Microsoft Project vs. SAP Business One

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Microsoft Project
Score 7.9 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft Project is a project management software. It provides core PM functionality, including agile workflow support and resource management. Project can be deployed in the cloud or on-premise.
$120
per year per user
SAP Business One
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
SAP Business One is an integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution for small and medium-sized businesses, The product encompasses functionality around sales, customer relationships, inventory, operations, financials and human resources.
$99
per month
Pricing
Microsoft ProjectSAP Business One
Editions & Modules
Project Server
$0
Planner Plan 1
$10
per month per user
Planner and Project Plan 3
$30
per month per user
Planner and Project Plan 5
$55
per month per user
Project Standard 2024
$679.99
one-time fee per installation
Project Professional 2024
$1,129.99
one-time fee per installation
Limited
$99.00
per month
Starter
$110.00
per month
Pro
$132.00
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Microsoft ProjectSAP Business One
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPlans are billed annually.
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Community Pulse
Microsoft ProjectSAP Business One
Considered Both Products
Microsoft Project

No answer on this topic

SAP Business One
Chose SAP Business One
SAP provides the most robust solution, with modules available for all department managers and even options for customization according to the company's special needs. We especially used the Crystal reports options to provide reports for each module. Overall, even if it's not …
Features
Microsoft ProjectSAP Business One
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Project
8.1
111 Ratings
5% above category average
SAP Business One
-
Ratings
Task Management8.2110 Ratings00 Ratings
Resource Management7.7107 Ratings00 Ratings
Gantt Charts9.0107 Ratings00 Ratings
Scheduling8.5109 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow Automation10.083 Ratings00 Ratings
Team Collaboration7.398 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology5.083 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology7.783 Ratings00 Ratings
Document Management9.077 Ratings00 Ratings
Email integration5.082 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Access10.067 Ratings00 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking10.073 Ratings00 Ratings
Change request and Case Management7.964 Ratings00 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management7.786 Ratings00 Ratings
Professional Services Automation
Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Project
8.9
79 Ratings
14% above category average
SAP Business One
-
Ratings
Quotes/estimates7.955 Ratings00 Ratings
Invoicing10.045 Ratings00 Ratings
Project & financial reporting7.676 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with accounting software10.050 Ratings00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Project
-
Ratings
SAP Business One
9.8
11 Ratings
29% above category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings10.010 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings10.08 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings9.09 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Project
-
Ratings
SAP Business One
9.6
39 Ratings
25% above category average
API for custom integration00 Ratings9.537 Ratings
Plug-ins00 Ratings9.636 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Project
-
Ratings
SAP Business One
9.5
43 Ratings
13% above category average
Single sign-on capability00 Ratings9.335 Ratings
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings9.642 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Project
-
Ratings
SAP Business One
8.2
44 Ratings
12% above category average
Dashboards00 Ratings7.739 Ratings
Standard reports00 Ratings8.544 Ratings
Custom reports00 Ratings8.440 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Project
-
Ratings
SAP Business One
5.8
45 Ratings
28% below category average
Accounts payable00 Ratings9.545 Ratings
Accounts receivable00 Ratings9.844 Ratings
Global Financial Support00 Ratings7.627 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers00 Ratings8.430 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations00 Ratings9.337 Ratings
Configurable Accounting00 Ratings9.135 Ratings
Standardized Processes00 Ratings9.340 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Project
-
Ratings
SAP Business One
9.0
44 Ratings
13% above category average
Inventory tracking00 Ratings9.444 Ratings
Automatic reordering00 Ratings9.030 Ratings
Location management00 Ratings9.640 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Project
-
Ratings
SAP Business One
6.6
42 Ratings
17% below category average
Pricing00 Ratings8.840 Ratings
Order entry00 Ratings9.442 Ratings
Credit card processing00 Ratings2.023 Ratings
Cost of goods sold00 Ratings9.041 Ratings
Order Orchestration00 Ratings9.532 Ratings
Subledger and Financial Process
Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Project
-
Ratings
SAP Business One
6.9
38 Ratings
8% below category average
Billing Management00 Ratings9.233 Ratings
Cash and Asset Management00 Ratings9.529 Ratings
