A detailed comparison between Odoo 15 and Odoo 15

Odoo 15 has got many more advanced features as compared to the last version of it. Here’s a detailed comparison between Odoo 15 and 14 shared by an Odoo expert of a leading Odoo implementation company.

With over 7 million users around the world, Odoo has proved to be the best ERP software system for businesses of all sizes and all sectors. It is a complete suite of applications that ensures to meet and streamline every unique business process. Being a globally robust ERP software system, Odoo never fails to offer its users an automated and enhanced version every year. Version 14 of the ERP was launched last year and was considered the fastest and the most technologically advanced ERP solution. And this year, again an upgraded and even better version got released and that is Odoo 15.

Version 15 is a much faster, advanced and upgraded version of the ERP that has many more new and improved features, modules, applications and comes with enhanced capabilities. While version 14 was more focused on saving employees’ time, Odoo 15 is more focused on rich features that allow businesses to operate and run more effectively and efficiently.

A detailed comparison between version 14 and 15 can help to understand how Odoo 15 is better than version 14 and what are the major improvements and advancements in version 15. Here’s all about the two versions shared by a consultant of a reliable Odoo implementation company.

Point Of Sale or the POS module:

Odoo 14: - In terms of the POS module, version 14 has two UIs. This made it pretty easy for the users to personalise the parent category and its products. There was the email billing option in it as well. Odoo 14 also has two features in the product category - consumer loyalty programs and pricing lists, which were not there in the earlier versions. The POS module in version 14 makes it easy to integrate up to 6 additional payment methods. Also, at the end of every session, users can easily update the inventory in the Point Of Sale with real-time updates.

Odoo 15: - The POS module in version 15 has two extra and advanced features apart from what was already there in Odoo 14’s POS module and these two new features are the promotions and coupons programs that are introduced in the pricing section of the module in the settings. The coupon program feature assists in creating and then saving the coupons data for later use and these coupons can be later used at the POS by choosing the products and applying the saved coupons. Also, the applied coupon will be visible to the customers on the products’ invoices. These new features in version 14 in the POS module allow users to sell products in real-time. The cash-in and cash-out features have also been added to the POS module of Odoo 15.

CRM module:

Odoo 14: In version 14’s CRM module, there was a lead generation tab that enabled the users to easily generate leads including information like the industry size, state, country, location, and other relevant factors. CRM in Odoo 14 also allowed users to easily add customers’ email addresses, phone numbers, etc.

Odoo 15: With the up-gradation of the Odoo version, the CRM module was also up-graded that improved the lead generation and lead handling activities. Now, with the CRM module in Odoo 15, users can assign leads to particular teams with the domain mechanism.

Inventory module:

Odoo 14: The inventory module in Odoo 14 had a well-designed inventory system, tabs for collecting the documents, packaging, and documents and data for internal transfer. There was a replenishment option in it as well that assisted in predicting and checking the stock of the popular items.

Odoo 15: With the inventory module of Odoo 15, users can sell website gift cards on the eCommerce sites. The module helps to generate codes when any gift card is purchased ad then send the unique codes to the customers through email or via other modes. And for multiple purchases of these gift cards, it also helps to generate multiple codes at a time.

Purchase module:

Odoo 14: In terms of the purchase module, Odoo 14 has a unified dashboard view and offers an attractive and compact display with detailed information that you need to issue and the pending data as well. A confirmation prompt is another feature you can find in the purchase module of version 14.

Odoo 15: The purchase dashboard in version 15 delivers an elegant and accurate view of the entire dashboard including all purchase graphs and numbers. This dashboard offers sufficient data for calculating the untaxed and taxed total.

Website features and functions:

Odoo 14: Some other website features and functions in Odoo 14 are Google analytics and other functioning tools that are there in the console, which can be run using the configured parameters in the website module of version 14.

Odoo 15: The website module in Odoo 15 has share buttons that can be used for sharing various things on the social media pages of the website via the website portal, and many more advanced features.

So, that was a complete comparison between the previous and the latest version of the ERP. Now, hope you can get to understand how version 15 can be a better choice for your business and why you should migrate to it now.

Alex Forsyth is a reliable and experienced Odoo consultant associated with an award-winning Odoo implementation company in Sydney, Envertis Software Solutions. The author has written this article to let you know how Odoo 15 is better than Odoo 14 and what are the key differences between the two.

Alex Forsyth is one of the expert app developers in Sydney who is working for Envertis, an earmarked Australian company for mobile app development which has been delivering dynamic and revenue-centric apps to businesses.