IFS Cloud vs. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IFS Cloud
Score 9.9 out of 10
N/A
IFS is a low-code / no-code approach to IFS solution suite, supporting various industries including aerospace & defense, construction, energy & utilities, and manufacturing with ERP, EAM and field service management functionality. IFS Cloud can be run as a service from IFS, or in a location of choice including on-premise as a containerized application.N/A
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
Score 7.6 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
IFS CloudMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
Editions & Modules
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Dynamics 365 Business Central Team Members
$8
per month per user
Dynamics 365 Business Central Essentials
$70
per month per user
Dynamics 365 Business Central Premium
$100
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IFS CloudMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
IFS CloudMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
Top Pros

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Top Cons

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Features
IFS CloudMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
7.9
2 Ratings
8% above category average
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
6.4
9 Ratings
13% below category average
Pay calculation8.42 Ratings6.19 Ratings
Benefit plan administration7.92 Ratings5.77 Ratings
Direct deposit files7.92 Ratings6.18 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
9.3
2 Ratings
21% above category average
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
7.2
20 Ratings
5% below category average
API for custom integration9.52 Ratings7.019 Ratings
Plug-ins9.02 Ratings7.317 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
9.3
2 Ratings
12% above category average
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
8.8
24 Ratings
6% above category average
Single sign-on capability9.02 Ratings8.320 Ratings
Role-based user permissions9.52 Ratings9.323 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
9.7
2 Ratings
29% above category average
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
7.0
25 Ratings
3% below category average
Dashboards9.52 Ratings6.821 Ratings
Standard reports9.52 Ratings7.525 Ratings
Custom reports10.02 Ratings6.824 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
9.0
2 Ratings
16% above category average
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
8.2
25 Ratings
7% above category average
Accounts payable9.02 Ratings8.524 Ratings
Accounts receivable9.02 Ratings8.023 Ratings
Global Financial Support9.02 Ratings6.812 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers9.02 Ratings7.511 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations9.02 Ratings7.514 Ratings
Configurable Accounting8.52 Ratings7.314 Ratings
Standardized Processes9.52 Ratings7.515 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
9.9
2 Ratings
22% above category average
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
8.0
21 Ratings
1% above category average
Inventory tracking9.52 Ratings7.621 Ratings
Automatic reordering10.02 Ratings7.313 Ratings
Location management10.02 Ratings7.117 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
9.3
2 Ratings
17% above category average
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
7.4
24 Ratings
6% below category average
Pricing9.02 Ratings7.321 Ratings
Order entry10.02 Ratings7.821 Ratings
Credit card processing8.52 Ratings6.414 Ratings
Cost of goods sold9.52 Ratings7.819 Ratings
Order Orchestration8.52 Ratings8.010 Ratings
Subledger and Financial Process
Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
8.9
2 Ratings
17% above category average
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
8.0
15 Ratings
7% above category average
Billing Management8.52 Ratings7.813 Ratings
Cash and Asset Management9.52 Ratings7.814 Ratings
Travel & Expense Management9.52 Ratings7.510 Ratings
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting9.02 Ratings7.311 Ratings
Period Close9.52 Ratings7.314 Ratings
Project Financial Management
Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
8.8
2 Ratings
14% above category average
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
8.7
8 Ratings
13% above category average
Budgeting and Forecasting9.52 Ratings10.08 Ratings
Project Costing9.02 Ratings10.07 Ratings
Cost Capture8.52 Ratings10.08 Ratings
Capital Project Management9.02 Ratings8.05 Ratings
Customer Contract Compliance9.02 Ratings10.06 Ratings
Project Revenue Recognition9.52 Ratings8.04 Ratings
Project Execution Management
Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
9.3
2 Ratings
29% above category average
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
7.4
7 Ratings
6% above category average
Project Planning and Scheduling9.02 Ratings6.46 Ratings
Task Insight for Project Managers9.02 Ratings6.46 Ratings
Project Mobile Functionality10.01 Ratings6.16 Ratings
Definable Resource Pools10.01 Ratings6.46 Ratings
Grants Management
Comparison of Grants Management features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
8.8
2 Ratings
17% above category average
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
9.1
5 Ratings
21% above category average
Award Lifecycle Management9.02 Ratings7.55 Ratings
Procurement
Comparison of Procurement features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
9.4
2 Ratings
30% above category average
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
7.7
11 Ratings
10% above category average
Bids Analyzed and Compared8.52 Ratings6.16 Ratings
Contract Authoring9.01 Ratings6.16 Ratings
