Microsoft Dynamics 365 vs. monday CRM

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Microsoft Dynamics 365
Score 7.5 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft Dynamics 365 is a CRM providing sales, marketing, and service functionality. It is offered as SaaS and on-premise. Dynamics 365 is part of the larger Dynamics suite of business intelligence and ERP products.
$44
per month
monday CRM
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
monday CRM provides control over the entire sales funnel and helps users close deals faster by automating manual work and streamlining sales activities from A-Z.
$45
per month 3 seats (minimum)
Pricing
Microsoft Dynamics 365monday CRM
Editions & Modules
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Basic
$15
per month per seat
Standard
$20
per month per seat
Pro
$33
per month per seat
Enterprise
Contact Sales
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Microsoft Dynamics 365monday CRM
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details18% discount for annual pricing. Plans start with 3 seats.
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Features
Microsoft Dynamics 365monday CRM
Sales Force Automation
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Microsoft Dynamics 365
6.9
70 Ratings
11% below category average
monday CRM
7.4
62 Ratings
4% below category average
Customer data management / contact management8.069 Ratings7.758 Ratings
Workflow management8.067 Ratings7.460 Ratings
Territory management6.051 Ratings7.933 Ratings
Opportunity management7.063 Ratings7.355 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)7.066 Ratings8.146 Ratings
Contract management7.052 Ratings6.940 Ratings
Quote & order management6.048 Ratings00 Ratings
Interaction tracking7.060 Ratings6.243 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management6.051 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer Service & Support
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Microsoft Dynamics 365
6.7
55 Ratings
12% below category average
monday CRM
-
Ratings
Case management6.051 Ratings00 Ratings
Call center management7.045 Ratings00 Ratings
Help desk management7.049 Ratings00 Ratings
Marketing Automation
Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics 365
7.5
67 Ratings
1% below category average
monday CRM
6.6
46 Ratings
14% below category average
Lead management8.061 Ratings6.646 Ratings
Email marketing7.062 Ratings00 Ratings
CRM Project Management
Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics 365
8.3
64 Ratings
9% above category average
monday CRM
6.2
57 Ratings
20% below category average
Task management8.059 Ratings6.056 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management8.044 Ratings5.038 Ratings
Reporting9.053 Ratings7.749 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics 365
7.0
65 Ratings
8% below category average
monday CRM
6.6
57 Ratings
14% below category average
Forecasting7.055 Ratings6.047 Ratings
Pipeline visualization5.061 Ratings7.354 Ratings
Customizable reports9.064 Ratings6.549 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics 365
7.8
67 Ratings
4% above category average
monday CRM
6.8
54 Ratings
10% below category average
Custom fields8.165 Ratings7.554 Ratings
Custom objects8.060 Ratings6.146 Ratings
Scripting environment7.048 Ratings6.931 Ratings
API for custom integration8.052 Ratings6.832 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics 365
6.5
62 Ratings
24% below category average
monday CRM
6.8
50 Ratings
20% below category average
Single sign-on capability7.056 Ratings8.843 Ratings
Role-based user permissions6.057 Ratings4.850 Ratings
Social CRM
Comparison of Social CRM features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics 365
7.5
37 Ratings
2% above category average
monday CRM
-
Ratings
Social data8.036 Ratings00 Ratings
Social engagement7.037 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics 365
6.5
56 Ratings
12% below category average
monday CRM
6.3
29 Ratings
15% below category average
Marketing automation7.056 Ratings6.329 Ratings
Compensation management6.029 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Dynamics 365
7.0
48 Ratings
5% below category average
monday CRM
7.3
52 Ratings
1% below category average
Mobile access7.048 Ratings7.352 Ratings
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User Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics 365monday CRM
Likelihood to Recommend
5.4
(90 ratings)
8.6
(70 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.0
(20 ratings)
8.4
(4 ratings)
Usability
5.4
(20 ratings)
8.8
(67 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(11 ratings)
7.1
(56 ratings)
Online Training
7.5
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.2
(4 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
3.8
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Microsoft Dynamics 365monday CRM
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft
Provides our company access to manage and customize the folds tailored to our needs. We needed to have certain paragraphs on certain paperwork per customer. MD 365 has those options to customize where needed and remove when not. The system is easy to navigate, and training can be done in a matter of days, even without prior knowledge of the system or similar systems.
