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Amazon AWS vs SAP Cloud Platform comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 15, 2024

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Amazon AWS
Ranking in PaaS Clouds
2nd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
254
Ranking in other categories
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) (2nd)
SAP Cloud Platform
Ranking in PaaS Clouds
6th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
45
Ranking in other categories
Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the PaaS Clouds category, the mindshare of Amazon AWS is 13.5%, down from 17.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP Cloud Platform is 8.3%, up from 7.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
PaaS Clouds
 

Featured Reviews

Arun Srivastav - PeerSpot reviewer
Allows for automatic scaling of resources and provides built-in firewalls and security features, eliminating the need for external security solutions
One thing that's a bit different is that we're still accustomed to speaking to someone directly. AWS doesn't offer that kind of support. It's only through bots. You're speaking to chatbots, and that can sometimes be frustrating because there's no person on the other side. AI is not a substitute for a person. AWS marketplace is very strong, but somehow AWS doesn't promote it much. They have a huge customer base across the globe, and if products were launched in their marketplace, they could sell like hotcakes. They should improve their marketplace and promote the same product across the globe. They can take a cut, but they should promote it. That's something they don't do very much. So, AWS should promote its marketplace software. The company should promote it aggressively. Currently, they keep it very subtle. If you ask for it, they'll help you out. But they don't seem to advertise, "You're building a product on our platform? Why don't you sell it in our marketplace?" Improvement in AI: AWS is a little behind Microsoft Azure in terms of AI. AWS is still getting there, but the kind of examples and help files available in Azure for AI are much better. So AWS still needs to work on its AI functionality.
PinakiGhosh - PeerSpot reviewer
The implementation cycle has been reduced significantly but has room for integration enhancements
Our existing customers who are on ECC are on-premises. They are migrating to SAP Cloud Platform, specifically on S4HANA.  One of our clients was on SAP ECC on-premises, and they are moving to the cloud on S4HANA on the public cloud system.  We are supporting about 15 customers, mostly small to…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"We use AWS for multiple purposes, such as developing APIs and API integration using API Gateway. We use API Gateway, Python Combinator, Lambda Glue, and ETL Process. We have used EMR for big data processing. If we need a tool for computing, we go with the Lamda DMS. There are many services available in AWS that meet our needs."
"The solution has good speed. It's very fast."
"Machine learning is a valuable feature."
"It is very easy to set up. It is also easy to use. It has a lot of services and integrations. We've been able to integrate whatever we need until now."
"We write a lot of Lambda functions for various services, as well as serverless functions."
"The scalability of the product is the solution's most valuable feature."
"It scales extremely well."
"AWS is constantly growing in features with every new version. It's a good cloud provider with excellent availability. The integration is good, and their security products are interesting. Amazon is always innovating and delivering new products to customers."
"It's very easily implemented, especially with the Grow Platform."
"Scalability is one of the benefits that we have in using the product."
"Feature-wise, I like it since it allows you to integrate with multiple applications. There are available connectors that allow you to integrate."
"The dashboard provides pretty good clarity."
"The solution can scale."
"The integration flows are the most valuable feature of this solution."
"The mapping transformation allows us to connect our on-premise ECC to the cloud system."
"The most valuable feature is integration."
 

Cons

"The pricing is reasonable but there is always room to be better."
"One thing that's a bit different is that we're still accustomed to speaking to someone directly. AWS doesn't offer that kind of support. It's only through bots."
"They have a low code platform, but it is for intervention."
"The initial setup is not easy at all."
"AWS has room for improvement on the Kubernetes side. I would like to go a little deeper into the Kubernetes target, Elastic, inner system, and all that. The EKS, target, and all these areas need to be improved, but that is not my key area because I am mostly working on the application side."
"This solution would be improved with the inclusion of hybrid Kubernetes management."
"One problem is that the AWS public cloud doesn't have shared storage capabilities. The second thing is the cloud performance versus on-prem."
"Their support can be improved. In some cases, their support is not as proficient as it can be. They should be quicker at getting back."
"SAP is expensive."
"Allowing more third-party applications to be integrated into the cloud platform would make it easier for customers to adopt SAP Cloud Platform."
"The tool's reliability is a disappointment for us."
"One crucial aspect where SAP lags behind in flexibility is customization to suit specific business requirements. SAP needs to understand that customization is inevitable and should be more supportive of business-driven customization."
"When they innovate too fast, they end up confusing their customers."
"I'd like to see more local integration."
"I would like to see more and better support for data transformations."
"I would like for it to have integration to GitHub."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price, in general, could be better."
"The pricing of Amazon AWS is high compared to any other cloud provider."
"From a cost perspective, Amazon AWS is excellent. You need to pay for a license to use AWS, and the license could be cheaper, but in each of the cases and instances I've used AWS, there has been a good chance to save money."
"The solution is on a subscription-based model, and it is pay-as-you-go. The price could be cheaper."
"This is not an expensive product but it would be an improvement if the price were cheaper."
"It's paid on a monthly basis and you have to pay for the resources that you use."
"For our infrastructure, the cost is approximately $25 per device, and you have to include the other tools that we have in the cloud, for a total of approximately $200,000 per year."
"Its pricing can be simplified a little bit more. Even though they have been reducing it, I still believe they can do better as compared to GCP, Google Cloud."
"Cost-wise, I'm unsure of how expensive the SAP Cloud Platform is."
"SAP Cloud Platform is expensive. It can be quite costly."
"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a nine out of ten."
"The solution is worth the money."
"SAP offers yearly, subscription-based, and pay-as-you-use licensing."
"Licensing costs for this solution are based on the number of users and the bandwidth."
"SAP Cloud Platform is generally more expensive than the other options."
"The cost when it comes to monitoring can be difficult."
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Comparison Review

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Aug 14, 2013
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
29%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
17%
Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Energy/Utilities Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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We like Google Firebase hosting and authentication and also the excellent cloud functionality. Our team found the flexibility of handling and dealing with the database through EDL to be very useful...
Which is better - SAP Cloud Platform or Microsoft Azure?
One of the best features of SAP Cloud Platform is that it is web-based and you can log in from anywhere in the world. SAP Cloud Platform is suitable for companies of any size; it works well with bo...
What do you like most about SAP Cloud Platform?
The product improved our company's business operations since we got value out of it.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAP Cloud Platform?
SAP is competitive compared to other enterprise solutions like Oracle, though not necessarily cheap. Microsoft Dynamics, for example, is for a different kind of customer base.
 

Also Known As

Amazon Web Services, AWS
SAP HANA Cloud Platform
 

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Sample Customers

Pinterest, General Electric, Pfizer, Netflix, and Nasdaq.
Siemens, Shell & Volkswagen, Still, EarlySense, Roche, National Football League, Heidelberg University Hospital, In Mind Computing, The Timken Company, OPAL, EnterpriseJungle, Groupe Danone, Accenture, T-Systems, Sailing Team Germany, Sloan Valve
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