Microsoft Dynamics 365 vs. Nimble

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Microsoft Dynamics 365
Score 7.9 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft Dynamics 365 is a CRM providing sales, marketing, and service functionality. It is offered as SaaS and on-premise. Dynamics 365 is part of the larger Dynamics suite of business intelligence and ERP products.
$44
per month
Nimble
Score 7.9 out of 10
N/A
Nimble is a social customer relationship management (CRM) system with features such as contact management and data-driven analytics.
$15
per month
Pricing
Microsoft Dynamics 365Nimble
Editions & Modules
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Business
$19.00
Per User Per Month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Microsoft Dynamics 365Nimble
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Microsoft Dynamics 365Nimble
Features
Microsoft Dynamics 365Nimble
Sales Force Automation
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Microsoft Dynamics 365
7.7
83 Ratings
1% below category average
Nimble
8.5
30 Ratings
9% above category average
Customer data management / contact management7.981 Ratings9.529 Ratings
Workflow management7.879 Ratings8.428 Ratings
Territory management7.160 Ratings8.724 Ratings
Opportunity management7.572 Ratings8.128 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)8.278 Ratings9.429 Ratings
Contract management7.961 Ratings8.523 Ratings
Quote & order management7.757 Ratings6.621 Ratings
Interaction tracking8.171 Ratings9.227 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management7.362 Ratings8.126 Ratings
Customer Service & Support
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Microsoft Dynamics 365
8.0
68 Ratings
4% above category average
Nimble
8.1
22 Ratings
6% above category average
Case management7.863 Ratings7.922 Ratings
Call center management7.850 Ratings8.220 Ratings
Help desk management8.457 Ratings8.321 Ratings
Marketing Automation
Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics 365
7.8
78 Ratings
1% above category average
Nimble
8.7
27 Ratings
12% above category average
Lead management7.672 Ratings8.426 Ratings
Email marketing8.171 Ratings9.026 Ratings
CRM Project Management
Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics 365
8.0
76 Ratings
4% above category average
Nimble
8.2
29 Ratings
7% above category average
Task management8.171 Ratings8.529 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management8.054 Ratings8.418 Ratings
Reporting8.065 Ratings7.725 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
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Microsoft Dynamics 365
7.6
77 Ratings
0% below category average
Nimble
8.9
27 Ratings
15% above category average
Forecasting7.667 Ratings8.923 Ratings
Pipeline visualization7.773 Ratings8.827 Ratings
Customizable reports7.476 Ratings9.023 Ratings
Customization
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Microsoft Dynamics 365
7.7
80 Ratings
1% above category average
Nimble
8.6
29 Ratings
12% above category average
Custom fields7.678 Ratings9.029 Ratings
Custom objects7.572 Ratings8.322 Ratings
Scripting environment7.956 Ratings8.518 Ratings
API for custom integration7.861 Ratings8.820 Ratings
Security
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Microsoft Dynamics 365
8.8
75 Ratings
5% above category average
Nimble
9.3
26 Ratings
11% above category average
Single sign-on capability8.869 Ratings9.424 Ratings
Role-based user permissions8.770 Ratings9.324 Ratings
Social CRM
Comparison of Social CRM features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics 365
7.7
44 Ratings
4% above category average
Nimble
8.4
29 Ratings
12% above category average
Social data7.843 Ratings8.429 Ratings
Social engagement7.643 Ratings8.429 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
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Microsoft Dynamics 365
7.2
65 Ratings
3% below category average
Nimble
8.8
25 Ratings
17% above category average
Marketing automation7.665 Ratings8.725 Ratings
Compensation management6.834 Ratings8.919 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics 365
6.8
56 Ratings
10% below category average
Nimble
8.3
27 Ratings
10% above category average
Mobile access6.856 Ratings8.327 Ratings
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User Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics 365Nimble
Likelihood to Recommend
7.5
(103 ratings)
7.0
(33 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.0
(20 ratings)
7.0
(3 ratings)
Usability
7.5
(33 ratings)
8.0
(19 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(11 ratings)
9.8
(19 ratings)
Online Training
7.5
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.2
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
3.8
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Microsoft Dynamics 365Nimble
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft
Provides our company access to manage and customize the folds tailored to our needs. We needed to have certain paragraphs on certain paperwork per customer. MD 365 has those options to customize where needed and remove when not. The system is easy to navigate, and training can be done in a matter of days, even without prior knowledge of the system or similar systems.
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Nimble
This tool is suitable for all sizes of organizations since it has the capacity to manage customer relations in the best possible way. Its features like task management, reports, social collaboration, and forecasting are always considered important for CRM and they all work without causing any trouble. But its Reports need to be more elaborate and its interface should be made easier and less tricky.
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Pros
Microsoft
  • Best to use for AP - like in our organization, there are plenty of AP bills, so with Dynamics, we can quickly enter the same into the Excel utility, which means CSV-based upload, and then we can easily upload the same to the software. It's a time saver.
  • Best for Bank reconciliation - MS Dynamics makes Bank reconciliation easy. Banks can easily sync with software and easily get reconciled.
  • Generating invoices to customers and directly sending them to their inbox is easy with this software.
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Nimble
  • Importing contacts in the CRM is very much consist of easy steps.
  • It allows me to create, edit and view contacts records anywhere from the web.
  • It is helping me to stay organized in terms of marketing needs and providing real-time information automatically.
  • it is playing an excellent role in managing our all relations.
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Cons
Microsoft
  • Small learning curve, obviously. You won't figure this out in a day, a week, or even a month. But given time, you can learn to be an expert. Or you can always get a consultant or hire in somebody. But learning the tool isn't out of the questions by any means.
