If you’re evaluating forestry software, you’ve likely come across both TRACT and Legna Software. TRACT is a vertically integrated forestry ERP platform built for wood dealers, timber buyers, and landowner-focused operations. Legna is a VC-backed platform primarily focused on sawmills, lumber mills, and SFI certification tracking.

Both serve the forest products industry—but they serve different parts of it. Here’s an honest breakdown of where each platform fits.

Who Each Platform Serves

Legna Software targets mills and sawmills. Its core strength is production-side accounting, SFI chain-of-custody certification, and mill inventory management. If you run a sawmill and need to track board feet through your facility while maintaining SFI compliance, Legna was built for that workflow.

TRACT serves the procurement and landowner side of forestry: wood dealers, timber buyers, landowner managers, and institutional timberland investors. TRACT currently has a growing base of customers ranging from regional dealers to institutional timberland investors ranging from regional dealers to institutional timberland investors like INGKA Investments (IKEA), BTG Pactual, and Superior Pine.

Key Differences

Integrated ERP vs. Accounting Focus

Legna’s roots are in accounting software adapted for mills. TRACT is a full ERP system covering procurement, settlements, inventory, hauling, landowner management, and financial reporting in a single platform. According to a University of Georgia study, operations using integrated forestry software save an average of 43 hours per week—equivalent to $62,000 per year in labor costs.

AI-Powered Ticket Scanning

TRACT includes AI-powered load ticket scanning that extracts data from paper scale tickets automatically. This eliminates manual data entry at the point of procurement. Legna does not currently offer equivalent AI document processing.

Field Apps and Mobile Access

TRACT offers dedicated field applications for timber cruising, tract inspections, and load tracking that work offline in remote locations. Field teams can capture data at the stump and sync when connectivity returns. Legna’s mobile capabilities are primarily focused on mill-floor operations.

vendor portal

TRACT provides vendor portals where timber sellers can view settlement statements, tract status, and payment history. This is critical for operations managing dozens or hundreds of landowner relationships. Legna, being mill-focused, doesn’t offer equivalent landowner-facing tools.

SFI Certification

This is where Legna has specific strength. Their SFI chain-of-custody tracking is purpose-built for mills that need to maintain certification. TRACT tracks wood provenance and supports EUDR compliance on the procurement side, but if your primary need is mill-level SFI certification management, Legna has a more focused solution.

Implementation and Deployment

TRACT is a cloud-native SaaS platform with typical implementation timelines of 2–4 weeks. Legna also offers cloud deployment but implementation timelines vary based on mill complexity.

TRACT vs Legna: Feature Comparison

The Bottom Line

Choose Legna if you operate a sawmill or lumber mill and need SFI certification tracking with production-focused accounting.

Choose TRACT if you’re a wood dealer, timber buyer, or landowner manager who needs an integrated ERP covering procurement, settlements, hauling, and landowner management. In the UGA study, 67% of respondents said the benefits of forestry technology exceeded their costs.

Many operations need both—a procurement platform and a mill platform. In those cases, TRACT and Legna can complement each other across the supply chain.

Schedule a demo to see how TRACT handles wood procurement, landowner management, and timber settlements.