All About Odoo
What exactly is Odoo, what does Odoo offer and how much does Odoo cost?
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Your All-in-One Business Software
From ERP to CRM, eCommerce and CMS - Odoo integrates all your business processes seamlessly in one software system.
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What is Odoo?
- Odoo is one of the market-leading solutions for integrated ERP (Enterprise Rescource Planning) software
- Startups, small and medium-sized companies and large multinationals rely on Odoo's powerful software solution
- Odoo already has more than 12 million users and a strong partner network with around 5 thousand Odoo experts
- You can choose between Odoo Community and Odoo Enterpise
- Odoo is available on-premise and cloud-based
Odoo Users
- Odoo is the perfect choice for all companies looking for simple, quick-to-implement solutions. Odoo has a very strong standard and works smoothly without any adjustments.
- For companies with special requirements, Odoo is the right choice due to its particularly flexible character. With Odoo, you can rely on fully customized software.
- Industry experts rely on Odoo to meet the specific requirements of their industry.
- Start-ups rely on Odoo to expand their business software as required during their organic growth.
Advantages of Odoo
- Modular software structure: Odoo can be used as full software or according to functional requirements
- more than just ERP: The ERP modules form the core, but Odoo has also incorporated useful solutions in many other business areas
- high flexibility: Odoo is responsive as software, its functionality can be expanded and it can be adapted to individual needs
- large, active community: in addition to its partner network, Odoo also has a large community that offers its own developments in addition to the Odoo offering
Odoo Review
Odoo's customers include companies of all sizes: from small companies, such as start-ups, to medium and large multinational companies. Odoo’s suite of products is designed to serve any company size. However, because of its cost advantage and adaptability, Odoo is particularly popular with small and medium-sized companies.
Compared to a major market player, Odoo IS more than an ERP.
We now have full transparency and can access the system from anywhere, which has allowed us to increase our efficiency and customer turnover.
Even our complex requirements could be mapped mainly in the Odoo standard, due to the focus, the Odoo competence as well as the fast feedback from OBS.
Odoo allowed our company to efficiently manage a growth from a turnover of $2.4m to $15m in 4 years.
With Odoo CRM, I keep all the information about leads and customers in a single place. It’s great and effective.
Tiny ERP
Belgian Fabien Pinckaers, founder and current CEO of Odoo, began developing his first software product called TinyERP in 2005.
Open ERP
Three years later, TinyERP was rebranded as OpenERP to further emphasize its open-source capability.
+100 Employees
Under Fabien Pinckaers’ leadership, OpenERP began to develop rapidly and grew into a company with more than 100 employees just five years after it was founded.
In 2013, the company received a Deloitte award for being the fastest-growing company in Belgium, with a 1549% growth over five years.
Also, in 2013, Odoo Community Association, a non-profit organization, was founded to promote the spread of Odoo and support the collaborative development of Odoo functions.
Odoo
In 2014, OpenERP pushed the boundaries of traditional ERP players and the company changed its name to Odoo - allowing the company to grow in any direction without restrictions.
Top 5000 fastest growing company
Because of the rapid growth in the company, Magazine Inc. placed Odoo among the top 5000 fastest-growing companies in Europe in 2015. All these achievements helped grow Odoo's fame.
From then on, Odoo S.A. changed its business model from a pure service company to a software distribution and SaaS business.
3rd Bossie Award
After OpenERP changed its name to Odoo in 2014, the company won the BOSSIE Awards three years in a row: 2014, 2015 and 2016.
$90 million investment
In 2019, the company raised a $90 million investment by Global growth equity investor Summit Partners.
+5 Million Customers
In 2021, Odoo products were used by more than 5 million customers.
New Pricing Model
In 2022, Odoo released its version Odoo 16, together with a new pricing model.
Odoo 17
In 2023, Odoo released its newest version Odoo 17, together with a completely new UX-Design.
Today
Odoo 18 introduces several improvements to enhance business processes. These include an upgraded user interface, optimized project and inventory management, and enhanced barcode scanning features. The website tool has become more user-friendly and now supports multilingual pages. The Point-of-Sale system and sales processes have also been improved, along with accounting and recruitment features. Additionally, new industry-specific functionalities have been added.
Tiny ERP
Belgian Fabien Pinckaers, founder and current CEO of Odoo, began developing his first software product called TinyERP in 2005.
Open ERP
Three years later, TinyERP was rebranded as OpenERP to further emphasize its open-source capability.
+100 Employees
Under Fabien Pinckaers’ leadership, OpenERP began to develop rapidly and grew into a company with more than 100 employees just five years after it was founded.
