
Explore the differences between Dynamics 365 F&O and Dynamics 365 Business Central.
Both solutions are great options for companies looking to move to a Cloud ERP solution with Microsoft Dynamics. Below we drill into the details of whether Dynamics 365 Business Central (made for SMB & SMC market) or Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations (made for Enterprise market) is a better fit for your organization.
Microsoft Dynamics 365
Business Central



- Small to midsize organizations
- Available in:
- 38 countries,
- partner localizations,
- 24 Languages
- Deployment: 1-8 months
- Vertical-industry capabilities available through Partner Network
- Thousands of transactions
- Only available through a CSP
- Licensing –
- Full $70/$100,
- Team $8,
- Device $40
- No user min
- Multi-companies are handled with separate companies. No cross-company data sharing. Intercompany is available
- IT guy
Shared
Functionalities
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Cloud or On-Premise
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Multiple Currencies
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Multiple Companies
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Microsoft 365 Integration
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Power Platform Capabilities
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Microsoft Dynamics 365
Finance & Operations



- Multinational midsize to large enterprises.
- Available in:
- 140 countries,
- 40 localization,
- 24 Languages
- Deployment: 6-18 months
- Multiple vertical
-industry capabilities OOB - Hundred-thousands of transactions
- Available through MS Volume Licensing and CSP
- Licensing –
- Full $180,
- Activity $50,
- Team $8,
- Device $75
- 20 user min
- Operate multi-company within 1 database with shared tables across organizations
- IT department
More Differences | Diving Deeper
Financial Management
All Dynamics 365 Functionalities |
Dynamics 365 F&O |
Dynamics 365 BC |
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General Ledger | â– | â– |
Accounts Payable | â– | â– |
Accounts Receivable | â– | â– |
Cash & Bank Management | â– | â– |
Credit and Collections | â– | |
Fixed Assets | â– | â– |
Electronic Funds Transfer | â– | â– |
Financial Consolidations | â– | â– |
Financial Reporting | â– | â– |
Global Electronic Reporting | â– | |
Cost Accounting | â– | â– |
Revenue Recognition | â– | â– |
Multi-Currency | â– | â– |
Dual Currency / Triangulation | â– | |
Audit and Compliance | â– | |
Multi-Entity | â– | â– |
Tax | â– | â– |
GST/VAT | â– | â– |
Allocations | â– | â– |
Cash Flow Forecasting | â– | â– |
Finance Charges / Interest | â– | â– |
Company Hierarchies | â– | |
Deduction Management | â– | |
Document Capture | â– | |
Multiple Chart of Accounts | â– | |
Journal Approval Workflows | â– | â– |
Recurring Journals | â– | |
Intrastat Journals | â– | â– |
Payment Terms and Schedules | â– | â– |
Dunning | â– | |
Bank Statement Reconciliation | â– | â– |
Positive Pay | â– | â– |
Multiple Depreciation Methods | â– | â– |
Multiple Posting Layers | â– | |
Multiple Financial Calendars | â– | |
Intercompany Journals | â– | â– |
Statistical Accounts | â– | |
Payment Run Management | â– | â– |
Electronic Payments | â– | â– |
Deposit Slips | â– | â– |
Letters of Guarantee | â– | |
Letters of Credit | â– | |
Multiple Asset Books | â– | â– |
Bill of Exchange | â– | |
Collection Letters | â– | |
Vendor Aging | â– | â– |
Customer Aging | â– | â– |
Financial Dimensions | â– | â– |
Budget and Forecast | â– | â– |
Budget Control | â– |
Supply Chain Management
All Dynamics 365 Functionalities |
Dynamics 365 F&O |
Dynamics 365 BC |
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Warehouse Management | â– | â– |
Inventory Management | â– | â– |
Batch and Serial Tracking | â– | â– |
Transportation Management | â– | |
Quality Management | â– | |
Intercompany Planning | â– | â– |
Intercompany Transfers | â– | â– |
Inventory Costing | â– | â– |
Demand Forecasting | â– | â– |
Catchweight Management | â– | |
Multiple Units of Measure | â– | â– |
Multi-Site | â– | â– |
Multi-Warehouse | â– | â– |
Batch Attribute Management | â– | |
