We performed a comparison between IFS Cloud Platform and Microsoft Dynamics AX based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two ERP solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."There tends not to be a massive weakness in the product itself, as weaknesses can quickly be resolved in the next patch or the next release."
"IFS Applications is an all-in-one solution for finance, accounting, and production."
"When it comes to financing, the solution has helped us to concentrate finance functions like accounting processes in one system. This includes about 70 internal entities around the world."
"The product is quite flexible."
"We could quickly understand what was going on and what the customer wanted to do."
"I like the connectivity and interfaces. In V10, it's easy to modify the interfaces and layouts, but it's becoming more complicated in the cloud. IFS is excellent at asset maintenance and incident management. They have specialized modules for IFS that cover incident and asset management and everything else connected to finance. The reporting in IFS is also easy to use."
"The best feature is the maintenance module, which is essentially an industry-specific workflow designed with a manufacturing module as per industry standards. It's very precise and specific without having complex functionalities. It's straightforward. Field Service Management is definitely a wonderful product that IFS has developed because it caters to field services. The energy and utility sectors can answer their business needs using the software."
"IFS Applications' best feature is the user-friendly interface that has a .NET Framework application in the front end and an Oracle database and WebLogic middleware."
"It is flexible and cost-effective."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Dynamics AX is customization."
"It is a scalable solution. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"Almost all of the features that we use are efficient. Live master planning successfully handles all of our company's requirements."
"The relation between CRM and Sales, that's the main strength of this ERP."
"In terms of features, GP offers a wide range of strong capabilities, particularly in the financial module."
"It was an okay solution when we delivered hardware and we had to do maintenance."
"Microsoft Dynamics is very stable."
"The support provided by IFS Applications has room for improvement. I'm based in Poland, and when my company had an issue, finding people from IFS to give my company the support it needed was difficult."
"The solution needs to improve its documentation and user-friendliness."
"It would be ideal if, in the future, the product could incorporate IoT and blockchain elements. We'd like to explore more of these types of features going forward."
"IFS Applications is not robust enough to handle high-volume transactions, so it's not suitable for larger enterprises."
"Aspects of HR and payroll could be better."
"We would like to see AI-driven CSI functions built into the tool that would allow us to quickly tie our improvement goals to metrics and activities, so Assyst will suggest the next steps to help us get closer to our goals."
"An area for improvement would be transactions, which can be tedious to complete as the process is very complex."
"IFS Applications can improve the reporting capabilities and increase the speed of feedback time in the IFS Applications. This would help with the overall performance of the solution and provide better experiences for customers."
"There is also slowness in database backup."
"The product is standardised across industries so it is not a good fit for all types of sectors."
"At times there are issues related to reporting, sometimes with the integration between two or three modules, and sometimes to the logic itself."
"The implementation was completed within one month."
"Change management could be better."
"We experienced some challenges with the mobile apps due to the insufficient processing capacity to handle the workload effectively."
"This solution could be improved with more expert resources and an easier implementation process."
"There are so many errors."
IFS Cloud Platform is ranked 10th in ERP with 29 reviews while Microsoft Dynamics AX is ranked 6th in ERP with 52 reviews. IFS Cloud Platform is rated 7.8, while Microsoft Dynamics AX is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of IFS Cloud Platform writes "Robust, customizable, and modern". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Dynamics AX writes "A stable product that offers excellent ROI and reliable technical support". IFS Cloud Platform is most compared with SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, Oracle E-Business Suite, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and Infor LN, whereas Microsoft Dynamics AX is most compared with SAP ERP, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, SAP S/4HANA, Oracle E-Business Suite and Sage Business Cloud Enterprise Management. See our IFS Cloud Platform vs. Microsoft Dynamics AX report.
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