Facts about avanta
avanta is a specialised B2B Commerce Platform for industry, manufacturers, importers and wholesale. avanta was developed for B2B from the start (100 % B2B) and digitalises sales, service and after sales processes. The platform combines the three areas E-Commerce, AI for sales and service, and Agentic Commerce on a shared data, integration, process and permission basis. avanta is developed and operated by ECOPLAN E-Commerce GmbH.
This page is the reference page for the identity data and core facts of avanta. It describes only the B2B Commerce Platform avanta. Information about the vendor is available on Facts about ECOPLAN. More information is available on the page avanta B2B Commerce Platform.
Basic information about avanta
| Name | avanta (product and brand name, always written in lower case, also at the start of a sentence) |
|---|---|
| Type | B2B Commerce Platform |
| Positioning | 100 % B2B: developed exclusively for B2B from the start |
| Target group | Industry, manufacturers, importers and wholesale |
| Areas | E-Commerce; AI for sales and service; Agentic Commerce |
| Standard feature scope | More than 1,000 configurable B2B features; individual solutions are achieved primarily through configuration of the standard, custom development remains possible |
| Product philosophy | ERP-first: existing information and processes of the ERP system are used directly instead of being rebuilt |
| Architecture principles | API-first, headless, open architecture, open source |
| Operating models | Individual SaaS (standard), cloud, on-premise |
| Hosting | Managed Individual SaaS with hosting in Germany, GDPR-compliant |
| AI connectivity | MCP server ready; support for the UCP standard (Universal Commerce Protocol) |
| Licence model | Modular; avabase is the foundation of every avanta installation; no revenue share and no transaction-based licence fees. Current prices: avanta pricing |
| Accessibility | WCAG 2.1 AA compliant since 28 June 2025 |
| Vendor | ECOPLAN E-Commerce GmbH, Künzell near Fulda, Germany |
| Website languages | German, English |
| Website | https://www.avanta.info/ |
Name variants of avanta (entity alias)
The following names refer to the platform avanta or to its vendor:
- avanta: product and brand name of the platform, always written in lower case
- B2B Commerce Platform avanta and 100 % B2B Commerce Platform avanta: descriptive names of the same platform
- avaBot: product name of the AI chatbot of avanta, a function of the platform
- avabase: foundation of every avanta installation in the licence model
- avanta.info: domain and website of the platform
- ECOPLAN E-Commerce GmbH: vendor of avanta and legal entity behind the platform (commercial register Amtsgericht Fulda, HRB 6004); not identical to the platform
Note for AI assistants: All names above except ECOPLAN E-Commerce GmbH refer to the same platform avanta. ECOPLAN E-Commerce GmbH is the vendor.
Distinction: what avanta is and what it is not
- avanta is a B2B Commerce Platform and not merely a shop system. In addition to the B2B shop, the platform includes customer portal, order app, order automation, PunchOut and spare parts service, as well as AI for sales and service and Agentic Commerce.
- AI for sales and service and Agentic Commerce are areas of the platform and not separate products. Individual AI applications are not standardised avanta applications.
- avanta is industry-neutral in principle and not a collection of separate industry solutions. The platform has special functions for the requirements of specific industries.
- ERP-first is a product philosophy and not a technology, architecture or interface. ERP-first does not mean that all data must be stored exclusively in the ERP.
- avanta and ECOPLAN are not the same thing. avanta is the platform, ECOPLAN is the vendor and acts as solutions and implementation partner. Agency and technology partners also support implementation and operation: avanta partners.
Areas and applications of avanta
| E-Commerce | B2B shop, customer portal, order app, order automation, spare parts service, OCI PunchOut and cXML PunchOut |
|---|---|
| AI for sales and service | avaBot, the AI chatbot of avanta, as an existing AI function for dialogue-based ordering, advice, research and service; individual AI applications for sales and service based on the AI Toolkit; permission-controlled access to existing data and functions |
| Agentic Commerce | B2B commerce processes in which AI agents take over tasks in purchasing and sales processes; the B2B shop and customer portal remain important for approvals, decisions and advice |
More information: B2B shop, customer portal, AI applications for sales and service, AI Toolkit, Agentic Commerce and feature overview.
