Odoo vs. Zendesk Sunshine

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Odoo
Score 7.3 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Odoo, from the Belgium-headquartered multinational company of the same name, is a suite of business applications for managing the sales pipeline. It also comprises a PoS and inventory management modules, scaling to a warehouse or retail management solution.
$31.10
per month per user
Zendesk Sunshine
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
Sunshine is the foundation beneath Zendesk that can be used by customers to build their own customer engagement solutions. Sunshine can be configured to meet the user's business needs using its available apps, tools, and pre-built capabilities that fits the user's own systems. Sunshine uses open standards and common languages, so it’s easier to create a support platform from a modified Zendesk, that may better suit the organization's specific needs.N/A
Pricing
OdooZendesk Sunshine
Editions & Modules
Standard
$31.10
per month per user
Custom
$46.70
per month per user
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
OdooZendesk Sunshine
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup Fee-$49,321,250 per app/ per user/ per monthNo setup fee
Additional DetailsA discount is offered for new users for the first 12 months of use for the initial users purchased. ($24.90 instead of $31.10 for Standard)
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Community Pulse
OdooZendesk Sunshine
Features
OdooZendesk Sunshine
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Odoo
5.2
10 Ratings
34% below category average
Zendesk Sunshine
-
Ratings
Pay calculation7.59 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration7.88 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct deposit files8.69 Ratings00 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Odoo
8.2
13 Ratings
10% above category average
Zendesk Sunshine
-
Ratings
API for custom integration8.211 Ratings00 Ratings
Plug-ins8.113 Ratings00 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Odoo
8.4
14 Ratings
1% above category average
Zendesk Sunshine
-
Ratings
Single sign-on capability9.410 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-based user permissions7.414 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Odoo
7.0
16 Ratings
4% below category average
Zendesk Sunshine
-
Ratings
Dashboards6.616 Ratings00 Ratings
Standard reports6.916 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom reports7.616 Ratings00 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
Odoo
4.6
13 Ratings
50% below category average
Zendesk Sunshine
-
Ratings
Accounts payable7.013 Ratings00 Ratings
Accounts receivable7.013 Ratings00 Ratings
Global Financial Support6.112 Ratings00 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers6.512 Ratings00 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations6.213 Ratings00 Ratings
Configurable Accounting6.813 Ratings00 Ratings
Standardized Processes5.912 Ratings00 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
Odoo
6.4
18 Ratings
21% below category average
Zendesk Sunshine
-
Ratings
Inventory tracking8.118 Ratings00 Ratings
Automatic reordering8.116 Ratings00 Ratings
Location management8.515 Ratings00 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
Odoo
6.0
16 Ratings
26% below category average
Zendesk Sunshine
-
Ratings
Pricing8.316 Ratings00 Ratings
Order entry8.416 Ratings00 Ratings
Credit card processing7.513 Ratings00 Ratings
Cost of goods sold8.314 Ratings00 Ratings
Order Orchestration7.712 Ratings00 Ratings
Subledger and Financial Process
Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Product A and Product B
Odoo
2.9
12 Ratings
88% below category average
Zendesk Sunshine
-
Ratings
Billing Management7.212 Ratings00 Ratings
Cash and Asset Management6.711 Ratings00 Ratings
Travel & Expense Management6.211 Ratings00 Ratings
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting4.910 Ratings00 Ratings
Period Close7.110 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Financial Management
Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Product A and Product B
Odoo
1.0
6 Ratings
153% below category average
Zendesk Sunshine
-
Ratings
Budgeting and Forecasting1.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Costing1.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Cost Capture1.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Capital Project Management1.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer Contract Compliance1.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Revenue Recognition1.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Execution Management
Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Product A and Product B
Odoo
3.1
8 Ratings
77% below category average
Zendesk Sunshine
-
Ratings
Project Planning and Scheduling9.08 Ratings00 Ratings
Task Insight for Project Managers9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Mobile Functionality8.77 Ratings00 Ratings
Definable Resource Pools8.37 Ratings00 Ratings
Grants Management
Comparison of Grants Management features of Product A and Product B
Odoo
3.1
8 Ratings
81% below category average
Zendesk Sunshine
-
Ratings
Award Lifecycle Management9.37 Ratings00 Ratings
Procurement
Comparison of Procurement features of Product A and Product B
Odoo
7.6
11 Ratings
8% above category average
Zendesk Sunshine
-
Ratings
Bids Analyzed and Compared7.97 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract Authoring5.97 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract Repository6.57 Ratings00 Ratings
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated7.710 Ratings00 Ratings
Supplier Management7.28 Ratings00 Ratings
Risk Management
Comparison of Risk Management features of Product A and Product B
Odoo
9.7
5 Ratings
38% above category average
Zendesk Sunshine
-
Ratings
Risk Repository10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Control Management9.75 Ratings00 Ratings
Control Efficiency Assessments9.34 Ratings00 Ratings
Issue Detection10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Remediation and Certification10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Logistics
Comparison of Logistics features of Product A and Product B
Odoo
6.7
7 Ratings
2% below category average
Zendesk Sunshine
-
Ratings
Transportation Planning and Optimization8.75 Ratings00 Ratings
Transportation Execution Management9.75 Ratings00 Ratings
Trade and Customs Management9.24 Ratings00 Ratings
Fulfillment Management8.86 Ratings00 Ratings
Warehouse Workforce Management9.75 Ratings00 Ratings
Manufacturing
Comparison of Manufacturing features of Product A and Product B
Odoo
7.9
9 Ratings
7% above category average
Zendesk Sunshine
-
Ratings
Production Process Design6.86 Ratings00 Ratings
Production Management6.17 Ratings00 Ratings
Configuration Management7.86 Ratings00 Ratings
Work Execution8.17 Ratings00 Ratings
Manufacturing Costs8.37 Ratings00 Ratings
Supply Chain
Comparison of Supply Chain features of Product A and Product B
Odoo
8.2
11 Ratings
13% above category average
Zendesk Sunshine
-
Ratings
Forecasting8.211 Ratings00 Ratings
