Odoo Reviews

We are an accounting company that collaborates with small and medium-sized businesses, offering our expertise and consulting services to analyze their business models and information. This analysis helps in making IT changes and transformations aligned with their business plans. There are several reasons why we recommend companies adopt web-based solutions.

One of these reasons is the cost savings achieved by eliminating the need to invest in hardware infrastructure. The second reason is the avoidance of the necessity to hire system experts. Lastly, because the installations are not reliant on our hardware, the state of our infrastructure becomes inconsequential. As long as our PC is operational, regardless of the operating system it runs, and as long as we can open a browser, we can access Odoo. Similar to how CMS systems work for platforms like Webex, Odoo functions as an ERP accessible through a browser, much like Amazon and Ali Express. Odoo ensures continuous communication between accounting and the warehouse, facilitating swift and efficient communication that doesn't consume excessive time.

There are three valuable features of Odoo: a browser-based user experience, the elimination of the need for system experts, and cost savings due to not requiring hardware.

The licensing cost is also significantly lower and can be adjusted based on the number of users we possess.

Odoo operates on a subscription-based model, ensuring access to the most up-to-date version at all times.

The range of choices and functionalities has space for enhancement. For instance, Odoo currently only accommodates one barcode per item. However, in reality, if an item is being exported from China to Europe and then from Europe to the United States, that item can have multiple barcodes.

Odoo operates in a distinct manner compared to traditional ERPs. It involves utilizing modules that can be developed by third-party partners like ourselves, which can then be placed on the Odoo marketplace. Numerous functionalities within Odoo have room for enhancement, a progression I'm confident will occur due to its recent entry into the ERP market when contrasted with the classic ERPs dating back to the 1980s. This is the reason why certain features they offer are comparatively less extensive than those found in the classical ERPs.

I am currently using Odoo.

Odoo is consistently available online. The only stability concern our clients might encounter is in cases where they experience local power problems and lack a backup generator to support their operations. Organizations that utilize laptops and UPS, for example, do not face any stability issues.

Odoo is highly scalable.

I would rate the initial setup of Odoo a five out of ten. The deployment never takes less than one week. To input all of our company information into Odoo, requires extensive planning over several months, if not years, depending on the scale of the operation. Following that, there's a process of extracting data from the ERP for testing, creating training materials for the staff, conducting tests once again, and finally deploying the system. For instance, consider a small company consisting of thirteen individuals who have recently graduated from high school and are aiming to initiate a car service. In their case, they can have the system up and running in a matter of hours, similar to other ERP systems.

To commence the invoicing process, we must input all our sales items along with their names, followed by the corresponding barcodes and prices into our warehouse management system. Additionally, we need to enter both our incoming costs and profit margins.

We pay based on the number of users and the amount of data, which results in a lower cost.

I would rate the price as a one out of ten, with ten being the most expensive.

I would rate Odoo eight out of ten. My primary concern is the necessity to depend on third-party developers for modules, as we are uncertain about their long-term objectives and reliability.

For small and medium businesses, it is advisable to wait for Odoo to align with the features offered by classic ERPs, instead of investing millions in infrastructure.

For companies undergoing a transformation, the decision to use Odoo is not merely based on the potentially time-consuming nature of the deployment. Instead, it revolves around the consideration of long-term costs and benefits. This is because Odoo eliminates expenses related to hardware, software, and human support.

Odoo does have some questionable aspects. Although they are performing admirably in their field, they do have third-party modules. This setup is quite similar to CMS systems, where third parties contribute additional modules. Odoo doesn't develop many of these extensions themselves; instead, they depend on their partners for that.

We've never had issues requiring the use of Odoo's technical support. If we conduct thorough research and prepare well-formulated questions for the vendors in advance, we will have a clear understanding of what we're dealing with. So, sometimes, if there is a known bug, it might not have been deployed in the system yet. Alternatively, it could be a lack of functionality, which we can suggest as an improvement, or it might involve a third-party developer. In such cases, we might express a need for a particular feature or tool and then await the release of a new software version. It's not necessarily a problem with the platform itself; rather, it's often about missing features. However, it's important to note that Odoo is continuously growing and improving. They are expanding and enhancing their offerings every day.

Odoo is very powerful in terms of accounting.

Odoo is widespread in a lot of different industries, and the most powerful feature of Odoo in the manufacturing industry is the forecast. The forecast in sales, purchases, and inventory really helps the decision-making for sales and purchases. Both sales/purchase and inventory forecasts are helpful.

On the other hand, the accounting analytic packs are the most powerful feature in the non-manufacturing sector. They can create lots of account information without creating separate master data. In contrast to SAP, they use cost centers, but the cost center is centralized and can only do so much.

