Odoo license and Odoo.sh
The license and Odoo.sh are the foundation of your software investment. View the current license prices on our pricing information.
What does an ERP system cost in practice?
A fair ERP price starts not with software, but with processes, people, data, goals, and the time your organization makes available.
The investment depends on your processes, people, data, and scope.
Mapping the investment
The total ERP investment consists of three layers
You can broadly divide the investment into recurring software costs, one-time project costs, and post-go-live costs. Below you can see which components fall under each category and which choices determine the scope.
Discovery and scoping
We assess feasibility, processes, goals, scenarios, and scope before creating a reliable plan and estimate.
Implementation
Implementation includes advice, setup, data migration, project guidance, training, testing, and making the solution work in practice.
Custom development and integrations
Additional development, integrations, and complex data flows increase the scope and require extra analysis, development, and testing.
Post-go-live support
After go-live, we help users, resolve questions, and improve the setup where it adds value.
Upgrades
Future upgrades require preparation, testing, and sometimes adjustments. Ask about the Odoo Experts Upgrade Guarantee Plan.
What determines the investment?
The scope is determined by your situation
Not every ERP project has the same complexity. These factors determine how much analysis, setup, guidance, and testing are needed.
Users and roles
More users, teams, and permissions require more coordination, training, and administration.
Apps and processes
The scope grows when more departments and processes come together in the same way of working.
Data and quality
Old, duplicate, or incomplete data requires additional cleanup, mapping, and checks.
Integrations and custom development
Every data flow between systems requires design, development, monitoring, and testing.
Companies and countries
Multiple entities, currencies, and countries make processes, reporting, and permissions more complex.
Adoption and guidance
Employee availability, training, and change management determine the pace and risk.
From investment to results
The steps of an ERP project at a glance
The order and depth can vary by project. Together we determine what is needed for a controlled go-live.
Discovery and analysis
We assess feasibility, goals, processes, data, and special scenarios. This creates a realistic scope.
Kick-off and preparation
We make the planning, roles, responsibilities, and agreements about your organization’s involvement concrete.
Scenarios, configuration, and training
We define acceptance scenarios, configure the solution, and train key users and teams with recognizable situations.
Partial and integration testing
We test components, data flows, and user acceptance several times before making a go/no-go decision.
Go-live and hypercare
We prepare the launch carefully, do not go live with unmanageable risks, and provide intensive support during the first period.
Recognizable project situations
An approach that fits every organization
The same software can require a different approach in different organizations. Look for the situation that most resembles your organization.
Compact start
An organized company with a limited scope and mainly standard processes. The focus is on a strong foundation, clear choices, and fast adoption.
Growing organization
More departments, users, and data require sound migration, integrations, roles, and agreements that can grow with you.
Complex environment
Multiple companies, countries, production or logistics scenarios, and integrations require additional analysis, testing, and coordination.
Frequently asked questions
Questions about ERP costs
There is no fixed price that applies to every organization. The investment depends on processes, users, data, training, integrations, custom development, and your organization’s involvement. We first map the scope and the most important choices.
The number of users mainly affects licenses, roles, and training. Project effort is also determined by processes, data, integrations, custom development, test scenarios, and the time your organization makes available.
The total investment consists of the Odoo license including Odoo.sh, discovery and scoping, implementation, any custom development and integrations, post-go-live support, and future upgrades. We discuss these components in advance so you know what is and is not included in an estimate.
No. The Odoo license and Odoo.sh are a separate, recurring software investment alongside implementation. View the current license prices via Odoo pricing. The required users and agreements determine the license costs.
The scope can grow through more users or entities, more complex processes, multiple countries, data migration, custom development, integrations, additional test scenarios, and more intensive training or guidance. The quality of existing data and the customer’s available involvement also have an impact.
An ERP system changes the daily way of working. People need to understand why the change is needed, practice with their own scenarios, and build confidence before they can work independently. Training is therefore not a separate software instruction, but part of a change project.
We include data migration when it is part of the agreed scope. First we determine which data is needed, then we clean it, map fields, and check the result. Old or inconsistent data may require additional analysis and correction.
We first choose a suitable standard solution. Custom development or an integration is advisable only when an important business process otherwise will not work properly or reliable information will not be available. The cost depends on analysis, design, development, testing, and management.
Depending on the project, we go through discovery and analysis, kick-off and preparation, defining acceptance scenarios, configuration, training, partial testing, acceptance and integration testing, go-live preparation, and go-live with hypercare. We tailor the order and depth to your organization.
After go-live, support, optimization, and future upgrades are important parts of your total cost of ownership. During the first weeks, implementation consultants and solution consultants provide hypercare. Also ask about the Odoo Experts Upgrade Guarantee Plan for predictable upgrade support.