  • Licensing can be confusing at times and isn't cheap, but it is cheaper than Salesforce. Plus no additional fees for data calls to better integrate your D365 CE data with other systems.
  • The Classic user interface left a bit to be desired, but now with the much-improved Unified Interface, the web client and the mobile client look the same, much more modern, and have more flexibility and power behind them for customizers as well.
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Nimble
  • Nimble's storage space is very sparse, but we have found that it can be expanded at an additional cost.
  • Their mobile application is not as good as some of us expected, and we strongly recommend improving it to make it work effectively.
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Likelihood to Renew
Microsoft
CRM has allowed us to keep all of our data in one place that is easy for all users within the company to view. I came into the company after they had been using CRM for about 4 years. They have all said that since we have used this it has helped us control work processes better, it has allowed us to be able to track things so much better, and has been something that has helped unite many processes that used to be all over the place. We are currently using CRM 4.0 and are planning on upgrading in the next 18 months to the 2011 version. Support for 4.0 is almost all but dried up. Understandably so. Some of the customization we have done, and a plugins we use, are now contained within the 2011 version so we are looking forward to that upgrade. We use an email marketing company as well, and they primarily support the 2011 version, but their product connects and is integrated within CRM. This is a great benefit as well so that all of our marketing information can be contained in one location.
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Nimble
It's truly a great system if you get it for the right reasons. Don't expect it to do everything a mid market organization would require but for any small business or mid to large organizations which would like to integrate to it for the social insights capabilities this is a leading solution which can add value immediately
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Usability
Microsoft
The usability is easily adopted for users familiar with other Microsoft products. Dynamics 365 has several interfaces that cross over browsers and tablets. These multiple interfaces will be phased out and updated to a single unified interface eventually to provide the same usability across all devices. The backend configurations is slowly improving with the introduction of PowerApps compared to pre-D365 Online versions
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Nimble
The platform has more advantages and positives as compared to challenges or negatives in comparison to other comparable products and platforms available in the marketplace. It was extremely easy to get started with the initial deployment which makes the choice much clearer. Finally its tight integration not just with Microsoft O365 suite, but also with [the] most popular social media platforms available makes it a very favorable platform in its domain.
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Support Rating
Microsoft
Our partner, Ledgeview Partners has been FANTASTIC to work with. They are always timely in their response and have taken time to understand our business and our specific needs. We've made a lot of advanced customizations and they have been a great help in making those updates.
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Nimble
It was productive to be able to access remote support sessions from nimble employees, whom we decided to contact to have one of the features mentioned above explained to us. They were methodical and easy to explain solutions, so we recommend them for any kind of doubt.
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Implementation Rating
Microsoft
We used a data warehouse to house our data, and our IT team and implementation vendor worked diligently ahead of time to construct idea implementation plans. Out of millions of records- we had less than a dozen errors, which is remarkable. My major insight is simply having a group of completely devoted individuals working towards your goal who fully understand the desired outcome. Focused resources for implementation season are critical to success.
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Nimble
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Alternatives Considered
Microsoft
Microsoft Dynamics was part of a system overhaul for a local school, and we looked at many products. If we had used it for a company with low turnover, then it might have been more feasible. They needed something a new person could learn quickly, someone who might also be learning marketing terms at the same time - especially if there is nobody to train the individual now expected to know the system. Similar issues occurred with all of these programs (we called it being too big for their britches), and one of the bigger things we liked was that it is more compatible with MS Office products in both technical and visual appeal. If you have a steady employees who use a CRM consistently, low turnover, and those who are very familiar with Office products, Dynamics would be the smartest option for you. Unfortunately, this was just not true for the school environment
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Nimble
Nimble has proven to be a positive and well-respected application within our company for setting us up for success at building personal and meaningful associations with decision makers. It has been a significant reason why we have gained acceptance and trust from those who we have introduced ourselves to over time. The ability to feel a true understanding of our prospects and customers as real human beings with unique interests and common aspirations opens up doors of valuable conversation. The other options that were reviewed and considered provided many of the common ways from the past that stored CRM information. This method was much more of a static representation of the real interactions made between a company or salesperson with the prospects and customers. Nimble has brought back what should never have been lost - being like neighbors who spoke to each other about more things than just business.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Microsoft
On our purchase, I'd been interrogated about our usage. Our needs are met by Microsoft Dynamics 365, which is simple to use. With so much data and information available, we must ensure that it is presented correctly to managers. Due to a lack of use, we don't have to spend as much money on Salesforce.
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Nimble
No answers on this topic
Professional Services
Microsoft
My company's preferred program right now is Microsoft Dynamics 365. We use it to keep track of customers and important sales metrics in a streamlined manner. Anyone familiar with CRMs will find the tool extremely useful. Considering that we have a good turnover, this product will be used for its basic segments. As a result, there are few chances of error with Microsoft dynamics because it is so easy to use. Many options for recording data on these leads are available. It meets our needs and pays off.
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Nimble
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Return on Investment
Microsoft
  • For those without a centralized, all in one solution for major HR, Finance and other departments, Microsoft Dynamics 365 has vastly improved employee time utilization and profit.
  • Migrating clients from on-premise to the cloud has reaped benefits including better security, no unscheduled downtime and frequent updates to functionality.
  • Those transferring from cheaper solutions have lost money in the aim to be better integrated with other Microsoft products and AI they don't really utilize.
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Nimble
  • Time-Saving is one of the biggest ROIs for me. 30-60 minutes a day means I can focus on more marketing, sales, or client work.
  • A soft ROI is in better contact relationships. People are often impressed that I follow-up after meetings, and especially when they say to contact them in 6 months or next year.
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