SAP Business One vs SAP S/4HANA Cloud comparison

The compared SAP Business One and SAP S/4HANA Cloud solutions aren't in the same category. SAP Business One is ranked #4 in ERP , with an average rating of 8.0, and holds a 4.5% mindshare in the category. SAP S/4HANA Cloud is ranked #3 in CE , with an average rating of 8.1, and holds a 11.7% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of SAP Business One users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 89% of SAP S/4HANA Cloud users who would recommend it.

SAP Business One

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90% willing to recommend

SAP S/4HANA Cloud

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89% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

SAP Business One

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

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ERP (4th)

SAP S/4HANA Cloud

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

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Cloud ERP (3rd)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Enterprise Resource Planning solutions, they serve different purposes. SAP Business One is designed for ERP and holds a mindshare of 4.5%, down 6.7% compared to last year.
SAP S/4HANA Cloud, on the other hand, focuses on Cloud ERP, holds 11.7% mindshare, down 15.2% since last year.

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Featured Reviews

Sajith Morais

Consultant Enterprise Solutions - SAP Business One and Google Workspace ( G Suite) at Axleta

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.

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Majid-Mustafa

Senior SAP Technical Consultant at Tallimax Consultancy

Good Fiori interface and business processes and uses its own database, not relying on third-party applications

ECC is almost finished. SAP will support it until 2027, and S/4HANA is the long-term solution, supported until 2040. S/4HANA provides more features using the Fiori interface and business processes. We can use the GUI, SAP Fiori apps, and web browsers. It is accessible online from anywhere in the world. It is a more user-friendly environment and faster than ECC. The major feature is that it uses its own database, not relying on third-party applications. The cloud aspect of SAP S/4HANA: It uses its own database, HANA 2.0, and because it is its own database, it works very smoothly and quickly. S/4HANA is stable, and there is no chance of data redundancy, making it fast and responsive for the client.

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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

"We have been happy with the command line interface of SAP Business One."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is Financial Management."

"The most valuable features of SAP Business One are that it has plenty of features and an easy general ledger entry. Additionally, we have an internal team that supports the solution and they provide is good. The solution is easy for us to support."

"The most valuable feature of SAP Business One is the ability to manage your entire business with one software package."

"The sales and wholesale distribution are great."

"So there are a lot of features included with the ERP system."

"You can scale the solution well."

"SAP Business One is pretty streamlined, with tight integration and standard best practice flows."

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"Performs well and can be used with a wide range of devices."

"SAP S4HANA Cloud has improved the efficiency and visibility of business operations, leading to potential cost and time savings."

"I have found the financial and production modules to be the most valuable features."

"The manufacturing area is a good feature."

"S/4HANA Cloud is very stable."

"The most valuable feature of SAP S/4HANA Cloud is the uptime it provides from being on the cloud. We do not have to manage the solution. All the infrastructure management is done from their side."

"For supply chain management, we are using WMS. When you go to public cloud, you get a full-fledged EWM."

"Since SAP S/4HANA Cloud is a SaaS application, it is already providing a lot of standard out-of-the-box features."

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Cons

"The production scheduling, manufacturing, and planning could improve in SAP Business One. Additionally, the projection management module could improve. These functionalities are important in the construction industry we are working in at the moment."

"The extension of dashboards into mobiles is something which SAP Business One has to improve on."

"In terms of business processes, the production could use improvement."

"They have a web client now. It primarily does sales. They just added purchasing. It'll be far more effective when I have inventory and financials as well into the web client version."

"SAP Business One could improve asset management, inventory management, banking system, and production. Additionally, SAP Business One did not deduct TDS, withholding tax on payments."

"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."

"Business One's production module has room for improvement."

"There are only a few standard reports available and if you want more then they either have to be downloaded or built."

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"The reporting aspect needs improvement, specifically in integrating the EWM and MM modules into a single report."

"The solution is expensive. That can be an issue for clients."

"The solution's speed and dashboard could be improved."

"They can improve the interface. It has a client-server kind of interface, which is kind of old."

"When it comes to the SAP PM material's module, it would be nice to see the inclusion of predictive analytics."

"Analytics could be improved."

"The pricing is way over any of the other ERPs, and the bank integrations are not perfect. There are a lot of costs for other implementations and integrations with Salesforce and other systems. Rather than being a fully-fledged system on its own like most of the other ERPs, it relies too much on developed integrations by the implementation partner."

"SAP S/4HANA Cloud's customization can be improved."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of SAP Business One is not expensive for the features and the benefits it provides."

"This solution can work with a very small company, but the price may not be the right, it may not be the right fit for them. We can't help with this because we have to really understand the market, the target audience, and we have to position the product accordingly. The price is not a very big concern because if the customer is finding value or the dealer, distributor, or implementation partner can show real value in the solution, then the price will not be a question at all."

"It's not cheap but offers good value, particularly for medium-sized enterprises."

