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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Microsoft Dynamics GP

    Score5.4 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft 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

    Workiva

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AWorkiva is a cloud platform supporting ESG protecting, designed to provide collaboration, data integration, and an audit trail. The platform helps mitigate risk, and improves productivity.N/A
    Pricing
    Microsoft Dynamics GPWorkiva
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft Dynamics GPWorkiva
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Microsoft Dynamics GPWorkiva
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
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    Workiva
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    33%
    Would buy again
    2 Answers
    86%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    83%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    83%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    86%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
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    Implementation went as expected
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    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    4 Answers
    Features
    Microsoft Dynamics GPWorkiva
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Microsoft Dynamics GP and Workiva
    Feature
    Microsoft Dynamics GP
    6.4
    20 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Workiva
    -
    Ratings
    Pay calculation6.219 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration5.815 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 Microsoft Dynamics GP and Workiva
    Feature
    Microsoft Dynamics GP
    4.3
    27 Ratings
    55% below category average
    Workiva
    -
    Ratings
    API for custom integration2.526 Ratings00 Ratings
    Plug-ins6.021 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Microsoft Dynamics GP and Workiva
    Feature
    Microsoft Dynamics GP
    6.8
    40 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Workiva
    -
    Ratings
    Single sign-on capability5.532 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.140 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Microsoft Dynamics GP and Workiva
    Feature
    Microsoft Dynamics GP
    5.3
    41 Ratings
    38% below category average
    Workiva
    -
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    Dashboards3.429 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports6.139 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports6.439 Ratings00 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Microsoft Dynamics GP and Workiva
    Feature
    Microsoft Dynamics GP
    5.0
    48 Ratings
    42% below category average
    Workiva
    -
    Ratings
    Accounts payable6.345 Ratings00 Ratings
    Accounts receivable5.736 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cash management6.336 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bank reconciliation5.541 Ratings00 Ratings
    Expense management4.431 Ratings00 Ratings
    Time tracking8.014 Ratings00 Ratings
    Fixed asset management4.428 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-currency support2.619 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-division support3.026 Ratings00 Ratings
    Regulations compliance3.214 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 Accounting3.618 Ratings00 Ratings
    Localizations4.513 Ratings00 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations4.526 Ratings00 Ratings
    Enterprise Accounting2.616 Ratings00 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting3.517 Ratings00 Ratings
    Centralized Rules Framework3.214 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standardized Processes6.119 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of Microsoft Dynamics GP and Workiva
    Feature
    Microsoft Dynamics GP
    4.2
    26 Ratings
    54% below category average
    Workiva
    -
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    Inventory tracking5.524 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automatic reordering1.013 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location management4.018 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manufacturing module3.415 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of Microsoft Dynamics GP and Workiva
    Feature
    Microsoft Dynamics GP
    3.5
    25 Ratings
    71% below category average
    Workiva
    -
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    Pricing3.718 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order entry3.721 Ratings00 Ratings
    Credit card processing1.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold4.925 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order Orchestration4.99 Ratings00 Ratings
    End-to-end order visibility3.312 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order exception Resolution3.37 Ratings00 Ratings
    Governance, Risk & Compliance
    Comparison of Governance, Risk & Compliance features of Microsoft Dynamics GP and Workiva
    Feature
    Microsoft Dynamics GP
    -
    Ratings
    Workiva
    7.9
    6 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Common repository of GRC items00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Risk management00 Ratings7.75 Ratings
    Integration with Corporate Performance Management (CPM) systems00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    GRC policy management00 Ratings7.74 Ratings
    Incident management00 Ratings7.05 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Microsoft Dynamics GPWorkiva
    Small Businesses
    QuickBooks Self-Employed (discontinued)
    Score4.2 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    MYOB
    Score8.3 out of 10
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    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft Dynamics GPWorkiva
    Likelihood to Recommend
    4.0
    (54 ratings)
    5.7
    (11 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.9
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    5.4
    (10 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (5 ratings)
    9.7
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    CPA Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft Dynamics GPWorkiva
    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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    Workiva
    Wdesk is best suited for companies with demanding SEC filings and documents, with multiple revisions due to auditor/counsel review, and where financial reporting is extremely manual. Wdesk really helps take out the potential errors out of extremely manual processes, and helps automate regular financial reporting by allowing companies to link financial information and build customized flows of their information into financial statements and other documents (such as presentations or other internal reporting).
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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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    Workiva
    • The biggest strength of the program for our team is that multiple users can work in the document at the same time. Multiple users can be in the program updating financial statements, footnotes, MD&A - all without stepping on each other's toes.
    • Rolling forward the documents from one period to the next is pretty simple. Links to source documents are maintained and new ones can be added without much hassle.
    • Edits and changes can be made right up until the last minute before filing. There is no waiting period or pencils-down period unless we enforce one ourselves - the Financial Reporting team is in control of the timing of our filings.
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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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    Workiva
    • The automation could be better. A lot of mass updates are done manually.
    • Sometimes the system has connection issues and certain functions are down.
    • The customer service could be more proactive to provide regular training and sharing updates on the software.
    • Customer service could be better to help process the mass updates in a timely fashion.
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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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    Workiva
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Workiva
    Overall it's a good-to-go product because of its features. It's easy to set up, meets requirements, has quality support, etc. So far, it has been working quite well for me, and I wish to continue using it for as long as it meets my requirements.
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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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    Workiva
    Workiva's technical support is impeccable and undoubtedly one of the best. The times we needed them, they were super quick and willing to help. It works 24 hours a day, and there will always be someone to help with doubts or technical problems regarding the tool.
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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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    Workiva
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Workiva
    We moved from a third party filer to doing it in house. Have seen demos of products like Active Disclosure, which has come a long way from the beta version I saw and but we are not too far gone with Wdesk for us to evaluate other products. When we first signed up with Webfilings, (former name of Workiva), there were no viable products in the market. I had seen an Oracle product and a beta version of Active Disclosure. It was not hard to see the ease and intuitive-screens, to guide one through the filing process. The excel-like spreadsheets were an added bonus.
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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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    Workiva
    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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    Workiva
    • We spend less than we used to with a traditional printer.
    • We have been able to do turn-on-a-dime equity offerings with last minute changes and still file on time.
    • Inviting external legal into the platform has helped with communication but we actually suspect they spend MORE time (and billing) on our documents than they used to just simply because it's so easy to get at them anytime they want.
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