MRPeasy vs Odoo (formerly OpenERP)
Comparison last checked October 10, 2026. Every figure comes from the two product records, each with its own sources and check dates.
The short answer
Pick MRPeasy if you want manufacturing planning at a simple per-user price, from $49 per user a month with the planning engine on the first tier. Pick Odoo if you want one suite for manufacturing, stock, purchasing and accounting, want to self-host or start with one free app, and will read the Community versus Enterprise line carefully.
Choose MRPeasy if
- You want a product that is only about manufacturing, with planning included on Starter at $49 per user a month.
- You want to try it properly first: MRPeasy has a 30-day free trial.
- You do not need the API, which MRPeasy keeps for its Unlimited tier at $149 per user.
Choose Odoo if
- You want to self-host: Odoo's Community edition is free with no user limit, under LGPL-3.0.
- You want accounting in the same suite; it is one of the included apps on the Standard and Custom plans.
- You want a lower per-user price: Standard is $24.90 per user a month billed yearly for the first 12 months, then $31.10.
Key differences
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| Attribute | MRPeasy | Odoo |
|---|---|---|
| Useful entry priceWhat you pay to get the manufacturing capability, not the cheapest nominal tier. | $49 per user a monthSource: mrpeasy.com › Pricing(opens in a new tab)Checked October 9, 2026 | $24.90 per user a monthSource: odoo.com › Pricing(opens in a new tab)Checked October 9, 2026 |
| Billing basis | Per user | Per user |
| Free plan or trial | Free plan: NoFree trial: 30 days | Free plan: YesOne App Free: one app, unlimited users, on Odoo Online only. Dependencies of the chosen app come along with it. Self-hosting the Community edition is also free, with no user limit at all.Free trial: Unknown |
| Deployment and licensing | Cloud (hosted for you)Proprietary SaaS | Cloud (hosted for you), Self-hosted, On-premise (vendor-supported)Open core (LGPL-3.0) |
| Produces dated buy/make suggestionsThe output is an actionable list with dates, order this much by this date, start this batch on this date. | YesRequirement date and Action date per line. From Critical on-hand you can create a pre-filled purchase order, or a manufacturing order whose quantity is calculated to bring stock back to the reorder point.Source: mrpeasy.com › Requirements(opens in a new tab) | YesIn a 2025 vendor tutorial, the replenishment report shows a forecasted date and the request for quotation it creates carries an order deadline and an expected arrival date: "Now, when using reordering rules, ODU will remind you to order 10 days before the quantity is expected to drop below the minimum."Source: odoo.com › Manufacturing(opens in a new tab) |
| Accounting connectionSends financial data to bookkeeping software, or includes its own general ledger. | Yes"Standard accounting" is listed on all tiers, and a 2026 vendor demo shows it keeping a chart of accounts and posting journal entries automatically.Source: mrpeasy.com › Pricing(opens in a new tab) | YesAccounting is one of the included apps on the Standard and Custom plans. Full Accounting is Enterprise only on Odoo's Compare Editions table; the Community edition has Invoicing.Source: odoo.com › Pricing(opens in a new tab) |
| APIA documented programming interface so other software can read and write your data. | YesAPI access is listed, but only on the Unlimited tier at $149/user/month. Budget for that before planning any integration work.Source: mrpeasy.com › Pricing(opens in a new tab) | YesExternal API access is listed as a Custom-tier feature at $49/user/month, not available on Standard. Self-hosted Community installs are unrestricted.Source: odoo.com › Pricing(opens in a new tab) |
| Lot and batch traceabilityWhich incoming material lots went into which finished batch, and where those finished goods went. | Yes"Track inventory by lot or batch, use serial numbers and barcodes." Lot traceability is listed on all tiers including Starter.Source: mrpeasy.com › Manufacturing software(opens in a new tab) | Yes"Track components, or manufacture in batches (lots) or serial numbers. Get a clear traceability of all operations in just a click."Source: odoo.com › Manufacturing(opens in a new tab) |
What it costs at your size
Entry prices leave out users, add-ons, order limits and extra locations. Put in your own numbers and both products are worked out the same way, from each vendor's published prices.
Full comparison
Every sourced field, side by side. It opens on the rows where the two differ.
