Odoo Software: Overview – Features – Pricing

Overview Presentation

Odoo is a suite of open source business apps that aims to cover all business needs. From CRM and Sales, to project management, timesheet, inventory, accounting, and many more, it is a platfrom where over 1500 active members of the community build thousands of business applications that can seamlessly integrate with the other apps. It helps provide users with tools that can cover complex needs without being complicated, tools that are easy to use and fully integrated at the same time.

Features, Benefits and Strengths

• Project Management and other Operations Apps – Odoo integrated business apps include several tools for efficient business operations. It includes Project, Timesheets, Inventory, Purchase, and Helpdesk. The project management tool allows users to organize, schedule, plan and analyze their project data. A kanban drag-and-drop view allows for grouping tasks easily at its correct project lifecycle stage. It also has a calendar view for checking the schedule and keeping deadlines, a Gantt chart view for keeping track of deadlines and progress, and a dashboard view for getting a good overview of the workload and the status of individual tasks. Project is fully integrated with the other apps, such as for tracking time across devices and platforms, for warehouse management, for improving supply chain and inventory performance, and for great customer service.
• Communication, Sales, and Marketing Apps – The open source platform enables users to install one or few apps at the start, and install more as their needs grow. The suite is scalable and affordable, with the first 1 or 2 apps free to use, depending on the app. It has a group and private chat called Discuss integrated with all other apps or modules. The eSign app allows users to simplify the process of sending, signing, and approving documents online. Sales apps inlcude CRM, point of sale, quotations and proposals, and subscription management. Marketing tools include mass mailing, marketing automation, event management, and online surveys.
• Finance, HR, Manufacturing, Website Apps, Custom Tools, and more – Odoo business apps cover a wide variety of business processes. It has apps for accounting, invoicing, and expense management. For human resource management, it has apps to manage recruitment, employees, fleet, leaves, and appraisal. It also has apps for manufacturing, such as MRP, PLM, equipment and quality management. Several website apps are available, such as a website builder, for ecommerce, blogs, forum, slides, live chat, appointments. The Odoo Studio is custom tool for creating, customizing, and deploying apps. Integrations are also available, such as from DHL, Fedex, Bpost, UPS, eBay, Easypost, USPS, and VoIP. It can be deployed in a public cloud, dedicated cloud, or installed on-premise. Professional services are also available for installation and implementation assistance.

Pricing

Odoo pricing depends on which apps will be used and the number of users. For example, using the cloud version of Project and Timesheet is free. However, using the on-premise version of the two apps for 1 user will cost $36 per month. A dedicated cloud version will cost a total of $108.80 per month. A 15-day free trial period is offered.

Social Network Presence

• Facebook
• Twitter
• LinkedIn

Target Market

Odoo as a suite of open source business apps is for teams and companies of all sizes, from a single user to a big organization. As a platform, it is applicable to a wide range of industries and operations, with the option for cloud, dedicated cloud, and on-premise deployment.

Supported Languages

Supports English, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Chinese (Simplified).

Some of their Clients

Clients include Inspiral, Universem, World Wildlife Fund, Toyota, Cox Communications, Hyundai, and Danone.

Testimonials

Marc Peeters stated that by using Odoo and its integrations, their division were able to replace 14 different applications simultaneously. As a result, revenues increased by 10 percent overnight. Molly Paridon described the business suite as the backbone of their business. Odoo allows complete transparency. She described it as very user friendly, and the whole app is very easy for non-tech-savvy people, as well as great for their distributors.

Why Odoo

Odoo is an easy-to-use software that requires no steep learning curve for all kinds of users. It is scalable and fully integrated with many other apps that may not be needed at first, but eventually, as business grows. Open source is a mature technology platform at par with commercial software, and with over a thousand of active community members, more options are available to the user.

Company Info

Odoo S.A. is a privately held software development company based in Auderghem, Belgium, and with offices in Brussels, Luxemburg, New York, San Francisco, Hong Kong, and Gujarat. It was founded in 2005 by Fabian Pinckaers, CEO. It has developed about 30 main applications which are regularly updated. As an open source platform, a community of more than 1500 active members has also contributed another 16,000+ apps, covering a wide variety of business needs. The company’s mission is to provide a range of business applications that form a complete suite of tools to accompany any business need.

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