Orbit
Orbit is a browser-based business system combining accounting, sales, purchasing, stock, projects, HR, payroll, and front-of-house operations.
What Orbit is
Orbit is a browser-based business system combining accounting, sales, purchasing, stock, projects, HR, payroll, and front-of-house operations. Core tools include double-entry accounting, invoicing, payments, VAT, bank reconciliation, fixed assets, and financial reports, alongside multi-warehouse stock and employee records, attendance, leave, and payroll. Orbit offers trade-specific workflows for 15 industries, including construction, façade fabrication, restaurants, retail, property management, clinics, salons, and field service. For façade, aluminium, and glass fabricators, it can take off profile, glass, and hardware quantities from a design, generate cut lists, reserve stock lengths, nest cuts, recost profiles by weight and current rate per kilo, and track panels by code from workshop to site. It supports multiple companies, languages, and 155 currencies, with separate company books and group consolidation. The browser app requires no installation, patching, or maintenance, and its point of sale can keep taking orders and payments during an internet outage before catching up when service returns. Pricing is tailored to the business rather than set as a fixed plan.
Good
- Combines accounting, stock, projects, HR, and payroll.
- Generates fabrication cut lists and tracks panels.
- Supports multiple companies and 155 currencies.
- Point of sale continues during internet outages.
- Lists and reports can be exported.
Watch out
- Pricing is tailored rather than offered as a fixed plan.
- The maker states there is no external security certification.
Who it suits
Orbit may suit businesses seeking accounting and operational workflows in one system, particularly façade, aluminium, and glass fabricators. Its listed industry tools also address construction, restaurants, retail, property management, clinics, salons, and field service.
Verdict
Orbit combines general business operations with specialized workflows for 15 industries, including fabrication tools for materials, cutting, costing, and panel tracking. Pricing requires a tailored proposal, and the maker says the product has no external security certification.
Plans and prices
From Orbit's own pricing page, checked 9 Oct 2001.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Tailored pricing | Priced on request | Pricing tailored to your business; no fixed plan; no lock-in |
The facts
Each one read from Orbit's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Access controls
- Companies can configure roles and permissions, and customer or supplier portals restrict users to their own records.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Accounting
- Orbit includes double-entry accounting, invoicing, payments, bank reconciliation, fixed assets and financial reports.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Auditability
- Orbit includes an audit log, a data health check with twelve reconciliations and nightly checks on financial data.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Certification limit
- The maker states Orbit holds no external security certification.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Compliance and certification
- Orbit describes its data handling as GDPR-ready and says it holds no external security certification.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Core business tools
- The system includes double-entry accounting, invoicing, payments, VAT, purchasing, multi-warehouse stock, projects, employee records, attendance, leave, and payroll.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Data export
- Every list and report can be exported, and the maker says the underlying database is standard PostgreSQL.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Data portability
- Lists and reports can be exported, and Orbit uses a standard PostgreSQL database that the maker says lets customers take their data with them.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Data protection
- Orbit says data is encrypted in transit and backed up automatically, with export, erasure, retention, and processing records available for GDPR readiness.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Fabrication
- For facade, aluminium and glass fabricators, Orbit offers material take-off, cut lists, nesting, recosting from metal weight and panel tracking.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Fabrication take-off
- For façade, aluminium, and glass fabricators, Orbit takes off profiles, glass, and hardware quantities from a design.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Offline point of sale
- Orbit says its point of sale keeps taking orders and payments when the internet connection drops, then catches up when it returns.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Panel tracking
- Each panel has its own code that can be scanned to see where it is from the shop to the site.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Pricing
- Pricing is tailored to the business rather than offered as a fixed plan; buyers are invited to book a demo for a proposal.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Pricing and sales
- Pricing is tailored to the business rather than offered as a fixed plan, and the maker invites prospective customers to book a demo.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Product
- Orbit combines accounting, sales, purchasing, stock, projects, HR, payroll and front of house in one business system.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Security
- Company data is isolated using database access rules, and the maker says 27 cross-tenant security probes pass.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Support and onboarding
- The maker invites prospective customers to book a demo and bring a real business example to review in Orbit.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Trade coverage
- Orbit lists tools for 15 industries, including construction, façade fabrication, restaurants, retail, property management, clinics, salons, and field service.checked 9 Oct 2001
Where it runs
- Browser access
- Orbit runs in a browser on any device and requires no installation, patching, or maintenance by the user.checked 9 Oct 2001
Money
- Cut planning
- Orbit reserves lengths already in stock, lists only the shortfall to buy, and nests cuts to reduce offcut waste.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Metal recosting
- Orbit recalculates profile costs from profile weight and the current rate per kilo when the rate changes.checked 9 Oct 2001
The company
- Headquarters
- Industrial City, Roumieh, Lebanonchecked 28 Sep 2001
- Multi-company and currency
- Orbit supports multiple companies, languages and 155 currencies, and keeps separate company books while offering group consolidation.checked 8 Oct 2001
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