Manhattan Active · Platform

Stay Current on a Cloud-Native Platform Built to Evolve Without Disruptive Upgrades

Traditional supply-chain software locks you into painful, multi-year upgrade projects. We help you adopt and get the most from the Manhattan Active® platform, a versionless, cloud-native foundation that updates continuously, scales on demand, and keeps your extensions intact through every release.

  • Versionless
  • Cloud-native
  • Evergreen
  • Extensible

A platform that stays current without disruptive upgrades

Elastic scale that absorbs peak demand

Customizations that survive every update

How it works

How the Versionless Platform Stays Current

Manhattan Active® is versionless: the platform updates itself on a fixed cadence and never falls behind.

  1. Release

    A new platform version lands in your tenant on a fixed quarterly cadence.

  2. Validate

    Automated regression runs against your configuration and extensions before the update is accepted.

  3. Extend

    Extensions sit on published APIs and the component model, so core code stays untouched.

  4. Enable

    New capability arrives switched off, and the business turns it on when process is ready.

  5. Monitor

    Usage and performance telemetry feed the next cycle, and nothing accumulates as version debt.

The challenge

Why Legacy Platforms Trap You in Upgrade Cycles

When your core platform is version-locked and tied to fixed infrastructure, keeping it current becomes a project of its own:

Major upgrades that force costly, high-risk rip-and-replace projects

Customizations that break every time you move to a new version

Fixed infrastructure you must over-provision just to survive peak season

Fragmented data across modules that never share a single source of truth

The result is a platform that starts aging the moment it goes live and drifts further from current capability every year.

Capabilities

What We Do to Help You Adopt and Operate the Platform

We help you move onto Manhattan Active®, build on it the right way, and run it so every continuous update lands cleanly.

Platform Adoption and Migration

We plan and execute your move from legacy or on-premise Manhattan systems onto the cloud-native Active platform, with a clear path off end-of-life products.

Cloud-Native Architecture and Integration

We design how the platform connects to your ERP, commerce, and enterprise systems using its API-first, microservices model, so data flows in real time.

Unified Data Foundation

We structure and migrate your data onto the platform's shared data model, so orders, inventory, and fulfillment work from one consistent source.

Update-Safe Extensibility with Manhattan ProActive

We build extensions with Manhattan ProActive, the platform's low-code extensibility toolset, so customizations sit alongside the core instead of being bolted onto it.

Continuous Update Readiness

We validate each release against your configurations and extensions, so you stay evergreen instead of deferring updates and falling behind.

Release Readiness and Regression Testing

We configure the platform to scale automatically for peak volumes and tune performance, so you have capacity when you need it and release it when you do not.

Platform Governance and Support

We help you establish environments, standards, and Level 2 support, so your teams run the platform confidently over its full life.

The outcome

What You Get From an Evergreen Platform

When your platform stays current on its own, you can:

See How We Keep You Evergreen
  • Receive new capability continuously without upgrade projects
  • Keep customizations intact through every release
  • Scale elastically for peak demand without over-provisioning
  • Work from a single, unified data foundation across products
  • Reduce total cost of ownership and infrastructure overhead
What this enables

What the Manhattan Active® platform changes for the business

  • A platform that stays current without disruptive upgrades
  • Elastic scale that absorbs peak demand
  • Customizations that survive every update
  • A unified data foundation across every Manhattan Active® product
  • Lower total cost of ownership over the platform's life
Everest, Manhattan Active Partner, 2026 Platinum Level
Platinum Partner in the Manhattan Value Partner program, and twice named Manhattan Partner of the Year: Commerce Services in 2022 and Collaboration Excellence in 2023. Verify on manh.com
Why Everest

Extensions Built the Platform's Way

Everest holds Manhattan Platinum Partner status, the highest tier in the partner program, with 100+ extensions delivered against the platform's own extensibility model rather than bolted onto it.

  • 65Active go-lives across 2024 and 2025
  • 100+Extensions built to the platform model
  • 150+Manhattan Active go-lives as Platinum Partner
FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

  • It is cloud-native, versionless, and built on microservices, so there are no major version upgrades to plan for. Instead of periodic rip-and-replace projects, the platform receives continuous updates while running, and every Manhattan Active® product shares the same foundation and data model.

  • Manhattan delivers updates on a continuous cadence, and every customer runs on current code rather than a fixed release. You never fall behind a supported version or face a large migration to get new capability. We help you validate and absorb each update so staying current stays low-effort.

  • Not when extensions are built the right way. The platform's component model and Manhattan ProActive let us build customizations that sit alongside the core rather than modifying it. That is a different proposition from bolt-on code that has to be reworked every release, which is exactly what we help you avoid or replace.

  • Products such as Warehouse Management, Omni, and Transportation Management are applications that run on the shared Active platform. They inherit its cloud-native scale, unified data, and continuous update model. We help you adopt the platform first, then implement or optimize the specific products your operation needs.

  • Yes. Legacy products such as SCALE and WMOS are not built on the Active platform and eventually reach end of life. We help you plan and execute the move onto Active, preserving the logic that matters while retiring what no longer serves you.

  • Because it is cloud-native, the platform scales elastically, adding capacity automatically for peak demand and releasing it afterward. We configure and load-test that behavior so you are covered during your highest-volume periods without permanently over-provisioning infrastructure.

  • Adoption spans data migration, integration, extension rebuilds, and testing across your environments. We lead that work as your implementation partner, planning the move, building update-safe extensions, and setting your teams up to operate the platform and stay evergreen.

  • Far less than a traditional upgrade. Each update needs validation against your configurations and extensions rather than a full migration project. We help you establish a lightweight update-readiness routine and provide ongoing support, so new releases are adopted smoothly.

Make Evergreen Your New Normal

Whether you are moving off a legacy platform or getting more from the Active platform you already run, we help you adopt it fully and stay current for good.

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