In 2013, the company received a Deloitte award for being the fastest-growing company in Belgium, with a 1549% growth over five years.
Also, in 2013, Odoo Community Association, a non-profit organization, was founded to promote the spread of Odoo and support the collaborative development of Odoo functions.
Odoo
In 2014, OpenERP pushed the boundaries of traditional ERP players and the company changed its name to Odoo - allowing the company to grow in any direction without restrictions.
Top 5000 fastest growing company
Because of the rapid growth in the company, Magazine Inc. placed Odoo among the top 5000 fastest-growing companies in Europe in 2015. All these achievements helped grow Odoo's fame.
From then on, Odoo S.A. changed its business model from a pure service company to a software distribution and SaaS business.
3rd Bossie Award
After OpenERP changed its name to Odoo in 2014, the company won the BOSSIE Awards three years in a row: 2014, 2015 and 2016.
$90 million investment
In 2019, the company raised a $90 million investment by Global growth equity investor Summit Partners.
+5 Million Customers
In 2021, Odoo products were used by more than 5 million customers.
New Pricing Model
In 2022, Odoo released its version Odoo 16, together with a new pricing model.
Today
In 2023, Odoo released its newest version Odoo 17, together with a a completely new UX-Design.
Changing the business model to SaaS allowed the Odoo software to be deployed and licensed to be accessible online via subscription rather than purchased and installed on individual computers. Odoo's software distribution focuses on customer-specific programming, support and other services in cooperation with an active global community and a network of over 1250 official partners and integrators such as OBS Solutions. According to its own information, Odoo has over 3.7 million users worldwide.
The company and the Odoo software have received several awards. As OpenERP, Odoo received the Trends Gazelle, the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Award and InfoWorld's BOSSIE Award 2013.
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It includes the task of planning, controlling and managing personnel and corporate resources such as operating, material, and capital resources, as well as communication and information technology, in line with a company's purpose. To do this, Odoo includes the following themes in its apps and modules: customer relationship management (CRM), website, e-commerce, various marketing modules, billing, financial accounting, production, warehouse management, project management, document management, human resources, and many more.
CRM
- lead generating automation
- lead location automation
- improved opportunity management
- improved analysis tools
- connected to all sales channels & marketing apps
Benefit from the CRM app and its user-friendly dashboard for a better overview of sales activities. With the CRM app, it is possible to automatically generate leads from emails and VoIP calls and to send offers with little effort - even on the go! Managing leads is made easy with the CRM app. Leads can not only be created, imported and maintained but also evaluated according to various criteria. Odoo thinks along! Using GeoIP, leads can be automatically located by country, city or state. You'll also get lead aggregation suggestions when a lead converts to an opportunity and you can then create contacts based on these leads. With additional functions and marketing apps for online acquisition, you can get the best out of your sales activities.
After you've generated leads, the next most important thing is managing opportunities. There are many features to support you with this, such as managing and scheduling activities, calls and meetings, and customizing stages. Get a clear view of the many possibilities of the opportunity pipeline and work faster with a drag-and-drop interface.
Have you successfully converted sales opportunities into customers? Then the following CRM app features may help you: using the address book, setting customer preferences, such as language, delivery method, financial data, etc., and viewing a full overview of the activities history for each customer, such as opportunities, orders, invoices, total receivables, etc.
Communicating with your customers is also supported by easy email template creation, the use of email gateways, custom notifications, and VoIP connectivity. Other useful features are analysis tools for evaluating opportunities and leads and visualizing KPIs (Key Performance Indicators).
The CRM app can be fully integrated into the Sales and Inventory apps and also benefits from a powerful API, connection to Google Docs, as well as all sales channels (CRM, PoS, e-commerce) and marketing apps (email marketing, events, etc.).
Sales
- faster professional offer creation
- improved communication regulation
- intuitive analysis & reporting
- integrate all your sales channels
Sell more efficiently with Odoo's Sales app! Among other things, the modern user interface and the integration into the CRM app, help you to manage your sales pipeline. Create professional offers quickly and easily using predefined products, price lists and offer templates. Odoo supports you with features such as upselling (offer optimization) and electronic signatures.
Easily manage your orders and contracts with the Sales app! With the Sales app, it is possible to convert offers into sales orders with only one click. Invoices can also be managed from sales orders. With the integrated customer portal, your customers are always up to date regarding their current status of their offers or deliveries. As in other Odoo apps, you also benefit from order-specific routes in the sales app and can track every phase of a contract, such as invoicing, renewal and expansion (upselling).
By planning activities, email gateways and templates, as well as the multi-company system, nothing stands in the way of regulated communication with the sales app. But that's not all! Products and prices can also be created and maintained in the sales app. Features such as product variants, configurations and different product types, as well as units of measure and the integration of price lists, discounts and shipping costs, serve this purpose.
