Odoo Community Features

The Odoo Community edition is a free-to-use version of Odoo software, designed to manage moderate levels of business operations efficiently. Best suited for companies with fewer than 50 users, the Odoo Community edition provides essential tools to support various business functions. This page highlights the features of Odoo Community, organized under the different modules available within the platform.

Sales

The Sales module in the Odoo Community edition comes with powerful operational features that provide businesses with efficient tools for managing sales activities. With direct integration to other Odoo modules such as POS, E-Commerce, and Subscriptions, the Sales module acts as a centralized system for handling all sales operations within the company.

  • Sales Order Management
  • Sales Quotation Management
  • Customer Management
  • Invoice Management
  • Percentage sales Margin
  • Smart Date Input
  • Upselling Techniques
  • Product Management
  • Product Variant Management
  • Pricelist Management
  • E-wallet and Gift card Management
  • Product Variant Management
  • Pricelist Management
  • Promotion and Coupon Programs
  • Managing Discounts
  • Sales Analysis
  • Product Catalog Management
  • Multi UoMs
  • Product Packages
  • Margin Analysis
  • Discount and Loyalty card Management
  • Price Management
  • Online Payment Facility
  • Online Sale Order Confirmation
  • Restrict Sale of Products
  • Lock Confirmed Sales
  • Invoicing Policy Managing
  • Automatic Invoice & Down Payments
  • Shipping Management
  • Quotation Template Management

CRM

Customer Relationship Management operations play a key role in creating new business opportunities and strengthening relationships with existing clients. The CRM module in Odoo offers lead generation and tracking tools that enable businesses to manage and follow up on prospects effectively through defined activities on the platform. In addition, with lead enrichment features, businesses can capture customer details from various marketing campaigns and convert them into valuable contacts.

  • Pipeline Management
  • Pipeline Stage Management
  • Quotation Management
  • Team Pipelines
  • Customer Management
  • Lead Generation
  • Multi Sales team Management
  • Lead Management
  • Lead Scoring
  • Lead Mining
  • Lead Enrichment
  • Predictive Lead Scoring
  • Rule-Based Assignment Management
  • Outlook CRM Extension
  • Recurring Revenues management
  • Sales Team Management
  • Activity Scheduling
  • Report

Purchase

The purchase management activities of a company require a reliable and advanced tool to handle operations efficiently. The Odoo Community edition includes a powerful Purchase module that supports every stage of procurement. With features to create purchase quotations, manage purchase agreements, automate workflows, and oversee all purchasing tasks, it stands out as one of the most effective tools for purchase management.

  • Purchase Quotation Management
  • Purchase Order Management
  • Purchase Agreements
  • Vendor Management
  • Product Management
  • Product Variant Management
  • Purchase Analysis
  • Purchase History
  • Purchase Dashboard
  • Purchase Order Approval
  • Lock Confirmed Orders
  • Restrict Product Purchase
  • Receipt Remainder
  • Bill Control
  • Vendor Pricelist Management
  • Product Categorising
  • Smart Date Input
  • Remaining Days Widget
  • Priority Widget
  • UoM Management
  • Drop shipping
  • On-Time Delivery Analysis

Inventory

The Odoo platform offers a centralized approach to inventory management, equipped with precise options and advanced features to streamline company operations. With support for sophisticated processes such as drop-shipping, cross-docking, and product movement tracking, the Inventory module ensures efficient and effective management of a company’s stock and warehouse operations.

  • Transfer Orders
  • Stock Management
  • Scrap Management
  • Product Replenishment Techniques
  • Run Scheduler Tool
  • Landed Cost on MO
  • Landed Cost on Transfer
  • Product Management
  • Product Variant Management
  • Product Tracking
  • Product Expiry Management
  • Inventory Adjustments
  • Reception Report
  • Backorder Management
  • Product Packaging
  • Warehouse Management
  • Location Management
  • Multi Warehouse Environment
  • Stock Analysis
  • Warehouse Analysis
  • Stock Valuation
  • Product Demand Forecasting
  • Product Movement Analysis
  • Restrict Product Purchase
  • Batch Transfer Management
  • Locations Categorization
  • Reservation Method
  • Picking Policies
  • Consignment
  • Multi-Step Routing
  • Lead Time Allocations
  • Security Lead Time Allocation
  • Putaway Rules
  • Reordering Rules
  • Product Category Management
  • Replenishment Rule Management
  • Wave Transfer Management
  • Automatic Batches Management

Invoicing

The Invoicing module in the Odoo Community edition is integrated with the Accounting module, allowing users to generate invoices for customer purchases and services directly from the Sales module. In addition, all invoicing activities are automatically reflected in the Accounting module, ensuring accurate and streamlined financial management for the company.

