Payment Integration
Stripe + Odoo Integration
Stripe as your payment gateway, Odoo as the accounting and ERP system of record — with payout batches, fees, refunds, disputes, and subscription billing reconciled automatically. No more end-of-month spreadsheets to match Stripe payouts against invoiced revenue.
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What it is
Bidirectional integration between Stripe (payment gateway) and Odoo (ERP / accounting). The integration captures: payments (charge events, with appropriate revenue + AR postings); fees (Stripe's per-transaction processing fees, mapped to a fees GL account); refunds (full or partial, creating Odoo credit notes); chargebacks + disputes (with appropriate accounting entries during dispute lifecycle); payouts (Stripe's batch payouts to your bank account reconciled against Odoo bank); Stripe Subscriptions (active subscriptions, billing cycles, prorations, plan changes synced to Odoo Subscriptions); Stripe Tax (global tax calculation for international transactions); Stripe Connect (for marketplace / platform businesses managing multiple connected accounts). Built on Stripe's Events API with idempotent webhook handling.
Why it matters
Stripe reconciliation is a well-known finance pain point. Stripe's standard report exports give you transaction data but require manual matching against your invoiced revenue, fees split into separate GL accounts, refunds aligned to original transactions, and payouts reconciled against bank statements. Most businesses do this in Excel monthly — error-prone, time-consuming, audit-fragile. A production-grade Stripe-Odoo integration eliminates the spreadsheet work and gives finance live, accurate Stripe accounting in Odoo.
Features
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All Stripe event types
Charges, refunds, payouts, chargebacks, disputes, customer creation, invoice creation, subscription events — every Stripe event has an Odoo mapping with appropriate accounting entries.
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Stripe Subscriptions sync
Active Stripe subscriptions sync to Odoo Subscriptions module. Recurring billing, prorations on plan changes, upgrade / downgrade flows, deferred revenue (ASC 606 / IFRS 15) accounting in Odoo.
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Payout batch reconciliation
Stripe payouts to your bank account (typically 2–3 day delay after charge) reconcile against Odoo bank statement entries. Each payout shows component charges, refunds, and fees. Finance sees Stripe-net-of-fees revenue without spreadsheet work.
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Multi-currency
Stripe multi-currency (Stripe charges in customer currency, settles in your account currency) handled with appropriate FX rate capture. FX gain/loss accounting posted automatically.
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Multi-account
Businesses with multiple Stripe accounts (per region, per entity, per brand) handled in one Odoo instance. Each Stripe account maps to a corresponding Odoo company / bank account.
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Stripe Connect (marketplace) support
Stripe Connect for marketplaces — your platform charges fees, transfers funds to connected accounts, handles application fees. All flows captured in Odoo with appropriate revenue + clearing-account accounting.
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Stripe Tax integration
Stripe Tax (global tax calculation on transactions) reconciled with Odoo tax codes. EU VAT OSS, UK VAT, USA sales tax (Stripe Tax covers most of US multi-state nexus), Canada GST/HST, Australia GST.
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Chargeback + dispute lifecycle
When a Stripe chargeback opens: Odoo posts an in-dispute entry. When the dispute resolves: appropriate final accounting. Dispute fee accounting separate from chargeback amount.
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Stripe Radar fraud signals
Stripe Radar risk scores accessible in Odoo for high-risk transactions, supporting customer-success and finance-team review workflows.
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Idempotent + replay-safe
Webhook handling is idempotent — Stripe webhook retries don't create duplicate Odoo entries. Lost webhooks recoverable via Stripe Events API replay.
How it works
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Discovery
Audit Stripe account setup (single / multi-account, Connect, Subscriptions, Tax), Odoo state, GL account structure for Stripe entries. Output: integration spec with GL mapping.
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Stripe + Odoo configuration
Configure Stripe webhooks pointing to Odoo. Configure Odoo's Stripe connector with API keys, GL mapping (revenue / fees / chargebacks / refunds), and reconciliation rules.
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Sandbox + UAT
Test events in Stripe test mode against Odoo staging. Validate GL postings for charges, refunds, fees, payouts. Finance team signs off.
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Initial sync + production cutover
Bulk-sync last 6–12 months of Stripe transactions into Odoo (for historical accuracy). Switch webhook endpoints to live. Monitor first 7 days.
