SUNAGO Matrix vs Odoo: A Focused Tool vs a Whole-Business Suite
Odoo is a broad business platform, and its paid plans include all apps for a single fee. It keeps the general ledger, it documents multi-level subtasks, it forecasts resources "taking employee holidays into account", and it ships a first-party India GST e-invoicing chain. SUNAGO Matrix does one of those things properly: project economy. This page argues the case that decides margin: what you get when project cost forecasting is the product rather than one app among many.
If your accounting is settled and the problem is that project margin only appears after the fact, SUNAGO Matrix is the direct fix: cost per hour computed from real utilization and overhead, EAC and FAC on every project, and pipeline, delivery and capacity in one product at EUR 3 per seat per month. Odoo is the better buy when you want one platform for the whole business, ledger included.
Key Differences
A Cost Rate That Is Actually True
For a consulting firm the cost of an hour is not the salary divided by a standard year. SUNAGO Matrix computes each person's cost per hour as annual salary divided by their billable hours, after part-time capacity, vacation entitlement and their real utilization, then adds that person's share of company overhead, with non-billable colleagues' salaries rolled into the overhead pool. Every margin, EAC and FAC here is built on that rate. A tool that costs hours at a number you typed in will report a project margin that is wrong in your favor.
Cost at Completion, Built In
SUNAGO Matrix calculates Estimate at Completion and Forecast at Completion on every project from logged actuals. Odoo documents budget management that compares expected and actual revenue and cost, and analytic accounting for profitability, but a forecast of where a project lands is something you construct rather than open.
One Job, Not Forty
Odoo is a suite: Standard and Custom include all apps for a single fee. That is a strength if you want the whole business in one place, and a cost if you only need project delivery, because scope you do not use still has to be configured and maintained.
One Published Price
SUNAGO Matrix is EUR 3 per seat per month billed yearly, one plan, everything included. Odoo publishes a free One App plan and, on yearly billing, Standard at EUR 24.90 per user per month with all apps included, discounted to EUR 19.90 for the first 12 months for initial users. Odoo charges in the buyer's local currency, so check the figure your country shows on odoo.com/pricing.
Feature Comparison
| Feature | Odoo | SUNAGO Matrix |
|---|---|---|
| Cost per hour | Not documented | Salary divided by that person's own billable hours, after part-time capacity, holiday entitlement and actual utilization, plus their share of company overhead |
| Price | Standard is EUR 24.90 per user per month on yearly billing with all apps included, EUR 19.90 for the first 12 months for initial users (odoo.com/pricing, read 6 August 2026); charged in local currency | EUR 3 per seat per month billed yearly, one plan, everything included |
| Cost at completion (EAC / FAC) | Budget management compares expected and actual; EAC/FAC not documented as such | EAC and FAC on every project as standard |
| Pipeline, delivery and capacity in one product | Available, as separate apps within the suite | One product, one data store, nothing to configure together |
| Scope to implement | A business suite: more capability, more configuration | One focused tool |
| General ledger and accounting | Yes, full accounting including bank synchronisation and tax returns | No; invoices and syncs to Xero, does not keep the books |
Who Should Choose What?
Choose Odoo if:
- You want one platform for the whole business: Odoo states "The Standard and Custom plans include all apps for a single fee", covering sales, CRM, inventory, HR and more
- You need accounting with a general ledger, which SUNAGO Matrix does not have: Odoo covers "reconciliation and expenses to tax returns and real-time reporting" with bank synchronisation
- You operate in India and need statutory e-invoicing: Odoo states it "is compliant with the Indian Goods and Services Tax (GST) e-Invoice system requirements", with IRN, E-Way bill and GSTR filing. SUNAGO Matrix has no GST support at all
Choose SUNAGO Matrix if:
- Your project margins are only as good as your cost rate: SUNAGO Matrix derives each hour's cost from salary, real utilization, vacation and company overhead rather than a number someone typed in
- Your accounting is settled and the gap is project economy: EAC and FAC are built into the project, not assembled from analytic accounts
- You want deals, delivery, timesheets and capacity as one product rather than several apps to configure together
- You want capacity planning that nets vacation and absence out before you commit people
- You want a single published price with everything in it: EUR 3 per seat per month billed yearly
SUNAGO Matrix and Odoo: three years of license cost
One question: how many people. The totals below are three years of license cost at each vendor's own published price. Where a vendor puts the capability SUNAGO Matrix includes in a higher package, that is shown too - and where that package has no published price, that is shown as well, because it is the part a buyer cannot work out alone.
Three years, the horizon buyers budget in.
SUNAGO Matrix
one plan, everything included€4,320 over 3 years
€3 per seat/month, billed yearly · no seat minimum · no tier above this one
Odoo
odoo.com/pricing · read 2026-08-06€24.90 per seat/month, yearly billing
EUR 19.90 for the first 12 months for initial users; Odoo charges in local currency
Each figure is in the currency that vendor publishes in. Nothing is converted, and no combined saving is shown across two currencies, because an exchange rate is a number we cannot document for you. License cost only: implementation, training and support are priced separately by most of these vendors.
See the full price page for what is in the plan.