Manufacturing Software Pricing
Choose from three packages, starting at £595 a month. Each includes one factory site, named office users and unlimited shop-floor operators. Hosting, updates and standard product support are included. All prices exclude VAT.
Compare The Packages
Each package includes all the features of the package before it.
Core
£595a month
Includes one factory site. Excludes VAT.
Annual payment: £5,712 upfront, saving 20%. Equivalent to £476 a month.
Materials, Production And Job Costs
Manage purchasing, production, stock and despatch in one paperless system. Plan material requirements and compare actual job costs with your estimates.
Included In Core:
- Sales enquiries, estimates, quotations and orders
- Parts, revisions, multi-level bills of material and routings
- Works orders and shop-floor production booking
- Machine calendars, drag-and-drop scheduling and capacity warnings
- MRP runs, material shortages and recommendations on what to make or buy
- Purchasing and goods received
- Stock locations, material receipts and issues
- Barcode scanning, serial numbers, picking, packing, stocktakes and returns
- Lot and heat traceability, with certificates of conformity
- Despatch documents and consignments
- Actual job costs and reports comparing costs with estimates
- Reports and CSV exports
- Accounting connections for Xero, Sage, QuickBooks and FreeAgent
- SharePoint drawings and documents
- Microsoft single sign-on, user permissions and site access
- Keystone AI for orders, stock, purchasing and material shortages
- Ask Keystone AI about a job’s costs and how they compare with its estimate
Job costs are available to users with the appropriate permissions. AI usage is charged separately.
17 features included
Factory
£995a month
Includes one factory site. Excludes VAT.
Annual payment: £9,552 upfront, saving 20%. Equivalent to £796 a month.
People, Quality And Process Control
Everything in Core, plus planning around staff availability and skills, quality inspections, HR records, document control and engineering changes.
Everything In Core, Plus:
- Plan around staff availability, skills and cover
- Inspections, first-off checks, quality holds and release, NCRs and concessions
- Measuring equipment and calibration records
- Subcontract work, send-outs and returns
- Maintenance records
- Configurable forms
- People HR
- Controlled Document Management
- Engineering Change Control
- Keystone AI for quality, capacity and staffing
27 features included
Connected Factory
£1,595a month
Includes one factory site. Excludes VAT.
Annual payment: £15,312 upfront, saving 20%. Equivalent to £1,276 a month.
Production And Machine Data, Together
Everything in Factory, plus live data from compatible machines. Link readings to the job running at the time and review machine status, utilisation, downtime and OEE.
Everything In Factory, Plus:
- Machine status, utilisation, downtime and OEE
- Spindle speed, error codes and other machine readings
- Connection monitoring and a history of machine readings
- Machine readings linked to works orders
- Keystone AI analysis of the machine data available
We check compatibility and agree which readings and measures your machines can provide before installation. Machine connections are read-only.
32 features included
Need A Tailored Deployment?
Talk to us about dedicated hosting, managed integrations or specific service requirements. We will agree a package and quote for your deployment. Extra factory sites are also available on Core, Factory and Connected Factory at the prices below.
Save 20% In Your First Year
New customers receive 20% off the subscription and recurring extras for the first 12 months, billed monthly. That brings Core to £476 a month, Factory to £796 and Connected Factory to £1,276, excluding VAT.
- The discount applies to your package, extra office users, additional sites and chargeable machine connections.
- The 12 months start on the subscription date agreed in your order form.
- The offer cannot be combined with the annual-payment discount.
- Implementation, data cleansing and migration, hardware, machine-connection commissioning and AI usage are charged separately and are excluded from the discount.
- After 12 months, standard monthly pricing applies unless you choose annual payment. We confirm the renewal terms before you order. At current prices, the base packages renew at £595, £995 and £1,595 a month respectively, excluding VAT and extras.
Connect Your Accounts And Documents
Accounting and document connections are included in Core, Factory and Connected Factory.
