Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Dynamics 365
Subscription including upgrades and unlimited support
On the one hand, your ERP system needs to support all of your business processes. On the other hand, it should preferably be a standard solution that is easy to maintain.
These used to be incompatible considerations. In the past you had to compromise on one of these aspects – but that’s not the case any more.
Today, you can use Microsoft Dynamics NAV and 365 from Abakion as a standard solution without any need for customization or development. All of the business processes and needs that required a customized solution in the past can now be supported by the standard solution.
Subscription all inclusive
Now you can use Dynamics NAV on a subscription basis including:
- hosting
- upgrades to new versions every 3 months
- unlimited support
All included in the price. You get a flexible, agile ERP system that allows you to keep up with the market and a changing world.
All about your next Dynamics ERP
Determine your business case
The traditional pricing model begins with you having to buy a licence and pay for an implementation project along with a host of customizations.
Then you have to pay a subscription for access to new versions of the licence, and then there’s ongoing consulting services and some larger projects when the solution needs to be upgraded to new versions.
The new pricing model does not entail a licence purchase to begin with, and the implementation project has a fixed price that is significantly lower than traditional pricing because we do not need to customize the solution.
The implementation project also includes Change Management, a description of your business processes – and consultation in this regard. And it is all included in the package price.
Then there is a monthly subscription fee per user, and a subscription for upgrading your solution every 3 months – without needing to do anything special. There are no upgrade projects.
It ends up being much cheaper for most customers
But you don’t have to take our word for it. Should we make a quick calculation to give you a general idea of how profitable it will be?
Complete this form to see what is most profitable for you. If you can’t recall the numbers exactly, then use your best guess. This exercise is just to give you an initial idea of the difference.
Your last project |
Look up which year you purchased the ERP solution you are using today. How many years has it been?How many years has it been since you bought the solution? |
Look up in your current ERP system what the license and implementation costs amounted to. Some costs may have been registered in the previous system, so you may need to just go with your best estimate.How much did the licence and implementation cost? |
The subscription is usually a fixed percentage of the license value. If you can look up last years invoice, you can just multiply with the total number of years you have been using the current solution.How much have you spent on subscriptions over this period? |
Look up in your current ERP system what you have spent on consultancy since you initially implemented the solution. Customizations, upgrades, education, support etc.How much have you spent on consultants over this period? |
If you have lacked new functionality that could have saved you money - or generated new earnings, put in this number here. If in doubt, just put in zero to be on the safe side.How much have lack of new functionality cost you? |
Your next ERP project |
How many employees in total in your organization will need access to the new ERP solution?How many people will need to use ERP? |
Which edition of the solution is relevant for you? This is mainly a question of how many apps you need included.Which edition? Standard Edition - for basic administration Business Edition - with Supply Chain and BI Enterprise Edition - complete with all apps |
Cost per month for your current ERP solution:
Cost per month for your next ERP solution:
The price is in EUR and includes an average implementation project written off over 5 years.
This calculation is an illustration of the differences. It is obviously not an offer. It includes some estimates and assumptions that we will help you to clarify further on down the line.
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We will help you determine exactly what you need.
Call us at +45 70 23 23 16. We are ready to answer the phone and help you.
We will ask a few question about your needs and your situation.
You will receive a quote with a fixed price on everything – and it will only take minutes.
Hear what a customer has to say
AVN Group is happy about never having to go through a migration project on Dynamics NAV again.
Now, read all about what Sune Lohse explained in the video:
The concept of a standard solution
The advantage of Dynamics NAV from Abakion is that you can move away from having your own solution, where you have to pay for customizations and upgrades yourself and you also have to organise and pay for hosting the solution somewhere.
Instead, you get a standard solution that you do not need to customize, with a fixed price for implementation (a one-time cost), and where you do not have to pay for future upgrades.
This solution is appropriate for those who want to upgrade an existing NAV as well as for those buying Dynamics NAV for the first time.
When the Microsoft standard is not enough
It would be great if you could just use the Dynamics NAV solution that Microsoft provides without having to modify anything at all. The problem is that the solution is not flexible enough.
The vast majority of companies will have to customize it. Mundane things like adding extra fields or a logo to an invoice destroy the dream of running a standard solution and avoiding customizations.
As a customer you have to maintain these customizations yourself, and the changes you make need to be upgraded manually when Microsoft releases new versions of the solution. That costs a lot of money.
Customizations are expensive to upgrade
We usually say that the first customization will cost you 100.000 euro. That may sound like a joke, but it’s serious. A lot of companies feel trapped in an old version of Dynamics NAV. Some of them can’t even upgrade Word, because the new Word doesn’t work with earlier versions of NAV, which is too expensive to upgrade.
Other companies regularly spend large amounts of money on upgrades without quite knowing whether it is actually profitable. They upgrade because they have to – not because it’s good for business, and that is a bad reason.
That is why a lot of companies want to eliminate the challenge of upgrading special customizations – and the costs that go along with it.
Customizations vs. settings
When searching for a standard solution that does not need to be customized, and which is upgraded automatically, you need to make a distinction as a customer between settings and customizations.
A customization is a change in the system itself such as the addition of a field or a change in a report. A setting is a configuration option such as a number series or a VAT rate that can be changed without changing the system itself.
Settings don’t cost anything to upgrade; they’re just data.
Customizations, on the other hand, cost a lot to upgrade because you have to check whether each individual customization can be transferred to the new version or whether it conflicts with something.
The standard solution with Dynamics NAV and 365
Now we’re starting to get at what makes it possible for us to offer Dynamics NAV online at a fixed price, including upgrades.
We have taken all the customization needs that our customers typically have and built a standard solution that can meet those needs via settings.
With increased flexibility in the setting options you no longer need to customize the solution.
- Do you want to change a field or master data management? Now you can do it in the settings.
- Do you want to change the layout of invoices and other documents? You can do that in the settings, too.
It’s a really long list so we are confident that 90% of medium-sized companies can use our standard solution – without having to customize it at all.
We have enhanced Dynamics NAV with the functions it was missing. We have improved the functions that were not user-friendly or otherwise good enough. And we have streamlined your work with numerous functions being processed behind the scenes while you do your regular work.
One complete subscription
So you will still have the standard Microsoft Dynamics NAV, but with Abakion’s box on top of it.
You pay a monthly subscription fee to Microsoft for Dynamics NAV, and you pay a monthly subscription fee for our box in much the same way.
The subscription goes to maintaining and further developing the solution, and we guarantee that it will always work 100% with newest version of Dynamics NAV. The subscription also includes automatic upgrades to new versions and we guarantee that you will be up and running on the new version without a hitch and that your settings will work as you have come to expect – in the new version as well.
You are not locked into Abakion as a supplier. You are free to choose a different Dynamics NAV provider and continue your subscription with us and use our solution.
Choose from 3 packages
You can choose from 3 different packages with Abakion:
- Standard Edition is the basic Dynamics NAV solution without any extra services. It’s a do-it-yourself solution for those who can manage all of the settings on their own.
- Business Edition is a package deal with modules and implementation designed to cover the vast majority of most companies’ needs.
- Enterprise Edition is the complete solution with all modules for companies with advanced Supply Chain Management needs.