D365 Business Central Essential v/s Premium

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is an all-in-one business solution built for small and mid sized firms that have outgrown their limited accounting software

With its emphasis on scalability, Business Central comes with plans to fit various requirements: Essentials and Premium.

Business Central – Essentials

Business Central Essentials includes applications that are essential to any ERP platform and costs just $70/user/month.
Here is just a high-level look at Essentials functionality:

• • Financial Management
    GL, AP, AR
    Allocations
    Budgets
    Fixed Assets
    Month/Year end closing
    Multiple Currencies

• • Supply Chain Management
    Inventory and purchasing control
    Shipment and distribution
    Returns and cancellations
    Procurement and vendor management

• • Warehouse Management
    Order Promising
    Warehouse Receipt/Shipment
    Warehouse Management Systems
    Automated Data Capture

• • Project management
    Capacity Management
    Multiple Costs
    Sales Invoicing, Sales Order Management
    Estimates
    Jobs, Time Sheet

• • Human Resource Management

• • Built-in CRM Functionality
    Contact Management
    Task Management
    Outlook Client Integration
    Dynamics 365 for Sales and Customer Service (optional)

Business Central – Premium

Premium includes everything in Essentials, plus modules for complete Manufacturing and Service Management, enabling businesses to streamline their entire operations from end-to-end. It’s available for $100 per user/month and includes:

• • Everything in Essentials

• • Manufacturing
    Production orders
    Production Bill of Materials
    Supply planning
    Demand forecasting
    Capacity planning
    Agile Manufacturing

• • Service Management
    Service Order Management
    Service Price Management
    Service Contract Management
    Planning and Dispatching