The Reason to Choose Odoo Rather than SAP

With the development of technology and the availability of several ERP choices in the market, companies wonder which ERP is the most suitable for their business management, and which is reasonably priced. Well, here comes SAP as one of the most significant options for providing wonderful management characteristics, yet SAP is relatively expensive to small and medium enterprises which limits SAP to larger enterprises only. On the other hand, Odoo offers the same features without having to pay high license fees 

Read more to know why Odoo is better than SAP.  

ERP now is highly advanced in comparison with what it was twenty years ago. ERP has gone under many developments and genuine alterations over the years. Today the ERP companies have equipped themselves well with technological advancements such as IoT, Cloud, Artificial Intelligence (one step closer to the future), to be pioneers in the business industry and able to offer their customers with what they need. 

Because of the innovations and evolutions that happened during the last thirty years, today, ERP has majorly evolved, making us readier for the upcoming future, and more capable of anticipating every business probable need. However, the key principle of ERP hasn't changed- plan well the resource, no matter how many transformations have occurred to the ERP software.

Nowadays, the market has a big range of ERP options, and each one of them offers the clients the most effective and results-focused management characteristics. However, if you go to evaluate the different ERP systems in the market, you might find SAP as the top candidate or one of the leading ERP software while others hasn't reached the same advanced level yet. 

So, SAP was the first ERP option in the market for a long period of time. When Odoo was first presented in the market, SAP was the main player having the greatest share of the ERP market, around 6%. However, today, Odoo has become a fierce competitor to SAP as Odoo ERP now is one of the most flourishing ERP applications that Boraq Group as an Odoo Partner offers. But the pondering question is how can Odoo substitute or replace SAP? Let's see! 

ERP Implementing is always a costly business. Not all companies can afford these high costs. SAP is more expensive as compared to Odoo. SAP might be a good choice for large organizations as the huge expenses that accompany this process are not a big issue for them. However, it is not the same as SMEs or much smaller companies. Having a prohibitive cost to implement and maintain, SAP remains confined to large enterprises only. Moreover, to implement and customize the SAP application, it requires skilled SAP specialists, which adds a lot to the already high expenses.

Therefore, the question becomes which software can perform the same functions without causing much financial burden. Yes, it is Odoo. It frees businesses from bearing heavy financial cost as there are no license fees for Odoo’s Community Edition.

Moreover, when comparing Odoo's features with SAP's, you notice that Odoo's features are not a bit short. On the contrary, Odoo provides the same characteristics as those of SAP, and even more than SAP in many of the modules. Odoo- with each version release- is constantly improving its architecture and characteristics. All these advantages with much lesser costs than SAP makes Odoo a stronger rival to SAP, and more preferred by businesses.

Being an open source, Odoo enables the business to perform a great deal of customizations making it perfectly fit to the business needs. The open source also turned easier to implement, comparing to the proprietary software SAP. Only SAP consultants can implement or customize SAP which really annoys companies. For this reason Odoo got the attention of the market especially SMEs while SAP failed.      

Advantages of Odoo 

1. Easily adaptable software for all business types.

2. Freedom from licensing costs.

3. No fear of Vendor Lock-in.

4. Large customization and integration possibilities.

5. Upgrades with each version release.

6. Unlimited functional support if deployed at the enterprise level.

7. Scalability and Modularity.

8. Global Support from Odoo forum and mailing lists.

9. Highly user-friendly UI.

10. Navigation.

11. Flexibility.

12. Powerful community

13. Intuitive user interface.

Odoo vs SAP

In short, if you decide to implement Odoo as your ERP choice with the help of Boraq Group as an Odoo partner, you'll avoid paying high expense, get the same functions of SAP in not more, and enjoy a great deal of support from our teams of expert developers and consultants whose great aim to make your business grow and flourish more and more.

Key words: Odoo, SAP, ERP, Boraq Group, Odoo Partners.