We performed a comparison between Microsoft Dynamics 365 Central and SAP Business One based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: The main difference between the two solutions is that users of Dynamics 365 say the performance is lacking and do not report an ROI like SAP Business One users do.
"The solution makes everything organized for my organization or enterprise. It makes workflows more than clear."
"We like the manufacturing and case management modules."
"I like Microsoft Dynamics' simplicity. The interface is excellent, and it's a highly mature product. You can hardly find any bugs in the product."
"The tool covers most of the business requirements that most companies have, especially financial institutions."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."
"It is easy to use, and it works very well for small-scale companies."
"Microsoft Dynamics NAV's most valuable feature is the integration with other Microsoft solutions."
"It's quite reliable, and there's a good local provider who can adapt the solution for tax issues."
"The most valuable features of SAP Business One are the financials, sales, and production. They are very helpful. Additionally, it is very easy to use and the user interface is stable in the application and on the web."
"The documentation part and the user manuals provided by SAP are quite comprehensive."
"The most valuable features of SAP Business One are that it has plenty of features and an easy general ledger entry. Additionally, we have an internal team that supports the solution and they provide is good. The solution is easy for us to support."
"It's fully integrated with great dashboard and interface."
"I had been using it for the end-to-end functionality."
"The SAP Business One is simple and it provides us the control we need."
"SAP Business One is very stable, and I would rate its performance as ten out of ten."
"The solution is scalable."
"The performance and virtual machine backup is not good with this solution and need improvements."
"In the next release, I would like to see a quality check module - Navision doesn't have one, and the industry very much requires it."
"The reporting tool has room for improvement."
"Any request that had come from the website had to go through an e-form which was then plugged into Microsoft Dynamics NAV. There was no direct data capture. That was the pain point, where clients had to build e-forms, and that caused delays in transactions and getting information."
"The configuration packages can be somewhat tiresome at times, and they can be slow when loading data."
"The initial setup of the solution was quite complex and the troubleshooting involved with that needs to be improved."
"The solution must provide more AI features."
"I would like to improve the tool’s reporting and coding part."
"The extension of dashboards into mobiles is something which SAP Business One has to improve on."
"The analytics data capabilities could improve which will provide businesses with much more insight into how their companies are performing."
"The solution's CRM module can be made better."
"Lacks ability to integrate with other tools."
"In the next release, I would like to see the inclusion of cloud features."
"Security could be improved."
"Overall, the integration and the reports can be better."
"I'd like to see the solution become more user-friendly."
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Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is ranked 3rd in ERP with 62 reviews while SAP Business One is ranked 4th in ERP with 61 reviews. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is rated 8.2, while SAP Business One is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central writes "Easy to deploy, extremely stable, and highly scalable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP Business One writes "Helps with intercompany sales and purchase orders, and optimizes inventory management". Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is most compared with SAP S/4HANA, Microsoft Dynamics AX, SAP ERP, Oracle E-Business Suite and Odoo, whereas SAP Business One is most compared with SAP S/4HANA, SAP ERP, Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP, SAP S/4HANA Cloud and Epicor ERP. See our Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central vs. SAP Business One report.
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Both are not the right fit for Manufacturing company because these 2 solutions are built for small and medium size enterprises mainly for accounting purpose but not for operations. They need modules like Production planning & Scheduling, Quality management, adv' inventory optimization, Shoop floor control, Supplier management, Adv' warehouse, Inbound and outbound logistics and so on.
Regards, Mohammed Shakir (shakir52268@gmail.com)
Hi Sanjay,
My recommendation is to evaluate ERP software from a long-term perspective as it is a big investment. As I understand, your organization is growing and needs better control and reporting hence you are looking for business transformation and digitalization therefore ERP is the first step in business transformation.
As Inteliwaves (visit us at www.inteliwaves.com) are in the SAP consulting field a company based out of Mumbai, India we are dealing with the business requirement for ERP implementation day in and day out, and from our past experience we have observed that customers who have implemented small scale ERP software do not support business growth due to scalability issue and after few years they need to look for another solution for their growing business demand.
I will recommend you to checkout for the SAP Public cloud option which is best in the current market scenario. Please lets us know if you need more details on SAP Public cloud solution or demo as we are an SAP partner. Thanks & regards, Manish, manish.chhatbar@inteliwaves.com, 9930636260
I think you should first look at Dynamics BC. We have provided consulting services to your company and knows in-and-out of your processes. Ranthosh knows me very well. You can reach out to me at 9811359356
Look at e10x-ERP (educe10x.com). Built natively for the cloud, connects using a browser, and no need for hefty hardware installations, etc. e10x-ERP is focused on SMB manufacturing companies and has a suite of modules that will fit your requirements. The modules include attendance and payroll which most other ERPs do not offer as standard.
Also, integrated with WhatsApp Business (for auto reports, auto messages to customers, suppliers, etc), email, trigger, and event-based reports, integrated with GST (ASP).