Baan ERP End of Life: What Are Your Real Options?
If you are still running Baan IV or Baan V, you are operating on borrowed time. Infor officially ended mainstream support years ago, and extended support contracts are increasingly expensive with diminishing returns. The Baan ecosystem is shrinking—fewer consultants, fewer patches, and growing compliance risk. But rushing into a migration without understanding your options is equally dangerous. Here is a clear-eyed assessment of where you stand and what paths forward actually make sense.
The Real Cost of Staying on Baan
Many organizations rationalize staying on Baan because migration looks expensive. But the hidden costs of remaining are substantial and accelerating. Baanboard forums are filled with companies struggling to find consultants who still know Baan Tools, paying premium rates for aging expertise. Security vulnerabilities go unpatched, custom modifications become unmaintainable, and integration with modern systems requires increasingly fragile workarounds.
- Baan consultant rates have increased 40-60% as the talent pool shrinks below 2,000 globally
- Unpatched security vulnerabilities create audit findings and compliance exposure
- Integration costs with modern e-commerce and CRM platforms average $150K-$300K annually
- Hardware refresh cycles force expensive compatibility testing with unsupported software
Migration Path Comparison
Your primary options are Infor LN (natural successor with data migration tools), Infor CloudSuite Industrial (if you are a discrete manufacturer wanting cloud), or a competitive ERP like SAP S/4HANA or Oracle Cloud. Each path has dramatically different cost profiles, timelines, and risk levels. Infor LN preserves the most business logic from Baan, but CloudSuite offers modern architecture. Third-party ERPs require complete reimplementation.
- Baan to Infor LN: 12-18 months, $500K-$2M, preserves 60-70% of customizations
- Baan to CloudSuite: 18-24 months, $800K-$3M, requires process redesign but gains cloud
- Baan to SAP/Oracle: 24-36 months, $2M-$8M, complete reimplementation with highest risk
How AI Agents Accelerate Baan Migration
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