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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued)

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations (or Dynamics AX) was an ERP product in the Dynamics family. It has been split into separate Dynamics 365 products and is no longer available.N/A

    SAP HANA Cloud

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/ASAP HANA is an application that uses in-memory database technology to process very large amounts of real-time data from relational databases, both SAP and non-SAP, in a very short time. The in-memory computing engine allows HANA to process data stored in RAM as opposed to reading it from a disk which means that the data can be accessed in real time by the applications using HANA. The product is sold both as an appliance and as a cloud-based software solution.

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    Pricing
    Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued)SAP HANA Cloud
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued)SAP HANA Cloud
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—Includes a one year free trial.
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    Community Pulse
    Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued)SAP HANA Cloud
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
    No answer on this topic
    SAP
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Would buy again
    246 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    214 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    249 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    151 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    207 Answers
    Features
    Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued)SAP HANA Cloud
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued) and SAP HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued)
    8.8
    8 Ratings
    20% above category average
    SAP HANA Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Pay calculation9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct deposit files8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued) and SAP HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued)
    7.0
    13 Ratings
    8% below category average
    SAP HANA Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    API for custom integration5.013 Ratings00 Ratings
    Plug-ins8.912 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued) and SAP HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued)
    6.0
    14 Ratings
    31% below category average
    SAP HANA Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Single sign-on capability5.013 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions7.014 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued) and SAP HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued)
    8.3
    14 Ratings
    14% above category average
    SAP HANA Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards9.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports7.014 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports9.014 Ratings00 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued) and SAP HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued)
    8.2
    15 Ratings
    6% above category average
    SAP HANA Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Accounts payable7.015 Ratings00 Ratings
    Accounts receivable7.014 Ratings00 Ratings
    Global Financial Support8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Primary and Secondary Ledgers9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations7.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting9.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standardized Processes8.99 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued) and SAP HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued)
    8.7
    13 Ratings
    10% above category average
    SAP HANA Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Inventory tracking8.013 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automatic reordering9.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location management9.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued) and SAP HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued)
    7.6
    13 Ratings
    3% below category average
    SAP HANA Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Pricing8.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order entry9.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Credit card processing3.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold8.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order Orchestration9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subledger and Financial Process
    Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued) and SAP HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued)
    8.7
    10 Ratings
    15% above category average
    SAP HANA Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Billing Management8.99 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cash and Asset Management8.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Travel & Expense Management8.97 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting8.97 Ratings00 Ratings
    Period Close8.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Financial Management
    Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued) and SAP HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued)
    8.9
    7 Ratings
    16% above category average
    SAP HANA Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Budgeting and Forecasting9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Costing8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost Capture8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Capital Project Management9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer Contract Compliance9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Revenue Recognition8.95 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Execution Management
    Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued) and SAP HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued)
    8.8
    5 Ratings
    24% above category average
    SAP HANA Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Project Planning and Scheduling8.95 Ratings00 Ratings
    Task Insight for Project Managers9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Mobile Functionality6.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Definable Resource Pools9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Grants Management
    Comparison of Grants Management features of Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued) and SAP HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued)
    8.7
    4 Ratings
    16% above category average
    SAP HANA Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Award Lifecycle Management9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Procurement
    Comparison of Procurement features of Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued) and SAP HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued)
    8.7
    7 Ratings
    22% above category average
    SAP HANA Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Bids Analyzed and Compared9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract Authoring9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract Repository9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Supplier Management8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Risk Management
    Comparison of Risk Management features of Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued) and SAP HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued)
    8.8
    2 Ratings
    30% above category average
    SAP HANA Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Risk Repository9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Control Management9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Control Efficiency Assessments9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue Detection9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Remediation and Certification9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Logistics
    Comparison of Logistics features of Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued) and SAP HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued)
    8.5
    6 Ratings
    24% above category average
    SAP HANA Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Transportation Planning and Optimization8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Transportation Execution Management8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Trade and Customs Management8.95 Ratings00 Ratings
    Fulfillment Management8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Warehouse Workforce Management10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manufacturing
    Comparison of Manufacturing features of Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued) and SAP HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued)
    7.7
    6 Ratings
    4% above category average
    SAP HANA Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Production Process Design9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Production Management8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Configuration Management7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Work Execution8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manufacturing Costs9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Supply Chain
    Comparison of Supply Chain features of Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued) and SAP HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued)
    9.2
    6 Ratings
    25% above category average
    SAP HANA Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Forecasting9.95 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inventory Planning9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance Monitoring9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product Lifecycle Management
    Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued) and SAP HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued)
