ERP migration

Migrate from iGEO ERP to Odoo ERP

Field-level mapping, validation, and rollback between iGEO ERP and Odoo ERP. We move data and schema; workflows are rebuilt natively in Odoo ERP.

iGEO ERP logo

iGEO ERP

Source

Odoo ERP

Destination

Odoo ERP logo

Compatibility

82%

9 of 11

objects map 1:1 between iGEO ERP and Odoo ERP.

Complexity

BStandard

Timeline

3-5 weeks

Rollback included Accuracy guarantee Field-level validation

Overview

What this migration involves

Moving from iGEO ERP to Odoo ERP is a migration from a verticalized, pest-control-specific platform to a modular open-source ERP covering CRM, inventory, accounting, project management, and field service under one architecture. iGEO structures its data around Clients, Contracts, Work Orders, Routes, Technicians, Services, Suppliers, Stock, and Invoices with industry-specific compliance codes that require explicit field-level mapping into Odoo. We extract from iGEO via file export (API access is gated behind Custom pricing tiers) or through the platform export feature, parse the comprehensive dump, partition it into migration-ready chunks, and load into Odoo's corresponding apps in dependency order. Industry-specific service types, pesticide tracking fields, and regulatory compliance codes are mapped to Odoo custom fields or product variants depending on the customer's Odoo configuration. Workflows, automations, and AI-generated route plans do not migrate; we deliver a written inventory of each for the customer's admin to rebuild in Odoo Studio or via a certified Odoo partner.

Field-level fidelity

Every standard and custom field arrives verified.

Schema-aware mapping

AI proposes the map; you confirm before any record moves.

Relationships preserved

Parent–child, lookups, and ownership stay linked.

Full activity history

Calls, emails, meetings — with original timestamps.

Attachments & notes

Documents, uploads, and inline notes move with the record.

Why teams make this switch

Two sides of the same decision

Leaving

iGEO ERP logo

iGEO ERP

What's pushing teams away

  • Limited accounting module depth — multiple reviews note the platform lacks sufficient accounting and financial reporting features, forcing teams to maintain a separate finance tool.
  • Sparse public documentation and API spec — there is no publicly documented developer portal, community forum, or Swagger spec, making self-service integration and troubleshooting difficult.
  • Custom pricing required for enterprise features — API access and advanced modules are gated behind Custom tier plans, creating cost uncertainty for growing companies evaluating exit.
  • Pest control and compliance-specific configuration can become rigid — industry-specific fields, pesticide codes, and regulatory statuses vary by country and can be hard to migrate cleanly to a different vertical CRM.

Choosing

Odoo ERP logo

Odoo ERP

What's pulling them in

  • Modular pay-as-you-grow model with 80+ apps under one database — teams start with CRM and add Accounting, Inventory, or Manufacturing without switching platforms.
  • Free Community edition lets businesses validate Odoo fit before committing to Enterprise licensing costs that scale with user count.
  • Lowest per-user pricing among mid-market ERPs, with a published free tier for one app and Standard plans starting around $24.90 per user per month.
  • Native integration between modules — a confirmed Sales Order automatically updates inventory, invoicing, and accounting without manual re-entry.
  • Strong Odoo Gold Partner ecosystem provides local implementation support, reducing risk for companies without in-house developers.

Object mapping

How iGEO ERP objects map to Odoo ERP

Each row shows how a iGEO ERP object lands in Odoo ERP, including any object-level transformations, lookup resolution, or schema-design dependencies.

Typical mapping — final map is confirmed during the sample migration step.

iGEO ERP

Clients

maps to

Odoo ERP

Contacts and/or Addresses

1:1
Fully supported

iGEO Client records hold contact details, addresses, service locations, and associated contracts. They map to Odoo Contacts (res.partner with address fields) with service locations preserved as additional addresses on the partner record. The client's primary contact email and phone map to standard Odoo partner fields; service location addresses map as separate address records with address_type = 'service' if the customer operates multiple sites.

iGEO ERP

Contracts

maps to

Odoo ERP

Sale Subscriptions or Sale Orders

1:1
Mapping required

iGEO Contracts define service agreements with clients including scope, frequency, pricing, and work-order templates. They map to Odoo Sale Subscriptions (requires the subscription app) for recurring service agreements or to recurring Sale Orders for periodic billing cycles. Frequency patterns (weekly, biweekly, monthly) map to Odoo's subscription frequency field. Contract line items become subscription lines or order lines with the associated Service Type as the product.

iGEO ERP

Services (Service Types)

maps to

Odoo ERP

Products (Product Variants)

