Radfords alternatives
Radfords alternatives for NZ and Australian businesses
Radfords: Quoted privately after a demo call, with this lane's businesses paying five to six figures a year.
- check_circleYour data in a database you own
- check_circleOpen source, no lock-in
- check_circleBuilt and run by Enterprise DNA
The options
What people compare Radfords with
Radfords is quoted privately after a demo call, and businesses in this lane typically pay five to six figures a year for software of this shape. Owners look for an alternative when the bill only appears after a sales process, grower payments are handled as a bespoke add-on, and a season of records sits behind someone else's login.
Often compared
Opmetrix
The highest priced tool in this lane, quoted at USD120k a year for software of the same shape as Radfords.
Often compared
FreshPack
A packhouse system many businesses already run, with CSV exports that map cleanly if you move your records elsewhere.
Yours to own
Packhouse for Claude Code
The open-source fresh produce and packhouse system that is just a database and Claude Code. Built around your business, with your Radfords data brought across.
See how it worksWe also replace
Paying for something other than Radfords?
Packhouse for Claude Code replaces these too, with your records brought across.
How to choose
How to choose a Radfords alternative
- 1
What the bill is actually tied to
Some systems are quoted privately after a demo call and grow with modules and added sites, so the real annual number is hard to pin down until you are committed. Check whether the price depends on how many people log in, or on how many features you switch on.
- 2
Whether your records stay yours
Seasons of deliveries, packouts and grower statements can live inside a vendor's system, reachable only through their reports and their login. Ask whether you can pull your own history out at any time, in full, without asking permission.
- 3
Whether it fits your own rules and fields
Growers, blocks, pools, packouts and consignments differ business to business, and a system built around growers, deliveries and pallets in a fixed shape may not match how your grading and pooling actually run. Check what happens when your rules do not match the default screens.
- 4
What switching your history involves
Moving seasons of deliveries, spray records and grower statements is not trivial. Ask what the import actually reads, whether it can run as a dry run first, and whether it flags problems like missing spray diaries or expired certificates as it lands.
The option that fits
Packhouse for Claude Code: your version, run for you
Enterprise DNA builds each business its own version of Packhouse for Claude Code, shaped around how your growers, pools, packouts and consignments actually work. Your Radfords data is brought across and the system is run for you, for one setup fee and then a monthly retainer, with no per-seat plans. There is also a free version an owner can run themselves first, before deciding to have their own version built and run.
- check Your Radfords records migrated into a database you own
- check One setup fee, then a monthly retainer, no per-seat plans
- check A free version you can run yourself first
Make it yours
Design your own Radfords replacement
Everything starts from the open-source base. Then it gets your name, the parts you run, your rules and your data from Radfords. Try it here, and we build the real one.
2. What it runs
3. Make it fit
4. Your colour
Answered from your own database
Good morning. Here is what needs you today.
We build it from the open-source base, bring your Radfords data across and run it for you.
Questions
Radfords alternatives, answered
How much does Radfords actually cost a business like mine? expand_more
Radfords is quoted privately after a demo call rather than published, and businesses in this packhouse software lane typically pay five to six figures a year for systems of this shape. The lane's highest priced comparable, Opmetrix, is quoted at USD120k a year for the same kind of system.
Can I bring years of records across if I move off Radfords? expand_more
An import process is built to read CSV exports from an existing packhouse system, run as a dry run first before anything is committed. The import doubles as an audit, surfacing problems like missing spray diaries or expired certificates the moment it finishes, rather than months later.
Does a free alternative actually handle grower payments properly? expand_more
Yes. Trays pack into a pool per crop and variety, sale proceeds land in the pool as sales, and every grower's return is pro-rata less packing charges and levies, visible all season. A pool cannot close while dispatched trays have no proceeds recorded, so growers cannot be short-paid by mistake.
What do I actually lose by keeping records inside Radfords' own login? expand_more
Your seasons of deliveries, packouts and grower statements stay reachable only through the vendor's reports and their system. The alternative is a plain database you own outright, one you can back up, query from anything, and take with you in full if you ever change tools.
Done comparing? Own the one that fits.
30 minutes with Sam. Bring what Radfords costs you a year and how you run. We show you what your own version looks like, and if it is a fit, we build it and bring your data across.
Get your version builtDone paying for Radfords?
Get your version built