What SOFT4Leasing is
SOFT4Leasing is a leasing management system built on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. Business Central is Microsoft's accounting and business management product for small and mid-size companies. The leasing logic is SOFT4's; the accounting underneath is Microsoft's.
That foundation is the product's defining trait. Your leases, invoices, and payments live inside the same system as your general ledger. When Business Central is your chosen ledger, this may reduce the need for a separate accounting connector. External systems and configured posting mappings can still require integration work — confirm your own setup in the demo.
The pricing pages, read carefully
SOFT4Leasing is the one vendor in this library with a public pricing page. When we checked on November 5, 2026, using the US dollar selector, the page showed three plans: Starter at a displayed amount of $2,064, Advanced at $2,940, and Premium at $5,448. The visible pricing card did not state the billing period, so treat each as a displayed plan amount — the billing period requires confirmation before you budget with it.
The same page showed setup priced per project, with project management included: Starter from $28,800 with 160 hours, Advanced from $64,800 with 360 hours, and Premium from $216,000 with 1,200 hours. Published numbers are a real advantage for early budgeting. They are not a complete quote: confirm scope, license billing period, support fees, and what Business Central licensing adds.
The evidence you can check
SOFT4Leasing publishes named case studies, including Komatsu Australia Corporate Finance (July 23, 2024), Selfco (January 30, 2026), and ScotPac. Named, dated case studies are stronger evidence than anonymous testimonials.
Read the geography honestly: these are international users, not evidence of US market share. In the January 2026 Selfco interview, the customer named richer customer and broker self-service as a desired improvement. Treat that as a signal to confirm current portal capability in the demo rather than assuming all portal needs are solved.
Fit by lender profile
Profile one: a small or mid-size lessor that wants leasing and accounting in one system. The Business Central base may reduce the need for a separate ledger connector when Business Central is your chosen ledger. This is the strongest fit.
Profile two: a lender already running Business Central. Adding a leasing product on your existing platform may reduce platform-change scope compared with a full platform swap, but the actual timeline depends on configuration, data migration, and testing. Ask about the upgrade path and what your current Business Central partner thinks.
Profile three: a large lender with complex wholesale or multi-country needs. Business Central is a mid-market product. Test scale, entity structure, and any floorplan needs hard before assuming enterprise scope.
A demo scenario to run
Bring one full lease: a $65,000 zero-turn mower fleet lease from quote through booking, three invoices, a payment, and an end-of-lease buyout. Then ask to see the general ledger entries each step created — inside Business Central, not in an export.
Expected outputs: the lease booked with a schedule, invoices generated on it, the payment posted, and every accounting entry visible in Business Central. Even with native accounting, reconciled contract balances, bank payments, and GL postings still matter — ask the demo to show traceable entries, exceptions, and a completed reconciliation. That traceability is the whole point of the foundation.
- Lease quoted, booked, and billed in one system
- Payment posted with accounting entries visible immediately
- End-of-lease buyout processed with correct entries
- Leasing entries traceable to the ledger, with exceptions and a completed reconciliation shown
Limits and honest questions
The published plan amounts need confirmation before budgeting: the billing period was not visible on the pricing card we checked. Setup prices are labeled per project, and public pricing does not mean every integration, Business Central license, or support tier is included.
Ask what Business Central licensing adds per user, who administers the system after go-live, and how the product handles US-specific tax content. The named cases are international, so ask for the US configuration story directly.
- Confirm the billing period for each published plan amount.
- What Business Central licenses do we need, and what do they cost?
- Which integrations are included, and which are extra?
- How is US sales and use tax handled?
- Name a US reference customer, if one exists.
Implementation, migration and licensing scope
The published setup packages — 160, 360, and 1,200 hours with project management included — give you a real planning baseline most vendors do not publish. Ask what a 160-hour project covers and what pushes a project into the next tier.
For migration, ask how contract data moves from your current system into Business Central, how many test conversions are included, and who signs off on tie-out — the check that new-system totals match the old to the penny.
Our conditional conclusion
If you are a small or mid-size lessor and you want leasing and accounting in one system with published starting prices, SOFT4Leasing belongs on the shortlist. The published figures help you form an initial budget before the first call.
If you need enterprise scale, wholesale finance, or deep US-specific content, test those points before assuming fit. Decide on the demo scenario above and a written quote, not on any review, including this one.
Interactive tool
3-year total cost model
Enter your own numbers from real quotes. The starting numbers are placeholders to show the math. They are not any vendor's prices.
| One-time costs | $55,000 |
| Monthly recurring | $4,000 |
| 3-year total | $199,000 |
Chart shows your entered numbers only. It is not vendor data.
Want the full worksheet set? Open the partner tools.
Demo questions for SOFT4Leasing
- Confirm the billing period for the published plan amounts.
- Show a lease from quote to ledger entries, no export.
- List what the 160-hour setup package covers.
- Show the customer portal as it exists today.
- Explain US tax content and a US reference.
Sources
- SOFT4Leasing — homepage checked 2026-11-05
- SOFT4Leasing — pricing checked 2026-11-05
- Microsoft AppSource — SOFT4Leasing listing checked 2026-11-05
- SOFT4Leasing — Komatsu Australia Corporate Finance case (Jul 23, 2024) checked 2026-11-05
- SOFT4Leasing — Selfco case (Jan 30, 2026) checked 2026-11-05
Based on public product documentation. We have not tested a private account. Landscaping Equipment Financing LLC is an independent commercial equipment finance broker, not a lender, and not affiliated with any software vendor listed here.