SAP Cloud Platform Reviews

The team was using it internally as a sort-of demo. It was collecting the results instead of the customer doing it himself. 

They came in the beginning and said it's easy to implement. The solution was good for both very little or lots of development.

The ease of use and the fast deployment times were what the team really liked about the product.

The setup was straightforward. 

The solution can scale.

It's very stable.

While it was good for a small entity, it was not ideal for a large enterprise. 

I don't recall dealing with a lack of features. 

I used the solution for about a year.

The stability was good. There were no bugs or glitches and it didn't crash or freeze. 

The solution can scale. That's not an issue.

We had ten users on the product.

For us, we used it as a test environment and did not use the solution extensively.

We were only demoing the product and therefore did not really use technical support.

The team was also familiar with Oracle Cloud Platform.

The solution was easy to set up. It wasn't overly complex or difficult. I'd rate it at a five out of five in terms of ease of setup. It was very simple. 

It took us about two weeks to get everything up and running. We were able to do a demo with the customer as well.

We had two users for the deployment and had maybe three or four people handling any maintenance requirements. 

We handled the entire implementation in-house. We did not need any assistance from any outside consultants or integrators. 

It is possible to get an ROI if you use this solution.

I'm not sure what the licensing costs were. However, it wasn't overly expensive. I'd rate it 3.5 out of five in terms of affordability.

I'm not sure if other options were looked at.

We weren't really a customer or a partner. We were testing the product.

I was not the person directly using the solution. It was used a year ago in my company. I was collecting the opinions from the team who's using such a thing against other computation options like Oracle or DataMix.

For security purposes, we used the on-premises deployment. 

My advice to anyone who is doing such a thing right now is not to listen to the old reputation of SAP in terms of complexity and difficulty in deployment. We fast-tracked. We didn't use many resources. We didn't have the complexity. In my opinion, they should try it at least for a testing period. SAP is famous for one thing, which didn't change, which is its stability. 

I'd rate the solution an eight out of ten.

The main purpose is migration. Right now, clients are migrating from hosting services in a private cloud to SAP services in the cloud.

We just sell the service to clients. I understand the architecture and I’m able to propose an architecture to clients.

We have a client that had an AIX and we’ve put in a proposal to migrate those services to Linux with a cyber database. We will use GCP migration tools to do that.

The HANA replications are very useful.

When I started looking at the client's IT architecture, I started by doing a study of their services, DVM, data volume, and management services. According to the results, they could be a lot better at this.

We’d like the product to be like a web service and allow us to download an application on the computer to operate the systems.

I’ve used the solution since 1998. It’s been a long while. I’ve used it in the past 12 months.

The solution is easy to scale. We have clients that have from 500 all the way up to 4,000 users. The majority are ERP users. The majority of the clients we work with use SAP as their core business solution. They increase the use depending on their business needs.

We previously only used solutions that were deployed in-house. In terms of corporate solutions, I’ve only mainly dealt with SAP.

The initial setup was pretty simple. I’d rate it four out of five in terms of ease of deployment. It’s very user-friendly, which makes it straightforward.

I don’t directly work on the implementation. I work in presales developing the architecture.

How many people you need to deploy and maintain the solution depends on the landscape. It varies.

An integrator handled the initial setup.

We have seen an ROI. I’d rate it at a four out of five in terms of the return a user can expect.

The prices are very similar from solution to solution. Microsoft Dynamics, however, is cheaper than SAP or Oracle. While SAP is expensive, it is a very good product.

We did look at Oracle e-Business Suite. I know a bit about it, however, my knowledge is not that deep.

I’m a cloud architect. I’m in pre-sales. My company is a partner with SAP.

I’d advise potential users to use the most standard version of SAP services and to use older S/4 HANA services.

SAP solutions are pretty good as long as they are standard solutions and do not have a lot of data.

We’re using the latest version of the solution. I don’t know the exact version number.

We use private, public, and hybrid clouds. I work with various clouds, including AWS, Azure, and IBM.

I’d rate the solution an eight out of ten. It fulfills our client’s business needs.

Our primary use case is to support our SAP integrated business planning solution, called IBP. It's a cloud-based solution that we have in our private cloud for SAP. It will push and pull the data from the IBP to our on-premises ERP and analytics systems.

One of the best features of this solution is that it is web-based and you can log in and work on it from anywhere.

This solution can connect to multiple sources including Oracle, ODBC, OLD-DB and most of the cloud systems. 

I would like to see more and better support for data transformations. A transformation is able to change data from one format to another format. In the current solution, pivoting data or dealing with multiple levels of transformation is not supported. Those options are missing.

We have been using this solution for seven or eight months.

The stability is very good. Whatever we have is stable.

There are no issues with scalability and we can scale as we like. This solution is only used by my team and we have two to three people using it.

We are definitely planning to increase usage because our company is moving everything to the new architecture for SAP cloud-based solutions. 

We have used technical support for this solution several times and it is very nice. They come back with responses immediately and the cloud platform management with them is very nice as well. The upgrades are smooth and we have them every three months. They don't have any issues after the upgrades, and whenever issues do arise, they respond properly.

We used BODS as we moved to SAP IBP we were forced to move to CPI/DS.

The initial setup is very simple because everything is there in the public cloud and all you need to have is one small agent installed on your local system. This took us one or two days.

The total deployment was longer because we have a lot of data flows in and out from the integrated system. This took us at most between four and five months to complete.

We used consultants to assist us with the deployment. We had to migrate to SAP and the consultants were very good. It went live, on time, and the quality was very good.

