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SAP Business One vs SAP ERP comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 8, 2024
 

Categories and Ranking

SAP Business One
Ranking in ERP
4th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
64
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SAP ERP
Ranking in ERP
1st
Average Rating
8.0
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 SAP Business One is 4.6%, down from 6.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP ERP is 21.6%, down from 22.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Sajith Morais - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 19, 2023
Caters to the company's B2B business model and highly stable solution
I have seen some limitations. For example, in Sri Lanka, I implemented SAP Business One in the fashion industry, specifically the footwear industry. Currently, the system does not support creating size-wise items with a size grid, which would be a beneficial feature to have. Additionally, in some areas, particularly in budget preparation and cost accounting, there are certain limitations that could be improved. Specifically, the budgeting side needs enhancement. When comparing SAP Business One with Netsuite and Microsoft Dynamics, Netsuite has a feature that allows easy integration with email, whereas SAP Business One lacks this capability. Users need to log in to the SAP Business One application separately to access emails, unlike Netsuite. These minor features make a difference, and if SAP Business One can include and improve such aspects, it would become the ideal product for SMEs. One another thing is SAP Business One consumes a lot of network resources and bandwidth, especially when accessing the web solution, B1 Web Access. While NetSuite is a completely cloud-based solution that can be accessed via a web browser, SAP Business One has this facility but faces some constraints, especially in terms of top performance and speed at the browser level. However, in the network, there are issues regarding application slowness. This could be a major concern with SAP Business One. These are some areas of improvement for me.
Srinivasan Kuppuswamy - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 1, 2022
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

"It's fully integrated with great dashboard and interface."
"We are using it for accounts and finance and also for maintaining third-party transactions and non-CRM transactions."
"Business One's best feature is that all the modules are integrated."
"It's very powerful and very complete."
"All parts for inventory control, project budget, accounting, and business information are valuable. It is very friendly to obtain information. It is also very easy to make the changes that we need. We have a developer with us, and he can make the required changes or rules."
"We like it as it's easy to use, cost-effective, easy to deploy, and easy to get support for."
"The graphical view of connections between different transactions is a valuable feature of the solution."
"I like that it's stable."
"This product is very scalable and easy to expand."
"The implementation is very straightforward."
"It provides one overview of the capacity planning."
"It is a comprehensive and robust solution. It can provide lots of functional features."
"MDG provides a central location for governance of the creation/updating processes of master data. It allows you to change several fields in the same object. For example, we can change a field on the purchasing view and change another field on an accounting view to the same material at the same time."
"It integrates everything into one process."
"The transactional integration of operations is the best-recommended feature of this product. It provides integration of all operational modules."
"The most valuable features of SAP ERP is the flexibility and functionality. It is one of the best ERPs I have seen in the market."
 

Cons

"Lacks ability to integrate with other tools."
"Overall, the integration and the reports can be better."
"We don't have the functionality of the supply chain and mobile applications."
"Improvements are required in the support for partner-delivery add-ons, functional graphs, user development, and BI since certain shortcomings exist in these areas."
"There are only a few standard reports available and if you want more then they either have to be downloaded or built."
"It is limiting in terms of the in-between communication for manufacturing. We are suffering from a lot of issues in production. We are now considering S/4HANA, and we are also looking for some customized tools to integrate with SAP Business One."
"You get support through the vendor, not SAP directly. If your vendor is good, you get good support. If it is not a good vendor, the support is very bad."
"I'd like to see the solution become more user-friendly."
"SAP ERP needs to consider simplifying a few areas within the tool. Compared to SAP ERP, other solutions in the market are much more easily configurable and understandable. SAP has a lot of complex features."
"Lacks sufficient technical support with slow response times."
"Customizations are a bit expensive."
"I always prefer using an S/4HANA system."
"It could always be cheaper. There is no doubt about it."
"Its user interface should be improved."
"ERP could use better integration with other systems."
"Sometimes the cost is not reasonable, such as in the case of budgeting."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I would rate Business One's pricing five out of five."
"The price of SAP Business One is reasonable."
"The price of SAP Business One is high for smaller businesses to afford. The currency plays a large part in the fluctuation of the solution's price when we convert the USD to our local currency. $1,400 is for a limited license and $3,700 is for a professional license."
"We feel that the licensing fees are a bit on the higher side."
"Its licensing model is good. There is a one-off payment for the software license, and after that, you only need to pay the annual maintenance fee. Compared to other cloud-based systems, this cost model is quite reasonable for SMEs."
"We pay annually. It is around 800 a month."
"Business One's prices are really high."
"SAP Business One is a cost-effective solution. The price is good and we pay for a subscription annually."
"I don't know the price, but I know its licensing is on a yearly basis."
"SAP ECC is not cheap but I consider it the best system for managing an organization's data and processes."
"There are licensing costs."
"The solution can cost approximately $1 million a year for maintenance for a small-size company and can grow from there. Approximately $1 million is needed for a good-size company."
"SAP is quite expensive."
"This is a costly product."
"Licensing can vary, but for educational institutions, there are often favorable conditions."
"The product has high pricing."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
14%
Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Retailer
6%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Computer Software Company
12%
Retailer
6%
Financial Services Firm
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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 do you like most about SAP Business One?
It's user-friendly and comes with comprehensive manuals. So, it is easy to learn to use SAP Business One
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAP Business One?
Pricing is acceptable, and it is one of the lower-cost solutions.
Is Anaplan better than SAP ERP?
There are different aspects of both Anaplan and SAP ERP that I like and dislike. Anaplan improves forecast accuracy and drives up the quality of analytics. Rather than spending all of their time co...
What do you like most about SAP ERP?
The solution has made the most significant impact on our human resources function, specifically in HR operations and HR analytics. One feature of SAP ERP that I found most valuable is its use of co...
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

Ego Pharmaceuticals Pty. Ltd
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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