"In terms of price, it's fair, but the problem is with AMC."

"SAP Business One is moderately priced."

"The price is a bit expensive."

"The price of SAP Business One is not comparable to other solutions. SAP is a well-known brand, and its price is on the higher side. However, if the solution offers the right fit for an organization the price is not a major concern for those who choose to use it."

"I would rate Business One's pricing five out of five."

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"The license for S/4HANA is expensive, and the licensing structure is hard to understand. The admin license is something like 500 euros per user. Other ERP solutions allowed you to pick only the modules you need. The SAP ECC version requires you to take all the modules even if you are not using them."

"I don't remember the specifics about the licensing, but it's scaled and modular. You pay for what you use. It's not a one-size-fits-all license. You have a license for every single module. It's similar to Oracle."

"Pricing wise, SAP S4HANA Cloud is very expensive. The licensing cost can be 100,000 euros per year, depending on the number of users in your company."

"The price of SAP S/4HANA Cloud is expensive. However, the benefits are good. We did not purchase any upgrades."

"The solution’s pricing is very high."

"The pricing model can be complicated in certain scenarios."

"Its pricing is way over any of the other ERPs. I'd rate it one out of ten in terms of pricing."

"The tool's pricing is reasonable."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

15%

Manufacturing Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

Retailer

Computer Software Company

16%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Government

Construction Company

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...

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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

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAP Business One?

The pricing model of SAP Business One is average. It is neither too good nor too bad, and there is room for more flexibility in pricing.

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What do you like most about SAP S/4HANA Cloud?

The manufacturing area is a good feature.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAP S/4HANA Cloud?

SAP S/4HANA Cloud is very expensive, both to purchase and maintain. It's important to evaluate the costs of recruiting and maintaining trained personnel as it's not just a one-time payment yet requ...

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What needs improvement with SAP S/4HANA Cloud?

The system is very heavy and requires a lot of resources and a dedicated team. It is costly to maintain, demanding trained professionals, which adds to the expenses. This makes the overall cost ver...

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Comparisons

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Compared 38% of the time

SAP ERP vs SAP Business One

Compared 19% of the time

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central vs SAP Business One

Compared 10% of the time

Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP vs SAP Business One

Compared 8% of the time

Epicor ERP vs SAP Business One

Compared 5% of the time

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SAP Business ByDesign vs SAP S/4HANA Cloud

Compared 26% of the time

Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP vs SAP S/4HANA Cloud

Compared 20% of the time

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central vs SAP S/4HANA Cloud

Compared 8% of the time

NetSuite ERP vs SAP S/4HANA Cloud

Compared 7% of the time

IFS Cloud Platform vs SAP S/4HANA Cloud

Compared 6% of the time

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Overview

The SAP Business One application offers a way to manage your entire business – from accounting and financials, purchasing, inventory, sales and customer relationships, and project management, to operations and human resources. SAP Business One helps you to streamline processes, gain a greater insight into your business, so that you can act fast and make decisions based on real time information, to help you drive profitable growth.

SAP S/4HANA stands for SAP Suite 4 HANA. It is a next-generation integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) software that is designed for businesses of all sizes, in all industries, that require deep and broad functionality combined with a high degree of flexibility. SAP S/4HANA was launched in 2015 and been adopted by more than 3,200 customers over a period of sixteen months. SAP S/4HANA is materially different from anything SAP has done before and represents the company’s biggest innovation since SAP R/3.

SAP S/4HANA is intended to provide a digital core for an organization. It is fully architected for the most advanced in-memory platform, SAP HANA, and is designed on the most modern design principles with the SAP Fiori user experience to create a personalized and simple feel on users’ device of choice (tablet, laptop, mobile). SAP S/4HANA aims to simplify an organizations’ system landscape and reduce total cost of ownership by shrinking the data footprint while at the same time improving productivity levels in the form of higher throughput. Timelines for cloud deployments average around six months.

SAP S/4HANA is designed to drive business innovation by connecting people, devices, and business networks in real time to support the development of new business models. It will also help accelerate the adoption of, and connection to, the Internet of Things and Big Data. SAP S/4HANA can analyze big data at unprecedented speed allowing users to access real-time information from anywhere, any way they’d like and thus help managers make truly insightful decisions. The simplified data model allows customers to reimagine their IT, helping to drive lower costs and deliver IT efficiency. This, coupled with the SAP S/4HANA prediction and simulation capabilities allow it to anticipate the impact of business outcomes. By doing all the above, SAP S/4HANA aims to provide ultimate sophistication in the simplest possible manner.

To learn more about SAP S/4HANA, visit http://go.sap.com/product/enterprise-management/s4hana-erp.html

Sample Customers

Ego Pharmaceuticals Pty. Ltd

La Trobe University, Carrefour Comércio e Indústria Ltda, Delaware Consulting and Corning Inc.

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