Free Project Management Software With Timesheets and Billing
Free, open-source project management with timesheets and invoicing on Odoo Community: what service companies get, what's Enterprise-only, and what it costs to run.
Agencies, consultants and other service companies tend to use one tool for tasks, another for timesheets and a third for invoices. Hours get lost between them. A free ERP can put all three on the same data.
What Odoo Community covers
Project tools in Odoo Community:
- Projects and tasks with stages, deadlines and assignees
- Kanban, list and calendar views
- Timesheets logged against tasks
- Customer portal, so clients can see their tasks
- Milestones on projects
Linked to sales and invoicing:
- Sell a service on a sales order, which can create the project
- Bill by fixed price, milestone or hours logged
- Track profitability per project with analytic accounts
What's Enterprise-only
- Gantt charts for project timelines
- Planning, for scheduling people across projects
- Field Service, for jobs at customer sites
- Helpdesk for support tickets
If you need to schedule a team of 30 across overlapping projects, you'll probably miss Planning. A smaller team usually manages without it.
Why billing from timesheets matters
The most common leak in service businesses is unbilled time. When hours are logged against the project and the invoice is created from those hours, there's no copying from one system to another, and nothing gets forgotten.
What it costs
The software is free. Budget for hosting and a short setup of your service products and billing rules.
Free setup from ERP Builders
We set up Odoo Community projects, timesheets, sales and invoicing for free. Hosting isn't included. See free Odoo setup, or the professional services ERP page.
Frequently asked questions
Is Odoo Project free?
Yes. Project and Timesheets are part of Odoo Community, which is free and open source.
Can I bill clients from timesheets?
Yes. Sales orders for services can invoice the hours logged on a project.
Does Odoo Community have Gantt charts?
No. Gantt views and resource planning are Enterprise features. Community uses kanban, list and calendar views.
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ERP Builders Team · ERP consultants and engineers
Articles written and reviewed by the ERP Builders delivery team — functional consultants, solution architects and developers who implement, integrate and support ERP systems.
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