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monday.com
Our Integrated/brand marketing and Lifecycle marketing teams find monday CRM to be particularly useful for project management. Integrated marketing uses monday to build out our yearly promotional calendar, which keeps the entire company informed on all the launch and sale details for the year, across both retail and digital channels. The Lifecycle marketing team uses monday CRM to track individual campaign projects, mainly consisting of email asset creation. There are times when monday is not the preferred CRM platform, such as data and analytics tracking, project performance tracking, or scenarios when immediate feedback is required.
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Pros
Microsoft
  • Best to use for AP - like in our organization, there are plenty of AP bills, so with Dynamics, we can quickly enter the same into the Excel utility, which means CSV-based upload, and then we can easily upload the same to the software. It's a time saver.
  • Best for Bank reconciliation - MS Dynamics makes Bank reconciliation easy. Banks can easily sync with software and easily get reconciled.
  • Generating invoices to customers and directly sending them to their inbox is easy with this software.
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monday.com
  • It is very easy to use and logical. Teams and departments can collaborate together to work as one team.
  • It is very useful in automating the processes of relevant departments.
  • The field names, types, and data you enter can be customized as per your organization's requirements.
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Cons
Microsoft
  • Small learning curve, obviously. You won't figure this out in a day, a week, or even a month. But given time, you can learn to be an expert. Or you can always get a consultant or hire in somebody. But learning the tool isn't out of the questions by any means.
  • Licensing can be confusing at times and isn't cheap, but it is cheaper than Salesforce. Plus no additional fees for data calls to better integrate your D365 CE data with other systems.
  • The Classic user interface left a bit to be desired, but now with the much-improved Unified Interface, the web client and the mobile client look the same, much more modern, and have more flexibility and power behind them for customizers as well.
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monday.com
  • It takes a while to get used to the UX if you are used to Hubspot or another CRM
  • We are still testing mass email functionality, it's a little less intuitive vs Hubspot
  • The quote/invoice forms are not pre-built into the CRM the way they are in Hubspot, so you have to manually set those up. Some might see that as a positive thing because it's more flexible with your respective tech stack, but it required more research on our end to make sure we set it up to flow efficiently.
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Likelihood to Renew
Microsoft
CRM has allowed us to keep all of our data in one place that is easy for all users within the company to view. I came into the company after they had been using CRM for about 4 years. They have all said that since we have used this it has helped us control work processes better, it has allowed us to be able to track things so much better, and has been something that has helped unite many processes that used to be all over the place. We are currently using CRM 4.0 and are planning on upgrading in the next 18 months to the 2011 version. Support for 4.0 is almost all but dried up. Understandably so. Some of the customization we have done, and a plugins we use, are now contained within the 2011 version so we are looking forward to that upgrade. We use an email marketing company as well, and they primarily support the 2011 version, but their product connects and is integrated within CRM. This is a great benefit as well so that all of our marketing information can be contained in one location.
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monday.com
It is the best tool we have found as a small business to be able to track our bookings, tasks and income.
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Usability
Microsoft
The usability is easily adopted for users familiar with other Microsoft products. Dynamics 365 has several interfaces that cross over browsers and tablets. These multiple interfaces will be phased out and updated to a single unified interface eventually to provide the same usability across all devices. The backend configurations is slowly improving with the introduction of PowerApps compared to pre-D365 Online versions
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monday.com
It's a really easy to use and improve tool, that helps you to quickly master its functions and then helps you to improve the features usage as quickly as you learned the basis. Any doubts you have are easily solved by the contents and tutorials it provides, and if it doesn't solve it, the team is always quick to reply and help you.