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| Attribute | MRPeasyMRPeasy · record checked October 9, 2026 | OdooOdoo S.A. · record checked October 9, 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Fit | ||
| Product classWhat kind of system it is. | Full MRP | Manufacturing ERP |
| One-line fit | The clearest small-shop system that genuinely tells you what to order and when. | An open-core ERP covering manufacturing, stock and accounting; read the Community versus Enterprise line carefully. |
| Real cost | ||
| Pricing | From $49/user/moSource: mrpeasy.com › Pricing(opens in a new tab)Checked October 9, 2026 | From $0/user/mo · $24.90/user/mo usefulSource: odoo.com › Pricing(opens in a new tab)Checked October 9, 2026 |
| Useful entry priceWhat you pay to get the manufacturing capability, not the cheapest nominal tier. | $49/user/mo | $24.90/user/mo |
| Free plan | No | YesOne App Free: one app, unlimited users, on Odoo Online only. Dependencies of the chosen app come along with it. Self-hosting the Community edition is also free, with no user limit at all. |
| Openness & data | ||
| Licensing model | Proprietary SaaS | Open coreLGPL-3.0 |
| Deployment | Cloud (hosted for you) | Cloud (hosted for you), Self-hosted, On-premise (vendor-supported) |
| Planning | ||
| Accepts dated demandYou can tell it what is due and when, sales orders with dates, a forecast, or a production schedule. | YesThe Requirements report lists purchasable items "required for specific orders (Source), when these are required (Requirement date)". Master production scheduling and sales forecasting are available from the Enterprise tier.Source: mrpeasy.com › Requirements(opens in a new tab); mrpeasy.com › Pricing(opens in a new tab) | Yes"The MPS is perfect for your S&OP meeting, to align objectives of sales people and the manufacturing department." A master production schedule is dated demand by definition.Source: odoo.com › Manufacturing(opens in a new tab) |
| Capacity planningChecks whether your people and machines can do the work in the time available. | YesThe vendor describes "a real-time overview of production capacity and resource utilization" and never double-booking jobs or materials.Source: mrpeasy.com › Production planning software(opens in a new tab) | Yes"Schedule manufacturing orders and plan resources with finite capacity planning", adjustable on a Gantt chart. Odoo's Compare Editions table marks the Manufacturing sub-row "Shopfloor, Control Panel, Scheduling" as Enterprise only, so Community does not include this scheduling.Source: odoo.com › Manufacturing(opens in a new tab); odoo.com › Editions(opens in a new tab) |
| Production | ||
| Recipes & formulasBatch-style production by weight, volume, or percentage, including scaling a batch up or down. | PartialRecipes are ordinary BOMs. The user manual says that "for process manufacturing, like food, pharmaceutics, etc., it is the formula or recipe that lists the quantities of ingredients per unit of product", and that "When a manufacturing order is created, the BOM is multiplied by the order quantity to calculate the total material requirements." So a recipe scales in a straight line with batch size, and on Professional a fixed-quantity column adds components that do not scale. Missing: a separate recipe object and any percentage, weight or yield-based formula.Source: mrpeasy.com › Bom(opens in a new tab); Vendor video, 2018, at 0:56(opens in a new tab) | Unknown |
| Shop-floor trackingOperators report progress, time, and completions as the work happens. | YesIn a 2025 vendor demo: "Workers can use two different interfaces, the detailed my production plan and the simpler internet kiosk." On a tablet or phone, operators see their assigned operations, start, pause and finish them, and report quantities, materials used and serial numbers.Source: mrpeasy.com › User manual(opens in a new tab); Vendor video, 2025, at 0:38(opens in a new tab) | Yes"The Shop Floor app helps streamline your manufacturing line. Through the tablet-optimized dashboard, you can organize workers, workcenters, worksheets, quality tests." Odoo's Compare Editions table marks the Manufacturing sub-row "Shopfloor, Control Panel, Scheduling" as Enterprise only, so the self-hosted Community edition does not include it.Source: odoo.com › Manufacturing(opens in a new tab); odoo.com › Editions(opens in a new tab) |
