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Advantages and Disadvantages of Odoo ERP
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When it comes to Odoo ERP, it boasts of more than 4 million users and is considered one of the best ERPs supporting all scale businesses, especially SMEs that need a flexible approach.
The best thing about Odoo is its flexibility. Launched in 2005 as a tiny ERP, Odoo offers a bouquet of more than 35 modules to the users customized according to its requirements. Means, you can integrate vital components of your business like Accounting, Inventory, CRM altogether to
- Expand your business
- Through Cloud Infrastructure
- By Integrating Multiple modules
In this blog, we will help the readers to decide whether they should implement Odoo ERP in their systems or not. The descriptive blog will consist of various advantages and disadvantages that will help you to understand the importance of Odoo ERP for your business.
Advantages of Odoo ERP
Multiple Modules Integration
As discussed above, Odoo consists of more than 35 modules that are the essential components of a business. Below mentioned is the list of Odoo modules that helps the company in multiple ways. Be it Accounting, Human Resources, Inventory, Manufacturing, and Logistics, Odoo ERP integrates all the modules together so that users can easily keep track of products from its manufacturing, till its delivery.
Customer Support
The only difference between good and bad customer support is its approachability. Odoo offers customer service through plenty of sources that are easy and approachable. Usually, there are limited resources available for software, but when it comes to Odoo, there are multiple resources available online along with discussion threads, which is a good starting point for any beginner.
If you have paid for Odoo, you have easy access to the bug fixing and support on weekdays through email. For Odoo Success Pack, you can get personalized service from Odoo consultants through email or chat. Apart from Odoo, many reputed Odoo developers work with 24/7 customer service, and they will help you in multiple ways. Ksolves is one of the best Odoo app & theme developers that provide the finest services to its clients.
Customizable Architecture
Odoo provides end to end user customization without major rewriting of codes or changes in its basic structure. In other ERPs, there is hardly any scope for customization from the user’s end. But with the help of Odoo’s advanced Apps and Themes, users can easily make changes in its architecture without any extra efforts.
Comprehensive in Nature
Odoo Consists of a Wide Range of Functionality that helps the business in satisfying business modules. Odoo comes up in two parts that are Enterprise and Community Edition, out of which Enterprise is paid, and the community comes without any cost. If you plan to buy Odoo, you can first go ahead with Community Version and then migrate to Enterprise paid version.
Pricing
Introduced as a tiny ERP in 2005, Odoo is considered an ERP for SMEs and startups. If you have been looking for the ERP prices, you might have noticed that most ERPs are expensive, with additional pricing features for add on facilities. As Odoo is an open-source ERP, you can quickly implement it in your environment. The best thing about Odoo is that it doesn’t come with a fixed pricing tag; you can avail it via pay per use scheme. If you want Odoo for e-commerce, you need to buy only e-commerce modules.
If you don’t want to buy the complete package, you can go with the community edition that is free to use. Also, you can buy the success pack, which is favorable for small-scale organizations with a count of an average of 50 employees.
Disadvantages of Odoo ERP
One of the major disadvantages of Odoo is its complicated set-up structure. You might find it challenging to implement the first time in your organization. We have noticed that some companies found it difficult to implement in their environment due to the slow installation structure.
Limited Support
With several support channels, Odoo has a limitation that it cannot provide seamless customer support to all the clients due to limited resources. Some of the clients aren’t satisfied because their problems were not resolved in the first incident. Also, the pricing of Odoo training is a little bit higher for a Small scale organization.
Maintenance Issues
To operate the community version of Odoo, some clients briefed us that they required a high level of IT support that wasn’t possible because they were in the initial phase of the business. If you are looking for affordable Odoo support services, you can contact the Ksolves team at sales@ksolves.com, and we promise you to provide customized solutions according to your requirements.
Pricing Plans
The most common complaint of the Odoo users is complicated pricing. Odoo’s pricing is good until the user uses a single module; as soon as you switch to one extra app, $30/month per user will be billed along with the application’s cost. This creates confusion in the billing, and the cost of applications increases subsequently. To mitigate this, Odoo has a pricing plan explained on the pricing page to select the applications and check the billing plan.
Also, you can try the 15 days free trial in which you can check the applications for free.
Final Verdict
Talking of the final verdict, Odoo is an emerging ERP that integrates multiple modules to better the businesses. It’s been only 15 years, and Odoo is standing out tall for SMEs’ betterment, and it is doing it without any miss. However, some disadvantages can be overcome with the best Odoo service providers’ services helping every scale business according to their requirements. If you are looking for flawless Odoo services, Odoo apps, and themes, contact us at sales@ksolves.com.
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