SAP S4HANA on AWS vs Virtustream xStream comparison

"The product’s high availability is its best feature."

"The most valuable feature of SAP S4HANA on AWS is the latency and speed. When we use the various typical relation database, the performance was visible."

"The solution is scalable."

"The solution adds great value to any organization."

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

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

"Reporting transparency and user-friendliness are the key benefit of deploying SAP S4HANA on AWS. Furthermore, the solution offers a plethora of modules that have proven to be valuable, and there are regular updates available."

"The product efficiently manages the data center without manual intervention."

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

"There are a few complexities when it comes to licensing that could be simplified."

"There might be an additional document approval workflow that can be done on top of already existing functionality."

"The documentation isn't clear enough."

"The pricing is a little bit high."

"CPU architecture is an area where the solution currently has some issues. Improvement in CPU architecture could improve the performance side and the adherence to the parameters set by SAP."

"Over the last three to four years, I haven't encountered significant issues with SAP S/4HANA. While occasional system bugs are normal in software, the overall experience has been positive. As a business partner, it stands out as a reliable ERP solution."

"The drawback of this tool versus an on-site tool is that you've got to upgrade the tool. The software is upgraded as it gets upgraded and you've got to be ready to change whatever processes and do whatever training you need to do."

"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."

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

"Compared to its competitors, SAP S4HANA on AWS is a costly solution."

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

"I rate the price of SAP S4HANA on AWS an eight out of ten."

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

"On a scale of one to ten, where ten is the highest price, I rate the solution's pricing an eight."

"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."

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

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

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