1:1
Mapping required

iGEO Service Types represent the catalog of offerings such as insect treatment, rodent control, or water quality inspection. They map to Odoo Products with the product type set to 'service'. Pesticide tracking codes and compliance fields map to Odoo product custom fields or to the product's bill of materials if the service involves materials application. We preserve the original service type code as a custom field on the Odoo product for regulatory traceability.

iGEO ERP

Work Orders

maps to

Odoo ERP

Sale Order Lines + Project Tasks

1:many
Fully supported

iGEO Work Orders tie a client, service type, technician, scheduled date, status, and location. We map open and historical work orders to a combination of Odoo Sale Order Lines (for billing and contract linkage) and Project Tasks (for technician assignment and field completion tracking). Each work order becomes a Task linked to the Sale Order, with the technician assigned as the Task user, the scheduled date mapped to the Task deadline, and status mapped to the Task stage. Completed work orders preserve their original completion date and technician notes.

iGEO ERP

Routes

maps to

Odoo ERP

Field Service Routes or Project Task Sequences

1:1
Mapping required

iGEO Routes are daily technician schedules generated by the AI planning module with visit sequence, estimated times, and geographic waypoints. Odoo's Field Service app (part of Odoo Enterprise) provides route management with drag-and-drop scheduling and geographic dispatch. We extract route assignments including sequence order and time windows, mapping them to Field Service routes or to ordered Project Task records if the Field Service app is not enabled. Note that AI-powered route optimization does not migrate; we document the route sequence and time windows for manual re-entry or third-party routing tool integration.

iGEO ERP

Technicians

maps to

Odoo ERP

Users + Employees

1:1
Fully supported

iGEO Technician records include contact information, assigned territories, availability, and mobile app credentials. They map to Odoo Users (for mobile app access) linked to Employee records (for HR and timesheet context). User credentials are mapped from the iGEO technician email; the Odoo admin provisions new password access. Technicians assigned to specific territories map to Odoo Field Service team membership.

iGEO ERP

Suppliers

maps to

Odoo ERP

Vendors (res.partner with supplier = True)

1:1
Mapping required

iGEO Supplier records hold vendor contact details and associated product or service offerings. They map to Odoo Vendor records (res.partner with the supplier checkbox enabled). Catalog associations migrate as vendor-specific price lists or product supplierinfo records linking each product to its preferred vendor, lead time, and unit cost.

iGEO ERP

Stock (Warehouse)

maps to

Odoo ERP

Inventory Adjustments and Product Locations

1:1
Mapping required

iGEO Stock entries track inventory items, quantities, reorder points, and supplier associations. They map to Odoo quant records (stock.quant) linked to warehouse locations. Current quantities migrate as initial inventory through Odoo's inventory adjustment workflow rather than direct SQL import to preserve validation logic. Reorder points migrate to the product's minimum stock rules. Units of measure are normalized to Odoo's uom.uom table.

iGEO ERP

Invoices

maps to

Odoo ERP

Customer Invoices (account.move)

1:1
Mapping required

iGEO Invoice records include line items, taxes, totals, and payment status. Historical invoices migrate to Odoo account.move records with type 'out_invoice'. Line items map to invoice lines with the corresponding product, quantity, and unit price. Payment status maps to the invoice state (posted, draft, cancelled) and any remaining open balance is preserved for follow-up collection. Regulatory compliance codes and pesticide tracking fields migrate to custom fields on the invoice record.

iGEO ERP

Quotes / Estimates

maps to

Odoo ERP

Sale Quotations (sale.order)

1:1
Mapping required

iGEO Quotes and estimates are proposals sent to clients before service commitment. They map to Odoo Sale Quotations (sale.order in draft state). Line items, totals, and status (sent, accepted, rejected) migrate with the quotation. Accepted quotes map with state 'sale'; rejected and draft quotes remain in their respective states for customer reference.

iGEO ERP

Custom Fields

maps to

Odoo ERP

Custom Fields or Product Attributes

lossy
Mapping required

iGEO custom fields on most objects, particularly for compliance and pesticide tracking, are documented during discovery and mapped explicitly to Odoo custom fields (ir.model.fields with column properties) or to product attributes if the custom data applies to service type configuration. Compliance codes, regulatory status fields, and country-specific tracking values are preserved as selection fields or char fields with their original values retained for audit.

