Odoo freelancer

Should you choose a freelancer over an Odoo partner?

Odoo development is the one aspect regarding the Odoo ERP that should be done with utmost precision, care, and by a well-versed expert. Today Odoo hosts around 2500+ partners all around the world offering their services in Odoo development and configuring it to your business. However, the concern will be to choose who for the development and implementation of the Odoo platform. You have various options such as choosing from certified Odoo partners who hold well-trained and expert developers in Odoo or you can opt for certified Odoo freelancers who are willing to offer their expert capabilities in developing your Odoo platform. This is another group of people who are not certified developers in Odoo whom you can approach in regards to your development needs.

How to Hire a Odoo developer?

Your aim in choosing the provider for the development process for your Odoo development whether it's a Odoo freelancer or a dedicated Odoo partner should be regarding the success in crafting the well-crafted platform as per the need of your business. In comparison to Odoo partners and certified professionals functioning under a firm, hiring a freelancer for your Odoo development process has numerous demerits.

Drawbacks of hiring a Odoo freelance developer

Although the pricing aspects by an Odoo freelancer are on the lower side the quality of the platform which is developed will also be on the lower side due to the incapability of a freelancer to craft sophisticated business processes in Odoo.

No backbone of organizational support
Self-managed without monitoring
Not available 24/7
Paycheck bound operations
No further assurances
Non-dedicated approach

A comparison: Odoo Freelancer v/s Odoo partner(Or Service providers)

Key Factors
Price
Quality
Domain Experience
Individual Dependency
Scalability
Escalation Metrics
Reliability
Persistency
Confidentiality
After Support
Suitability
Main concern
Quick resolution of problems

Odoo Freelancer
Low Price Low
Low/Moderate Quality Low/Moderate
Domain Experience May/May not May/May not
Individual Dependency Yes Yes
Scalability No No
Escalation Metrics No No
Reliability No No
Persistency Less No
Confidentiality No assurance No assurance
After Support No No
Suitability Small task Small task
Main concern Money Money
Quick resolution of problems Depends Depends

Odoo Partners/Service Providers
Comparatively Higher Price Comparatively Higher
High Quality High
Domain Experience Yes Yes
Individual Dependency No No
Scalability Yes Yes
Escalation Metrics Yes Yes
Reliability Yes Yes
Persistency More More
Confidentiality Assured Standard Policies Assured Standard Policies
After Support Constant updates and supports Constant updates and supports
Suitability Big projects Big projects
Main concern Quality Service Quality Service
Quick resolution of problems Yes Yes

Price vs Cost

Implementing the low priced solutions will be a burden to run in the future adding up the cost. Cost efficient solutions will be pricier initials but will be durable low on cost in the long run.

Freelancer - Initial Price

Never get blindfolded with the lower cost

Odoo partner - Initial Price

Costlier but reliable and efficient in performance

Freelancer - Final Cost

Costlier in the long run

Odoo partner - Final Cost

Lower in cost and reliable in long run

Efficiency

In the long run, it's always best to go ahead with cost-efficient solutions and modules rather than getting stuck with a cheaper solution that will not be functioning as per your operational requirements. The same will be your situation in choosing a freelancer for your Odoo platforms development.

Freelancer - Efficiency

The quality level of the platform is low. Multiple chances of generations of bugs and errors in functioning.

Odoo partner - Efficiency

A dedicated team of developers. High operational efficiency and productivity in the long run.

Detailed Comparison report on Odoo Freelancers Vs Odoo Partners

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Frequently Asked Questions

What’s an Odoo Freelance developer? And How do they work?

Odoo freelance developer is the one who is capable of developing the entire Odoo platform for you but has only specialties in the configurations of a certain number of modules. They work without any supervision and a non-time-bound bais delivering low efficient Odoo platforms for you.

What does an Odoo freelance developer do?

A major proportion of Odoo freelance developers publicizes as capable of developing the entire Odoo platform as per your operational needs but lacks in delivering one due to their inefficiency and incapability of covering the entire platform. Although the initial price of the Odoo platform development from a freelance developer will be low, however, you will incur numerous functional issues which will add up to the maintenance cost which is costlier than the solutions provided by certified Odoo partners.

What are the benefits of hiring an Odoo freelance developer?

In regards to hiring an Odoo freelancer for your development needs, there is one and only one advantage of the lower initial price as they might be capable of offering you solutions at a lower price initially. However, due to the lack of expertise and through monitoring throughout the development these solutions will wound out to be ineffective in operations and will meet with bugs and errors quite often adding up to your maintenance cost. Finally, the entire cost of hiring an Odoo freelance developer will add up to be even more than hiring an Odoo partner for your development needs.

What are the drawbacks of hiring an Odoo freelancer?

There are various drawbacks of hiring an Odoo freelance developer here are certain of them:

Lack of proper expertise will affect the platform developments
No monitoring of the operations
A non-time-bound and lethargic operations
Costlier in the long run
Maintenance costs on the developed platform are high

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