Platform · 03
Odoo
Open-source, modular, customizable — ERP for special processes.
Modular open-source ERP with maximum customizability. Cloud or on-premise. When standard software cannot capture your special process — Odoo can.
Screenshot pending
Odoo web client — modular apps in one interface, highly customizable.
- Hosting
- Odoo SH, self-hosted, or Mate iT hosting
- Language
- Fully translated to German
- Licensing
- Community (free) or Enterprise per user/month
- Privacy
- Self-hosting: 100% control. Cloud: EU region.
- Customizability
- Open-source — custom modules, custom code
- Target segment
- Companies with special processes or compliance needs
Modules
What it does.
The building blocks we typically combine for our mid-market setups — not a complete list, just what's used in practice.
ERP Core · Sales, Purchase, Inventory
Full ERP with purchasing, warehouse, orders. Comparable to weclapp, but more deeply customizable.
Manufacturing · MRP
Bills of materials, production orders, material requirements planning. For complex manufacturing often better than weclapp due to deeper configurability.
Accounting
Accounting with DATEV module (Community) or native German localization (Enterprise). Multi-tenant capable.
Project & Timesheets
Project planning, time tracking, task boards. Strong for project-based services and agencies.
Studio · Low-Code
Custom fields, forms, workflows without code — and unlimited with code. Module extensions are first-class citizens.
POS & E-Commerce
Native point-of-sale for retail, native webshop. All on one data model — no sync tool needed.
In production
What it actually looks like.
Showcase screenshot pending
Mate iT setups
How we deploy it.
Manufacturing with custom machines · 60 employees
Standard ERPs could not model the maintenance and service process. Odoo plus a customized service module — maintenance plans, field service app, automated service emails. Delivered in 14 weeks.
Food producer · batch traceability
Food law requires full traceability. Odoo MRP plus Quality plus a custom IFS-compliance module. Audit passed, supplier certification automated.
Agency · 25 consultants, project-based business
Project plus Timesheets plus Sales plus Accounting in one setup. Mobile time tracking, automated invoicing on project milestones, DATEV export.
Trigger
When it fits.
If you recognise yourself in several of these, Odoo is a serious option.
- You have already evaluated standard ERPs and realized: your process does not fit the standard pattern.
- You have compliance or security requirements that demand self-hosting.
- You want long-term technological sovereignty — open source means you remain master of your data and logic.
- You have an internal IT team or Mate iT as a partner — Odoo is powerful, but not a tool for casual users.
- You want to grow your ERP into areas no standard tool covers — customer portal, IoT integration, industry modules.
FAQ
Frequent questions.
What prospects typically ask about Odoo — and how we'd answer based on 400+ projects.
Community or Enterprise — which Odoo edition is right? +
Rule of thumb: if you're planning a production ERP rollout in the mid-market, Odoo Enterprise serves you better. Enterprise includes Studio (low-code), better performance, native mobile apps, native EU localizations, and official vendor support — saving 20–30 % of implementation effort. Community is free but functionally reduced; useful when you have an internal dev team or a test setup. For 80 % of our mid-market customers we recommend Enterprise — license cost is amortized through saved custom development.
How long does an Odoo rollout with Mate iT take? +
For a typical mid-market setup we plan 12–20 weeks from kick-off to go-live — 1–4 weeks longer than weclapp because Odoo offers more configuration and customization depth. Discovery + Blueprint 3–5 weeks, setup + customizing 5–8 weeks, data migration + interfaces 2–4 weeks, testing + training 2–3 weeks, hypercare 4–8 weeks. With special processes (manufacturing with custom modules, industry-specific workflows) plan 18–28 weeks.
Which industries fit Odoo particularly well? +
Odoo typically wins for: manufacturing with special machines or service components, project-based service firms (agencies, consultancies), food/pharma with compliance requirements (batch traceability, IFS, GMP), companies with multi-entity or multi-country needs, firms with IT sovereignty requirements (self-hosting, open source). When your standard ERP vendor says 'that doesn't work that way' or 'we need custom development', Odoo is often the more elegant answer.
Why Odoo and not weclapp or Zoho? +
We recommend the system that fits the architecture. Odoo typically wins when: you want open-source sovereignty (self-hosting possible), you have very individual processes that no standard ERP covers, you need international setup with multi-currency/multi-language, you work project-based (Project + Timesheets strongly integrated). weclapp wins for DACH standard wholesale/manufacturing with DATEV focus. Zoho One wins when CRM/marketing/helpdesk are equal weight to ERP. Comparison: /en/blog/weclapp-vs-odoo-vs-zoho.
Hosting: Odoo SH, Mate iT hosting, or self-hosted — what when? +
Three variants: (1) Odoo SH — vendor cloud, EU region (Frankfurt), 50–100 €/user/month. Setup convenience, less control. (2) Mate iT hosting — Hetzner/IONOS EU servers, operated by us, ~200–500 €/month plus server license. Full configuration access, German support team. (3) Self-hosted at your premises — maximum sovereignty, your own infrastructure. With ISO-27001/KRITIS requirements or strict GDPR maximalism the only option. For 70 % of our customers we recommend variant 2 — cloud convenience, self-hosted control.
What does an Odoo rollout cost? +
Enterprise license: ~30–50 € per user/month. Implementation with Mate iT: typically 40,000–90,000 € for a mid-market setup, depending on customization depth, interfaces and industry specifics. Over three years: licenses ~15–20 % of total budget, implementation 40–55 %, hosting + maintenance 15–20 %, ongoing adjustments 15–25 %. With special processes (custom modules) Odoo often runs 20–30 % above comparable weclapp setups because more engineering is involved — in return you get process depth that standard ERPs don't reach.
Next step
Let's sit down together.
30 minutes of Zoom or phone. You tell us where you stand, we help sort it out. If Odoo fits, we'll say so. If not — also.