SOMETIMES, PEOPLE GET CONFUSED by odoo's
licensing cost
Odoo has an easy licensing process that works well for all sizes of
businesses. Whether you are a 5-person business or a 2000-person
business, Odoo makes it easy for you so that you do not have to pay
for features you do not use compared to other ERPs.
In the growing scenario of Odoo, most of
the business organisations are migrating to Odoo open
ERP for its vast application and ease. Odoo licensing
consultancies can provide you partners with right knowledge
on the licensing rules and regulations of odoo. They will
guide you to choose the versions of odoo that are best fit
for your business organisation. The licensing is different
for both community version and enterprise version. Community
version is open while for enterprise,it is licenced.
The applications provided by Odoo are either paid or free
apps. Even Though there are concerns on modifying, reselling
and creating closed apps, a partner with the right knowledge
in AGPL, LGPLv3, MIT licenses can lead you to choose the
right versions and applications needed to run your business
smoothly and cost effectively. They can guide you for
choosing only those applications that are exactly needed
and good for your company's financial health at less cost
and that cover the entire business operations as well.
Moreover, Odoo is open source there are some
guidelines and rules regarding the odoo apps modification,
reselling etc to be concerned. So Odoo Licensing consultancy can
lead you to grow your business without making any legal issues on
those odoo licensing policies and protects you from getting penalties
on those violations.
TYPES OF ODOO LICENSING
Odoo Enterprise License
Odoo Enterprise Falls Under Version V1.0. Suppose,
If You Don’t Have A Valid Subscription To This Version, You Can’t Execute,
Modify Or Even Execute After Modifying The Odoo Enterprise Edition.
The Only People Who Are Allowed To Make Any Modifications Or Executions
Are Odoo Partners. It Is An Illegal Act To Distribute, Sell Or Sublicense
The Odoo Enterprise Edition Or Its Modified Versions. If You’re A Subscriber,
You Can Use Odoo Modules Along With The Odoo Enterprise Version, With Or
Without The License.
Odoo Free App License
One Can Build New Free Apps In Both Enterprise And
Community Versions. With Odoo Enterprise, You Can Use The Free Apps With Any License
That Are Available On The Odoo App Store As Community Version Comes Under LGPL
(Lesser General Public License), They Can Publish And Distribute Free Apps With
Any License.
Odoo Community License
Odoo Community Falls Under The GNU Lesser GPL
Version (LGPLv3) Acquired From GPL. It Is By Free Software Foundation Inc.
Moving On To GPL, It Is The Most Conventional Version That Allows The License
Owner To Use The Covered Software For Their Organization. The Scenario Changes
A Bit In LGPL, As The License Owner Can Use The Software Along With The Same
Privileges As In GPL.
Odoo Paid App License
One Can Use Odoo Paid App License For Paid
Add-Ons Available On The App Store. If You Wish To Use Those Add-Ons,
You Will Have To Buy Them Or Get A Written Document From The Author.
It Is Illegal To Distribute, Sell Or Sublicense Them. But, You Can Use
Them With The License As A Library And Also Import Features Without Taking
Anything From The Add-Ons.
ODOO LICENSING COSTS
As an Odoo customer, you can choose Odoo Online
(SAAS - no custom modules allowed) or Odoo SH
(Odoo hosted solution with custom modules allowed)
and self-hosted on the cloud. The latter is preferred
if you have a lot of Cronjobs and integrated external
APIs like EDI. At Confianz Global, we use AWS and Digital
Ocean for our customers.
Odoo Community is 100% free and needs to be hosted on-premise
or on the cloud-like AWS or Digital Ocean.
Odoo licensing costs can be paid monthly or yearly
depending on where you host. The monthly option is available
for Odoo SAAS and Odoo SH. If you are hosting on AWS or any
other cloud data center, you have to pay the Odoo license
cost yearly.
The Odoo license agreement gives you access to use Odoo
unconditionally, as far as you do not add an unlicensed
user or install an Odoo app that you did not pay for.
The Odoo licensing system sends a ping to the Odoo
licensing server frequently and if it detects an unpaid user or app,
it will immediately show an alert to the administrator along with a
Purchase Order to pay for the newly installed app or license that has
been utilized. This additional cost is prorated to make it a seamless
billing. You will also see a notification when you log in to your
Odoo saying your database will expire in x number of days because of
unpaid licenses or apps being installed.
It is very important that you pay for the difference or uninstall
the unused app or remove the extra user. If your database is locked,
it will create delays in your day-to-day business activities using Odoo.
The Odoo Enterprise agreement is non-transferable, meaning if you bought
the licenses for your business, you cannot transfer this license or sell
it to another company.