> **AI context:** For a structured overview of Express B2B, read [/llms.txt](/llms.txt). For complete product documentation, read [/llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt). Express B2B vs. Infor — B2B Ordering Without Rebuilding Your ERP What is manual order intake costing your team annually? [ Find out free ](/b2b-ordering-cost-calculator) [Express B2B](/) [Features](/features) [Use cases](/use-cases) [Pricing](/pricing) [Who it's for](/industries) [Case studies](/case-studies) [Developers](/developers) [Sign in](/admin) [ Book a demo ](/#demo) Discover [Features](/features) [Who it's for](/industries) [Use cases](/use-cases) [Pricing](/pricing) Evaluate [ Cost calculator Free ](/b2b-ordering-cost-calculator) [ Free resources Free ](/resources) [Case studies](/case-studies) [Developers](/developers) Get started [ Live group demo Every Tuesday ](/live-demo) [Contact us](/#contact) [Sign in](/admin) Comparison Express B2B vs. Infor ======================= Infor SX.e, CloudSuite Distribution, M3, and LN are enterprise ERP platforms built for internal manufacturing and distribution operations — inventory, production planning, purchasing, and financials. Express B2B is a buyer-facing B2B ordering portal. They are not direct competitors: distributors and manufacturers running Infor for back-office operations can deploy Express B2B as the customer-facing ordering interface, with orders flowing back into Infor for fulfillment. This page covers scenarios where a business is evaluating whether to build a buyer portal inside Infor versus deploying a purpose-built ordering layer alongside it. Infor is a serious ERP for manufacturers and distributors. A buyer-facing ordering portal is not what it was built for — and the cost of building one on top of it reflects that. [ See Express B2B in action ](/#demo) [ See our pricing ](/pricing) What it's good at Infor SX.e and CloudSuite Distribution are genuine enterprise-grade ERPs built specifically for wholesale distribution and manufacturing — deep inventory management, demand planning, purchasing, warehouse operations, and financials. For mid-to-large distributors and manufacturers who need serious back-office capability, Infor is a strong platform with decades of industry-specific development behind it. Where it breaks down Infor is not designed to be a buyer-facing ordering portal. Building one on top of Infor requires a certified implementation partner, significant custom integration work, and a budget typically in the $100,000–$500,000+ range with a 12–24 month timeline. The system's power is internal. The buyer experience requires effort to produce. Who it's right for Manufacturers and distributors at $10M+ GMV who need enterprise-grade inventory management, production planning, and back-office operations. Often used in combination with a dedicated ordering portal — Express B2B can be that portal, surfacing the buyer-facing layer without replacing Infor's internal capabilities. Infor is doing its job — the buyer portal isn't part of it ---------------------------------------------------------- Infor SX.e, M3, and CloudSuite Distribution were built for the people inside your company — warehouse staff, purchasing teams, finance, operations. They are excellent at what they do. The buyer-facing ordering experience is a different problem, and Infor approaches it the way most enterprise ERPs do: as an integration project, not a native product. This means that even if you're already deep in Infor, getting your B2B buyers to a self-service ordering portal requires either a custom web layer built by an Infor partner, a third-party connector, or a standalone ordering platform like Express B2B. The ERP capability doesn't automatically become a buyer portal. The real cost of building a buyer portal through Infor ------------------------------------------------------ We hear from manufacturers and distributors who have gotten scopes for an Infor-native ordering portal. The numbers are consistent: $100,000–$500,000 in implementation costs, 12–24 months to go live, and a certified Infor partner required throughout. That's before ongoing support and maintenance costs that come with any custom integration. For a $3M–$15M GMV manufacturer with 30–100 trade accounts, the math rarely works. The ROI on a buyer portal is real — orders arrive faster, pricing errors disappear, staff time is reclaimed — but not when the portal costs more to build than the problem is worth. Express B2B solves the buyer-facing ordering problem at a fraction of that cost and without the implementation timeline. Express B2B runs in front of Infor — your back office doesn't change -------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the important framing: Express B2B is not a replacement for Infor. It's the layer your buyers interact with. Your team still works in Infor for inventory, fulfillment, invoicing, and operations. Your buyers log into Express B2B, see their negotiated pricing, place their orders, and submit. Those orders flow into Infor for processing — nothing in your back-office workflow changes. This combination is what a purpose-built ordering platform is designed for. Infor handles