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There is a point where running a business starts to feel less like selling and more like keeping everything connected. A customer places an order, money comes in, stock moves, an invoice needs to go out, expenses pile up, and somehow all of it needs to make sense when you look at your finances.

That is the kind of problem business software is supposed to solve. Odoo and Zidwell approach that problem differently. Odoo is a broad business platform built around connected applications, while Zidwell focuses on making a business's financial records simple, automatic, and easy to understand.

ODOO

Odoo is much bigger than an accounting tool. It brings together accounting, invoicing, sales, inventory, e-commerce, CRM, point of sale, project management and more.

There is a lot that can happen inside one Odoo setup.

But that functionality can also mean that a business owner has a lot of systems to work with and set up before they even see any meaningful data.

If all you are trying to answer is, “How much came in this month?” or “What did I actually spend?”, you may not be looking for an entire business management environment. You may just want your financial information to be there when you need it.

ZIDWELL

That is the problem Zidwell approaches differently.

Instead of starting with every possible part of a business, Zidwell starts with the financial activity happening inside it because Zidwell gives you a business account, lets you upload your bank statements and also lets you connect your bank accounts.

You earn money, spend money, send an invoice, receive a payment or connect a bank account, and those money movements can become organized financial records automatically. Zidwell's bank-connected system automatically brings transactions into the bookkeeping process, while businesses can also upload statements when needed.

For a business owner who does not want to spend their evenings sorting through transactions and trying to understand what happened financially, that difference can matter.

The point is not to give the business more software to operate. It is to make the financial side of the business easier to see.a

Odoo

Odoo's strength is how deeply its different and vast applications can work together.

For a company managing products, warehouses, sales teams and several operational processes, Odoo can be valuable.

But there is a difference between having your business processes connected and having your finances automatically organized for you.

A smaller business may not need to configure an entire ecosystem just to keep track of its income, expenses, invoices and cash flow.

Zidwell

Zidwell takes over the financial side and just give you clean, clear financial insights on how your finances moved and grew, making the experience so much easier for businesses.

You can connect your Nigerian bank accounts and transactions can sync into your records. Upload a statement and it can be converted into financial records. Send invoices and keep them connected to your financial activity. You can then see income, expenses, profit and cash flow from the same place.

It also supports payment links and sales pages in Nigeria, while its bookkeeping and financial records are designed to work across different types of businesses.

So instead of spending time asking where each transaction belongs, the system does more of the organizing in the background.

Your business keeps moving.

Your financial records keep moving with it.

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Your business needs more than a bank account. Manage your money, bookkeeping, invoices, online store, tax and more with the Zidwell Business Toolkit. Start your free trial: Zidwell.com

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A Use Case for Zidwell

Take Mildred, who runs a small skincare business online.

She spends most of her day replying to customers, confirming orders and arranging deliveries. At the end of a busy week, she can tell you exactly how many products she sold.

What she cannot tell you immediately is how much of that money actually stayed in the business.

Her payments are spread across different accounts. Supplier payments are mixed with other expenses. Some receipts are sitting in WhatsApp. And she keeps telling herself she'll organize everything properly at the end of the month.

With Zidwell, she can either use the Zidwell business bank account or connect her other bank accounts and have the transactions flow into her bookkeeping. Her income and expenses are categorized automatically, invoices and receipts can be kept with her records, and she can look at her financial position without rebuilding the numbers from scratch.

Now when she wants to know how the business is doing, she does not have to remember every payment she made during the week.

She can simply look at her Zidwell dashboard.

For Businesses That Outgrow One Bank Account, There’s Zidwell Business Account Pro

Growth brings another problem: more people start touching the money.

There may be a founder, a finance person, an operations manager and other team members who need access to different parts of the business.

Zidwell's business account pro plan introduce multi-user access, account signatories and role-based permissions, so growing teams can work from the same financial system while access can be structured around people's responsibilities.

That means the business can become more organized without the CEO losing control and without losing sight of the business numbers.

So, Which One Should You Pick?

Odoo is built for businesses that want a broad system connecting accounting with sales, inventory, e-commerce, CRM and other operations and are patient enough to learn the ropes.

Zidwell takes a narrower and more financial approach: connect the money, organize the records and make the numbers easier to understand.

If your business needs an entire platform for managing many different operations, Odoo may give you the range you are looking for.

If what you really need is a simpler way to keep your banking, bookkeeping, invoices, receipts and financial information together, Zidwell is built around that problem.

The difference comes down to what you actually need your business software to do.

Ready to Make Your Finances Simpler?

If you're looking for an Odoo alternative that puts your business finances in one clear place, with banking, bookkeeping, invoices, receipts and financial records working together, take a closer look at Zidwell.

How to Set Up Zidwell; Here Are Some Tutorials

If you'd like to see how Zidwell works, here is a YouTube playlist containing some useful tutorials.

Zidwell Tutorial Playlist on YouTube

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfdCv9wrHSQxJhRQA9teTJGgyhyhrYtSi&si=A4EMYjEqcr76cJJm

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