We performed a comparison between Google Cloud and SAP Cloud Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two PaaS Clouds solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It's a perfect tool for startups."
"Google Cloud is very user-friendly."
"I haven't had any trouble setting up Google Cloud."
"Google Cloud is perceived as a cost-effective and user-friendly option, especially compared to AWS. The current affordability and ease of use make it suitable for medium-sized companies. While the complexity may increase in the future, for now, Google Cloud is considered easy to use."
"It didn't take long to get everything set up and understand what was going on. Things are pretty clear."
"The customer service team for this solution is very knowledgeable."
"It is very easy to share documents."
"The initial setup is very straightforward."
"Scalability is one of the benefits that we have in using the product."
"The product improved our company's business operations since we got value out of it."
"Improved our speed to bring our mobile applications into productive use in a cost-effective way."
"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."
"It’s easy to maintain, as everything is handled by SAP."
"SAP Cloud Platform's most valuable features are its exhaustiveness, scalability with minimum maintenance, and functionality."
"One of the most valuable features I have found is that the solution is secure."
"The features I found most valuable are the integration options."
"The documentation could be better."
"I would like to see Google Cloud become more competitive when it comes to price."
"Training in new advancements, technologies, or AI would help us understand how to best use the solution."
"Lower pricing would make Google Cloud better."
"The security of the solution can always be improved."
"I would like to see Google Cloud become more competitive when it comes to price."
"The analytics that they have are very focused. It serves Google and not really the client."
"I would like to see some improvement in the accessibility features of this solution."
"Better connectivity to on-premise systems would help us to support older systems that are migrating to the cloud."
"I would like to see more and better support for data transformations."
"The solution’s pricing could be improved."
"From what I understand, the SAP Cloud Platform is for implementation on AWS or Azure, and it's not meant to be a full-fledged cloud solution, so while using the platform, an area for improvement is that it has fewer offerings and is less flexible when compared to AWS. AWS has a lot more flexibility than the SAP Cloud Platform. I've also used Azure in college and AWS in between, and I prefer AWS over the SAP Cloud Platform. The only reason I would ever stick with the SAP Cloud Platform is to create applications integrated with SAP or with other companies within SAP, such as SuccessFactors. When you go into the SAP Cloud Platform web page, it's a bit bland and has relatively limited offerings. For example, there doesn't seem to be in-house MongoDB support, but I realize there's in-house support for the PostgreSQL database, so there are fewer offerings in the SAP Cloud Platform. Yes, you can always go for a database on the actual MongoDB server rather than depending on the offerings of the SAP Cloud Platform. However, it's still better to support MongoDB from the platform, so payment is consolidated, rather than going to a different location to make a payment. Another room for improvement in the SAP Cloud Platform is the need to create an SAP subaccount if you need to use the platform unless you have an SSO login by Google or if you're using a different identity provider such as Microsoft or Google. Instead of requiring dependency on SAP, it would be good if users could use the SAP Cloud Platform even without a subaccount on SAP. For example, when hosting an application on AWS or Azure, you don't have to create an account in Amazon or Microsoft. You can still do it using Google. You can use almost anything, so I'd like SAP to improve by removing the dependency, particularly the requirement to create an SAP account to use the SAP Cloud Platform."
"I feel that SAP provides the tools, but after that, you are left on your own. It would be better if they provided more support throughout the usage of their solutions."
"In person, when the development happens, we were told that it's flexible and customizable. However, sometimes, it's challenging to customize."
"SAP Cloud Platform's installation is not straightforward. You need a person with knowledge to handle it."
"The tool's UI is not very intuitive for cloud integration, so it needs research to understand its options and how it may work."
Google Cloud is ranked 5th in PaaS Clouds with 66 reviews while SAP Cloud Platform is ranked 6th in PaaS Clouds with 38 reviews. Google Cloud is rated 8.2, while SAP Cloud Platform is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Google Cloud writes "Great for big data with off-the-charts scalability for storage and databases". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP Cloud Platform writes "Provides seamless integration with CTI for streamlined data synchronization but complexity and challenges in migrating existing applications to the low-code model for custom application development". Google Cloud is most compared with Alibaba Cloud, Linode, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Pivotal Cloud Foundry and Salesforce Platform, whereas SAP Cloud Platform is most compared with Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Mule Anypoint Platform, webMethods.io Integration and Mendix. See our Google Cloud vs. SAP Cloud Platform report.
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