Aptean Intuitive ERP vs. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Aptean Intuitive ERP
Score 6.9 out of 10
N/A
Aptean Intuitive ERP is an enterprise resource planning solution. It is built specifically for manufacturers who build products in regulated industries, such as aviation, electronics, and medical devices. It includes features such as product configuration, component serial number traceability, and engineering change management.N/A
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
Score 7.9 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (formerly Dynamics NAV) is one of the ERP products in the Dynamics family. The technology is based on the Navision product acquired by Microsoft in 2002. This product is the best-selling Microsoft ERP platform, and is often used by companies in the manufacturing and distribution verticals.N/A
Pricing
Aptean Intuitive ERPMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Aptean Intuitive ERPMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Top Pros
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Features
Aptean Intuitive ERPMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Aptean Intuitive ERP
8.0
1 Ratings
10% above category average
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
8.0
16 Ratings
10% above category average
API for custom integration8.01 Ratings8.015 Ratings
Plug-ins00 Ratings8.013 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Aptean Intuitive ERP
8.0
2 Ratings
2% below category average
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
9.0
20 Ratings
10% above category average
Single sign-on capability8.02 Ratings9.016 Ratings
Role-based user permissions8.02 Ratings9.020 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Aptean Intuitive ERP
6.0
2 Ratings
15% below category average
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
5.1
21 Ratings
31% below category average
Dashboards4.01 Ratings5.117 Ratings
Standard reports7.02 Ratings5.121 Ratings
Custom reports7.02 Ratings5.120 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
Aptean Intuitive ERP
4.9
2 Ratings
43% below category average
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
8.8
21 Ratings
14% above category average
Accounts payable6.02 Ratings9.020 Ratings
Accounts receivable6.02 Ratings8.419 Ratings
Global Financial Support5.01 Ratings9.08 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers6.01 Ratings10.07 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations6.01 Ratings10.010 Ratings
Configurable Accounting7.01 Ratings10.010 Ratings
Standardized Processes6.01 Ratings9.011 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
Aptean Intuitive ERP
6.7
2 Ratings
16% below category average
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
8.7
16 Ratings
10% above category average
Inventory tracking7.02 Ratings9.016 Ratings
Automatic reordering6.01 Ratings6.79 Ratings
Location management7.01 Ratings9.013 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
Aptean Intuitive ERP
6.0
2 Ratings
26% below category average
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
7.9
19 Ratings
2% above category average
Pricing6.02 Ratings7.117 Ratings
Order entry6.02 Ratings8.016 Ratings
Credit card processing7.01 Ratings10.011 Ratings
Cost of goods sold7.02 Ratings8.015 Ratings
Order Orchestration6.01 Ratings8.05 Ratings
Subledger and Financial Process
Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Product A and Product B
Aptean Intuitive ERP
6.0
1 Ratings
21% below category average
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
8.4
11 Ratings
13% above category average
Billing Management7.01 Ratings8.39 Ratings
Cash and Asset Management7.01 Ratings9.010 Ratings
Period Close6.01 Ratings10.010 Ratings
Travel & Expense Management00 Ratings7.86 Ratings
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting00 Ratings8.37 Ratings
Project Financial Management
Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Product A and Product B
Aptean Intuitive ERP
4.4
1 Ratings
53% below category average
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
8.7
8 Ratings
13% above category average
Budgeting and Forecasting6.01 Ratings10.08 Ratings
Project Costing5.01 Ratings10.07 Ratings
Cost Capture5.01 Ratings10.08 Ratings
Capital Project Management3.01 Ratings8.05 Ratings
Customer Contract Compliance00 Ratings10.06 Ratings
Project Revenue Recognition00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
Procurement
Comparison of Procurement features of Product A and Product B
Aptean Intuitive ERP
5.8
1 Ratings
18% below category average
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
8.0
6 Ratings
14% above category average
Bids Analyzed and Compared6.01 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated7.01 Ratings7.55 Ratings
Supplier Management5.01 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Contract Authoring00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Contract Repository00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
Manufacturing
Comparison of Manufacturing features of Product A and Product B
Aptean Intuitive ERP
6.6
1 Ratings
13% below category average
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
7.1
3 Ratings
6% below category average
Production Process Design6.01 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Production Management7.01 Ratings5.83 Ratings
Work Execution7.01 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Manufacturing Costs7.01 Ratings8.63 Ratings
Configuration Management00 Ratings1.32 Ratings
Supply Chain
Comparison of Supply Chain features of Product A and Product B
Aptean Intuitive ERP
7.0
1 Ratings
3% below category average
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
9.5
5 Ratings
27% above category average
Forecasting7.01 Ratings9.05 Ratings
Inventory Planning7.01 Ratings10.05 Ratings
Performance Monitoring7.01 Ratings10.05 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Aptean Intuitive ERP
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
7.6
6 Ratings
5% above category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings7.86 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings7.04 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings9.35 Ratings
Project Execution Management
Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Product A and Product B
Aptean Intuitive ERP
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
7.7
4 Ratings
12% above category average
Project Planning and Scheduling00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Task Insight for Project Managers00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Project Mobile Functionality00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Definable Resource Pools00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
Grants Management
Comparison of Grants Management features of Product A and Product B
Aptean Intuitive ERP
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
9.7
3 Ratings
25% above category average
Award Lifecycle Management00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Risk Management
Comparison of Risk Management features of Product A and Product B
Aptean Intuitive ERP
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
9.6
3 Ratings
38% above category average
Risk Repository00 Ratings9.32 Ratings
Control Management00 Ratings9.43 Ratings
Control Efficiency Assessments00 Ratings9.32 Ratings
Issue Detection00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Remediation and Certification00 Ratings9.72 Ratings
Logistics
Comparison of Logistics features of Product A and Product B
Aptean Intuitive ERP
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
7.7
3 Ratings
12% above category average
Transportation Planning and Optimization00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Transportation Execution Management00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Trade and Customs Management00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Fulfillment Management00 Ratings7.93 Ratings
Warehouse Workforce Management00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Product Lifecycle Management
Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Product A and Product B
Aptean Intuitive ERP
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
9.3
2 Ratings
25% above category average
Proposal Management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Product Master Data Management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
Aptean Intuitive ERPMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(2 ratings)
8.0
(21 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(3 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
Aptean Intuitive ERPMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
Likelihood to Recommend
Aptean
If you have a programmer and are willing to let them learn the system and want software to function the way you run your business this may work well. If you do not have a programmer on staff and are willing to change your business to match the software but think in the future you may wish to modify your ERP software this may work out well. If you want something you can modify quickly this is not a good choice. If you do not wish to modify the code nor your business practices an evaluation would be required. It does allow substantial modifications, but there are areas it may not fit with your business so well. It is possible that Intuitive may happen to make the options you require available in the future.
