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May 29, 2008 - SB1 is getting its popularity in US, especially with 2007A version release. GP at the same time is strong and traditional application, current version GP10.0 has large number of customers to this time, June 2008. The pricing of two are similar (if you are looking at GP Business Ready). Small business accounting selection process is sometime a bit nervous and contradiction. So, please relax and read top level comparison:
1. ERP Application maturity. In other words, you need to decide where is the line, which you do not want to cross in the sense of being helping ERP application to get into its maturity (fixing bugs, getting all the required features incorporated into standard version, etc.) and also letting matured ERP to keep collecting dividends and funds to switch to retirement. Here GP is more mature, than SB1, at the same time SBO is already came through its market penetration mode and is very stable to be implemented. There are additional nuances in this comparison, such as maturity of adopted modules, outside of the scope of this small article
2. Standard logic flexibility. Here, in our opinion, SB1 has more pluses, comparing to GP. Intuitive SAP B1 interface incorporates as high end GP matching modules as customer vendor consolidation, for example. In SB1 2007 you can do it as multiple partner reconciliation
3. Available local support. Again in our opinion, you should expect to find more experienced local consultants from both application and technical sides for Great Plains. In the case of SB1 consultants are in process of getting more implementation experience and certifications
4. Openness to customization and programmability. Actually both applications are positioned very good. SB1 has SAP Business One SDK or Software Development kit, Great Plains has eConnect (and of course Microsoft Dexterity)
5. Database Platform. Here we would like to mention that reasonable of SB1 clients are on Microsoft SQL Server 2005. The same is true about GP (or even more, GP is available on SQL Server only since version 8.0). This fact allows you to deploy such industry reporting tools as Crystal Reports, SRS, as well as just deal with data querying on SQL select statement level
6. MRP brand. Here you follow your intuition – if you like SAP, who is ERP vendor or Microsoft, who is more diversified software and technology oriented company
Andrew Karasev, Alba Spectrum http://www.albaspectrum.com help ( @ ) albaspectrum dot com 1-866-528-0577, 1-630-961-5918, serving Great Plains and SAP Business One USA and Canada nationwide. Local service in Chicago, Houston, Dallas, San Diego. If you need custom programming for GP, we are happy to help you with Dexterity, eConnect, VBA/Modifier, SQL Stored Procedures, Crystal Reports, SB1 SDK. We also provide instant support to new and existing clients via web sessions.
