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title: "Running Lean with ODOO: How We Keep Our Infra Budget in Check"
description: "We use odoo community since it is a little less hungry for resources. We also use only essential apps and avoid bloat

Learning from our hosting experience, we see that the following items are key to keep the budget for self hosting tight:

- Configure your database for performance and resource usage
- Regular prune your docker system for unused images and containers
- reduce network load by putting your db on the same host than your odoo
- use your reverse proxy to cache assets
- Track when your scheduled actions run
- When using a VPS offload your backups to another server

or use our hassle free service ;)"
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date: "2025-06-03"
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<p>🚀 Keeping your #ODOO4projects lean and agile doesn’t have to break the bank! From our own hosting journey, we’ve found some golden rules to making Odoo Community run fast (and frugal):

🔹 Slim is in: Only install the essential apps. Less bloat = more speed.
🔹 Optimize your database – a little tuning goes a LONG way for performance and resource use.
🔹 Don’t forget regular Docker pruning. Old images and unused containers can quietly eat up resources.
🔹 Cut network lag: Host your Odoo and its database on the same server to reduce traffic and latency.
🔹 Put your reverse proxy to good use! Caching static assets can save you loads of bandwidth.
🔹 Know when your automated actions run – insight means control over resource spikes.
🔹 For VPS users: Always offload those backups to a separate machine. Never risk your production setup!

Or you can just use our hassle-free service and leave the heavy lifting to us 😉

Ready to get more from Odoo with less? Follow #ODOO4projects or get in touch via our homepage! 💡
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