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When choosing Odoo ERP solutions, you'll find yourself facing a rather intimidating choice: do you choose the Odoo Enterprise? Or is it about time you dip your toes into the uncharted waters of open source?
This question is often framed as a war between the Odoo Enterprise edition & the community edition. However, there’s actually no right or wrong answer to the question of which version is better. As there are plenty of differences in both Odoo Enterprise and the community version, your choice should be the one that suits your organization the best.
In order to help you understand the differences, we’ve put together this comparison table, see at a glance which features are included in both versions. Odoo Enterprise vs community edition. Let’s lift the fog once and for all, shall we?
Main differences between Odoo Enterprise Edition and Community Edition
General | Enterprise | Community |
Unlimited Functional support |
| x |
Version Upgrades |
| x |
Hosting |
| x |
User interface | Enterprise | Community |
Desktop |
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Mobile version |
| x |
Studio | Enterprise | Community |
Screen Customization |
| x |
Report Designer |
| x |
Menus Editor |
| x |
Apps Creator |
| x |
Accounting | Enterprise | Community |
Invoicing & Payments |
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Full Accounting |
| x |
Project Management | Enterprise | Community |
Tasks |
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Timesheets |
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Planning and Forecasts | x | x |
Point of Sale | Enterprise | Community |
Point of Sale |
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PoS Restaurants |
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Loyalty cards |
| x |
Sales Management | Enterprise | Community |
CRM |
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Sales, Quotation and Orders |
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Customer Portal With Online Payment |
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eSignature |
| x |
VoIP Integration |
| x |
Digital Products |
| x |
Subscriptions Products |
| x |
Rental Products |
| x |
HelpDesk |
| x |
Field Services |
| x |
Repair Services |
| x |
Human Resources | Enterprise | Community |
Employee Directory |
|
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Expenses |
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Leaves |
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Recruitments |
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Expenses |
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Payroll |
| x |
Appraisals |
| x |
Approvals |
| x |
Employee Referral |
| x |
Departments Dashboard |
| x |
Manufacturing | Enterprise | Community |
MRP |
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IoT |
| x |
MRP II |
| x |
PLM |
| x |
Maintenance |
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Quality |
| x |
Shipping Connectors |
| x |
Inventory | Enterprise | Community |
Inventory Management |
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Purchase Management |
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Barcode support |
| x |
Shipping Connectors |
| x |
Multi-company flows |
| x |
Website Builder | Enterprise | Community |
Website Builder |
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Blogs |
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Presentations |
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Themes |
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Form Builder |
| x |
Call-to-Actions Blocks |
| x |
Versioning |
| x |
A/B Testing |
| x |
Marketing | Enterprise | Community |
Events |
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Email Marketing |
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Live Chat |
|
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Social Marketing |
| x |
SMS Marketing |
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Marketing Automation |
| x |
Lead Scoring |
| x |
Email Marketing Templates |
| x |
E-Commerce | Enterprise | Community |
Full eCommerce |
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Shipping Connectors |
| x |
Amazon Connector |
| x |
eBay Connector |
| x |
Miscellaneous | Enterprise | Community |
E-Learning |
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Chat |
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Google Spreadsheet Integration |
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Fleet |
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Notes |
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Appointments |
| x |
More in Enterprise edition you will get:
- Improved security
- Improved functionality
- Continuous innovation
- Greater scalability
- Ongoing training and support
- Lower requirement for technical skills
Support
The biggest advantage of Odoo Enterprise is ongoing support, which can be imperative if you’re a user without much technical skill. This support can include user manuals and points of contact for immediate assistance from experts (Like us @synconics a dedicated Odoo partner (who are expert & fully trained on Odoo, Has access to training sessions (updated weekly), Has a direct relationship with Odoo to escalate issues, Have dedicated resources assigned to Odoo projects)). User manuals are usually on hand for instant reference and swift training, and support services ensure that issues are solved quickly.
How Synconics will help you:
ERP selections require the alignment of people, processes, and technology to ensure that your organization is selecting the digital solutions that integrate into your culture and support your strategic vision within a targeted budget.
We’ll help you in selecting the right ERP solution, OpenSource (Community), or Paid (Enterprise). Our team understands your organization by focusing on the following activities:
Examining your current IT systems.
- Mapping your business processes at a high level and understanding your crucial points
- Discussing your future processes and determining high-level business requirements
- Defined current business processes, crucial points, opportunities for improvement with systematic strategy and produced a roadmap for the next three to five years
- Evaluated technical infrastructure and produced an IT strategy to roadmap the overarching system strategy
Strategic Decisions
The initiation of ERP selection can feel intimidating with the large number of stakeholders that will influence the final decision. Synconics team will walk you through a step-by-step methodology to enable your organisation to make the right cultural, financial, and strategic decisions within your budget, when selecting new technology and choose between, one-time software implementation cost or software with annual subscription cost user wise.
Embracing Your Culture
Synconics team will understand your culture and the crucial points of your existing systems. We will build a custom plan for streamlining your business processes by determining the level of change your organisation can absorb. We help you to select the technology that will enable an optimal customer experience.
Crucial Points
Often, organisations that are selecting new technology have outgrown their current systems and are using Excel™ or legacy software to hold the ship together. We help these organisations to move in a more rational, logical, aligned way, by:
- Understanding and agreeing on your competitive advantages
- Discussing and documenting the crucial points
- Educate the executives and project team
- Prioritise your needs with current technology
The immense capability of Odoo ERP system is that it’s available to deploy on your own private network or on Cloud and can be easily used in web browser to do the job.
For more information visit: Installation and to consult Synconics Group as your Odoo ERP implementation partner, please mail us on contact@synconics.com
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