Odoo and Onfinity are both open source ERPs. Both have a free edition. Both have paid
\n editions. So the question is not “which one is open source”. The question is what is
\n inside each edition, and what you pay for.<\/p>\n
This post answers that in plain terms. At the end, three questions decide which one
\n fits.<\/p>\n
Odoo<\/strong> has two editions. Odoo Community is free and open source. Odoo Onfinity<\/strong> has four editions. Pluto is free and open source. It has So the free edition is different in each. In Odoo, the accounts are paid. In Onfinity, In Onfinity, CGST, SGST and IGST follow the place of supply. Nobody chooses the tax on Odoo also has an Indian localisation for GST. Which parts of it need the Enterprise Both products have a manufacturing app. The difference is in the details that matter In Onfinity, the MRP run<\/a> explodes For Odoo, the manufacturing features change by version and by edition. The edition In Onfinity, payroll is ₹70 per employee per month. It runs In Odoo, Payroll is part of the Enterprise edition, with an Indian localisation.<\/p>\n Odoo is written in Python and runs on PostgreSQL. Onfinity is written in C# on .NET This matters for one reason: who will maintain it. If your IT team knows .NET and
\n Enterprise is paid, per user per month. The Accounting app and Payroll are part of
\n Enterprise. Community has invoicing. The prices are on odoo.com.<\/p>\n
\n the full accounts<\/a>: ledger,
\n payables, receivables, bank and cash. It also has materials, purchase, sales, customers,
\n manufacturing, projects and HR. What Pluto does not have is Indian GST, e-Invoicing and
\n payroll. Those start at Onfinity SME Cloud: ₹1,999 per user per month, plus
\n ₹70 per employee per month for payroll and self-service. Nova, for several plants
\n or entities, is priced on request. All
\n of this is on one page<\/a>, with what is not in the licence.<\/p>\n
\n the accounts are free and the Indian tax is paid.<\/p>\nAccounts and GST<\/h2>\n
\n each invoice. The e-Invoice with its IRN and signed QR code comes from the invoice. The
\n e-Way bill is generated from the same document, and can be cancelled from it. TDS is
\n deducted on bills and on payments, at different rates when needed. TCS is handled on the invoice. PAN, TAN and the
\n MSME flag are on the party record. HSN and SAC codes are on the product.<\/p>\n
\n edition is on odoo.com. Check that before you compare prices.<\/p>\nThe plant<\/h2>\n
\n on an Indian shop floor.<\/p>\n
\n the bill of material level by level. A make to order work order carries the sales order
\n line it was made for. Quality is checked against a tolerance band, with the measured
\n value recorded. And job work<\/a> is
\n costed: material sent to the job worker, material received back, and the charge, all on
\n the same job. In India, that last one matters more than most.
\n (Five
\n places job work cost disappears.<\/a>)<\/p>\n
\n comparison on odoo.com is the place to check work orders, quality and planning.<\/p>\nPayroll<\/h2>\n
\n from attendance
\n and leave to the payslip<\/a>: EPF, ESI, professional tax and TDS on the same run.
\n Employees see their payslips and apply for leave themselves.<\/p>\nThe technology<\/h2>\n
\n and runs on PostgreSQL or Oracle. Both can run in the cloud or on your own servers.<\/p>\n
\n PostgreSQL or Oracle, Onfinity is familiar. If it knows Python, Odoo is familiar.<\/p>\nWho sets it up<\/h2>\n