Odoo hosting is the complete set of hardware (e.g. servers, storage space, networking, power) and software (e.g. operating system + applications, database management systems, Odoo back-end code, security/encryption certificates) infrastructure components, installed and configured correctly to provide you and your staff members with an easy to use browser based interface to your Odoo database(s) back-end. and if you choose so; also your business partners (e.g. customers and vendors) to your website(s). Hosting solution also comes with all the essential features and tools to manage, monitor and improve performance and reliability.

In the following paragraphs, we will attempt to define the main hosting types & summarize the different hosting options for your Odoo deployment.

SaaS (Software as a Service) is hosted on remote servers provided by a cloud company and accessed over the internet (such as our Inspired Cloud Basic). This hosting type is very cost effective while requiring minimal IT expertise as you get your own private database with required storage space, while sharing all the other server hardware and software components. the hosting provider is fully responsible for all system administration and management aspects of the service. Due to the nature of this type, customization are only possible within the boundaries of your database only.

PaaS (Platform as a Service) is hosted on remote servers provided by a cloud company and accessed over the internet (such as our Inspired Cloud Pro). This hosting type gives you all the benefits of SaaS hosting in addition to having your own dedicated version(s) of Odoo back-end code and configuration (also called instances / environments) while still sharing all the other server hardware and software components, the hosting provider is still fully responsible for all system administration and management aspects of the service. This type allows you to freely customize your Odoo instance(s)/environment(s) with apps downloaded from Odoo App store or even custom modules developed specifically for your own business needs, additionally multiple databases can be hosted with each instance/environment

Dedicated (On-Premises) hosting is when you either own an entire physical server (located within your organization’s own building) or lease a cloud hosted server (usually a virtual machine located on a data center cluster). this hosting type gives you total freedom on what install on your server as all its resources are dedicated to your needs.  This type offers the highest level of performance, control & customization. but also requires the highest budget and IT technical expertise.

Inspired Cloud Solutions is an Application-Specific Managed Platform as a Service (AaaS/ PaaS) cloud hosting solution custom-tailored for our Odoo customers, designed with the needs of Small & Medium enterprises in mind without any IT expertise requirements.

With Inspired Cloud Solutions hosting platform, you’re not just getting a hosting solution — you’re gaining a partner committed to your success. Our Odoo cloud hosting solution plans delivers everything you love about Odoo Online with even more features or everything you need from Odoo.sh at a fraction of the price, we offer multiple hosting solution plans with unmatched flexibility, robust hosting resources, at a significantly lower value for money. The best part is you can get Inspired Cloud Basic hosting for 6 months completely free when you sign-up for Odoo implementation support agreement with Inspired Enterprise Solutions (check out our Odoo services portfolio at www.ie-solutions.net)!

Odoo S.A. offers it's users multiple hosting solutions:

• Odoo Online is a SaaS (Software as a Service) that offers private databases hosted & managed by Odoo. Free hosting on Odoo Online requires purchase of O​doo Enterprise paid license. Standard plan license costs a monthly fee of $7.25 paid annually. Custom plan license costs an estimated monthly fee of $10.90 paid annually (check out https://www.odoo.com/pricing). 

• Odoo Sh is the official cloud PaaS (Platform as a Service) providing a specialized Odoo environment for testing, developing, running, & managing applications without the complexity of building the infrastructure while enabling custom developments &/or third-party apps installments. Odoo Sh shared hosting plan with a single staging test environment starts from a monthly fee of $72.20 paid annually​, while Odoo Sh dedicated hosting plan with a single staging test environment starts from a monthly fee of $725.00 paid annually (check out https://www.odoo.sh/pricing)..