What’s the difference between the Tinx Shopify Connector and the Microsoft Business Central Shopify Connector?
Recently many people have asked us this question. Logical since it is an important subject for many. Suppose you want to launch a new webshop, and you prefer the Shopify platform. Then you would like to know whether it is technically possible to integrate the Shopify webshop into Business Central, whether it can handle all the functions that you want, and whether the investment you will make is future proof.
In our latest blog from 30 June 2022, we installed the Microsoft Business Central Shopify Connector and reviewed the connector as much as possible. A lot of potential customers and Tinx partners read the blog with much attention.
Recently a new version of the Microsoft Shopify Connector has been released, and now is an excellent time to compare the Tinx Shopify Connector to the Microsoft Shopify Connector.
One major difference between the Tinx Shopify Connector and the Microsoft Shopify Connector is that the Microsoft Shopify Connector is not available for Business Central (BC) on-premise editions, whereas the Tinx Shopify Connector supports a broad selection of BC (NAV) editions.
So if you are using BC on-premise just contact us!
This time we have a straightforward model to have a clear and, at the same time, detailed overview of the possibilities per connector. You will find the comparison in the table below.
| Features | Tinx Shopify Connector | Microsoft Business Central Shopify Connector | Notes about Microsoft’s solution |
| ERP product to webshop | |||
| Basic product (ERP data to webshop) |  |
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| Product inventory update | |
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| Product category/collection | |
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BC attributes and category data are only put in the description of the product when sent to Shopify |
| Product attribute/tags | |
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| Product short/long description | |
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| Product image | |
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| Configurable product | |
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| Custom price field mapping | |
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Can only be used with standard BC price list or item unit price |
| Custom stock field mapping/formula | |
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Can only be used with standard BC inventory field combined with location filtering |
| Bulk synchronisation items (ERP to webshop) | |
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| Bulk synchronisation items (webshop to ERP) | |
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| Multiple stores managed from one ERP company | |||
| Product name translation | |
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| Short/long description translation | |
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| Attribute translation | |
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Only uses the default attribute language translations from BC item page |
| Category translation | |
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Only uses the default category language translations from BC item page |
| Price per store | |
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| Currency per store | |
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| ERP product select per store | |
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| ERP customer select per store | |
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| Webshop order synchronisation, filter on store | |
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| Multiple ERP databases or companies | |||
| Connect multiple ERP databases to one webshop | |
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| Connect multiple ERP databases to multiple webshops | |
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| Connect multiple ERP companies to one webshop | |
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| Connect multiple ERP companies to multiple webshops | |
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| ERP customer to webshop | |||
| Bulk synchronisation customers | |
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| Customer (creation) | |
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| Customer (update) | |
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| Customer addresses | |
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| Customer attributes (meta fields) | |
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No meta fields support |
| ERP contact as webshop customer | |
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Only supports the customer entity, no support for contact entity |
| Webshop customer to ERP | |||
| Bulk synchronisation customers | |
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| Customer (creation) | |
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| Customer (update) | |
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| Customer addresses | |
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| Customer attributes (meta fields) | |
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No meta fields support |
| Webshop customer as ERP contact | |
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Only supports the customer entity, no support for contact entity |
| Webshop order to ERP | |||
| Bulk synchronisation orders | |
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| Order creation | |
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| Quotation creation | |
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No quotation support |
| Guest order creation | |
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| Automate order posting | |
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Not able to automatically process/post BC sales orders |
| ERP order updates to webshop | |||
| Update order status | |
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Not able to send specific order updates. Can only finish an order |
| Complete/finish order | |
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| Add single shipment to order | |
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| Add multiple (partial) shipments to order | |
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| Add tracking information to shipment | |
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| Returns | |||
| Bulk synchronisation Returns | |
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No support for returns |
| Return Order creation | |
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No support for returns |
| Tailor made integration | |||
| Custom number series | |
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Can only be used with predefined number series or Shopify number series |
| Custom fields | |
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All field mappings are predefined |
| Custom tables | |
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All table mappings are predefined |
| Custom filters | |
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No support for filters |
| Custom dependencies | |
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No support for dependencies |
| Custom stock calculation | |
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No custom stock calculation possible |
| E-commerce optimized PIM management | |
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Can only be used with BC product information which is not optimized for e-commerce |
| Multiple product images | |
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| Support for ERP Add-ons | |||
| Pebblestone | |
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Only supports default BC |
| LS Retail | |
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Only supports default BC |
| It Suits Fashion | |
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Only supports default BC |
| DX Steel | |
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Only supports default BC |
| Aptean beverage | |
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Only supports default BC |
| Aptean Food | |
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Only supports default BC |
| Support for ERP versions | |||
| Dynamics NAV 2016 | |
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Only supports BC cloud (SaaS) |
| Dynamics NAV 2017 | |
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Only supports BC cloud (SaaS) |
| Dynamics NAV 2018 | |
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Only supports BC cloud (SaaS) |
| Dynamics Business Central On Premise | |
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Only supports BC cloud (SaaS) |
| Dynamics Business Central Cloud | |
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Are you interested in the Tinx Shopify Connector? Go to our Shopify Connector page.
