[pinky07]

> you end up paying more money for "open source" ERP than normal ERP

That's not what I see on the market. Even the paying version of Odoo is way more affordable than traditional ERP:

- licenses are 5x lower than competition: https://www.odoo.com/pricing (avg 25€/user/month vs 180€ for Netsuite - Odoo has a "no-extra" / transparent pricing policy)

- On implementation service fees, Odoo is usually from 30% to 75% cheaper: more capabilities and easier to implement or customize.

As a result of capabilities + affordable, Odoo became the most used ERP in the world: 16m users (incl free ones), 200k+ clients. (Netsuite is 43k clients, Dynamics BC is 40k clients)

Disclaimer: I am the founder of Odoo.

[esperent]

> licenses are 5x lower than competition

The competition licenses include support (like that netsuite €180 license). Odoo doesn't.

When you factor in finding another company to provide support them Odoo becomes easily equal in cost to other options. Or you have to do it yourself which is also very expensive (in time rather than money).

Also for some weird reason the Odoo forum is incredibly locked down. After a year of using it, I hadn't even earned enough trust to comment, let alone ask a question.

[pinky07]

The Odoo support is free, you can test it here https://odoo.com/help

[RaftPeople]

> That's not what I see on the market. Even the paying version of Odoo is way more affordable than traditional ERP:

The system looks well organized and clearly built by people with knowledge of the domain(s), but traditional ERP has significantly more depth in functionality, I don't think that comparison makes sense at this point in time.

[majewsky]

> Disclaimer: I am the founder of Odoo.

Oh hey, it's my favorite pet peeve. When flagging a potential conflict of interest, the word is "Disclosure". "Disclaimer" means "I'm just a random guy who cannot assume responsibility for what they're saying", like in IANAL.