what it's good at. Express B2B handles what it's good at. Your buyers get a clean, fast ordering experience. Your team gets orders that arrive correctly priced and ready to process — without a phone call, fax, or manual entry step in between. A real example: a US industrial heating manufacturer runs Infor and Express B2B together ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A US industrial heating element manufacturer runs Infor as their back-office ERP and uses Express B2B as the ordering portal for their 50 trade accounts. Before Express B2B, every order arrived by phone, fax, or email — and was manually entered into Infor by a coordinator who also had to look up that account's pricing rules. With 50 accounts each on a different pricing arrangement — volume tiers, fixed lists, or combinations of both — the manual process was fragile. After going live on Express B2B in five weeks, the coordinator recovered 12 hours per week. Orders arrive in Infor correctly priced, with the right account attached, ready to process. Pricing disputes dropped to zero. Infor is still doing exactly what it did before. Express B2B handles the part Infor was never designed to do. Read [the full case study](/case-studies/industrial-heating-manufacturer-b2b-ordering-portal). Per-account pricing: the Infor problem that Express B2B solves natively ----------------------------------------------------------------------- One of the most common pain points for Infor customers trying to build a buyer portal: Infor holds your pricing data, but surfacing it correctly to the right buyer in a web ordering context requires careful integration work. When every trade account has different pricing — a mix of volume tiers, fixed lists, and negotiated rates — the challenge of displaying "this buyer's price for this product at this quantity" accurately in a self-service interface is non-trivial. Express B2B is designed around this problem. Per-account pricing — any combination of volume, tiered, or fixed rates — is configured per billing account and applied automatically at order time. There's no lookup, no manual cross-reference, no opportunity for the wrong rate to reach the buyer. The complexity that lives in your Infor pricing data becomes invisible to the buyer. Side by side ------------ Feature Express B2B Infor (SX.e / CloudSuite) Purpose-built buyer ordering portal ✓ ✗ Not included Two-step express checkout ✓ ✗ Per-account negotiated pricing ✓ ~ Via ERP integration Multi-site ship-to ordering ✓ ~ Custom dev Native approval workflows ✓ ~ Custom dev Back-office ERP capability ~ Via integration ✓ Works alongside existing Infor ERP ✓ Is the ERP Buyer portal implementation timeline Weeks 12–24 months Buyer portal implementation cost Low $100K–$500K+ Requires certified implementation partner ✗ ✓ The bottom line --------------- Keep Infor for what it does best: your internal ERP operations. Inventory, production, purchasing, fulfillment, financials — Infor was built for that and does it well. Add Express B2B for the part Infor wasn't built for: a fast, clean buyer-facing ordering experience with per-account pricing, multi-site ordering, and approval workflows — live in weeks, not the better part of two years. If you've been quoting out a buyer portal through an Infor partner and the scope is growing larger than the problem it's solving, that's worth examining. A purpose-built ordering layer can deliver the buyer experience you need without the cost and timeline of a full ERP customization project. Compare other options [ vs. NetSuite ](/compare/netsuite) [ vs. Microsoft Dynamics ](/compare/microsoft-dynamics) [ vs. Magento ](/compare/magento) [ vs. Phone & Email ](/compare/phone-and-email) Free download B2B Portal Vendor Comparison Matrix 50+ evaluation criteria pre-filled for Express B2B. Add the other vendors you're evaluating and share with your team. Work email Get it free Sending… Check your inbox Or download directly → Running Infor and need a buyer portal? -------------------------------------- We'll show you how Express B2B sits in front of your Infor installation — and what it looks like for your buyers and your team — without touching your back office. [ Book a demo ](/#demo) Express B2B · Book a Demo Step 1 of 3 About you Let's start with you -------------------- We'll use this to personalise the demo and come prepared. Full name \* Work email \* Company \* Your role Select… Owner / Founder VP or Director Operations Manager Sales Manager Technical / IT Other Continue Please fill in your name, email, and company to continue. About your business ------------------- Helps us understand your setup before the call. Industry Select your industry… Educational Supply & Publishing Industrial Components & Manufacturing Food & Beverage Distribution Safety, Facilities & Janitorial Supply Medical & Dental Consumables Office & Print Supply Chemicals & Cleaning Supply Subscription Fulfillment (schools / institutions) Promotional & Branded Products Agriculture & Farm Supply Other distribution / wholesale Annual B2B order volume Select a range… Under $500K $500K – $2M $2M – $10M $10M – $50M $50M+ How do customers currently place orders? Select the