Solver alternative for Business Central? Zentriq answers in plain language and returns instant charts from your BC data, no FP&A model to build.
Solver is a cloud FP&A platform for Microsoft Dynamics (Business Central and Finance & Operations) that brings financial reporting, budgeting and planning, dashboards, and consolidation together on a pre-built data model. For finance teams that need to run a full planning cycle, build budgets, and consolidate multiple entities, it is a genuinely capable platform, and it does things Zentriq does not. Zentriq is not an FP&A suite: it is a conversational AI assistant that answers questions about your Business Central data in plain language and returns charts and financial reports instantly, with no data model to stand up. For teams that mainly want quick answers, instant charts, and an assistant that can also act on data and capture documents, it is a lighter, faster route.
Type a question about your BC data in plain words and get charts, KPI cards, and financial reports like P&L and balance sheet back in seconds. No data model to build, no report to design first.
One AppSource install and you are asking questions in minutes. No pre-built data model to connect, no planning platform to configure, no per-user report licensing.
Zentriq is not only charts and reports. It captures invoices and documents with AI (any layout, no templates), captures e-commerce carts with PunchOut, and can act on your BC data, not just read it, all in one subscription.
The assistant works inside your own BC permissions and asks before it changes anything. Simple per-message and per-document pricing with a free tier, in English, French, and German.
| Feature | Solver | Zentriq |
|---|---|---|
| How you get an answer | Build a report or open a dashboard | Ask a question in plain language |
| Data model | Pre-built model to connect and maintain | None, reads BC directly |
| Budgeting & planning | Yes, full FP&A planning | No, quick reports and charts |
| Consolidation | Yes, multi-entity | No |
| Charts & financial reports | Yes, designed reports | Yes, generated instantly |
| Document capture & PunchOut | Not included | Included |
| Pricing model | Typically per-user | Per-message / per-document |
| Free tier | No | Yes, 15 messages/month |
Solver is a capable FP&A platform for finance teams that need to build budgets, run a planning cycle, and consolidate multiple entities on a modeled data foundation, and those are things Zentriq does not do. But if you mainly want quick answers, instant charts, and financial reports from your Business Central data without standing up an FP&A platform, and you would also value an assistant that captures documents and acts on your data, Zentriq gets you there in minutes. Many teams use both: Solver for planning and consolidation, Zentriq for fast, everyday answers inside BC.
The best way to decide is to try it. Zentriq is free to start, 15 Agent messages per month, plus 8 PunchOut captures to try, no credit card required.
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