SAP S4HANA on AWS vs Virtustream xStream comparison

"Provides good performance and regular release of new features."

"SAP S4HANA on AWS is an easy-to-use solution."

"We have found the retail business features to be the most valuable."

"I like that they are very familiar with our VM which makes it easy to use."

"SAP has an auto-scaling feature, but Azure doesn't."

"The most valuable feature of SAP S4HANA on AWS is that when developed on a new structured system it can be configured."

"The internal integration within departments and integration with third parties is simplified in the system."

"There are two main features that we find very valuable. One is the interface and the new user experience. That's really, really helpful for the end-user. The second is the HANA database itself because it speeds up the process. In other solutions, like Oracle, there is a lot of redundancy that slows things down."

"The solution has encryption which we did not have before."

"Not just S4 but for SAP in general, the price is a little high because they have implemented a new licensing scheme on a number of connections. The price being too expensive is some of the feedback we get from our customers."

"The solution is costlier than other products."

"Currently, AWS has data centers in only a limited number of regions compared to other cloud providers like Azure or Google Cloud."

"The solution's overall enterprise support could be improved."

"The manufacturing application system, it's not as user-friendly in S4HANA."

"This solution is very resource-intensive, including high memory and CPU utilization."

"S4HANA is expensive. It costs much more than SuccessFactors."

"The pricing is a little bit high."

"Our account representative was inexperienced, they could improve on how they are managing accounts."

"The licensing of the product is reasonable but the cost of the hardware is exorbitant."

"The pricing is on the higher end."

"The vendors have different pricing, ways of serving, security, and providing the service. You go and compare the offerings. Some might be better with smaller companies. For example, Microsoft Azure can handle small and medium-sized companies best but still can cover some large companies. Whereas Amazon AWS and IBM are going to cover sized companies. There's no clear advantage. Probably Amazon AWS may have been the first to be certified by SAP as a cloud-hosting partner. Then Microsoft Azure and IBM were certified at the same time. You have to partner up and be certified by the software."

"I would rate the pricing as a two and a half out of five."

"Licensing fees are on an annual basis."

"There are additional modules-wise, it's needed for modules, and also for any new functions."

"The price of SAP S4HANA on AWS is reasonable, given how much it costs to maintain a scratch-built system. To upgrade the support there is a fee."

"We pay an annual subscription fee for the solution, which is slightly expensive."

"The solution is a bit expensive, we are still negotiating the price."