Xero, Sage, QuickBooks and FreeAgent
Send sales invoices and supplier bills to your accounting package, and see their payment status in Keystone.
SharePoint
Access drawings and documents from part revisions and job records.
We agree connection setup as part of implementation. Your accounting and Microsoft 365 subscriptions are separate.
What Is Included, And What Costs Extra?
Office Users And Shop-Floor Operators
Core includes 5 named office users, Factory 10 and Connected Factory 15. Extra office users cost £30 each a month.
Unlimited shop-floor access is for users assigned the Machine Operator role. Supervisors, planners, buyers, warehouse staff, quality staff and managers use named office accounts and count towards the office-user allowance.
Getting Started
Implementation and data migration are quoted separately. We review your factory processes and existing records, then agree the configuration, data preparation, training and go-live support you need.
Ongoing Costs
Hosting, updates and standard product support are included in your subscription. Extra users, sites and machine connections are charged at the rates below. Hardware, machine-connection commissioning and tailored services are agreed separately. AI usage is charged separately.
Enabling Optional Areas
An administrator switches on included areas such as HR and document control when you are ready to use them. People HR requires a recorded data processing agreement before it can be enabled.
For more on comparing software costs, read our guide to MRP pricing, or compare us directly with Brytebuild.
Charges For Extra Users, Sites And Machines
Add these to your chosen package. Annual payment includes the same 20% saving and is invoiced upfront. All prices exclude VAT.
| Extra | Monthly Price | Annual Payment | Equivalent Monthly Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office user, each | £30 | £288 | £24 |
| Additional Core site, each | £300 | £2,880 | £240 |
| Additional Factory site, each | £500 | £4,800 | £400 |
| Additional Connected Factory site, each | £800 | £7,680 | £640 |
| Machine connections 6–20, each | £60 | £576 | £48 |
| Machine connections 21+, each | £45 | £432 | £36 |
Annual payment covers 12 months paid in advance. The monthly equivalent is shown for comparison. The first-year monthly offer also reduces these recurring charges by 20%.
Additional Sites
Additional sites must be part of the same installation and use the same package. User and machine allowances are shared across those sites. Adding a site does not increase either allowance.
Machine Connections
Connected Factory includes 5 machine connections. Connections 6 to 20 cost £60 each a month. Each connection from 21 onwards costs £45 a month; the first 15 chargeable connections remain at £60.
You can schedule machines in Core without connecting them. Live machine data requires Connected Factory and a compatible machine connection. We check compatibility before commissioning.
Factory: 14 Office Users And 2 Sites
£995 package + £120 for 4 extra office users + £500 for a second site
£1,615 a month
Annual payment: £15,504 upfront, equivalent to £1,292 a month. First-year offer: £1,292 a month, billed monthly for 12 months.
Connected Factory: 18 Office Users And 12 Machines
£1,595 package + £90 for 3 extra office users + £420 for 7 extra machine connections
£2,105 a month
Annual payment: £20,208 upfront, equivalent to £1,684 a month. First-year offer: £1,684 a month, billed monthly for 12 months. Includes one factory site and the first 5 machine connections.
