Quickodoo

Quickodoo vs Traditional Consulting

Traditional Odoo consulting bills by the day against an open-ended scope, which works fine until the days multiply and the scope creeps. Quickodoo exists because plenty of businesses want a defined outcome for a defined price instead.

Here’s the honest comparison, including where traditional consulting is genuinely the better choice.

What this looks like in practice

  • Fixed price versus day rate. Quickodoo fixes the price against a written scope; consulting bills days as they’re used. For a well-understood need, the fixed price removes the risk of an overrun you can’t predict.
  • Defined scope versus open scope. Quickodoo’s scope is agreed up front, so both sides can point at it. Open-scope engagements are flexible but that flexibility is where budgets quietly disappear.
  • Predictable timeline. A Quickodoo tier has a fixed timeline (4 to 10 weeks by tier) rather than a programme that stretches. Predictability is often worth more than theoretical flexibility.
  • Where consulting genuinely wins. Genuinely complex, non-standard operations, or ones still discovering their own requirements, are better served by a scoped custom implementation than forced into a fixed tier.
  • You can have both. Start with a Quickodoo tier for the well-understood core, and take the genuinely bespoke parts as separate, scoped custom work. Fixed where it can be, flexible where it must be.

How the fixed price stays fixed

  1. A scope written down first. The apps, connectors and configuration are agreed and documented before we begin, so both sides can point at what was promised.
  2. Priced against that scope. The number is fixed against the written scope. Vague requirements get discovery questions, not a padded number.
  3. Added scope is quoted separately. If you want more later, that’s its own quoted piece of work, which is exactly what keeps the original price honest rather than a moving target.
  4. Delivered on staging with checkpoints. Configuration lands on staging and is reviewed with you as it grows, so there’s no gap between what was scoped and what arrives.
  5. A clear path to extend. The tiers build on each other, so growing later adds scope without redoing the foundation.

Common questions

Isn't fixed price just consulting with a markup for risk?
No, because the scope is genuinely fixed and delivered in weeks, not padded against an open commitment. If your need doesn't fit a tier cleanly, we recommend consulting instead, honestly.
What if our requirements change mid-project?
Changes are quoted as separate scope so the original price holds. If your requirements are still moving, that's a sign a scoped custom implementation may fit better than a fixed tier.
Which should we choose?
If your need is well understood and maps to a tier, Quickodoo. If it's genuinely bespoke or still forming, a custom implementation. We'll tell you which at the scoping call.

Not sure where to start? Book a free discovery call and we’ll map your current setup, or request a free Odoo health check if you’re already running Odoo.

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