We performed a comparison between IFS Cloud Platform and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two ERP solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I like the connectivity and interfaces. In V10, it's easy to modify the interfaces and layouts, but it's becoming more complicated in the cloud. IFS is excellent at asset maintenance and incident management. They have specialized modules for IFS that cover incident and asset management and everything else connected to finance. The reporting in IFS is also easy to use."
"The solution overall is very versatile and flexible, especially compared to other products."
"What I like about IFS Applications is that it's easier to use and implement than SAP. I also like that the IFS Applications team is more flexible than the SAP team."
"Feature-wise, I like the way it provides inventory details...It is a stable solution."
"The workflow of the solution is very good."
"When it comes to financing, the solution has helped us to concentrate finance functions like accounting processes in one system. This includes about 70 internal entities around the world."
"The most valuable features of IFS Applications in the latest version are the new user Arena interface. It's from Apps 9, but it brings more flexibility in usage, especially around different devices, such as mobile usage, which doesn't restrict you from using a computer. We are it for the HR side, and it's proving quite good. It has a new modern feel to it similar to a standard cloud application which enhances the user experience."
"A high level of ERP can be handled in IFS."
"It is easy to use, and it works very well for small-scale companies."
"The tool covers most of the business requirements that most companies have, especially financial institutions."
"It's quite reliable, and there's a good local provider who can adapt the solution for tax issues."
"Its most valuable feature is the user interface."
"All of the features are valuable, depending on where you implement them. I've done implementations in 60 countries, across 86 different companies and groups, and each company has a different reason for why they want to use it. Every single feature that I've implemented has been successful, and for some companies, where they didn't use the functionality, they have moved to external products or they've integrated into other applications."
"The product is customizable so we can tune it according to our requirements."
"Microsoft products are very good in general. This product is flexible, easy to use, intuitive, and has good capabilities."
"This is readily available and affordable, as well as user-friendly and simple to use in my opinion."
"Aspects of HR and payroll could be better."
"Some kind of bot assistance, some kind of artificial intelligence to help people solve the problems, would be interesting."
"An area for improvement would be transactions, which can be tedious to complete as the process is very complex."
"There are certain digital features that need to be incorporated, such as IOP."
"There should be some improvements in the predefined templates in IFS Applications."
"I have seen that one of the areas that my company has identified for improvement might be the rental management capabilities within the solution."
"The solution's initial setup process was complex...The technical support my company receives from the implementation partners of the solution is not that great."
"Technical support could be improved."
"I would like a more modular and user-friendly interface."
"The tool needs to work on reporting issues and user interface."
"The stability could always be improved."
"I wouldn't say that Microsoft Dynamics is very scalable."
"The product should improve work optimization."
"Microsoft Dynamics NAV could be improved in terms of exporting income statements and balance sheets. Currently, there is a feature, but you can only have the last three years. I spent some time trying to improve the KPI portion that exports the data, that already calculates the sub forms or subtotals, but they weren't able to break that up into different dimensions. They've now managed to crowd the separate table and you can export that, but it's only for the last three years. So, they could improve this solution by getting the chart of accounts or the account schedules to be exported, where you can go further than just three years with it."
"They need to improve their processes."
"Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central has been buggy in my experience and they should improve in this area. Additionally, there are too many updates. The updates involve a whole bunch of applications as part of the package, such as the Edge browser. The updates are too broad across the whole package of applications."
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IFS Cloud Platform is ranked 9th in ERP with 29 reviews while Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is ranked 3rd in ERP with 62 reviews. IFS Cloud Platform is rated 7.8, while Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of IFS Cloud Platform writes "Robust, customizable, and modern". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central writes "Easy to deploy, extremely stable, and highly scalable". IFS Cloud Platform is most compared with SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, Oracle E-Business Suite, IBM Maximo and ServiceNow, whereas Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is most compared with SAP S/4HANA, Microsoft Dynamics AX, SAP Business One, SAP ERP and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne. See our IFS Cloud Platform vs. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central report.
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