    9.0
    3 Ratings
    23% above category average
    SAP HANA Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Proposal Management9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product Master Data Management9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued)SAP HANA Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (19 ratings)
    9.4
    (291 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.1
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.1
    (10 ratings)
    Availability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    3.6
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    3.6
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.1
    (252 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    3.6
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    3.6
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued)SAP HANA Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    It integrates fully with the other Microsoft software we use daily, and this coordination speeds up our work and gives us the agility to run easily. For example, in a purchase inquiry, the customer, after submitting a request, identifies the teams that should work on the project, and if they need further review by other people, they are added to the process, and everything is managed seamlessly rather than the sales process. Get the result as fast as possible.
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    SAP
    It is well organized. One can use it for the company's portfolio management. Various tasks can be done for managerial purposes. One can track the material from start to end product: for example, raw material, packing material & consumable material to formulated bulk and formulated drug product. This can help to manage spending as well as finding costing of the product.
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • Microsoft Dynamics AX's scalability to meet our regional office needs provide flexibility to the team's requirements.
    • Combined with Citrix Xenapp, the application offers seamless access for users on high latency unreliable network connection to the application.
    • Application maintenance and updates are easy which makes it possible for us to manage remotely considering the servers are located in a remote Asia site.
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    SAP
    • Real-time reporting and analytics on data: because of its in-memory architecture, it is perfect for businesses that need to make quick decisions based on current information.
    • Managing workload with complex data: it can handle a vast range of data types, including relational, documental, geospatial, graph, vector, and time series data.
    • Developing and deploying intelligent data applications: it provides various tools for such applications and can be used for machine learning and artificial intelligence to automate tasks, gain insights from data, and make predictions.
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    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • MRP can be slow to adapt to changes in actual production or supply chain transactions.
    • Setting up number sequences seems a trivial matter, but these numbers ID transactions once they are in the ledger and are key--easy to miss this point in the implementation process.
    • Bank rec being easily automated and able to quickly plug into a bank back end to get data is not the best.
    • Payment processing can be 'clunky' based on checks, ACH, Wires...as some of these items are not triggered out of the box in AX, bur are easily added --talking ACH and Wires specifically.
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    SAP
    • Requires higher processing power, otherwise it won't fly. How ever computing costs are lower. Incase you are migrating to cloud please do not select the highest config available in that series . Upgrading it later against a reserved instance can cost you dearly with a series change
    • Lack of clarity on licensing is one major challenge
    • Unless S/4 with additional features are enabled mere migration HANA DB is not a rewarding journey. Power is in S/4
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
    Microsoft Dynamics continues to evolve by bringing more functionality to the customer. Also there are several independent software providers that offer a wide range of solutions for vertical markets.
    Incentivized
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    SAP
    At this moment we are not focusing on SAP, however would love to in the future. This is primarily because of our limited ability to generate more revenue to fund for SAP partnerships and products. Our initial tryst with SAP Partneredge open ecosystem didn't go as planned and we have shelved that for now. Hope we can revive in the future
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    Overall the product does what we need it to do in order for us to function as a company. While there are some concerns over ongoing costs, the belief is, once we have it fully acclimated to our business the cost should settle into alignment with our original expectations. The new features that are consistently being added do add value to the product as they are usually customer request directed.
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    SAP
    SAP HANA Cloud requires significant expertise on technical side to admin and manage it.It surely is lot of improvement over previous versions of SAPThe modern, role-based SAP Fiori interface has enhanced the user experience for applications like S/4HANA, though the complexity of the underlying database remains. For the average business user, the usability of SAP solutions running on the HANA database has seen a major transformation, largely thanks to the Fiori user interface.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Discontinued Products
    Some integration and high volume ramping challenges, particularly with BizTalk and SQL Server, but getting sorted out. Outages over time appeared to be more dependent on integration complexity than AX MES.
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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Discontinued Products
    Some integration and high volume ramping challenges, particularly with BizTalk and SQL Server, but getting sorted out. Outages over time appeared to be more dependent on integration complexity than AX MES.
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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    We use a 3rd-party Microsoft Partner for the system. They are responsive and very knowledgeable. While costs have been mentioned several times in this review they are very aware of costs and have developers who are more economical they use to help offset the level of work required to meet our changes and fix our issues.
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    SAP
    One specific example of how the support for SAP HANA Cloud impacted us is in our efforts to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues. Whenever we encountered an issue or had a question, the support team was quick to respond and provided us with clear and actionable guidance. This helped us avoid downtime and keep our analytics operations running smoothly.
    Incentivized
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    In-Person Training
    Discontinued Products
    It took a lot of work, but Microsoft ultimately did a good job with in-person training, including being onsite in multiple global locations for extended periods.
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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Discontinued Products
    Our solution deviated from a number of key out-of-the-box standards that were included in Online training. We just used that for introduction to the general functionality.
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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Discontinued Products
    Some rough spots, but ultimately worked out. The contract didn't appear to be structured to support the level of overlapping facility deployments required to meet timeline commitments. Merging cultures on the program was also challenging. Overall, not an easy implementation by any stretch. Everyone did the best they could.
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    SAP
    Professional GIS people are some of the most risk-averse there are, and it's difficult to get them to move to HANA in one step. Start with small projects building to 80% use of HANA spatial over time.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    I was not part of the decision making process to select Microsoft Dynamics AX, however, I do know that an exhaustive search was done and many options were considered alongside Microsoft Dynamics AX and I feel that the right decision was made in choosing this solution.
    Incentivized
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    SAP
    I have deep knowledge of other disk based DBMSs. They are venerable technology, but the attempts to extend them to current architectures belie the fact they are built on 40 year old technology. There are some good columnar in-memory databases but they lack the completeness of capability present in the HANA platform.
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    Scalability
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    Limitation of training deliverable by organization
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • With the robust built-in reporting we were able to drop an external reporting platform that costed about $40,000.
    • API integrations have saved manual entry and reduced having to hire 2-3 people to manage data.
    • Several administrators and developers are required for this which costs about 200-300 thousand in employee costs.
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    SAP
    • ROI has always been high in terms of the functionality that it offers and the security features it comes with.
    • Managing large volumes of data in real-time is not an easy task, but it does it pretty well with faster data processing.
    Incentivized
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