Travel & Expense Management00 Ratings6.022 Ratings
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting00 Ratings8.627 Ratings
Period Close00 Ratings9.334 Ratings
Project Financial Management
Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Project
-
Ratings
SAP Business One
7.0
19 Ratings
8% below category average
Budgeting and Forecasting00 Ratings7.017 Ratings
Project Costing00 Ratings7.016 Ratings
Cost Capture00 Ratings7.016 Ratings
Capital Project Management00 Ratings7.011 Ratings
Customer Contract Compliance00 Ratings7.014 Ratings
Project Revenue Recognition00 Ratings6.116 Ratings
Project Execution Management
Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Project
-
Ratings
SAP Business One
7.9
16 Ratings
12% above category average
Project Planning and Scheduling00 Ratings8.015 Ratings
Task Insight for Project Managers00 Ratings7.012 Ratings
Project Mobile Functionality00 Ratings1.011 Ratings
Definable Resource Pools00 Ratings5.09 Ratings
Grants Management
Comparison of Grants Management features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Project
-
Ratings
SAP Business One
7.7
15 Ratings
5% above category average
Award Lifecycle Management00 Ratings7.09 Ratings
Procurement
Comparison of Procurement features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Project
-
Ratings
SAP Business One
8.3
18 Ratings
17% above category average
Bids Analyzed and Compared00 Ratings8.011 Ratings
Contract Authoring00 Ratings10.012 Ratings
Contract Repository00 Ratings8.010 Ratings
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated00 Ratings9.014 Ratings
Supplier Management00 Ratings9.013 Ratings
Risk Management
Comparison of Risk Management features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Project
-
Ratings
SAP Business One
7.9
10 Ratings
18% above category average
Risk Repository00 Ratings8.38 Ratings
Control Management00 Ratings8.09 Ratings
Control Efficiency Assessments00 Ratings8.08 Ratings
Issue Detection00 Ratings8.09 Ratings
Remediation and Certification00 Ratings7.76 Ratings
Logistics
Comparison of Logistics features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Project
-
Ratings
SAP Business One
7.3
24 Ratings
7% above category average
Transportation Planning and Optimization00 Ratings8.516 Ratings
Transportation Execution Management00 Ratings7.814 Ratings
Trade and Customs Management00 Ratings8.614 Ratings
Fulfillment Management00 Ratings5.117 Ratings
Warehouse Workforce Management00 Ratings7.315 Ratings
Manufacturing
Comparison of Manufacturing features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Project
-
Ratings
SAP Business One
6.1
20 Ratings
19% below category average
Production Process Design00 Ratings2.018 Ratings
Production Management00 Ratings8.218 Ratings
Configuration Management00 Ratings2.014 Ratings
Work Execution00 Ratings4.016 Ratings
Manufacturing Costs00 Ratings5.016 Ratings
Supply Chain
Comparison of Supply Chain features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Project
-
Ratings
SAP Business One
7.0
26 Ratings
2% below category average
Forecasting00 Ratings7.124 Ratings
Inventory Planning00 Ratings7.226 Ratings
Performance Monitoring00 Ratings6.720 Ratings
Product Lifecycle Management
Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Project
-
Ratings
SAP Business One
9.1
18 Ratings
23% above category average
Proposal Management00 Ratings5.414 Ratings
Product Master Data Management00 Ratings8.616 Ratings
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User Ratings
Microsoft ProjectSAP Business One
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(111 ratings)
8.5
(50 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(3 ratings)
4.6
(9 ratings)
Usability
8.7
(9 ratings)
8.8
(14 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(3 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
8.2
(34 ratings)
9.0
(11 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.7
(2 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
4.5
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
5.0
(1 ratings)
2.8
(24 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Microsoft ProjectSAP Business One
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft
Microsoft Project Online is suited to Turnkey Projects where more Collaboration is required in Project Progress monitoring, risk assessment and conveying, issue recording and tracking. It is less appropriate when ERP Suites other than MS Dynamics are used, i.e when Enterprises need to integrate Finance / Accounting with It and having straight project management workflow
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SAP
SAP Business One would be more useful if it contained tools to acommodate the growing need of online sales. A more complete shipping module which handles tracking numbers with the common couriers would be great. A built in warehouse management system would be great designed to be used with barcode scanners
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Pros
Microsoft
  • I love the Gantt Chart that Microsoft Project offers me, because it provides me with a view from various aspects, it provides me with exact details about the fulfillment of tasks over a period of time, it also allows me to make comparisons with the necessary data and the fulfilled data. by the employees, in order to know exactly if the project's expectations have been met.
