BILL vs. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
BILL
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
BILL is an online service for SMBs which provides a central dashboard for managing Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, and cash flow management. It syncs with all major accounting systems like QuickBooks, Sage, Intaact, and NetSuite.
$45
per month
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
Score 8.0 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.
$8
per month per user
Pricing
BILLMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
Editions & Modules
Essentials
$45
per user/per month
Team
$55
per user/per month
Corporate
$79
per user/per month
Enterprise
Custom Pricing
Dynamics 365 Business Central Team Members
$8
per month (billed annually) per user
Dynamics 365 Business Central Essentials
$70
per month (billed annually) per user
Dynamics 365 Business Central Premium
$100
per month (billed annually) per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BILLMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
BILLMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
Features
BILLMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
Payment Management
Comparison of Payment Management features of Product A and Product B
BILL
7.9
8 Ratings
5% above category average
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
-
Ratings
Customizable Approval Policies8.16 Ratings00 Ratings
Financial Document Management7.68 Ratings00 Ratings
Payment Status Tracking8.28 Ratings00 Ratings
Payment Audit Trail8.28 Ratings00 Ratings
Duplicate Bill Detection8.26 Ratings00 Ratings
Advanced OCR7.34 Ratings00 Ratings
Electronic Funds Transfer7.67 Ratings00 Ratings
Accounts Payable
Comparison of Accounts Payable features of Product A and Product B
BILL
7.8
5 Ratings
11% above category average
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
-
Ratings
Automated Accounts Payable Processes8.54 Ratings00 Ratings
Vendor Management8.25 Ratings00 Ratings
Tax Form Preparation6.82 Ratings00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
BILL
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
6.9
10 Ratings
6% below category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings7.210 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings6.38 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings7.29 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
BILL
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
7.7
24 Ratings
4% above category average
API for custom integration00 Ratings7.623 Ratings
Plug-ins00 Ratings7.821 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
BILL
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
8.9
28 Ratings
6% above category average
Single sign-on capability00 Ratings8.924 Ratings
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.927 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
BILL
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
7.8
29 Ratings
6% above category average
Dashboards00 Ratings7.525 Ratings
Standard reports00 Ratings7.829 Ratings
Custom reports00 Ratings7.928 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
BILL
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
8.4
29 Ratings
9% above category average
Accounts payable00 Ratings8.928 Ratings
Accounts receivable00 Ratings8.627 Ratings
Global Financial Support00 Ratings7.816 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers00 Ratings8.315 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations00 Ratings8.418 Ratings
Configurable Accounting00 Ratings7.818 Ratings
Standardized Processes00 Ratings8.719 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
BILL
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
8.7
25 Ratings
9% above category average
Inventory tracking00 Ratings8.525 Ratings
Automatic reordering00 Ratings8.017 Ratings
Location management00 Ratings8.421 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
BILL
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
8.0
27 Ratings
2% above category average
Pricing00 Ratings8.524 Ratings
Order entry00 Ratings8.724 Ratings
Credit card processing00 Ratings6.916 Ratings
Cost of goods sold00 Ratings9.021 Ratings
Order Orchestration00 Ratings8.612 Ratings
Subledger and Financial Process
Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Product A and Product B
BILL
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
8.2
19 Ratings
9% above category average
Billing Management00 Ratings8.217 Ratings
Cash and Asset Management00 Ratings8.418 Ratings
Travel & Expense Management00 Ratings7.313 Ratings
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting00 Ratings8.215 Ratings
Period Close00 Ratings8.118 Ratings
Project Financial Management
Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Product A and Product B
BILL
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
8.7
8 Ratings
14% above category average
Budgeting and Forecasting00 Ratings10.08 Ratings
Project Costing00 Ratings10.07 Ratings
Cost Capture00 Ratings10.08 Ratings
Capital Project Management00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
Customer Contract Compliance00 Ratings10.06 Ratings
Project Revenue Recognition00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
Project Execution Management
Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Product A and Product B
BILL
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
7.5
11 Ratings
7% above category average
Project Planning and Scheduling00 Ratings7.310 Ratings
Task Insight for Project Managers00 Ratings6.910 Ratings
Project Mobile Functionality00 Ratings6.99 Ratings
Definable Resource Pools00 Ratings6.710 Ratings
Grants Management
Comparison of Grants Management features of Product A and Product B
BILL
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
8.9
8 Ratings
18% above category average
Award Lifecycle Management00 Ratings6.78 Ratings
Procurement
Comparison of Procurement features of Product A and Product B
BILL
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
7.8
15 Ratings
11% above category average
Bids Analyzed and Compared00 Ratings6.99 Ratings
Contract Authoring00 Ratings6.79 Ratings
Contract Repository00 Ratings7.29 Ratings
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated00 Ratings8.013 Ratings
Supplier Management00 Ratings7.212 Ratings
Risk Management
Comparison of Risk Management features of Product A and Product B
BILL
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
8.3
11 Ratings
23% above category average
Risk Repository00 Ratings6.810 Ratings
Control Management00 Ratings7.010 Ratings
Control Efficiency Assessments00 Ratings6.910 Ratings
Issue Detection00 Ratings7.310 Ratings
Remediation and Certification00 Ratings7.68 Ratings
Logistics
Comparison of Logistics features of Product A and Product B
BILL
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
7.5
9 Ratings
9% above category average
Transportation Planning and Optimization00 Ratings6.97 Ratings
Transportation Execution Management00 Ratings6.97 Ratings
Trade and Customs Management00 Ratings7.57 Ratings
Fulfillment Management00 Ratings7.39 Ratings
Warehouse Workforce Management00 Ratings8.87 Ratings
Manufacturing
Comparison of Manufacturing features of Product A and Product B
BILL
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
7.9
9 Ratings
6% above category average
Production Process Design00 Ratings8.87 Ratings
Production Management00 Ratings8.58 Ratings
Configuration Management00 Ratings6.97 Ratings
Work Execution00 Ratings8.87 Ratings
Manufacturing Costs00 Ratings8.19 Ratings
Supply Chain
Comparison of Supply Chain features of Product A and Product B
BILL
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
7.7
11 Ratings
7% above category average
Forecasting00 Ratings6.911 Ratings
Inventory Planning00 Ratings7.911 Ratings
Performance Monitoring00 Ratings7.211 Ratings
Product Lifecycle Management
Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Product A and Product B
BILL
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
8.9
8 Ratings
20% above category average
Proposal Management00 Ratings7.47 Ratings
Product Master Data Management00 Ratings8.17 Ratings
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User Ratings
BILLMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
Likelihood to Recommend
7.7
(68 ratings)
8.3
(29 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.0
(14 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
8.5
(8 ratings)
8.5
(9 ratings)
Availability
8.0
(7 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
6.0
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.9
(18 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Online Training
9.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.0
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
8.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
BILLMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
Likelihood to Recommend
BILL
It depends, Bill.com certainly has a strong reputation and I agree it can be a great solution in the right scenario but I think the implementation and initial setup are critical and need to be well thought out based on the setup of the organization you are a part of.
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Microsoft
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is well suited for inventory management in all aspects. Its accessibility, along with my other apps, when out of the office is unparalleled. I find it easy to work with on a desktop or laptop; however, it could use some work on a mobile device.
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Pros
BILL
  • The fact that bill.com automatically processes most information on the invoice is really helpful - leads to quicker processing
  • The "to do list" feature ensures you see the tasks that need to be completed ASAP
  • The reports section is very helpful in year end prepping for audits
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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
BILL
  • Currently, our company uses a different platform to submit expenses, we only use bill.com to receive them. So perhaps this isn't actually a place where bill.com could improve, but the expense submission process may not have been robust enough for our company.
  • The bill.com platform wasn't the most beautiful or pleasing to use, but this is a minor fault.
  • I'd love a way to set up recurring payments (e.g., my phone bill is reimbursed each month).
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Microsoft
  • Some functions could be a bit more user friendly, intuitive.
