SAP S/4HANA vs Sage Business Cloud Enterprise Management comparison

SAP S/4HANA vs. Sage Business Cloud Enterprise Management

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Categories and Ranking

Sage Business Cloud Enterpr...

Ranking in ERP

20th

Average Rating

7.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

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SAP S/4HANA

Ranking in ERP

2nd

Average Rating

8.2

Number of Reviews

104

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the ERP category, the mindshare of Sage Business Cloud Enterprise Management is 0.5%, down from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP S/4HANA is 16.2%, up from 14.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

ERP

Featured Reviews

Muhammad Uwais

Functional Consultant at RFR Group

Jan 20, 2023

An elastic, multi-company structure that naturally parameterizes and adapts

The best feature is the solution's elastic, multi-company structure. You can expand or add companies at any time while retaining the same architecture and flow with minimal affect on your wallet. The solution is parameterized so you don't need a lot of customizations because it naturally has the ability to parameterize, configure, and adapt to various organizational procedures. You don't have to stick to some standard way of doing things because the solution adapts to your way of doing things. The approval and audit engines are very powerful. The built-in development component allows you to customize and develop without depending on third-party factors. Across six years, 80% to 85% of our use cases are completely managed within the solution because of its architecture.

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VARUN-JAIN

Associate Manager - Strategy and Transaction at Ernst & Young

May 19, 2022

The solution is highly scalable, with solid performance and integration

S/4HANA implementation is always complex because you need to configure it to work with your infrastructure. SAP only provides the license, not hardware, but they will connect you with a partner like HPE or IBM. It's extremely costly if you ask for SAP to implement it, but you can deploy through some vendor like HCL, TC, Infosys, or Capgemini, and then you need to enlist a hardware partner. The complexity also varies by industry. If it's a small industry with $40 million of revenue annually, the business processes will be simple. However, deployment is tricky for heavy manufacturing, energy, etc.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The accounting part and the procurement part are most valuable. It is a very good system with workflows and notifications."

"The most valuable feature of Sage Business Cloud Enterprise Management is the business intelligence module. Additionally, report consolidation, cloud access, and analysis are useful."

"The initial setup is not complex. The deployment process was relatively straightforward."

"The solution is parameterized so it naturally has the ability to parameterize, configure, and adapt to various organizational procedures."

"The solution's new UI called Fiori is user friendly."

"SAP S/4HANA dominates around 70 percent of the ERP market in Chile, and I believe this isn't merely coincidental. I've always maintained that if someone believes SAP S/4HANA lacks a certain functionality, they haven't explored it thoroughly. However, there's a widespread lack of understanding regarding its full potential and how to configure it."

"The core accounting model is robust, so we don't have any issues with it. It has industry-specialized modules like retail, hospitality, and manufacturing. Many industrial-specific modules are very helpful. It's a very robust, reliable, and simple-to-use product. In my experience, it's straightforward."

"C4C is a good application of SAP S/4HANA, and it helps many companies."

"SAP S4HANA is a robust solution."

"We can do a lot with S/4HANA, like HR, sales, distribution, production planning, quality management, transport management, and more."

"From a technological point of view, the in-memory database is one of the key highlights."

"It is a very powerful, highly customizable tool."

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Cons

"The solution does not have a solid, out-of-the-box API architecture that is supported."

"Its implementation process is kind of complicated. If the person implementing it doesn't know what he is doing, the system can have many issues. Sage X3 is just an accounting system. As compared to Oracle E-Business Suite, it does not cover a lot of functionality. It doesn't have the payroll, lease management, and HR modules. Oracle E-Business Suite is better than Sage X3."

"It is not suitable for corporate or manufacturing companies. For example, it's challenging to use it for a manufacturing company."

"Sage Business Cloud Enterprise Management could improve the search functionality. For example, if I was to search for a transaction from last year it would be difficult to accomplish. I have to scroll through to find what I am looking for. The approach should be more similar to Quickbooks where when you search for something it takes you directly to the searched item."

"SAP S/4HANA is an expensive solution."

"We found that the implementing partners themselves are struggling with S4HANA's features. It's not an exact translation of the older ECC, so SAP has taken a new route to do things with S4HANA. Maybe it's a good product, but the implementing partners also like to have an in-depth understanding of the full feature set the product offers."

"An area for improvement would be integration with different kinds of legacies. In the next release, I would like the product to be prepared for blockchain technology and the best way to communicate with social networking."

"When we want to raise a ticket on the SAP portal, the process takes a longer time, and there are many selections that confuse the user."

"The product's use of resources could be improved, as it is quite intensive at the moment."

"There is a need to improve the migration process."

"I would like to see improvements in the graphical user interface and core modules in SAP S/4HANA. Even after 20 years, there haven't been developments in these areas. The purchase order, sales order, and core modules like CRM have remained unchanged. The financial data and modules have also stayed the same. Fiori is available but hasn't brought many changes to the core modules."

"SAP support provides resolves all our problems, but the response time is slower than our customers expect. Maybe it's because they have such a large customer base and are always occupied, but that's one area all our customers mention."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is very cheap. There are no additional charges, but the problem is that you have to acquire an additional supporting system such as a budgeting system. You will have to implement the integration and maintain two systems. So, you need to pay for the license of that budgeting system and this one. You also need to pay the license for the payroll and integration. There are all these integrations that you have to pay for."

