ICAST ERP · Compare plans

Foundry ERP PlansChoose which departments to digitise first

Every variant runs on the same foundry-built core. Start with the production floor, then move up as your team gets value from it.

Best place to startThe Shop Floor Essential

ICAST Lite

Keep your current accounting, purchase and stores software. Lite digitises production entries, lab records, basic QC and traceability.

Replacement of Excel & paper logs on the shop floor

  • Melting, pouring, WIP and heat treatment
  • Lab, test certificates, spectrometer integration
  • Heat-wise and single-piece traceability
  • Mobile app, WhatsApp alerts, AI chatbot

Need purchase, stores or sales? Add just those Pro modules to Lite, or move up to Pro whenever you're ready.

Most popularThe Management Expansion

ICAST Pro

A complete foundry ERP for daily operations, from buying raw material to dispatching castings.

Adds critical back-office layers like Stores, Purchasing & subcontracting

  • Everything in Lite, plus:
  • Purchase, inventory and pattern / die management
  • Subcontracting, sales, dispatch and exports
  • Part-wise costing and profitability

Add single Enterprise modules such as machining, maintenance or payroll, or move up when you're ready.

The Full-Suite Powerhouse

ICAST Enterprise

For plants that want every department on one system, including machining, maintenance and people.

Designed for total ecosystem integration

  • Everything in Pro, plus:
  • Auto scheduler with capacity and bottleneck view
  • CRM, job work, machine shop, maintenance
  • Payroll and contractor management
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Add-On Modules

Add-On Modules for Every Plan

Add any of these to ICAST Lite, Pro or Enterprise when you need it, at additional cost.

Multi-Plant

Several plants under the same GST number, run from one ICAST.

  • Plant-wise user access
  • Customer and casting mapping by plant
  • Plant-wise stock of material, WIP and finished goods
  • Inter-plant transfer vouchers and logs
  • No limit on the number of plants

Multi-Company

Separate companies with different GST numbers, in one ICAST.

  • Company-wise user access
  • Casting and material mapping by company
  • Company-wise stock of material, WIP and finished goods
  • Each company’s own letterhead and logo on POs, test certificates and invoices

Tally Sync

Accounts stay in Tally; ICAST stays in step with them.

  • Ledgers and sales and purchase invoices sync both ways
  • Payables and receivables entered in Tally are fetched into ICAST
  • Customer and supplier outstanding and ageing reports, with notifications
  • Inventory is not synced

Third-Party ERP / Software API

Connect ICAST to SAP, Oracle, a customer’s ERP or any software with an API.

  • Fetch raw material and casting names from the other system
  • Fetch customer order details
  • Push dispatch details back to the other system
  • No limit on API calls; more APIs built on request

Meltix

Melt-shop optimisation from our own Meltix, connected to the ICAST database so data is entered once.

  • ChemTune: chemistry correction and dilution
  • LiveView display on the melt-shop platform
  • SpectroConnect for spectrometer readings
  • Selected Meltix Pro features on request

Email Scheduler

Reports sent automatically, on the schedule you set.

  • Scheduled reports to owners, managers or customers
  • Report files attached to each email

On-Site Training

Our team at your plant for training and go-live handholding.

  • A package of on-site man-days
  • Online training stays included in every plan

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