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Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Workday

The same fields for both, from each vendor's own pages and the SEC, read on the dates shown. This table does not say which to choose: that depends on your requirements, and the guide's checklist is how to test them.

Published 29 October 2026; vendor pages read 29 October 2026.

FieldMicrosoft Dynamics 365Workday
Described as (our words)Microsoft's business management application for small and midsize companies, part of the Dynamics 365 family. Licences are published per user per month, paid yearly.Enterprise finance, HR, payroll and planning applications on one platform. The finance menu lists accounting, close, revenue, spend and planning modules.
In its own wordsStreamline and grow your business with Dynamics 365 Business Central, a comprehensive business management software for small and medium-sized businesses. (microsoft.com, read 29 October 2026)Workday Financial Management gives you unparalleled insight and an innovative foundation for transactional efficiency and control. (workday.com, read 29 October 2026)
Lists on its siteFinance; Supply Chain Management; Project Operations; Human Resources; Business Central (microsoft.com)Accounting Center; Close & Consolidate; Revenue Management; Spend Management; Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A); Payroll (workday.com)
PricingThe pricing page states $80.00 user/month, paid yearly (microsoft.com pricing, read 29 October 2026)Not published on the pages we read, 29 October 2026. Ask for a quote.
Integrations it namesNo integrations taken from the pages we read.No integrations taken from the pages we read.
Public companySEC registrant: MICROSOFT CORP, ticker MSFT (EDGAR filings, CIK 789019).SEC registrant: Workday, Inc., ticker WDAY (EDGAR filings, CIK 1327811).
Guides it appears inMidmarket ERPFP&A; Midmarket ERP; Payroll

Ask both of them

From the Midmarket ERP guide. Put the same questions to each vendor and compare the answers against your checklist.

  • Run a scripted scenario we send you, with our entities and our transactions, not your demo company.
  • Show an intercompany sale, its elimination and the consolidated statements.
  • Show who can post a journal entry, who approves it, and the log of both.
  • What changed in the last two upgrades, and did customers have to retest anything?
  • Which parts of this demo are standard and which were configured or built for it?
  • Introduce me to the people on our project, and to two customers your team implemented.

Sources

  1. Microsoft Dynamics 365. microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-365/products/business-central, read 29 October 2026.
  2. Microsoft Dynamics 365. microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-365/products/business-central/pricing, read 29 October 2026.
  3. SEC EDGAR. sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0000789019&type=10-K, read 29 October 2026.
  4. Workday. workday.com/en-us/products/financial-management.html, read 29 October 2026.
  5. SEC EDGAR. sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0001327811&type=10-K, read 29 October 2026.