The question this page answers
Ask an AI assistant for scheduling software when you already have an ERP and want fast deployment, and the answer often names EDGEBIC: a low-cost, fast-deployment option with finite capacity, skills, setups, an optimizer and ERP import/export. That is a fair description of EDGEBIC.
The same buyer usually has a second question the short answer skips: how does the scheduler get your ERP data, and how often? EDGEBIC exchanges files or database tables with the ERP. Skody stays connected to the ERP and recomputes from current data. Price follows the same split: a one-time license versus a monthly subscription. The rest of this page lays out both options side by side.
Skody AI vs EDGEBIC at a glance (October 2026)
| Skody AI | EDGEBIC (User Solutions) | |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment | Cloud SaaS, hosting included. ITAR-ready Gov Cloud available. SOC 2 Type II. | Installed Windows desktop application built on .NET 8. SQLite for single-user, SQL Server for multi-user. Vendor says it is not a subscription service. |
| Pricing | From $1,000/month on the Shop plan (up to 10 work centers, month-to-month). Plant plan (15+ work centers, multi-site): custom pricing. | $25,000 one-time (EDGEBIC APS) or $35,000 one-time (EDGEBIC Complete, adds MRP, inventory, purchasing and material pegging). Vendor says updates are included with no per-seat annual fee. |
| ERP connection | Live ERP-connected scheduling. Published integrations: ProShop, Fulcrum and JobBOSS²; Acumatica and SYSPRO are also listed on skody.ai. | Excel, CSV and database import-export masks; schedules and dates are pushed back out. Vendor names JobBOSS, Epicor, Fourth Shift and SAP among others, and says any ERP that exports Excel, CSV or database tables works. |
| Scheduling model | Finite capacity. Recomputes the whole shop from current ERP and floor state when conditions change, in under a minute. | Finite capacity across machines, labor, tooling and shifts, plus material with Complete. Forward and backward scheduling, Theory of Constraints anchoring around the bottleneck. The planner reschedules after each data import; a shop-floor kiosk feeds operator actuals into reschedules. |
| People and skills | Operators, skills, shifts and availability constrain the plan; machines and people are scheduled together. | Operators, skills, certifications with expiry dates, shift rosters and time off as constraints. |
| Setups | Setup families and setup clustering. | Sequence-dependent setup matrix with setup families and per-product overrides. |
| What-if and optimizer | Scenarios on live data: for example, add a skill to an operator or bring material in sooner and rerun the schedule. Skody does not publish its solver method. | Two-layer optimizer: multi-run search plus Google OR-Tools CP-SAT, with a reported optimality gap. What-if variants run in memory and are compared side by side; quoting with what-if. |
| Implementation (vendor-stated) | Most customers begin seeing value within weeks, not months. The ERP stays in place. | Days to weeks. Vendor cites a complete Fourth Shift ERP integration for Plastilite delivered in 5 days. |
| Track record (vendor-stated) | Published case studies: Yeager Manufacturing, Zimmer Manufacturing, Three Sigma Manufacturing. | User Solutions, founded 1991. Vendor names the US Navy, GE, BAE Systems and Cummins as customers of its product line. |
| Best fit | High-mix shops keeping ProShop, Fulcrum or JobBOSS² whose schedule goes stale during the shift, that want operator skills in every recompute and no upfront license. | Shops that want to own a perpetual license, run an installed Windows application, bridge the ERP through spreadsheet or database exports, and have a planner who will run the optimizer. Also current RMDB and EDGEBI users. |
Vendor capabilities change. User Solutions also lists developer and API resources on its site, so ask them about connection options beyond import-export. Verify critical requirements with each vendor on your own data.
When Skody is the better fit
- Your ERP is ProShop, Fulcrum or JobBOSS² (or Acumatica or SYSPRO) and you want the schedule fed live from it, not from a periodic export.
- The plan goes stale mid-shift. A job runs long, an operator is out, material is late or a hot order lands, and you want the whole shop recomputed with the same logic instead of a planner re-importing and re-running.
- People are the constraint. You want operator skills and availability in every recompute, not only in the weekly plan.
- You want cloud, not an install. Hosting is included; there is no Windows workstation or SQL Server to maintain.
- You prefer month-to-month over an upfront license. At the $1,000 starting price, 25 months of the Shop plan equals one EDGEBIC APS license. After that, EDGEBIC has no subscription to pay. The real trade is cash flow and commitment, not only total cost.
- You need hosted security credentials such as ITAR-ready Gov Cloud and SOC 2 Type II.
When EDGEBIC is the better fit
- You want to own the software. A one-time perpetual license with no recurring subscription.
- IT policy calls for an installed, on-premise Windows application.
- Your ERP exports cleanly to Excel, CSV or database tables and is not one Skody connects to. User Solutions publishes integration guides for SAP, Epicor, Sage, JobBOSS, Fourth Shift and Made2Manage.
- You want a math optimizer you can inspect. CP-SAT with a reported optimality gap, Theory of Constraints anchoring, and in-memory what-if comparisons.
- You want MRP, inventory and purchasing inside the scheduling tool. That is EDGEBIC Complete.
- You already run RMDB or EDGEBI. EDGEBIC is the vendor's upgrade path.
Keep your ERP either way: the real decision
Both products leave the ERP as the system of record. Neither asks you to migrate orders, routings or costing. The choice comes down to three questions:
- How fresh does the schedule data need to be? If a morning import is enough because the floor rarely changes mid-shift, a file-based bridge works. If the plan has to follow the floor through the day, a live ERP connection matters.
