The Odoo 20 Light User: The Complete Guide Oct 18, 2026 Mohamed Fawzy The Light User is a new licence type in Odoo 20. It costs less than a full user and is meant for employees who only use the system for their own tasks. It also carries an important rule: every active ... Read more
Moving to Odoo from Daftra, Qoyod or Wafeq: What Moves, How, and What It Costs Oct 7, 2026 Mohamed Fawzy Short answer: if your current system can export its data to Excel, that data can move to Odoo without any programming. Odoo imports customers, suppliers, products, the chart of accounts and opening ba... Read more
Qoyod or Wafeq? A Practical Comparison for Saudi Businesses, and When You Need Odoo Instead Oct 7, 2026 Mohamed Fawzy Short answer: Qoyod and Wafeq are both well established Saudi cloud accounting platforms with Arabic support and ZATCA e-invoicing. Wafeq gives you more users per plan and includes payroll and unlimit... Read more
Why Is Odoo Slow? Hosting Causes and How to Tell Them Apart Sep 21, 2026 Mohamed Fawzy Short answer: when every screen in Odoo is slow, the cause is usually the hosting: too few workers, too little memory, slow disks or an untuned database. When only one screen or one report is slow, th... Read more
How to Migrate Odoo to a New Host Without Downtime Sep 21, 2026 Mohamed Fawzy Short answer: moving Odoo to a new host safely comes down to three things. Test the move on a copy first, freeze the old system during a short cutover window, and move the database and the filestore t... Read more
Odoo Server Requirements: How to Size Your Server by Number of Users Sep 21, 2026 Mohamed Fawzy Short answer: as a starting point, plan one Odoo worker for about every 25 active users, around 1 GB of RAM per worker plus room for PostgreSQL, and fast NVMe storage. A team of up to 25 users usually... Read more
How Much Does Odoo Hosting Cost in Saudi Arabia? Real Prices in Riyals Sep 21, 2026 Mohamed Fawzy Short answer: hosted Odoo for a small Saudi business starts from SAR 400 per year on an all-in small business package. A company that needs custom modules typically pays SAR 200 to SAR 800 per month f... Read more
Types of Odoo Hosting Explained: Odoo Online, Odoo.sh, Managed or Self-Hosted Sep 21, 2026 Mohamed Fawzy Short answer: there are four ways to host Odoo. Odoo Online is the simplest but does not accept custom modules. Odoo.sh accepts custom code but runs Enterprise only and bills by usage. A server you ru... Read more
Odoo vs Wafeq: Where Accounting Software Ends and an ERP Begins Jul 30, 2026 Mohamed Fawzy Short answer: Wafeq is a well built accounting platform for Saudi and Gulf businesses. Odoo is a full business system that happens to include accounting. If your work ends at invoices, expenses, VAT r... Read more
Odoo vs Qoyod: Which One Actually Fits a Saudi Business? Jul 30, 2026 Mohamed Fawzy Short answer: Qoyod is accounting software. Odoo is an ERP that includes accounting. If your business is invoices, VAT and reports, Qoyod is a clean and well supported choice. If you buy from supplier... Read more
How Much Does an ERP System Cost in Saudi Arabia? The Real Numbers in Riyals Jul 30, 2026 Mohamed Fawzy Short answer: a small Saudi business that only issues invoices and files VAT can run on SAR 400 to SAR 1,400 per year. A business with branches, a cashier and payroll typically lands between SAR 3,000... Read more