| Quality controlsChecks, tests, holds, and non-conformance records tied to production or receiving. | YesQuality control is listed as a Professional-tier feature, so it is not in the $49 entry plan.Source: mrpeasy.com › Pricing(opens in a new tab) | Yes"Get statistical analysis of quality issues, and set control point instantly available in the shop floor with instructions." Quality is an Enterprise-only app on Odoo's Compare Editions table.Source: odoo.com › Manufacturing(opens in a new tab); odoo.com › Editions(opens in a new tab) |
| Inventory & traceability | ||
| Expiry & shelf lifeBest-before dates on materials and finished goods, with warnings before they lapse. | YesExpiry-date management is listed as a Professional-tier addition, not part of the entry plan.Source: mrpeasy.com › Pricing(opens in a new tab) | YesOdoo's Inventory documentation says: "In Odoo, only products that are tracked using lots and serial numbers can be assigned expiration information." Each product can set expiration, best before, removal and alert dates. This is the Products Expiration Date module in the free Community edition, not an Enterprise-only feature.Source: odoo.com › Expiration dates(opens in a new tab); github.com › Manifest .py(opens in a new tab) |
| Serial numbersUnique identifiers on individual units, for warranty or field service. | YesSerial numbers are listed as a Professional-tier addition.Source: mrpeasy.com › Pricing(opens in a new tab) | YesSerial numbers are tracked alongside lots with full operation traceability.Source: odoo.com › Manufacturing(opens in a new tab) |
| Commerce & accounting | ||
| Product costing & COGSWhat it costs you to make one, and the cost of the goods you sold. | YesThe vendor describes one-click production cost and lead-time estimates, and tracking manufacturing lot costs down to the serial number.Source: mrpeasy.com › Production planning software(opens in a new tab); mrpeasy.com › Manufacturing software(opens in a new tab) | PartialCost control is described in the manufacturing-order simulation. We have not verified the costing method.Source: odoo.com › Manufacturing(opens in a new tab) |
| Accounting connectionSends financial data to bookkeeping software, or includes its own general ledger. | Yes"Standard accounting" is listed on all tiers, and a 2026 vendor demo shows it keeping a chart of accounts and posting journal entries automatically. The same demo names two outside ledgers: "MRP easy can share data with these systems through native integrations, for example, with Zero or QuickBooks Online." (The captions spell Xero as "Zero".)Source: mrpeasy.com › Pricing(opens in a new tab); Vendor video, 2026, at 2:39(opens in a new tab) | YesAccounting is one of the included apps on the Standard and Custom plans. Full Accounting is Enterprise only on Odoo's Compare Editions table; the Community edition has Invoicing.Source: odoo.com › Pricing(opens in a new tab); odoo.com › Editions(opens in a new tab) |
| Ecommerce connectionPulls orders and pushes stock levels to a storefront or marketplace. | YesThe vendor states: "Synchronizing inventory levels from MRPeasy to Shopify Go to Settings -> System settings -> Integrations -> Shopify. Click the Edit button next to your shop. Select the option ' Sync inventory levels '." From the MRPeasy user manual's Shopify page, which also covers importing Shopify orders. Checked 2026-09-14. Older vendor demos walk through the Shopify integration (2020 video: "To connect MRPeasy and Shopify, go to MRPeasy -> Settings -> System settings -> Integrations -> Shopify.") and a WooCommerce integration (2021 video), importing paid web orders and pushing stock levels back.Source: mrpeasy.com › Shopify(opens in a new tab); Vendor video, 2020, at 1:56(opens in a new tab); Vendor video, 2021(opens in a new tab) | YeseCommerce is a first-party app included on the Standard and Custom plans.Source: odoo.com › Pricing(opens in a new tab) |
| Openness & your data | ||
| APIA documented programming interface so other software can read and write your data. | YesAPI access is listed, but only on the Unlimited tier at $149/user/month. Budget for that before planning any integration work.Source: mrpeasy.com › Pricing(opens in a new tab) | YesExternal API access is listed as a Custom-tier feature at $49/user/month, not available on Standard. Self-hosted Community installs are unrestricted.Source: odoo.com › Pricing(opens in a new tab) |