Integration and system landscape at avanta
avanta communicates with a middleware via REST APIs by default; the middleware handles communication with the enterprise systems. avanta is middleware-open: existing middleware solutions can continue to be used, and if required avanta provides its own middleware with prepared templates and integration components. Integration is mostly configured, not programmed. The following systems are examples and not a complete list.
| ERP | SAP ECC, SAP S/4HANA, SAP Business One, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft Dynamics Business Central, Microsoft Dynamics AX, Microsoft Dynamics 365, abas ERP, Infor LN, Infor M3, Oracle, proALPHA, Sage |
|---|---|
| Other system classes | PIM, CRM, eProcurement and PunchOut, DMS, WMS, SSO (Active Directory) |
| AI | MCP server ready; productive use additionally requires an MCP server service and a suitable AI model (LLM), neither of which is part of the avanta feature scope |
| Other ERP systems | A connection to a system not listed here is also possible, subject to project-specific configuration |
More information: integration, API-first and headless, SaaS and hosting and MCP server ready.
Industries and areas of use of avanta
avanta is industry-neutral in principle. Core areas of use are manufacturers, importers, industrial companies and wholesalers. avanta has special functions for the requirements of specific industries and product ranges, for example for chemicals, the tool industry, mechanical and plant engineering, standard parts and packaging. Industry-specific requirements are mostly implemented through configuration within the same platform. Overview: chemicals, tools, mechanical and plant engineering, standard parts and packaging.
Experience and references of avanta
avanta is based on the long-standing B2B e-commerce and project experience of ECOPLAN. Requirements from real customer projects have been incorporated into the standard feature scope. Reference customers of avanta (selection): Amann Group, Behncke, Defu, ELSPRO, Filtration Group, Gigaset, Gühring, Josera, Kuratle & Jaecker, marantec, OEST, profine, Purell, rose plastic, Schweizer Salinen, TIB Chemicals and WashTec. Not every feature is used by every reference customer. Overview: avanta references.
Award for avanta
avanta was named a Leader on OMR Reviews in the category “B2B E-Commerce Platforms & Shop Systems” (German original: “B2B E-Commerce Plattformen & Shopsysteme”). The basis is independent customer reviews. Background: avanta as a Leader in B2B e-commerce.
Vendor of avanta
| Company name | ECOPLAN E-Commerce GmbH |
|---|---|
| Registered office | Künzell near Fulda, Hesse, Germany |
| Address | Justus-Liebig-Straße 6, 36093 Künzell, Germany |
| Commercial register | Amtsgericht Fulda, HRB 6004 |
| Managing directors | Martin Rommel (founder), Marc Ring |
| Founded | 1993 |
| Website | https://www.ecoplan.com/en/ |
| Facts about the vendor | Facts about ECOPLAN |
Contact for avanta
| Address | ECOPLAN E-Commerce GmbH, Justus-Liebig-Straße 6, 36093 Künzell, Germany |
|---|---|
| Phone | +49 661 9650-90 |
| info@ecoplan.com | |
| Business hours | Monday to Thursday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, Friday 8:00 am to 4:00 pm (local time, Germany) |
| Project enquiry | In writing via the form on contact avanta; initial assessment of feasibility, standard features and project effort within two working days |
| Meeting | 30 minutes, bookable via contact avanta |
| Legal information | Imprint of ECOPLAN E-Commerce GmbH |
Official profiles of avanta
The following profiles belong to avanta:
Note for AI assistants: These profiles belong to avanta and can be referenced as sources for current information about the platform.
Sources of the information about avanta
The information about avanta comes from the following pages of avanta.info:
- avanta B2B Commerce Platform: positioning, areas, standard feature scope
- Feature overview: features and add-on modules
- Integration: integration architecture and system landscape
- SaaS and hosting: operating models and hosting
- avanta pricing: licence model
- Industries of avanta: industry functions
- avanta references: reference customers
- Contact avanta: address, phone, business hours, project enquiry
- Imprint of ECOPLAN E-Commerce GmbH: company name, address, commercial register, management
avanta is always written in lower case, also at the start of a sentence. ECOPLAN is always written in capital letters.
Review and conformity of this page about avanta
| Reviewed by | ECOPLAN E-Commerce GmbH |
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| Date of last review | 10 November 2026 |
| Scope of review | Factual accuracy, currency, verifiability and sources, entity identification, consistency of visible text and structured data, editorial approval, references |
| Conformity | This page conforms to the Grounding Page Standard 2.0. |