Best for
Best for government contractors and defence suppliers that need project accounting with DCAA audit support and US-hosted, CMMC-ready infrastructure.
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
ERP Comparison
Deltek Costpoint vs. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance
At a glance
At a glance
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance
Best for
Best for larger finance teams already invested in Microsoft that need multi-country compliance and reporting on Power BI.
- Enterprise
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Full Comparison
| Criterion | Deltek Costpoint | Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Price on request Deltek does not publish a public price list for Costpoint. | From $210 / user / month Paid yearly. Dynamics 365 Finance Premium is $300 per user and month and adds 1,000 Copilot Credits per user each month plus higher capacity and storage entitlements. |
| Free trial | Not stated | Yes, a free trial is offered |
| API | Yes, Costpoint applications can be exposed as web services and called from third-party systems; access to the development environment is requested through a Deltek service request | Yes, integrates with Dataverse, Power BI and Microsoft Fabric |
| Languages | Not stated | 67 languages, with compliance coverage across 57 countries |
| Hosting | Costpoint GCCM is hosted in the United States and documented as meeting FedRAMP Moderate Equivalency per DoD policy, supporting DFARS 7012 and CMMC requirements | Cloud (SaaS). The electronic invoicing service does not support on-premises deployments |
| Project costing | Yes, project accounting is the core of the product, tying project execution to financial management with DCAA audit support | Yes, project management and accounting in Finance, with six project types (time and material, fixed-price, investment, cost, internal and time), work breakdown structures, forecasts and budgets, cost-to-complete estimates and a Cost control page that sets actual and committed costs against the original budget |
| Invoicing | Yes, accounting and financial management, with Costpoint Payments automating accounts payable and receivable | Yes, accounts payable and accounts receivable, plus a configurable electronic invoicing service for country-specific formats |
| Digital receipt capture | Yes, the mobile Time and Expense app captures a receipt with the device camera and can read it with intelligent character recognition, populating the expense fields and flagging possible duplicates | Yes, Copilot-powered invoice capture to reduce manual data entry |
| Reporting and controlling | Yes, reporting and business intelligence, with gen-AI Smart Summaries over the data | Yes, financial reporting plus Business performance analytics, included in the licence and built on Dataverse and Power BI |
| Time tracking | Yes, time, expense and workforce management with automated compliance checks, plus a separate shop floor time module for production | Yes, project timesheets under Project management and accounting, with entry on behalf of another worker by a delegate, saved favourites and submission to a workflow approval process. Mobile-optimised timesheet pages cover entry, submission and approval in a phone browser, and recorded hours feed billable and efficiency utilisation reporting. |
| Integrations and API | Yes, Costpoint applications can be exposed as web services and called from third-party systems; access to the development environment is requested through a Deltek service request | Yes, integration with Dataverse, Power BI and Microsoft Fabric |
| AI features | Yes | Yes |
| Deployment | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based |
| Support | more entries Email helpdesk, Phone | Email helpdesk |
| Onboarding | Documentation and knowledge base, Personal consulting | Documentation and knowledge base, Video tutorials |
| Company size | more entries Small and mid-sized, Enterprise | Enterprise |
| Integrations | Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Teams | more entries Microsoft Dataverse, Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, AI Builder, SharePoint |
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The short version
Key Differences
- Starting price Deltek Costpoint Price on request Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance From $210 / user / month
- Company size Deltek Costpoint Small and mid-sized, Enterprise Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance Enterprise
- Hosting Deltek Costpoint Costpoint GCCM is hosted in the United States and documented as meeting FedRAMP Moderate Equivalency per DoD policy, supporting DFARS 7012 and CMMC requirements Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance Cloud (SaaS). The electronic invoicing service does not support on-premises deployments
- Support Deltek Costpoint Email helpdesk, Phone Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance Email helpdesk
- API Deltek Costpoint Yes, Costpoint applications can be exposed as web services and called from third-party systems; access to the development environment is requested through a Deltek service request Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance Yes, integrates with Dataverse, Power BI and Microsoft Fabric
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The trade-offs
Strengths and Limitations
Deltek Costpoint
Strengths
- Project accounting purpose-built for government contracting, with DCAA audit support in the core
- Costpoint GCCM is US-hosted and documented as FedRAMP Moderate Equivalent per DoD policy, supporting DFARS 7012 and CMMC
- Mobile time and expense with camera receipt capture, intelligent character recognition and duplicate detection
- Ask Dela, AI agents and gen-AI Smart Summaries ship as part of the platform
Limitations
- No published price list; every deployment is quoted through a sales conversation
- The compliance machinery that makes it right for government contracting is overhead for companies outside that world
- Web services access has to be requested through a Deltek service request rather than self-served
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance
Strengths
- Business performance analytics is included in the Finance licence rather than sold separately
- Electronic invoicing service covers country-specific formats, digital signatures and web service submission
- Finance insights adds cash flow forecasts, payment predictions and budget proposals from your own data
- Compliance coverage stated across 57 countries and 67 languages
Limitations
- At $210 per user and month it is priced well above mid-market suites
- Several of the AI agents, including account reconciliation and the Finance Agent, are still in preview
- Business performance analytics currently reports on up to eight quarters of data and refreshes twice a day
- The electronic invoicing service is cloud only and is not available in every region
Plans
Pricing
Deltek Costpoint
Price on Request
Visit siteMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Finance
- Dynamics 365 Finance $210 Per user and month, paid yearly.
- Dynamics 365 Finance Premium $300 Per user and month, paid yearly. Adds 1,000 Copilot Credits per user each month plus higher capacity and storage entitlements.
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Where this comes from
Where this comes from
Deltek Costpoint https://www.deltek.com/en/products/project-erp/costpoint · checked against the official source on 2026-09-06
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-365/products/finance · checked against the official source on 2026-08-23
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