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EBP Bâtiment vs Obat
Two France software options, compared side by side for France trades.
Which should you choose?
EBP Bâtiment and Obat are both Tier S: our check found each one's prices published on its own website, so you can compare their costs before talking to sales. The tier is not a quality ranking: weigh the pros, cons, pricing and France-specific notes below against your trade and region.
EBP Bâtiment
Tier S · Published pricesDevis, factures et chantiers pour le bâtiment, par EBP (groupe Cegid)
EBP Bâtiment is the building-trade range of EBP, a French business-software publisher based in Gazeran that joined the Cegid group in July 2024. It comes in three editions (ACTIV, PRO and ELITE) covering quotes, invoices, progress billing, worksite tracking and a mobile app, with PRO and ELITE adding planning, stock and purchasing. EBP integrates the plateforme agréée Shine for French e-invoicing.
Pros
- + Three editions, from 1-user ACTIV to multi-company ELITE
- + Situations de travaux, progress invoices and métré built in
- + Plateforme agréée Shine integrated for e-invoicing
- + Published monthly prices for ACTIV and PRO
Cons
- − Batiprix and Batichiffrage libraries are bought separately from their publishers
- − Published prices cover one user; multi-user versions are on quote
- − ELITE is quote-only
- − Worksite planning, stock and purchasing need PRO or above
France note
EBP says its building range complies with the French e-invoicing reform through the integrated plateforme agréée Shine, which is on the DGFiP list of registered platforms. If you price from a works library, budget separately for Batiprix or Batichiffrage, which EBP connects to but does not supply.
Obat
Tier S · Published pricesDevis, factures et suivi de chantier pour les pros du bâtiment
Obat is building-trades software from Obat SAS in Nantes, covering quotes, invoices, worksite planning and profitability tracking, with iOS and Android apps and a price library of 30,000 items. Obat says more than 21,000 building professionals use it and that its team has more than 110 people. It handles French e-invoicing through Iopole, which appears on the DGFiP list of registered plateformes agréées.
Pros
- + Built for French building trades, with separate plans for micro-entrepreneurs
- + Published prices, billed monthly or yearly
- + E-invoicing included through Iopole, a DGFiP-registered platform
- + Price library of 30,000 building items
Cons
- − Plans include one user; extra licences are an unpriced option
- − Purchasing, profitability and planning need Croissance or above
- − Website and marketing extras only in the top Booster plan
- − Product and support are in French
France note
Obat says every plan complies with the French e-invoicing reform through Iopole, a registered plateforme agréée. Its micro-entreprise plans are meant for sole traders who are not registered for VAT, while artisans with VAT and firms of 2-50 people use the Artisan seul and TPE/PME plans.
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