  • I love the Gantt Chart that Microsoft Project offers me, because it provides me with a view from various aspects, it provides me with exact details about the fulfillment of tasks over a period of time, it also allows me to make comparisons with the necessary data and the fulfilled data by the employees, in order to know exactly if the project's expectations have been met.
  • The alert system for the fulfillment and delay of assignments is perfect. Microsoft Project allows me to configure the task system, I can assign the necessary tasks to fulfill the project, and the software alerts me immediately if the managers are fulfilling the assignments.
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SAP
  • SAP Business One is more suitable for small and medium scale enterprises
  • SAP Business One is : analytics, mobile technologies, cloud technologies
  • SAP Business One has exceptional performance in handling business functions such as purchasing and operations and customer relationship management
  • An important key features of SAP Business One is Reporting and Analytics.
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Cons
Microsoft
  • Seems overly complicated for users sometimes in using Project and its functionalities
  • Hard to share files for those folks who do not have MS Project, and then have to print out for them
  • Can be confusing since it looks and feels like MS Excel
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SAP
  • Following a bench mark process - this seems contradicting to flexibility however we have wished we could follow more of an industry benchmark. Our challenge as a small company has been knowing how to properly use the system. We have discovered that we have set up the system wrong based and are using it improperly which has cause a lot work to correct.
  • Better live reporting options - current we are on prem SQL. Yes SAP is moving to HANA however smaller companies like ourselves are not ready for that. We need to be able to maintain our existing SQL DB. We also have a demand for live BI Reporting. It has been difficult to do this with our current set up.
  • Error handling - have found it very difficult to troubleshoot. Errors are not always clear and answers are hard to find.
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Likelihood to Renew
Microsoft
I like using Microsoft Project. It simplifies building a schedule
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SAP
As I said before, it is a first level tool, well developed, and with very strong development support, although the learning curve, its implementation, the cost-benefit ratio, the price and the user experience is not the most suitable for small and medium-sized companies. It is a company with extensive experience, market positioning, technical support and expanded use
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Usability
Microsoft
Microsoft
Project is easy to operate because data could be inserted, changed and
deleted like you are in an Excel timesheet. Besides, it provides a great
level of automation beween his fields allowing few data changes. Also, its
funcionalities are well defined and grouped in upper menus, so you can find a
funcionality quickly
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SAP
I would like to give 8 out of 10 rating for SAP Business One because SAP Business One is a good choice for the mostly used business management solutions for the small and medium-sized companies. SAP Business One can help in optimizing the existing business process and enables streamline business processes for the daily activities for all users across the entire organization. The importance realization of SAP Business One implementation is based on the selection of the good reputation partner and its approach for the entire implementation. SAP Business One is a user-friendly and easy to use Enterprise system that the organization can benefit its features and functionalities by utilizing it.
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Reliability and Availability
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
SAP
The SAP Business One software is up and running every time
you need it as it was planned. In more than 6 years that we have been
using the product, it has never been unavailable and if it ever was, it was because of a planned maintenance window scheduled in the company.