Inventory Planning8.111 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Monitoring7.410 Ratings00 Ratings
Product Lifecycle Management
Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Product A and Product B
Odoo
8.7
6 Ratings
18% above category average
Zendesk Sunshine
-
Ratings
Proposal Management9.86 Ratings00 Ratings
Product Master Data Management9.26 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
OdooZendesk Sunshine
Likelihood to Recommend
7.1
(22 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
1.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.3
(14 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
1.0
(6 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
OdooZendesk Sunshine
Likelihood to Recommend
Odoo
It is well suited for inventory tracking, shipping and sales work flows. While some customization is needed to make it functional, if done correctly Odoo can serves as a powerful one stop shop for all of a businesses needs. The ease of customization for email templates, both for sales communications and marketing outreach leaves something to be desired. Perhaps our team hasn't explored this fully enough. I have personally found it intimidating in trying to construct a news letter using the email marketing module
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Zendesk
For growing technology-based companies, Zendesk Sunshine is the best ally to provide email and chat support. It supports various integrations and can provide exceptional service that is fully customizable for both the customer and the agents using Zendesk. It is not appropriate for small companies, and for companies with a very small customer base, it is a considerable expense after a customer base of at least 10,000 customers.
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Pros
Odoo
  • The creation of products is extremely simple, I like that it does not complicate you to put a lot of detail, of course if you want to put more detailed information later it allows you to do it without problems
  • The fact that I can manage my inventory of my warehouse is very convenient, I only generate my stock report of the products we have in stock and taking inventory is easier
  • The management of opportunities in the CRM is also great, because the guys from the sales department generate their opportunity, place what their client is requiring and we, the logisticians, can automatically generate the quote for what they are requesting, and from there they can only download their quote and send it to their clients.
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Zendesk
  • Customization and ability to create customer profiles
  • Easy integration with other tools and rich history of customer actions.
  • Provides a fully intuitive interface
  • Very good ways to analyze
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Cons
Odoo
  • Customer service is nonexistent. You will need a 3rd party to assist you.
  • The system has an open app for integrating with other programs. These are developed by third parties and can be hit or miss in functionality.
  • The system offers great flexibility; however, it is too much and requires coding. For example, changing a Sales order PDF requires coding to modify the document.
  • Initial implementation is clunky and seems to require a 3rd party just for setup.
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Zendesk
  • There are some glitches when doing upgrades on information or data, sometimes
  • It is difficult to find tickets once they are solved, we could have a tracking of the most recent or solved tickets during the day.
  • The integration or merge with other tickets from the same client is not intuitive at all, there should be an alert that throws a match.
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Usability
Odoo
Once you complete the training with Odoo, you have a great grasp of how the system works, and most every feature is intuitive- There is rarely a task within Odoo that I get frustrated trying to figure out- I can typically look through the system and find what I need to do, and if I ever do need support, the Odoo Support team is excellent
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Zendesk
Because it is a tool that we use on a daily basis and has provided confidence for the massive use that is given to it, it has also been the expected product, allowing customization and optimizing processes, saving us a lot of money and time. Definitely, the ability to track customers and the way to automate all customer support processes becomes totally easy and intuitive.
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Support Rating
Odoo
Easy - there is NO SUPPORT (like in ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!!!!!). Even for legally mandatory requirements where the system MUST work, they will gladly take a month to get back to you with a NON-answer. We couldn't even get our bank statements correctly into Odoo for 2 months - leading to no reconciliation and the company accounts were a mess (still are!!) as a result - Completely irresponsible. Have not EVEN had an apology from Odoo - they couldn't care less !!
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Zendesk
Due to the implementation and the few issues that ha In summary, there are few times that we have had to use this functionality, but the help that Zendesk has provided has been of another level, complying with our standards and SLAs so as not to interfere in the operation or processes.ve arisen, it is a platform that provides a fast, intuitive and tailor-made service for each user.
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Alternatives Considered
Odoo
We decided to go with Odoo over Netsuite due to a few factors. Price was a big reason why, Netsuite is the most expensive ERP we vetted. I also did not have a great experience with Netsuite at my last job. I was on the roll out team and it did not work as promised for POS, inventory managing or reporting, it crashed constantly in the middle of using it. Just over all very poor. Considering it is owned by Oracle and the most expensive, you would think it would be able to function on some sort of base level. That company ended up terminating their contract with Netsuite early and going with a different company.
We don't have crashing or error issues. I can complete receives, cycle counts etc and all of my information saves. Visually, Odoo is more satisfying also.
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Zendesk
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Return on Investment
Odoo
  • In older versions, it was super expensive to make it even work. You had to hire third-party developers all the time.
  • Newest versions have better built in functionality.
  • Cost is pretty high. Odoo plus developers to support it could bankrupt a small business.
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Zendesk
  • Agility and improved response times
  • Improved customer relationship/engagement
  • Integration and tracking capabilities for customer growth phases.
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ScreenShots

Odoo Screenshots

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