Intercompany Sales | â– | â– |
Potency Management | â– | |
Cross Docking | â– | |
Warehouse Replenishment | â– | |
Route Management | â– | |
Freight Calculation | â– | |
Freight Bill Reconciliation | â– | |
Transfer Orders | â– | â– |
Returns Management | â– | â– |
Cycle Counting | â– | â– |
Mobile Handheld | â– | |
Inventory Picking | â– | â– |
Inventory Putaway | â– | â– |
Load Planning | â– | |
Dock Scheduling | â– | |
Worker Wave Management | â– | |
Item Traceability | â– | â– |
Batch Tracking | â– | â– |
Serial Number Tracking | â– | â– |
Warehouse Location Tracking | â– | â– |
Consignment Inventory | â– | |
TAG Cycle Counting | â– | |
Certificate of Analysis | â– | |
Certificate of Supply | â– | |
Multiple Inventory Statuses | â– | |
Quality Orders | â– | |
Quality Hold | â– | |
NMFC codes | â– | |
LTL classes | â– | |
Container Management | â– | |
Load Building | â– | |
Shipment Appointment Management | â– | |
Shipment Building | â– | |
Carrier Management | â– | |
Harmonized Tariff Schedules | â– | |
Fuel Indexes | â– | |
Global Customer & Vendor | â– |
Procurement and Sourcing
All Dynamics 365 Functionalities |
Dynamics 365 F&O |
Dynamics 365 BC |
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Requisitions | â– | â– |
Request for Quote | â– | |
Vendor Onboarding | â– | â– |
Purchase Order Management | â– | â– |
Vendor Collaboration | â– | |
Vendor Portal | â– | |
Purchase Agreements | â– | |
Purchase Discounts | â– | â– |
Purchase Tax | â– | â– |
Intercompany Purchases | â– | â– |
Purchase Planning | â– | |
1099 | â– | â– |
Vendor Change Management | â– | |
Purchase Order Change Management | â– | |
Purchase Trade Agreements | â– | |
Vendor Catalogs | â– | |
External Vendor Punch Out | â– | |
Vendor Management | â– | â– |
Blanket Purchase Orders | â– | â– |
Purchase Quotes | â– | â– |
Purchase Returns Management | â– | â– |
Vendor Discount Groups | â– | â– |
Vendor Rebates | â– | |
Purchase Credit Memos | â– | â– |
Authorized Vendor Product List | â– | |
Asset Capitalization | â– | |
Vendor Certifications | â– | |
Vendor Rating | â– | |
RFQ Response Ranking | â– | |
Attribute-Based Pricing | â– | |
Invoice Matching Policies | â– | |
Promissory Notes | â– | |
Payment Fees | â– | |
Broker Contracts | â– | |
Royalty Management | â– | |
Foreign Currency Revaluation | â– |
Sales Order Management
All Dynamics 365 Functionalities |
Dynamics 365 F&O |
Dynamics 365 BC |
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Sales Quotations | â– | â– |
Sales Order Processing | â– | â– |
Product Configurator | â– | |
Pricing | â– | â– |
Sales Agreements | â– | |
Rebates | â– | |
Discounts | â– | â– |
Sales Tax | â– | â– |
Intercompany Sales | â– | â– |
Delivery Date Management | â– | |
Direct Delivery Management | â– | â– |
Return Order Management | â– | â– |
Customer Change Management | â– | |
Trade Promotions | â– | |
Multiple Ship To / Bill To | â– | â– |
Commissions | â– | |
Customer Management | â– | â– |
Order Promising | â– | â– |
Available to Promise | â– | â– |
Capable to Promise | â– | â– |
Order and Item Charges | â– | â– |
Blanket Sales Orders | â– | â– |
Marketing Fund Management | â– | |
Customer Price Groups | â– | â– |
Product Family Pricing | â– | â– |
Sales Analysis Dashboards | â– | â– |
Bill backs | â– | |
Smart Rounding | â– | |
Credit Card Integration | â– | |
Attribute-Based Pricing | â– |
Product Information Management
All Dynamics 365 Functionalities |
Dynamics 365 F&O |
Dynamics 365 BC |
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Product Master Data Management | â– | â– |
Product configuration modules | â– | |
Attribute Management | â– | â– |
Dimension and variant management | â– | â– |
Product Change Management | â– | |
Product Compliance | â– | |
Multiple Units of Measure | â– | â– |
Standard Costing | â– | â– |
Product Dimensions | â– | â– |
Product Category Hierarchy Management | â– | |
Restricted Product Regions | â– | |
Product Safety Data Sheets | â– | |
Service Items | â– | â– |
Inventory Items | â– | â– |
Expense Items | â– | â– |
FIFO/LIFO/WAC/BATCH Costing | â– | â– |
Human Capital Management
All Dynamics 365 Functionalities |
Dynamics 365 F&O |
Dynamics 365 BC |
