We performed a comparison between Infor LN 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."Material planning and predictive planning are both essential aspects."
"The most valuable feature is its ability to handle products with up to 2,500 components, making it valuable for streamlining complex business operations."
"It's fast, predicts well, and is basically the best tool in the market for the automotive industry and network planning projects."
"I like the tool’s multisite functionality."
"LN is definitely a stable product. It's number one on Gartner's four quadrants."
"We have definitely seen a return on our investment with the product."
"The best feature of this solution is it comes as a complete bundle. The solution has effective project, document, and application management. Additionally, the collaboration is fantastic, it is well integrated, and can be customized."
"The best thing about Infor LN is that you can use it for inter-company business and for international businesses, especially by mid-sized and big companies."
"The tool covers most of the business requirements that most companies have, especially financial institutions."
"The most valuable features of Business Central for me are its seamless integration with Power BI and the ability to create customized reports."
"The vertical covers all aspects of functionality and integrates easily with the existing Office products."
"The initial setup is easy - because it stands on Microsoft offerings, it's simple and intuitive to use."
"One developer is enough to maintain the solution. Microsoft 365 is changing technology. The product is a user-friendly ERP solution."
"It's quite reliable, and there's a good local provider who can adapt the solution for tax issues."
"Our data is much more manageable than before."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is the Teams application. I use Teams to share documents amongst my team members, have meetings, and talk to them."
"The user interface is not very intuitive for newer users."
"When it comes to planning, it's more challenging to consider the entire structure, such as having a specific SKU and wanting to look at the planning for the whole structure. You must delve into individual item details to plan for it with order planning. Therefore, improvements will allow more comprehensive planning for each SKU."
"Only people who undergo training from the companies can learn about Infor products."
"Regarding areas for improvement within the solution, I would say that the solution's asset management and quality management need attention."
"The tool is expensive. It needs to refine its planning details."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"From a customers' perspective, Infor LN covers most of the processes in the company, but sometimes, they have to choose other tools because of the functionality or the cost of the Infor solution. It covers the core functions of the company—such as financial, operations, logistics, and so on—very well, but it doesn't cover some parts such as invoices, digitization, etc."
"It's not that intuitive."
"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 stability could always be improved."
"There is some network issue."
"The solution is stable, but it could improve."
"There are some aspects of the solution that is complex."
"Some of the control aspects such as auditing can definitely be improved. For example, auditing is not very easy, and the user permissions are complicated."
"The formulas in Power BI could be simpler. Sometimes, it's difficult to figure them out, but I am part of a lot of communities that work with us, so we help each other."
"The product should improve work optimization."
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Infor LN is ranked 8th in ERP with 24 reviews while Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is ranked 3rd in ERP with 62 reviews. Infor LN is rated 8.2, while Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Infor LN writes "A flexible ERP with the best project module and excellent support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central writes "Easy to deploy, extremely stable, and highly scalable". Infor LN is most compared with SAP ERP, Infor M3, Infor LX, Infor CloudSuite Industrial and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, whereas Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is most compared with SAP S/4HANA, Microsoft Dynamics AX, SAP Business One, SAP ERP and Epicor ERP. See our Infor LN vs. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central report.
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