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 can scale."
"The tool covers most of the business requirements that most companies have, especially financial institutions."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The customer support is good. The first level of support agent in every case was able to solve the problem very quickly."
"The platform offers a robust and comprehensive cycle for supply chain and inventory management, with features like minimum and maximum settings, dynamic monitoring of inventory levels, and integration with Microsoft's AI capabilities."
"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."
"It is easy to use, and it works very well for small-scale companies."
"We use Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central as CRM."
"The document search feature is very good."
"So there are a lot of features included with the ERP system."
"SAP Business One consolidates various functions, including production, sales, inventory, and purchase management."
"The most valuable feature of SAP Business One is all the functionality of the modules together. It is a full-featured solution."
"It's fully integrated with great dashboard and interface."
"The graphical view of connections between different transactions is a valuable feature of the solution."
"We have been happy with the command line interface of SAP Business One."
"The SAP Business One is simple and it provides us the control we need."
"It would be nice, in Microsoft Teams, if we were able to type more information into the chat."
"I would like to have more frequent updates."
"There is room for improvement in the ability to reverse or correct transactions more easily."
"I am hoping there is more integration with other platforms, more features, and customization in the next release."
"The solution is not best suited for larger-scale businesses."
"The solution can improve by having better integration with Microsoft PowerBI and reporting."
"There is some network issue."
"I would like to improve the tool’s reporting and coding part."
"Overall, the integration and the reports can be better."
"It could have RPA automation and RPA elements. There could also be add-ons for a Document Management System and Warehouse Management System."
"Areas for improvement are the operating mechanisms, authorization of the production process, and sales cycle automation."
"There are a lot of good improvements coming out in every version. They release a new version every quarter, with all new up-and-coming things on each one. However, it might be lacking specifications for the specific verticals. However, SAP Business One is a generic tool. It's very widely used, and I understand why it's not into each vertical. There are solution partners available out there to give it those extra areas of what it needs, but this is depending on what kind of business you run."
"The extension of dashboards into mobiles is something which SAP Business One has to improve on."
"We don't have the functionality of the supply chain and mobile applications."
"In terms of business processes, the production could use improvement."
"In the next release, I would like to see the inclusion of cloud features."
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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, Odoo and Oracle E-Business Suite, 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).