Asas module

ERPNext for projects and timesheets

Alternative to Monday.com and Asana

Projects, tasks, employee timesheets, project costing, and billing all managed from the same system.

Available on request: We have run it in our lab; it has not run at a client yet.

System facts

Alternative to
Monday.com, Asana, Harvest
Hosting
We host it for you in Egypt: Link Datacenter in Egypt or Huawei Cloud, Cairo region
Language
Interface in Arabic
Sign-in
With your company's single sign-on
Ordering
As part of a bundle
Status
Available on request
Price
We send it to you after a short call

What it does for you

Every project in one unified workspace: tasks, deadlines, assigned team members, logged employee hours, purchase orders, project expenses, and customer billing. Because it runs on the same accounting core, you see true project profitability and generate client invoices directly from approved timesheets with a single click.

We manage our own company's projects on ERPNext.

It is a module of Asas by FoundationCX.

Alternative to

If you are looking for an alternative to monday.com, Asana, or Harvest, this replaces:

  • monday.com and Asana for tracking project milestones and tasks.
  • Harvest for employee time tracking and timesheet billing.
  • Excel spreadsheets used to calculate project cost and margins.

What you get

  • Projects with phases, milestone deadlines, and progress completion percentages.
  • Tasks with assigned owners and task dependencies.
  • Gantt timeline chart visualizing project task schedules.
  • Project templates for standardizing recurring client engagements.
  • Timesheets recording employee hours per project and task activity.
  • Hourly billing and costing rates defined per employee and activity type.
  • One-click customer invoicing generated directly from logged timesheet hours.
  • Project costing: Labor hours, purchase invoices, and direct expenses charged to each project.
  • Project profitability analysis comparing billed revenues against total incurred costs.
  • Customer portal allowing clients to view real-time project progress.
  • Reporting on billable utilization and project delivery milestones.

Built on the Projects module of ERPNext, an open-source ERP system licensed under GPL-3.

Arabic and hosting in Egypt

  • Arabic: Screens, timesheets, and invoices work natively in Arabic with right-to-left layout.
  • Hosting: We host it for you in Egypt, sizing server capacity to your active user count (infrastructure design).

From ready-made to built for you

  1. 01 As-is The ERPNext Projects and Timesheets module fully localized in Arabic.
  2. 02 Configured for your workflow Project types, recurring templates, activity types, billing rates, and staff permissions.
  3. 03 Customized Tailored profitability reporting for management and branded timesheet invoice layouts.
  4. 04 Built for you Industry-specific billing workflows, such as construction contractor extracts or maintenance service level contracts.

Customization and building from scratch are part of our software and application development service.

Works with

Part of: Asas business suite , Egyptian company

  • Accounting

    ERPNext

    Asas module

    Journals, ledgers, treasury, banks, invoices, and financial reports in Arabic, with an independent system for each company.

    Alternative to: QuickBooks, Odoo Accounting, Traditional desktop software

    • Demo
    • Full Arabic
    • In Egypt
  • Asas business suite

    Our product

    One suite in Arabic in Egypt: accounting, inventory, HR, CRM, email, files, documents, and meetings, with single sign-on.

    Alternative to: Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Odoo

    • Demo
    • Full Arabic
    • In Egypt
  • Single sign-on

    authentik

    Asas module

    One password and two-factor authentication for all systems; provision a user once across all apps with proper roles.

    Alternative to: Okta, Microsoft Entra ID

    • Demo
    • Full Arabic
    • In Egypt
  • File storage and sharing

    Nextcloud Files

    Asas module

    Storage for company files, shared department folders, and granular permissions, with data kept in Egypt.

    Alternative to: Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive

    • Demo
    • Full Arabic
    • In Egypt
  • Shared document editing

    Collabora Online

    Asas module

    Real-time browser editing for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files in Arabic, collaborating simultaneously.

    Alternative to: Google Docs, Microsoft 365 Office Online

    • Demo
    • Full Arabic
    • In Egypt
  • Team chat

    Nextcloud Talk

    Asas module

    Team chats and channels replacing personal WhatsApp groups, with all messages stored on your company server in Egypt.

    Alternative to: Slack, Microsoft Teams chat, Manual work and spreadsheets

    • On request
    • Partial Arabic
    • In Egypt

Who it is for

Frequently asked questions

Is it an alternative to Monday.com or Asana?

Yes, for tracking project milestones, tasks, and deadlines. Beyond that, it logs timesheets like Harvest and calculates real-time project costs and profit margins directly within your accounting system.

Can I bill clients on an hourly rate?

Yes, client sales invoices generate directly from approved timesheet hours logged against the project.

Does it suit construction and contracting projects?

It effectively tracks tasks, costs, and billing; contractor progress payment extracts can be built under customization.

Can clients view their project's progress?

Yes, via a dedicated customer portal with access permissions you configure.

Our limits

  • The software is from its developer (ERPNext); our role is hosting, configuration, operation, and support.

Projects and timesheets: Request it