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Employee Management | â– | â– |
Skills, Competencies & Certifications | â– | |
Position Management | â– | |
Job Management | â– | |
Employee Self-Service Portal | â– | |
Benefits Management | â– | |
Course Management | â– | |
Loaned Items | â– | |
Questionnaires | â– | |
I-9 Document Management | â– | |
Worker Goal Management | â– | |
Absence & Leave Management | â– | |
FMLA Cases | â– | |
Injury & Illness Management | â– | |
Compensation Management | â– | |
Recruitment Projects | â– | |
Applicant Management | â– |
Customer Relationship Management
All Dynamics 365 Functionalities |
Dynamics 365 F&O |
Dynamics 365 BC |
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Contact Management | â– | â– |
Opportunity Management | â– | â– |
Lead Management | â– | |
Campaigns | â– | â– |
Prospect Management | â– | |
Task & Activity Tracking | â– | â– |
Outlook Integration | â– | â– |
Segmentation | â– | â– |
Call Lists | â– | |
Sales Territory Management | â– | â– |
Case Management | â– | |
Salesperson Management | â– | â– |
Project Accounting
All Dynamics 365 Functionalities |
Dynamics 365 F&O |
Dynamics 365 BC |
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Capital Projects | â– | |
Time & Materials Projects | â– | â– |
Resource Scheduling | â– | â– |
Billing & Invoice Rules | â– | |
Revenue Recognition | â– | |
Milestone billing rules | â– | â– |
Work Breakdown Structures | â– | â– |
Cost & Effort Tracking | â– | â– |
Project Quotations | â– | â– |
Grant Management | â– | |
Resource Capacity Management | â– | â– |
Manufacturing
All Dynamics 365 Functionalities |
Dynamics 365 F&O |
Dynamics 365 BC |
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Discrete Manufacturing (Route & BOM) | â– | â– |
Process Manufacturing (Formula & BOM) | â– | |
Lean Manufacturing (Kanban) | â– | |
Kanban Boards | â– | |
Master Planning | â– | â– |
Job Scheduling | â– | â– |
Manufacturing Execution | â– | â– |
Product Costing | â– | â– |
Resource Management | â– | â– |
Capacity Planning | â– | â– |
Outsourced Manufacturing / Subcontractors | â– | â– |
Safety Stock Management | â– | â– |
Production Sequencing | â– | |
Shop Floor Interface | â– |
Retail
All Dynamics 365 Functionalities |
Dynamics 365 F&O |
Dynamics 365 BC |
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Point of Sale | â– | |
Merchandise Operations | â– | |
Order Management | â– | |
Staff and store Management | â– | |
Product information Management | â– | |
Retail Analytics | â– | |
Consumer Mobile Application | â– | |
Distributed Order Management | â– | |
Coupons | â– | |
Loyalty Cards | â– | |
Kitting/Assemblies | â– | â– |
Product Assortments | â– | |
Channel Management | â– | |
Call Center Management | â– | |
Call Center Scripts | â– | |
Fraud Checking | â– | |
Continuity Orders | â– | |
Installment Orders | â– |
Service Management
All Dynamics 365 Functionalities |
Dynamics 365 F&O |
Dynamics 365 BC |
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Service Agreements | â– | â– |
Service Contracts | â– | â– |
Work Orders | â– | â– |
Resource Scheduling | â– | â– |
Repair Tracking | â– | â– |
Service Item Management | â– | â– |
Service Contract Quotes | â– | â– |
Service Subscriptions | â– | |
Service Object Management | â– |
Time & Expenses
All Dynamics 365 Functionalities |
Dynamics 365 F&O |
Dynamics 365 BC |
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Expense Report Management | â– | |
Time Sheet Management | â– | â– |
Travel Requisitions | â– | |
Workflow Approval | â– | |
Time & Expense Policies | â– | |
Credit Card Import | â– | |
VAT/GST Reclamation | â– | |
Pre Diems and Mileage | â– | |
Employee Payments | â– |
System
All Dynamics 365 Functionalities |
Dynamics 365 F&O |
Dynamics 365 BC |
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Role-Based Security | â– | â– |
Azure AD Authentication | â– | â– |
Segregation of Duties | â– | â– |
Electronic Signatures | â– | |
Database Auditing | â– | |
User-Based Alerts | â– | â– |
Business Workflows | â– | â– |
Document Management | â– | â– |
Mobile Client | â– | â– |
Microsoft 365 Integration | â– | â– |
Document Management | â– | â– |
Workspaces | â– |