Shopify ERP Integration: How It Works, Options and Costs

Shopify runs your storefront. Your ERP runs inventory, purchasing, and the books. A Shopify ERP integration is what keeps the two in agreement, so nobody on your team re-keys orders at night or finds out about a stockout from a customer email.

This guide explains what a Shopify ERP integration should sync, the four ways to build one, what each costs based on public listings as of November 2026, and how to pick. Dominate connects Shopify to one ERP, Oracle NetSuite, so the examples lean on NetSuite. The checklist applies to any ERP.

What Is Shopify ERP Integration?

Shopify ERP integration is the automated exchange of data between your Shopify store and your enterprise resource planning system. Orders and customers flow from Shopify into the ERP. Inventory, prices, and shipment tracking flow from the ERP back to Shopify.

Is Shopify an ERP?

No. Shopify is a commerce platform. It handles the storefront, checkout, payments, and basic inventory and order management. It does not run a general ledger, full procurement, multi-entity accounting, or manufacturing. Brands add an ERP when spreadsheets and accounting software can no longer keep up, and that is the moment a Shopify ERP integration becomes necessary. If you are still deciding whether you need one, read NetSuite vs. QuickBooks: 7 signs you have outgrown QuickBooks.

Which ERPs Do Shopify Stores Connect To?

The ERPs that come up most often for growing Shopify brands are Oracle NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, SAP, Acumatica, and Odoo. The right one depends on your finance team, your entities and currencies, and whether you manufacture. Pick the ERP on those terms first. The integration question comes second, because every one of these systems can be connected to Shopify in more than one way.

Two of those vendors ship their own Shopify connection. Microsoft includes a Shopify Connector app with Business Central, and its documentation says the app is preinstalled for new sign-ups. Oracle sells a NetSuite ERP Connector on the Shopify App Store. Both are covered in the options below.

What a Shopify ERP Integration Should Sync

Before you compare tools, write down the data flows you need. This list is the scope you will hold every vendor to.

If you run more than one Shopify store, add one requirement: each store's orders must land in the correct entity or location in the ERP. If you ship from several warehouses, add location-level inventory.

Four Ways to Connect Shopify to an ERP

1. Your ERP vendor's own Shopify app

Some ERP vendors sell or bundle their own connection. Oracle's NetSuite ERP Connector is listed on the Shopify App Store with four plans as of November 12, 2026: B2C Standard at $199.92 per month, B2C Premium and POS at $249.92 per month each, and B2B at $916.58 per month. Microsoft includes its Shopify Connector with Business Central. Vendor apps are a reasonable default when your needs are standard and you want one company to call. For the NetSuite case, see Dominate vs Oracle NetSuite Connector.

2. An iPaaS such as Celigo, Boomi, or Workato

Integration platforms sell a general flow builder, often with prebuilt Shopify templates. They make sense when the ERP also needs to talk to a CRM, a 3PL, marketplaces, and EDI on one platform, and you have someone to own the flows. Pricing is mostly quoted, and implementation is usually extra. Our Celigo Shopify NetSuite app review walks through how editions, endpoints, and flow limits affect the bill.

3. A purpose-built connector

A purpose-built connector does one job: keep one storefront and one ERP in sync. You configure it yourself in a dashboard instead of running a project. Dominate is one example for NetSuite. Plans are published: $99/mo for 500 orders, $249/mo for 2,500 orders, and $699/mo for unlimited orders, with no per-order fees. The trade-off is scope. A connector built for Shopify and NetSuite will not connect your warehouse system or your EDI.

4. A custom build

Your developers write the integration against Shopify's Admin API and webhooks on one side and your ERP's API on the other. You get exactly the logic you want. You also own the upkeep, and Shopify's platform moves quickly. Shopify marked its REST Admin API as legacy on October 1, 2024, requires new public apps to use the GraphQL Admin API as of April 1, 2025, and releases a new API version every three months, each supported for at least 12 months. Custom code has to keep pace with that schedule.

Shopify ERP Integration Options Compared

Oracle's prices reflect its Shopify App Store listing checked November 12, 2026. Confirm current terms with each vendor.

Shopify Details That Break ERP Integrations

Variants and SKUs. Every Shopify variant carries its own SKU. Each one must match an item in the ERP, or orders fail to import. Clean up SKUs before you connect anything.

Multiple locations. Shopify tracks inventory per location. If the ERP has several warehouses, decide which warehouse feeds which Shopify location, and whether some locations should be summed.

Tax. If Shopify calculates tax at checkout and the ERP recalculates it on the sales order, the totals will not match. Decide which system owns tax and pass it through as a line.

Discounts, gift cards, and shipping. Discount codes, gift card redemptions, and shipping charges need a home in the ERP: a discount item, a payment method, a shipping item. Map them before go-live, not after the first month-end close.

Refunds and partial fulfillments. A partial refund or a split shipment is where most integrations show their gaps. Test both.

Inventory timing. Orders should reach the ERP the moment they are placed. Inventory usually flows back on a schedule. On Dominate, inventory refreshes from NetSuite hourly with a full refresh, which catches adjustments, receipts, and transfers. Keep a small safety buffer on fast sellers.

How to Connect Shopify to Your ERP in Six Steps

Step 1: Clean your SKUs. Every Shopify product and variant needs a matching ERP item. Step 2: Prepare the ERP. Create an integration role with access to sales orders, customers, items, fulfillments, and refunds. In NetSuite that means enabling token-based authentication. Step 3: Authorize Shopify with access to orders, products, customers, and inventory. Step 4: Map the basics: stores to entities, locations to warehouses, shipping methods, payment methods, tax, and the custom fields you need. Step 5: Test. Place test orders, including a discount, a multi-quantity line, a partial fulfillment, and a refund, and check each one in the ERP. Step 6: Go live and watch the sync dashboard closely for the first week.

With a self-serve connector, mapping, testing, and go-live (steps 4 through 6) happen in one dashboard. Most self-serve stores are syncing within a few days. A simple store can be live the same day. Complex B2B or multi-store setups take longer. For the NetSuite-specific walkthrough, including field mapping decisions and common errors, follow the Shopify NetSuite integration guide.

What Shopify ERP Integration Costs

Compare the first-year bill, not the monthly sticker. Using the public numbers above for NetSuite: Oracle's listing works out to about $2,400 a year on B2C Standard and about $11,000 a year on the B2B plan, before any partner help. Dominate costs $1,188 to $8,388 a year on monthly billing, or $990 to $6,990 billed annually with 2 months free, with no setup fee unless you choose the one-time $2,999 done-for-you setup. iPaaS pricing is mostly quoted and custom builds are quoted per project, so ask for the first-year total including implementation, and ask what happens to the price when you add a flow or a second store.

Order volume matters too. Dominate Starter covers 500 orders a month, Pro 2,500, and Enterprise is unlimited, so check your peak month, not your average. Refund sync and two-way fulfillment sync start on Pro. See the full integration pricing for what each plan includes.

Which Shopify ERP Integration Should You Choose?

Pick an iPaaS if the ERP sits at the center of five or more systems and you have someone to own the flows. Pick a custom build if your workflow is one of a kind and you have developers to maintain it. Pick your ERP vendor's app if your needs are standard and you want one vendor. Pick a purpose-built connector if your real job is keeping Shopify and the ERP in sync, you want a published price, and you do not want a project.

On NetSuite? See what the NetSuite Shopify connector syncs and what each plan includes. On Shopify Plus, the NetSuite Shopify Plus integration guide covers the extra decisions.