Odoo's sales app is also known for its intuitive analysis and reporting. Get a complete overview of all your sales activities, next actions and performance data. Trackable KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) allow you to monitor important information, such as sales per country/salesperson/sales team, upgrades/downgrades, etc.
The Sales app is fully integrated with the CRM, accounting, inventory and e-commerce apps. In addition, Odoo is the only software in the world that allows you to integrate all your sales channels, such as online sales (e-commerce app), internal sales (CRM app) and stores (point of sales app).
Accounting
- AI-supported automated data entry
- automated booking suggestions
- support for multiple currencies
- improved controlling
- integration of third-party software
- numerous payment providers supported
Odoo offers numerous ways to save time in accounting. Among other things, the accounting app benefits from a modern and clear user interface, automated data entry, document collaboration, easy reconciliation of payments with multiple invoices, bank synchronizations, and much more. Easily create clean customer invoices or receive automatic draft invoices based on sales orders, timesheets or delivery orders. Upload scans or images of your incoming invoices and let the AI (artificial intelligence) automatically create entries for you.
With the Accounting app, outstanding receivables can be managed and automatic reminders (email and letter) can be created. Automated booking suggestions are also helpful. It is easy and quick to check incoming invoices, read invoices automatically with OCR and create SEPA collective transfers. All business transactions are automatically mapped in the chart of accounts. Flexible accounting is possible thanks to support for multiple currencies with live exchange rates and automatically determined tax rates.
In addition, the Accounting app contains reporting features such as pivot tables, KPIs, dashboards and the function of a real-time annual financial statement. Controlling is not neglected either since hierarchical cost accounting, cost centers, reporting and budgets have been integrated.
The Accounting app includes a Datev: Export and the full Web Service API for the integration of third-party software. In addition, Google Spreadsheet and the easy import and export of all data have been integrated. In addition to the usual credit cards, the Odoo Accounting app also supports payment providers such as Authorize.net, Ingenico, PayPal, Adyen, and many more. Customers can also scan a QR code with their bank app to pay. Odoo also offers the function of automatic tax localization for numerous countries.
Inventory
- advanced workflows
- smart scheduler & powerful search
- inventory valuation methods
- product calculation methods
- reporting
- integrated with numerous carriers
With the modern and simple user interface, Odoo's Inventory app makes it easier than ever to flexibly manage your inventory on the go. The basic functions of the Inventory app include the creation of delivery orders, automatic adjustment of stocks, management of different storage locations and zones, document preparation, product packaging, recording of rejects, and the simple movement of goods. With the integration of other apps, such as the production and repair app, further functions can be added. But that's not all. Odoo's Inventory app also enables advanced workflows, such as drop-shipping, cross-docking, creating your own work paths and processes, as well as clean-up and removal strategies.
The Inventory app can increase the productivity of your company immensely. For example, use the barcode scanner to record inventory operations easily. With the integrated customer portal, your customers can track their order status. In addition, the app shines with a smart scheduler and a powerful search. Inventories can also be easily forecasted and replenished if necessary. Various product types with different requirements (consumables, services, digital products, etc.) can be created, which can also be provided with an expiry date and different units of measurement. In addition to supporting a wide range of inventory valuation methods and product calculation methods (FIFO, average price (AVCO) and standard price), reporting as one of the main functions of the Inventory app should not be forgotten.
The Inventory app can be integrated with the Accounting, Purchasing, Quality and Sales apps. It supports UPS, USPS, FedEx, bPost, DHL and EasyPost shipping connectors, with the latter integrating with many other carriers. Last but not least, the app also has a powerful API.
Manufacturing
- multi-level bills of materials supported
- flexible master data supported
- integration into the work environment
- effective reporting
Optimize your workflows with Odoo's Manufacturing app. With this app, you can manage a wide variety of orders, including production orders as well as work and repair orders. With a complete overview of all production plans, workplace capacities and work orders, one can guarantee an uncomplicated and orderly manufacture of products, taking into account the time and work planning. The manufacturing process is supported by the simple management of bills of materials, which can also be generated in multi-levels.
Create optional workflows and easily configure your products with flexible master data. With Odoo, it is also possible to view and document the PLM (Product Lifecycle Management). Other useful features are checkpoints, quality checks as well as preventive and corrective maintenance, which can be scheduled in the calendar.
The Manufacturing app can be easily integrated into the work environment. This is possible on the one hand through the integration of barcodes and the simple control panel. Last but not least, the Manufacturing app can be used for effective reporting to get an overview of the components used, as well as the respective expenditure of time, costs or equipment. The Manufacturing app is fully integrated with the Purchasing, PLM, Maintenance and Quality apps.
