Akaunting vs Odoo
We give Akaunting a 2.2 GPA and Odoo a 3.2, out of 4.0. Odoo grades higher on value for money, the free plan and features. They get the same grade on ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Akaunting
Open-source accounting you can host yourself or use in the cloud
Odoo
Business app suite whose Accounting app is free when used on its own
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAAkauntingFair | 3.2GPAOdooVery good | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CThe cheap prices leave out the main bits. Self-hosting is free or $72 a year and Standard Cloud is $8 a month, but double-entry and bank feeds start on Premium Cloud at $24 a month yearly, about this category's middle. | AThe Accounting app is free on its own, hosted by Odoo, for unlimited users and several companies. You pay only once you add a second app, and then it's per user: Standard is $24.90 a month for the first year, then $31.10, billed yearly. |
| Free plan and trial | CThe open-source edition is free, but you run it on your own server, and it's 1 company, 1 user plus an accountant and 1,000 invoices, with no double-entry reports or bank feeds. Cloud plans have a trial of unstated length. | AOne App Free gives you Accounting for unlimited users with no time limit, so no normal business hits a cap. The limit is one app: adding Expenses, Inventory or anything else moves everyone to a paid plan. |
| Features | CInvoices, bills, sales tax, currencies and reports in the core, with double-entry, bank feeds, payroll, inventory and projects as apps. The listing's own notes say the free and cheapest plans go without the ledger and bank feeds. | BBank sync with 28,000+ banks, AI matching, bill and receipt capture, invoices, late-payment follow-ups, deferrals, real-time reports and taxes and e-invoicing set up by country. That's the whole job, though bill scanning runs on credits bought separately. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. You either sign up for the cloud version or set up your own server, then choose which apps to add before the books are complete. That's a learning curve. | CNo store rating on record. Charts of accounts and taxes come set up for your country, which helps, but it's a big system, and implementation help is sold separately. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with no phone or desktop app. What lifts it is the connections: Shopify, Stripe and Google, plus bank feeds in the US, Canada, the UK, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. | BWeb, iPhone and Android, with Stripe, PayPal and Adyen, plus bank sync worldwide. There's no desktop app, and the API needs the Custom plan. |
| Best for | open-source books you can host yourself | full accounting free for any number of users |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Akaunting and Odoo. How we grade
Price against what you get
Akaunting starts at $6 a month when paid by the year and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Odoo starts at $2.07 a month when paid by the year and scores 2.7.
Odoo scores higher and starts $3.93 a month lower. Of the other accounting and invoicing tools on the chart, 2 score higher than Akaunting for less, and 1 scores higher than Odoo for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Akaunting starts at $72 per year, self-hosted. Odoo starts at $31.10 per user / month, billed annually, after $24.90 for the first 12 months.
- Only Odoo lists iOS and Android apps.
At a glance
| Akaunting | Odoo | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $72 per year, self-hosted | $31.10 per user / month, billed annually, after $24.90 for the first 12 months |
| Free plan | Standard On-Premise: the free, open-source edition you host yourself, for 1 company, 1 user plus 1 accountant and 1,000 invoices, with forum support. Apps cost extra. | One App Free: any one app, such as Accounting or Invoicing, plus the apps it depends on, for unlimited users on Odoo Online, free with no time limit. |
| Free trial | Free trial of each cloud plan; the length is not stated | Free trial of the paid plans, no credit card required |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Akaunting | Odoo |
| Price read from | akaunting.com | odoo.com |
| Checked | Oct 17, 2026 | Oct 17, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Akaunting
- Businesses that want to own and host their accounting data
- Accountants managing books for many small companies
- Teams outside the US, with translations in 50+ languages
Odoo
- Businesses that want full double-entry accounting free for any number of users
- Companies that expect to add inventory, sales or HR apps on the same system
- Businesses that need their country's charts of accounts, taxes and e-invoicing
Worth knowing
Akaunting
- The free self-hosted edition and Standard Cloud lack double-entry reports and bank feeds; those come from Premium Cloud or as paid apps.
- Self-hosted plans include no apps at all; Elite and Ultimate On-Premise cost $168 and $684 a year before any apps.
- Payroll, inventory, projects and estimates need Elite Cloud or separate app purchases on lower plans.
- The free self-hosted edition is supported only through the community forum; ticket support comes with the paid plans.
Odoo
- Odoo is a wider suite: a second app moves you to a paid plan priced per user for every app, and on paid plans Studio or several companies mean Custom.