We didn't have another choice as it is mandatory with SAP IBP.

This solution is updated automatically every three months.

My advice for anybody who is migrating from BODS to Cda is to ensure that whatever was done in BODS is capable of working in Cda. There are a lot of transformations missing. The simple ones are there but the complex ones are not possible. So, people should be very careful to make sure that they can achieve everything. We were able to do almost everything. We did have some issues initially, but our consultants are good.

This is a good solution but I would say that it is still premature. They are still adding features.

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.

We use it for data transformation and uploading data within the SAP ecosystem.

This solution has helped develop and deploy custom applications. For B2B processes, we can use ADA Transit and all our MCX transactions, reducing time, increasing operational efficiency, and streamlining the business. In all these aspects, I feel like SAP APIs help.

Moreover, within SAP, we can use platform encryption to encrypt any files we send outside.

The entire SAP ecosystem is a valuable feature. It provides access to SAP S/4HANA, ACG systems, and their Fiori launchpad, making it easy to navigate between them. This makes the enterprise very accessible.

I've observed a few bugs in SAP. One recent bug I found in Content Modifier is that when using a predefined header to call the current date, it prints the previous date. These are small bugs I found.

I only have about four months of experience. I graduated in August 2023.

We have over a hundred end users using this solution in our company. 

SAP has its own internal ecosystem, so tools from SAP were likely the preferred choice.

I would rate my experience with the initial setup as moderate. It's not easy, but it's not complex either.

Someone in the company deployed it.

Overall, I would rate the solution an eight out of ten.

We are using SAP Cloud Platform analytics, building applications, and integrations.

The solution has the ability for fast development that has been helpful for our organization.

The most valuable features of the SAP Cloud Platform are the extensions and integrations. Additionally, there are a lot of AI-based microservices.

The price of the solution could improve.

I have been using the SAP Cloud Platform for approximately 10 years.

The solution is highly stable.

I rate the stability of the SAP Cloud Platform a ten out of ten.

Many users are using the solution daily. It is scalable.

I rate the scalability of the SAP Cloud Platform a ten out of ten.

The initial setup of the SAP Cloud Platform is simple. The deployment for an application can take a few minutes but if it is an integration solution it is seconds.

I have received a high return on investment using the SAP Cloud Platform.

The price of the solution depends on the package that is purchased. There are many packages to choose from. The packages are not overly expensive.

The solution is stable.

I rate SAP Cloud Platform a nine out of ten.

Our primary use case is for the interface.

The features I found most valuable are the integration options.

The areas I think this solution should improve are monitoring and adapting.

In the next release, I'd like to see features like alerting.

I have been using this solution for about two or three years.

My impression is that this solution has good stability. I would rate it an eight, on a scale from one to 10, with one being the worst and 10 being the best.

My impression is that this solution's scalability options are quite good. There are currently two people using this solution in our company.

I would say that the initial setup process was not straightforward and was not complex, but rather something in between. I would say that this process took around one month. The issue with the setup is that in the beginning, it was difficult to understand and learn how every dependent works with other products and sub-products.

We're paying I believe $30,000 per year for the SAP Cloud Platform.

Overall, I would rate this product an eight, on a scale from one to 10, with one being the worst and 10 being the best.

Our company uses the solution to monitor interfaces in our pipeline such as e-Invoice for India. 

The solution is very useful and interactive with a dashboard for viewing other interfaces. I use SAP and interact or use many protocols with other software such as Ariba, SoapUI, WebDAV, and web services. 

Sample packages are very helpful when starting development.

It would be helpful to have additional samples for SoapUI that include interface methodologies and templates.

New developers might have some difficulty with the platform. 

I have been using the solution for three years. 

The solution is very stable and reliable. Interruptions from a third party or our server are easily identified.

The solution is scalable and we have no issues interacting with our own software or any other interface files. 

I have not used technical support. 

I used XI/PI, XI/PA, and CPI which are middleware. CPI was an upgrade for XI/PI. 

The setup is of medium complexity and takes a few days to two weeks.  

For implementation, we used a hybrid package provided by SAP where we developed one side and used iFlow for the other side.

The solution works well for use cases that are not complex.

If a use case is complex, you have to split development into many parts. The dashboard comes in handy for developing complex interfaces. 

I rate the solution a nine out of ten. 

We are partners and customers of SAP. I'm a company director. 

The best feature of this product is its integration with all SAP versions. I also like the Integration Suite, with CPI being its stable component. We use Workflow Engine and CPI as our two basic components. The platform also moved to a subscription model which was a major breakthrough. On the technical side, SAP provides guides and detailed documentation.

For some of our customers, the product is too costly to purchase all the components or services. The logging aspect is difficult, the errors are there but there's no analysis. It would be helpful to have that. We sometimes get the standard text error but without any indication of where to look for it which means that an error takes longer to resolve. 

I've been using this solution for three years. 

Stability has improved over time and it is now quite stable. Previously only the services were available, now we have the platform as service, which is progress.

Scalability is good and seamless. 

SAP has improved greatly in terms of technical support. Based on input from various companies, including us, they have acted on our feedback and they've made some changes. 

Positive

The initial setup is easy, at least for a technical team. For general customers it's not that easy.

The licensing model has changed and is now based on usage and number of calls. New customers can evaluate their potential cost by the calculation sheet provided by SAP. It helps to understand what the cost is likely to be because price can vary widely depending on your use case. 

I rate this solution seven out of 10.