ERP · head to head
Dynamics AX vs Icertis
Icertis
ERP
Enterprise contract lifecycle management built on Microsoft Azure
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The short version
- Each has a real cost: Dynamics AX dynamics 365 Finance is 210 USD per user per month paid yearly, and Finance Premium is 300 USD per user per month paid yearly; Icertis the value comes from structured clause and metadata models, and building those is legal and commercial work your own people must do, so a project resourced as an IT deployment stalls at the point where somebody has to decide what the standard clauses actually are.
- They diverge on capability: Dynamics AX covers Financial management, Icertis covers Clause library and templates.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 30 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Dynamics AX and Icertis actually diverge.
| Attribute | Dynamics AX | Icertis |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $210/month | On request |
| Pricing model | subscription | quote |
| Platforms | Cloud, Web, Mobile | Web |
| Founded | 1975 | Unknown |
Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (ERP).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Dynamics AX
- Financial management
- Supply chain
- Manufacturing
- Project accounting
- Human resources
- Power BI
- Power Apps
- Office 365
Only in Icertis
- Clause library and templates
- Negotiation and redlining
- Approval workflow
- Obligation management
- Contract repository
- Microsoft integration
- ERP and CRM connectors
- Reporting and risk analysis
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Dynamics AX
- Core financial management and accounting for large enterprisesnot Icertis
- Consolidating multi entity and multi currency finance operationsnot Icertis
- Manufacturing and supply chain operations on the Dynamics 365 platformnot Icertis
Icertis
- An enterprise that cannot answer which of its live contracts contain a given liability or indemnity clause without a manual reviewnot Dynamics AX
- A business losing revenue to unclaimed rebates, missed price escalations or auto renewals nobody trackednot Dynamics AX
- A regulated organisation that must demonstrate to an auditor that specific terms are present across a contract populationnot Dynamics AX
- A sales organisation where legal review is the longest step in the deal cycle and standard agreements are being reviewed as though they were bespokenot Dynamics AX
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Dynamics AX
- Dynamics 365 Finance is 210 USD per user per month paid yearly, and Finance Premium is 300 USD per user per month paid yearly
- Higher capacity and storage entitlements are reserved for the Premium tier
- Copilot Credits for agent features are bought separately, either pre purchased with up to 20 percent off for committed units or paid as consumed
- Agent features require a separate Azure subscription
Icertis
- The value comes from structured clause and metadata models, and building those is legal and commercial work your own people must do, so a project resourced as an IT deployment stalls at the point where somebody has to decide what the standard clauses actually are.
- This is priced and scoped for large enterprises, so an organisation with a few thousand straightforward agreements pays for capability it will not configure and would reach most of the same benefit with a lighter mid-market product.
- Implementations run in quarters rather than weeks once integrations to CRM and ERP are in scope, and the business case usually assumes benefits that only start after the historic contract population has been migrated and tagged.
- Migrating legacy contracts means extracting terms from signed PDFs, and automated extraction needs human review to be trustworthy, so the backlog of old agreements is a labour cost that is routinely left out of the initial estimate.
- The platform is built on Azure with its strongest integrations in the Microsoft stack, which is an advantage inside a Microsoft estate and a source of friction for an organisation standardised elsewhere.
Pricing, plan by plan
Dynamics AX
$210/month- Finance$210/month
- General ledger
- Accounts payable
- Accounts receivable
- Operations$210/month
- Supply chain
- Manufacturing
- Inventory
Icertis
On requestNo published plan breakdown. See the Icertis review.
Which should you pick?
Choose Dynamics AX if
- You need financial management.
- You work on Cloud, Web, Mobile.
- You also want supply chain.
Choose Icertis if
- You need clause library and templates.
- You also want negotiation and redlining.
Questions people ask
- Is Dynamics AX or Icertis better?
- Neither clearly leads. Dynamics AX starts at $210/month and Icertis at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Dynamics AX or Icertis?
- Dynamics AX starts at $210/month and Icertis at On request.
- Does Dynamics AX or Icertis run on more platforms?
- Dynamics AX runs on Cloud, Web, Mobile. Icertis runs on Web.
- What is Dynamics AX best used for?
- Dynamics AX is most often used for core financial management and accounting for large enterprises, consolidating multi entity and multi currency finance operations, manufacturing and supply chain operations on the dynamics 365 platform. Of those, core financial management and accounting for large enterprises and consolidating multi entity and multi currency finance operations are not what Icertis is typically brought in for.
- What can Dynamics AX do that Icertis cannot?
- Dynamics AX covers Financial management, Supply chain, Manufacturing, Project accounting. Icertis covers Clause library and templates, Negotiation and redlining, Approval workflow, Obligation management.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Dynamics AX: Where can I find Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations pricing?
Microsoft directs visitors to a dedicated pricing overview page and encourages starting a free trial. Specific pricing tiers and costs are not displayed on the main product landing page.
SourceIcertis: How is this different from storing contracts in SharePoint?
A document store answers where the contract is. CLM answers what is in it. If your questions are about locating files, a document store is enough. If your questions are portfolio wide, such as total exposure to a clause type or which agreements renew next quarter, you need the terms as data.
Dynamics AX: Does Microsoft Dynamics 365 offer a free trial?
Yes. Microsoft emphasizes the availability of a free trial option throughout the Dynamics 365 landing page, though specific trial duration is not specified.
SourceIcertis: Do we need a legal operations team to make this work?
In practice yes, or someone doing that job under another title. The system enforces decisions about standard language, approval thresholds and acceptable deviation, and if nobody owns those decisions the workflow becomes an approval queue with no rules behind it.
Dynamics AX: What Dynamics 365 applications are included in the Finance & Operations suite?
The platform includes Sales, Customer Service, Finance, Supply Chain Management, and Business Central applications, each with their own pricing structures.
SourceIcertis: What does it compete with?
SAP Ariba contract management, Coupa, Conga, DocuSign CLM, Sirion and Agiloft, among others. The split is roughly enterprise depth against mid-market speed, and Icertis sits firmly at the enterprise end.
Icertis: Is contract data extraction from legacy agreements automated?
Partly. Extraction tooling gets you a draft set of fields, but anything you intend to rely on for a legal or financial decision needs human verification, so budget for review effort proportional to the size of your back catalogue.
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