Contract Repository10.01 Ratings6.46 Ratings
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated9.52 Ratings7.59 Ratings
Supplier Management9.52 Ratings8.08 Ratings
Risk Management
Comparison of Risk Management features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
10.0
1 Ratings
41% above category average
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
8.2
7 Ratings
22% above category average
Risk Repository10.01 Ratings7.06 Ratings
Control Management10.01 Ratings6.87 Ratings
Control Efficiency Assessments10.01 Ratings7.36 Ratings
Issue Detection10.01 Ratings7.37 Ratings
Remediation and Certification10.01 Ratings6.86 Ratings
Logistics
Comparison of Logistics features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
8.9
2 Ratings
28% above category average
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
7.1
6 Ratings
5% above category average
Transportation Planning and Optimization9.52 Ratings6.45 Ratings
Transportation Execution Management8.42 Ratings6.45 Ratings
Trade and Customs Management10.01 Ratings6.45 Ratings
Fulfillment Management9.01 Ratings6.16 Ratings
Warehouse Workforce Management9.52 Ratings6.85 Ratings
Manufacturing
Comparison of Manufacturing features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
9.7
2 Ratings
26% above category average
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
7.0
6 Ratings
6% below category average
Production Process Design9.52 Ratings6.85 Ratings
Production Management9.52 Ratings6.46 Ratings
Configuration Management10.02 Ratings6.45 Ratings
Work Execution9.52 Ratings6.85 Ratings
Manufacturing Costs10.02 Ratings6.46 Ratings
Supply Chain
Comparison of Supply Chain features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
9.4
2 Ratings
27% above category average
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
6.9
8 Ratings
4% below category average
Forecasting9.52 Ratings6.18 Ratings
Inventory Planning10.02 Ratings6.48 Ratings
Performance Monitoring9.02 Ratings6.18 Ratings
Product Lifecycle Management
Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Product A and Product B
IFS Cloud
9.6
1 Ratings
29% above category average
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
8.5
5 Ratings
17% above category average
Proposal Management10.01 Ratings6.44 Ratings
Product Master Data Management10.01 Ratings6.14 Ratings
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User Ratings
IFS CloudMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(2 ratings)
7.6
(26 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
9.5
(2 ratings)
8.7
(6 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
9.5
(2 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
IFS CloudMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
Likelihood to Recommend
IFS
The IFS Cloud has well suited to keeping track from beginning to end and engages from the internal team to the external team very well. It takes everything with them and helps them to grow at a wide pace. It creates a systematic workflow process which helps in achieving the goal more fast and friendly environment
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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
IFS
  • Integration with other third-party application is easy and reliable
  • Product documentation is easy to follow for the new users
  • Web-based product
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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
IFS
  • Rich look of user experience of the web-based interface
  • Some areas like HR and Payroll are not fully-suited within the solution
  • Error and issue handling/debugging is difficult
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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
IFS
No answers on this topic
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
IFS
I will give a full rating to this software as it has helped me in achieving the Goal faster than expected and has created a systematic work flow that helps us to increase our work productivity and have track of each and every section. It has one product that changes your organization's environment better to perfect.
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Microsoft
Overall MS Dynamics 365 BC is intuitive and a lot of the business users in the org can manage and use for day to day tasks in our org from our finance team to our PMs and project teams as they do billing and time tracking. It has self-service easy to use interface for many or our business processes
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Support Rating
IFS
The overall support is perfect and efficient.
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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
IFS
User documentation of IFS Cloud is very well organized, and easy to follow. So, the time taken for the key business users to be trained is comparatively less. The integration with other well-suited third-party applications for HR and Payroll has been standardized and easy to setup, because of the REST APIs.
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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
IFS
  • Reduced the time taken for the users to prepare and generate reports since most are automatic with IFS Cloud
  • Increased the reliability and visibility of the inventory of the products from procurement of raw materials through the manufacturing of final product to delivering to customer's place
  • Took a considerable time configuring the roles and access of the users while implementation
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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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