How to select an ERP solution with the easiest B2B webshop
Five ERP systems compared on what it takes to get a B2B webshop running, and why the architecture, not the feature list, decides the budget.
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Longer pieces on ecommerce and Business Central: what a migration does to a web shop that already runs, and how the routes out differ.
How to handle ecommerce when you migrate from Dynamics AX to Business Central
There is no Microsoft migration tool from Dynamics AX, and none of AIF, the Business Connector or the AX Retail database has a counterpart in Business Central online. Three ways to rebuild the web shop connection.
How to handle ecommerce when you migrate from Dynamics GP to Business Central
The cloud migration tool moves the data, not the web shop integration. The three routes out of Dynamics GP, and what each one asks of you.
How to handle ecommerce when you migrate from Dynamics NAV to Business Central
Business Central online locks the base application, so a web shop integration built into NAV objects has to be rebuilt. Three ways to do it.
How to handle ecommerce when you migrate from e-conomic to Business Central
Neither system is forced by Danish law, but e-conomic has no inventory, no variants and no customer pricing in its API, so every arrow between shop and accounts points the wrong way once Business Central becomes the ERP.
How to handle ecommerce when you migrate from Fortnox to Business Central
Fortnox's stock, orders and price lists map closely to Business Central, but variants, webhooks and quantity-break prices are the three things that break, and Fortnox's own web shop connectors move money, not products.
How to handle ecommerce when you migrate from QuickBooks to Business Central
Microsoft's own QuickBooks migration tools move the accounts but explicitly not sales orders, and Shopify can't import archived orders either, so order history has no supported path from either side.
How to handle ecommerce when you migrate from Sage 100 to Business Central
A Sage 100 web store reads over a read-only ODBC driver and writes through 32-bit COM, and neither has a Business Central counterpart, so the integration is rewritten rather than ported, whichever edition you run.
How to handle ecommerce when you migrate from Sage 200 to Business Central
Direct SQL, the Sage 200 .NET SDK and the Sage 200 REST API each stop at the Sage boundary, so the web shop connection is rebuilt against the Business Central API rather than pointed at a new system.
How to handle ecommerce when you migrate from Sage 50 Accounts to Business Central
In most Sage 50 Accounts businesses the web shop already depends on a mid-tier system, not on Sage 50 itself, so the ERP migration rarely breaks the storefront and instead forces the question of whether Business Central becomes the system of record.
How to handle ecommerce when you migrate from Sage X3 to Business Central
Sage X3's web services and SQL access all have Business Central equivalents, but its product-site records, stock statuses and multi-legislation folder don't, so the integration ports more easily than the company fits.
Should you choose Abakion B2B Ecommerce or Dynamicweb for Business Central?
An app inside Business Central against a platform beside it. Where the two packages actually differ, and which questions decide between them.
Should you choose Abakion B2B Ecommerce or Sana Commerce Cloud for Business Central?
Both push pricing into Business Central, but one is the ERP document and the other asks it live. Where Abakion B2B Ecommerce and Sana Commerce Cloud actually differ, and which questions decide between them.
Should you choose Sana Commerce Cloud or Dynamicweb Commerce Suite for Business Central?
Both are all-in-one platforms configured per customer, but one keeps no database of its own and the other syncs one. Where Sana Commerce Cloud and Dynamicweb Commerce Suite differ, and which questions decide between them.