Microsoft Dynamics GP

We use Microsoft Dynamics GP in a transportation company to pay hundreds of employees. It integrates with our Transportation Management System. Trying to ensure we pay our drivers the correct amount based on the miles they accrue each week is paramount to getting them paid correctly. Microsoft Dynamics GP and its integration with our third-party system are crucial to us.

• The ability to pay customers in a timely manner is a positive for us.
• Tracking hundreds of employees' benefits, such as time-off, allows us attract and keep drivers when it is hard to do so in our economy.
• The ability to keep track of the multiple companies our main company is part of is a great feature.

TMW.Suite TMS, Trimble TMT Fleet Maintenance, Trimble MAPS PC*Miler

Dynamics GP was great when it was implemented, but the base works, but the chart of accounts vs. the dimensional chart of accounts. The user interface is dated. The new ones in Business Central and other modern ERP systems are much more modern and easier to use, with a streamlined user interface. The end of life for Dynamics GP is a major issue due to updates and security patches.

• Great accounting software but dated.
• Semi accurate financials.
• Year end closing is ok.
• GL to subledger reconciliation they know it's an issue they created a report for.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, QuickBooks Online

We used Microsoft Dynamics GP as a primary accounting/bookkeeping platform. This included producing financial statements and maintaining all of our financial records. Microsoft Dynamics GP was integrated with an industry specific management software used by ops and sales team members to allow for (theoretically) seamless AP and AR flows between the softwares.

Our use case was a mid-size company and we managed around 70,000 movements which would require full AR and AP entries for each.

• Net negative impact with regard to wasted time tracking things that should be easily reportable.
• Numerous integration errors

QuickBooks Desktop Pro and Wave Accounting

Wave Accounting, Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued), Yardbook

We use an older version of Microsoft Dynamics GP in our org for the bookkeeping and accounting aspect by our accounting team. One of the problems is that our maintenance is out of date, and the renewal fees are outrageously expensive for the small companies like ours. Since we are a smaller company we are able to make the software work for us, but there are many manual processes that would make things like updating our product prices easier and reporting automated if we were able to update our back maintenance.

• Positive impact is that even though our maintenance is out of date we are still able to submit all the necessary tax forms
• We can still run our required reports
• It is a bit more difficult to customize reports
• A negative impact is the fact that only our coder can bulk update our product prices, otherwise they all have to be done individually

Zoho Analytics, Zoho Assist, Zoho CRM

• Great for detailed organizations with lots of account codes or locations
• AP and AR are strong, GL is detailed
• Custom reports are tedious
• Lots of plug in of different price ranges
• Upgrading is expensive

Xero

Xero, Peachworks, from Beyond, isolved