Microsoft Dynamics GP vs. Planful

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Microsoft Dynamics GP
Score 7.4 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft Dynamics GP is an ERP software with accounting capabilities. It includes various packs for customizability and features tailored to specific industries’ needs. GP is offered as a perpetual license or subscription.N/A
Planful
Score 8.5 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Planful is a cloud-based enterprise performance management (EPM) suite. It includes financial applications for modeling, planning, consolidation, reporting and analytics.N/A
Pricing
Microsoft Dynamics GPPlanful
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Microsoft Dynamics GPPlanful
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Microsoft Dynamics GPPlanful
Considered Both Products
Microsoft Dynamics GP

No answer on this topic

Planful
Chose Planful
They all have pretty similar functionality, I liked Planful because it was all cloud-based and we didn't have to buy a bunch of hardware. Spotlight dynamic planning I felt was the most versatile available at the time, not sure if it still is, and I liked the idea of building …
Chose Planful
BPC is great, but very expensive and has fewer controls built-in (meaning you can make mistakes easier).
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Microsoft Dynamics GPPlanful
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics GP
6.7
17 Ratings
11% below category average
Planful
-
Ratings
Pay calculation6.116 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration7.012 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct deposit files7.016 Ratings00 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management7.015 Ratings00 Ratings
Reimbursement management6.114 Ratings00 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics GP
7.0
25 Ratings
1% below category average
Planful
-
Ratings
API for custom integration7.024 Ratings00 Ratings
Plug-ins7.119 Ratings00 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics GP
6.6
36 Ratings
17% below category average
Planful
-
Ratings
Single sign-on capability6.129 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-based user permissions7.136 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics GP
6.7
37 Ratings
12% below category average
Planful
-
Ratings
Dashboards7.125 Ratings00 Ratings
Standard reports7.135 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom reports5.935 Ratings00 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics GP
6.7
44 Ratings
10% below category average
Planful
-
Ratings
Accounts payable6.041 Ratings00 Ratings
Accounts receivable7.032 Ratings00 Ratings
Cash management6.132 Ratings00 Ratings
Bank reconciliation6.137 Ratings00 Ratings
Expense management7.027 Ratings00 Ratings
Time tracking7.013 Ratings00 Ratings
Fixed asset management6.125 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-currency support8.017 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-division support7.125 Ratings00 Ratings
Regulations compliance6.111 Ratings00 Ratings
Electronic tax filing7.111 Ratings00 Ratings
Self-service portal7.012 Ratings00 Ratings
Global Financial Support6.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers7.018 Ratings00 Ratings
Intercompany Accounting6.116 Ratings00 Ratings
Localizations8.011 Ratings00 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations7.122 Ratings00 Ratings
Enterprise Accounting6.114 Ratings00 Ratings
Configurable Accounting7.114 Ratings00 Ratings
Centralized Rules Framework6.112 Ratings00 Ratings
Standardized Processes7.015 Ratings00 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics GP
6.8
24 Ratings
3% below category average
Planful
-
Ratings
Inventory tracking7.022 Ratings00 Ratings
Automatic reordering6.112 Ratings00 Ratings
Location management8.017 Ratings00 Ratings
Manufacturing module6.013 Ratings00 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics GP
6.7
22 Ratings
10% below category average
Planful
-
Ratings
Pricing6.016 Ratings00 Ratings
Order entry7.019 Ratings00 Ratings
Credit card processing7.011 Ratings00 Ratings
Cost of goods sold6.022 Ratings00 Ratings
Order Orchestration8.07 Ratings00 Ratings
End-to-end order visibility7.09 Ratings00 Ratings
Order exception Resolution6.05 Ratings00 Ratings
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics GP
-
Ratings
Planful
7.8
32 Ratings
3% below category average
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.414 Ratings
Customizable dashboards00 Ratings7.428 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings7.626 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics GP
-
Ratings
Planful
7.9
59 Ratings
5% below category average
Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.657 Ratings
Formatting capabilities00 Ratings7.258 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings7.854 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics GP
-
Ratings
Planful
7.5
47 Ratings
9% below category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings7.112 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings7.843 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings6.027 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings9.230 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics GP
