Move from Xero to Odoo without losing your history, your tax setup, or a pay run
Xero handles accounts — Odoo handles your whole business. We migrate your chart of accounts, AR/AP, inventory, CRM, ecommerce, and MRP data into Odoo with Australian tax codes mapped correctly, STP2-compliant payroll integrated honestly, and a reconciled trial balance before cutover. Australia-wide.
- Vendor-neutral — Odoo Enterprise or Community, you choose
- Trial balance, AR & AP reconciled to the cent before cutover
- Fixed-price after audit — code and docs are yours
- Lowest prices Fixed cost · no monthly SaaS bills · founder-led overhead
- High quality Sandbox-first · weekly demos · reconciled pre-launch
- Fast delivery Quote in 48 hours · live in weeks, not months
- Latest tech Latest APIs · v2 REST native · you own the code
- Odoo
- Xero
- Shopify
- WooCommerce
- HubSpot
- Salesforce
- Power BI
- Employment Hero
- Stripe
- Cin7
Real outcomes, by solving the real problems that sink Xero to Odoo migrations.
- One ERP, Every ModuleXero handles accounts but leaves CRM, inventory, manufacturing, ecommerce, and projects spread across disconnected SaaS tools with a connector fee for each.
- History Preserved ExactlyOpening balances, aged AR/AP, customer masters, product records, and GST history must reconcile to the cent before the Xero subscription is closed.
- Tax Codes Mapped RightAustralian GST, GST-free, and input-taxed codes behave differently in Odoo than in Xero — misconfigured tax rules cause BAS errors from the first lodgement.
- Payroll Done HonestlyOdoo's payroll module is not STP2-certified in Australia — we integrate KeyPay, Employment Hero, or Xero Payroll instead of pretending otherwise.
- App Stack ReconnectedBank feeds, Stripe, Shopify, WorkflowMax, Deputy, and Cin7 connectors must be rebuilt for Odoo's API or native modules before go-live.
Six things we migrate from Xero into Odoo
From chart of accounts and open AR/AP through to inventory costing, CRM pipelines, ecommerce order sync, and payroll integration. Every scope item reconciled before cutover is approved.
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Chart of Accounts & GL Migration
Xero's chart of accounts restructured into Odoo account groups with analytic accounts for business-unit and project-level tracking. Opening trial balance loaded and reconciled against your last Xero BAS before the old subscription is closed. Historical periods imported as journal entries so comparative reporting works from day one.
- Xero COA → Odoo account groups
- Analytic accounts for project / BU tracking
- Trial balance reconciled to last BAS
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AR, AP & Contact Masters
All customer and supplier records migrated with contact details, payment terms, and credit limits. Open invoices and bills carried across so aged AR and aged AP tie out exactly. Australian tax codes — GST (10%), GST-free, input-taxed — mapped to Odoo tax rules with correct BAS label positions.
- Open AR & AP tie-out
- Customer & supplier masters with terms
- AU tax codes: GST · GST-free · input-taxed
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Inventory, Products & Costing
Product catalogue migrated with Odoo product templates, variants, units of measure, and reorder rules. Costing method (FIFO or average cost) configured and validated against Xero's last inventory valuation. Multi-warehouse and multi-location stock structures built where needed — a significant step up from Xero's basic inventory.
- Product masters with variants & UoM
- FIFO or average costing validated
- Multi-warehouse & multi-location
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CRM, Sales & Ecommerce
Odoo CRM configured with your sales pipeline stages, lead sources, and team structure. Shopify or WooCommerce store connected via the native Odoo connector or API so inventory, orders, and fulfilment flow without manual re-entry. Replaces the Xero + separate CRM + separate ecommerce patchwork in one system.
- Odoo CRM pipeline & lead stages
- Shopify / WooCommerce order sync
- Inventory & fulfilment under one roof
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Payroll Integration (KeyPay / Employment Hero)
Odoo's native payroll is not ATO STP2-certified in Australia — we scope this honestly. Instead we integrate Odoo with KeyPay, Employment Hero, or Xero Payroll via API so leave requests, timesheets, and pay runs stay in a compliant system. Year-to-date payroll history preserved for STP continuity.
- KeyPay · Employment Hero · Xero Payroll
- STP2-compliant from day one
- YTD payroll history & STP continuity
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Custom Reports & Dashboard Rebuild
Xero custom reports, tracking categories, and Excel workbooks rebuilt as Odoo Studio dashboards or QWeb report templates. Power BI can be connected to the Odoo PostgreSQL backend for advanced analytics. Manufacturer and distributor-specific reports (MRP variance, landed cost, purchase price analysis) configured in the same scope.
