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Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management as an SAP alternative

The closest functional match to a manufacturing ECC estate among alternatives that publish their prices.

By The editors · Updated · 2 min read

Contents
  1. What it covers
  2. AI
  3. Strengths and limits
  4. Pricing
  5. Questions to ask Microsoft or a partner
  6. Sources
TypeEnterprise ERP
PricingPublished
Websitemicrosoft.com

Microsoft sells Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management as separate applications, each listed at $210 per user a month, or $300 for Premium, paid yearly⁠12.

Best for: Large and upper mid-sized companies replacing an ECC estate with a comparable enterprise ERP at a published per-user price.

Not the right fit for: Smaller companies that would pay for depth they will not use.

What it covers

Microsoft's documentation describes a production control module linked to product information management, inventory, the general ledger, warehouse management, project accounting and organisation administration⁠3. It supports production orders, batch orders for process industries, kanbans for lean manufacturing and manufacturing projects, in mixed mode, from make-to-stock through configure-to-order and engineer-to-order. Costing supports FIFO, LIFO, moving average, periodic weighted average and standard cost.

AI

Premium licences of Finance and of Supply Chain Management include 1,000 Copilot Credits per user a month, which agents consume⁠12. The base licences do not state included credits.

Strengths and limits

Strengths

  • The closest functional scope to ECC among alternatives with published prices: discrete, process and lean production, with FIFO, LIFO, moving average, weighted average and standard costing.
  • Published list prices: Finance and Supply Chain Management each $210 per user a month, Premium $300, paid yearly.
  • Premium licences include 1,000 Copilot Credits per user a month for agents.

Limits

  • Two applications to license and implement, each at enterprise prices.
  • Agents require Copilot Credits; the base licences do not include them.
  • Implementation cost and duration are not published.

Choose another option if: Your ECC footprint is mostly finance and distribution for a mid-sized company. Business Central or Acumatica cost less to run.

Pricing

Published: Finance $210 or Premium $300; Supply Chain Management $210 or Premium $300, per user a month, paid yearly.

Questions to ask Microsoft or a partner

  • Which users need Finance, Supply Chain Management, both or a lighter licence?
  • What does implementation cost for our plants, entities and interfaces?
  • Which agents are generally available, and how many Copilot Credits would we consume?
  • How will our ECC custom code be replaced?

For Dynamics 365 against the other alternatives, see the comparison table.

Sources

  1. Finance management software pricing. Microsoft. Accessed 8 Nov 2026.
  2. Supply Chain Management pricing. Microsoft. Accessed 8 Nov 2026.
  3. Production process overview: Supply Chain Management. Microsoft Learn, 10 Jul 2025. Accessed 8 Nov 2026.

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