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Performance
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
SAP
SAP Business One performance depends mostly on the speed of your internal servers, should you have the solution on premise as we do. Sometimes the system tends to be a little slower for some users when others are executing really big reports of performing some batch loads, but generally, the performance is acceptable to all the users.
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Support Rating
Microsoft
Microsoft in recent years has transformed itself and gives a positive feeling when one interacts with the company. The company is focusing on its customers and willing to go extra mile to make customers happy.The company continues to invest in its products and bringing new features from time to time. Overall it is a positive feeling to be associated with such an iconic company.
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SAP
I rate my experience with SAP Business One's support team as excellent (10). They are easy to contact and effortless to work with on any issue or concern. I like the support SAP provides for any of their products. SAP has a great backing and I would recommend them to any of my colleagues.
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In-Person Training
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
SAP
The training I get was a consultant level training, so it's basically a 6 weeks training covering every aspect and every module of the system. It covered most common use cases and exercise training so you can get along with the software, as well as examples so there culd be a better understanding.
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Online Training
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
SAP
Over the past two years SAP has added a great deal of new SAP Business One on-line training for version 9.0 and 9.1. Most of the training is very strong, but some is difficult to understand and follow. Additionally, SAP still has a few holes in their on-line training around Production, Bill-of-Materials, MRP and Service.
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Implementation Rating
Microsoft
I wasn't part of it so I don't know
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SAP
These implementations are not easy. Even a standard implementation can be difficult. With a never-been-done-before implementation, the implementation team and the user team need to be thorough with planning, make a decision on key points, and stick to them before any design happens. Our biggest challenge was not from StellarOne, rather it was from the mid-implementation decisions from our internal team. StellarOne did a great job warning us, implementing our decision, and then helping us adjust our SAP to handle the new direction we took.
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Alternatives Considered
Microsoft
While many of the above tools are extremely well-versed, Microsoft Project's largest advantage comes from it being related to the largest business productivity company in the world. Project does have its sharing limitations - but regardless, offers one of the most robust tools in the market today. Microsoft Project is built with large-scale projects in mind but is more than up to the task for smaller projects as well. However, there are options available (especially cloud-based options) that may be more fitting for higher-level projects that do not require going into the weeds.
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SAP
SAP provides the most robust solution, with modules available for all department managers and even options for customization according to the company's special needs. We especially used the Crystal reports options to provide reports for each module. Overall, even if it's not the least expensive option, it has the best value for money.
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Scalability
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
SAP
For most small businesses, the only way you outgrow SAP Business One is if the nature of your business changes radically. Going from 1 to 50 users is quite easy with SAP B1. Going beyond 50 may require moving to the Hana SAP B1 platform to maintain or improve performance, but the path is there.
Add-ons to SAP B1 can also be added as specific needs are encountered that are not closely met by the standard product. These may be required early in the product life because of the nature of your business, or as you expand the use of SAP B1.
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Return on Investment
Microsoft
  • Project saved me, as the project manager, countless hours of digging through tickets and schedules to plan everything out. It also saved me time in adjusting the project triangle as needed, since it does so much automatically.
  • It is costly, and since it requires extensive training to master, it's not just the high licensing cost that you need to take into account.
  • The reporting features - even just printing out Gantt charts - makes it far easier to communicate with stakeholders. That means less time for PMs doing all of this manually, and it means less follow-up questions and delays moving forward.
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SAP
  • Employee efficiency has definitely increased with SAP Business One. This is attributed in a lot of ways to information visibility. Our employees are able to gather the data they need, quickly, and effectively.
  • Identifying inconsistencies in pricing has also been accomplished through use of reporting off individual tables. Previously, we weren't able to access our data in such a way as to enable us to write custom reports in-house.
  • We have also benefited greatly from having a single source of all business information. We utilize SAP Business One exclusively in-house. All documentation is attached to specific orders and Business Partners, as well as serialized equipment that has been sold.
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