Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central vs. Sage 100

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
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
Sage 100cloud
Score 6.9 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Sage 100 (or Sage 100cloud is a business management software offering a broad range of modules designed to meet the many needs of virtually any business. It encompasses financial operations and accounting, payroll, business intelligence, CRM, eBusiness, manufacturing and distribution.
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Pricing
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business CentralSage 100
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business CentralSage 100cloud
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business CentralSage 100
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
7.6
6 Ratings
5% above category average
Sage 100
8.4
7 Ratings
15% above category average
Pay calculation7.86 Ratings8.67 Ratings
Benefit plan administration7.04 Ratings8.65 Ratings
Direct deposit files9.35 Ratings8.07 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
8.0
16 Ratings
10% above category average
Sage 100
1.0
8 Ratings
152% below category average
API for custom integration8.015 Ratings1.05 Ratings
Plug-ins8.013 Ratings1.08 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
9.0
20 Ratings
10% above category average
Sage 100
10.0
14 Ratings
21% above category average
Single sign-on capability9.016 Ratings10.014 Ratings
Role-based user permissions9.020 Ratings10.013 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
5.1
21 Ratings
31% below category average
Sage 100
7.4
16 Ratings
6% above category average
Dashboards5.117 Ratings8.610 Ratings
Standard reports5.121 Ratings8.615 Ratings
Custom reports5.120 Ratings5.014 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
8.8
21 Ratings
14% above category average
Sage 100
7.6
16 Ratings
0% below category average
Accounts payable9.020 Ratings9.016 Ratings
Accounts receivable8.419 Ratings9.012 Ratings
Global Financial Support9.08 Ratings6.73 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers10.07 Ratings8.25 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations10.010 Ratings10.06 Ratings
Configurable Accounting10.010 Ratings8.24 Ratings
Standardized Processes9.011 Ratings8.24 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
8.7
16 Ratings
10% above category average
Sage 100
7.5
10 Ratings
5% below category average
Inventory tracking9.016 Ratings8.010 Ratings
Automatic reordering6.79 Ratings6.78 Ratings
Location management9.013 Ratings6.75 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
7.9
19 Ratings
2% above category average
Sage 100
9.1
9 Ratings
16% above category average
Pricing7.117 Ratings10.09 Ratings
Order entry8.016 Ratings10.09 Ratings
Credit card processing10.011 Ratings10.09 Ratings
Cost of goods sold8.015 Ratings10.09 Ratings
Order Orchestration8.05 Ratings8.63 Ratings
Subledger and Financial Process
Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
8.4
11 Ratings
13% above category average
Sage 100
8.2
6 Ratings
10% above category average
Billing Management8.39 Ratings8.24 Ratings
Cash and Asset Management9.010 Ratings8.25 Ratings
Travel & Expense Management7.86 Ratings8.24 Ratings
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting8.37 Ratings8.24 Ratings
Period Close10.010 Ratings10.05 Ratings
Project Financial Management
Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
8.7
8 Ratings
13% above category average
Sage 100
8.0
5 Ratings
5% above category average
Budgeting and Forecasting10.08 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Project Costing10.07 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Cost Capture10.08 Ratings8.04 Ratings
Capital Project Management8.05 Ratings8.63 Ratings
Customer Contract Compliance10.06 Ratings7.83 Ratings
Project Revenue Recognition8.04 Ratings7.83 Ratings
Project Execution Management
Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
7.7
4 Ratings
12% above category average
Sage 100
5.0
1 Ratings
31% below category average
Project Planning and Scheduling8.03 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Task Insight for Project Managers8.03 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Project Mobile Functionality8.03 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Definable Resource Pools7.03 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Grants Management
Comparison of Grants Management features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
9.7
3 Ratings
25% above category average
Sage 100
7.0
1 Ratings
8% below category average
Award Lifecycle Management10.03 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Procurement
Comparison of Procurement features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
8.0
6 Ratings
14% above category average
Sage 100
5.0
1 Ratings
33% below category average
Bids Analyzed and Compared8.03 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Contract Authoring8.03 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Contract Repository7.03 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated7.55 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Supplier Management8.03 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Risk Management
Comparison of Risk Management features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
9.6
3 Ratings
38% above category average
Sage 100
4.4
1 Ratings
39% below category average
Risk Repository9.32 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Control Management9.43 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Control Efficiency Assessments9.32 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Issue Detection10.03 Ratings3.01 Ratings
Remediation and Certification9.72 Ratings4.01 Ratings
Logistics
Comparison of Logistics features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
7.7
3 Ratings
12% above category average
Sage 100
7.1
3 Ratings
3% above category average
Transportation Planning and Optimization8.02 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Transportation Execution Management8.02 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Trade and Customs Management8.02 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Fulfillment Management7.93 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Warehouse Workforce Management8.02 Ratings7.63 Ratings