Gotchas + challenges

What specifically takes care here

Platform-specific issues from each side, plus the pair-specific challenges that don't show up on either platform's page on its own.

iGEO ERP logo

iGEO ERP gotchas

High

API access is tier-gated and not publicly documented

Medium

File export dumps the entire company dataset at once

Medium

Industry-specific service types and compliance fields vary by installation

Odoo ERP logo

Odoo ERP gotchas

High

No rollback for CSV imports

High

External ID conflicts on re-import

Medium

Many2many field encoding in CSV imports

Medium

Large export timeouts require batching

Medium

Version schema drift between Odoo releases

Pair-specific challenges

  • iGEO file export is a full company dump, not selective

    iGEO's file export generates a single comprehensive export of all company data rather than allowing selective object exports. Migrations must scope exactly which objects are relevant, filter out inactive clients, closed work orders beyond the retention window, and inactive technicians. We partition the export file into migration-ready chunks aligned to our sequencing plan before any transformation begins. Loading the full dataset without scoping intent results in stale records cluttering the Odoo database and complicating go-live reconciliation.

  • Pest control compliance fields have no Odoo native equivalent

    iGEO's pesticide tracking fields, regulatory compliance codes, and service activity logging are native to the platform and configured differently per country and operational scope. Odoo has no pre-built pest-control compliance module in standard editions. We map these to custom fields on the relevant Odoo objects (Products, Tasks, Invoices) during discovery, but the customer must confirm which fields are required for regulatory compliance in their operating countries. We flag any compliance fields that cannot be mapped directly and document them for the customer's admin to configure post-migration with当地 regulatory guidance.

  • Route optimization does not migrate between platforms

    iGEO's AI-powered route planning generates optimized daily technician routes automatically. Odoo's Field Service app provides manual route management and basic scheduling, but AI-based route optimization is not native to standard Odoo and varies by Odoo version and configuration. We extract route assignments (visit sequence, time windows, geographic waypoints) as static data and document them for manual re-entry in Odoo Field Service or for integration with a third-party routing tool. Route optimization rebuild is outside standard migration scope.

  • Odoo inventory validation prevents direct SQL bulk import

    Odoo's stock.quant table enforces referential integrity and quants cannot be created via direct SQL insert without bypassing Odoo's inventory validation logic, which risks corrupting on-hand quantity calculations. We migrate inventory by using Odoo's inventory adjustment workflow (stock.inventory and stock.inventory.line) which recalculates quantities through the standard valuation engine. Skipping this step and using direct SQL imports is a common Odoo migration mistake that leads to on-hand discrepancies visible only after go-live.

  • Workflows and automations do not migrate between platforms

    iGEO workflows and any configured automations for work-order status changes, client contract renewals, or route assignments do not migrate to Odoo. We deliver a written inventory of each iGEO automation with its trigger conditions, actions, and recommended Odoo equivalent (Odoo Automated Actions, Studio workflows, or server actions). The customer's Odoo admin or a certified Odoo partner rebuilds these post-migration. Sequences, templates, and SLA rules are similarly not migrated as code.

Migration approach

Six steps for a successful iGEO ERP to Odoo ERP data migration

  1. Discovery and data audit

    We audit the source iGEO installation to confirm the plan tier (verifying API access availability), document the exact object configuration including custom fields, compliance codes, and industry-specific settings. We extract a sample data file and assess data quality across Clients, Work Orders, Routes, Technicians, Stock, and Invoices. We identify duplicate records, missing required fields, and stale data (inactive clients, closed work orders beyond the retention window) to scope the migration volume accurately. We also identify which Odoo apps are relevant for the customer's scope so that only the necessary modules are configured.

  2. Odoo schema design and app selection

    We design the destination Odoo schema based on the customer's operational scope. This includes enabling the relevant Odoo apps (Contacts, Sales, Project/Task, Field Service, Inventory, Accounting, Purchase, Employees), configuring the chart of accounts for the customer's country and tax jurisdiction, defining product variants for service types with compliance codes as custom fields, setting up warehouse locations for stock migration, and designing project structures for work-order tracking. Custom fields matching iGEO compliance fields are created on the relevant objects before any data load. Schema is validated in a staging environment before production.

  3. File extraction and data transformation

    We extract data from iGEO using the platform's file export feature (or API if the customer's Custom plan confirms access). The export generates a full company dump which we parse and partition into migration-ready chunks aligned to our object dependency order. We clean and deduplicate records, normalize address formats, resolve technician-to-user mappings, and map service type codes to Odoo product records. Industry-specific compliance fields and pesticide tracking codes are extracted as custom field data for explicit Odoo custom field mapping. Each chunk is validated against the Odoo destination schema before load.

  4. Sandbox migration and reconciliation

    We run a full migration into an Odoo staging database (copy of production or a fresh Odoo.sh instance) using production-like data volume. The customer's operations lead reconciles record counts across all objects (Clients in, Contracts in, Work Orders in, Stock in, Invoices in), spot-checks 25-50 records against the iGEO source, and validates that compliance fields and service type codes landed correctly in Odoo. Mapping corrections, missing field additions, and custom field adjustments happen in staging before production migration begins.