Odoo’s asset management, supply chain, and advanced manufacturing should be improved. We need to customize the budgeting every time. Many companies need budgeting modules, and Odoo doesn't provide a powerful budgeting module. So we ended up creating the asset management, the budgeting, and the other adjustment for supply chains and advanced manufacturing.

A new budgeting feature is necessary because it can span across different industries. On the other hand, the most valuable thing Odoo can do is pay more attention to its partnership and everything that follows, considering the tough competition.

Unlike the other system we also use, we must compete with other Odoo vendors. There is one system principal we've been partnering with aside from Odoo that is very keen on maintaining good relationships with their implementation partners and locking clients into one particular partner. If the other partner has the solution, collaboration occurs rather than competition. I think Odoo should head towards that direction. 

I have been using Odoo for maybe one or two years, but my company has worked with it for five or more years.

Odoo is quite a stable solution.

I rate Odoo a seven or eight out of ten for stability.

The solution’s scalability is quite high, considering its cheap user license pricing and the ability to merge and consolidate other companies in one place.

The solution is mostly used by mid-sized companies wanting to expand to the enterprise level. Odoo, with its low cost, is the most suitable tool for them.

I rate Odoo a six out of ten for scalability.

Odoo's initial setup depends on the complexity of the client and the company. It can be very simple or very complicated.

On a scale from one to ten, where one means high price, and ten means low price, I rate Odoo's pricing a five or six out of ten.

Odoo's deployment type depends on the country and the cloud literacy in that area. In Southeast Asia, cloud literacy is low. Some firmly believe that on-premise is the best solution, and others use the cloud because they don't want to handle it.

Overall, I rate Odoo a seven out of ten.

I use Odoo for one of my clients based in Tunisia. I choose Odoo for my client since it is easier than SIP, in my opinion.

Odoo is used for managing businesses, like purchasing or making a product, and for other related activities.

Of the modules offered by Odoo and many of them are free, while some need to be paid for use. It is interesting to me that Odoo offers free modules, especially more than SIP.

I use Odoo on my mobile, along with its API model. Odoo provides their apps on mobile, but it is not good enough, especially for my clients. I need to build other apps using other technologies. I use Flutter for Android and iOS, but I still use Odoo for its API model. Odoo needs to improve its mobile application.

I have been using Odoo for two years. I am using Odoo Version 13. I am a user of the solution.

Until now, Odoo has been stable, but I did face trouble when I tried to upgrade to Odoo Version 14. The trouble I faced during the upgrading phase may be because of a wrong step in Odoo's setup phase. I think it's very difficult for me now to update the version of Odoo.

Almost 50 people in my company use Odoo.

My clients have contacted Odoo's technical support.

The solution is deployed on my server.

Odoo's setup phase is easy.

Odoo is an open-source tool. I don't have to pay for it. We use Odoo's community version, which is stable and runs well. We don't use Odoo's pro version.

I recommend the solution to those planning to use it.

Odoo's stability is sometimes good, and sometimes it is not good. At times Odoo is down when bombarded with many requests, but it is a good product when considering the fact that it is a free-source solution.

Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

I am a consultant providing Odoo for my clients. I help my clients automate workflows. They have workloads that are hard-coded, so we need to go beyond the limitations and start connecting all those through APIs with an automation engine.

Odoo is a cost-effective tool for performing core ERP functions, such as inventory management. It's also good for manufacturing use cases. 

Odoo's automation and workflow design tools could be better. It has some limitations compared to other ERP solutions like SAP. You should have the option to design workflows in order using BPM diagrams and tools that make it more versatile in terms of adapting to any workflow through low code.

I have implemented Odoo for my clients for the last four years. 

I rate Odoo eight out of 10 for stability.

I rate Odoo eight out of 10 for scalability.

I rate Odoo support six out of 10. This is another area where Odoo can improve. They lack services. 

Neutral

Deploying Odoo is straightforward. You can deploy it on a private cloud or on-premises. 

Odoo is an affordable ERP solution for small and medium-sized businesses that can't afford more expensive commercial products. 

I rate Odoo eight out of 10. It's an excellent platform that offers a great balance of cost and benefit.  I recommend finding a reputable partner to implement Odoo. If you try to skimp on consultants, they may perform a faulty implementation that requires you to start from scratch. This happened with many of our clients before they came to us. It will end up costing you more in the end. 

We are using it for stock, manufacturing, sales, and CRM.

We find manufacturing and stock quite useful, as well as the CRM to be the most valuable features. 

So some of the things we are struggling with are privacy and dividing rules, data access between people, the hierarchy of people, and things like that.

Moreover, the performance can be slightly improved for the customization interface.

We just migrated one year back. We started using it in the last six months. Odoo is very big, and we are using only a small subset of that.

It's stable for our usage because our usage is not too high.

I would rate it nine out of ten. Only once have we seen some issues in the last six months.

