Microsoft Dynamics GP vs. SAP Build

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Microsoft Dynamics GP
Score 5.1 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
SAP Build
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
SAP Build is a business application development and automation solution with a comprehensive suite of low-code, pro-code, and generative AI tools. SAP Build is for developers, IT professionals, and business users/citizen developers who want to create and customize business applications.
$1.82
per month per user
Pricing
Microsoft Dynamics GPSAP Build
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
SAP Build Process Automation - Standard User
$1.82
per month per user
SAP Build Process Automation - Advanced User
$15
per month per user
SAP Build Process Automation - Attended Automation
$534
per month
SAP Build Process Automation - Unattended Automation
$534
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Microsoft Dynamics GPSAP Build
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Microsoft Dynamics GPSAP Build
Features
Microsoft Dynamics GPSAP Build
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics GP
6.4
20 Ratings
17% below category average
SAP Build
-
Ratings
Pay calculation6.319 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration5.915 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct deposit files7.518 Ratings00 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management6.517 Ratings00 Ratings
Reimbursement management6.016 Ratings00 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics GP
4.3
27 Ratings
55% below category average
SAP Build
-
Ratings
API for custom integration2.526 Ratings00 Ratings
Plug-ins6.021 Ratings00 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics GP
7.0
40 Ratings
16% below category average
SAP Build
-
Ratings
Single sign-on capability5.832 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-based user permissions8.240 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics GP
5.4
41 Ratings
37% below category average
SAP Build
-
Ratings
Dashboards3.529 Ratings00 Ratings
Standard reports6.239 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom reports6.539 Ratings00 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics GP
5.1
48 Ratings
40% below category average
SAP Build
-
Ratings
Accounts payable6.445 Ratings00 Ratings
Accounts receivable5.936 Ratings00 Ratings
Cash management6.436 Ratings00 Ratings
Bank reconciliation5.741 Ratings00 Ratings
Expense management4.531 Ratings00 Ratings
Time tracking8.014 Ratings00 Ratings
Fixed asset management4.628 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-currency support2.919 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-division support3.026 Ratings00 Ratings
Regulations compliance3.314 Ratings00 Ratings
Electronic tax filing9.012 Ratings00 Ratings
Self-service portal7.012 Ratings00 Ratings
Global Financial Support6.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers4.721 Ratings00 Ratings
Intercompany Accounting3.918 Ratings00 Ratings
Localizations4.513 Ratings00 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations4.726 Ratings00 Ratings
Enterprise Accounting2.916 Ratings00 Ratings
Configurable Accounting4.017 Ratings00 Ratings
Centralized Rules Framework3.714 Ratings00 Ratings
Standardized Processes6.219 Ratings00 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics GP
4.5
26 Ratings
48% below category average
SAP Build
-
Ratings
Inventory tracking6.224 Ratings00 Ratings
Automatic reordering1.013 Ratings00 Ratings
Location management4.018 Ratings00 Ratings
Manufacturing module4.515 Ratings00 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics GP
3.7
25 Ratings
68% below category average
SAP Build
-
Ratings
Pricing3.618 Ratings00 Ratings
Order entry3.621 Ratings00 Ratings
Credit card processing1.012 Ratings00 Ratings
Cost of goods sold5.225 Ratings00 Ratings
Order Orchestration5.39 Ratings00 Ratings
End-to-end order visibility3.812 Ratings00 Ratings
Order exception Resolution3.47 Ratings00 Ratings
Low-Code Development
Comparison of Low-Code Development features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics GP
-
Ratings
SAP Build
8.2
92 Ratings
3% below category average
Visual Modeling00 Ratings8.185 Ratings
Drag-and-drop Interfaces00 Ratings8.583 Ratings
Platform Security00 Ratings8.388 Ratings
Platform User Management00 Ratings8.288 Ratings
Reusability00 Ratings8.087 Ratings
Platform Scalability00 Ratings8.288 Ratings
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User Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics GPSAP Build
Likelihood to Recommend
6.0
(51 ratings)
8.6
(68 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.9
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
6.0
(7 ratings)
7.8
(66 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
7.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.0
(5 ratings)
9.1
(4 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.2
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Microsoft Dynamics GPSAP Build
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft
Microsoft Dynamics GP is well-suited for our environment, as we pay a diverse group of employees, including on-the-road drivers, shop employees (some in other locations), and office employees. It easily tracks time off, taxes, pay, etc. The reporting allows us to verify with our drivers how they are paid each week, whether it be through mileage or stop-offs.
