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SUNAGO Matrix vs Dynamics 365 Project Operations: Platform vs Focused Tool

SUNAGO Matrix is one product with one price. You import your people, set their salaries and capacity, and see project cost at completion the same week. Dynamics 365 Project Operations is deeper: Microsoft documents a hierarchical work breakdown structure, Estimate at Complete, earned value management, scheduling on Microsoft Project and revenue recognition. It is also a platform, and platforms are adopted rather than bought.

Project economy on day one, at a published price

SUNAGO Matrix runs on day one: cost per hour derived from utilization and overhead, EAC and FAC on every project, pipeline and capacity in the same product, at a published EUR 3 per seat per month with no licensing matrix. Dynamics 365 is the stronger choice if you are standardised on Microsoft and want project operations wired into Finance and Sales.

Key Differences

A Cost Rate That Is Actually True

For a consulting firm the cost of an hour is not the salary divided by a standard year. SUNAGO Matrix computes each person's cost per hour as annual salary divided by their billable hours, after part-time capacity, vacation entitlement and their real utilization, then adds that person's share of company overhead, with non-billable colleagues' salaries rolled into the overhead pool. Every margin, EAC and FAC here is built on that rate. A tool that costs hours at a number you typed in will report a project margin that is wrong in your favor.

Published Price, One Plan

SUNAGO Matrix is EUR 3 per seat per month billed yearly, everything included. Dynamics 365 Project Operations is licensed per user with published Microsoft list prices that vary by product and region; check Microsoft's own pricing page for your market rather than a number from a comparison site.

One Product, Not a Platform

Dynamics 365 is a platform: Project Operations sits alongside Sales, Finance and the Power Platform, which is powerful and also means environments, licensing and configuration decisions. SUNAGO Matrix is one product with one setup.

Running on Day One

SUNAGO Matrix is signed up for and used. A Dynamics 365 Project Operations deployment is normally a project with a partner around it. We put no number on that, because we have no sourced figure from Microsoft.

Feature Comparison

FeatureMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Project OperationsSUNAGO Matrix
Cost per hourNot documentedSalary divided by that person's own billable hours, after part-time capacity, holiday entitlement and actual utilization, plus their share of company overhead
Published priceMicrosoft publishes $135.00 user/month, paid yearly, for Project Operations (microsoft.com, read 6 August 2026)EUR 3 per seat per month billed yearly, one plan
Amount to adoptA platform with licensing and environment decisionsOne product, one setup
Estimate at completionDocumented: "Estimate at complete (EAC) = CTC + Actual cost to date"EAC and FAC on every project
Revenue recognition and project accountingYes, with compliance and invoicingNo; invoices and syncs to Xero, no ledger

Who Should Choose What?

Choose Microsoft Dynamics 365 Project Operations if:

  • You are standardised on Microsoft and want project operations next to Sales, Finance and the Power Platform
  • You need a hierarchical work breakdown structure with cost estimation per task, which Microsoft documents and SUNAGO Matrix does not have
  • You need earned value management and revenue recognition in the same system as your finance function

Choose SUNAGO Matrix if:

  • Your project margins are only as good as your cost rate: SUNAGO Matrix derives each hour's cost from salary, real utilization, vacation and company overhead rather than a number someone typed in
  • You want one published per-seat price and one plan, with no licensing matrix to work through
  • You want cost forecasting on every project from the first day, without configuring a platform first
  • You want deals, delivery, timesheets and capacity in a single small product
  • You want capacity planning that nets vacation and absence out of availability

SUNAGO Matrix and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Project Operations: three years of license cost

One question: how many people. The totals below are three years of license cost at each vendor's own published price. Where a vendor puts the capability SUNAGO Matrix includes in a higher package, that is shown too - and where that package has no published price, that is shown as well, because it is the part a buyer cannot work out alone.

Three years, the horizon buyers budget in.

SUNAGO Matrix

one plan, everything included

€4,320 over 3 years

€3 per seat/month, billed yearly · no seat minimum · no tier above this one

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Project Operations

microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-365/products/project-operations/pricing · read 2026-08-06
Entry package$194,400over 3 yearsDynamics 365 Project Operations

$135 per seat/month, paid yearly

Each figure is in the currency that vendor publishes in. Nothing is converted, and no combined saving is shown across two currencies, because an exchange rate is a number we cannot document for you. License cost only: implementation, training and support are priced separately by most of these vendors.

See the full price page for what is in the plan.

Frequently Asked Questions

How does SUNAGO Matrix calculate the cost of an hour?
Not by dividing salary by a standard year, which is the mistake that makes consulting project margins wrong. For salaried staff, cost per hour is annual gross salary divided by that person's billable hours, where billable hours are their capacity adjusted for part-time percentage, minus vacation entitlement, multiplied by their actual utilization rate. On top sits their share of company overhead: yearly operating expenses divided by the firm's total billable hours, with the salaries of non-billable colleagues rolled into that overhead pool. So a consultant at 60 percent utilization costs materially more per billable hour than the same salary at 85 percent, and every project margin, EAC and FAC reflects it.
What will this cost us?
EUR 3 per seat per month, billed yearly, on a single plan with everything included. There is no feature ladder to climb and no module to add later. For comparison, Microsoft publishes per-user list prices that vary by product and region. Price out the plan you would actually need at your headcount and the sums are easy to do.
How long before we are actually using it?
Days, not a project. You create the workspace, add your people with their salary, capacity and utilization, and import or enter your live projects. From that point every logged hour updates cost, margin, Estimate at Completion and Forecast at Completion automatically. There is no implementation partner in the middle and no configuration phase to get through before the numbers mean something.
We already run Dynamics 365 Project Operations. Is there a reason to look at this?
The usual one is that project margin only becomes visible after the fact, and it is wrong when it does, because the hourly cost behind it was typed in rather than derived. SUNAGO Matrix costs every hour from salary, real utilization, vacation and company overhead, then forecasts where each project lands while there is still time to act, with the deal pipeline and resource capacity in the same product. If that is the gap you have, it is worth a look. If it is not, you are probably fine where you are.

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