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ECI Khameleon: Cloud ERP for Project-Based Dealers

ECI Khameleon at a glance
VendorECI Software Solutions
HeadquartersWestlake, Texas, USA (vendor)
OwnershipPrivate equity: Leonard Green & Partners and funds advised by Apax Partners (co-control since early 2025); Khameleon acquired by ECI in September 2024
DeploymentCloud (SaaS, hosted on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure)
Target marketProject-based dealers and integrators (SMB to mid-market, North America)
IndustriesContract furniture, audiovisual integration, security systems integration
PricingNot published; quote-based
Websiteecisolutions.com/products/khameleon

Overview

Khameleon is a cloud ERP for project-based dealerships: companies whose revenue comes from quoting, delivering, and installing multi-line projects instead of shipping transactional stock orders. Three audiences dominate, and all of them blend product resale, professional services, and installation labor. Contract and commercial furniture dealers furnishing offices and institutions. Audiovisual system providers outfitting meeting spaces. Security integrators deploying access control and surveillance. For each of them the platform runs the full quote-to-cash cycle, from order and project management through purchasing, inventory, and financials, inside one hosted system. The customer base is concentrated in North America and skews to small and midsize dealerships.

Vendor, history, ownership

Khameleon Software built the product as an independent specialist over many years of serving project-based dealers, with the commercial furniture channel as its heartland. ECI Software Solutions completed the acquisition in September 2024 and positioned the product as an expansion of its distribution portfolio for commercial furniture dealer customers. ECI, headquartered in Westlake, Texas, is a multi-vertical software group founded in 1999 as e-commerce Industries; it is privately held by Leonard Green & Partners and funds advised by Apax Partners, which took co-control in early 2025.

Core functionality

The module list covers order management, project management and project costing, purchase orders, financial management, inventory management, time and expense tracking, and reporting. Add-ons bring mobile applications, resource scheduling, and work order management. There is no in-house front-office suite: Khameleon integrates instead with tools such as HubSpot for CRM and Airtable for lightweight workflow, which suits dealers already running modern SaaS front ends and means integration work for those that are not.

What these dealers actually need is project costing, phased billing, and vendor-specific ordering workflows. Generic distribution ERPs handle all three poorly, and that gap is the reason Khameleon exists.

Licensing, hosting, cost

Cloud-only SaaS, hosted on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, with no on-premises option and no servers for the dealer to maintain. ECI does not publish pricing; quotes depend on user counts and add-on modules. Running a structured requirements process first, along the lines of our ERP selection guide, is what makes a comparison against both vertical rivals and generic mid-market suites meaningful.

Editorial verdict

The niche here is tightly drawn, and that is the point. If your margin lives or dies on project costing discipline and coordinated vendor ordering, Khameleon models that business out of the box, where a horizontal ERP needs consulting-heavy customization to arrive at the same place. Two things temper the recommendation. The September 2024 acquisition is recent, so roadmap, support, and commercial terms are still transitioning under ECI, and the surrounding ecosystem is thinner than what the large mid-market suites carry. Dealers with significant in-house manufacturing should look elsewhere, as should any firm outside the furniture, AV, and security channels. For a project-based dealership matching the intended profile, it belongs on the shortlist.

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Frequently asked questions

Who owns Khameleon and since when?

ECI Software Solutions completed the acquisition of Khameleon Software in September 2024 and framed the deal as an expansion of its distribution portfolio, particularly for commercial furniture dealer customers. ECI is a privately held vertical software group headquartered in Westlake, Texas, backed by Leonard Green & Partners and funds advised by Apax Partners. Because the acquisition is still recent, roadmap and support commitments are fair game in any sales conversation.

Which companies is Khameleon built for, and why not use a generic distribution ERP?

The intended customers are project-based dealerships whose revenue mixes product resale, services, and installation: contract furniture dealers, audiovisual system providers, and security system integrators. Generic distribution systems are organized around repeatable stock orders. Khameleon is organized around projects, with quotes, deposits, vendor-specified products, staged deliveries, and installation labor, and with project management and project costing sitting at the center of the data model rather than bolted on. For a dealer whose margin depends on tracking every project line, that architectural difference outweighs any single feature comparison. Firms with significant in-house manufacturing are a poor fit and should evaluate broader platforms.

How is Khameleon deployed and what does it cost?

Delivery is cloud SaaS only, hosted on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, with no on-premises edition and no servers or database infrastructure for the customer to maintain; front-office needs are covered through integrations with tools such as HubSpot and Airtable rather than bundled modules. ECI does not publish pricing, and prospects are directed to demos and sales conversations, with quotes varying by user counts and optional modules such as resource scheduling or mobile apps. Ask for multi-year subscription totals in writing and compare them against at least one vertical competitor and one generic mid-market suite.