Deltek vs ERPNext

Which one do AI engines recommend, and how do they differ on price, fit and features?

The short answer

ERPNext is the stronger AI pick in ERP: it has a visibility score of 13.4 versus 2.2 for Deltek, and ranks ahead in 100% of the answers that name both.

Choose Deltek if…

You need FedRAMP Moderate Authorization (Replicon) or ISO/IEC 27001:2022 (Replicon) or CSA STAR (Replicon, Costpoint, Maconomy) or SOC 1 or SOC 2 or SOC 3 coverage
You prefer a larger, established vendor (1,001–5,000 employees)
suited to billing by time and talent
well suited to highly specialized industries

Choose ERPNext if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (13.4 vs 2.2)
AI answers describe it more positively (67% vs 0% positive)
You need ISO 9001:2015 or ISO 27001:2022 or SOC 2 Type II coverage
Open-source with broad functional coverage

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 2

Metric	Deltek	ERPNext
Visibility score	2.2%	13.4%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in ERP	#19	#10
Share of voice	1%	3.3%
Mentions this run	5	16
Positive in AI answers	0%	67%

The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Deltek 0pp · ERPNext 0pp over 0 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

ERPNext leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

0.9%

17.4%

AI Mode

1.1%

11.5%

Perplexity

4.4%

11.3%

DeltekERPNext

Head to head in AI answers

1 engine answers name both brands

0Deltek ranked higher

1ERPNext ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Deltek	ERPNext
Alternatives to the most popular ERP system	Perplexity	#14	#10

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Deltek	ERPNext
Deployment	Cloud-first	Docker or SaaS, with Frappe Cloud offering EU and US data residency; self-hosting is also possible.
Compliance	FedRAMP Moderate Authorization (Replicon), ISO/IEC 27001:2022 (Replicon), CSA STAR (Replicon, Costpoint, Maconomy), SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3	ISO 9001:2015, ISO 27001:2022, SOC 2 Type II
Support	—	Certified partners through Find a Partner
Founded	1983	2008
Headquarters	Herndon, Virginia, United States	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Employees	1,001–5,000	51–200
Funding	Private equity round led by New Mountain Capital	Investment from Zerodha/Rainmatter · $1M raised
Best for	Project-based businesses in government contracting, aerospace and defense, architecture and engineering, construction and consulting.	Small to mid-sized organisations