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SAP Business One on AWS vs SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

SAP Business One on AWS
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
5.7
Number of Reviews
25
Ranking in other categories
Cloud ERP (4th)
SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
24
Ranking in other categories
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) (13th)
 

Mindshare comparison

SAP Business One on AWS and SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. SAP Business One on AWS is designed for Cloud ERP and holds a mindshare of 3.4%, up 1.9% compared to last year.
SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud, on the other hand, focuses on Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS), holds 1.5% mindshare, down 1.8% since last year.
Cloud ERP Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
SAP Business One on AWS3.4%
Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP20.6%
NetSuite ERP18.6%
Other57.4%
Cloud ERP
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud1.5%
Amazon AWS16.0%
Microsoft Azure15.5%
Other67.0%
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)
 

Featured Reviews

Joseph Daniel - PeerSpot reviewer
Scalable and flexible platform with significant challenges related to complexity, cost management, and the need for skilled personnel
There are a couple of significant challenges we're currently facing. First, our production team can't make use of the production planning features, as they require a Professional license and we only have access to the Logistics license, which is limiting our capabilities. The majority of the reports we generate are intended for managerial purposes. While most reports are straightforward to comprehend, there are a few exceptions that can be quite complex. It would be beneficial to have access to real-time data from our machines. This is crucial for monitoring all activities within our manufacturing processes, from software operations to the machinery used.
Rajnikant Verma - PeerSpot reviewer
Real-time data processing and good support with room for market-driven improvements
SAP RFX and overall SAP solutions provide a very intuitive and integrated solution within finance, leading procurement, and other business scenarios. The real-time data processing and the ability to track all leasing processes and contracts are particularly valuable. SAP's capability to integrate with other systems like GIS and non-SAP applications also stands out.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"As a business technology platform, it is a flexible platform. It enables the customer to do faster integrations, and the solution's functioning requires low cost."
"The modules, like the accounting and procurement modules, especially the finance and accounting modules, are quite impressive in the solution."
"The most valuable feature of SAP Business One is its reporting capability."
"The initial setup is manageable."
"Technical support from SAP is great."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to access it from anywhere."
"The top-level view and easy navigation to individual transaction levels are beautifully done in SAP Business One."
"The way we can make changes in new fields, or make new rules with our IT department, has been very useful."
"One of the features that I've found most useful is that It's very simple. They take care of the technical aspects of the data, installations, patches."
"The processes and the way we take advantage and use assistance are good."
"The solution does provide quite a lot of support, upgrades, automated batch updates, etc."
"It has significantly streamlined our operations."
"Traditionally, SAP worked with Oracle databases, but SAP is getting rid of the other databases and promoting its own. SAP will stop support for other databases around 2026, so everyone is moving to SAP S/4HANA for the performance and because it's the preferred database for SAP. S/4HANA has new features from the front-end or application feature perspective. The idea is to move toward future-ready technology."
"My company has not had any problems with the product's initial setup phase."
"We have a wide range of use cases for SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud. These include production planning, materials management, sales management, treasury, finance, appliance maintenance, real estate, and warehouse management."
"The scalability is good because we have some cloud resources to support the ERP."
 

Cons

"The look-and-feel of the system is quite outdated as compared to a lot of other products out there."
"The interface needs to be improved. It needs to be more user-friendly."
"I feel that these vendors must be well trained so that they can deploy this solution."
"The warehouse management system requires further improvement."
"There is a need to make multiple changes in the code to make a few changes in any module of the product."
"It is hard for the customers to get the product from the market. Improvement-wise, it can shorten its time to reach the markets."
"The web client is an area with shortcomings, which SAP is presently working on, and needs to improve."
"SAP Business One on AWS could improve by having more customization and more user-friendly automation."
"The customer has a lot of dependencies on SAP which means they don't have much flexibility to go and update the system when or if they need to. They will need to wait for the quarterly updates. It's possible to maybe raise a special request with SAP if it is absolutely necessary."
"The product must provide more details of the errors."
"SAP should adopt more rapid changes in market processes and customer needs to deliver solutions that meet new industry requirements swiftly."
"The main thing is that SAP needs to give better response times for support tickets."
"The stability needs to be improved to be able to handle large amounts of data."
"They should probably offer more cloud services. Most of the cloud infrastructure providers we have make everything pretty transparent, you know what you're getting, you have all these metrics and measurements and everything in the dashboard. Here you have to go through the contracting negotiations and all those things."
"This product is not mature enough at this point in time."
"The cost could be improved. I think it's higher than the competition."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The tool has better pricing models than S/4 HANA."
"On average, the licensing costs can be around 50,000 USD. Pricing of the product has certain variables, including the number of licenses and the implementation costs."
"Pricing for me, it's not very interesting. I think it's priced at a normal level."
"The price of the limited version is about 70,000 Pesos ($2,900 USD), and the professional version is about double at 140,000 Pesos ($5,800 USD)."
"The product is moderately priced."
"The tool's cost is reasonable."
"The price of SAP Business One on AWS could be lower, it is expensive."
"The price of SAP Business One on AWS is reasonable for what we use it for."
"The price is on little bit higher. For SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud, we see roughly five crores per annum."
"The product itself is relatively expensive."
"The pricing is reasonable when compared to other vendors like Oracle who offer technology enterprise resource software."
"The solution could be less expensive."
"The price is expensive compared to the competition."
"I rate the product's price a five out of ten."
"If you choose the minimum, it will probably cost around $1,000 USD per month if you take a contract for a year or two."
"It's very, very expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
16%
Government
15%
Computer Software Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
20%
Computer Software Company
12%
University
8%
Retailer
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise4
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise16
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about SAP Business One on AWS?
With the tool, there is no shutdown or breakdown time my company experiences.
What needs improvement with SAP Business One on AWS?
We have an option as SAP partners to declare issues and problems to SAP, and if many people vote for them, SAP can implement enhancements to improve functionality. There is a lack of financial loca...
What do you like most about SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud?
It has significantly streamlined our operations.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud?
SAP HANA Cloud can be quite costly compared to other solutions. The high licensing costs make it an expensive option, particularly for smaller customers. However, they offer solutions for mid-sized...
What needs improvement with SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud?
SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud is powerful but has areas needing refinement. Cost optimization, smoother scalability options and more flexible integration with third party tools are key improvement poin...
 

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Sample Customers

Comba Telecom, Exeter Family Friendly, GranBio, Kim Tech Ceong, Wego, Blue Ocean Systems, Whitebox Retail Logistics
FC Bayern Munich, Reuters News Agency, MEMEBOX
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