Manufacturing
Comparison of Manufacturing features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
7.1
3 Ratings
6% below category average
Sage 100
8.2
3 Ratings
9% above category average
Production Process Design9.02 Ratings8.42 Ratings
Production Management5.83 Ratings8.43 Ratings
Configuration Management1.32 Ratings8.42 Ratings
Work Execution9.02 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Manufacturing Costs8.63 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Supply Chain
Comparison of Supply Chain features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
9.5
5 Ratings
27% above category average
Sage 100
7.8
3 Ratings
7% above category average
Forecasting9.05 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Inventory Planning10.05 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Performance Monitoring10.05 Ratings7.63 Ratings
Product Lifecycle Management
Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
9.3
2 Ratings
25% above category average
Sage 100
1.4
1 Ratings
135% below category average
Proposal Management9.01 Ratings1.01 Ratings
Product Master Data Management9.01 Ratings2.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business CentralSage 100
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(21 ratings)
8.0
(20 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
7.6
(5 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(3 ratings)
9.0
(5 ratings)
Availability
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(2 ratings)
9.0
(3 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
6.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business CentralSage 100
Likelihood to Recommend
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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Sage
For small and medium business in the distribution and light manufacturing space, Sage 100 is probably the best bang for your buck. As a very scaleable system, you can modify the system to meet the needs of a growing business without making gross changes to the core of the system
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Pros
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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Sage
  • Simple to implement and use. Operation very intuitive so new employees are quickly trained.
  • It is very flexible with many modules and many features allows for easy customization to suit particular needs of any department or company.
  • Context sensitive help, training and support make it easy for a company to operate with out a lot of additional outside tech support.
  • Scalable plenty of room to grow as the business grows without being bloated.
  • Pricing is very reasonable.
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Cons
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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Sage
  • It's painfully slow even for mid-sized businesses like ours without millions of transactions.
  • It crashes very, very often and has numerous critical failures.
  • Unfortunately, it's a local program so that excludes it from being used remotely. You have to be on site for it to work.
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Likelihood to Renew
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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Sage
I would put this out to bid, if I were at the same organization. There have been a lot of improvements and changes in enterprise software and my preference would be to find a good web-based or cloud-based tool. Lower overall cost of ownership and improved efficiency would be my target criteria for a rebid of this.
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Usability
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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Sage
It is easy, flexible, user friendly and feature laden. Out of the box or easily customized to meet our "wish" list . Sage offers a variety of modules and bolt-ons, user defined fields etc., allowing us to conduct business "our way" without forcing us into a one-size- fits- none mold or having to purchase expensive and cumbersome programming modifications
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Support Rating
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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Sage
Sage Support is very good. I usually get a person on the phone in a short time frame and usually get my issues fixed in one called.
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Implementation Rating
Microsoft
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Sage
We had an advantage in implementing the tool in that our director of Ops had been part of the team implementing the ERP for other users so we knew what to expect and were able to avoid a lot of the challenges people sometimes face with implementations. However, the process still took far longer than desired.
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Alternatives Considered
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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Sage
I've reviewed Accpac, Syspro, SAP Business 1 and Platinum. Sage is far easier to use and setup than Syspro and SAP Business 1. Generally speaking, most accounting software does the same thing, at the end of the day, how easy is it to modify data inside the system and review to make sure that your system integrity is intact. I find that Sage 100 is excellent at these things.
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Return on Investment
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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Sage
  • We have seen increased efficiencies for our team members processing orders and fulfillment as they are now integrated.
  • We have cut paper/printing/mail expenses by 500% of what we previously spent.
  • Our overall cash management has improved with the visibility from Bank Reconciliation and Financial Reporting.
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