Odoo vs. Stitch Labs (discontinued)

Implementation was a terrible experience for us. Because it required a third party, we ended up way over budget and schedule. While Odoo advertises that it works with many systems, these third-party integrations often don't work out of the box and require extensive coding to set up. Furthermore, these "apps" can frequently break or lose integration.

Incentivized

SL helped us see where we could improve and where we were badly failing at certain aspects of the business. It helped product and inventory management system that was easy for everyone to follow and comply with. Its order management tool allowed us to more seamlessly deliver products to customers as well as keep track of international orders.

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• Possibility to customize the fields and some workflows is rather simple and a lot of tutorials are available on the internet.
• The community version is free as are most modules and some paying modules developped for specific purposes are available in the marketplace.
• It is easy to configure products with accounting, everything is smooth.

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• Stitch Labs updates quickly. If we had a run on a product we didn't have to worry about lag time.
• The setup for each product is thorough and includes as much detail as you want to enter.
• We had confidence in the system based on how well it worked. Little to no downtime.

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• We had to work with an implementation team to customize Odoo into something that could truly work for us.
• I would like to be able to run some reports in an easier way.
• We did have to implement the use of an iOT box as well for something like printing barcode stickers.

Incentivized

• Managing inventory
• Would love if it wasn't extra to send invoices

Incentivized

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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I think the usability of SL is seamless comparable to other systems that we have and still have. I think the user interface could be better in some aspects, but also has improved the way we do business. Once you get around the brief learning curve SL tends to be easy to use and navigate.

Incentivized

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 !!

They work west coast hours, and while during those hours, they are readily available via chat. For support in Europe and Asia, this can be an issue as almost the whole shipping period will go through without any response. They are committed to helping, though, and usually on more significant issues have followed through to get it resolved for us.

Incentivized

Compared to Zoho, I think Odoo lacks some clear ease of use that Zoho provides out of the box. Mainly the easy importation of leads and conversion / tracking. Additionally Zoho analytics is easier to customize the dashboard from the menus. After some tinkering I think you can get the same thing with Odoo, it's language and logic just take some geting used to. Airtable provides similarly easy to customize dashboards that are aesthetically appealing. but lacks the ability to track the customer journey as effectively as Odoo or Zoho systems.

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Since this platform is no longer live it can no longer be used. We chose to move to Brightpearl. Brightpearl is a more powerful system and allows for more customized processes, apps, and features to tailor around specific businesses. The downside is Brightpearl is a bit more expensive. Skubana is also a good alternative to Stitch Labs. They were recently purchased by 3PL Central and is a good medium price range alternative.

Incentivized

• It has helped us improve our purchasing and sales flow, now it is more organized, we can see which product was purchased from which supplier and which price is more convenient, very good
• It helps to manage payments efficiently, and in less time than when it was managed manually, so it is a positive point that we can rescue in our organization.
• In my case, managing inventory helps me more easily locate the most specific products that I require. Currently, we do not have details of mismatches with the products, so my inventory and my stock are kept perfectly updated.

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• Stitch Labs enabled us to central processing and has just 1 person to handle several countries.
• Stitch Labs helped to automate many processes in our company with order processing and tracking communication.

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