We performed a comparison between Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and NetSuite ERP based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Activity Based Costing Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution is easy to use, flexible, and customizable."
"NAV covers everything from purchasing and selling items to invoicing. Everything is within NAV, so it's all very neat."
"Its most valuable feature is the user interface."
"The product is customizable so we can tune it according to our requirements."
"The security feature, particularly the encryption, which still builds sensitivity, is one of the most valuable features."
"Microsoft Dynamic 365 has everything we need, like Teams, Outlook, Excel, etc. I do a lot of data visualization, so I work a lot with Power BI. I bring in tables from Oracle and use Power Bi to manipulate and visualize the data. I handle all the stats and track everything that goes in and out of the company. We use all the modules, but I work primarily with Power BI, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams. They are all equally important and work together."
"The initial setup is easy."
"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."
"As NetSuite ERP is a cloud product, a valuable feature I found in it is the very friendly user interface. You can set up shortcuts within the applications for frequently used reports or navigation. You can also customize dashboards in NetSuite ERP. Another feature I found valuable in the solution is good reporting. It has many industry-standard reports focused on finance and inventory. I also like the seamless switching between production and test environments and that you can customize the environments within NetSuite ERP. For example, you can put banners on your test and production environments to differentiate or segregate the logins to prevent mistakes. The solution is pretty easy to use and navigate, and it's more of a lightweight software. I like that it's a cloud product, so work is done on the front end rather than the back end. There's also a community for NetSuite ERP where you can raise your queries and issues. You'll find other people sharing experiences about common issues so you can get quick fixes from the community."
"NetSuite ERP has dramatically improved our organization. We went from QuickBooks to NetSuite. You can compare this transition to changing from tennis shoes to a flying car."
"We use it for the projects we do in the telecom industry."
"I have found there to be many features, such as manufacturing, accounting, financials, inventory, and purchasing."
"It offers reporting flexibilities that were previously unavailable to us."
"NetSuite ERP is a user-friendly cloud-based solution that posts into the GL in real time. You can see your profitability at the order level."
"We can install the bundles based on our needs."
"The initial setup is easy."
"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 solution can improve by having better integration with Microsoft PowerBI and reporting."
"If Microsoft made some of the security setups a little easier to work with, that would be a significant improvement. The warehouse management features could also use some work. We had to buy third-party software to make NAV's warehouse management and security more usable and functional."
"The price of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central could be reduced."
"It would be nice, in Microsoft Teams, if we were able to type more information into the chat."
"The reporting tool has room for improvement."
"I am hoping there is more integration with other platforms, more features, and customization in the next release."
"For a big company like us with millions of transactions, the scalability isn't enough."
"In terms of the main improvement to NetSuite is the talent itself. It's grown so fast and there are about 25,000 companies running on it, and it's a relatively newer system compared to other competitors. It's growing so fast that the talent base in the partner organization (there's about 200 of them), is pretty thin."
"The solution is not user-friendly and it is complex to use."
"There is a lot of room for improvement. Multiple manufacturing features need to be updated on NetSuite. More functionalities need to be added. I think there are a lot of functionalities coming out for warehouse management systems and manufacturing automation via advanced manufacturing functionalities. I think they need to improve a little more on those aspects and make it easier on the scheduling aspect."
"In NetSuite ERP, they should focus on offering better customization options."
"As with any system offering large volumes of data, there are limitations on processing large volumes of data in custom ways."
"Some of the features around the payroll and payroll taxes and management of that are lacking. We had to outsource some of that because we found that the functionality isn't there."
"Improvement-wise, it should be more customizable. Currently, you can't enhance the product yourself in terms of development for any applications unless you've got a very strong and big development team. Those are the skills that are in very short supply."
"An area for improvement in NetSuite ERP is its accounting functionality because it has certain limitations. You can't maintain sub-ledgers or post accrued expenses in sub-ledger forms, so you'll need to post in journals. The pricing is another area that can be improved in NetSuite ERP because the pricing was lower when it wasn't part of Oracle, but after Oracle acquired Netsuite and NetSuite ERP was offered as a cloud service, the price went up."
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Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is ranked 2nd in Activity Based Costing Software with 62 reviews while NetSuite ERP is ranked 4th in Activity Based Costing Software with 32 reviews. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is rated 8.2, while NetSuite ERP is rated 7.8. 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 NetSuite ERP writes "Carries a broad range of applications, specifically in the field services area". Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is most compared with SAP S/4HANA, Microsoft Dynamics AX, SAP Business One, SAP ERP and Comarch ERP Enterprise, whereas NetSuite ERP is most compared with Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP, NetSuite OneWorld, SAP S/4HANA, Oracle E-Business Suite and Acumatica. See our Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central vs. NetSuite ERP report.
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