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Support Rating
Microsoft
Our partner, Ledgeview Partners has been FANTASTIC to work with. They are always timely in their response and have taken time to understand our business and our specific needs. We've made a lot of advanced customizations and they have been a great help in making those updates.
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monday.com
When I have requested customer service from monday.com account the person who I spoke with was really helpful but the set up to get a hold of someone in customer service was a little complicated and time-consuming. I had to get a ticket in an email and then wait for a specific person to call me back at a certain time, that's why I gave a six.
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Implementation Rating
Microsoft
We used a data warehouse to house our data, and our IT team and implementation vendor worked diligently ahead of time to construct idea implementation plans. Out of millions of records- we had less than a dozen errors, which is remarkable. My major insight is simply having a group of completely devoted individuals working towards your goal who fully understand the desired outcome. Focused resources for implementation season are critical to success.
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monday.com
It was very easy to start using. It is also safe to use lots of trial and error whilst setting up.
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Alternatives Considered
Microsoft
Microsoft Dynamics was part of a system overhaul for a local school, and we looked at many products. If we had used it for a company with low turnover, then it might have been more feasible. They needed something a new person could learn quickly, someone who might also be learning marketing terms at the same time - especially if there is nobody to train the individual now expected to know the system. Similar issues occurred with all of these programs (we called it being too big for their britches), and one of the bigger things we liked was that it is more compatible with MS Office products in both technical and visual appeal. If you have a steady employees who use a CRM consistently, low turnover, and those who are very familiar with Office products, Dynamics would be the smartest option for you. Unfortunately, this was just not true for the school environment
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monday.com
Monday is significantly better. Not only is it more aesthetically pleasing it is just better overall. I feel as if Monday has a better system in regard to keeping track of all the files we have. Moreover, I also feel like the fact that it allows me to tag my other coworkers enables me to have better communication in the office.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Microsoft
On our purchase, I'd been interrogated about our usage. Our needs are met by Microsoft Dynamics 365, which is simple to use. With so much data and information available, we must ensure that it is presented correctly to managers. Due to a lack of use, we don't have to spend as much money on Salesforce.
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monday.com
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Professional Services
Microsoft
My company's preferred program right now is Microsoft Dynamics 365. We use it to keep track of customers and important sales metrics in a streamlined manner. Anyone familiar with CRMs will find the tool extremely useful. Considering that we have a good turnover, this product will be used for its basic segments. As a result, there are few chances of error with Microsoft dynamics because it is so easy to use. Many options for recording data on these leads are available. It meets our needs and pays off.
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monday.com
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Return on Investment
Microsoft
  • For those without a centralized, all in one solution for major HR, Finance and other departments, Microsoft Dynamics 365 has vastly improved employee time utilization and profit.
  • Migrating clients from on-premise to the cloud has reaped benefits including better security, no unscheduled downtime and frequent updates to functionality.
  • Those transferring from cheaper solutions have lost money in the aim to be better integrated with other Microsoft products and AI they don't really utilize.
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monday.com
  • I feel since we integrated to monday CRM, that the speed of our invoicing rate has increased, due to the easier navigation monday CRM provides.
  • Communication with other peers & departments has become easier to reach out since we all share this platform and able to tag the needed person.
  • We are also able to view and give reports easier to our VP's/ higher up, providing visibility and graphs of our trending sales numbers categorized by each store with different sales type.
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ScreenShots

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Screenshot of Sales Pipeline - Ensuring leads do not slip through the cracks.Screenshot of Sales Analytics - Used to build dashboards in real time with no development help, to gain insights into where deals stand, expected revenue, team performance, etc.Screenshot of Automations - Automates sales processes including automatic assignment of leads to reps, reminders for upcoming activities,  and notifications when a lead opens an email.Screenshot of Email Capabilities - Automatically logs sent emails, keeps track of interactions, and enables mass emails with personalized email templates.Screenshot of Activities Logging & Tracking - Displays all past and upcoming sales activities in one organized timeline.Screenshot of Post-sales Management - To help users build lasting customer relationships once the deal is done or stay on top of client projects, with collection tracking.