# Primers on SBA lending software and SBA's own systems

> Four primers: what SBA lending software does and where E-Tran begins, how to evaluate it, what changes in an SBA file under SOP 50 10 8.1, and what it costs.

| Guide | What it covers | Sources checked | URL |
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| What SBA lending software does, and where SBA's own systems begin | A plain account of the four kinds of product sold as SBA lending software, the government systems every lender uses regardless, and where a Lender Service Provider fits when the answer is not software at all. | October 1, 2026 | https://sbalendingsoftware.com/guides/what-sba-lending-software-does |
| How to evaluate SBA lending software | The questions that separate an SBA lending system from a commercial LOS with the word SBA on a page: 7(a) against 504 workflow, SOP currency, E-Tran round trips, the 1502 cycle and secondary market sales, and what to ask a reference. | October 1, 2026 | https://sbalendingsoftware.com/guides/how-to-evaluate-sba-lending-software |
| What changes in an SBA file, compared with a conventional C&I loan | The specific steps a 7(a) or 504 file adds to ordinary commercial underwriting, from affiliation and the size standard to the equity injection and the guaranty submission, and which of them software can actually take on. | October 1, 2026 | https://sbalendingsoftware.com/guides/what-changes-in-an-sba-file |
| What SBA lending software costs, and the one vendor that publishes a price list | One of twelve SBA lending software vendors publishes prices (DownHome Solutions, from $150 a month per module), one publishes its pricing basis without figures (Aloan), and ten are quote-only. What each publishes, what SBA itself charges on a 7(a) loan in fiscal 2027, what an SBA program pays for instead when it does not buy software, and how to build a budget from the program's own numbers. | October 1, 2026 | https://sbalendingsoftware.com/guides/what-sba-lending-software-costs |

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