  • Better migration from previous ERP software (especially other Microsoft products). "Growing pains" associated with change?! Maybe.
  • A few redundancies and procedural missteps on menus and tabs can make the portal a bit crowded.
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Likelihood to Renew
BILL
While our firm does not use Bill.com internally, we know many customers that use Bill.com and are very happy with it. Based on the feedback from current users, I would say that the product should have a strong renewal forecast. Once customers move their AP to the cloud, they would be unlikely to move it back given a choice.
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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
BILL
Bill.com continues to raise the bar with new features and improved interface. The Fast Pay option is another innovation that reduces administrative time when you have to get an overnight check out. The new Chat Support interface, powered by Zopim, which is world-class, adds to the responsiveness of Bill.com's support team and makes getting real-time answers that much easier.
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Microsoft
Best in terms of reporting or coming up with a great dashboard. Seamlessly collaborated with teams without depending on particular device as its web version is the buddy for people with work flexibility. Licensing price and integrations can be the areas of improvement and can simplify the interface which will be easy for a new user.
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Reliability and Availability
BILL
The only time Bill.com was ever "unavailable" was then the Sync to Quickbooks function failed. That happened a time or two but was usually quickly remedied. I'm not sure if that's an issue with newer online versions of Quickbooks Enterprise -- at the time we were using a remotely hosted Quickbooks instance accessed via terminal server (vs a cloud offering like Bill.com is)
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Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Performance
BILL
Load times can be slow after long use.
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Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
BILL
I could not explain to them how I was trying to remove an old email account from my company page while granting the new email account access to the bank account that the first email account had added. The "set a bank account as inactive" button is labeled delete, but they don't seem to recognize that. I requested my Bill.com account be deleted on Wednesday so I could start all over with a fresh account; this seemed to be completed Wednesday night, but when I tried to create a new Bill.com account from the same email, it took me to my old bill.com account.
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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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Online Training
BILL
The online training provided by Bill.com is concise and since the firm consistently improves the platform functionality, users are able to select the training for the modules they specifically need.
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Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
BILL
I heard from my leadership that it went very well.
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Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
BILL
1. Automation & Workflow Efficiency.2. Integration Capabilities with other softwaresWe needed a centralized, automated, and scalable solution for managing both payables and receivables. The strong integration with our existing accounting software was a key factor.The platform gave us better visibility and control over cash flow and approval processes.
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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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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
BILL
None, all good.
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Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Scalability
BILL
We have multiple locations, and everything works fine.
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Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
BILL
  • After receiving an offer to 'finance' outstanding invoices, I was enticed by the promise of a 3% total cost for a 60-day period, with the possibility of extending the financing for an additional 10 months (for an additional fee). Eager to access funds, I decided to finance an invoice worth $17,160.00. Within 24 hours, BILL deposited $16,645.20 (97% of the invoice amount) into my account.
  • However, when the customer paid their $17,160 invoice four days later, instead of the funds being deposited into my checking account as I expected, BILL chose to retire the loan and retain my $514.80 fee for the 4 day advance period. This unexpected turn of events resulted in an effective interest rate of a staggering 273.75%. It was clear that this arrangement was far from what I had initially understood, and the financial impact was outrageously high.
  • Frustratingly, my attempts to resolve this issue through customer service were in vain, as I spoke with three agents who provided no satisfactory solutions. To anyone contemplating using BILL's services, I strongly urge you to carefully scrutinize the fine print and consider opting for a more reputable finance company."
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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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ScreenShots

BILL Screenshots

Screenshot of BILL’s central dashboard, which displays upcoming bills, invoices, and ingoing and outgoing payments.Screenshot of BILL automatically pulls in bills via email and automatically starts the process. It also checks for duplicate invoices by looking at the invoice numbers and payment amounts to flag questionable invoices.Screenshot of BILL's desktop and mobile applications so users' teams can review invoices and send payments on-the-go.Screenshot of BILL’s mobile app, which can be used to review invoices, add comments, and approve from anywhere.Screenshot of The overview screen, where the status of invoices can be reviewed to get a bird’s eye view of tasks.