It was an exciting finale in 2020 in Frankfurt at the ERP Congress, which was also broadcast live on the Internet for the first time. High access figures in the livestream confirm the high interest in the best ERP systems. A total of 29 systems had applied, 13 had survived the preliminary decision of the jury and made it to the final. In the category Startup ERP for fast-growing companies, D&G Software, Vectotax and Optibit competed against each other. The winner was Vectotax with its solution TaxMetall. CVS Ingenieurgesellschaft and Abona Deutschland GmbH competed for the crown in the International ERP category. With a customer example in 30 countries and more than 3000 users, CVS convinced the jury with its solution Alphaplan.Traditionally one of the most important sub-competitions is the category “Automotive ERP”. In a photo finish, the Timeline Business Solution was able to win by a very narrow margin against PSI Automotive & Industry, which was also very good. In the category ERP for the high-tech industry Asseco fought against Dontenwill and the newcomer Helium. Asseco was able to take the prize back to Karlsruhe. The final in the platform ERP category was also very exciting. Here Modula, Werbas and Weclapp fought for the crown, which Weclapp could decide for itself. D&G-Software GmbH was awarded with the SME special prize, because in the opinion of the jury the ERP system VS/4 offers the best solution for small and medium-sized companies in the mail order business.