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Microsoft
It addresses well some integration and connectivity issues with other software and adapted technologies: formulation and manufacturing batching software, scanners and bar codes, inventory, financials, emailing of invoices and statement, sales and purchasing... etc. I believe it to be better suited to a medium to large company. Not as simple and seamless as we expected for migrating from another Microsoft Dynamics software product (we moved from GP to NAV). Our staff is going through a tougher time than we thought to learn some procedures. Normal growing pains?!
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Pros
Aptean
  • Easy to Use
  • Low Maintenance
  • Flexible and modifiable
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Microsoft
  • Automate the creation of bills of materials for production. We can now generate a BoM from a sales order.
  • Organization of all data pertaining to thousands of parts, assemblies, and finished goods. Engineering and purchasing have a common portal.
  • We can create sales orders from quotations instead of re-entering them (this did require some bolt-on software). Less redundant work with fewer entry errors.
  • Accounting can provide reports based on specific criteria stored in NAV. We can pull better and more detailed intelligence.
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Cons
Aptean
  • Documentation. The design of en extensible system works well once you figure it out. Some things can be tricky and time consuming.
  • They provide no support for customizations. I can understand not wanting to help write specific custom code, but they refuse to even tell anyone what a method on a base class does unless you pay them $200 an hour.
  • Their proprietary design can cause modifications to take longer. If you use one of their forms you can not load it, you must call their launch function and put you code in the "Execute" method. If they were more standardized the documentation issue would not be so bad.
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Microsoft
  • The version of software that we currently use isn't compatible with Windows 7, therefore we had to install it using the virtual computer under Windows XP. This created a few additional steps that the users had to go through in order to access the software which generated more calls to our IT Helpdesk.
  • We did research how much it would cost to upgrade the software so that we could get a version compatible with Windows 7, but the cost was way too expensive for our organization. Also, when we need to make updates or changes to the software, there are very few consultants who are familiar with the software so we are limited in who we can use for consulting services. Since we are limited in choosing consultants who can make updates and changes to the software the fees are usually really expensive for their services.
  • There is a .zup file that we constantly have to delete in order for the database to work properly and update. Users get a pop-up about once a week asking if they want to replace the .zup file and if the file is not deleted then the opening page for the software will not show up correctly and the database will not have the most up to date information.
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Likelihood to Renew
Aptean
We have a lot invested in this from user education to customizations. It would be hard to justify the cost for changing.
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Microsoft
We've already decided to continue using this software. It is too expensive for us to upgrade so we made a workaround by using the virtual computer with Windows XP installed on it. We did research replacing this software, but it was a better financial decision to keep what we had instead
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Usability
Aptean
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Microsoft
It has simplified all processes and reduces turnaround time for month end processes. You can easily navigate through the dashboard which is very user friendly and easily guides you to different functionalities. Duplications of Invoices is avoided because NAV rejects posting of an invoice number already in the system so you increase accuracy.
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Support Rating
Aptean
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Microsoft
It provides one to efficiently be able to manage bookkeeping and inventory without much challenges. One can easily navigate through workflow processes while managing usages and budgets. Being able to produce reports in Word, Excel or PDF means one is able to have a working document to produce trends and graphs or produce pivot tables.
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Alternatives Considered
Aptean
We select Aptean 19 years ago, most of the other SMB packages back then no longer exist. While we have discussed whether to consider other ERP systems here an there over the years we have always come back to the fact that our existing ERP system is well established and easy enough to maintain, and is cost effective
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Microsoft
I have personally supported all of the Dynamic family of ERP systems and made the decision to concentrate on NAV as the solution of choice. From a support and development standpoint there are few if any packages that can compare. It is not uncommon for most of the companies that I support to only call me once or twice a month after the first year. This is due to the ease of tracking down problems and errors and the ability for a developer to provide the end-user with routines that automatically correct the most basic kind of error
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Return on Investment
Aptean
  • Runs well without a ton of support
  • One server license required for site, can run several businesses
  • Concurrent licensing keeps costs down for global business
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Microsoft
  • Automation processing, including EDI functionality, has increased employee efficiency and prevented the need for adding additional employees.
  • Implementation of the warehouse functionality, including cycle counts, has resulted in better inventory control/less shrinkage.
  • Implementation of e-Ship and e-Receive, has resulted in greater efficiency and order accuracy.
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