We performed a comparison between Amazon AWS and SAP Cloud Platform based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Amazon AWS and SAP Cloud Platform have a similar user rating based on ease of deployment and service and support. However, in terms of cost, Amazon AWS outperforms SAP Cloud Platform. Based on features, users felt Amazon AWS was an overall great solution but needed better data management. In contrast, users of SAP Cloud Platform felt the software had good data synchronization but was still a young product.
"It is highly available and on-demand. So, you can scale up and scale down whenever required."
"The most important feature is deploying our production in multi-data regions around the world."
"The solution has good speed. It's very fast."
"The environment is a rich playground, and if you tried to do the same things on-premises that you do on AWS, it would be a lot more challenging to execute. You can open up a virtual machine on AWS, run some experiments, and be done with it. It's much easier than buying new servers, provisioning them, etc"
"The most valuable features of Amazon AWS are ease of use, deployment, and short lead time. If you are using an on-premise solution, you need to wait for the hardware, and nowadays it is very difficult, the lead time becomes very long. We propose to our customers to use Amazon AWS because it is very easy, no need to wait for hardware delivery."
"This solution is used as the basic requirement for any virtual machines use cases, the storage is used for each use case."
"Using AWS is really helpful for saving costs."
"AWS's containerization is the most useful feature for us."
"SAP has provided very good support."
"The most valuable feature is integration."
"It's suitable for various sizes of companies. I have used it with big companies and with small ones as well."
"The solution is scalable."
"The solution has a lot of great features."
"We primarily utilize SAP's ERP capabilities."
"It’s easy to maintain, as everything is handled by SAP."
"The solution is very useful and interactive with a dashboard for viewing other interfaces."
"There is a bit of a learning curve. That said, it's likely no different than learning any other cloud."
"You'll probably experience some sticker shock with AWS. You attempt to understand the cost, but you don't realize what you're paying until you get your first bill. I don't know if Amazon does that on purpose, but costs can get out of control quickly if you don't have someone who specializes in AWS cost management."
"AWS could be more scalable."
"I think that the interface could be improved."
"There have been some issues in the past when it comes to file integrations in AWS's cloud products. However, there are now alternative solutions out there that are helping to integrate them all."
"The dashboard and interface need improvement."
"There is room for improvement in cost. Everyone complains about AWS being expensive. The initial cost starts small but can skyrocket unexpectedly."
"Its subscription model or pricing model is too complex, which should be improved."
"The product could be improved for consistent user interfaces."
"The main problem is that there aren't any easy migrations from SAP PO to SAP CPI, so from process orchestration to cloud platform integration."
"When they innovate too fast, they end up confusing their customers."
"From what I understand, the SAP Cloud Platform is for implementation on AWS or Azure, and it's not meant to be a full-fledged cloud solution, so while using the platform, an area for improvement is that it has fewer offerings and is less flexible when compared to AWS. AWS has a lot more flexibility than the SAP Cloud Platform. I've also used Azure in college and AWS in between, and I prefer AWS over the SAP Cloud Platform. The only reason I would ever stick with the SAP Cloud Platform is to create applications integrated with SAP or with other companies within SAP, such as SuccessFactors. When you go into the SAP Cloud Platform web page, it's a bit bland and has relatively limited offerings. For example, there doesn't seem to be in-house MongoDB support, but I realize there's in-house support for the PostgreSQL database, so there are fewer offerings in the SAP Cloud Platform. Yes, you can always go for a database on the actual MongoDB server rather than depending on the offerings of the SAP Cloud Platform. However, it's still better to support MongoDB from the platform, so payment is consolidated, rather than going to a different location to make a payment. Another room for improvement in the SAP Cloud Platform is the need to create an SAP subaccount if you need to use the platform unless you have an SSO login by Google or if you're using a different identity provider such as Microsoft or Google. Instead of requiring dependency on SAP, it would be good if users could use the SAP Cloud Platform even without a subaccount on SAP. For example, when hosting an application on AWS or Azure, you don't have to create an account in Amazon or Microsoft. You can still do it using Google. You can use almost anything, so I'd like SAP to improve by removing the dependency, particularly the requirement to create an SAP account to use the SAP Cloud Platform."
"I would like for it to have integration to GitHub."
"I'd like to see more local integration."
"Better connectivity to on-premise systems would help us to support older systems that are migrating to the cloud."
"The tool's UI is not very intuitive for cloud integration, so it needs research to understand its options and how it may work."
Amazon AWS is ranked 2nd in PaaS Clouds with 250 reviews while SAP Cloud Platform is ranked 6th in PaaS Clouds with 38 reviews. Amazon AWS is rated 8.4, while SAP Cloud Platform is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Amazon AWS writes "Reliable with good security but is difficult to set up". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP Cloud Platform writes "Provides seamless integration with CTI for streamlined data synchronization but complexity and challenges in migrating existing applications to the low-code model for custom application development". Amazon AWS is most compared with Linode, OpenShift, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and Pivotal Cloud Foundry, whereas SAP Cloud Platform is most compared with Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Mule Anypoint Platform, webMethods.io Integration and Mendix. See our Amazon AWS vs. SAP Cloud Platform report.
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