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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Freshchat

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/AA solution to engage customers with smarter conversations on any channel, designed so support, marketing, sales, and even bots to have conversations at scale with customers.

    $0

    per month free for up to 10 agents

    Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft 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
    FreshchatMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
    Editions & Modules
    Growth
    $19
    per month (billed annually) per agent
    Pro
    $49
    per month (billed annually) per agent
    Enterprise
    $79
    per month (billed annually) per agent
    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
    FreshchatMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    FreshchatMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
    Considered Both Products
    Freshworks Inc
    No answer on this topic
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    36 Answers
    92%
    Would buy again
    11 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    33 Answers
    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
    10 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    36 Answers
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    11 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    24 Answers
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    35 Answers
    82%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    Features
    FreshchatMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
    Chat Analytics and Reports
    Comparison of Chat Analytics and Reports features of Freshchat and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
    Feature
    Freshchat
    7.4
    18 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
    -
    Ratings
    Chat history and transcripts7.918 Ratings00 Ratings
    Chat reporting7.218 Ratings00 Ratings
    Chat and web analytics7.215 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Freshchat and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
    6.6
    11 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Pay calculation00 Ratings6.211 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration00 Ratings6.39 Ratings
    Direct deposit files00 Ratings6.610 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Freshchat and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
    8.0
    25 Ratings
    6% above category average
    API for custom integration00 Ratings8.124 Ratings
    Plug-ins00 Ratings7.922 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Freshchat and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
    8.4
    29 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings8.525 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.328 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Freshchat and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
    8.4
    30 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings8.326 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings8.430 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings8.629 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Freshchat and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
    8.4
    30 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Accounts payable00 Ratings8.429 Ratings
    Accounts receivable00 Ratings8.328 Ratings
    Global Financial Support00 Ratings8.517 Ratings
    Primary and Secondary Ledgers00 Ratings8.416 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations00 Ratings8.919 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting00 Ratings7.219 Ratings
    Standardized Processes00 Ratings8.720 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of Freshchat and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
    8.6
    26 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Inventory tracking00 Ratings8.526 Ratings
    Automatic reordering00 Ratings7.618 Ratings
    Location management00 Ratings8.222 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of Freshchat and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
    8.0
    28 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Pricing00 Ratings8.225 Ratings
    Order entry00 Ratings8.925 Ratings
    Credit card processing00 Ratings7.417 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold00 Ratings8.422 Ratings
    Order Orchestration00 Ratings8.313 Ratings
    Subledger and Financial Process
    Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Freshchat and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
    8.2
    20 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Billing Management00 Ratings8.518 Ratings
    Cash and Asset Management00 Ratings8.619 Ratings
    Travel & Expense Management00 Ratings7.614 Ratings
    Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting00 Ratings8.216 Ratings
    Period Close00 Ratings8.219 Ratings
    Project Financial Management
    Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Freshchat and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    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 Freshchat and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
    7.6
    11 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Project Planning and Scheduling00 Ratings7.510 Ratings
    Task Insight for Project Managers00 Ratings7.110 Ratings
    Project Mobile Functionality00 Ratings7.19 Ratings
    Definable Resource Pools00 Ratings6.910 Ratings
    Grants Management
    Comparison of Grants Management features of Freshchat and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
    8.9
    8 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Award Lifecycle Management00 Ratings6.78 Ratings
    Procurement
    Comparison of Procurement features of Freshchat and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
    7.9
    16 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Bids Analyzed and Compared00 Ratings7.410 Ratings
    Contract Authoring00 Ratings7.210 Ratings
    Contract Repository00 Ratings7.510 Ratings
    Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated00 Ratings8.114 Ratings
    Supplier Management00 Ratings7.613 Ratings
    Risk Management
    Comparison of Risk Management features of Freshchat and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
    8.3
    12 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Risk Repository00 Ratings7.211 Ratings
    Control Management00 Ratings7.411 Ratings
    Control Efficiency Assessments00 Ratings6.711 Ratings
    Issue Detection00 Ratings7.511 Ratings
    Remediation and Certification00 Ratings7.69 Ratings
    Logistics
    Comparison of Logistics features of Freshchat and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
    7.7
    10 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Transportation Planning and Optimization00 Ratings7.88 Ratings
    Transportation Execution Management00 Ratings7.48 Ratings
    Trade and Customs Management00 Ratings7.98 Ratings
    Fulfillment Management00 Ratings7.410 Ratings
    Warehouse Workforce Management00 Ratings9.27 Ratings
    Manufacturing
    Comparison of Manufacturing features of Freshchat and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