| WebhooksThe system can notify other software the moment something changes. | YesWebhooks are listed alongside the API on the Unlimited tier.Source: mrpeasy.com › Pricing(opens in a new tab) | YesAutomation rules have a "Send Webhook Notification" action: "This action is used to send a POST API request with the values of the selected Fields to the webhook URL specified in the URL field." Incoming webhooks are supported too. From Odoo's Studio documentation; rules are built in Studio, which is Enterprise, or in developer mode.Source: odoo.com › Automated actions(opens in a new tab) |
| MCP supportA Model Context Protocol server, letting an AI assistant read or act on this data. Useful, but it has nothing to do with whether the product plans materials. | YesMRPeasy runs its own MCP server: "The server exposes every API v2 GET endpoint as a tool, giving the model read-only access to your manufacturing data." Read access meets our definition (read or act). Scope: read-only, it cannot create or change records, and it authenticates with an API key, which the pricing page puts on the Unlimited plan ($149/user/month, minimum two). Checked 2026-09-19.Source: mrpeasy.readme.io › Mcp(opens in a new tab); mrpeasy.com › Pricing(opens in a new tab) | Unknown |
| CSV exportYou can get your lists out as spreadsheet files. | YesIn a 2026 vendor demo of the data tables: "Finally, you can export your data in CSV or PDF format. If you apply filters before exporting, only the filtered data will be included". The pricing page's comparison table ticks "CSV import-export" on all four plans, so it is not limited to higher tiers.Source: mrpeasy.com › Pricing(opens in a new tab); Vendor video, 2026, at 4:12(opens in a new tab) | YesA 2025 vendor tutorial shows the Export action on list views, where "you can choose to save a template or you can even choose your preferred export format type, which will be Excel or CSV." The presenter says it works the same way across most Odoo apps.Source: Vendor video, 2025, at 1:36(opens in a new tab) |
| Full data exportYou can take everything, including history and relationships, not just a few screens' worth of rows. | PartialThere is a whole-database backup you can download, but it only works inside MRPeasy. The user manual: "You can download your database backup file to your computer and keep a copy," and "The MRPeasy database backup file can be used/read only in MRPeasy." A restore needs a file that is "not older than 30 days" and "downloaded from the same account it is restored to", and it erases the current database. So it protects you inside MRPeasy; it is not a portable export for leaving. List-level CSV export is recorded separately. The pricing table ticks "Database backups" on all four plans. Checked 2026-09-19.Source: mrpeasy.com › Database maintenance(opens in a new tab); mrpeasy.com › Pricing(opens in a new tab); Vendor video, 2026, at 6:20(opens in a new tab) | YesSelf-hosting the Community edition puts the PostgreSQL database in your hands.Source: github.com › Odoo(opens in a new tab) |
Common questions
- Is MRPeasy cheaper than Odoo?
- MRPeasy starts at $49 per user a month for the plan that covers manufacturing. Odoo starts at $24.90 per user a month for the plan that covers manufacturing, and also has a free plan. On those published figures Odoo is the lower of the two. Put your own users, orders and locations into the cost calculator to see what each comes to.
- Does MRPeasy or Odoo have a free plan or a free trial?
- MRPeasy has no free plan and a 30-day free trial. Odoo has a free plan and we have no trial length on record.
- Which has lot traceability, MRPeasy or Odoo?
- MRPeasy has batch and lot tracking. Odoo has batch and lot tracking.
- Does MRPeasy or Odoo tell you what to order and when?
- That is the test for material requirements planning: a dated recommendation to buy or make. MRPeasy does. Odoo does.
- Do MRPeasy and Odoo work with QuickBooks, Xero or Shopify?
- MRPeasy: an accounting integration and an e-commerce integration. Named integrations: QuickBooks, Xero, Shopify and WooCommerce. Odoo: an accounting integration and an e-commerce integration.
- Is MRPeasy or Odoo open source, and can you host it yourself?
- MRPeasy is proprietary SaaS, deployed as cloud (hosted for you). Odoo is open core (LGPL-3.0), deployed as cloud (hosted for you), self-hosted and on-premise (vendor-supported).
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How this comparison was made
The short answer and the two lists were written by an editor for this pair. Every other row and answer is read from the two product records, which cite the vendor pages behind each claim. Nobody paid to appear here or to be placed first; the order is alphabetical. How we classify and verify.