Five industries worked hands on, so we arrive knowing where the gaps usually are.
All industries →Request a demoFour ERP platforms in house, and fifteen capability modules. The recommendation is never tied to a licence quota.
All solutions →Request a demoOne team from platform selection through to the reports on your desk.
All services →Request a demoGuides, how-tos, comparisons and a plain-English glossary, written by the consultants who deliver the projects. No form in front of any of it.
Nobody in UAE ERP publishes their tools or their pricing. We do both.
Free tools →Request a demoAn ERP and IT consultancy in Business Bay, Dubai, implementing Oracle, Microsoft, Odoo and SAP across the UAE and GCC.
Consultants in the UAE, technical team in South Asia. Cost stays sharp without cutting corners.
About QZ Infomatics →Request a demoOdoo is easy to install and hard to configure correctly.
The difference shows up at your first year-end.
An Odoo partner is a company officially recognised by Odoo to sell, implement and support the software. QZ Infomatics implements Odoo for UAE businesses from Business Bay, Dubai — covering VAT and WPS localisation, data migration, custom development, training and ongoing support.
The network
Odoo sells and supports its software largely through a partner network. Partners are graded — Ready, Silver and Gold — based on the number of certified consultants, active subscriptions maintained and project track record.
Working with a partner rather than direct gives you a local implementation team, a direct escalation path into Odoo, and someone accountable for the configuration rather than only for the software.
Local vs offshore
Odoo implementation is available cheaply from a great many offshore providers. For a UAE business, four things make the local option worth the difference.
FTA-compliant VAT setup, a chart of accounts your auditor will accept, WPS payroll and SIF file generation, gratuity and UAE leave rules. An offshore team implements what you specify; they do not know what you failed to specify.
Arabic and English layouts, expected by many UAE customers and required by some government entities. Configuration, not a setting.
As the FTA mandate phases in through 2027, your deployment needs a defined path to compliance and an Accredited Service Provider connection. E-invoicing.
Go-live week, user acceptance testing and the first month-end are considerably easier with someone in the room.
The offshore build that works fine until the auditor asks a question is a recurring story in this market. Configuration is usually only about a third of the value — scoping at the start and support afterwards account for the rest, which is why partner selection on day-rate alone tends to disappoint.
Due diligence
odoo.com lists grade and certified consultant numbers. Confirm what any partner claims, including ours.
Global project counts mean little. How many Odoo deployments has this team taken live in the UAE, and in your industry?
More useful than a testimonial, because you can ask what was harder than expected.
The person selling is frequently not the person delivering.
A partner who has never taken a client through an upgrade has not seen the consequences of their own customisation decisions.
Consistently the most revealing question, and the one least often asked.
This list works against us as well as for us. A partner unwilling to be measured on it is telling you something. What it should cost →
Migration
Migration from a legacy or in-house system is standard work: master data, opening balances, open transactions and an agreed slice of history.
Opening balances must tie back to the closing figures from your old system before anyone signs off, because a migration that does not balance costs several times more to correct later.
After go-live
User assistance, bug fixes, minor enhancements, report changes and version upgrades under an annual maintenance contract.
Response times by severity, and what counts as a chargeable change request. That single conversation prevents most of the friction in Odoo support relationships.
Partner fees are quoted per project or per day, separately from your licence. Customised systems cost more to maintain, because every upgrade requires retesting.
Odoo partner FAQs
An Odoo partner is a company officially recognised by Odoo to sell, implement and support the software. Partners are graded — Ready, Silver and Gold — based on certified staff, active subscriptions and project record. Working with one gives you a local implementation team and a direct escalation path to Odoo.
A UAE partner brings local tax and payroll knowledge you cannot buy remotely: FTA-compliant VAT setup, a chart of accounts your auditor will accept, WPS payroll files, Arabic invoice layouts and e-invoicing readiness. On-site training and same-timezone support also matter more than most buyers expect before go-live.
Discovery and process mapping, platform and module selection, configuration, UAE localisation, data migration from your existing system, custom development where needed, user training, go-live support and ongoing maintenance. Configuration is usually only a third of the value — scoping and post-go-live support account for the rest.
Check the official partner directory on odoo.com, which lists each partner’s country, grade and number of certified consultants. Ask how many Odoo projects the team has taken live in the UAE specifically, and request a reference from a client in your own industry rather than a general testimonial.
Ask who will actually be on your project, how VAT and WPS will be configured, what happens to your customisations at the next version upgrade, what the support SLA covers, and what the quote excludes. The last question tends to be the most revealing.
Yes. Ongoing support is normally an annual maintenance contract covering user support, bug fixes, minor enhancements, report changes and version upgrades. Agree response times and what counts as a chargeable change request before go-live rather than after the first urgent issue.
Yes. Migration from QuickBooks, Tally, Zoho, Sage or a legacy in-house system is standard work: master data, opening balances, open transactions and an agreed slice of history. How much history you carry across is a cost decision — most businesses move balances plus two years of transactions.
Partner fees are quoted per project or per day, separately from your Odoo licence. Fixed-scope implementation pricing is common and preferable to open-ended day rates on a first project. Ongoing support is typically an annual figure based on user count and system complexity.
Talk to a consultant
Book a free 30 minute call with QZ Infomatics in Dubai. You will leave it with a platform recommendation, the reasoning behind it, a realistic timeline and an indicative budget band — before you commit to anything.
