Small by choice.
Fast by de
We built this company because we were tired of watching Odoo — one of the most powerful business platforms on the planet — get buried under layers of bureaucracy, bloated project plans, and partners more interested in billable hours than actual outcomes. We're Odoo consultants based in Melbourne, working with businesses across Australia.
The big partners have too many people on every project — BAs, project managers, developers, support staff — and the result is slow execution and a lot of passing the buck. Their whole game is new acquisitions. The retention rate is horrible, and the businesses left behind are the ones who suffer.
You don't need a 40-person implementation firm. You need people who've done this before, know what works, make decisions fast, and treat your business like it matters.
"We know, because we lived it."
Everyone on our team has worked for the big Odoo partners. We've seen the bloated timelines, the endless handoffs, and the clients who get forgotten once the contract is signed. We formed tryexcept to combat exactly that — because we experienced it first-hand.
Implementing Odoo since 2015.
We started with Odoo version 7, back when it was still called OpenERP. We've been through every major release since — v8, v9, v10, v11, v12, v13, v14, v15, v16, v17, v18, and v19. That's a decade of migrations, upgrades, custom builds, and hard-won lessons that no certification can replace.
Left behind by a big partner? We specialise in that.
The big partners are focused on new acquisitions. Once the sale is made, the attention shifts to the next deal. Projects stall, support tickets pile up, and businesses are left with a half-finished implementation and nowhere to turn.
We specialise in Odoo rescue projects — picking up where others left off, fixing what's broken, finishing what was promised, and getting you to a system that actually works. No judgment, no starting from scratch. Just honest assessment and practical execution.
Tell us about your project →Our principles.
These aren't values on a wall. They're how we actually work.
Speed is a feature
Every month you're not live is a month you're losing efficiency, burning manual effort, and paying for software you're not using. We move fast on purpose.
Less is more
We keep teams small and focused. You get experienced people, from day one, every day — not layers of management between you and the work.
Opinionated beats indecisive
We've seen enough implementations to know what works. We'll tell you the right way to do something — not just whatever you ask for.
Honest over comfortable
We'll tell you when a customisation is a bad idea. Big partners tell you yes. We tell you the truth.
Done beats perfect
A great implementation you're actually using beats a perfect one still in UAT. We ship, iterate, and improve.
You're a growing business that knows Odoo is the right platform. You want a team that picks up the phone.
You've maybe talked to a gold or platinum partner and felt like a small fish in a big pond. You want a team that knows your name, and actually gives a damn whether you succeed.
You're not looking for a vendor. You're looking for a partner who moves like you do.
Let's see if we're a match →Why tryexcept?
In programming, a try/except block is how you handle the unexpected gracefully — you try something, and when things go wrong (and they always do), you handle it cleanly instead of crashing. That's exactly our philosophy. We take on the hard problems, anticipate what can go wrong, and make sure you never feel the impact.