# Which PANTHEON license should you choose? A guide by company type

> A guide to choosing a PANTHEON license: when LX or LT is enough, when SE or ME, when MF, and which licenses can be combined.

**Short answer:** a sole trader or a small company needs **Small Business** (LX, LT or LT3), a growing company suits **Enterprise** (SE), accounting firms and companies that need analytics suit **ME**, and manufacturers need **Manufacture** (MF). For retail, **Retail** (RE, RT) is added on top.

## Choose by what you do

| Who you are | The license usually chosen |
|---|---|
| Sole trader, just starting | LX (one user) |
| Small company trading abroad or needing VAT calculation | LT, or LT3 for up to three users |
| Small or mid-sized company with accounting, payroll and fixed assets in one system | SE |
| Accounting firm, or a company that needs custom dashboards, analysis and planning | ME |
| Manufacturer | MF |
| Shop with advanced cash registers | RE (with SE or higher), RT if needed |
| Law firm | Web Legal (WP) |
| Sole trader who wants to work in a web browser with no installation | Web Light (WL) |

## Small Business: LX, LT and LT3

All three cover issuing and receiving invoices (including e-invoices), cash register operations, stock and warehouses, travel orders and basic HR records, with fiscalization.

- **LX** is a single-user license without VAT calculation and international business.
- **LT** is also single-user but adds VAT calculation, international business and predefined business reports (dashboards).
- **LT3** is the network version for up to three users.

You can buy only one LX, or one LT or LT3, per company.

## Enterprise: SE and ME

**SE** is for companies where all departments work in the same system: besides trade it covers accounting, payroll, fixed assets, service and basic manufacturing, with predefined dashboards.

**ME** is everything SE has, plus business intelligence: custom dashboards, analysis, reports and planning. It also suits accounting firms because it lets them manage several client companies.

## Manufacture: MF and MT

**MF** includes everything in ME and adds production management: planning and scheduling, work orders, bills of materials with alternatives, costing and traceability by serial numbers. **MT** is an add-on to MF for reporting completed work through a web interface.

## Retail: RE and RT

**RE** is a retail program with an advanced cash register (several registers, stocktaking, several prices per item, sales promotions, vouchers) and is combined with SE or a higher license. **RT** is an add-on for additional advanced registers next to RE, SE, ME or MF.

## What can be combined

Datalab's rules in short:

- LX, LT, RE and SE can run up to three companies (databases); for ME and MF the number of companies is not limited.
- SE, ME and MF cannot be combined with each other.
- RE goes with SE or higher, RT with RE, SE, ME or MF, and MT with MF.
- LX and LT cannot be combined with add-on licenses.

## Buy, rent or host

You can **buy** a license (one-off, plus annual maintenance) or **rent** it monthly from Datalab. A license you bought can also run on our hosting for a fixed monthly price per license. Work out the exact price for your case with the [license calculator](https://www.pantheon.hr/en/pantheon-erp/#kalkulator); all prices and features are in the [price list](https://www.pantheon.hr/en/pantheon-erp/#cjenik).

Not sure which license fits? [Get in touch](https://www.pantheon.hr/en/contact/) and we will help you choose.

Published: 2026-09-27

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Source: https://www.pantheon.hr/en/news/which-pantheon-licence-to-choose/
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