-
Ratings
Planful
6.3
22 Ratings
19% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings6.215 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings6.518 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics GP
-
Ratings
Planful
9.1
58 Ratings
4% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings9.652 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings8.950 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings8.951 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.09 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings9.943 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics GP
-
Ratings
Planful
7.4
25 Ratings
8% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings7.423 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings7.515 Ratings
Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics GP
-
Ratings
Planful
8.7
106 Ratings
4% above category average
Long-term financial planning00 Ratings8.793 Ratings
Financial budgeting00 Ratings9.0105 Ratings
Forecasting00 Ratings8.798 Ratings
Scenario modeling00 Ratings8.085 Ratings
Management reporting00 Ratings9.1102 Ratings
Consolidation and Close
Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics GP
-
Ratings
Planful
7.6
79 Ratings
6% below category average
Financial data consolidation00 Ratings9.671 Ratings
Journal entries and reports00 Ratings8.454 Ratings
Multi-currency management00 Ratings8.047 Ratings
Intercompany Eliminations00 Ratings7.646 Ratings
Minority Ownership00 Ratings4.523 Ratings
Local and consolidated reporting00 Ratings7.557 Ratings
Detailed Audit Trails00 Ratings7.856 Ratings
Financial Reporting and Compliance
Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics GP
-
Ratings
Planful
8.1
106 Ratings
2% below category average
Financial Statement Reporting00 Ratings8.589 Ratings
Management Reporting00 Ratings9.199 Ratings
Excel-based Reporting00 Ratings8.398 Ratings
Automated board and financial reporting00 Ratings7.672 Ratings
XBRL support for regulatory filing00 Ratings7.13 Ratings
Analytics and Reporting
Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics GP
-
Ratings
Planful
7.2
61 Ratings
11% below category average
Personalized dashboards00 Ratings7.553 Ratings
Color-coded scorecards00 Ratings7.231 Ratings
KPIs00 Ratings8.540 Ratings
Cost and profitability analysis00 Ratings9.441 Ratings
Key Performance Indicator setting00 Ratings7.431 Ratings
Benchmarking with external data00 Ratings3.18 Ratings
Integration
Comparison of Integration features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics GP
-
Ratings
Planful
7.8
97 Ratings
7% below category average
Flat file integration00 Ratings9.669 Ratings
Excel data integration00 Ratings7.789 Ratings
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources00 Ratings5.964 Ratings
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Microsoft Dynamics GPPlanful
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Score 8.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics GPPlanful
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(50 ratings)
8.7
(115 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.9
(7 ratings)
8.3
(18 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(6 ratings)
8.2
(17 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(2 ratings)
8.2
(4 ratings)
Performance
7.0
(1 ratings)
7.7
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
6.9
(5 ratings)
7.8
(18 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
6.4
(2 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.2
(3 ratings)
2.3
(7 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(2 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
5.5
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.1
(1 ratings)
8.2
(2 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
7.8
(3 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Microsoft Dynamics GPPlanful
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft
A large company where users have one function- for instance, where someone only receives or works in payables. That minimizes the number of windows they need. A smaller company where one user does multiple functions will require a lot more training and user knowledge to navigate, and it makes it harder to secure users. You also have to understand that GP started life as Great Plains, designed for accountants. The other modules were added on after Microsoft bought Great Plains, which means that modules like Manufacturing are red-headed step children with much smaller support ecosystems. So, if you're starting fresh, you may want to look at something built for the mobile world. D365 and Business Central are a lot more money, buggy, and hard to customize and essentially still vaporware. Microsoft is heavily investing there, leading to the previously mentioned question about the future of GP. If I was starting today I would be hard pressed to justify jumping into GP in a world where Salesforce ties in with so many programs. GP has MRP but it is limited so it's hard to justify a manufacturer starting with GP today.
