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IQMS Enterprise IQ vs SAP ERP comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

IQMS Enterprise IQ
Ranking in ERP
29th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SAP ERP
Ranking in ERP
1st
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
104
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the ERP category, the mindshare of IQMS Enterprise IQ is 0.5%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP ERP is 21.5%, down from 22.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

VR
Allows customization for production and has good sales, distribution, and quality management features
Previously, we were using a very small ERP called Visual Udyog. Visual Udyog is a very cheap solution. For a startup company, it's useful. It's not an elaborate ERP, but it gives at least 25% of what IQMS gives. It can give 25% or even close to 50% of what IQMS can give and at 10% of the cost. Initially, for the first five years of the company, where it has only one million turnover or two million turnover, it is enough. Once you want to scale up, you have to go to SAP or IQMS. I also worked with SAP. I would say that IQMS and SAP go hand-in-hand.
Srinivasan Kuppuswamy - PeerSpot reviewer
The amazing, robust framework with unlimited scalability earns its #1 status
The solution is not ready for the current e-commerce environment. Its was built for large enterprises who need to predictably optimize their human, material, and financial resources. ERP has evolved and businesses are changing. There are not many large corporations. Most are small enterprises with the capabilities of large enterprises through networking and platform integration. Some companies promote products but get things done with other enterprises as a network. Companies do not want to create new capacity but want to leverage existing capacity with innovative products. They do not want to spend resources on duplicating capacity or facilities. I do not think any ERP product is ready to support this environment so ERPs as a whole might end up being used for back-office functions only. It is not easy to evolve an ERP product because its intent is to integrate functions and processes within an organization. Whereas, in the new business model, processes are not limited to one's own enterprise but cut across different enterprises. There is no enterprise solution as this point in time for the current e-commerce environment so companies must integrate with many solutions.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"This solution has all of the features you need: sales, distribution, supply chain. It has logistics and production management capabilities. It has so many modules, which were integrated using our expertise."
"It provides great visibility into the details of enterprise resource planning."
"ERP can help manage all enterprise resources. It brings them together and provides some analytical data to inform management decisions."
"I like the solution’s features in finance, supply chain, sales, and distribution."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"SAP ERP provides the perfect database and options for additional production. It's also good for finance analytics, production drill-down, and other types of analysis."
"Well-integrated multilingual technology."
"The stability is SAP ERP is not good only because the version is old. They could work on improving the versions."
"The valuable feature of SAP ERP is that everything is connected and under one roof, creating a unified system."
 

Cons

"Setup is very complex."
"It is on the expensive side."
"In previous generations, SAP was stable and the roadmap was very predictable, but currently it's very difficult."
"The product does not update budgeting based on exchange rates which is important for BPM."
"Implementing SAP ERP can be very costly, particularly for smaller organizations with limited resources."
"The power of ABAP Development Tools is the main valuable feature in the SAP ECC system. Every couple of years SAP upgrades ABAP technology significantly, which facilitates developers' work."
"SAP is more expensive than some of its competitors."
"Although you can use SAP as a Warehouse Management System, and you don’t need any other program for that purpose, it is not enough as a Transportation Management System. You need another program which is integrated with SAP."
"There will always be something within our business that it won't fit."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We paid about 20% with the purchase order. Six months later, we paid another 20%, and then another 20% after another six months. We paid the remaining 40% after 18 months."
"SAP is a bit on the costly side, but they also provide support and other things. We are paying for licenses and the use of the cloud."
"The on-premises licensing model comes with annual maintenance whereas the cloud-based licensing model is a yearly subscription. The tool’s pricing is normal and not expensive."
"I rate the product's price a seven on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive. SAP ERP is a costly tool."
"I don't know the price, but I know its licensing is on a yearly basis."
"The solution is expensive and is best-suited for large enterprises."
"I rate the product's price a nine on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap or affordable, and ten is really expensive. The solution is expensive."
"I am not sure. However, extensions cost approximately $100,000 or$200,000."
"The licensing costs are slightly on the higher side. They need to make it more competitive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
18%
Computer Software Company
12%
Healthcare Company
10%
Energy/Utilities Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Computer Software Company
12%
Retailer
6%
University
6%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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What needs improvement with SAP ERP?
There is a need for improvement in the business analytics aspect in financial reporting and also in sales and marketing analytics.
 

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Sample Customers

Poly-Cast, Custom Profile, Nicolet Plastics, Double H Plastics Inc., Network Plymers, Load Trail, Mar-Bal Inc., Donnelly, Steinwall Scientific, Nissen Chemitec America, Miniature Precision Components
B&G Manufacturing, Unilever, Life is good Inc., Joy Global Inc., City of Cape Town, Bhopal Municipal, Corporation (BMC), adidas Group, Butcher & Packer Supply Company, Franklin Valve L.P., Evoshield, Prime Meats, a Norsan Group company, EMC Corporation, Varian Medical Systems Inc., FC Bayern Mªnchen AG, AkzoNobel Chemicals B.V., T¾V Rheinland, Pacific Drilling S.A., Fire & Rescue New South Wales, University of Amsterdam, Pa_alon S.A.
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