What is Odoo?
Odoo is a leading open source ERP system, developed by the Belgian company Odoo S.A. Since its founding in 2002 by Fabien Pinckaers, the current CEO, Odoo has experienced impressive growth. Odoo has more than 3600 partners worldwide and is available in more than 100 countries, including the Netherlands. With more than 10 million daily users, Odoo is the fastest-growing business software package in the world.
What is Odoo's mission?
Odoo's mission is to create software that is intuitive, can support all business processes, is fully integrated, and can be upgraded effortlessly, so that everything runs smoothly for every company and every user.
What is Odoo's vision?
Odoo's vision is that you should put users first. Users of business software have changed. Whereas in old ERP systems financial accounting is central, Odoo puts users (customers, suppliers, employees) first. Odoo does this by integrating all business processes into one ERP system, eliminating the need for complex integrations. The full focus is on simplicity and ease of use, enabling users to work optimally.
What is the history of Odoo?
What is the history of Odoo? Odoo was founded in 2002 by Fabien Pinckaers. Fabien's dream was to lead the enterprise management market with a fully open source software product. He also wanted to have 100 employees in a self-funded company before he turned 30. He achieved this, missing it by only a few months.
Fabien started in 2005 with his first version of Odoo under the name TinyERP (small ERP system). Three years later, Fabien discovered that you cannot change the world if you are "small." Especially if the United States is part of that world, where it is better to be a BigERP rather than a TinyERP. Can you imagine how small you feel in front of the directors of Danone: "Why would we pay millions of dollars for a small software package?" So Fabien changed the name TinyERP to OpenERP.
OpenERP grew, but not fast enough. In 2014, Odoo raised $ 10 million in funding to boost its marketing and sales activities. To support the vision, it was necessary to change the name to one that was not limited to ERP functions. A new name was needed that could support its ambitions: a simple and user-friendly software package centered around customers and users of the system. In May 2014, the name of the company and the product was changed to Odoo.
When changing the company name to Odoo, another important decision was made. Odoo decided to make part of the software paid. Since then, Odoo has been offered in two versions: the free Community version and the paid Enterprise version. This decision caused Odoo to grow explosively. The paid version became the engine for financing the further growth of the product and the company Odoo.
By the end of 2024, Odoo employs more than 3500 people in offices around the world. Odoo grows by approximately 3 employees per day.
What is possible with Odoo?
Odoo has more than 30 Apps, suitable for many business processes. Odoo integrates as many business processes as possible into one system. Odoo has developed an App for every process. By integrating everything, you use the same system and the same information, and complex integrations are not necessary. The possibilities with Odoo are endless. Odoo has modules for:
- Sales Management
Point of Sale
- Rental
- Field Service
- Invoicing
- Subscriptions
- Accounting
- Purchase Management
- Inventory Management
- Manufacturing - MRP
- Quality Management
- Equipment Maintenance
- Product Lifetime Management - PLM
E-learning
Email Marketing
- Marketing Automation
- Project Management
- Time Tracking
- Helpdesk
- Employee Expenses
- Recruitment & Selection
- Employee Appraisals
- Leave Management
- Digital signing (E-sign)
- Website
- E-commerce - Webshop
- Events
- Online appointments
What is the difference between the Community and Enterprise versions?
Odoo Enterprise has more functionality and support from Odoo. The Community version of Odoo is free for everyone to use. The Community version contains approximately 80% of all Odoo functionality. The remaining 20% is part of the Enterprise version. The Enterprise version is therefore more extensive than the Community version and naturally comes with a price tag.
The costs for Enterprise version are not only for the software, but also for Odoo's additional services. These include costs for, for example, hosting (with Odoo Online) and migrations. The trend is that with every new version of Odoo, many new features are made available exclusively to Odoo Enterprise. In that regard, the Odoo Enterprise version really does have an edge.
Is Odoo Open Source?
Odoo Community is Open Source, but Odoo Enterprise is not open source. Odoo is delivered in the free Community version; this version has an LGPL open source license. The source code is public and you can find it here. Odoo Enterprise is released under a non-open-source license. This means that you may not distribute Odoo Enterprise software. If you have an Enterprise license, you can get access to the source code. So the source code is indeed 'open' for the end user.
What does an Odoo partner do?
An Odoo partner helps companies with the implementation and use of Odoo. Odoo uses a partner network. Only Odoo partners can provide Odoo Enterprise and help you with the implementation of Odoo. Partners exist at different levels, from ready partner to gold partner. To become an Odoo gold partner, for example, you must carry out a minimum number of projects per year, be Odoo certified, and have high customer satisfaction. On the Odoo partner page you will find all Odoo partners.
Who is Odoo Experts?
Odoo Experts is an Odoo Gold partner with more than 20 years of experience in ERP software development and implementation. Odoo Experts was founded in 2012 and therefore has many years of Odoo experience. Our consultants are certified by Odoo SA for all supported versions of Odoo.
Odoo Experts has specialized entirely in Odoo. We are convinced that Odoo is the best application for SMEs. Since our start in 2012, we have grown into the number 1 Odoo partner in the Netherlands! We are also in the top 10 best partners worldwide. View the companies we have already been able to help on the Odoo Partner Page.
We are a no-nonsense team of technical and functional consultants who get their energy from helping people with their daily work. We work pragmatically. We also love challenges and always look for the simplest and best solution for the customer.