- Odoo Studio dashboards
- QWeb report templates
- Power BI → Odoo PostgreSQL connector
A Xero to Odoo migration, end to end
Three stages. Parallel run before retiring Xero. Reconciled to the cent before cutover is approved. Delivered personally by the founder — no account managers, no offshore handoff.
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Week 0
Xero & Odoo Fit Audit
15-minute scoping call. We map your Xero data depth, active integrations, inventory approach, and payroll setup. Odoo edition choice — Enterprise SaaS vs self-hosted Community — assessed against your budget and customisation needs. Fixed-price quote delivered inside 48 hours.
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Weeks 1–N
Migration Build & Parallel Run
Xero data extracted and loaded into Odoo in stages — chart of accounts first, then contact masters, then open transactions, then historical periods. Australian tax rules configured and validated. Your team runs Xero and Odoo side-by-side until trial balance, aged AR, and aged AP all reconcile to the cent.
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Cutover
Live Cutover & Hypercare
Cutover on a clean end-of-month or end-of-quarter date so BAS stays unbroken. Payroll integration tested with a live pay run before the switch. Xero retained read-only for one financial year as audit backup. 30 days post-cutover hypercare included. Source code, migration scripts, and docs are yours.
Before you book the scoping call
What version of Xero does this migration cover?
We migrate from Xero Business (all plan tiers), Xero HQ practice accounts, and Xero with third-party inventory add-ons (Cin7, DEAR, Unleashed). The Xero API exposes chart of accounts, contacts, invoices, bills, bank transactions, manual journals, and inventory items — the scoping call determines exactly what data depth applies to your subscription.
Should we use Odoo Enterprise (SaaS) or Community (self-hosted)?
Odoo Enterprise gives you Odoo's official support, automatic upgrades, and the full module catalogue including ecommerce, sign, and live chat — billed per user per month via odoo.com. Community is free and self-hosted but requires your own server and upgrade management, and some Enterprise-only modules are unavailable. We help you model the total cost of both options honestly before you commit — we are not an Odoo Partner reseller, so we have no incentive to push one over the other.
How are Australian tax codes handled in Odoo?
Odoo ships with an Australian localisation that covers GST (10%), GST-free (0%), and input-taxed supplies. Each tax code is mapped to the correct BAS label (G1, G10, G11 etc.) in Odoo's tax return template. We configure and test every code against your actual Xero data before cutover so the first BAS lodged from Odoo reconciles cleanly.
What happens to payroll — does Odoo handle STP2?
Odoo's payroll module exists but is not ATO-certified for Single Touch Payroll Phase 2 in Australia. Rather than configure an uncertified payroll and hope for the best, we integrate Odoo with KeyPay, Employment Hero, or Xero Payroll via API. Leave requests and approved timesheets flow from Odoo; pay runs and STP2 reporting stay in the certified system. Year-to-date payroll history is preserved so the ATO reporting trail is unbroken.
How much Xero history can we bring into Odoo?
All of it in principle — GL transactions, AR/AP detail, customer and supplier records, inventory, product history. In practice we ask which years need to be live and queryable in Odoo (typically 2–7 years) and archive older data as exports. The ATO requires 5 years of records; we always migrate enough to satisfy that requirement and the next audit.
We sell on Shopify or WooCommerce — can Odoo own inventory and orders?
Yes, and this is one of the strongest reasons ecommerce operators move from Xero to Odoo. Odoo's ecommerce module or the Shopify/WooCommerce connector syncs orders, inventory levels, fulfilment status, and customer records in real time. Stock adjustments in Odoo flow back to the storefront; orders from the storefront create Odoo sales orders and trigger the pick-pack-ship workflow. No more manual stock reconciliation between Xero and the store.
Our business does manufacturing or assembly — does Odoo handle MRP?
Odoo's Manufacturing module (MRP) is a core reason product businesses move off Xero. It covers bills of materials, work orders, routing, production scheduling, and MRP demand planning. We configure the BOM structure, work centre setup, and routing logic during the migration scope. If you also need subcontracting or multi-level BOM structures those are included in the same scoping call.
Do we own the migration scripts and Odoo customisations?
Yes. All migration scripts, data mapping documents, custom Odoo modules, QWeb report templates, and integration code live in your GitHub repository from day one — not ours. Xero stays accessible for one financial year as a read-only audit safety net. After the project closes there is no ongoing licence or fee to us.
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