Purchase
- automated procurement rules
- overview of all price lists & product availability
- multi-company management
- inventory analysis & forecasts
Odoo's Purchase app offers a lot of automated functions for purchasing. Automated procurement rules can, for example, ensure that products are ordered directly and subsequently delivered as soon as stocks are low. The Purchase app also gives you an overview of all price lists and product availability from your suppliers. Post requests to receive multiple offers from different suppliers and choose the best offer. Manage the purchasing of several companies at the same time and set up analyses and inventory forecasts. With the Purchase app, you can not only manage orders and invoices but also edit products easily. The Purchase App can be connected to sales, inventory and accounting apps.
HR
- employee profiles
- manage timesheets & attandance
- company's social network supported
- share documents & join discussion groups or gamification
Manage employee issues with Odoo's HR app. With this module, it is possible to create profiles for all employees in order to get important employee information at a glance. In addition, you can easily manage the respective employee contracts. Other functions include checking timesheets and attendance of your employees and managing absences, such as vacation or sick days. You can also manage the company’s social network, in which you can, for example, share documents and join discussion groups, and gamification, which is set up as a reward system for employees. The module can be combined with the Recruitment, Expenses and Appraisals apps.
Projects
- assign & control respective employees & project tasks
- straightforward exchange with colleagues via live chat or notepad
- detailed schedule & individual subtasks
- analysis & project report
Keep track of your projects with Odoo's Projects app. The clear calendar view allows you to plan your project on time. This also includes assigning and controlling the respective employees and project tasks. The module serves as an interface for all project-related notes and files and offers options for exchanging information with the team via live chat or notepad. You can also divide the project into different phases with individual subtasks. Analyze your projects clearly using grouping and filter functions and create project reports as you desire. The Projects app fully integrates with the Sales, Sign, Billing, and Email Marketing modules.
Subscriptions
- automated functions based on individual settings
- registration without login requirements
- automatic payments
- enable customers to manage their subscriptions themselves
In addition to the typical apps, Odoo also offers a module for managing subscriptions (contract management). This enables you to manage subscriptions through automated functions. With this module, it is possible, for example, to create error-free, automated invoices and clear contracts with contract templates and deal with taxes and incoming payments in a very uncomplicated way. Everything is handled automatically by the Subscriptions module based on your settings. The module also offers easy registration without login requirements, a user-friendly portal with all data and contract options for your customers and the option to set up automatic payments. In addition, customers can easily manage and end their subscriptions themselves if they wish.
Helpdesk
- processing customer questions & concerns
- overview of team's workload
- direct exchange with customers
The Odoo helpdesk offers you the opportunity to quickly and easily attend to customers’ questions or concerns. The module enables you to manage your customer tickets efficiently thanks to the simple user interface. The Kanban view, the overview of your team's workload and the review of tickets based on SLA rules will help you with this. SLA stands for Service Level Agreement and is a contract between a customer and the service provider that documents and defines service standards. The Odoo helpdesk allows you to get in touch with your customers in various ways: via email (standard), web form or live chat (modern). The helpdesk can also be fully integrated with the live chat, forum, CRM and website modules.
Website
- multi-language website
- customizable domain & logo
- full design options
- e-commerce, product pages, blogs & events supported
- numerous SEO settings
The newest Odoo version makes creating and designing websites easier than ever. You can easily create a new website with Odoo in the website settings, choose a specific theme and change the name and logo of the website. It is also easy to add additional languages and change the domain address. You can also add social media links, such as Instagram, etc. and set your location using Google Maps.
Odoo has a lot of functions and options for e-commerce websites. You can easily set the shipping method, create new products and product pages with variable price lists, and much more. There are also no limits to the design of the website. Websites can be adapted to almost any individual requirement with various image, shape and text design options. In addition to that, product pages, blogs and events can also be created with the Odoo website module. Last but not least, you can easily make SEO settings with the Odoo website module, like improving page ranking and increasing the number of visitors to the website.
Marketing
- social media accounts connected
- tracking links
- planning, creation & evaluation of social media campaigns
- newsletter with individual recipient lists
- planning & analysis of email marketing campaigns
With Odoo, you get a variety of marketing options. The Social Marketing app allows you to connect your social media accounts to Odoo to manage new posts. You can create posts, add emojis and hashtags, and use tracking links. This makes it possible to track how many clicks are generated from your links. With the Social Marketing app, not only can posts be planned in advance, but it is even possible to create and evaluate entire social media campaigns.
