Odoo Employees review

Odoo is a full business suite, and its One App Free plan lets you run any single app for unlimited users with no time limit. Choosing Employees gives you an overview of staff sortable by job title, working hours and contract status, an org chart on every profile, contract storage with signature requests, onboarding plans and a skills register for finding the right person internally. That is a solid free employee record for a team of any size. The catch for this list's readers is that time off is a separate Odoo app, so with the free plan you pick either records or leave, not both. Moving to Standard unlocks every app, including Time Off, Payroll, Accounting and CRM, for one per user fee. Odoo also takes more configuration than tools built only for HR. Its pricing page showed euros from our location, so the USD check is pending.

Who it is for

Teams that want one free HR app for unlimited users and may add other Odoo apps later.

Price

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Key features

• One App Free plan with unlimited users
• Employee overview sortable by job title, hours and contract status
• Org chart on every employee profile
• Contract storage with signature requests
• Onboarding plans and employee skills

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Unlimited users on the free plan
• Strength: Paid Standard plan unlocks every Odoo app for one fee
• Strength: Dependent apps are included free with the app you choose
• Weakness: The free plan covers one app, so Employees and Time Off cannot both be free
• Weakness: More setup than single-purpose HR tools
• Weakness: Odoo's pricing page showed euros from our location

Key facts

• Free plan: One App Free, unlimited users
• Time off: Separate Time Off app
• Paid plans: Standard and Custom include all apps
• Hosting: Odoo Online, Odoo.sh or on-premise on Custom

Where it ranks

Odoo Employees is No. 4 in our Best Free HR Software verdict.