What are the advantages of the Odoo ERP system compared to SAP?
Having migrated a client from SAP to Odoo a few years ago, I’d say it comes down to 2 key things:
Cost – Odoo is significantly less expensive than SAP when it comes to the total cost of deployment plus the absence of any licensing fees. The cost difference itself is enough for most clients to decide against SAP.
Customizations – Odoo can be customized extensively by any developer with a good grasp of Python (and a little JS for the POS UI). No SDK, no licenses, just a straightforward jump into the code. SAP customization is limited and expensive – as with many other proprietary systems. For a client with a lot of custom processes or needing to link to local APIs, this becomes problematic.
Apart from this, there’s the issue of portability. Because Odoo is basically a Python application, it can run on Linux, Windows, and possibly Android and can plausibly be deployed on some embedded systems such as a Raspberry Pi. SAP is not as portable and generally is targeted at MS Windows platforms. This certainly limits the use of the platform.
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