Create newsletters and send emails with Odoo's Email Marketing module. With this module, you can compile individual recipient lists and design emails, such as newsletters, as you like. In addition, documents can be attached and your social media accounts can be easily linked in the emails. The Email Marketing module allows complex email marketing campaigns to be easily planned and evaluated. Get an overview of how many emails were delivered, how many were read and much more.
Events
- event page with reqistration, information & questions
- tickets with barcode for easy entry
- optional restrict registrations
- email reminders
With the events module for Odoo, events such as concerts, readings or festivals can be planned in a very short period. For this purpose, an event page is created on your website, which displays all information about the event and enables guests to register easily. In the settings, you can choose how the event schedule will look like, which tracks will take place and whether sponsors should be displayed on your website’s event page. Potential guests can register for your event by selecting or purchasing tickets via the events page. These tickets can contain barcodes that can be printed out by the guest and scanned for easy entry.
The Events app gives the organizer an overview of the number of invited guests that have accepted or declined the invitation. It also allows you to restrict registration to a limited number of guests. In addition, you can include questions on the sign-up page. Questions like whether the guest is accompanied or whether they have certain food preferences. You can also set up email reminders to be sent to your guests.
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With the events module for Odoo, events such as concerts, readings or festivals can be planned in a very short period. For this purpose, an event page is created on your website, which displays all information about the event and enables guests to register easily. In the settings, you can choose how the event schedule will look like, which tracks will take place and whether sponsors should be displayed on your website’s event page. Potential guests can register for your event by selecting or purchasing tickets via the events page. These tickets can contain barcodes that can be printed out by the guest and scanned for easy entry.
The Events app gives the organizer an overview of the number of invited guests that have accepted or declined the invitation. It also allows you to restrict registration to a limited number of guests. In addition, you can include questions on the sign-up page. Questions like whether the guest is accompanied or whether they have certain food preferences. You can also set up email reminders to be sent to your guests.
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Questions & Answers about Odoo
The Odoo Community Version is free and open-source but comes with limited functionality, while Odoo Enterprise is a paid version. The price of Odoo Enterprise is determined by several factors, including the number of users, the size of the company, specific user requirements, the number of apps needed, and whether the Odoo implementation is planned for the short or long term.
At Odoo Experience 2024, alongside the release of Odoo 18, the new Odoo pricing model was also unveiled. There are now three pricing options: a free app, the standard plan, and a custom plan.
- "One App for free" includes one app for free and can be used by any number of users.
- "Standard" tariff includes all Odoo apps for a fixed amount which is currently €19.90* per user per month (*The discounted price is valid for only new customers, for their first 12 months - normally €24.90). Custom developments are not included in this package.
- The "Custom" plan includes all apps and also supports on-premise, Odoo.sh, Odoo Studio, multiple companies and external APIs. The "Custom" plan currently costs €29.90* per user per month (*The discounted price is valid for only new customers, for their first 12 months - normally €37.40).
Each of the plans includes unlimited support, hosting and maintenance.
In addition to the monthly or annual license fees, there is also a monthly fee for server use. However, this amount can be avoided by on-premise hosting, i.e., using the Odoo software on your own server. In general, it can be said that Odoo, with its range of functions, represents the best price-performance ratio for ERP software compared to its best-known competitors SAP (SAP Business One), NetSuite (Oracle) and Microsoft Dynamics (MS Dynamics 365).
Odoo has a free community version with limited functionality and an enterprise version. The Odoo community version is free but with limited functionality. The enterprise version, on the other hand, is licensed, comes at a fee and adds various commercial and service features to the community version. The full scope of Odoo can only be obtained by purchasing the enterprise version – the core function of an ERP system is missing from the community version, as financial accounting (the accounting module) is no longer included in the free version.
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A large number of freelancers and organizations continue to develop Odoo by developing apps or modules, which can then be offered on the Odoo marketplace either for free download or for a fee. This allows Odoo to be expanded as required through downloads. The main components of Odoo are OpenObject Framework, about 30 core modules (also called official modules) and more than 16,000 community modules for the different Odoo versions. Most Odoo modules are available in the Odoo marketplace.
Version 17.0 (Odoo V17) was the last open-source version of Odoo released before the announcement of version 18.0 (Odoo V18), which was launched at Odoo Experience in October 2024. Odoo supports the last three versions concurrently. When a new version is released, the fourth-oldest version reaches the end of its life cycle and is no longer supported.
For example, Odoo version 16.0 (Odoo V16) is currently supported alongside Odoo version 17.0 (Odoo V17). Version 15.0 is no longer supported since the release of Odoo version 18.0. A new version of Odoo always brings significant improvements to the software, modules, and extensions.
