Standard Time® vs Odoo — Manufacturing Software Comparison

The short answer: If you run a shop floor and need barcode scanning, WIP dashboards, job costing, and time tracking, Standard Time® gets you live in a day for $8.99/user/month. Odoo charges $31.10–$61.00/user/month for a sprawling ERP that requires weeks of implementation just to configure the manufacturing module.

Standard Time® — Best for

Job shops & contract manufacturers
Discrete & process manufacturers
Teams that need to scan barcodes on day one
Operations running QuickBooks already
Companies that want simple, fast setup
Businesses paying too much for Odoo

Odoo — Better when you need

Full ERP across 40+ business functions
Built-in CRM, eCommerce, accounting, HR
Open-source flexibility with a dev team
On-premise hosted on your own infrastructure
A vendor with 15 million global users

Pricing: It's Not Even Close

Standard Time® Pro costs less than one-third of Odoo Standard — with every manufacturing feature included.

Pricing bar chart: Standard Time $8.99/user vs Odoo $31.10 and $61.00/user

Plan	Price / User / Mo	Billing	What's included
Standard Time® Pro	$8.99	Monthly, cancel anytime	All manufacturing features — barcode scanning, WIP dashboards, Gantt charts, AI scheduling, QuickBooks integration, reporting
Standard Time® Enterprise	Contact us	Custom / volume	Everything in Pro + dedicated server, multi-site coordination
Odoo Standard	$31.10	Annual billing	All Odoo apps included — but manufacturing requires configuration and typically an implementation partner
Odoo Custom	$61.00	Annual billing	Odoo Studio, on-premise deployment, external API, multi-company — adds cost and complexity

Real-world cost for a 10-person shop: Standard Time® Pro = $89.90/month. Odoo Standard = $311/month. That's $2,653 saved every year — just on licensing. Add implementation and consulting costs to Odoo and the gap grows further.

Feature Comparison

Manufacturing and shop-floor features — where Standard Time® is built to win.

Feature matrix comparing Standard Time and Odoo manufacturing capabilities

Standard Time® Strengths

Deep Barcode Scanning

1D barcodes, QR codes, tap-to-start, speech recognition, and camera scanning — out of the box. No module to activate, no partner to call.

WIP Dashboards Built for the Shop Floor

Live job status, employee activity, and KPI data displayed on wall-mounted screens — designed specifically for manufacturing environments.

QuickBooks Integration — Included

Sync time, costs, and job data with QuickBooks Online at no extra cost. Odoo has its own accounting module that doesn't connect to QuickBooks.

Labor Tracking That Actually Works

Scan-to-clock-in, real-time employee status, time logs by job — the core of shop floor time tracking, without needing an ERP consultant.

Where Odoo Has More Breadth

Full accounting & invoicing suite
Built-in CRM and sales pipeline
eCommerce & point of sale
HR, recruitment, payroll
Email marketing & social tools
Website builder & blog
Open-source code (Community edition)
100,000+ developer community

The tradeoff: You pay for and configure 40+ modules you may never use. For manufacturers who already use QuickBooks and just need shop-floor control, this breadth is overhead — not value.

Setup Time & Implementation

Getting your team scanning and tracking on day one versus weeks of configuration.

Setup time comparison: Standard Time live in one day vs Odoo weeks to months

Standard Time® Setup

Sign up and create your account
Add users and assign roles
Create projects and tasks
Print barcodes and hand to your team
Scan — time logging starts immediately

Live in under one day. No partner, no consultant, no long-term commitment.

Typical Odoo Implementation

Vendor demo and scoping sessions
Requirement gathering & gap analysis
Module selection and licensing
Configuration by certified Odoo partner
Data migration and mapping
User acceptance testing
Staff training sessions
Go-live (typically 8–16 weeks)

Implementation partner fees often exceed the license cost in year one.

Purpose-Built vs. General Purpose

Standard Time® does one thing exceptionally well. Odoo does many things adequately.

Standard Time purpose-built for manufacturing vs Odoo general ERP

Odoo is an impressive platform. Its 40+ integrated modules mean you can run your entire business — accounting, HR, eCommerce, CRM, website, and manufacturing — from a single vendor. That's genuinely valuable if you need all of those things.

But manufacturers who already use QuickBooks for accounting, who already have a CRM, and who specifically need to control the shop floor — track jobs, scan barcodes, display WIP on screens, and log time by employee — don't need a general-purpose ERP. They need a tool that solves that specific problem with zero fat and zero implementation overhead.

Standard Time® was built for exactly that scenario. Every feature is tied to production tracking. Every workflow maps to how a shop floor actually operates. And at $8.99 per user per month, you can get your entire team licensed for less than the cost of one Odoo seat.

Manufacturing shop floor with barcode scanning and real-time dashboards

Which One Should You Choose?

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Choose Standard Time® if you…

Run a job shop, fab shop, or factory
Need barcode scanning on the floor
Want WIP dashboards on big screens
Already use QuickBooks
Need to go live fast
Want to pay less than $10/user/month

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Consider Odoo if you…

Need a full ERP across all departments
Have budget for implementation partners
Want built-in accounting & HR
Need open-source customization
Run eCommerce alongside manufacturing
Can invest months in rollout

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