BIMP vs Proboot
Ukrainian cloud ERP BIMP is designed for small and mid-sized manufacturing and trade: stock, purchasing, sales, finance, payroll, production with an MES module and more than a dozen ready integrations. BIMP has a dedicated page for footwear makers, so it is fair to ask: how is Proboot different if both systems promise accurate costing?
Where a generic system falls short on the shop floor
BIMP was conceived as a generic system that can also be applied to footwear, while Proboot was written for the footwear workshop from the first line of code, drawing on ten years of work with footwear factories.
One logic for every industry
BIMP serves makers of furniture, electronics, food, textiles, building materials, drones and footwear. The logic is the same for all: product, specification, production order, output. The industry pages describe the same product for different audiences.
Size as a variant
In BIMP, size is a product variant: each size lives as a separate variant with its own stock. A model in 6 sizes and 3 colours makes 18 variants, each on its own order line.
Per-product norms
In BIMP, norms come from the product specification, and the product description mentions no separate norms per size. So on paper size 36 and size 41 use the same amount of leather.
You describe the workshop yourself
In BIMP, stages are tracked by the MES module: according to the developer, from cutting to sewing in real time. The module is shared by all industries, so you describe your own workshop's stages yourself.
What Proboot does
- It knows only footwear, so lasts, size grids, size runs, cutting, stitching and assembly stages, and lasting methods (hand, machine toe and heel, Strobel) are separate reference lists in the system.
- The size run is part of the order: one "model and colour" line with quantities for sizes 36 to 41 beneath it. The system counts pairs, cartons and materials itself.
- The tech card stores norms for every size and stage, so the leather and soles an order needs are calculated from the real size run, not an average size.
- An order moves through the workshop in batches, and at every stage you see how many pairs are where. The supervisor and packer enter data from a phone, and each worker sees their own jobs and earnings in their account.
- Materials issued to a stage are recorded in the system, not in a notebook.
- Every pair gets a serial-numbered label at packing. One scan with a phone or scanner and the pair is in the finished goods warehouse, already reserved for its order.
- Then the carton breakdown with volumetric weight, the Nova Poshta waybill, delivery note and packing list.
Comparison
| Criterion | BIMP | Proboot |
|---|---|---|
| Who it's for | Manufacturing and trade in any industry | Footwear factories |
| Sizes | A product variant, one line per size | A size run in one order line |
| Material norms | Per-product specification | Norms for every size and stage |
| Shop floor progress | An MES module shared by all industries | Stages from cutting to packing: see how many pairs are where |
| Who enters the data | Office staff and MES operators | Supervisor and packer on a phone |
| Pair tracking | Stock per product variant | A serial-numbered label on every pair |
| Industry reference lists | Shared by all industries | Lasts, size grids, lasting methods |
| Finance and accounting | Full cycle: chart of accounts, profit and loss, cash flow, payment calendar | Settlements, bill payments, payroll, cash flow, profit report |
| Purchasing | Supplier orders, purchase planning | Supplier orders, material receipts in batches at different prices |
| Integrations | Marketplaces, banks, fiscal cash registers, CRM, Nova Poshta | We build the integration you need on request |
| Cost of ownership | Subscription | Subscription or licence, free in the beta |
| Interface languages | Several languages, including Ukrainian | Ukrainian, Russian, English |
If you already use BIMP
When BIMP is the better choice
BIMP has things Proboot doesn't: an accounting chart of accounts, automatic bank statement import, loan and investment accounting. If you need full accounting in one system with production and your workshop is small and simple, BIMP will cover more.
But if your main questions are how many pairs of which size are where right now, how much leather an order with a specific size run will take and what a pair really cost, you need a system that understands footwear production from the inside.
How to switch
We handle the move: we export products, customers, suppliers and stock from BIMP and bring them into Proboot. If you used to keep material norms per product, we build per-size norms together with your technologist. Implementation is remote and our team does the main work.
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