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Planful
Planful makes it very easy to roll forward forecasts and conduct scenario analyses. I'm also a big fan of their reporting and how easy it is to distribute a report burst to satisfy all the needs and questions of our SLT. Lastly, their latest developments in the AI space make it easy to quickly identify outlier projections.
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Pros
Microsoft
  • User friendly interface
  • Able to be extended into multiple areas of your business
  • One feature we have been using for a few years is EFT for payables - it has significantly reduced the time spent paying vendors and reduced our check printing and mailing costs. It is very easy to setup and use.
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Planful
  • Creating forecasts for the month, quarter, and year
  • Creating new variables by using variables pre-defined and that are new in the system
  • Having a very simple setup in the reports section - not straying away from the old Excel model which most people are used to. I can speak for a lot of people when I say that tools that look new can easily be frightening! 😅
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Cons
Microsoft
  • With respect to the allocations, once the expense is entered into the allocation account, you lose the ability to run any detail on just the total of the expense. It would be nice if you could run a trial balance on the allocation accounts the same way you can with regular accounts.
  • I've always thought security set up could be a bit simpler. It actually has gotten better through the years. Specifically, with eight separate entities, it would be nice to have a "master" setup where you could call up one group entity, assign the users rights, and then be finished. Currently, whenever I have a new user, I have to call up each individual entity and select all of the features I want the user to have. That means I have to do eight steps for each user.
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Planful
  • Multiple currency calculations/ consolidations support IFRS accounting
  • Ability to inactivate old data dimensions
  • Reporting - Need ability to expand all/collapse all lines easily
  • Reporting - Formula exceptions added to a report do not update when information is revised.
  • Automatic Sandbox refreshes initiated by Planful - When Planful does an automatic refresh of the sandbox environment, it copies any Boomi/integration connections.
  • Limited to 8 data dimensions in core application
  • Add more API connectors to make data integration easier
  • ability to transfer sandbox tests to production environment
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Likelihood to Renew
Microsoft
Due the economic challenges that Puerto Rico is having, the company has had to merge some companies in order to be more efficient. It has been easy in GP to process those merges, even thought we had to spend days to accomplish that the process was smooth and accurate. In addition we were able to streamline the purchasing and sales process and the organization is confident to keep renewing GP for the future versions.
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Planful
Our new Comptroller understands the value of Planful, and we plan to utilize it further in the organization to enhance external reporting. Strangely enough, Planful had not previously been embraced by the former CFO, who argued that we were running two sets of books (of course, we were not). Fortunately, the before mentioned reconciliation of EBITDA to Net Income demonstrated that to the banks.
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Usability
Microsoft
Though it is a basic accounting package, I believe some users do not find the old style menus and navigation options intuitive. There is also a great lack of training resources in the market, so users have to learn the product without guidance a lot, resulting in inefficient workflows and misuse or misunderstanding of many features.
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Planful
Planful is very easy to use for end users. The budget templates can be customized to meet the business needs. They just released business user experience functionality which you to take a complicated budget template and filter it down to meet departmental needs to avoid sending more lines than needed
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Reliability and Availability
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Planful
I only give a 9 rating rather than a 10 rating because it seems that every day around 2pm we see a slowdown in the use of Planful. I have requested our internal IT department verify that it is not an internal issue and have been assured it is the tool. We have not yet reached out to Planful to do extensive research to solve this issue.
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Performance
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Planful
Again, the system is very reliable and, for the most part, runs very quick and smooth. When running larger queries, it does take some time, and during budgeting season our users experienced slower loading times, but nothing that raises concerns outside of normal network issues. Occasionally, as with any software we use, it will crash and you have to restart, but that does not happen very often.