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Ongoing maintenance
Stripe API updates tracked; integration tested against Stripe API version changes. Material new Stripe features (e.g. Stripe Capital, Stripe Issuing) added to integration if relevant.
Deployment timeline
Standard Stripe + Odoo integration: 2–4 weeks fixed-price. With Stripe Subscriptions: 3–5 weeks. With Stripe Connect (marketplace): 5–8 weeks. Multi-account, multi-currency, multi-entity: 4–7 weeks. Migration from PayPal / other gateway to Stripe + Odoo: 4–7 weeks for the full migration including data continuity.
Best for
Businesses using Stripe at meaningful volume (USD 50,000+ monthly) with Odoo as the ERP. Particularly: SaaS companies using Stripe Subscriptions; e-commerce operators with Stripe as their gateway (Shopify Payments, WooCommerce Stripe, BigCommerce Stripe); marketplaces using Stripe Connect; international businesses where Stripe's multi-currency support matters. Small Stripe volumes (under USD 20,000/month) can use simpler CSV-import workflows; full integration is more justified at scale.
Frequently asked questions
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What's the integration cost?
Standard Stripe + Odoo: USD 6,000–12,000 fixed-price. With Stripe Subscriptions: USD 8,000–15,000. With Stripe Connect (marketplace): USD 18,000–35,000. Multi-account / multi-currency: USD 12,000–25,000.
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How do Stripe payouts reconcile?
Stripe's payout batches (typically 2–3 day delay after charge) include component data: which charges, which refunds, which fees, which chargebacks. Integration parses payout reports and matches to bank statement entries in Odoo. Finance sees one-line bank entry = matched to N Stripe payout component lines = matched to invoiced revenue. No spreadsheet matching.
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What about Stripe Tax?
Stripe Tax (Stripe's global tax engine) integrated. Tax amounts calculated by Stripe at checkout, posted to Odoo with appropriate tax codes. EU VAT OSS, UK VAT post-Brexit, USA multi-state nexus, Canada, Australia handled. For businesses using Avalara or TaxJar instead of Stripe Tax, those integrations are separate.
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Can it handle Stripe Connect for marketplaces?
Yes — Stripe Connect (Standard, Express, Custom) supported. Your platform's application fees, connected-account payouts, transfer logic all captured. Accounting model handles platform revenue + connected-account clearing.
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What about Stripe Subscriptions vs Odoo Subscriptions?
Stripe Subscriptions can stay as the billing engine (especially for SaaS with complex usage-based or tiered pricing where Stripe's billing logic is purpose-built). Subscription data syncs to Odoo for accounting + customer view. Alternative: Odoo Subscriptions as billing engine with Stripe as payment gateway only — also supported, different flow.
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How are chargebacks handled?
Chargeback open: Odoo posts a 'disputed' entry showing the amount in question. Chargeback resolved (won or lost): appropriate final accounting. Dispute fees (Stripe charges USD 15 per chargeback regardless of outcome) posted to a separate fee account. Finance team sees chargeback exposure in real time.
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What about refund handling?
Stripe refunds (full or partial) trigger Odoo credit notes with appropriate GL postings (revenue reversal). Partial refunds on multi-line invoices handled per-line. Refund reasons (customer request, fraud, duplicate) captured for finance analysis.
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What if we have multiple Stripe accounts?
Multi-account setups (per region, per entity, per brand) all handled in one Odoo instance. Each Stripe account maps to a specific Odoo company + bank account. Reconciliation is per-account.
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Will it slow down Stripe at checkout?
No — Stripe integration is server-side webhook-based, not in the checkout path. Checkout speed unchanged.
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Can we migrate from PayPal / Authorize.net / other gateway?
Yes — gateway-migration projects common when businesses standardise on Stripe. We migrate the integration architecture and the historical transaction data. Typical migration 4–7 weeks.
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Does the integration handle 3D Secure?
3D Secure is at the checkout / payment-method level (handled by Stripe). The integration receives the final authorisation result (whether 3DS was used or not) and posts to Odoo. 3DS friction at checkout is a Stripe + your checkout's concern, not the Odoo integration's.
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What's the first step?
30-minute scoping call. Bring: Stripe products in use (Payments, Subscriptions, Tax, Connect, Issuing, etc.), monthly transaction volume, current Odoo state, GL chart of accounts. We'll outline scope.