Odoo is an Open source ERP with 15000+ ready to use modules and is suitable for most of the domains like ERP Trading, E-Commerce, Inventory management, Sales management, Customer Relationship Management(CRM), Human Resource Management, and so on, which in turn triggers all the daily processes and enhance all your business in large. It is upgrading day by day, incorporating new features with the latest version of Odoo ie. Odoo 13 which is about 5x times faster than its older version ie.Odoo 12.
Odoo substitutes a modular structure and is available in two versions.
Odoo Enterprise(licensed)
Odoo Community(open source)
Odoo Enterprise unites Odoo Community along with some additional features and is paid whereas the Community edition is available free of cost.
Let us look into the major differences that arise between the Odoo 13 Community and Enterprise edition.
1. General Features
In general Odoo 13 Enterprise edition supports unlimited functional features, Upgrade to future versions to benefit from new features, Better Hosting, Unlimited bugfix guarantee, and so on. These features are not applicable for the Odoo 13 Community Edition.
| Enterprise
| Community
|
Unlimited Functional Support
| Yes | No |
Version Upgrades
| Yes | No |
Hosting
| Yes | No |
2. User Interface
Odoo 13 Enterprise edition is accessible on Desktop and Mobile while Community is accessible only in Desktop.
| Enterprise | Community |
| Desktop | Yes | Yes |
| Mobile Version | Yes | No |
3. Studio Access
Using this application one can customize the system directly within a few minutes. Now Odoo 13 Enterprise users can access certain features like Menus Editor, Report Designer, Screen Customization, and Apps Creator. But these features are not applicable for Odoo 13 Community users.
| Enterprise
| Community |
Screen Customization
| Yes | No |
Report Designer
| Yes | No |
Menus Editor
| Yes | No |
Apps Creator
| Yes | No |
4. Cohort, Dashboard, and Map View
Odoo 13 Enterprise encompasses a new cohort, dashboard, and map view in modules like CRM, Inventory, Sales, and so on. It allows the end-users to easily analyze and manage the business activities more efficiently, which is not available in Odoo 13 Community version.
a) COHORT VIEW
b) DASHBOARD VIEW
c) MAP VIEW
5. Document Management system
It is one of the Odoo 13 Enterprise features where one can share documents publicly, select their validity dates, and give rights to upload or download, which is not available in Odoo 13 Community version.
6. IoT(Internet of Things)
It is one of the Odoo 13 Enterprise features to enlarge the Business potentialities. The Odoo IoT box is used to connect the IoT devices to Odoo. This feature is not available in Odoo 13 Community version.
7. Rental Management System
Odoo Rental module is a new application introduced by Odoo, in Odoo Enterprise version Rental management system is a way of obtaining products on rent for certain periods of time. This feature is not available in Odoo 13 Community version.
8. Approval
It is one of the Odoo 13 Enterprise features, with the Employee Approval app it is easy to manage employee's requests. One can easily configure, approve for each request. This feature is not available in Odoo 13 Community version.
9. Referral
It is one of the Odoo 13 Enterprise features, with this module one can easily share job position and requirements in the workplace. This feature is not available in Odoo 13 Community version.
10. Social Marketing
It is one of the Odoo 13 Enterprise features, Odoo Social marketing module helps you to meet a set of audience with the help of certain platforms such as social media, pop-up messages, or live chats and helps better management of your social profile. This feature is not available in Odoo 13 Community version.
11. Consolidation
It is one of the Odoo 13 Enterprise features. This module enhances the functioning of the accounting module in order to consolidate journal items in a consolidation company. This feature is not available in Odoo 13 Community version.
12. Field Service Management
It is Odoo 13 Enterprise feature with this module it helps in installation, construction, repairing and delivery of on-site services for different set of organisations, this kind of option is not applicable for Odoo 13 Community version users.
13. Marketing Automation
Marketing automation is obviously Odoo 13 Enterprise feature with this module one can automate the workflow and thereby scale the business by creating automatic and target market campaigns.