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Support Rating
Microsoft
The rating is directed to the thrid party serive provider that we use. I do not now how good the Microsoft direct support is.
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Planful
Sometimes we get great help when using Planful's support team and other times we don't. In particular, there is one person that often responds to our support tickets who is less than helpful, hence the reason for the 5 out of 10 rating. As a result, most of the time we reach out to our Planful consulting group as they provide faster and better support
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In-Person Training
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Planful
We got little training on the tool after implementation. Did a lot of "trial by fire" learning about Planful. I don't think RSM really provided us all the details we needed to understand the tool and to know what we needed to train on. I don't know we knew enough about the tool to even ask the right questions and then they left and we used Planful support a lot.
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Online Training
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Planful
A few years ago I participated in a lot of their online learning. Their references have grown over the years and continue to get better and better. We use it throughout the year to update the information we hold internally for documentation and to educate ourselves on all of the new release notes and features within Planful.
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Implementation Rating
Microsoft
Basically the challenge with this implementation was the Business Portal, too many errors and even the aplication is up and running the users are still having issues. We will start planning the migraton to GP 2015 soon.
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Planful
After going through the initial implementation with Host Analytics and a re-implementation with Cervello (due to an ERP change, not due to a poor initial implementation), I've learned that you really must rely on your internal staff to bear most of the implementation burden. Use the vendor or partners for ideas and best-practice suggestions, and some of the easy-but-time-consuming work. Since you will ultimately be using and maintaining the application, you should be able to do most of it yourself.
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Alternatives Considered
Microsoft
I come from a strong background of using SAP. SAP doesn't have the flexibility of GP, an example would be SAP doesn't allow core mods, if they catch you, you lose support. Microsoft doesn't really care about mods, but they will be quick to have the vendor you used support your issue if it is caused by those mods. With SAP your company adapts to the software, where with GP you adapt the software to you.
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Planful
Planful seems to do a better job of pulling things in a format that is more understandable to an accounting-minded person, whereas the other platforms seem more focused on operations. From a detail perspective, Planful provides more powerful and complete data, in my experience. When using a platform for financial planning and budgeting, the details are critical and the ability to match the GL structure and pull full P&L data has been a big improvement from Qlik, which we used previously.
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Scalability
Microsoft
The functionality that GP and related ISV solutions offer and the ease of integration of GP to other systems makes it an extremely scalable solution
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Planful
I give this rating simply because I have first-hand knowledge of the scalability of Planful when working across departments in our company that use different financial systems. We have one team on InEight and another using SAP. When we implemented it, we only customized the system to accommodate one of these financial platforms, but when we considered expanding the use of Planful to other departments, we were able to make the necessary adjustments to accommodate our needs.
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Return on Investment
Microsoft
  • Microsoft Dynamics GP allows my clients to move from a paper or spreadsheet based company to an integrated, electronic, streamlined business. I love being able to help clients gain efficiencies through the use of Microsoft Dynamics GP.
  • Microsoft Dynamics GP allows for better customer service because everything is at our fingertips. If someone calls questioning an invoice, we can easily look it up. If someone calls stating they paid an invoice with a certain check number, we can quickly run a query to find that particular check number to see where it was applied.
  • Having everything on a single platform provides ease of use for upgrades, backups and end user training. There is only one software to learn!
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Planful
  • We have saved a large amount of time on reports that we previously manually compiled in Excel via MS Dynamics. Planful was linked to Dynamics through automatically scheduled DLR's, reports were created, and now our manual processes are as simple as accessing and refreshing a report.
  • Dashboards have improved our budgeting process specifically with our production leaders as they can visualize their P&L's, their current actuals, current budget, and see where they are forecasting with their proposed budget for the next year
  • With the use of templates, structured planning, and the Simulation Engine, it has added a lot of value and automation to our annual budget process, allowing for plug-and-play type data loading and viewing various scenarios easily
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