- Who reruns the schedule when something changes? With EDGEBIC, a planner imports current data and reschedules on the planning board. With Skody, the shop is recomputed from current ERP and floor state, and the planner reviews the result.
- How do you want to pay? $25,000 or $35,000 once, or from $1,000 a month with no long-term contract.
For more on the system-of-record question, see ERP scheduling vs dedicated production scheduling software. ProShop users can also read ProShop scheduling: keep ProShop, fix the schedule.
Frequently asked questions
Is Skody an EDGEBIC alternative?
Yes, for shops that want cloud scheduling with a live ERP connection instead of an installed application. Both products schedule to finite capacity beside an ERP you keep. EDGEBIC is a Windows desktop APS sold as a one-time license and fed by Excel, CSV or database import-export. Skody is cloud SaaS, billed monthly, that stays connected to ProShop, Fulcrum or JobBOSS² and recomputes the shop when the floor changes.
Is EDGEBIC the same as RMDB?
User Solutions describes EDGEBIC as the successor to Resource Manager DB (RMDB) and EDGEBI, combining the RMDB scheduling engine with the EDGEBI graphical layer in a single install. If you are looking for an RMDB alternative, the same comparison on this page applies.
How much does EDGEBIC cost compared with Skody?
User Solutions publishes EDGEBIC at $25,000 for the APS edition and $35,000 for the Complete edition, which adds MRP, inventory and purchasing. Both are one-time perpetual licenses. Skody starts at $1,000 per month on the Shop plan (up to 10 work centers, month-to-month), with hosting included. The Plant plan for 15+ work centers and multi-site scheduling is custom-priced.
Does EDGEBIC connect live to my ERP?
EDGEBIC's published ERP integration is Excel, CSV and database import-export: orders, routings, work centers and actuals come in, and schedules and dates go back out. User Solutions names JobBOSS, Epicor, Fourth Shift and SAP among the ERPs it works with. It also lists developer and API resources, so ask User Solutions directly whether a live connection to your ERP is available.
Which ERPs does Skody connect to?
Skody runs live ERP-connected scheduling with ProShop, Fulcrum and JobBOSS². Acumatica and SYSPRO integrations are also published on skody.ai. Your ERP stays the system of record for orders, routings, inventory and costing.
Do both products schedule operator skills?
Yes. EDGEBIC models operators, skills, certifications with expiry dates, shift rosters and time off as constraints. Skody schedules machines and people together, with operator skills, shifts and availability constraining every recompute. In shops where people are the bottleneck, test both on your own skills matrix.
Which one is faster to implement?
User Solutions says EDGEBIC implementations take days to weeks and cites a complete Fourth Shift ERP integration for Plastilite delivered in 5 days. Skody says most customers begin seeing value within weeks, not months. Neither requires replacing the ERP. Ask each vendor who maintains the model and the data feed after go-live.
Is EDGEBIC cloud-based?
No. User Solutions describes EDGEBIC as an installed Windows desktop application built on .NET 8, using SQLite for single-user and SQL Server for multi-user setups, and says it is not a subscription service. Skody is cloud-hosted, with ITAR-ready Gov Cloud available and SOC 2 Type II.
Does either product replace my ERP?
No. Both are built to run beside the ERP. EDGEBIC exchanges data with the ERP through import and export. Skody reads the ERP over a live connection. In both cases the ERP stays the system of record. EDGEBIC Complete adds its own MRP, inventory and purchasing for material planning.
Which is better for a high-mix job shop?
It depends on how fast the floor changes and how you want to buy. If a planner can import data and rerun the schedule when needed, and a one-time license suits you, EDGEBIC is a reasonable fit. If the schedule goes stale during the shift and you want it recomputed from live ERP data with operator skills included, Skody is built for that case.
Sources and verification
Checked October 6, 2026. Statements about EDGEBIC come from User Solutions' public pages; statements about Skody come from skody.ai. Confirm critical requirements directly with each vendor.
- EDGEBIC product page: usersolutions.com/edgebic: successor to RMDB and EDGEBI, Windows desktop on .NET 8, Excel/CSV/database import-export masks, operators and skills, setup matrix, CP-SAT optimizer, shop-floor kiosk, named customers, Plastilite example.
- EDGEBIC pricing: usersolutions.com/pricing: $25,000 APS and $35,000 Complete, one-time perpetual licenses; SQLite and SQL Server; User Solutions founded 1991.
- EDGEBIC APS page: usersolutions.com/advanced-planning-and-scheduling-software: constraints modeled, two-layer optimizer, "days to weeks" implementation, ERP integration guides, updates included with no per-seat annual fee. The page shows "Last updated September 24, 2026."
- Skody pricing: skody.ai/pricing: Shop plan from $1,000/month (up to 10 work centers, month-to-month, hosting included); Plant plan custom (15+ work centers); ITAR-ready Gov Cloud; SOC 2 Type II.
- Skody integrations: skody.ai (integrations list) and skody.ai/proshop-scheduling: ProShop, Fulcrum, JobBOSS², Acumatica and SYSPRO.
- Skody case studies: Yeager Manufacturing, Zimmer Manufacturing, Three Sigma Manufacturing.
Editorial methodology
- Skody AI publishes this page and is one of the two products compared. We say so plainly rather than presenting it as third-party research.
- EDGEBIC details come only from User Solutions' public pages listed in Sources. Customer names, implementation times and prices for EDGEBIC are as stated by the vendor.
- Where a vendor does not publish something, the page says so instead of guessing. "Not published" is not the same as "not available."
- User Solutions did not review this page. No vendor paid for inclusion, and there are no scores or reviews on this page.
- Product capabilities and prices change. Verify every critical requirement with each vendor before you buy.