SQLWorks is an integrated business platform combining manufacturing, accounting, customer relationship management, and stock control for small to medium-sized businesses and organisations. Manufacturing tools cover multi-level bills of material, works orders, process routing, and production scheduling. Material Requirements Planning forecasts component needs from sales and works-order demand and can create draft purchase and works orders. Accounting includes sales and purchase ledgers, multi-currency accounting, VAT, financial analysis, and reporting. Through an HMRC API integration, it can submit VAT returns and access VAT obligations, payments, and liabilities. SQLWorks supports data connectors to other business applications, with integration work handled by Lineal Software Solutions’ development team. User and group permissions are available, with group settings overriding individual settings. The platform lists an audit trail and cloud backup. Lineal says the software is independently audited and UKAS-accredited for ISO 9001 and ISO 27001. It provides UK-based support and can tailor systems for industry-specific requirements. The listed plan costs £37 per user per month.
Who it is for
SQLWorks suits small to medium-sized businesses and organisations needing manufacturing, accounting, CRM, and stock-control functions together. UK businesses requiring HMRC VAT connectivity may also find its accounting tools relevant.
What is good
- Combines manufacturing and accounting
- MRP forecasts component requirements
- HMRC API supports VAT submissions
- Group permissions override individual settings
- Cloud backup and audit trail
What to know first
- No free plan is available
- Costs £37 per user per month
- Desktop deployment on macOS and Windows
- Integration work goes through the development team
Verdict
SQLWorks brings production planning, finance, CRM, and inventory into one desktop platform. Its HMRC connection, permissions, backup, and customization options should be weighed against the paid per-user model.
SQLWorks plans and pricing
All plansCompared on bill of materials software
- Free plan
- No
- Multi-level BOMs
- Yes
- Inventory integration
- Yes
- Deployment
- desktop
