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Odoo Enterprise vs Community | Overview | Pricing | Licenses
Odoo Enterprise Edition is a paid version of ERP that provides you with proprietary features and services. Since its inception odoo started as an Open source ERP software that offers business software capabilities to an organization such as CRM, Sales, Purchase, MRP, Accounting, Inventory and many other modules. Although the community edition is freely available whereas, Enterprise edition offers you with extra features  and benefits which we will go through in this blog post.
The Birth of Odoo Enterprise Edition
In October 2015, Odoo ERP released version 9. Odoo sliced Odoo community and formed Enterprise Edition. Before the release of version 9 there were Odoo version 8, 7,6,5 which was also branded as OpenERP software. After release of Enterprise edition which also allowed the company to change its business model from rather selling only Open source solution and services to proprietary solution. Every year Odoo release new version where some of the exclusive features are only kept for Odoo enterprise edition. Currently (2024 -25) Version 18 enterprise edition is the latest one.
Different Version of Enterprise Edition (online vs Odoo.sh / On Premise)
Odoo Online enterprise edition is easy to start with your ERP software which is available online and managed by Odoo. You cannot change any modules or customize the solution. It is targeted to small businesses who want to use ERP software without any custom development.
Odoo.sh Enterprise Edition, you need to either have technical knowledge towards the installation of Odoo Enterprise edition – this can be one with the help of partners who are available all around the world. Further, you can use also use the custom module or 3rd party applications with Odoo.sh.
With Odoo On premise you can take add-ons of your Odoo ERP and implement, install on your own server rather depending on Odoo for server, you can also customize odoo on premise software as per your business needs.
Odoo Community vs Enterprise
Functions
&
Features
Licensing
Odoo Apps
Customizations
Users
Source Code
Look & Feel
Development
Functional Support
Upgrades
Mobile Version
Modules Availablity
Odoo Studio
Accounting
Project Management
Sales Management
Human Resource
Inventory Management
Manufacturing
Website Builder
eCommerce
Point of Sales
Marketing
Micelleneous
Odoo Community
$Free
Lifetime
Odoo Community Edition is an Open source ERP software that is released under LGPLv3
One can use Freely available module by installing it in Odoo software
You can customize the community edition as per your business requirements
A business can have end number of users with Odoo Community Edition
With Odoo community you have complete access to the source code to tweak the existing features
User interface in Community edition is basic
Odoo community edition is developed and tested through open collaboration (OCA)
Functional support lies with the vendor or Odoo partner you select for implementation
Upgrades are done through migration from one version to another which is done via vendor
For Mobile version of Odoo you have to develop your own android and ios app with the vendor help
Community Edition
Not Available
Invoicing & Payments
Task Management
CRM, Sales, Customer Portal
Employee Directory, Expenses, Leaves, Recruitments
Inventory & Purchase
Materials Requirement Planning
Website Builder, Blogs, Presentation, Themes
Complete eCommerce
Generic POS + Restaurant
Event, eMail & Live chat
eLearning, Chat, Google Spread sheet, Fleet, Notes
Your Text
Odoo Enterprise
$Cost
per App / per user / per month
Odoo Enterprise Edition is a paid version of odoo that is released under a proprietary license
You can use all the feature of Odoo Apps with enterprise edition (Excluding 3rd party tools which is again paid based on the module you select)
There are various version of Odoo Enteprise Edition that can be customized as per your organization need but Odoo Online version cannot be customized
Number of user are based on the licensing you purchase and is chargeable on yearly basis.
With Enterprise you can tweak the coding but it is not advisable to change the existing code rather through addons you can create customization
Odoo Enterprise edition offers you with Advance User interface
Enterprise Edition is solely owned & developed by Odoo
With Enterprise edition you get complete functional support from the vendor/ partner as well as from Odoo
Upgrades and version updates are handled by odoo itself if you are going with Odoo Enterprise Edition
Mobile app is available with Enterprise Edition
Odoo Enterprise Edition
Screen Customization, Report Designer, Menus Editor, Apps Creator
Complete Accounting including (Bank Statement Imports, Billing Digitalization, Budgets, Checks, Consolidation, Localizations, Reports,
Task, Timesheets, Forecast
CRM, Sales, Customer Portal, VOIP, eSignatures, Subsctiption, Rental, Digital Products, Helpdesk, Field Service
Employee Directory, Expenses, Leaves,Recruitments, Payroll, Appraisals, Approvals, Employee refferal, Department Dashboards.
Inventory, Purchase, Barcode, Multi company flows, Shipping integrations
MRP, MRP II, IoT, PLM, Maintenance, Quality, Shipping Connectors
Website Builder, Blogs, Presentation, Themes, Form Builder, Call to Actions Blocks, Versioning, A/B Testing
Complete eCommerce, Shipping Carriers integration, eBay Connector, Amazon Connector
Generic POS, Restaurant, Loyalty Cards
Events, email, live chat, Social Marketing, Marketing Automation, Lead Scoring, eMail Marketing Templates
eLearning, Chat, Google Spread sheet, Fleet, Notes, Appointments
Advantages and Benefits of Using Odoo Enterprise
As we mentioned in the above comparison between community vs. enterprise edition there are various benefits which you gain over Odoo community edition Essential benefits Odoo Enterprise one of the biggest advantage is that OE comes with complete optimization on various gadgets such as Desktop, smart phones, Tablets, Ipad etc which provides your users to use Enterprise from which ever gadgets.
The soothing shades & menu structure of enterprise edition are more user acceptable compare to the community edition. Even the navigation menu is merged within the header that showcase clarity of solution and user friendliness. Â If your business is looking out for basic ERP software then you can easily implement Community edition whereas, if you are looking out to implement Odoo for a long run then it is advisable to go with Enterprise Edition and take benefits of all the apps.
Your business also get benefits of free updates and upgrades to the newer version as Odoo releases new version every year and migration of one version to another specially with community edition is time consuming and most done through scripts which can throw errors and issues if your Odoo Vendor is not capable.
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How Globalteckz help you with Odoo Enterprise Edition Implementation:
Globalteckz is an official Odoo partner and only partners have access to enterprise edition code. We at globalteckz offer our clients with Odoo Enterprise implementation, Development, Support and end to end services. Our company is located in Mumbai (India) and has a team of 35+ employee ranging from Odoo developers, Project leads, functional experts. We have implemented Odoo Enterprise edition for many clients and till date we finished more than 100+ odoo implementation project
For more information on Odoo Enterprise contact us on sales@globalteckz.com
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