Exact Online vs Odoo (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Exact Online if

• Fits if you run a small Dutch company and want VAT returns and bank links in one place
• Makes sense if your accountant already works in Exact

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you are one person: €49 a month for 1 user and 25 sales invoices
• Tight if you need unlimited bank links or debtor follow-up, which start on the €99 plan
• Watch out: documents past the 3 included each month cost €0.39 to €0.50 each
• Watch out: the pricing page is Dutch, quoted in euros, and doesn't say whether VAT is included
• Skip it if you want a free plan, because there is only a trial

Pick Odoo if

• Fits if you want double-entry books with your whole team in them and no other Odoo app
• Works for businesses that need their country's taxes and e-invoicing set up for them

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you add a second app, as every user then pays per month, your accountant included
• Watch out: the advertised paid prices last 12 months, then renew at $31.10 or $61 a user a month, billed yearly
• Skip it if you want something to learn in an afternoon: it's a big system, and implementation help is sold separately
• Tight if you scan lots of bills or send texts, since both use credits bought on top
• Pricey if you need the API, Studio or several companies on a paid plan, as they all mean Custom at $61 a user a month

Exact Online

• Prices were read from the Dutch pricing page in euros; the page does not say whether VAT is included.
• Essentials allows one user and one administration and cannot be extended.
• Processing beyond the 3 included documents a month is charged: €0.39 each inside a bundle, €0.50 outside it.

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.

Exact Online

Bookkeeping and VAT

Purchase and sales ledgers with automatic matching of invoices to bank statements, and digital VAT and ICP returns.

Bank connections

One bank link on Essentials, five on Plus and unlimited on Professional and Premium.

Automatic invoice processing

Incoming and outgoing invoices, PDFs, scans and receipts can be read automatically; the first 3 documents a month are included.

AI agents for debtors and anomalies

A debtor agent follows up unpaid invoices from Plus, and anomaly detection starts at Professional.

Accountant collaboration

Users share tasks, documents and roles in one administration, and an accountant can work in the same books.

Mobile app

A free mobile app for smartphone and tablet is available for iOS and Android.

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.

Exact Online

• Essentials€49

  per month: 1 user, 1 administration, 25 sales invoices

  Purchase and sales invoices, 1 bank link, VAT and ICP returns. Users and administrations cannot be added.

• Plus€99

  per month: 2 users, 2 administrations, 100 sales invoices

  Adds 5 bank links, debtor follow-up agent, fixed assets and invoice approval. Extra user €23, extra administration €20 a month.

• Professional€159

  per month: 2 users, 2 administrations, unlimited invoices

  Unlimited bank links; adds current-account postings, recurring invoice templates, anomaly flags. Extra user €23, administration €21.

• Premium€299

  per month: 2 users, 2 administrations, unlimited invoices

  Adds multi-company support, period and year-end close and Power BI. Extra user €49, extra administration €38 a month.

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.

Exact Online

No public discounts listed.

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.