Compare All Features
| Feature | Core | Factory | Connected | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enquiries, quotations and sales orders | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Parts, revisions, bills of material and routings | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Works orders and production booking Create and release works orders, and record work and production on the shop floor. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Machine scheduling Plan against work-centre calendars and working hours, move operations by drag and drop, and see capacity warnings. Factory also accounts for staff availability and skills. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Material requirements planning Calculate material shortages and when to make or buy. Review recommendations and turn them into draft works orders or purchase requisitions. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Purchasing and goods received | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Stock locations, material receipts and issues | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Barcode scanning and warehouse operations Serial numbers, picking, packing, stocktakes and returns. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Lot and heat traceability Track material as it is received, used and despatched, with certificates of conformity. Factory adds inspections and quality release controls. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Despatch documents and consignments | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Actual job costs and comparison with estimates Use the costs recorded against each job to compare actuals with estimates. Access is limited by user permissions. Subcontract work is managed in Factory; subcontract costs already recorded against a job remain part of its cost. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reports and CSV exports | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Accounting connections Send sales invoices and supplier bills to Xero, Sage, QuickBooks or FreeAgent, and see their payment status in Keystone. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SharePoint drawings and documents Access drawings and documents from part revisions and job records. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Microsoft single sign-on, user permissions and site access | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Keystone AI for orders, stock and materials Ask about production records and material shortages, and review material-shortage alerts in Factory Watch. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Ask Keystone AI about job costs Look up a works order by reference to review its costs and compare them with the estimate. Answers link to the job and identify missing cost information. Available to users permitted to see job costs. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Staff availability, skills and cover Plan work around the hours people are available and signed off to use each machine. Account for unattended running separately. | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Inspections, quality holds and release, NCRs and concessions | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Measuring equipment and calibration records | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Subcontract work, send-outs and returns | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Maintenance records | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Configurable forms | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| People HR Employment, leave, sickness, skills and training records, including availability for production planning. | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Controlled Document Management Manage document revisions, approvals and release. | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Engineering Change Control Review and approve changes, and record when each approved change takes effect. | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Keystone AI for quality, capacity and staffing | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Machine status, utilisation, downtime and OEE Collected from compatible machines. We confirm which readings and measures your machines can provide before commissioning. Collection is read-only: Keystone cannot start, stop or reprogramme a machine. | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Spindle speed, error codes and other machine readings Which readings are available depends on the machine and its control. | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Connection monitoring and reading history | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Machine readings linked to works orders | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI analysis of machine activity Ask about machine performance and review alerts when machines stop reporting. | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hosting, integrations and allowances agreed in your contract | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Access to older audit records Enterprise allows access to up to 7 years of available audit history. Standard packages provide access to the last 90 days. Data retention is agreed separately. | — | — | — | ✓ |
Pricing Questions
What Does Core Include?
Core covers enquiries and quotations through to production and despatch. It includes bills of material, machine scheduling, material requirements planning, purchasing, stock and warehouse operations, and actual job costing with reports comparing costs with estimates. Factory adds staff planning, quality controls, HR, document control and engineering change control.
Who Needs An Office-User Licence?
Each person using a named office account counts towards the allowance, including buyers, warehouse staff, quality staff, planners and managers. Unlimited shop-floor access is for the Machine Operator role.
Can I Add Another Factory Site?
Yes. Each package includes one site. Add another on the same installation at the published rate for your package. All sites use the same package and share the user and connected-machine allowances. Enterprise is not required simply because you have more than one site.
What Counts As A Connected Machine?
A machine connected so Keystone can collect its readings. You can still schedule machines in Core without a live connection. We check machine compatibility before commissioning. Data collection is read-only: Keystone cannot start, stop or reprogramme a machine.
How Are Extra Machine Connections Charged?
Connected Factory includes 5. Connections 6 to 20 cost £60 each a month, and connections from 21 onwards cost £45 each. Adding a 21st connection leaves the earlier connections at their existing rates.
How Does Annual Payment Work?
You pay for 12 months upfront and receive 20% off the package and recurring extras. The annual invoice total is shown alongside each price. Monthly equivalents are for comparison.
What Happens When The First-Year Offer Ends?
Standard monthly pricing applies unless you choose annual payment. We confirm the renewal terms before you order. You cannot combine the first-year offer with the annual-payment discount.
Is AI Usage Included?
Your package includes access to its Keystone AI features. Usage is charged separately. Before activation, we agree pay-as-you-go usage or a connection to your own supported AI account. Current supported connections are Amazon Bedrock and Local Claude.
Is Implementation Included?
Implementation and data migration are quoted separately. We agree configuration, data preparation, training and go-live support before work starts. Hosting, updates and standard product support are included in your subscription.
Find The Right Package For Your Factory
Book a walkthrough to see Keystone in use and discuss your users, sites, quality requirements and machine connections.