Our usage is pretty simple, so we don't need that kind of scalability. However, I know that big companies like Toyota use it, so I think it should be scalable.

There are around 15 right now because we are piloting it. I would rate the scalability a seven out of ten. 

There is some third party helping us with some support.

It was not hard. The deployment process took about three months. We had discussions about what to use and how to use it, and there was some alignment that needed to be done. Finally, we had to get our data into it and begin using it, which took that much time.

We are happy with the solution. I would rate it an eight out of ten. There are still some things like data room privacy, access, and hierarchy that are taking time.

The most valuable feature of Odoo is its payroll localization. Odoo is open software, and we are successfully running its payroll coding. Employees who join the firm can use Odoo for their end-of-service benefits and leave salary. I like Odoo's localization and integration. Whenever we test one module, it's already integrated with everything else. For example, if you are considering a purchase, Odoo also automatically reflects your procurement operations and sales.

Odoo does not provide integration with other third-party apps like Shopify.

I rate Odoo a seven to eight out of ten for stability.

I rate Odoo a seven to eight out of ten for scalability. Odoo is used by big companies like Etisalat, which has around ten thousand to twenty thousand employees. Since Odoo is an online product, it is also used by many SMEs in the UAE.

We have already contacted Odoo's customer support, who gave all the replies immediately on a ticketing basis. If the issue is big, they will forward it to their backend team. We can contact their customer support through call, chat or email. So, I'm really satisfied with their customer support.

Odoo is built according to European standards, and they have open user localization.

Overall, I rate Odoo an eight and a half out of ten.

We are using Odoo for our business ERP. We use many modules, such as HR, time tracking, POS, Sales, and admin.

The most valuable feature of Odoo is the integration it provides and the many modules available.

The price of the solution could be reduced to improve the overall offering.

I have been using Odoo for approximately two years.

The solution is stable.

We have approximately 12 people using the solution in my organization. We might use the solution in the future depending on the use cases.

Odoo is scalable.

The online community that is available sometimes does not have the answer to our issue. Additionally, we have a technical person that gives us assistance.

The initial setup of Odoo is easy. The full deployment took approximately two months.

We did the deployment of the solution with one engineer that was in-house. Additionally, we used a technical person to assist us with the process.

The price of the solution depends on the use case. However, it can be expensive and we are paying annually.

I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate Odoo an eight out of ten.

As an end user of Odoo, I can efficiently complete tasks and requests, such as managing inventory, submitting leave requests, and searching for information.

The most valuable feature of Odoo is the fingerprint feature. The feature allows for quick and seamless sign-in and sign-out when departing from the workplace within a specific area. This is the smoothest use of Odoo and its best advantage.

The cost of the solution can be improved.

I have been using the solution for two years.

The solution is very stable. I give the stability a ten out of ten.

We simply send a request ticket to Odoo on behalf of the person who is having an issue with their device. 

We pay for a three-year license. The cost is expensive but cheaper than some other competitors.

I give the solution a ten out of ten.

We have 500 people using the solution.

I recommend the solution to others.

We deploy it for CRM projects. We use it for some project management and share purchasing. 

The solution is easy to use. 

Odoo cannot be scaled beyond the scope. If you want to go deeply, you have to be confident enough to do some development on it, and it will take much more time to deliver the project. 

The authorization management needs to be improved. 

I have been using this solution for about 10 years. 

I would rate the stability as an eight out of ten. 

It's scalable within the scope of the solution. There are about 40 users of this solution in my organization. 

It took between one to three months to deploy the solution. 

We use it as a community solution, and develop the rest on our side. 

I recommend Odoo for small or medium companies. I rate it as an eight out of ten for small or medium companies, but I would drop it to a four or five for big companies. 

We use Odoo's CRM module to manage all our customers' appliances and the business that we are working on. Previously, we used the HR module. Only the 12 members of the sales team use Odoo.

Odoo is user-friendly. It's the first solution we tried, so we find it easy to use. 

Odoo lacks a complete dashboard, and the reports are basic. The reporting could be improved by adding some graphics.

I have been using Odoo for about two or three years.

Odoo is stable. 

I believe Odoo is scalable. We don't use all of the modules.

I rate Odoo support seven out of 10. We didn't have local support in the beginning, but I saw an ad recently seeking partners here in Argentina, so maybe they have local support now. We don't need tech support often, but I believe their support is based in Finland, so the response time is delayed because of the time difference. 

Neutral

Setting up Odoo is easy. Though I didn't do it, my team told me that it was straightforward. It requires two IT people to maintain. 

I rate Odoo seven out of 10. Compared to Salesforce, it's maybe a four or five, but it's okay for our purposes. If you plan to implement Odoo, you should take the time to learn the features. For example, we needed more time to set up the reporting module.