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Odoo 20 Light User explained: what it can do, and the catch.

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Real Odoo 20 screens from our own test database. Prices as seen from India on 24 September 2026; they vary by country.

What an Odoo 20 Light User can and cannot do, what Odoo’s pricing page lists it at as seen from India, how one Sales right flips the role to User, and why under Enterprise Agreement version 13 an active employee record without a login counts as a Light User.

Read the page: What is a Light User in Odoo 20?

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  1. Odoo 20 · the Light User: Odoo 20 has a cheaper user.
  2. What a Light User can do · per odoo.com/pricing · Role: Light. Time off, expenses, attendance, appraisals: Included. Planning: view, worksheets: Included. Point of Sale: connect as an employee: Included. Warehouse: barcode scanning: Included. Knowledge: Read-only. Their own work: Not running the business.
  3. What it can't do · per odoo.com/pricing · Role: Light. Sales: Not included. Purchase: Not included. Project: Not included. Accounting: Not included.
  4. odoo.com/pricing · seen from India · 24 Sep 2026 · Per user, per month. Light User: 195 Rs. User, Standard plan: Rs 580 to 950. How it's sold: via an Odoo Advisor, by quote. Prices vary by country: A fraction of a full user.
  5. The catch: One Sales right. The role flips to User.
  6. ““Any user account indicated as active and designated as a ‘Light User’ in the Software, or any active employee record (from the human resources App) not linked to an active non-portal user account.”” (Section 2, definition of Light User. Quoted verbatim.) The second catch: Employees without a login count too.
  7. Before your next Odoo 20 bill · Three checks. Archive the employee records of people who left: Do. Check a Light user's rights before adding one: Do. Confirm your count with your Odoo contact: Do.
  8. The cheaper user, and its catch. The full explainer, with every source. nanti.ai/odoo-20-light-user Checked 24 Sep 2026 against odoo.com/pricing and Enterprise Agreement v13 · real Odoo 20 screens from our test database.