite following Plex's instructions). Several modules in the software were not set up from the get go and we had to pay for training to set them up. Overall there were numerous technical problems due to the system being inflexible and lacking common sense at times.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The Plex cloud-based ERP software is pretty quick and responsive. Also the accounting module has a lot of functionality.

Cons:

The software is extremely difficult to use and requires significant user training. We experienced many technical problems (labels not working, drop ship module not allowing decimals, accounting jobs not being available for all entries, ect). As a whole the software is not flexible and could create problems for your company.

Tyler F.

Mining & Metals

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed March 2018

Just launching UX

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

Ease of use- very intuitive for any user that has worked with a line of business software Web based- this allows total IT cost to be reduced. This is particularly true with multi-site/ high user businesses. Because it is “cloud”, backups and risk plans are not as difficult to develop. Unlimited users! This sets PLEX aside from all others. Don’t loose this model PLEX! PLEax community is awesome. Lots of training/ knowledge there. This is typically an add on for other softwares.

Cons:

UX still has its bugs but you can just as easy log in to classic and do what you need to do. UX is great so far. Education portal should come free for the first 6 months for a free trial. There are so many training sessions and areas to find answers to your questions in this area. If PLEX gave a good preview, this would likely be a fast add on.

Tara M.

Consumer Goods

Self-Employed

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed November 2016

The software that maybe, possibly, potentially could

Plex has a lot going for it. Using SAP for another client, I find that Plex is much more of a value for the money and more dynamic with what you get. SAP relies a lot on additional modules and add-ons to meet user needs making the cost potentially exorbitant. The current Plex interface is a bit dated, but Plex will be rolling out a new interface that is showing a lot of promise with it's additional functionality by the end of 2017. Plex was built for the automotive industry but has branched out to other industries as it has grown. The company has been growing rapidly and only recently has taken a new direction which is better aligned with its growth and ability to meet the needs of customers across industries.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Ease of use, lower price compared to big ERP software systems, willingness to listen to users and make changes accordingly, Plex's user community is a fantastic resource & frequently Plex experts will chime in to help users out

Cons:

Clunky functionality and some limitations for the consumer products world (but this is being addressed, albeit slowly), current business intelligence tools associated with the software are hard to use

Mary H.

Mining & Metals

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed March 2018

Cloud is the way to go. The most easy and comprehensive platform I've used.

We migrated from Infor and will never look back. Plex has solved our problems in little time.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

An easy GUI, integrated, and easily accessible from any device. At home I can generate reports and schedules.

Cons:

Would like to see a more developed distribution framework. It's there but could be better and more efficient for all the logistics involved. The support staff takes too much time to respond but we have configured the system using their development tools.

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