Lightspeed vs. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central: Which is Best?

Lightspeed vs. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central: Which is Best?

Lightspeed vs. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Best Overall: Lightspeed

In our comparison of Lightspeed vs. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Lightspeed is the best option with a higher overall Wheelhouse Score. Wheelhouse Score uses a combination of feature and pricing comparison data, average user ratings, and editorial reviews to score software vendors on a scale of 1-10.

Quick Info

Lightspeed Quick Info
WH Score:
8.7
Pricing Score:
8.0
Feature Score:
8.1
Usability Score:
8.0
Company Size:All Sizes
Platforms:
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Quick Info
WH Score:
8.5
Pricing Score:
7.9
Feature Score:
8.4
Usability Score:
7.8
Company Size:All Sizes
Platforms:

Pricing

Lightspeed Pricing
Lean
$119
per terminal / per month
Standard
$169
per terminal / per month
Advanced
$249
per terminal / per month
Enterprise
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Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Pricing
Business Central Essentials
Free
per user / per month
Business Central Premium
Free
per user / per month

Features

Lightspeed Features
  • Item Tracking & Traceability
  • Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP)
  • Material Requirement Planning (MRP)
  • Bill of Materials (BOM)
  • Production Planning/Management
  • Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
  • Assembly Management
  • Shop Floor Control
  • Invoicing & Billing
  • Pipeline Management
  • Discount/Promotion Management
  • Loyalty Program Management
  • Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)
  • Quality Management
  • Controls Management
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Features
  • Item Tracking & Traceability
  • Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP)
  • Material Requirement Planning (MRP)
  • Bill of Materials (BOM)
  • Production Planning/Management
  • Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
  • Assembly Management
  • Shop Floor Control
  • Invoicing & Billing
  • Pipeline Management
  • Discount/Promotion Management
  • Loyalty Program Management
  • Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)
  • Quality Management
  • Controls Management

Pros & Cons

Lightspeed Pros & Cons
Pros
  • Operating it is simple, it is natural, inexpensive, and it produces amazing reports.
Cons
  • There is a lack of complexity though in using the software in terms of using the tabs
  • There is a tab/layaway function we used as a workaround but not meant for this purpose.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Pros & Cons
Pros
  • MS Dynamics offers an array of descriptive and simple to interpret data, views, and charts.
Cons
  • Horrible phone feature, and it frequently froze.

Reviews

Lightspeed Reviews
Top Favorable Review
M
Martin
Reviewed on Jul 2, 2021

Our credit card figures which aren’t part of what we were informed we’d pay when acquiring this system keep changing and the support team isn’t helpful in resolving this issue.

Operating it is simple, it is natural, inexpensive, and it produces amazing reports.

The overview per product doesn’t have an additional column bearing the amount collected for the sales tax making it time consuming downloading other reports to combine the figures.

Top Critical Review
S
Shalonda
Reviewed on Jul 2, 2021

Vend helped us get the business going when our budget was very limited. Setup and operation were very easy and if there were more functions we would have used those too. But we had to switch to a more expensive software reluctantly. But Vend was very helpful in most aspects of the business.

Vend is a user-friendly and great help for us in our start-up phase in our brewery. We use Vend at a retail store and taproom bar for about six months.

There is a lack of complexity though in using the software in terms of using the tabs. There is a tab/layaway function we used as a workaround but not meant for this purpose.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Reviews
Top Favorable Review
M
Michael
Reviewed on Jul 2, 2021

Using Dynamics is always a joy.

MS Dynamics offers an array of descriptive and simple to interpret data, views, and charts

None.

Top Critical Review
N
Nancy
Reviewed on Jul 2, 2021

Operating is was fairly simple, its feature packed, and compared to other CRM systems, it was much simpler and easier.

Horrible phone feature, and it frequently froze

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Lightspeed vs. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central: Detailed Comparison

Lightspeed vs. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Top Ratings & Reviews: Lightspeed

In our rating and review comparison of Lightspeed vs. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Lightspeed has 463 user reviews and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central has 505. The average star rating for Lightspeed is 4.44 while Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central has an average rating of 4.34. Lightspeed has more positive reviews than Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. Comparing Lightspeed vs. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central reviews, Lightspeed has stronger overall reviews.

Lightspeed vs. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Best Features & Functionality: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Lightspeed vs. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central both offer a strong set of features and functionality including Manufacturing/Production Management, Inventory Management, Cash Flow Management, Governance, Risk, & Compliance (GRC), Customer Management, Project Management Features, Accounting Features, Employee Management, Asset Management, Campaign Management, Reporting & Analytics, Resource Management, Shipping & Logistics Management, Payroll Management, Workflow Automation, File Management, Collaboration Tools, Portal Types, Appointments/Scheduling, Reminders/Alerts, Drag-and-Drop Builders/Designers, Report Management, Data Management, Data Migration, Systems/Administrative, Sync/Refresh, Customizable Items, After-Sales Service, Campaign Types, Attendance Management. In our feature comparison of Lightspeed vs. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central offers more of the most popular features and tools than Lightspeed.

Lightspeed vs. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Best Pricing: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

In our pricing comparison of Lightspeed vs. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central's pricing starts at Free/month and is more affordable compared to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central's starting cost of Free/month.

Lightspeed vs. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Best Usability: Lightspeed

Our comparison of Lightspeed vs. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central shows that Lightspeed scores higher in usability for learning curve. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central scores higher in ease of use, meets requirements, setup & support, quality of support, ease of admin, but Lightspeed has the best scores overall for system usability.

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