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Alternatives to Odoo
20 erp & business operations tools sit alongside Odoo in this directory. Below is what separates each from Odoo on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 20
- With a free tier
- 0
- Cheaper to start
- 0
- Odoo starts at
- Free
Why people look past Odoo
Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. Odoo has a free tier, and starts at Free against a category median of $500/month. People still switch over fit and workflow, and those are not things a catalogue entry can measure, which is what the comparisons below are for.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Inventory management for growing businesses
- No free tier, where Odoo has one.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than freemium.
Brazilian ERP for invoicing, orders, marketplace integration and inventory
- No free tier, where Odoo has one.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than freemium.
Spanish cloud ERP for invoicing, accounting and business management for small companies
- No free tier, where Odoo has one.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than freemium.
Project-based business management and accounting software
- No free tier, where Odoo has one.
- Starts $1500 a month dearer, at $1500/month.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than freemium.
Cloud ERP for Indian and Asian markets
- No free tier, where Odoo has one.
- Starts $300 a month dearer, at $300/month.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than freemium.
Polish IT and ERP systems adapted to company needs
- No free tier, where Odoo has one.
- Sold on a quote model rather than freemium.
Every Odoo alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odoo (this page) | Free | Freemium | 2 | |
| Cin7 Core | On request | Subscription | - | vs Odoo |
| Bling | On request | Subscription | - | vs Odoo |
| Holded | On request | Subscription | - | vs Odoo |
| Deltek | $1500/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Odoo |
| Focus Softnet | $300/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Odoo |
| Comarch | On request | Quote | - | vs Odoo |
| Housecall Pro | On request | Subscription | - | vs Odoo |
| Axonaut | On request | Subscription | - | vs Odoo |
| Blue Link ERP | $500/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Odoo |
| Dynamics AX | $210/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Odoo |
| Ecount | $55/month | - | - | vs Odoo |
| Fishbowl | $4395/one-time | One-time | 2 | vs Odoo |
| Cin7 | $349/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Odoo |
| Global Shop Solutions | $500/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Odoo |
| bexio | On request | Subscription | - | vs Odoo |
| Epicor | $750/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Odoo |
| DEAR Systems | $249/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Odoo |
| Aptean | $1500/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Odoo |
| BatchMaster | $1250/month | - | - | vs Odoo |
| Cegid | On request | Quote | - | vs Odoo |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Odoo badges page.
What you would be giving up
Odoo is most often brought in for running erp, crm, inventory and accounting from one integrated suite, starting with a single business app and adding modules over time. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Odoo is broadly right and the question is cost, the Odoo pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the ERP & Business Operations category lists everything the directory holds, and best erp & business operations tools ranks them.
Odoo runs on cloud, on-premise, web, mobile. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Odoo alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Odoo?
- 20 other erp & business operations tools are listed in this directory, led by Cin7 Core, Bling, Holded, Deltek. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Odoo?
- None of the erp & business operations tools listed alongside Odoo publish a free tier on the record we hold.
- Is there a reason to switch away from Odoo?
- Nothing in the data flags one. Odoo has a free tier, and starts at Free against a category median of $500/month. Fit and workflow are the usual reasons to move, and those are not things this record can measure.
- What would I give up by switching from Odoo?
- Odoo is most often brought in for running erp, crm, inventory and accounting from one integrated suite, starting with a single business app and adding modules over time. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Odoo?
- None of the erp & business operations tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Odoo alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, ERP & Business Operations, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored slot runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Odoo against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Odoo covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every erp & business operations tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the ERP & Business Operations category, 20 tools beside Odoo. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.