Odoo vs SAP ERP – which is better for your business?

If you’re looking for an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system designed for small to medium-sized businesses, chances are you’ll have come across SAP Business One and Odoo.

To help you decide which is best which is better suited to your organisation, we’ve put together a side-by-side comparison of the solutions.

Odoo vs SAP Business One – overview

Launched in 2002, SAP Business One is a robust ERP solution designed for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It offers integrated functionalities for finance, inventory, customer management, and operations. With over 80,000 customers globally, SAP Business One is praised for its scalability and industry-specific solutions.

Founded in 2005, Odoo is an open-source ERP solution offering a modular approach, allowing businesses to start with basic apps and add more as needed. It’s popular for its flexibility and affordability. However, the open-source model may require more effort for implementation and maintenance compared to fully managed ERP solutions.

Odoo vs SAP ERP: a side-by-side comparison

So, how do the two stack up against each other?

Full disclosure: Thinc is a SAP Business One partner, and we’re big advocates of the solution. However, we’re also proudly independent, offering ERP solutions from Sage and Microsoft as well. We’ll never recommend a solution that isn’t right for you – we’re here to help you make sense of your options.

This guide therefore sticks to objective insights. Our methodology for comparing SAP Business One and Odoo is to look at what each can offer across four categories: ERP features, scalability, pricing models and its potential for long-term success. We’ve also looked at external sources for the view of analysts, such as G2.

We’d recommend that you use this comparison as a starting point for comparison, but for a deeper dive, we’re here to help. You can either book a call with one of our consultants or, should you want to research SAP Business One a little more, download our free Buyers Guide.

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A look at Odoo and SAP Business One’s ERP features

How does each platform stack up in terms of core capability? We’ve not listed each platform’s features but we have identified any major gaps.

Which is more scalable? Odoo or SAP Business One?

How does each platform handle increasing demands? What integrations and flexible capabilities do they provide to support growing organisations?

How Odoo and SAP Business One compare on price

How much does each platform cost upfront, and what total cost of ownership can you expect?

Odoo vs SAP Business One for your long-term success

How easy is it to adopt each platform? What does each platform’s partner network look like? How will your partner support you post-implementation? How intuitive is each platform to different users? Do they provide training resources?

Odoo vs SAP ERP: which should you choose?

Which ERP solution you choose for your organisation depends on many factors. Ultimately, your decision should be guided by what you see as value – your investment than can then be viewed through the lens of return, rather than outlay. Comparing solutions is a key part of this, but some of the most important questions require introspection.

As a business solutions provider with more than 30 years’ experience guiding businesses to greater efficiency and scalability, we can help you through the decision-making process. If you’d like to talk to us about SAP or ERP in general, get in touch.