    8.0
    10 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Production Process Design00 Ratings9.27 Ratings
    Production Management00 Ratings8.88 Ratings
    Configuration Management00 Ratings7.17 Ratings
    Work Execution00 Ratings9.27 Ratings
    Manufacturing Costs00 Ratings7.310 Ratings
    Supply Chain
    Comparison of Supply Chain features of Freshchat and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
    7.4
    12 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Forecasting00 Ratings6.412 Ratings
    Inventory Planning00 Ratings7.212 Ratings
    Performance Monitoring00 Ratings7.012 Ratings
    Product Lifecycle Management
    Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Freshchat and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
    8.8
    9 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Proposal Management00 Ratings7.18 Ratings
    Product Master Data Management00 Ratings7.78 Ratings
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    Score9.1 out of 10
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    Score9.7 out of 10
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    Score9.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Genesys DX (discontinued)
    Score10 out of 10
    Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued)
    Score4.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    FreshchatMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (42 ratings)
    8.6
    (31 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (18 ratings)
    8.8
    (11 ratings)
    Availability
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.3
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    FreshchatMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Freshworks Inc
    It is best suited for having 24-hour support, where customers can interact easily, even using their phones, to raise concerns or inquire about information. This makes it easier than going through the documents portal as a source of knowledge or sending emails for worries. However, it can be less appropriate for scenarios when you need more formal communication, like emails, and when proper documentation is necessary.
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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
    Freshworks Inc
    • Real time customer support. During busy times all our available agents can jump on and handle large volume of customer interactions.
    • Automations and canned response features. With automation we can greet our customers the moment a chat gets assigned to an agent letting customers know they are being attended to similarly canned response helps us use templates for generic and commonly asked questions.
    • Dashboards and analytics. Freshchat's ability to build customized dashboards and analyze performance in a granular level helps us monitor workload and manage performance effectively.
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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
    Freshworks Inc
    • Freshchat is one of the best platforms, but still there are certain areas that require further improvement in order for the platform to become flawless.
    • I feel that the automated system in Freshchat is comparatively slow and due to this, it does not respond well according to all the requirements.
    • There are certain features in Freshchat which are not available for everyone and they can only be accessed by those who are paying the highest pricing tier.
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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
    Freshworks Inc
    Freshchat has met all our expectations and more. It has allowed our team to be more efficient with their time, field questions quickly, and escalate issues up the chain. We highly recommend freshchat as the perfect addition to anyone already using freshdesk or simply looking for a good solution for in app messaging.
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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
    Freshworks Inc
    I give it an 8 due to its usability. Yes, I had a few issues to begin with and needed some assistance from Freshchat agents, but considering this is something that is completely new to me, to set up what feels like a professional chat handling system complete with autobot within a day is really saying something I feel.
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    Microsoft
    Ever since we deployed it, it has been a one-stop-shop for our organization. Everything we do has been through it, and we do not need to use other vendors to access student records, accounts receivable, procurement records, grades, transcripts, and report cards... they are all in one interface, which has been a solid plus for our organization.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Freshworks Inc
    Freshchat has always been available when I needed to use it.
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Freshworks Inc
    Freshchat always loads quickly and communication is quickly sent and received.
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Freshworks Inc
    The experience we had in past for lets say 4-5 months with the support team and our TAM was really helpful. The changes in the bot flow has helped our bot to ensure we connect with customer easily.
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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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    Implementation Rating
    Freshworks Inc
    I hope to show new users data because this can save a lot of time
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Freshworks Inc
    Messaging across mediums - Freshchat integrates with majority of mainstream instant messaging apps. Like Facebook messenger, Telegram and WhatsApp . This makes it convenient for us to have a presence on the above-mentioned platforms and respond to messages from these platforms from a single Freshchat dashboard.its good app Freshdesk Messaging help me to contact the customer and contact the customer to inform my problem to solve it and is a good app and help full app and its easy to use uncomplicated and Freshdesk Helps me provide good quality to the customer and make customer feedback good for a company
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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
    Freshworks Inc
    Did not help with the purchase
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Freshworks Inc
    We only implemented the product in 1 way so I cant speak to this.
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Professional Services
    Freshworks Inc
    Did not use
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Freshworks Inc
    • From the positive effect of working on it, it helps employees to speed up their thinking and writing.
    • One of the positive effects of our clients is that their problems are solved easily and quickly.
    • Each employee knows how many of his chats have been resolved.
    • There is no negative effect in general.
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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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