COTS vs. Custom vs. Accelerator is a series of turnkey solutions from MERP Systems, Inc. (MERP), designed to streamline development, minimize costs, and provide customized features. Customers now have a better alternative to limited Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) solutions or costly custom development.

Pure COTS solutions typically incur higher license costs and are not very flexible. Customers pay for capabilities they do not need, and often pay to develop features the COTS will lack. COTS systems require changing business processes to match the features, functions, and flows of the COTS product, rather than adapting the product to customer needs. Custom-created software provides exactly what customers need but takes much longer to develop (adding substantially to the cost), and the customer is at risk if the developing company becomes unavailable. MERP adapts the features of our core product to meet customer needs, rather than forcing those needs into a narrowly defined COTS solution. With top developers experienced in creating dozens of similar solutions, MERP can rapidly deliver a customized product at minimal cost.