All the Odoo apps and modules are relevant as they are designed to meet different needs. There is an Odoo app for every need.
But we can say that the most used Odoo apps for companies are the CRM (customer management) module and the Sales App. They are essential for almost every business. But the website module as well as the various marketing and social media apps can also be relevant for specific purposes. For example, do you want to operate an e-commerce platform selling products you manufacture yourself? Then, in addition to the usual apps, modules such as manufacturing, inventory (warehouse), accounting (bookkeeping), website and CRM should also be considered.
Odoo is highly customizable, allowing businesses to adapt it to their individual needs. The platform provides a modular structure, making it relatively easy to develop and integrate custom modules.
Odoo is designed to integrate seamlessly with various systems. It offers APIs and connectors for popular third-party applications, making it possible to integrate with existing software and systems in a company.
Costs for individual customizations or specialized services in Odoo can vary. Some customizations can be done by the internal team, while others may require the assistance of Odoo partners or developers. Costs may include development hours, consulting fees, and licensing fees for certain modules.
The process of data migration to Odoo from another ERP system involves mapping data fields, data cleansing, and transferring data using Odoo's migration tools. The complexity can vary based on the source system.
From the beginning, Odoo S.A or OpenERP S.A published its software as an open-source software. Open-source means that the code is available to the public. Everyone can see the code, change it as they like and use it however they like. Beginning with version 9.0, the company then moved to an open-core model, which includes subscription-based proprietary enterprise software and cloud-managed software as a service (SaaS), as well as a community version with limited functionality.
Odoo S.A., administered in Belgium, provides the source code for the OpenObject framework and the core ERP modules. Odoo mainly uses Python scripting and PostgreSQL as database management systems as they are open-source compatible and run on all major modern operating systems. The Odoo software can be accessed via a web browser in a one-page app developed in JavaScript. The Community Edition repository, which serves as a treasure trove for Odoo creations made by users for users, can be found on GitHub.
Odoo has security features such as access controls, authentication, and data encryption to protect sensitive information. Regarding GDPR compliance, Odoo supports compliance efforts through features such as data access controls and tools for data anonymization or deletion.
Odoo provides support and maintenance services through different plans, including community support forums, enterprise-level support, and maintenance services. The level of support may depend on the edition (Community or Enterprise) chosen.
Odoo follows a regular release cycle. Updates and new versions are typically released annually. The development plan is centered around enhancing functionality, improving user experience, and addressing security concerns.
About Odoo 18
Odoo 18, the latest update for 2024, introduces a range of exciting improvements and new features designed to make your business processes even more efficient. With this new version, Odoo provides a wealth of tools specifically developed to streamline daily operations and support businesses of all sizes. In this article, we will highlight the key innovations in Odoo 18 and demonstrate how these features can drive your business forward.
Projects
- Additional task statuses
- Create project from SO
- Down payments for project profitability
- Project access in multi-company environments
- Recurring tasks: generate new on completion
- SO generation from projects
- Sub-tasks and dependency warning on kanban cards
- Task configuration shortcuts
- Task scheduling with no allocated time
More Features
- Barcode App now available on Mobile Devices (PWA)
- Acoustic Signal on successful scan + signature available
- Improved Speed in Document Module
- Direct Edit of pivots and lists
- New tables and diagram types
- Comment Function for certain table lines
- Request of Signature
- Sign Reminder Function with notification & many more
Sales
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Sell more efficiently with Odoo's Sales app! Among other things, the modern user interface and the integration into the CRM app, help you to manage your sales pipeline. Create professional offers quickly and easily using predefined products, price lists and offer templates. Odoo supports you with features such as upselling (offer optimization) and electronic signatures.
Easily manage your orders and contracts with the Sales app! With the Sales app, it is possible to convert offers into sales orders with only one click. Invoices can also be managed from sales orders. With the integrated customer portal, your customers are always up to date regarding their current status of their offers or deliveries. As in other Odoo apps, you also benefit from order-specific routes in the sales app and can track every phase of a contract, such as invoicing, renewal and expansion (upselling).
By planning activities, email gateways and templates, as well as the multi-company system, nothing stands in the way of regulated communication with the sales app. But that's not all! Products and prices can also be created and maintained in the sales app. Features such as product variants, configurations and different product types, as well as units of measure and the integration of price lists, discounts and shipping costs, serve this purpose.
Odoo's sales app is also known for its intuitive analysis and reporting. Get a complete overview of all your sales activities, next actions and performance data. Trackable KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) allow you to monitor important information, such as sales per country/salesperson/sales team, upgrades/downgrades, etc.
