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JobBOSS²

JobBOSS² at a glance
VendorECI Software Solutions
HeadquartersFort Worth, Texas, USA
OwnershipPrivate-equity owned; majority held by Apax Partners and GIC (since February 2025)
DeploymentMulti-tenant SaaS, private hosted cloud, or on-premises
Target marketSmall to midsize job shops and make-to-order manufacturers
IndustriesMachine shops, metal fabrication, tool and die, contract manufacturing
PricingPricing on request (not published, as of August 2026)
Websiteecisolutions.com/products/jobboss2

What JobBOSS² is

A quote-to-cash ERP for small and midsize job shops and make-to-order manufacturers. The environment it was built for is high-mix, low-volume production: machine shops, fabricators, tool and die operations, where quoting speed, job costing accuracy, and shop-floor visibility decide the year far more than corporate-scale financial functions do. The name itself is a merger of two of the most familiar labels in US job-shop software, JobBOSS and the E2 Shop System.

The company behind it

ECI Software Solutions sits in Fort Worth, Texas, and sells business software to small and midsize companies across several vertical markets. Its job-shop line arrived by purchase. JobBOSS was developed under Exact and came over with ECI's 2019 acquisition of Exact's US business-solutions portfolio; the E2 Shop System followed in 2020 through the Shoptech Industrial Software deal. In 2021 ECI merged the two, putting JobBOSS functionality onto E2's cloud-native platform and shipping the result as JobBOSS², the single go-forward product. Both older names still circulate widely on US shop floors, which is worth knowing when a peer recommends one of them.

ECI itself has been private-equity property for years. Leonard Green & Partners held the majority from 2020, and in February 2025 funds advised by Apax Partners, together with GIC, took over the majority stake.

Modules and capabilities

Estimating and quoting, order entry, scheduling, shop-floor data collection, job costing, inventory and material management, purchasing, quality management, and accounting, with CRM capabilities in the box. Optional add-ons extend that core: a manufacturing execution (MES) layer and an AI-assisted bill-of-materials builder. The center of gravity never moves far from shop management. Win the job, run it profitably, ship it on time.

Best-fit companies

Small to midsize manufacturers doing make-to-order and custom metal work: machine shops, fabrication shops, tool and die, contract manufacturers. The product is US-centric with domestic support, and its reference base clusters in precisely those shop types. Large multi-site corporations and process manufacturers are not the audience.

Deployment and pricing

Three models are on offer. Multi-tenant SaaS for shops that want nothing to do with servers, a private hosted cloud for those with enhanced security requirements (defense-related work being the usual reason), and a conventional on-premises install. ECI runs a pricing page without rates on it; quotes come on request and are typically subscription-based. Reading those quotes properly means comparing shortlist candidates on total cost rather than headline subscription, and our ERP TCO calculator is built for that job.

Our take

For a US job shop, JobBOSS² is close to a default shortlist entry. The combined JobBOSS and E2 heritage gives it name recognition few competitors match, and its scope maps onto how such shops actually run their week. Buy it if the pain is quoting, costing, and scheduling custom work.

Do not buy it as a corporate suite. This is shop-management ERP with accounting attached, not a platform for complex multi-entity structures, and shops with serious engineering data management needs will end up pairing it with other tools. The ownership history earns a line on the due-diligence list as well: two brand consolidations and repeated private-equity handovers, the latest in 2025. None of that has visibly derailed the roadmap so far, but it is a fair question to put to references during ERP selection.

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Frequently asked questions

What kind of shop is JobBOSS² built for?

Small and midsize job shops and make-to-order manufacturers working high-mix, low-volume: machine shops, metal fabrication, tool and die, contract manufacturers. The functional center of gravity is shop management, meaning fast estimating to win the job, accurate job costing to run it profitably, and scheduling plus shop-floor data collection to ship it on time. Large multi-site corporations and process manufacturers sit outside its remit.

How do JobBOSS², the original JobBOSS, and E2 Shop System relate to each other?

ECI Software Solutions launched JobBOSS² in 2021 by merging JobBOSS functionality onto E2's cloud-native platform as a single go-forward product. JobBOSS was originally developed under Exact and joined ECI in 2019; the E2 Shop System arrived through ECI's 2020 acquisition of Shoptech Industrial Software. Both legacy names still circulate widely in US shops, so a colleague recommending JobBOSS or E2 is effectively pointing you at today's JobBOSS².

Which deployment model suits a shop doing defense work?

Of the three available models, the private hosted cloud exists specifically for shops with enhanced security requirements, which is the usual answer where defense-related data-handling controls matter. Multi-tenant SaaS and a traditional on-premises installation are the alternatives. Shops supplying defense primes should confirm during evaluation that their specific compliance obligations are covered by whichever model they pick, rather than treating the hosted option as automatic coverage.

How much does JobBOSS² cost, and what belongs in the budget?

ECI maintains a pricing page but publishes no rates; as of August 2026 pricing is on request and typically subscription-based. The subscription is only part of the bill. Data conversion, training, and the internal hours needed to build estimating templates and routings add materially to first-year cost, and projects of this class in small shops usually run weeks to a few months rather than a year. A structured cost comparison across shortlist candidates keeps vendor quotes honest; see the ERP TCO calculator. Ownership is the budget-adjacent second question: ECI has been private-equity owned for years, with Leonard Green & Partners holding the majority from 2020 and funds advised by Apax Partners together with GIC acquiring the majority stake in February 2025, so long-term pricing and support commitments belong on the ERP selection due-diligence list.