"The cost is not expensive."

"The solution delivers the same capabilities of SAP or Oracle at about 30% to 40% of the cost."

"The price of this solution is expensive. However, it depends on the number of branches used. The price can be upwards of $40,000 annually."

"I feel that the product is a bit expensive."

"It is on a quarterly basis. There are no additional costs. There is just the standard fee."

"We're not sure yet. I think it was six figures a year, over 100,000. It has straight-up licensing fees."

"The solution often does not survive our shortlist round because it is very expensive when compared to other products."

"It is very expensive. It is not cheap."

"It is an expensive solution. On a scale from one to five, with five being the most expensive, I would rate the price at four."

"The pricing model is based on an annual license."

"This is not the cheapest solution on the market, so you need to invest seriously in it. As a solid product, it has a solid price. It's definitely one of the more expensive tools on the market, but it's also one of the best products on the market."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

24%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Comms Service Provider

10%

Educational Organization

37%

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Sage Business Cloud Enterprise Management?

The initial setup is not complex. The deployment process was relatively straightforward.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Sage Business Cloud Enterprise Management?

The cost is comparatively less, which makes it preferable for small and medium-sized businesses. The cost is not expensive. We are using a per-user pricing model.

What needs improvement with Sage Business Cloud Enterprise Management?

It works well for medium-sized enterprises but is not suitable for corporate or manufacturing companies. For example, it's challenging to use it for a manufacturing company. Moreover, integration w...

Are there any advantages of SAP S4 HANA over SAP Business One (SAP B1) apart from the cost?

SaP Business One is a complete solution for business management. The software applications are broad, ranging from accounting to project management and human resources. It is very versatile and com...

What needs improvement with SAP S4HANA?

In future releases, I would like to see more availability zones and VPCs so customers have more freedom to choose. Also, more training so customers can utilize the training enablement.

What is your primary use case for SAP S4HANA?

I'm an architect. S/4HANA is an intelligent enterprise. When an organization needs an application or software to run its operations, S/4HANA comes into play. SAP is the market leader in ERP. S/4HAN...

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Also Known As

Sage ERP X3, Sage X3

SAP S4HANA

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Overview

Sage Business Cloud Enterprise Management delivers faster, simpler, and more flexible business management at a fraction of the cost and complexity of typical enterprise ERP systems.

SAP S4HANA is an ERP (enterprise resource planning) system that uses sophisticated technologies including machine learning and AI. It is most commonly used to integrate and manage business functions and is an ideal solution for large enterprises. The platform includes supplier relationship management (SRM), customer relationship management (CRM), supply chain management (SCM), and product lifecycle management (PLM) functionality.

SAP S4HANA offers three different deployment options:

On-premises
Cloud
Hybrid

SAP S4HANA Features

SAP S4HANA has many valuable key features, including:

Customizable
ERP, CRM, SRM, SCM, PLM co-deployed
High throughput
Fast analytics and reporting
Smaller total data footprint
SAP HANA multi-tenancy
All data: social, text, geo, graph, processing
New SAP Fiori UX for any device (mobile, desktop, tablet)
Unlimited workload capacity
High-volume transaction processing (OLTP)
High volume real-time analytical processes (OLAP)
Service Management
Digital Boardroom Integration

SAP S4HANA Benefits

Some of the benefits of using SAP S4HANA include:

Speed: S4 HANA applications leverage speed, context, and data accessibility to ensure you can stay up to date with rapidly evolving technology.

Improved performance: With SAP S4HANA, you can plan, execute, or generate reports and analytics based on live data to increase performance.

Simplicity: SAP S4HANA’s whole infrastructure was designed with simplification in mind — from the management of the solution to the administration of the IT landscape. The solution serves as the digital core for business process simplification and enables the centralizing of hardware and network resources.

Cost effective: SAP S4HANA is a cost effective solution. It provides the ability to bring together all the analytical and transactional capabilities of a variety of systems in one location, enabling better decision making.

Reviews from Real Users

Below are some reviews and helpful feedback written by SAP S4HANA users.

A Mechanical Engineer at a construction company says, “It is a very powerful, highly customizable tool. The most valuable feature is that the reporting is fast. We can see the results from that in that our commissions come in fast. That is the main advantage.”

Another reviewer, a SAP Technology Manager at a financial services firm, mentions, "It is more or less a very, very smooth and seamless product. Day by day they are increasing their technology features and they are keen to resolve the issues. India has a complex business scenario and SAP is thinking about that and resolving the issues day by day. In terms of the features I have found most valuable, I don't think that there is any lack or any gap process-wise. SAP is a very good tool."

A Project and Service delivery Manager at a tech services company comments, "One of the most valuable features, which we used the most, was the FI module, for finance. It involved controlling, account receivables, account payables, and complete financial steering."

A Senior Architect at a construction company states, “The POD applications are very useful to us. There are a few POD apps which we are using for different business scenarios. They are quite interesting.” He also adds, “The initial setup is pretty straightforward. The documentation is very good. The solution can scale well. The solution is stable.”

Sample Customers

Power Distributing, Universal Paper and Plastics

Nestle, O.C. Tanner, Sabre, New York Life Insurance Co., MEMEBOX, Siemens AG.

SAP S/4HANA vs. Sage Business Cloud Enterprise Management