What Odoo costs a 10‑person distributor in the UAE
For a 10-person distributor, a first year on Odoo usually costs about AED 26,000 to AED 65,000 before VAT. The licences are the small part. Most of the money goes on the partner who sets it up and moves your data in. The second year is cheaper, but the licences go up when the first-year discount ends.
Prices below were checked on 27 September 2026 on odoo.com as a visitor from the UAE. Odoo quotes in US dollars; we converted at the fixed rate of AED 3.6725. We sell Yunero, another ERP, so we link every number to its source for you to check.
Odoo's licence prices in the UAE
Odoo charges per user, per month. Its pricing page shows UAE visitors these prices when billed yearly:
| Plan | First year, per user a month | After the first year | What it adds |
|---|---|---|---|
| One App Free | $0 | $0 | One app, unlimited users |
| Standard | $13.50 (about AED 50) | $16.90 (about AED 62) | All apps, on Odoo's own cloud only |
| Custom | $25.50 (about AED 94) | $32.00 (about AED 118) | Odoo Studio, several companies, the external API, and Odoo.sh or your own server |
The discount "is valid for 12 months, for initial users ordered", in Odoo's words. Users you add later, and every user from the second year, pay the regular price. Odoo's subscription agreement says prices exclude taxes, and renewal prices below the list price can rise by up to 7% a year.
Guides written for the United States quote higher prices, because Odoo prices by country. An American visitor sees $24.90 for Standard, against $13.50 here.
Standard or Custom: which plan a distributor ends up on
Standard runs on Odoo's cloud "without custom modules". That rules out anything from the Odoo Apps Store and any code a partner writes for you. Installing Odoo Studio or adding a second company switches a database to Custom automatically, according to Odoo's FAQ.
Most distributors end up on Custom with Odoo.sh hosting, usually because of UAE e-invoicing (below). Odoo.sh is billed on top of the licence: one worker costs $57.60 a month billed yearly, about AED 2,540 a year. Odoo recommends another worker for every 25 users, so one is enough for 10.
Implementation: the biggest line
Someone has to set up your products, price lists, warehouses, taxes and documents, and train your team. You can buy hours from Odoo or hire one of the UAE's Odoo partners.
- Odoo's own Success Packs (prices): 25 hours for $2,040, 50 hours for $3,570 or 100 hours for $6,375 (about AED 23,400) as a new customer. The hours expire after a year.
- UAE partners publish packages for up to 10 users from about AED 8,000 to AED 20,000 (Peniel Technology) up to "from AED 30,000" (Oakland, a Gold partner). These are partners' own advertised prices.
- Moving your data in is often quoted separately: AED 3,000 to AED 20,000 in Peniel's guide.
- Support after go-live is a yearly contract of 10% to 25% of the implementation fee, depending on the partner (Oakland 10 to 15%, Techbot about 25%).
E-invoicing: the cost most quotes leave out
UAE businesses with revenue under AED 50 million must appoint an accredited e-invoicing provider by 31 March 2027 and send e-invoices from 1 July 2027 (Ministerial Decision 244 of 2025). Missing the deadline, including not appointing a provider, costs AED 5,000 a month in fines under Cabinet Decision 106 of 2025.
Odoo is not on the Ministry of Finance's list of accredited providers (last updated 26 September 2026). Zoho, Tally, SAP and Wafeq are. Today an Odoo user connects through a third-party module, such as one on the Odoo Apps Store for $330, plus the accredited provider's own fees. A module from the Apps Store is what puts you on Custom and Odoo.sh.
A worked example: 10 users, first year
A distributor with 10 people using sales, purchasing, inventory and accounting, on Custom with Odoo.sh so it can add an e-invoicing connector. All amounts exclude VAT.
| Cost | Low | High |
|---|---|---|
| Licences, 10 Custom users, first-year price | AED 11,240 | AED 11,240 |
| Odoo.sh, one worker | AED 2,540 | AED 2,540 |
| Implementation | AED 8,000 | AED 30,000 and up |
| Data migration | AED 3,000 | AED 20,000 |
| E-invoicing connector, before the provider's fees | AED 1,210 | AED 1,210 |
| First year | about AED 26,000 | about AED 65,000 |
That is our arithmetic from the published numbers above. Partners' own estimates land in the same range: Perfonec puts 5 to 15 users at AED 25,000 to AED 80,000 in the first year.
Year two drops the implementation and migration but adds the full licence price (AED 14,100 for 10 Custom users), hosting (AED 2,540) and a support contract (about AED 800 to AED 7,500). That comes to roughly AED 17,500 to AED 24,000 a year, before any custom code, which Odoo maintains for a monthly fee per 100 lines.
On Standard with no Apps Store modules, the licences are AED 5,950 in the first year and AED 7,450 after, with no hosting bill. You still pay for implementation, and you still need a way to meet the e-invoicing deadline.
When Odoo is worth it
Odoo does far more than most distributors need: manufacturing, point of sale, eCommerce, a website builder and thousands of Apps Store modules, with over 120 Odoo partners in the UAE. If you make what you sell, or run shops as well as a trade business, that breadth is worth paying for.
What Yunero costs instead
Yunero is an ERP for distributors of commercial kitchen and hospitality equipment: quotations from several brands' price lists, purchasing, stock, delivery, installation work orders, invoicing and the accounts. It is priced per company, not per user.
- Professional covers 10 users for $37 a month (about AED 136) or $350 a year (about AED 1,285), before VAT. Extra users are $5 a month.
- You set it up yourself. Customers, suppliers and your chart of accounts import from Excel, CSV, QuickBooks or Xero exports as they are.
- It does not do UAE e-invoicing yet. Yunero issues VAT invoices and PDFs today, and e-invoicing is on the way, country by country. If you have to appoint a provider before we have a date, factor that in.
See pricing What Yunero covers
Questions
Is there a free version of Odoo?
One App Free gives unlimited users one app on Odoo's cloud. Installing Odoo Studio or adding a second company moves the database to Custom.
Does Odoo handle UAE VAT and Arabic invoices?
Yes. Odoo's UAE localization includes the chart of accounts, VAT201 and corporate tax reports, and Arabic as a second language on invoices, at no extra licence cost. Partners still bill the time to set it up.
Why do Odoo prices differ from one guide to the next?
Odoo prices by country, the first-year discount ends after 12 months, and some guides still quote older prices. Check odoo.com/pricing from the country you will be billed in.