  5. Production migration in dependency order

    We run production migration in record-dependency order: Contacts (from iGEO Clients), Products (from iGEO Service Types with compliance codes as custom fields), Vendors (from iGEO Suppliers), Employees and Users (from iGEO Technicians), Stock (via Odoo inventory adjustment workflow, not direct SQL), Contracts (to Sale Subscriptions or recurring Sale Orders), Work Orders (to Project Tasks linked to Sales Orders), Routes (to Field Service routes or ordered tasks), Invoices (to account.move records), and Quotes. Each phase emits a row-count reconciliation report and sample record validation before the next phase begins.

  6. Cutover, validation, and workflow handoff

    We freeze iGEO writes during cutover, run a final delta migration of any records modified during the migration window, then enable Odoo as the system of record. We validate invoice totals against the source accounting records, confirm stock quantities match, and verify that compliance fields are populated on all migrated service type products and work orders. We deliver the workflow and automation inventory document to the customer's admin team for Odoo rebuild. We support a one-week hypercare window for reconciliation issues. We do not rebuild iGEO automations as Odoo automated actions inside the migration scope.

Platform deep dives

Context on both ends of the pair

iGEO ERP logo

iGEO ERP

Source

Strengths

  • Unified platform covering CRM, scheduling, routing, invoicing, and warehouse for field service teams
  • Mobile-first design with signature capture lets technicians close work orders in the field without returning to the office
  • AI-driven route planning reduces manual dispatch effort and optimizes technician daily travel
  • Specialized pest control compliance features including pesticide usage tracking and service activity logging are native
  • Multi-language support (EN, FR, IT, PT, ES) serves companies operating across European markets

Weaknesses

  • Accounting module is shallow — users report needing a separate finance tool to cover full bookkeeping needs
  • API access is gated behind Custom pricing tier with no publicly documented endpoint spec or developer portal
  • Limited transparent pricing information — no published per-user or per-module cost breakdown on the vendor site
  • Custom compliance fields and industry-specific configurations can create rigidity when migrating to a different vertical CRM
  • Integration ecosystem is narrow — only Azure, Google, Sage 200, and SAP Agile Data Preparation are explicitly listed
Odoo ERP logo

Odoo ERP

Destination

Strengths

  • Modular architecture with 80+ apps sharing one database — add Sales, Accounting, Inventory, and Manufacturing incrementally.
  • Free Community edition for self-hosting with no per-user license cost, backed by an active open-source community.
  • Per-user pricing starting around $24.90/month on Standard, significantly lower than comparable ERPs like NetSuite or SAP.
  • Automatic workflow propagation across modules — a confirmed sales order updates inventory, triggers invoicing, and posts accounting entries without manual steps.
  • Odoo.sh provides a managed cloud hosting environment with CI/CD for custom module deployment and staging databases.

Weaknesses

  • Performance suffers under heavy customization — large implementations with many active modules require dedicated optimization.
  • No single-click migration between Odoo major versions; each release introduces ORM changes, deprecated API calls, and schema revisions requiring manual adaptation.
  • Per-user and per-module licensing costs can escalate unpredictably for growing teams adding multiple apps.
  • Steep learning curve with hundreds of configuration options across dozens of modules creates adoption friction and training requirements.
  • Support tiers on Enterprise have inconsistent response times, pushing some customers toward alternatives with more reliable SLAs.

Complexity grading

How hard is this migration?

Standard ERP migration. 1 of 8 objects need a mapping; the rest are 1:1.

B

Overall complexity

Standard migration

Derived from compatibility, mapping clarity, API constraints, and data volume across iGEO ERP and Odoo ERP.

  • Object compatibility

    B

    1 of 8 objects need a mapping; the rest are 1:1.

  • Field mapping clarity

    C

    Field mapping is derived from defaults — final spec confirmed during the sample migration.

  • Timeline complexity

    B

    8-object category — typical timelines run 2–7 days end-to-end.

  • API constraints

    B

    iGEO ERP: Not publicly documented.

  • Data volume sensitivity

    B

    iGEO ERP doesn't expose a bulk API — REST + parallelization used for high-volume runs.

Estimator

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Most migrations land between three and five weeks for accounts under 5,000 clients, 15,000 work orders, and no multi-warehouse stock complexity. Migrations with large route histories, multi-branch stock structures, active supplier catalogs, or complex compliance field mappings (pesticide codes, multi-country service type configurations) move to eight to fourteen weeks because of extraction parsing, field-level mapping work, and Odoo configuration per app. Odoo implementation timelines cited in third-party sources range from 1-2 months for small businesses to 3-5 months for mid-size companies, with data migration representing a subset of that full implementation timeline.

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