  • Accounting Dashboard
  • Customer Management
  • Invoice Management
  • Automatic Cut Off for Journal Entries
  • Credit Note Issuing
  • Payment Follow-ups
  • Bill Management
  • Payment Terms
  • Refund Processing
  • Localisation Specific CoA
  • Journal Management
  • General Ledger
  • Partner Ledger
  • Accounting Firms Mode
  • Recurring Account Moves Management
  • Bank to Bank Transfers
  • Bank to Cash Transfers
  • Payment Reconciliation
  • Bank Reconciliation
  • General Ledger
  • Tax Reports
  • Analytic Reports
  • Tax Management
  • Cash Basis Tax Configuration
  • Multi-Currency Support
  • Continental Accounting
  • Storno accounting Management
  • Fiscal Period Setting
  • Margin Analysis
  • Reconciliation Models
  • Incoterms
  • Bank Account Management
  • Tax Mapping Techniques
  • Account Mapping Techniques
  • Payment Acquirers
  • Saved Payment Data
  • Product Category Management
  • Cash Rounding
  • Analytic Accounting
  • Credit Limit by Partner

Manufacturing

With the Odoo Manufacturing module available in the Community edition, businesses can define a complete manufacturing process by setting up work centers, operations, machine usage, bill of materials, and other related elements. Additionally, the Manufacturing module integrates directly with Inventory, HR management, Sales, and other supporting operations, enabling automated manufacturing workflows and streamlining routine processes for greater efficiency.

  • Product Manufacturing
  • Work Order Management
  • Scrap Management
  • Workcenter Management
  • Unbuilding Orders
  • BoM Management
  • Manual MO Consumption
  • Kit Valuation
  • Product Management
  • Product Variant Management
  • Tracking Product Moves
  • Subcontracting
  • Product Kit Management
  • Manufacture Order Analysis
  • Split and Merge MOs
  • Work Order Analysis
  • Overall Equipment Effectiveness
  • By Product Management
  • Security Lead Time
  • Timer
  • Operation Dependencies

Maintenance

Whether it is preventive maintenance carried out as needed or periodic maintenance scheduled at fixed intervals, the Odoo Maintenance module helps manage equipment upkeep efficiently. Within the module, businesses can define maintenance periods for each piece of equipment, allow employees to generate maintenance requests, and enable managers to oversee and track the entire process.

  • Maintenance Dashboard
  • Maintenance Request Management
  • Corrective Maintenance
  • Preventive Maintenance
  • Equipment Management
  • Maintenance Team Management
  • Equipment Category Management
  • Maintenance Request Analysis

HR Module

Human resource management is a vital function for every company, and Odoo provides dedicated HR modules to handle all related operations. These include Recruitment, Attendance, Payroll, Time Off, Approvals, and several other tools designed to configure and efficiently run the HR processes of your business.

  • Employee Management
  • Employee Contract management
  • Employee Challenge management
  • Department management
  • Employee presence Control
  • Employee presence analysis
  • Employee Update Rights
  • Employee Recruitment
  • Job Posting
  • Interview application management
  • CV Digitization
  • Interview form designing
  • Designing survey forms
  • Employee attendance management
  • Employee leave management
  • Employee leave allocation management
  • Time off type management
  • Employee timesheet management
  • Timesheet billing
  • Expense management
  • Expense Dashboard
  • Stress Days by Department
  • Expense Approvals
  • Expense reimburse in Payslip
  • Expense product management
  • Expense analysis
  • Employee Lunch Management
  • Lunch overdraft allocation
  • Lunch Order Management
  • Employee Account management
  • Fleet management
  • Fleet End Date Contract Alert

Project

Projects within a company should be managed efficiently without disrupting the smooth flow of operations. The Odoo Project module allows businesses to define multiple projects, assign employees, create tasks and subtasks, and carry out various management and control activities to ensure effective project execution.

  • Project management
  • Task management
  • Sub task management
  • Recurring Tasks Planning
  • Recurring Tasks management
  • Customer Rating
  • Project Profitability calculation
  • Services Invoicing Policies: Milestones and Manual
  • Collaborative Pads
  • Tracking time spent
  • Smart Task Scheduling

Website & Ecommerce

The Website module in the Odoo platform is an integrated application that allows businesses to manage both their company website and e-commerce platform for product sales. It also includes a powerful website builder that enables users to design and customize attractive websites with a variety of distinctive themes.

