For start-ups and small businesses, an entry-level ERP system is often sufficient. A strong choice—widely used, highly robust, and secure—is Odoo Community. This open-source software covers the core functions of an ERP system, including:
- invoicing and expense management,
- CRM, sales, and point of sale,
- website builder including e-commerce, blog, forum, live chat, and e-learning,
- inventory, manufacturing, purchasing, and maintenance,
- human resources management including recruitment, absences, and fleet management,
- marketing,
- projects and time tracking,
- as well as various productivity tools such as notifications, to-dos, and calendars.
The base version of Odoo Community is free of charge. However, before getting started, you need to take care of hosting the software yourself. With erp4everyone, we take care of that for you. What would otherwise cost you many hours—and more than a few grey hairs—is handled effortlessly by us as a long-standing Odoo partner. For a small monthly fee, we install Odoo GDPR-compliantly on servers located in Germany. Automatic backups protect against data loss, and SSD storage ensures fast data processing.
More than twelve million companies and self-employed professionals worldwide use Odoo. One reason for its popularity is its scalability: you can expand the system as your needs grow. As soon as you require additional modules, you can upgrade to the Odoo Enterprise edition. With over 30 core applications and more than 16,000 third-party apps and plugins, there is hardly any business function that Odoo cannot cover.