14. Lead Scoring
Odoo Lead Scoring module is one of the Odoo 13 Enterprise features that allows to give scores to leads based on specific criteria by doing so the best leads are automatically assigned to your salesperson.
15. Loyalty Program in POS
Loyalty Program is Odoo 13 POS Enterprise feature which allows the retailers to provide attractive discounts and offers to their customers. This feature is not available in Odoo 13 Community Edition.
16. Sales Management
| Enterprise
| Community
|
CRM
| Yes
| Yes
|
Sales
| Yes
| Yes
|
Customer Portal
| Yes
| Yes
|
VoIP Integration
| Yes
| No
|
eSignature
| Yes
| No
|
Subscriptions
| Yes
| No
|
Rental
| Yes
| No
|
Digital products
| Yes
| No
|
Helpdesk
| Yes
| No
|
Field Service
| Yes
| No
|
17. Inventory Management
| Enterprise
| Community
|
Purchase Management
| Yes | Yes |
Barcode support
| Yes | No |
| Shipping Connectors, DHL Express, UPS, USPS, FedEx, BPost, EasyPost | Yes
| No
|
Multi-company flows
| Yes | No |
18. Accounting
| Enterprise
| Community
|
Invoicing & Payments
| Yes | Yes |
| Full Accounting, (Bank Statement Imports, Billing Digitalization, Budgets, Checks, Consolidation, Localizations, Reports) | Yes
| No
|
19. Project Management
| Enterprise
| Community
|
Tasks
| Yes | Yes |
Timesheets
| Yes | Yes |
Forecasts
| Yes | No |
20. Manufacturing Management
| Enterprise
| Community
|
MRP
| Yes
| Yes
|
IoT
| Yes
| No |
MRP II (Work center Control Panel and Scheduling)
| Yes
| No |
PLM
| Yes
| No |
Maintenance
| Yes
| Yes |
Quality
| Yes
| No |
| Shipping Connectors, DHL Express, UPS, USPS, FedEx, BPost, EasyPost | Yes
| No
|
21. Human Resource Management
| Enterprise
| Community
|
Employee Directory
| Yes
| Yes
|
Expenses
| Yes
| Yes
|
Leaves
| Yes
| Yes
|
Recruitments
| Yes
| Yes
|
Expenses
| Yes
| Yes
|
Payroll
| Yes
| No
|
Appraisals
| Yes
| No
|
Approvals
| Yes
| No
|
Employee Referral
| Yes
| No
|
Departments Dashboard
| Yes
| No
|
22. Website Builder
| Enterprise
| Community
|
Website Builder
| Yes
| Yes
|
Blogs
| Yes
| Yes
|
Presentations
| Yes
| Yes
|
Themes
| Yes
| Yes
|
Call-to-Actions Blocks
| Yes
| No |
23. E-commerce
| Enterprise
| Community
|
Full eCommerce
| Yes | Yes
|
Shipping Connectors, DHL Express, UPS, USPS, FedEx, BPost, EasyPost
| Yes
| No |
Amazon Connector
| Yes
| No
|
eBay Connector
| Yes
| No
|
24. Marketing Management
| Enterprise
| Community
|
Events
| Yes
| Yes
|
Email Marketing
| Yes
| Yes
|
Live Chat
| Yes
| Yes
|
Social Marketing
| Yes
| No |
SMS Marketing
| Yes
| Yes
|
Marketing Automation
| Yes
| No |
Lead Scoring
| Yes
| No |
Email Marketing Templates
| Yes
| No |
25. Miscellaneous
| Enterprise
| Community
|
E-Learning
| Yes
| Yes
|
Chat
| Yes
| Yes
|
Google Spreadsheet Integration
| Yes
| Yes
|
Fleet
| Yes
| Yes
|
Notes
| Yes
| Yes
|
Appointments
| Yes
| No |