- The advertised prices are a 12-month discount for the users first ordered; plans then renew at $31.10 or $61 a user a month, billed yearly.
- Every backend user pays, including an outside accountant and staff who log expenses; limited-access employees can be $8.90 Light Users via an advisor.
- Not included: implementation services, Odoo.sh hosting, and in-app credits for text messages and AI bill scanning.
Key features
Akaunting
- Invoices, bills and payments
- Unlimited customers, vendors and products, recurring payment reminders, sales tax calculation and multiple currencies on every plan.
- Double-entry accounting
- Chart of accounts, general ledger, balance sheet, trial balance and manual journals come with the Double-Entry app, included from Premium Cloud.
- Bank feeds
- Connect bank accounts in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the UK and Europe to import transactions; included from Premium Cloud.
- App store
- 50+ apps add payroll with payslips, inventory, projects, CRM, expense claims and more. Self-hosted plans include no apps, so each is bought.
- Multiple companies
- Run the books of several businesses from one account: 10 on Premium, 30 on Elite and unlimited on Ultimate.
- Self-hosting
- Install it on your own server with the source code available, and Akaunting says it collects none of your financial data.
Odoo
- Bank synchronization
- Connects to more than 28,000 banks worldwide, and Odoo says AI matching reconciles about 95% of transactions automatically.
- Bill and receipt capture
- AI reads vendor bills and expense photos taken on the mobile app. The scanning uses in-app purchase credits sold apart from the plans.
- Invoices and follow-ups
- Unlimited invoices and bills, with scheduled reminders for late payers by email, post or text message.
- Country setups and e-invoicing
- Charts of accounts, taxes, reports and electronic invoicing formats such as Peppol are preconfigured by country.
- Reports and deferrals
- Real-time financial reports that can be annotated and exported, plus deferred revenue and expense entries.
- Rest of the suite
- Paid plans add every other Odoo app, including sales, purchase, expenses, inventory, CRM, HR and point of sale.
Plans
Akaunting
Standard On-Premise$0
Free and open source, hosted on your own server. 1 company, 1 user plus 1 accountant, 1,000 invoices and forum support.
Premium On-Premise$72
per year, self-hosted
Hosted on your own server. 10 companies, 10 users, 10,000 invoices and ticket support. Apps are bought separately. $756 as a one-time lifetime license.
Standard Cloud$8
per month, billed yearly
$12 billed monthly. Hosted by Akaunting for 1 company, 1 user plus 1 accountant and 1,000 invoices, with 4 apps included.
Premium Cloud$24
per month, billed yearly
$36 billed monthly. 10 companies, 10 users and 10,000 invoices, adding double-entry, bank feeds, expense claims, roles and a client portal.
Elite Cloud$56
per month, billed yearly
$84 billed monthly. 30 companies, 30 users and 30,000 invoices, adding estimates, payroll, projects, inventory, CRM, receipt scanning, Shopify and Stripe.
Ultimate Cloud$145
per month, billed yearly
$218 billed monthly. Unlimited companies, users and invoices, and all 50+ apps, including budgeting, purchase orders, point of sale and 1099 tools.
Odoo
One App Free$0
One app, such as Accounting, for unlimited users and several companies, hosted on Odoo Online.
Odoo Community$0
The open-source edition, which you host yourself. It includes Invoicing and payments but not the full Accounting app.
Standard$31.10
per user / month, billed annually ($38.90 billed monthly)
Advertised at $24.90 a user a month billed yearly, or $31.10 monthly, for the first 12 months. Every Odoo app on Odoo Online.
Custom$61
per user / month, billed annually ($76.20 billed monthly)
Advertised at $49 billed yearly, or $61.10 monthly, for the first 12 months. Adds multi-company, Studio, agentic AI, the API and self-hosting.
Ways to pay less
Akaunting
- Annual discount
4 months free with yearly cloud billing
Yearly billing brings Standard Cloud from $12 to $8 a month, Premium from $36 to $24, Elite from $84 to $56 and Ultimate from $218 to $145.
- Lifetime license
Lifetime licenses for the self-hosted plans
Pay once instead of yearly: $756 for Premium On-Premise, $1,764 for Elite and $7,224 for Ultimate.
Odoo
- Other savings
First-year discount on Standard and Custom
For 12 months, Standard costs $24.90 a user a month billed yearly ($31.10 monthly) and Custom $49 ($61.10 monthly), for the users first ordered.
- Annual discount
Save with yearly billing
Yearly billing lists Standard at $31.10 a user a month instead of $38.90, and Custom at $61 instead of $76.20.