The Sales app is fully integrated with the CRM, accounting, warehouse and e-commerce apps. In addition, Odoo is the only software in the world that allows you to integrate all your sales channels, such as online sales (e-commerce app), internal sales (CRM app) and stores (point of sales app).
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Odoo offers numerous ways to save time in accounting. Among other things, the accounting app benefits from a modern and clear user interface, automated data entry, document collaboration, easy reconciliation of payments with multiple invoices, bank synchronizations, and much more. Easily create clean customer invoices or receive automatic draft invoices based on sales orders, timesheets or delivery orders. Upload scans or images of your incoming invoices and let the AI (artificial intelligence) automatically create entries for you.
With the Accounting app, outstanding receivables can be managed and automatic reminders (email and letter) can be created. Automated booking suggestions are also helpful. It is easy and quick to check incoming invoices, read invoices automatically with OCR and create SEPA collective transfers. All business transactions are automatically mapped in the chart of accounts. Flexible accounting is possible thanks to support for multiple currencies with live exchange rates and automatically determined tax rates.
In addition, the Accounting app contains reporting features such as pivot tables, KPIs, dashboards and the function of a real-time annual financial statement. Controlling is not neglected either since hierarchical cost accounting, cost centers, reporting and budgets have been integrated.
The Accounting app includes a Datev: Export and the full Web Service API for the integration of third-party software. In addition, Google Spreadsheet and the easy import and export of all data have been integrated. In addition to the usual credit cards, the Odoo Accounting app also supports payment providers such as Authorize.net, Ingenico, PayPal, Adyen, and many more. Customers can also scan a QR code with their bank app to pay. Odoo also offers the function of automatic tax localization for numerous countries.
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With the modern and simple user interface, Odoo's Inventory app makes it easier than ever to flexibly manage your inventory on the go. The basic functions of the Inventory app include the creation of delivery orders, automatic adjustment of stocks, management of different storage locations and zones, document preparation, product packaging, recording of rejects, and the simple movement of goods. With the integration of other apps, such as the production and repair app, further functions can be added. But that's not all. Odoo's Inventory app also enables advanced workflows, such as drop-shipping, cross-docking, creating your own work paths and processes, as well as clean-up and removal strategies.
The Inventory app can increase the productivity of your company immensely. For example, use the barcode scanner to record inventory operations easily. With the integrated customer portal, your customers can track their order status. In addition, the app shines with a smart scheduler and a powerful search. Inventories can also be easily forecasted and replenished if necessary. Various product types with different requirements (consumables, services, digital products, etc.) can be created, which can also be provided with an expiry date and different units of measurement. In addition to supporting a wide range of inventory valuation methods and product calculation methods (FIFO, average price (AVCO) and standard price), reporting as one of the main functions of the Inventory app should not be forgotten.
The Inventory app can be integrated with the Accounting, Purchasing, Quality and Sales apps. It supports UPS, USPS, FedEx, bPost, DHL and EasyPost shipping connectors, with the latter integrating with many other carriers. Last but not least, the app also has a powerful API.
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Optimize your workflows with Odoo's Manufacturing app. With this app, you can manage a wide variety of orders, including production orders as well as work and repair orders. With a complete overview of all production plans, workplace capacities and work orders, one can guarantee an uncomplicated and orderly manufacture of products, taking into account the time and work planning. The manufacturing process is supported by the simple management of bills of materials, which can also be generated in multi-levels.
Create optional workflows and easily configure your products with flexible master data. With Odoo, it is also possible to view and document the PLM (Product Lifecycle Management). Other useful features are checkpoints, quality checks as well as preventive and corrective maintenance, which can be scheduled in the calendar.
The Manufacturing app can be easily integrated into the work environment. This is possible on the one hand through the integration of barcodes and the simple control panel. Last but not least, the Manufacturing app can be used for effective reporting to get an overview of the components used, as well as the respective expenditure of time, costs or equipment. The Manufacturing app is fully integrated with the Purchasing, PLM, Maintenance and Quality apps.
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Odoo's Purchase app offers a lot of automated functions for purchasing. Automated procurement rules can, for example, ensure that products are ordered directly and subsequently delivered as soon as stocks are low. The Purchase app also gives you an overview of all price lists and product availability from your suppliers. Post requests to receive multiple offers from different suppliers and choose the best offer. Manage the purchasing of several companies at the same time and set up analyses and inventory forecasts. With the Purchase app, you can not only manage orders and invoices but also edit products easily. The Purchase App can be connected to sales, warehouse and accounting apps.
