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Zami vs Microsoft Dynamics
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| Topic | Zami | Microsoft Dynamics |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Zami10 users cost A$799 per month billed yearly.A$199 to A$799 per month billed yearly, or A$249 to A$999 month to month, with 4 to 10 users included. Prices exclude GST. | Microsoft DynamicsAbout A$1,646 per month for 10 users at the top per-user rate.A$119.70 to A$164.60 per user per month, paid yearly, excluding GST. Limited-access users are A$12.00 per month. Bought through a partner. |
| Setup | ZamiBuy directly and go live within 15 minutes of connecting your accounting software, with no partner project or setup fee.No setup fees, and cancel anytime. Go live within 15 minutes of connecting your accounting software, as Zami pulls in your data. You choose when to do your stocktake. | Microsoft DynamicsBought through a Microsoft partner, who can provide an assessment and consulting. Implementation cost and time aren’t published. |
| Inventory | ZamiSee stock down to each cool room and vehicle, plus exactly what’s free to sell.Real-time stock across cool rooms, warehouses, and vehicles, with available-to-sell figures, guided stocktakes, transfers, reorder points, and a full stock ledger. | Microsoft DynamicsStock by location, transfers between locations, bins, physical counts with documents or journals, and requisition worksheets to plan replenishment. |
| Purchasing | ZamiQR labels go to your supplier before dispatch, so stock arrives ready to scan.Purchase orders from templates or reorder points, supplier price lists, approval rules, partial receiving with shortfall flags, and invoice reconciliation. | Microsoft DynamicsPurchase quotes and orders, vendor cards, partial receipts, blanket orders, approval workflows, and PDF invoice conversion using an OCR service. |
| Production | ZamiRecipes with yields, costs, and allergens, batch scheduling, a shop floor app where operators start and finish steps with their own PIN, packing approvals, safety forms, and label printing. | Microsoft DynamicsPlans around the capacity of work and machine centres.Production bills of materials, routings, production orders, work and machine centres for capacity, and master scheduling and MRP planning. |
| Batch tracking | ZamiOne QR scan shows product, lot, and best-before, right at the dock.Batch and date tracking with a full stock ledger, QR tracking, and tracing from any finished batch back to its ingredient lots. | Microsoft DynamicsSerial, lot, and package numbers with expiry dates, first-expired picking, lot blocking, and tracing forwards and backwards for recall situations. |
| Food safety | ZamiSafety forms and allergens are built in.A safety form builder, with forms that can be set up to be filled in for every production run, named and time-stamped packing sign-offs, allergens on recipes, and safety reports for audits. | Microsoft DynamicsFood safety records rely on partner add-ons.Quality inspections and lot blocking are built in. Partner add-ons such as Merit add food safety records. Ask how allergens are handled. |
| Sales and pricing | ZamiCustomer pricing and credit holds carry through to the portal, delivery, and invoice automatically.Quotes that convert to sales and invoices, price groups and customer-specific pricing applied automatically, discount rules, credit terms, and credit holds. | Microsoft DynamicsQuotes, orders, and invoices, with special prices per customer or group, line and invoice discounts, and credit limit and overdue balance warnings. |
| DeliveryOnly Zami | ZamiRoutes and a driver app are built in.Picking lists, route optimisation, a mobile driver app, barcode scanning, live ETAs for customers, and signatures and photos as proof of delivery. | Microsoft DynamicsRoute plans come from add-ons, with no driver apps listed.Shipments with shipping agents and package tracking, with add-ons such as Sales Delivery Route Plan. |
| B2B orderingOnly Zami | ZamiHas its own ordering portal.B2B Commerce Portal add-on with per-customer pricing, catalogue control, delivery-day checkout, order cut-offs, and one-tap reordering. | Microsoft DynamicsNo customer ordering portal listed.Shopify connector imports orders, including B2B company orders. A customer ordering portal isn’t listed. |
| Mobile and offlineOnly Zami | ZamiWorks with no signal.Mobile app for products, customers, sales, deliveries, barcode lookup, and stocktakes. It keeps working with no signal and shows changes waiting to sync. Production staff have a separate shop floor app. | Microsoft DynamicsNo offline use listed.iOS and Android app with barcode scanning by camera or Android scanner for item tracking. |
| Reporting | ZamiSee true margin from live ingredient costs, plus on-time rates and cost per drop.Sales, true margin, stock and waste, and delivery performance reports from live data, with period comparisons and PDF or CSV exports that match the screen. | Microsoft DynamicsBuilt-in sales, inventory, and finance reports, with Excel and Power BI analysis, including salesperson profitability and margin reports. |
| Accounting | ZamiSyncs with Xero, MYOB accounting, QuickBooks, and Reckon Hosted, with visible sync health, retries, and account mappings you control. | Microsoft DynamicsIncludes full accounting.Built in, with general ledger, receivables, payables, bank reconciliation, cash flow, and consolidated reporting across companies. |
Why choose Zami as your Business Central alternative
- Bought directly from Zami, with recipes, food safety records, and delivery built in.
- Made for food producers and wholesalers, from recipes and allergens to batch records and safety forms
- One system from purchase order to proof of delivery, so every update flows through automatically
- Batch tracking and an offline mobile app, so reps and drivers keep working with no signal
Microsoft Dynamics details are from public information as of November 2026 and may change. “Only Zami” means it isn’t listed for Microsoft Dynamics or isn’t available, so confirm with the vendor before deciding. Sources: Microsoft Business Central pricing, Managing inventory, Counting inventory, Warehouse setup, Supply planning, Purchasing overview, Manufacturing overview, Item tracking, Tracing tracked items, Quality management, Merit food and beverage add-on, Sales overview, Special sales prices and discounts, Customer credit limits, Package tracking, Sales Delivery Route Plan add-on, Shopify orders and shipments, Business Central mobile app, Mobile apps FAQ, Barcode scanning in the mobile app, Sales reports, Financial management, Managing receivables. Product names belong to their owners.