SAP Business One vs Odoo Comparison

It has a pretty interface. I have to say more to have this valid, but I really cannot think of anything else "nice" to say about the product.

No ability to do journal entries, their is no relations between apps, half of the functions don't work, requires extremely extensive customization to do the simpliest tasks. Features are not consistent between sales and purchase (ie has blanket purchase order, but no blanket sales order among pretty much every feature). Useless manufacturing app (impossible to set-up work centers or maintain BOMS or any PLM)

All proccess of your business inside one place.

Odoo has a lot of features like another ERPs but it's really hard to get it working without get a lot of effort on coding features. There are a lot of features without enought development. If you need to add some easy feature like "don't show to client some stuff" you need to develop this and it cost money. Lot of pieces to join but those don't be so good yet.

If you are owning a small enterprise or a business having physical products that need inventory system and accounting system, Odoo might be a feasible solution for you. Odoo is an ERP, meaning, like SAP or Oracle but at a fraction of a cost. We've decided to purchase Odoo due to the main consideration of the budget. We are looking to automate the business transactions and we need a one-stop-shop system to integrate planning and operations. Odoo has a Sales, Rental, Inventory, and Accounting modules, which are more than enough for us to get rid of our existing Excel recording of our transactions.

The learning curve is steep. Odoo suggested that we get a professional consultant to walk us through, but the offer is too expensive. We managed to figure out what we need in an almost out of the box with minor customization.

Convenient open source program: run through a browser, no need to download the application to your computer. Odoo can be used outside the office. Installing and removing modules is quick, unlike SAP.

There is a problem with the financial report here - you will not be engaged in accounting in the system, you have to switch to another software. Not enough features and capabilities. Localization is such that it is easier to switch back to English.

8 years ago we were actively helping some of our customers implement SAP. I was researching on a better system that is affordable for small and medium business as well. I found OpenERP(Now Odoo) and give it as an R&D project for my team to learn. Seeing the ease and freedom, we implemented it for our business and partnered with Odoo and started providing it as one of our core services to manufacturing/Retail...

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Documentation is scattered across different channels, needs to be centralized. Odoo is still a young company and has a long way to go compared to SAP, but they are working on it.

We appreciate the awesome review Anoop! Glad to hear the flexibility of the Odoo ecosystem is an important point for you. We will continue to make our content (especially documentation) more accessible and comprehensive in the future. Thanks for the review!

1- Organized and connectable: the Odoo has a good UX/UI, you can found your specific function faster and Sometimes from the same page Like make a task for my assistant while I'm on the sales page. 2- Open source: you can add your very specific needs easier than other software. 3- low cost: for mid co. 50-100 it may cost 5000$ in the year and that about 1-5% comparing other software. 4- easy to implement: setup and run in 1 day for example SAP needs months for implementation.

1- Slow: Odoo Develop using python and not all customers have high-quality computers. 2- many modules still missing: other software like SAP is very customizable comparing to Odoo, many modules aren't added yet.

All in one app. All the marketing tools you need on your business is here.

It's hard for me to use it maybe because I'm a beginner I need to learn more and discover the app. But in all it is a great app. I will give you 4star.

Odoo has all features that I need, the access is via web browser and it's very simple to use

It's not a very well known brand in Portugal, but I see some good customer references, such as SANCO, HappyCode, NBCC Consulting and Securitas

Thanks for the great review ThinkOpen Solutions! :)

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Hello M. Jansen, Thank you for your review!

Functionality is pretty well defined and structured. The module based approach is very good whereby one can take one module and later on expand as business and needs grow

Some modules are very small and not deep functionality developed

Thanks for the review! We read every one and appreciate the time spend giving us feedback. We wish you the best in your Event Services company and look forward to helping you grow by constantly improving Odoo for our user community! :)

Odoo is very user friedly and easy to customyse. The community edition is very affordable for a small business.

Sometimes hard to get support. Takes time to learn all the apps.

Thanks for the review Raymond! Indeed the free Community Edition is a powerful option for businesses with technical expertise for deploying ERP. We recommend also considering Enterprise Edition for a full-featured and customization ready solution as well. We offer both options to cover the maximum number of business cases, budgets, and project timelines possible. Glad to have your help in making Odoo the most affordable and customizable solution on the market! :)

What I like most is that it is an all-in-one system, very simple and flexible for any business operation.

The only thing that is lacking is the need to always have internet, without connection you cannot do your daily activities.

Functionality, easy of use, the product is open source, very easy to add new functionality. Security is great.

Many errors in Multi Company, bad interface between electronic accounting from México and multicompany functionality. Hard to develop reports, the product need a similar as Crystal Reports from SAP. You can do a lot of things with the product but there is not enough technical documentation.

Thanks for the review, we appreciate the overall positive rating! It seems your main challenge was with localization in Mexico and some multi-company configuration. We have many companies successfully using Odoo for their multi-company setup in Mexico, and we would like to make sure you are one of them! Be sure to contact odoo.com/help if you have issues and one of our team will help you get them resolved! :)

Odoo gives me access to a lot of tools that allow me to manage my business better in one platform. I get to integrate all business processes hassle-free. My contacts, website, and tracks my progress in terms of inventory and sales.

Needs an expert to teach you first to operate it for especially when you are not a tech savvy

It’s easy to install, easy to configure and don’t cost a bomb to own. Plus as it’s open source, new modules and apps can be developed without worrying about any sunset policy. Also, “one system to manage one business is key differentiator.

It should have nice mobile app and should also have more inbuilt localised features according to each country/province. Specially for accounts, taxation, HR etc. Also different pricing for “self service users” can make Odoo more competitive.

We are Odoo Certified Silver Partner in UK and Egypt. Odoo is largely expanding in several regions we serve. The ease of use, logic, and advanced apps in have Odoo provided business a one tool for all their business technology tools needs. This is a revolution in ERP systems.

Till now, i cant find anything to not like in this robust system.

Thanks for the review White Code team, we are honored to hear such great feedback and look forward to continuing to hear your results and feedback in the future! :)

Odoo is an all in one business software that is comprising of CRM, billing-invoicing, accounting, Email Marketing, manufacturing, website/e-commerce, warehouse - and project management, and inventory and many many more which has been providing value at an extremely affordable price. The software is so broad that you can manage your business all in one place including email marketing, e-commerce solutions and more. It comes with both enterprise and free.

Odoo is technical to setup. I could have got lost when I signed up but I sorted some YouTube tutorials which got me back in the lane.

We are happy to hear you and your team have found so many uses for Odoo within your organization! Keep up the hard work! :)

Everything, I mean really everything can be managed from one system, from purchase to sale. This makes business flow way more easier. And using drag&drop style page builder is cakewalk.

Although it's not very expensive, there are cheaper, even free solutions with the same functionality.

I like that the developers have optimized the platform well. In my 2 years of work, I have never had hangs, even when a bunch of tabs are open in the browser. Also in Odoo it is convenient to work with modules. You can quickly add a new module and remove unnecessary. Compared to SAP, the platform is simply superb!

Implementation of the platform in the work of the enterprise, setting up and training new employees are expensive. Therefore, I would not recommend Odoo to small business owners.