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Manage employee issues with Odoo's HR app. With this module, it is possible to create profiles for all employees in order to get important employee information at a glance. In addition, you can easily manage the respective employee contracts. Other functions include checking timesheets and attendance of your employees and managing absences, such as vacation or sick days. You can also manage the company’s social network, in which you can, for example, share documents and join discussion groups, and gamification, which is set up as a reward system for employees. The module can be combined with the Recruitment, Expenses and Appraisals apps.
Projects
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Keep track of your projects with Odoo's Projects app. The clear calendar view allows you to plan your project on time. This also includes assigning and controlling the respective employees and project tasks. The module serves as an interface for all project-related notes and files and offers options for exchanging information with the team via live chat or notepad. You can also divide the project into different phases with individual subtasks. Analyze your projects clearly using grouping and filter functions and create project reports as you desire. The Projects app fully integrates with the Sales, Sign, Billing, and Email Marketing modules.
Subscriptions
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In addition to the typical apps, Odoo also offers a module for managing subscriptions (contract management). This enables you to manage subscriptions through automated functions. With this module, it is possible, for example, to create error-free, automated invoices and clear contracts with contract templates and deal with taxes and incoming payments in a very uncomplicated way. Everything is handled automatically by the Subscriptions module based on your settings. The module also offers easy registration without login requirements, a user-friendly portal with all data and contract options for your customers and the option to set up automatic payments. In addition, customers can easily manage and end their subscriptions themselves if they wish.
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The Odoo helpdesk offers you the opportunity to quickly and easily attend to customers’ questions or concerns. The module enables you to manage your customer tickets efficiently thanks to the simple user interface. The Kanban view, the overview of your team's workload and the review of tickets based on SLA rules will help you with this. SLA stands for Service Level Agreement and is a contract between a customer and the service provider that documents and defines service standards. The Odoo helpdesk allows you to get in touch with your customers in various ways: via email (standard), web form or live chat (modern). The helpdesk can also be fully integrated with the live chat, forum, CRM and website modules.
Website
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The newest Odoo version makes creating and designing websites easier than ever. You can easily create a new website with Odoo in the website settings, choose a specific theme and change the name and logo of the website. It is also easy to add additional languages and change the domain address. You can also add social media links, such as Instagram, etc. and set your location using Google Maps.
Odoo has a lot of functions and options for e-commerce websites. You can easily set the shipping method, create new products and product pages with variable price lists, and much more. There are also no limits to the design of the website. Websites can be adapted to almost any individual requirement with various image, shape and text design options. In addition to that, product pages, blogs and events can also be created with the Odoo website module. Last but not least, you can easily make SEO settings with the Odoo website module, like improving page ranking and increasing the number of visitors to the website.
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With Odoo, you get a variety of marketing options. The Social Marketing app allows you to connect your social media accounts to Odoo to manage new posts. You can create posts, add emojis and hashtags, and use tracking links. This makes it possible to track how many clicks are generated from your links. With the Social Marketing app, not only can posts be planned in advance, but it is even possible to create and evaluate entire social media campaigns.
Create newsletters and send emails with Odoo's Email Marketing module. With this module, you can compile individual recipient lists and design emails, such as newsletters, as you like. In addition, documents can be attached and your social media accounts can be easily linked in the emails. The Email Marketing module allows complex email marketing campaigns to be easily planned and evaluated. Get an overview of how many emails were delivered, how many were read and much more.
Events
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With the events module for Odoo, events such as concerts, readings or festivals can be planned in a very short period. For this purpose, an event page is created on your website, which displays all information about the event and enables guests to register easily. In the settings, you can choose how the event schedule will look like, which tracks will take place and whether sponsors should be displayed on your website’s event page. Potential guests can register for your event by selecting or purchasing tickets via the events page. These tickets can contain barcodes that can be printed out by the guest and scanned for easy entry.
The Events app gives the organizer an overview of the number of invited guests that have accepted or declined the invitation. It also allows you to restrict registration to a limited number of guests. In addition, you can include questions on the sign-up page. Questions like whether the guest is accompanied or whether they have certain food preferences. You can also set up email reminders to be sent to your guests.
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With the events module for Odoo, events such as concerts, readings or festivals can be planned in a very short period. For this purpose, an event page is created on your website, which displays all information about the event and enables guests to register easily. In the settings, you can choose how the event schedule will look like, which tracks will take place and whether sponsors should be displayed on your website’s event page. Potential guests can register for your event by selecting or purchasing tickets via the events page. These tickets can contain barcodes that can be printed out by the guest and scanned for easy entry.
The Events app gives the organizer an overview of the number of invited guests that have accepted or declined the invitation. It also allows you to restrict registration to a limited number of guests. In addition, you can include questions on the sign-up page. Questions like whether the guest is accompanied or whether they have certain food preferences. You can also set up email reminders to be sent to your guests.
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