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SAP
SAP Build is a strong and reliable partner with a rich FAQ and consulting power. New features make sense and are easy to distribute within the team and to end users. The community is nice, and there are many discussions on product development, shared solutions, and productivity improvements. UI is also one of the strongest points.
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Pros
Microsoft
  • Great Plains started as back office/accounting, and that is still it's strong suit.
  • SQL and the GP programming language, Dexterity, provide a robust, scalable, and stable platform with well documented maintenance and repair procedures. Relatively easy to manage, tune, and support.
  • Microsoft support for GP verges on "particularly well". Doesn't quite get there but good enough once you know what you're doing
  • Strong partner network, including the GP User Group (GPUG)
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SAP
  • SAP Build Workzone is a cloud ready service that it can provide access to users over cloud. It really liked it because for Non-SAP users they don't need to have seperate logins to access SAP systems
  • SAP Build LCNC helps to create an app either from scratch or take reference from existing apps and develop on top of it
  • SAP Build Code is pro-developer tool helps for creating enterprise ready web apps
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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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SAP
  • Comparing to other RPA Tools, SAP Build automation lacks enough user guidance.
  • Licensing is a little bit confusing.
  • From a technical perspective, older versions of the automation part are not always stable, but the other services (workflow, business rules, apps, etc.) are much more stable.
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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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SAP
SAP Build that enables rapid creation of enterprise-grade applications, automations, and business sites. It empowers both business users and developers to collaborate effectively while leveraging SAP-grade security, identity, and integration capabilities. SAP Build integrates seamlessly with SAP systems, supports governance and lifecycle management, and accelerates digital transformation by reducing development time and effort.
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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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SAP
The overall re-usability is very good for SAP Build app. Rating 9 shows that it is very effectively uses the No code or low code functionality. Drag and drop of UI components is very effective in this SAP Build app. No prior coding experience is needed but to develop some logic flow you need to be very logical and optimistic thinker
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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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SAP
There are, for example, great blog writings about automation cases and examples. The studio version is updated often. There are also useful OpenSAP online courses.
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Online Training
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
SAP
Online training helped to understand the drag and drop processes, building UI. Creating a workflow and process automation. Developing workflow and deploying WF. Helped to reduce the errors. It helped to understand the training easily. And online training gave good insights for low code no code solutions and create actions, forms.
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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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SAP
Yes we are implementing a custom solution of Customer PO on sap build code and BPA
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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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SAP
Seamlessly connected to SAP S4 Hana systems and development and deployment is easy as compared to Microsoft Visual Studio. Low code no code facility is awesome in SAP Build app where as in Visual Studio drag and drop of components is provided but still needs to write bulky code for functionality. Performance is better for SAP Build app.
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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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SAP
No answers on this topic
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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SAP
  • SAP Build apps has a high ROI. Development is fast and cloud pricing is good.
  • Business objectives are handled better than any other solution for custom app development in the SAP ecosystem.
  • Process Automation workflows are very fast to develop, mostly graphically, and work very well.
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ScreenShots

SAP Build Screenshots

Screenshot of The SAP Build Portfolio, which includes:
1- SAP Build Apps to create business application
2- SAP Build Process Automation to automate end to end business processes
3- SAP Build Work Zone to design and create business sites