  • Website Management
  • Website Builders
  • Wide snippets and themes
  • website order management
  • E-shop management
  • Abandoned cart management
  • Coupon and promotion programs
  • E-Commerce product category management
  • Buy Now Button
  • Product management
  • Shared Customer Accounts Management
  • Back in Stock Notification
  • Product variant management
  • Pricelist and Discount Management
  • Tax Management
  • Digital Product Management
  • Website Theme Management
  • Website Language Management
  • User Accounts Management
  • Customer Account Management
  • Online Product Comparison
  • Manage Product Availability
  • Sign in/up at checkout Process
  • Prevent Sale of Products
  • Price Management
  • Multi-Currency Support
  • Shipping Methods
  • Order Follow Ups
  • Invoicing Policy Management
  • Web Push Notifications (Social App)
  • SEO Tools
  • Online Sale Analysis
  • Blogs and Forum
  • Live Chat Management
  • Coupons, Loyalty Cards and eWallets

Point of Sale

The Odoo POS module enables businesses to run retail shop operations effectively, functioning as a complete counter-sale application. It is directly integrated with the Sales, Inventory, and Accounting modules of the platform for seamless operations. In addition, the module allows businesses to generate customer invoices and manage specific setups such as bars or restaurants with ease.

  • Shop and Restaurant/Bar Management
  • POS Interface Management
  • Floor Management
  • Table Management
  • Order Management
  • Bill Splitting
  • Cash Control
  • Product Management
  • Product Variant Management
  • Price Control
  • Tax Management
  • Discount Management
  • Payment Terminals
  • Inventory Management
  • Pricelist Management
  • Cash Rounding
  • Order Analysis

Marketing Modules

Marketing operations play a crucial role in driving product and service sales for any company. With Odoo Marketing modules, businesses can plan and execute diverse promotional campaigns using dedicated tools for Email Marketing, Social Marketing, and SMS Marketing, along with additional supporting modules that strengthen overall digital marketing efforts.

  • Email Marketing
  • Mass Mailing List Management
  • Blacklisting
  • Dedicated Server for Mailings
  • Link Tracker
  • SMS Marketing
  • Contact List Management
  • Blacklisting Contacts

E-Learning

Digital learning has transformed the way lessons and training are delivered. With the Odoo eLearning module, you can create courses, set up training programs, conduct certification exams, and evaluate candidates using customized questionnaires. In addition, the module allows you to build discussion forums for related courses and award karma points to participants based on their performance.

  • ELearning Courses
  • Certification
  • Exams and Evaluation
  • Sell On Ecommerce

Calendar

The Odoo Calendar module serves as an efficient task management tool for company operations, allowing all tasks and in-house activities to be organized based on date and time. In addition, team members involved in a task or event can be notified directly through the module, with individual user logins enabling them to access and manage their own calendars.

  • Online Appointments
  • Day to Day Activity Scheduling
  • Yearly calendar view
  • Schedule Meeting
  • Recurrent Meeting Scheduling
  • Synchronise Calendar with Google
  • Synchronise Calendar with Outlook

Discuss

The Odoo Discuss module functions as a communication platform for managing discussions related to various company operations, allowing in-house collaboration between employees and managers. It also enables users to share and post information on different topics and engage in conversations about ongoing projects, making it an effective internal communication tool.

  • Direct Messaging
  • Discussion History
  • Group/Channel Messaging
  • Inbox Mail Management
  • lead generation

Repair

The repair management operations of a company can be efficiently handled with the Odoo Repair module. Repair requests can be tracked, tasks assigned to employees, and managers can oversee the entire process. Completed products can be scheduled for delivery, while customers can be invoiced for repair charges as well as any parts or products used in the process.

  • Repair Order Management
  • Repair Analysis

Dashboard

The Odoo Dashboard is fully configurable and customizable to suit your business needs. Data can be added, modified, or removed with ease, ensuring complete flexibility. Additionally, integration with Google Sheets allows you to manage and define the required content and data seamlessly.

  • Add data to dashboard
  • Change dashboard Layout
  • Google Spreadsheet

Live Chat

The Odoo Live Chat module enhances customer support on your e-commerce store or company website by enabling real-time assistance during product and service purchases. Within this module, you can assign employees to manage conversations, monitor live chat activity, and configure operating hours and settings according to your business requirements.

  • Direct Messaging
  • Live Chat Operators
  • Leads from Live Chat
  • Visitor Management
  • Customer Rating
  • Canned Responses
  • Live Chat Welcome Message

Notes

The Odoo Notes module is a powerful productivity tool that helps businesses organize tasks, create to-do lists, and manage important notes across operations. It allows users to define, categorize, and share notes for improved collaboration. Team members can be granted access to contribute to existing notes, update content, and engage in discussions through the built-in chat functionality. This makes the Odoo Notes module an effective solution for boosting teamwork, productivity, and project organization.

  • Managing Notes
  • Managing Activities

Contact Module

The Odoo Contacts module acts as a centralized address book for managing all business relationships, including customers, vendors, partners, and employees. It allows you to store detailed contact information, categorize records based on specific criteria, and update them anytime as needed. Fully integrated with other Odoo applications such as Sales, Purchase, CRM, and Accounting, the Contacts module ensures seamless communication and quick access to important details. With this module, you can easily initiate interactions, track relationships, and maintain an organized database that supports efficient business operations.

  • Partner Management
  • Membership Management
  • Multiple Address Management