Odoo is a smart business management software which is available in two versions: Odoo Enterprise, the licensed one, and Odoo Community, the open-source one. Recently Odoo released the latest Version Odoo 11. Here we are explaining the features/functionality differences between Odoo 11 enterprise version and a community version. Before moving on to the comparison, let’s discuss the new features introduced exclusively on odoo 11.
Odoo 11 is introduced with a blazing feature that keenly satisfies the user’s heart. Also, enhanced the existing functionalities in the older versions.
Below are the some newly introduced features in odoo:
* Appointment
* Tremendously Fast
* Subscription
* Marketing Automation
* Odoo Chatter
* New iOS App
* Odoo Studio
Appointment:
– Allow customer to make appointments from Website
– Allows assigning the available employees for the meeting with your customer
– Customer can schedule an appointment in any time zone, from anywhere in the world
Tremendously Fast:
– Odoo 11 is three times faster than previous versions
– Saves the valuable time of the users
– Improved performance
– Tremendously fast odoo experience
Subscription
– Supports subscription business model.
– New dashboard to manage Subscription.
– Allows recurring invoices.
– Manages Subscription Product and Subscription Template
– Allows Renewal and invoice generation for the Subscriptions
– Design a Subscription Template
– Renewals can be analyzed based on the salesperson
Marketing Automation
– Accelerate your sales pipeline
– Automate customer lifecycle emails and campaigns
– Instantly know when and where contact is engaging in your emails
– Marketing automation allows you to send relevant messages to a targeted audience in a timely manner
– Manage campaign flow based on user’s interaction on mail. Like mail clicked, opened
Odoo Chatter
– Made a new outlook to the world of communication
– Chatter is now connected with Schedule Activities
– Integrated with emails, phone calls, meetings and VoIP improvements
– With improved usability, Call queues, Log notes on the fly
Odoo Studio
– Customisable background, Effective Drag and Drop technique.
– App development and clearly generated view.
Comparison: Enterprise Vs Community
Odoo is an open source software, which has both Odoo Community and Enterprise version, which will get full access to Odoo source code. If we choose Odoo enterprise we need to pay a monthly license fee for the access to enterprise source code. Also, Enterprise is an advanced version of Odoo community. Here we will discuss the things that are available in enterprise and not in the community.
General :
| Enterprise | community | |
| Functional support | Yes | No |
| Version Upgrades | Yes | No |
| Bugfix Guarantee | Yes | No |
User Interface:
| Enterprise | Community | |
| Desktop | Yes | Yes |
| Mobile version | Yes | No |
Studio:
| Enterprise | Community | |
| Screen Customization | Yes | No |
| Report Designer | Yes | No |
| Menus Editor | Yes | No |
| Apps Creator | Yes | No |
Accounting:
| Enterprise | Community | |
| Invoicing & Payments | Yes | Yes |
| Full Accounting | Yes | No |
| Customer Follow Ups | Yes | No |
| Analytical Accounting | Yes | No |
| Dynamic Reports | Yes | No |
| Live Bank Feeds | Yes | No |
| Asset Management | Yes | No |
| Budget Management | Yes | No |
| GST Reporting for India | Yes | No |
| GST Reporting for Singapore | Yes | No |
| Cash Flow Reports | Yes | No |
Project:
| Enterprise | Community | |
| Task | Yes | Yes |
| Issues | Yes | Yes |
| Timesheets | Yes | No |
| Forecasts | Yes | No |
| Gantt Charts | Yes | No |
Sales Management:
| Enterprise | Community | |
| CRM | Yes | Yes |
| Sales | Yes | Yes |
| Customer Portal | Yes | Yes |
| VoIP Integration | Yes | No |
| e-Signature | Yes | No |
| Subscriptions | Yes | No |
| Digital products | Yes | No |
| Helpdesk | Yes | No |
Human Resource:
| Enterprise | Community | |
| Employee Directory | Yes | Yes |
| Expenses | Yes | Yes |
| Leaves | Yes | Yes |
| Recruitments | Yes | Yes |
| Appraisals | Yes | No |
| Departments Dashboard | Yes | No |
Inventory:
| Enterprise | Community | |
| Inventory Management | Yes | Yes |
| Purchase Management | Yes | Yes |
| Barcode support | Yes | No |
| Shipping: UPS, Fedex, DHL, USPS | Yes | No |
| Multi-company flows | Yes | No |
Manufacturing:
| Enterprise | Community | |
| MRP | Yes | Yes |
| MRP II (Work center Control Panel and Scheduling) | Yes | No |
| PLM | Yes | No |
| Maintenance | Yes | No |
| Quality | Yes | No |
| Shipping: UPS, Fedex, DHL, USPS | Yes | No |
Website Builder:
| Enterprise | Community | |
| Website Builder | Yes | Yes |
| Blogs | Yes | Yes |
| Presentations | Yes | Yes |
| Themes | Extra Fee | Extra Fee |
| Form Builder | Yes | No |
| Versioning | Yes | No |
| Call-to-Actions Blocks | Yes | No |
| A/B Testing | Yes | No |
E-Commerce:
| Enterprise | Community | |
| Full eCommerce | Yes | Yes |
| Shipping Integration | Yes | No |
| eBay Connector | Yes | No |
| Amazon Connector | Yes | No |
Point Of Sale:
| Enterprises | Community | |
| Point of Sale | Yes | Yes |
| PoS Restaurants | Yes | No |
| Loyalty cards | Yes | No |
Marketing:
| Enterprise | Community | |
| Events | Yes | Yes |
| Expenses | Yes | Yes |
| Email Marketing | Yes | Yes |
| Live Chat | Yes | Yes |
| Marketing Automation | Yes | No |
| Lead Scoring | Yes | No |
| Email Marketing Templates | Yes | No |
Miscellaneous:
| Enterprise | Community | |
| Chat | Yes | Yes |
| Google Spreadsheet Integration |
Yes | Yes |
| Fleet | Yes | Yes |
| Notes | Yes | Yes |
| Appointments | Yes | No |
User Interface:
This time Odoo brings a lot of new designs to satisfy the user’s mind. Dashboards are designed in a manner that you will get the idea of your business at a glance. Here we can discuss some user interface criteria introduced in odoo 11
Rewards & Feedback
> Happy users = productive users
Settings
> All settings of every module are available now under single roof. The user can easily activate, configure and use at the same place.
Dashboards
> Dashboards are designed in a manner that you will get the idea of your business at a glance. Well, the Organised business structure can be viewed at each dashboard.
Odoo ERP provides two editions named enterprise and community. Compare Odoo enterprise and community features of both editions and select the best based on your business need