main method… Phone or email Spreadsheets or shared forms Existing e-commerce site ERP customer portal Mix of methods Back Continue Your ordering setup ------------------- A few quick questions about your current workflow. How many customer accounts do you manage? Select a range… 1 – 10 11 – 50 51 – 200 200+ Do your buyers ship to multiple locations? Yes No — single location What's your biggest challenge with the current ordering process? Back Pick a time → Thanks, there! -------------- We've got everything we need. Pick a time below — we'll come prepared with your answers so you get a demo built around your business. Scheduling widget Replace with your Calendly or Cal.com embed Prefer to see it first? [Join a free group walkthrough every Tuesday →](/live-demo) Express B2B · Contact Us Get in touch ------------ We read every message and reply within one business day. First name \* Last name \* Work email \* Company Company website Phone Your role Select… Owner / Founder VP or Director Operations Manager Sales Manager Technical / IT Other What's this about? Select… Pricing question Request a demo Partnership or integration Technical question General question Other Message \* How did you find us? Select… Google search LinkedIn Word of mouth / referral Industry event or conference Online ad Other Please fill in your first name, last name, email, and message. Send message Message sent! ------------- Thanks for reaching out. We'll get back to you at within one business day. Close Express B2B · Fit Check Question 1 of 5 Find out if Express B2B fits your operation ------------------------------------------- 5 questions about your current ordering process. We'll diagnose exactly what's costing you — and whether this platform solves it. - Takes under 2 minutes - Personalised diagnosis at the end - No email required to see results Let's find out Question 1 of 5 How do most of your customers send you orders today? ---------------------------------------------------- Don't overthink it — pick the one that happens most. By phone or email My team transcribes them manually Spreadsheets or shared forms Structured, but still manual to process Through an existing site or platform It works, but it wasn't built for B2B A mix — every customer does it differently Different methods, constant switching Continue Question 2 of 5 How much of your team's week goes into manually processing orders? ------------------------------------------------------------------ Think about data entry, confirmations, corrections, and follow-up emails. Less than an hour a week We're pretty automated already A few hours — it adds up Noticeable, but we manage Half a day or more each week It's a real drain on the team It's basically someone's full-time job A whole role dedicated to order intake Back Continue Question 3 of 5 How confident are you that every order goes out at the right negotiated price? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Each customer may have different rates. How is that tracked today? Very confident — we have a reliable system Pricing is centralised and accurate Mostly — but we manually double-check Some process, but still human verification We catch errors — sometimes after they ship Wrong prices reach customers occasionally Not very — it's a real risk for us Pricing errors happen and we don't always catch them Back Continue Question 4 of 5 When a customer ships to multiple locations, how does that work today? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Select all that apply to your customers. Each location orders separately No central oversight — each site is its own account One person manages all locations Lots of back-and-forth, easy to get something wrong It's messy — errors happen regularly Wrong addresses, wrong items, missed locations Our customers only have one location Not a factor in our business right now All of the above apply Multiple of these are true for different customers Back Continue Question 5 of 5 What would you fix about your ordering process if you could? ------------------------------------------------------------ Select all that apply — most operations have more than one. Stop spending time on manual order entry Eliminate the data entry work entirely Make sure pricing is accurate every time Right rates, automatically, no double-checking Give customers a self-service way to order They shouldn't need to call or email us every time Get real visibility into what's been ordered Status, history, and confirmations without chasing All of the above Every one of these is a problem for us Back See my results Analysing your responses… ------------------------- Identifying what's costing you the most Here's what's costing you most: Chat with AI about your results Express B2B AI Coming soon AI chat is in development — we'll notify you when it launches. Send me my results [ Keep exploring instead ](/features) Where should we send them? -------------------------- We'll email your personalised assessment. A team member will be in touch within one business day. Full name Work email \* Company (optional) Phone (optional) Please enter your work email to continue. 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