Odoo vs Odoo Enterprise
Odoo and Odoo Enterprise are both ERP software. Odoo is open source under a license set out in its repository, with 55k GitHub stars. Odoo Enterprise is a commercial product from Odoo S.A.
Which to pick
- Pick Odoo when
- A small or mid-size business wants one integrated ERP, and is ready to use Odoo's hosting or a partner for setup.
- Pick Odoo Enterprise when
- A small or midsize business wants one affordable system covering most departments and is willing to adapt its processes to Odoo's.
Side by side
A suite of business apps covering CRM, sales, inventory, accounting, manufacturing, POS, HR, website and ecommerce that share one database.
A modular business suite with accounting, inventory, manufacturing, CRM, e-commerce, website, HR and more, built on the open-source Odoo Community core.
Open-core: accounting and many key apps are Enterprise-only, upgrades between major versions are costly, and the repo has no tagged releases.
Key modules are Enterprise-only, major-version upgrades break custom modules, and partner quality varies widely.
Production-ready (both)
Self-hosted server and cloud service
Cloud service and self-hosted server
Python, JavaScript and PostgreSQL
Python, PostgreSQL and JavaScript
Open source, license unclear on GitHub
Closed source, sold by Odoo S.A.
GitHub could not read the license. Check it in the repository before reusing any code.
Closed source: you use it under the maker's terms and cannot change or resell the code.
55k GitHub stars
4.5k Wikipedia readers a month on phones
Established: started 12 years ago, no tagged release yet.
Not known
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from makers' descriptions, Wikipedia, READMEs and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.